| Show by eastern maji man continue continued a I 1 from the tiie N y herald ASSAULT ON SENATOR SILVER IN THE SENATE CHAMBER washington may immediately after the adjournment of congress to today day das ay preston S brooks of south Caroli carolina iia lia a member of the lower house entered the senate chamber and approaching flie file seat of mr sum ner struck him a powerful blow with a baue cane at tile the banie eanie time accusing liim him of li belling south carolina and his gray headed reli reL tive senator butler mr air sumner fell from the effects of the blow biow and brooks continued beating him mr recovered sufficiently to call for help but no eno one and brooks repeated repealed the blow blows until mr sumner was as deprived of the power of speech some eyewitnesses eye witnesses state thit that brooks drooks str struck tick him as many as twenty times on the tilo head mr Sur sunnier sitting silting lu in an armchair when aheu the tile assault was made and had no opportunity to defend himself after his assailant desisted resisted des isted lie he was carrle carried d to lu his room but bui the extent of his injuries ia Is not yet ascertained mr air sunnier sumner has several severe but not dangerous wounds on hi his s head tile tide cane calle used by brooks was shattered to pieces by the tile bloof various opinions on tile the subject are expressed many applauding and borne some denouncing the tile assault aa as a cowardly heat down freedom of speech when the tho attack was made there wera ly fifteen or twenty persons present preterit including r tl tt enden anden foster toomb toombs Y fit fitzpatrick patrick almurray murray morgan morgaa and other members be arso of I 1 Coli Cou grebs grees together with gover Goyer governor nor germau several of ficera of the situate and aini boins strang rih rii r the attack was so sudden and so unexpected that mr air sumner had no opportunity whatever to pt pice alce ice himself in ili a defensive attitude the first blow given him by mr brooks stunned him and the liick thick gutta percha stick which was used by mr brooks was broken into many pieces by the time lime the assault terminated crittenden ray and others interfered ba als soon aa as they could conid and probably prevented further damage the greatest excitement prevailed mr sumner bank sank perfectly unconscious to tile the floor where lie he lay bloody and dreadfully bruised till raised by his friends mr air sumner s ais dis a say ay hi his is wounds are thea ther most severe flesh ones that they ever saw on a mans head 1 ead end and den yllia friends admission to him tim the ASSAULT OM ON SENATOR chiasm sumner er engaged the attention of both houses of congress on the 23 of may in the tiie senate a resolution appointing a committee of five members to inquire into and report the facts fads of the case and their opinions thereon was adopted Aless liess rs cass caes alien allen dodge pearce and geyer constitute the committee mr stuart gave notice that lie he should at un an early day esk leave to submit an amendment to the rules of the senate declaring dec darlng raring out of order any senator who in debate should use language reflect reflects reflecting i ng upon the conduct and motives motia e s of any other senator e bator kator discourteously or improperly reflecting ting upon tile the action of ofa a state other than tile tiie th one represented by the tho senator speak speaking ilig in ili the house an investigating committee com competed p doted of campbell of 0 ohio penn angion gion glon of N J cobb of gai greenwood of ark 9 and spinner was appointed after considerable discussion discussions by a vote of ninety three to sixty eight during the proceedings mr brooks remarked that no ng man except himself knew chenor alien or where te the intended assault was waa to occur and mr air keitt said ile ho did not see sea the beginning of it nor did he know when it would happen the speaker and other political friends of mr sumner said there had been no ili in the tile preparation of the proposition to investigate the facts bacis relative to the tiie occurrence the judicial examination of mr aly brooks was postponed until today to day when it is thought mr air sumner will be sufficiently recovered to attend throughout massachusetts the affair has created an intense excitement the legislature yesterday appointed a special committee to consid consider er and report what action should ba be taken in ili the matter and in boston last evening a meeting was held to give expression to tile ilia popular indignation |
