“_Ques._ (by Mr. Cobb). What do you attribute the remark of your colleague to? In other words, was it founded upon an apprehension growing out of what you had said in your speech? “_Ans._ I understand that it was. He has told me since that a member of the House had put him on his guard, but he did not mention it to me at the time. I suspected no danger, and therefore I treated what he said to me as trifling. “_Ques._ (by Mr. Pennington). Have you ever defied or invited violence? “_Ans._ Never, at any time. “_Ques._ State what was the condition of your clothing after this violence, when you were taken from the Chamber. “_Ans._ I was in such a condition at the time that I was unaware of the blood on my clothes. I know little about it until after I reached my room, when I took my clothes off. The shirt, around the neck and collar, was soaked with blood. The waistcoat had many marks of blood upon it; also the trousers. The broadcloth coat was covered with blood on the shoulders so thickly that the blood had soaked through the cloth, even through the padding, and appeared on the inside; there was also a great deal of blood on the back of the coat and its sides. “_Ques._ Were you aware of the intention of Mr. Brooks to strike or inflict a blow before the blow was felt? “_Ans._ I had not the remotest suspicion of it until I felt the blow on my head. “_Ques._ (by Mr. Campbell). Do you know how often you were struck? “_Ans._ I have not the most remote idea. “_Ques._ How many wounds have you upon your head? “_Ans._ I have two principal wounds upon my head, and several bruises on my hands and arms. The doctor will describe them more particularly than I am able to. “_Ques._ (by Mr. Cobb). You stated, that, when Mr. Brooks approached you, he remarked that he had read your speech, and it was a libel upon his State and upon his relative. I will ask you, if you had, prior to that assault, in any speech, made any personal allusions to Mr. Brooks’s relative, Mr. Butler, or to the State of South Carolina, to which Mr. Brooks applied this remark? “_Ans._ At the time my assailant addressed me I did not know who he was, least of all did I suppose him to be a relative of Mr. Butler. In a speech recently made in the Senate I have alluded to the State of South Carolina, and to Mr. Butler; but I have never said anything which was not in just response to his speeches, according to parliamentary usage, nor anything which can be called a libel upon South Carolina or Mr. Butler.” HON. HENRY WILSON, the colleague of Mr. Sumner, first heard of the assault as he was passing down the street, and hastened back. As to threats of violence before the assault, he testified:--