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A. HILL CHARLES Frrcii.
J. 1". POGTE,
attorney and Counselor at Law;

OFFICE OVER Jlf.dLLORl’"’S‘ STORE
Norvvalk, Conn.

AMOS HUNT,
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Hats, Gaps,---Men's & Boy's i
srasw GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, Canes,

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No. 2 Siam-iv!s Block,-

C. J. GRUMAN,

Dealer in Foreign and Domestic

DRY GOODS, csnrcrmcs

Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Satinetls” Vcslings, and Tail-
or.’s. Trimmings, by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
snni-:'rINGs, SHIRTINGS, JEANS, BATTS AND WARP
A the lowest possible prices.
_NQfiWALK.'CONN.

C. 8:. B. K. LGCKWOOD, &y 00-
NORWALK. CONN. ,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,

’ AND DEALERS IN
Slopes, Rangxes, Furnaces, Cutlery,
Britannia Porcelain and W0ad.é'?.%
IV are, and Kitchen F urnilure
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead 4» Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glass
rmd_C'hina
Ware.

E. V. A. GI-IIGHESTER,
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SUCCESSOR T0
JAMES SHERWOOD,‘
figglgseller, Stationer 8:. Binder,
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39.3153 -D,e__aIe7‘ in Groceries,

ment of goods which he

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N ORWALK, CONN .— TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1856.

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Seasonable

, DRY GOODS.

HE Subscriber would return his thanks for
the very liberal patronage with which his
Store has been favored the your past, and hopes
by a constant attention to the wants of‘ the
trading public and by a system of fair and hon-
orable dealing, to retain his share of trade for
the year ensuing. His Stock comprises at all
times a choice and varied selection of fashiona-
ble and seasonable Dry Goods, of every quality
and price. He is confident that purchasers
will find every article purchased at his store,
equal in quality, and as cheap in price, as can
be obtained elsewhere. Pa.1‘ticnlar attention
devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vestings,
&c., &c., for Gentlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
’ L. H. RANDLE.

Nonwnmr ziivii,-oiiiiuvri
 
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.

Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams. Oyters, &c.,

As good as the market affords. constantly to be

found at the well known estu‘:L’.‘.2..heiit of
ALLEN, MEEKER &» C0.

18" Goods of the above description received

daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
the most favorable terms.

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Lime.
100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK.
Timber and Laths,
AT SOUTH NORWALK.

350,000 Plastering Luths.

50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber.
10,000 Pine Pickets just received and for
sale by THOS. L. PECK.'.

LUMBER‘: LUMBER!

ILL dc HUBBELL have recently com-

menced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale

Timber, Lath and Lime,

together with every variety of Lunibcr sold in

this market. We shall be happy to accommo-

date customers with any thing in our line at
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liberal prices. ,
15 J, C. HUBBELL,

SPANG & BARDWELUS .
Dry Good &. clothing Store,
At Wcstport, Conn

HE above firm would inform the iiihahitants
o_fWestpo,i-t and vicinity, that they have
on hand a complete and extensive assortment
oi'.DRY G_OODS_.READY MADE CLOTHING,
and every lcfnd and style of goods ailapted to
Jlfens wear.
The Clothing and Tailoring department is
conducted by the senior partner (J. Sp:1ng,)
whose reputation as a cutter is well established.
There can always be found a better assort-
ment of Black and C'ol’d Cloths, Black, and
Fancy Cassimei-cs, Sattiiietts, Kentucky -lanes
Meriuns, Cassimers, Linens,‘and Cotton Goods
for Summer wear, than is or ever has been kept
in the place. Cloth ete., is cutfree ofo.-barge
when bought at this Establishment.
SPANG dz BARDWELL.

Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods.
NEW SPRING: STOCK !

'1-‘HE, Subscriber has just returned from
New York with a new Stock of Fash-
ionable Jewelry, Watches, Plated

Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers to his

customers very cheap.

Clocks and Watches repaired.

Accordeons tuned and repaired.

Cofiiu Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-

gpay_eg_ S. 

Cheaper than Ever
./It the ‘oath ./Vorwal/c

GROCERY STORE.

HE Subscriber has on hand by far the Iar‘
gcst and best selection of Famil Gi'oce'
ties and Provisions, to be found in South Nor-
walk, which he offers to his customers and the
public, at greatly reduced prices. His facili-
ties are such that he will be constantly receiv-
ing new and fresh supplies of goods, as the
wants of his Customers may require, which will
always be of the best quality aiid sgld at the
very lowest possible price, and he xvould re-
spectfully solicit an examination and trial of
the same. GEO. W. SMITH.

Q Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge, is offer-
ed for sale upon veiy reasonable terms. It is
admirably adapted for building lots, or for
.ga.r<i.eaiicg I?'lfll9Ses.13?lV“!E-' 4 quick and rich
soil, and 'a/large bed of v'egeto;b.le mould or
compost manure, thereon ; 01‘ it is well calcu-
lated for a first rate meadow. Itis well fenced
and in a very eligible location. For further
particulars enquire at this Oflice. tf3
Buildings Moving,

B! CHARLES T133133.

LL orders for building raising and moving‘
A. left‘ with ’the" subscriber, will receive
prompt attention and be executed in the safest

and most expeditions manner.
JOSEPH SHEPHERD,
Carria._'e Maker, Agent.

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Nonwann ramrrma

--AND-—

Paper Hanging Establishment.

HE Subscriber would announce that in
_ connection with his House and Sign Paint-
ing, he now carries on 9. general

PJPER H./IJVGING BUSIJVESS,

and will keep constantly on hand a complete
assortment of plain and ornamental Papers for
side walls. ceilings, halls, the. His establish-
ment is one door north of Skiddy’s Block,
where he will be happy to execute all orders
in House and Sign Painting, and Paper Hang-
ing. Paints and Oils for sale, and Paints

mixed ready for use.
GEORGE MARVIN.

Toxnlinson
SPRING &. AXLE 60..

MANUFACTURERS OF

SPRINGS & AXLES

BOTH COMMON & PATIIN '1’;

Of all kinds and sizes,
Cannon-st., opposite Tomlinson’s Carriage Manufactory,
Bizinoi-iroirr, CoN.\'. '

It is acknowledged that the above Establish
ment manufactures the best articles in their
line, to be found in the market. All orders
by Mail or otherwise promptly responded to,

RUSSEL TOMLINSON, Prcs., S. B. FERGUSON, J n.,
Treas’r, Wu. G. Lixi-niuiioii, Scc’y. tf3-l

Norwalk Saddle, Harness and
TRUNK EMPORIUM!

HE subscriber would extend his thanks to
the public for their liberal patronage du-
ring the last fifteen years and at the same time
express his conviction that the business expe-
ricnce he has acquired during so long a period
has peculiarly qualified him for judging of
the tastes and requirements of those having
occasion to patronize an extensive Saddlery
establishment. He is constantly manufactur-
ing and keeps on hand a full assortment of
Harness, of all descriptions, comprising all
kinds of Buggy, Gig, Express, Cart, Coach,
Farm and Wagon Harness ; also, a great vari-
ety of Ladies and geutlemen’s Riding Saddles
Bridles, Martingales, &c. also Collars in great
variety and every style of pattern, Fly Nets,
Horsecloths, Stable Furniture, Saddler’s hard-
ware, Whips iu endless variety, Trunks of all
sizes and descriptions, Valices, Carpet Bags,
Satchels, &c. &.c. All in want of any of the
above named in ticles will do well to give usa
call, as we are bound to sell our wares- at sat-
isfactory prices. Orders for any kind of work
promptly executed. Repairing done neatly
and cheaply. WM. B. SWAN.

Something New.

WNERS of Horses will find a new and val‘

uable invention in the way of Horse Col‘
lars, known as Briggs’ Patent Horse Collars-
Iu their construction they correspond exactly-
to the anatomy of the Horse’s neck, and will
neither scald, bruise,or gall the animal. They
give full scope and action to the shoulder-
blade and joints, and altogether are the most
perfect application ever applied to the neck of
the Horse. They have been fully tested al-
ready, and are so constructed that they com-
mend themselves to the judgment of every
sensible and humane man.
Also, every variety, quality and quantity of
Harness, Saddles and -Horse Equipments in
general, may be found at the Store of the
Subscriber. WM. S. JONES.
Westport. (‘East-sid_e the Bridge.) -

Norwalk Dye House.

HE Subscriber would return his thanks
for the very liberal patronage which the
Public have favored him with for the last two
years, and would respectfully inform hi cus-
tomers that he is prepared to execute all or-
ders in a superior manner. Silks, Merinoes,
Paramettas, Dc Laines, Shawls, Ribbons,
Gloves, and Stockings, dyed all colors, every
week.
Brochc Shawls cleaned equal to new, Grape
Shawls cleaned and dyed all colors, and the
new China finish put on equal to new.
All orders left with the Subscriber, in the
rear of the old.Bakery at the foot of Mill Hill,
or at Shepherdj's Bakery, Norwalk, G. H. Ran-
dle, Winiii auk, Isaac Selleck, West Norwalk,
Benedict, rothers, Danbury, Horace Lock-
wood, Slamford, G. B. Bristol at D. Chapnians
Coleman’s Block, Pittsfield. Mass.
10 JOHN PICKENS.

GentIeTfeh’s Hatsfw V
SPRING STYLES.

THE Subscriber is now receiving his invoi-
ces of Spring Fashions of Gentlemens
Hats, which for beauty of design and elegance
of finish, have never been surpassed. By an
ingenious improvement in their manufacture,
the Silk Hat of the Spring Fashion is as easy
upon the head as the -Soft Hat. Also, Men’s
and Boys’ Gaps in endless variety ; Umbrellas,
Canes, &c., with an immense assortment of
Soft Hats of every price, size, color and qual-
ity, all for sale cheap for cash, at
H. C. RANDLE’S.

P. S. Also, Agent for the sale of th Grafen-
berg Co.’s Celebrated Medicines.

Alkaline Dentifi-ice.

R. BARBOUR, manufactures and keeps
_. C0l'l:t_D_.lll’.l_y cm band the above preparation
f6r preserving and cleansing the teeth. It is
unhesitatingly pronounced the best prepara-
tion in the market, for the purposesindicated,
by all who have ever used it. It may he had
at all the principal stores in Town. Try it.

BUILDING MATERIALS.
Pressed &. Common Brick Lime
Cement, Calcined Plaster. Hair
and Marble Dust.

HE Subscriber llavingdissolved hisconncc-

tion with'W. C. S'l‘lll-‘.E'l‘, Esq. in the above
business, will continue it on his own account,
and will keep a good assortment of the above
named articles constantly C-nhantl. which will
be sold cheap for Cash. ,
15 ’ CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Office at the (Store of W. C. STREET.

New Styles. @

Fmltlew Goods 8:. low prices.

HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
_ _. large and varied an assortment of C:'_cutl_e-
nién and Lefties" Go'itér's,'Boo.tS’.’ and Sllrlleffirz
as has ever been presented to the public in $015
market. The styles are new ; the workman shi p
neat and beautiful; while the material is of
the finest texture and most durable quality.—-
He has some very elegant, plain and fancy
colored, Ladies Gaiters; also, Gent-‘s Patent
Leather Boots and Shoes, with an endless as-
sortment’ of Boys and Misses Shoes, all ol'ivlii_c.h
will be sold very low for c«”.~fi1!- Th? l3‘1l>1i9:11'c
are invited to call and examine his stock for
themselves. “"31,

ltiorwalk Ir-on Eouudry.
VERY description of CASTING done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at all)’ other es-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Lliaiiis,
Chain Pumps, Iron Fence, Posts, Railings, &c.,
furu_is_hed to order. Patterns executed 
short notice and upon reasolinole teriil-3.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.

For Sale Cheap.
A GOOD opportunity is offered to any per-
sons desiriiig to purchase Horses, Carria-
gcs or Ilarness. as the subscriber intends redu-
cing his stock in trade. Several first rate
Horses will be sold much less than their value.

ifupplie.‘ for soon. 
South ‘0I“\_V'-ilk,’ Oct. 4, 1855: ‘ "‘=’ ’tl41_

Sulky For Sale,

LIGHT and in good condition, will be sold
cheap if applied for soon.
Gazette Office.

ACKEREL in Bbls. and half Bbls., at
1 0LMS'l‘EAD’S.

Enquire at

Further Notice.

HE undersigned having extended his busi-

ness is now not only prepared to repair
and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as usual,
but is also prepared to make the same to Or-
der. Tasteful Carriages or heavy Wagons
made in every style to suit the purchase1_',and,
at prices to suit ghetiiiies,
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishmentformerly occupied by
Charles Isaacs.

Blacksmithing.
HE Subscriber having taken a shop adjoin-,
ing the old stand of Joseph Shepherd, is
pi'ep:).red to execute every order in the line 0
a general Bl-acksmithing Establishment. All
work left with him will be well and promptly
<1_.DI,1.'~‘. fem! every effort made to please and sub-
scrve the interests of all who mayfeel disposed
to favor hiui with their patrona e.
tf THOMAS FANCHER.

Cabinet Ware Rooms at
WESTPORT !

HE Subscriber would respectfully inform

hisl'i'iends and the public generally, that

lll: is am located. as few doors north of the

turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva Gray,

vyhcife uiay be found a general assortment of
G-sol:-‘Er Fimsirvnn.

Undcrtakingin all its departments attended

to at‘lhe shortest notice and upon reasonable

terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.

Something New !_
E§i.;1.‘§.9 shoeing and General
Blacksnnithing.

WATERBURY &. DUNCAN’,

I_IAVING taken their old stand, occupied
the last year by J. Deady, would inform
their customers and the public that they are
now prepared to shoe Horses, Oxen, &c., in
such :1 manner as will give entire satisfaction‘:
'1‘hey are aware of the n:_lschie‘f'don'é' to“ hilt-
sea by ‘iuefzplcriencetlf \v0i'l;iineii, ‘and th‘ey!ar'e
deteifmiiiedfthut no cause‘ of complaint shall
he fqiind against their work. They will also
continue their general Blacksniithiug busi-
ness at their old stand, where Repaining, For-
ging, &c., will be done as heretofore.

Chloride Lime .

 LBS, just received at thizmpemmy:

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Alone.
or c. is, nowuno.

My dear old wife ! how still she glides,
Within the open door,

I seem to hear her gentle step,
Beside me on the floor ;

I lift my eyes—’twas' but the wind,
The wind, and nothing‘ more.

I sit beside the cottage fire,
It blazes warm and high,

And as I sit, I hear her knit,
How swift the needles fly 1

I look—-and lo I a vacant chair,
And seeing that, I sigh.

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The wailing wind across the nicer
ls flouting like a knell,

The snow is resting soft and white,
In many a feathered swell;

And oh I it falleth cold and chill,
Within my heart as well.

I miss the precious tones of love
I've heard for many a year,

And still alone, I seem to feel
Her gentle presence near ;

But when I look-—and see her not,
I brush away a tear.

I travel back the mist of time,
And with ‘a thrill of pride,

I clasp her little, trembling linnd--
My graceful, girlish bride ;

And ah I I love her better far,
Than all the world beside.

And one by one the by-gone years
Come gliding to my view,

I seem to meet her loving eyes,
So beautiful and blue,

And meeting them, I softly smile,
The picture seems so true.

The clock upon the mantel strikes-
] start—-tlie dream is flown,
Ionly hear the wailing wind,
So mournfnl in its tone——
Perhaps it knows an aged man
Is sitting here alone.

Alone! for oh! the coflin lid
1 er placid brow hath pressed,

And silent now the loving heart,
That tlirobbed within the breast ;

And oh I I yearn to lay me down
By her dear side and rest.

Poor lonely heart I the weary throb
Will soon be silent here,

For oh I I bear the heavy snows
Of many a wintry year ;

And if is very sweet to me
To know that death is near.

My pulse growsweaker day by day,
And I am glad to go :

I shrink not at the chilling flood,
Though cold its billows flow ;

I know A Father's guiding hand
Will bear me safely through.

And lo I that blissful world boyond—- _
I seem to enter there,
I seem to hear her welcome sweet,
Float on the scented air-
And lift my eyes to greet her own,
And see -her vacant chair.
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Courage.
av W. (HLIORB sums.
Strike 1 as said the anvil to the hammer-
Strike! and never let your iron cool I
Up head, my boy ; speak bravely—nevei- steminer,
For fear the world will set you down a fool l
We have no time allowed for shilly-shally
But seventy years allotted to the best ;

Down with the rock ; plough up the fruitful valley,
Work out your piirpose—-leave to God the rest.
You have a purpose—shoiild have-—then begin it ;

An honest manly purpose is a power,
Which, if you straightway seize upon the minute,
Will make its progress sui-er every hour.

Build up your forgunes by it ; lay them deeply ;
Make your foundation sure ; then, day by day,
Rear the great wal1s—a fortress-—nevor cheaply-

Good purposes demand a great outlay !

Strength, faith, devotion—thought and resolution I
These make your capital—these freely spend ;

Once sure of your design, the execution
Needs all that you can give it—to‘t.he end !

Oh ! boy—man 1 what a world is in the keeping
Gf him who nobly aims and bravely toils ;

Wake to great deeds ; we'll all have time for sleeping
When “we have shnflled oil" our mortal coil.”

MISSELLAIIY.

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The. Assault on Senator Sumner.
So deep and wide spread is the indignation
pervading the public mind, concerning this
last and greatest outrage of the Slave Drivers
that we devote a large portion of our Miscel-
laneous Columns to the utterances of the press
thereupon:
From the Evening Post. (Dem.)

The friends of Slavery at Washington
are attempting to silence the Members of
Congress from the Free States by the
same mode: of discipline which make the
slaves mute on their plantations. Two
rufllsns from the House of Represente-
tives, named Brooks and Keitt, both from
South Carolina, yesterday made the
Senate Chamber the scene of their cow-
ardly brutality. They had armed them-
selves with heavy canes, and approach-
ing Mr. Sumner, while sitting in his
chair engaged in writing, Brooks struck
him with his cane a violent blow on the
head, which brought him stunned to the
floor, and Keitt with his weapon kept
off the bystanders, while the other ruf-
fian repeated the blows on the head of
the apparently lifeless victim till his cane
was shattered to fragments. Mr. Sum-
ner was conveyed from the Senate Cham-

f ber bleeding and senseless, so severely

wounded that the physician attending
him did not think it prudent to‘ allow his
friends to have access to him.

The excuse for this base assault is that
Mr. Sumner, on the Senate floor, in the
course of debate, had spoken disrespect-
fully of Mr. Butler, a relative of Preston
Brooks, one of the authors of this out-
i_-sge. No possible indecoruin of lan-
guage on the part of Mr. Sumner could
excuse, much less justify, an attack like
this; but we have carefully examined
his speech to see if it contains any mat-
ter which could even extenu‘ such an
act of violence, and find none. He had
ridiculed Mr. Butler’: devotioii to Slave-
ry, it is true; hilt. thewespon of ridicule
iii debate is by common consent as fair
and allowable a weapon as argument.-
The Journal of Commerce of this ‘mor-
ning apologises for the brutality of
Brooks and, his confederate, by saying
that Mr. Sumner was guilty of "v;vli_qle-,
sale denunciation and hitter pei-s_onla_li_ties'-
and gnotes what The Washington, Star
says of the character o'f Mr. Sumner's
speech. 'Whnt The Washington Star
may say is nothing to the purpose; the
question is what Mr. Sumner said, and
as this has been published, The Journal
should have placed it before its readers,
that they might judge for themselves.-
It prudently, however, keeps the provo-
cation, whatever it might be, out of
sight. Our readers have already had

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the speech before them in our yestei-day’s
sheet, and we leave it tothem to say
whether there is any wholesale denun-
ciation orbitter personality in it; wheth-
er it contains anything which goes be-
yond the fair decorum of debate.

Mr. Butler of South Carolina, who is
always fussing about Slavery, and al-
ways on the watch for an opportunity of
tilting in its defense, and who, therefore
makes himself a fair mark for ridicule, is
compared to Don Quixote, the mirror of
chivalry,-ready to do battle with any gi-
ant in behalf of his peerless mistress —
Mr. Sumner pursues the parallel, and
provides Mr. Butler with a mistress al-
so—tho polluted vixen, slavery, to whom
he offers his vows, and in whose defense
he commits every extravagance, making
havoc, in his frenzy, of principle, and
perverting and mutilating facts. It is
not the first time that a political enthu-
siast—-for Mr. Butler is an enthusiast for
slavery—has been compared to Don
Quixote, but we do not recollect that it
was ever deemed sufficient provocation
for a murderous attack upon the author
of the jest.

It will not do to detach any part. of
Mr. Sumner’s speech from the context,
as we hear the apologists for Brooks and
his friend are disposed to do, as an ex-
tenuation for the cowardly brutality of
which they were guilty. The whole
drift of Mr. Sumner-’s remarks was that
Mr. Butler’: head, like that of his proto-
type, the mirror’of knighthood in Cervan-
tes’s novel, had been turned by his deve-
tion to slavery, so that he made wild
work with both princip|e_and fact. Don
Quixote was by temper just, generous,
and a lover of truth; yet he would twist
any principle to conform it to his no-
tions of chivalry, and in his madness

and a kitchen wench to be a princess
There is, sure, no wholesale denuncia-
tion in this, for Mr. Butler is assailed on
one point only—-his insane devotion to
slavery. There is no bitter personality
in it, for his character as a man, in the
ordinary relations of life, is left unques-
tioned. We agree fully with Mr. Sum-
ner that Mr. Butler is a monomaniac in
the respect of which we speak; we cer-
tainly shonld place no confidence in any
representation he might make which con-
cerned the subject of slavery; and we
say this without any expectation of an
attempt being made upon our lives, or
even of having our heads broken for our
boldness. .
Has it come to this, that we must
speak with bated breath in the presence
of our Southern masters; that even their
follies are too sacred 1: subject for ridi-
cule; that we must not deny the consis-
tency of their principles or theeccnracy
of their statements? If we venture to
laugh at them, or question theirlogic, or
dispute their facts are we to be chastised
as they chastise their slaves? Are we
too, slaves, slaves for life. a target for
their brutal hlows, when we do not com-
port ourselves to please them’! If this
be so, it is time that the people of the
Free States know it. and pre and them-
selves to acquiesce. in their etc. They
have labored under the dellision hitherto
that they were their own masters.

Even if it were true, as it is not, that
there were “wholesale denunciation and
bitter personalities" against Mr. Butler
in Mr. Sumner’s speech, the denuncia-
tion should have been repelled and per-
sonallties rebuked by some of the fluent
speakers of the powerful majority to
which Mr. Butler belongs, and the mat-
ter should have ended there. The sud-
den attack made with deadly weapons
upon an unarmed man in the Senate
Chamber, where he could not expect it
or have been prepared for it, was the
act of men who must be poltroons as
well as ruffians. It was as indecent, al-
so, as it was cowardly ; the Senate floor
should be sacred from such outrages; or
if they are committed at all, it should
only be by Senatorial blackguards, It
is true that the Senate had just adjourn-
ed, but the members were still there,
many of them in their places; it was
their chamber, and this violence commit-
ted in their presence was an insult to
their body. Yet we have no expecta-
tion that the Senate will do any lhing
to vindicate the sacredness and peace of
their chamber, or the right of their mem-
bers not to be called to account for
words spoken in debate. There will be
a little discussion; some will denounce
and some will defend the assault, and
there the matter will end.

The truth is, that the Pro-slavery par-
ty which rules in the Senate looks upon
violence as the proper instrument of its
designs. Violence reigns in the streets
of Washington; they are not safe for the
man who speaks his mind without re-
serve, as Mr, Greeley proved the other
day. when he was assaulted for commen-
ting too freely upon the conduct of one
of the Southern politicians. It had been
supposed that the Senate Chamber, the
room dedicated to thositzingof that “dig-
nified body," as it has been called, was
at least free from the intrusion of outside
bullies, but violence has now found its
way into the Senate Chamber. Vio-
lence lies in wait on all the navigable
rivers and all the railways of Missouri,
to obstruct those who pass from the Free
States to Kansas. Violence overhangs
the frontier of that Territory like a storm
cloud charged with ball and lightning.
Violence has carried election after elec-
tion in that territory ; violence has im-
posed upon the inhabitants a fictitious
Legislature and a tyrannical code of
laws, and violence is mastering her myr-
midons to put that code in execution.-
In short, violence ‘is the order of the day.
The North is to be pushed to the wall
by it, and this plot will succeed if the
people of the Free States are as apathet-
ic as the slaveholders are insoleut.
Since we can expect nothing from
Congress, the people of the free states
must speak out in their public meetings
quid denounce the plot and its authors.-—
Here is an attempt to silence a bold and
fearless representative of the free states,
whose only offence was that he repelled,
the attacks upon the rights of his con-
stituents with too much plainness of
speech. Will the people of the free
states stand by him, or will they desert
him like cowards, and own that a north-
ern man, who is above fear in the dis-
charge of his duty, deserves to be beaten
like a bound? It is idle to wait for what
the Senate may do-—the Senate will do

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From the Com, fldvertiser.

journment of the Senate, he was violent-
ly assaulted by Messrs. Preston S.
Brooks and Lawrence M. Kent, mem-
bers of the house of Representatives from
South Carolina. According to the tele-
graphic reports, Mr. P. 8. Brooks, hav-
ing armed himself with a heavy gutta
percha cane, approached Mi. Sumner,
and abruptly saying that his speech was
a libel on Suth Carolina, and on a rela-
tive of his, Senator Butler of that State,
struck him violently on the head with
his cane. Embarrassed by his position,
and the suddenness of the brutal assault,
Mr. Sumner had no mess of defense, and
his assailant repeating the blows, the
Senator from Massachusetts fell ppon
the floor, almost insensible. The ac-
counts represent that Mr. Brooks——who
if these accounts are true, must be the
pink of cowardice and brutality—persis-
ted in striking Mr. -Sumner with his
heavy cane after he was prostrate and
insensible; and that Mr. Keitt, a fit com-
panion for such a man, stood by albto
secure Mr. Brooks from -interference in
his disgraceful and unmanly proceeding.
The result is that Mr. Sumner is very
severely wounded, and his injuries are‘
such that though no fatal termination is
anticipated, his physician hasordered his
confinement to bed, and prohibited him
from seeing his friends for the present.
It is said that several senators and other
gentlemen were in the Senate chamber,
but were tardy with their interference.
Probably they were taken by surprise,
for it is not credible that there could be
two other men beside the South Caroli-
na Members of Congress who would be
parties to, or connive at such a base and
cowardly proceeding. Mr. Murray and
Mr. Morgan, of the New York delega-
tion, were the first to come to Mr. Suin-
ner’s assistance from an ante-room, the
former of whom seized and held Mr.
Brooks, and the latter raised Mr. Sum-
ner from the floor and removed him into
the Vice President's room. , The tele-
graph adds that on the complaint of
Mr. William Y. Leader, Brooks was
held to bail by Justice Hollingshead in
the sum of $500 to appear before him for
examination this afternoon.

A cotemporary heads an editorial up-
on this specimen of cowardice, brutality
and attempted tyranny and despotism
with the pertinent question, What next?
What indeed? Matters have come to a
pretty pass if on the floor of Congress-
the Parliament of the United Stan.-s—a
senator cannot freely utter his senti-
ments, vve care not how extreme they
may be, without imminent danger to
himself personally from such ruflianly as-
saults. This is the most direct blow to
freedom of speech yet made in this coun.-
try. It is utterly without excuse or jus-
tification. If while Mr. Summer was
speaking, and supposing him to have
been guilty of unprovoked personalities,
some senator, smarting under his invec-
tives, had in a moment of excitement
personally assaulted him, the act might
have had,some shadow of excuse or pal-
liation. But here it was otherwise.-
Mr. Brooks was not presnt when the
speech was delivered, nor was he a mem-
ber of that branch of the National Leg-
islature to which the speech was ad-
dressed. Whatever excitement was°oc-
casioned by its oral delivery had subsi-
ded. In truth there was no provocation
whatever for Mr. Brook’s outrage upon
the Senator, and the only interpretation
that can be put upon it is that Messrs.
Brooks and Keitt had deliberately adop.
ted the monstrous creed !hat anv man
who dared to utter sentiments which
they deemed wrong or unjust should be
brutally assaulted in order to deter oth-
ers from like freedom of thought and
speech. If this is to be tolerated, we
may well ask, What next’!

- I

We see the_word chivalry used in con-
nection with this disgraceful affair.-
But if there be the faintest shad-
ow of a shade of chivalry in the bus-
iness, we are at a loss to discover it, and
must have altogether mistaken the mean-
ing of the word. We have always at-
tached to it the idea of valor, heroism,
gallantry. Which of these did Mr.
Brooks display? Is there anything chiv-
alrous in two men attacking one? In
two men armed with canes, attacking
one totally unarmed? In two men arm-
ed with canes, and free to choose their
own attitude and position, and having
their limbs at perfect liberty, attacking
one man unarmed, in a sitting posture,
and his limbs under the constraint of an
immovable piece of furniture? In two
men, with these advantages, deliberate-
ly choosing their opportunity, lurking
in wait for their victim, and springing
upon him unexpectedly, when it was a
physical impossibility for him either to
avoid or return the blow? To fell upon
and cruelly maltreat a man, not- only
without giving him a chance to defend
himself, but after you have satisfied your-
selves that he is positively helpless-
call you this chivalry '.' We beg to call
it by another name. his cowardice and
worse than cowardice; for it partakos of
the treacherous and fiendish malice of
the assassin. That is the plain truth of
the matter, Messrs. Brooks and Keitt,
and you may make the worst of it.—
Such conduct merits the loathing and
scorn of every honorable, liberal, chival-
rous citizen ;"and it has ours. .

Now the°qnestion is, will the Nation-
al Legislature take prompt means to rid
itself of of such cowardly ' bullyism and
ruflianism? of men who not only dis-
grace any state’ or any individ nal of whom
they arrogantly constitute themselves as
champions, but would faiu crush free
sentiment and free speech by brutal vio-
lence, and at heart the veriest despots
and tyrants’! Not very long ago, a mem.
ber of Congress assailed a newspaper ed.
itor because he had said bomething
which the member had decided ought
not to have been said. But the ‘House
of Representatives was silent. Still
more recently a member of Congress
shot and killed, at broad noon-day, in a
public breakfast room, an unarmed wai-
ter at the breakfast table, and the house
of Representatives, to its everlasling dis-

nothing—it never doesuanything on such
occasions; the people must take the inat-

Yesterday, while the Hon. Charles
Sumner, United States Senator from I
Massachusetts, was writing at his desk,
in the Senate Chamber, after the ad-

grace, refused to take cognizance of the
brutality, and summarily to dismiss the
perpetrator of it from association with
them.

And what is the result? Even a res-
pectable member of the higher branch of
the National Legislature, who ‘happens
to have said nothing distasteful to a
member of the lower branch, is not safe
from personal violence in his own seat
in the Senate Chamber. Bent upon car-
rying still further the ruffianisni that in
other members the House has refused to
rebuke, these men skulk into the Senate
Chamber, crouch in a seat near the gen-
tleman whose frank speaking of his sen-
timents has displeased them, and at the
momcnthe is all unsuspicious and all un-
prepared, rush upon him and with a hea-
vy cane beat him to unconsciousness,
virtually saying to the world that at the
Capitol, on the floor of Congress even,
free speech is not permitted, and our
boasted liberty is a sham. The people
wait to know whether even at this point
the House of Representatives willassert
its dignity.

From the JV‘ ational Intclligenrer.
Painful 0cc1lrre7zce.—-It is our un-
pleasant duty to notice an occurrence of
a very painful character which took
place yesterday in the Capitol, being, we
are sorry to say, a personal conflict be-
tween two members of Congress, grow-
ing out of what was regarded a personal
provocation. In noticing this painful oc-
currence, we have confined ourselves to
the briefestaccounr. of it, leaving to the
disclosures which will no doubt be elic-
ited today a correct statement of it.

From the Union (Executive Organ.)
Not a word.

From the Providence (R. I.) Journal.
Our telegraphic dispatches give an ac-
count of a new outrage, which indicates
one step more in the march of Slavery
aggression. A‘Senatorin Congress, sit-
ting in his seat, in the very Senate cham-
ber, surrounded hy all the protection of
the Constitution, is assailed and half mur-
dered for words spoken in debate. The
floor of the Senate Chamber is covered
with the blood of a Senator. The inter-
ference of the bystanders prevented a
brutal and cowardly murder; and the
assailant is bound over in the sum of
five hundred dollars. The telegraph
informs us that public opinion in Wash-
ington is divided on the subject! Some
condemning and some some applauding
~lhe deed! It. is? time that the national
Capitol was removed to a place where
there is a different kind ofpublicopinion
and where murder is regarded asa crime.

from the Providence Purl, (Dcm.)

Shame.’ Shame .’—We blush for
human natui-e.when we make record of
an outrage so shameful and diabolical as
that referred to in our dispatch from
Washington. It is an insult to the coun-
try and a disgrace to civilization; and
it will do more to arouse and foster sec-
tional agitation than ten thousand spee-
ches from Senator Sumner, no matter
how fanatical, and violent, and abusive,
could possibly have done.

Fran the Baltimore ./Imcrican.
Disgmccful assault upon a Senator.
-—'l‘be dignity of the United States Seu-
ate was violated, and the person of one
of its members outraged yesterday by a
disgraceful assault upon Senator Sum-
ner by Mr. Brooks, a member of the
House of Representatives from South
Carolina. The act so far as our present
accounts inform us, was attended with
circumstances that showed a part of its
perpetrator. Mr. Sumner was attacked
in the Senate Chamber, prostrated with
a blow with a cane, and then beaten in-
to a state of insensibility. We have no
sympathy with Mr. Sumner as a politi-
cian, and have seen with deep regret the
course of acrimonious personal crimina-
tion, so foreign to what has heretofore
been characteristic of the Senate, in
which he and other Senators have this
session indulged, but we must protest
against the law of violence which inem-
bers of Congress are by their personal ex-
ample holding np for the imitation of the
country. Already we have seen one
member assaulting an editor, another en
gaging in a brawl with the servants of a
hotel, and using his pistol with deadly
effect, and now a third member deliber-
ately enters the Senate Chamber, knocks
down a Senator, and beats him until he
is insensible. The House must be assured
that if it desires to preserve for itself even
a vestige of public respect, these acts so
derogatory to its members cannot be per-
mitted to go unrebuked.

From the New Haven Courier.
The Last Outrage.

The infamous outrage upon Senator
Sumner of Massachusetts, by Preston
Brooks, is member of Congress from
South Carolina, excites a feeling of in-
dignation as universal as it. is just. We
have examined all the accounts of the
transaction which reach us in the differ-
ent papers, and we find nothing which
relieves the affair from the odium of the
first report. It was a high-handed ont-
nge, not only upon the person of Sum-
ner, and the dignity of the Senate of the
United States, but upon’: right of free
speech. and upon the right. of the people
of the country to express, through their
Representatives, the opinions they en-
tertain of a political institution. It is
but a few weeks since Stephen A. Doug-
las refused to qualify or afford satisfac-
tion for a virulent and abusive attack up-
on : person, on the ground that no Sen-
ator could or ought to be held responsi-
ble for words spoken in debate, and we
all recognized the justice of his position.
But in the present case, a man, himself
a Representative in Congress, dares to
defy the provisions of the law, and wreak
a dastardly revenge, as the only answer
to a speech of ovenvlielming power.

Not content with an assault such as
that by which a representative from Ar-
kansas had been already disgraced. he
adds enormity to his offence by selecting
‘he Senate Chamber for the scene, and
clothes his outrage with additional bru-
tality by the method and cruelty of his
attack. A Northern Senator dared to
characterize Slavery and its defenders
in terms to which the convictions of his
constituents respond, and he is attacked
in his official seat in the Senate, by aruf-

of the highwaymaif, when he assails his
victim on the road, and is beaten until
nearly dead--for what '.’—for saying
what a million of free white men be-
lieve! We have less io do with the
personal assault than with the ouirage
upon the right of free speech, and free-
dom of political sentiment. involved in
it That is the great offence, and it is
such an one as, in our judgment, it is
proper for our Legislature, now in ses-
sion, to take notice of. We hope that
resolutions will be prepared at once, ei-
ther by the Committee on Federal Re-
lations, or by some individual member,
expressing the sentiment of the State in
relation to the affair, as a public insult
to the dignity of the Government, and
the rights of the people’s Representa-
tives, and that those resolutions be sent
to the Congress of the United States, so
that Connecticut, at least, may do its
part in urging that body to the discharge
of the duty it now owes to itself and the
country.

Faom the Pillsburg Gazette.

The news of the cowardly attack on
Mr. Sumner by a villainous South Car.
olinian stirred up a deeper indignation
among our citizens yesterday than we
have ever before witnessed. It was an
indignation that pervaded all classes and
conditions of men. The assault was so
deliberately planned, being made in the
presence and under the encouragement
of a crowd of bullies, when Mr. Suin-
ner was alone, unarmed and defenseless,
and it was conducted so brutal|y—5U
blows being inflicted upon an unresist-
ing victim, until the weapon of attack
was used up, and not one hand raised
among the bystanders to slay the fury
of the perfidious wretch—that every
feeling of human nature revolts at the
exhibition. Barbarians and savages
would not be guilty of such unmanli-
ness, and ev the vulgar blackguards
who follow the business of bruisers and
shoulder hitters would have a far higher
sense of fair play than was shown by
these patterns of chivalry. A univer-
sal cry of "Shame !” would go up from
the lips of the people, if, unfortunately,
the people did not, in view of this and
similar outrages, feel a bitter shame-
facedness at their own degradation in
having to submit to them.
It is time now to inaugurate a change.
It can no longer be permitted that all
the blows shall come from one side. If
Southern men will resort to the list to
ovei-awe and intimidate Northern men.
blow must be given back for blow.-—
Forbearance and kindly department are
lost upon these Southern ruflians. It
were as well to throw pearls before
swine as tum onecheek to them when
the other is smitten. Under the circum-
stances now prevailing, neither religion,
nor manhood require submission to such
outrages. Northern men must defend
themselves; and if our present repre-
sentatives will not fight when attacked,
let us find those who will. It is not
enough, now, to have backbone ; there
must be strong right arms, and a deter-
mination to use them. The voters of
the Free States,in vindication of their
own manliness, will hereafter, in addi.
tion to inquiring of candidates, will you
vote so-and—so, have to enlarge basis of
interrogation, and demand an affirmative
answer to the question: VVill you fight?
It has come to that, now, that Senators
and Representatives cannot enjoy the
right of free speech or free discussion
without being liable to brutal assaults;
and they must, of necessity, arm them-
selves with sword-canes or revolvers.-A
To think~of enduring quietly such in.
tacks as that upon Mr. Sumner, is cra-
ven and pusillanimous. These cut-
throat Southrons will never learn to res.
pect Northern men until some one of
their number has a rapier thrust through
his ribs, or feels a bullet in his thorax,
It is not in human nature to be tram.
pied upon.

From the Springfield (.M'ass.) Republican.
The ferocious mid deadly assault upon
Senator Sumner, by a Somh Carolina
member, is well calculated to fan the
already aroused feeling of the North at
the treatment which its interests and its
citizens are receiving from slavery and
its defenders, The assault is akin to the
war upon the people of Kansas_ To-
gether, they show how lordly and impu-
dent slavery has become,antl must deep-
en and widen the conviction that the
people of the Free states must close with
it in serious combat in the pending na-
tional eleclion if they would maintain
not simply their equal rights, but their
independent existence as Freemen.-—
Kansas conquered and the Free State
settlers driven out, and the freedom of
speech destroyed at Washington, and
what, pray. is there left for us?

The Mr. Brooks who made this as.
sault upon Mr. Sumner, has been burn-
ing with fury against Massachusetts and
her representatives all Winter. He
threatened earlier in the session to kill
Senator Wilson, but though opportunity
was afforded him, he never attempted to
fulfill his threat. The provoking part of
Mr. Sumner’s speech was that in which
he brought into contrast Kansas and
South Carolina, and held up the fanati-
cism of Senator Butler and other South
Carolinans to just remark.

Mr. Sumner-’s Statement.

The House Committee of Investiga-
tion waited ou Mr Sumner to-day, and
took his testimony with regard to the
assault. He was also cross examined.
He was in bed during the examination,
and has set up but litzle since the as-
sault. He is still very weak, and the
physicians counsel him not to attempt to
go out of the house during this week.

The following is the statement of Mr.
Sumner, under oath :

I attended the Senate as usual on
Thursday, the 22d of May. After some
formal business, a message was received
from the House of Representatives, an-
nouncing the death of a member of mag
body from Missouri. This was follow.
ed by a brief tribute to the deceased from
Mr. Geyer, from Missouri, when accor-
ding to usage and out of respect to the
deceased the Senate adjourned at once.
Instead of leaving the Senate chamber
with the rest of the Senators, on the ad-
journment, 1 continued in my seat, occn
pid with my pen, and while thus intent,

fisn, with a design as murderous as that

in order to be in season for the mail,

DVANCE. ,