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M r *»r ’ i voLin.rji ^ i -v «P*Hi ’ ' THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. 04 O -=L TUESDAY MOIITvCSTG, XOYE1TBEE 22, 1881. PRICE 5 CENTS =ft GUITEAU GROWLS at the way his case is being CONDUCTED. The Fifth Day's Froecdlne* of tb# * AMU4ln-U>t of tbs Jury—Secretary Blaine a Statement of the XilUn« of Prejidsnt Garfleld-Beenes in Conn. Waihixoton. November 18.—The fifth day of the famous trial—famous only, perhaps, through the exalted station of the victim, and the unforeeen cruelty of the result of the crime—was marked by an unmistakably Increased interest on the part, particularly, of the better classes of the community. Long before the hour of the opening of the court several hundred ladios and geutlemen had assem bled In the eastern corridors, and patiently awaited adralialon to the coart room. At 9 o'clock the prison van drove up and Guiteau, I tearing a huge bundle of papers In hfs manacled hands, shuffled hurriedly Into the building- There was a marked absence of noisy demonstration on the part of the bystanders, yet Guiteau plainly betrayed a fear of violence, which al ways marks his movement'*, when he deems himself at «11 exposed to danger. He was taken to the prisoners’ room and devoted himself to reading papers. At 9:30 the scats re served for the general public were entirely tilled, four-fifths of them being occupied by ladies. The appearance and general demeanor of the assem Mage was in marked contrast with that of thepre- vlousdays and seemed tube entirely free from the rougher element so conspicuous upon the opening day. Upon the opening of the court Mr. Fcoville arose to make an explanation, uud requested the court to take some measures to prevent the prisoner from giving to the public bis unauthorized communica tion. and prevent the annoying interruptions of the uer in the court room, sinking as I left. When I got nearly back to him— 1 was the first or second person who got back to him—he was vomiting, and I think at that moment was unconscious. Of course, immediately a large crowd surrounded him, and mat- tresses were brought, I think, from the sleepingcar, and he was removed to the upper room in the dope Medical uid was at hand aa boon*as possible, and an examination was made. He was returned to the white house, reaching there, I should say, in about fifty minutes or possibly an hour. 1 know I returned to my own room and wrote a dispatch to the public, especially the European public, direct ing it to Minister Lowell at London. In that dispatch I said: "At this hour, 10:90 am." The president being shot about 9:99, that enabled me to Identify the time at which the president got to the white house. He got there atiout the time '^ThSft'rmigVrt <m a scene, during which Guiteau demanded that Mr. Bcoville should , HI go out of the «aisc” timt"hc"vvas r.o criminal lawyer and had no wiise; thut he talked one thing to him in private and another in public. Mr. Scovllle endeavored to cxnlain to the court, but Guiteau became more and more excited and addressed himself alter nately to the court, to Mr. Scovllle and to the bai liffs. who were endeavoring to keep him quiet. To the Court—1 represent myself, your honor.and •hall do as l please about counsel. Then turning to Mr. Scovllle “you have got no capacity, and I won't have you manage my ease." Turning to the bailiffs, he shouted, A ou mind your business, you confounded fools. You ain't got no sense." . ■ , , _ . The court again stated to the prftoncr in decided tom* that he would order his removal nnd proceed in l.is absence. To thisGuiteau shouted excitedly: “I don't care If you do; the court in banc will re verse yon and l will get a new tria). You have got no right to remove roe.” The court replied In terms which seemed to con vince Guiteau of their sincerity. “Very well. I shall do so if you persist in any more disturbance, and there are precedents in this court for such rtillng.” A whispered consultation between Guiteau and Mr. fleoville followed, and the former, apparently convinced, subsided into absolute quiet uml devoted himself to his papers. District-Attorney CorkhiU then offered in eyl donee certain letters, which were yesterday read to Mr. Blaiuoaud identified by him. Ed. A. Wagner «hb ihcn called os a uitneas, but fail* d to rchpo&d. , „ , Joseph K.Sharpe was ihcn called ana sworn. He did iiot tee tho snooting, but sawUic |>risonernt- tempting to i-eape aud witnessed his arrest Ella M.’ Riflgoly heard a conversation between GuiL.iu uud the buckmiut who was engaged by the oil- to *:!»•*' him to the Congo :->ional cemetery. Joshua U. Duvls. gatekeeper, Win. P. Crawford _______ me I got to mv house, possibly a little before. These are In brief the circumstances connected with my observations. When in the upper room of the depot, there was a gathering around of cabinet ministers, who immediately repaired there from the ears. There had yet been no report made of whom it was, but I gave information that the man I saw run and whom I went after, and whom I saw fall in the hands of the police, was Guiteau. I recognized the man. I made the statement to the cabinet, the attending surgeons and General Sherman, before tlic police had discovered the name. Oi course, the shot being behind my back, 1 did not see him with the pistol in his hand. He did not, in run ning, have the pistol exposed. The district attorney then produced a diagram of the depot in which the tragedy occurred, ainl at his request the witness indicated the positions occu pied be the president and himself at the time the fatal shot was fired. He alsostatcd that though the second shot was fired immediately after the fiist, it did not follow it as rapidly as shots could be fired from a self-cocking revolver. Q—How often have you seen the prisoner, to the best of your recollection? A.—Very often. Numerical stateraentsare apt to be exaggerated when wc are recalling it statement of this kind. According to my recollection, he vis ited the slate department twenty-live times. It might possibly have been not over ten. but eight or ton visits of that kind are apt to make an impres sion of twenty or twenty-five. [Laughter.] Q.—Was he an applicant for office V A.—He was a very persistent applicant for the consul gencralshipat Paris. I never gave him the slightest encouragement that he would receive the appointment. I remember, after persistent and repeated visits, I told him there was. in my judg ment, no prospect whatever of his receiving an ap pointment. and that I did not want him to con tinue Ills visits. I wanted to bring them to an end, and I told him there was no prospect of his receiv ing it. The witness here identified a number of lette., from Guiteau and taken from the flies of the state department, aud said: “I observe llie.-e letters con tain the signatures I made on them for identifica tion, nnd thin (indicating a paper) is a speeeltou- closed in one of the letters, which he alleged to have made during a political campaign, and oil which he based his claim for office here. This (In dicating) i* a letter that came from the while house with the ordinary executive mansion blank. It Is a mere indorsement, 'Guiteau, Charles, applicant for the Austrian mission.’ Thut letter came from the white house in this envelope." . By Mr. Porter—Did you see the body of President Garfield when it was brought to the district after he was dead? A.—I came with the funeral train, and did not see the body of the president after the return here. It w as not a pleasant sight, and I did not go to the rotunda of the capitol to see it. 1 saw the body after death at the Franeklyn voltage, belonging to the old story. Scovllle examined the vertebra) was nch, I think and I became fond of him.” minutely and Guiteau also seemed interested, fd- Guiteau s brother, at his side, is altogether differ- thoueh he made no move to touch the vertebra-, enttrom h:m—aeleen, healthy-skinned youngman. the court then took a recess. with a bread head, large, rich mustache—such a Court reassembled at 1:05. The district attorney young man as would be well 'Regarded by every ' said he had ascertained that the record in the case marriageable young woman, or considered twice in of the president was kept by Dr. Keybum and was every respectable business house, in hi* handwriting. Dis. Eeybum und Alcord were Mrs. Scovllle, Gmteuu’s sister, is a rather pretty, in court. middle-aged woman, with a real good expression. Dr. bliss was then recalled and was crcss-exam- eye* darkish, hair of a snowy gray, and nose and ined bv Mr. Seoville iu relatiou to the course of the forehead a lime Use the prisoner’s. She looked i ball, etc. i very much like the substantial farmers’ wives of Mr. Kobinson then took the witness and Dr. Bliss central New York. A little child sat by her in a I was given the record which l>r. Keyburu had kept. ■ white cap with blue ribbons, probably her child. ! Mr. Kobinson then pursued his question as to tin j Mr. fc'covule, also, is a perfectly respectable, well- symptoms noted each day. ; uuired man, his voice kind, as his eyes are. The Dr. Bliss was examined at great length and at . pn scare ly seems to have any relevancy to 2:15 court adjourned until Monday. , the family around him. THE FIRST SPIKE DOWN IN DIXIE. ON THE ROAD THAT LEADS THE COAL-BEDS. General Gordon Drives the Frat Spike on t:i Georgia Pacific— A War of Hates Imminent Between the Air-Uue Hoad and the Ken- neaaw Boate—Other Railroad News. J. Stanley Brown, private secretary of President . 5eld. ye-terday testified to Guiteau'a frequent-) Garfield, ye-terday -r calls at the white house, and of his (witness) telling < CAPTAIN G.WHIT ANDERSON. the ushers that Guiteau must no longer trouble the : 111, Death and Burial In Lumpkin County—Close ef » office. He hai told Guiteau, himself, aud had j - . Kemarkable Career, reiterated it twice, that his application be- A private telegram yesterday brought to Atlanta ine in the consular service, must go to. f , * , The witness ldenti-1 the intelligence of the death of Captain whit An- hel 7 There are 8,000 Odd Fellows in Kentucky. Fat cattle are in fair demand in Kentucky. Selma, Alabama, is to have the electric light. The Fort Smith Daily Elevator, has suspended. Helena, Mississippi, will have a cotton factory. Aberdeen, Mississippi, will have a cotton factory. Vicksburg, Mississippi, will have an opera [ house. Nashville counts on a population of 75,000 in ten | years. Quite a sleet fell in Henderson, Kentucky, last | Thursday. Eighty students at the Arkadolphla Baptist | school, Arkansas. Greek county, Texas, has 9,000,000 acres of unnp. propria'ed land. the stAte department. tied a Large number of letters from Guitecu to the 1 derson. The message was brief, and from it noth- I f . , ’ * ., , I * stffeftf: »!«B!U3raa£*; rrr tjs -saws ^ U T u a nde«mnd fe'ctan^Prob^lTno one*^ “° lders ° f these , companies have been till fall He is ' better or more widely known than Captain \N hit An- I called to meet respectively at Atlanta, Georgia, De- that he sen* a note touching ill-* He says: "Mr. Kasson. ttf Iowa The works, property and franchises of the Green ville, Columbus and Birmingham railroad company have been sold and conveyed to the Columbus, j Fayette and Decatur railroad company. N The boards of directors, each, of the Georgia Pa- , .. ... . . ... , , . , ,. if i i.i.,* -I Norfolk, Virginia, will have an electric light cific railroad company in Georgia and the Georgia I compttn y shortly. Pacific railroad company in Alabama, have adopted Birmingham, Alabama, is to have a Urge hotel an agreement by which the works, property and | and an opera house. 37,295 members of the Methodist North Carolina. A cotton seed oil mill Is to be established at wishes to remain ft ^ 0 ^J M, “ 0t tiU w ^ 1 ' ,» t8 ,w£ i derson. He was by birth a Gecrgianrand_ when the I comber 8th, and at Birmingham, Alabama, Decem- „ coo d fellow I would not wish to dis-4 lie was u* inrui a uwnjmu, «**«-** *“* i counter si •turbhtaln any event ttlmtdo you-thi^of^ J^3*to^d^etfin toe armytorher trefe^.. | bei . 10th§to mtify ^ ugreement of sale and pur- latge arrested Guiteau. claimed to have done so without iwistancn, whereupon Guiteau asked him several questions, nnd demontratod to his satisfaction that he(Gnltcnu)did not run away,but coolly putupliis ptflol «nd surrendered; i ne court ttu ii luek il ivewn for ha*f an hour, many of the spectators remaining in their seats <luring the recess. When the court reconvened the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. Barton, a colored hackman, testified to offering to convey Guiteau from the depot to the congressional cemetery for two dollars,aud that he soon afterwards heard shots; rushed into the depot aud saw the president lying upon the lioor and Guiteau ran- "soTellon" A. Brown, chief clerk of the state depart ment, testified to frequent visits of Guiteau to the department with an application for the Austrian mission. He had given instructions Ho exclude Uutlcau’s card, because he though it not worth Sec retary Blaine's while to sec him so often. Guiteau, he said, seemed to be a nervous individual, and never looked any one straight in the eye. Guiteau at this polut interniped aud suld: 'T looked you in the eye, Mr. Brown.” Detective CtcklofT described the scene in the police office when Guiteau was brought in and his subsequent transfer to jail. J. Stanley Brown, private secretary to the late President Garfield, testified to Guiteau’s frequent vUita to the white house last March anil April and that his visits were so persistent and the nature of ids application such that he sent him to the state department. Jus. L. Denny, newsdealer In the depot, identified ihe package of oarers, left by Guitedu at his stand oil the day <>f the shooting. At the conclusion of Denny’s exam ination the court adjourned till to-morrow. Mr. Blaine, yesterday, after giving his name and stating he was at present secretary of state, and that he was acquainted with James A. Garfield from 1S03 till the hour of his death, answered as follows: you acquainted with C. G. Franeklyn, a well known citizen of New York who had very kindly tendered the use of the cot tage for the president. This ended the direct examination. The jury consists of the following persons: John P. Hamlin, a tall, silver-haired, thoughtful- faced, conscientious American, a restaurant keeper. Frederick \V. Brankenburg, a little, excitable, black-haired honest German, a cigar raatiufcaturer, Henry J. Bright, a broad-shouldered, bright-faced, comfOrlable-lookiiig, keen-witted American, u re tired merchant. Charles J. Stewart, merchant. Tliomus H. I-nngley, grocer. Michael Stephens, grocer. Samuel F. Hobbs, plasterer. George W. Gates, architect. Kalph Wormley, laborer. W. U. Brainier, grocer. Thomas Ilcraline, machinist. Joseph Pratter. The last nine jurymen arc, with the exception o Wormley, men of a similar stripe to th(> three firs named. Wormly is a character, ne is amanof natural ability, very quiek-witted, nnd well balanced. He was year* ago uctive in politics, and acquired there in a lazy J^ficr. a charming sUde confidence, and the courage bf Yus convictions. lie is square-head ed ; his hair slightly silvered, aud he wears a per petual smile. All the jurors are intelli gent, educated, thinking men. They are all Chris tians. There arc no Masons, and no office-holders or office-seekers among them. Most of them are men of family, and all arc respected residents of the districL Taken as n whole, it is one of the best juries ever impaneled here. This speaks very weil for the commissiouers who selected the names for the panel, since many substantial citizens have been excused from service the last three days. The residuum, after Scovtlle’s careful sifting, is satis factory alike to the prosecution aud defense, aud from them an impartial verdict may be expected. Question of counsel—Are y the prisoner at the bar? Have you over seen him? for consul general for Pans? I think I prefer Paris to Vienna, and if agreeable to you; should prefer., the consulship at Paris. Senators Blaine, Logan ’ and Conkliug are friendly to me, and I presume my appaiutmeut will be promptly confirmed. - I claim to bo a gentleman ana a Christian." _ - The second letterpresses for the Paris consulship, saying lhat the men who did the business last fail are the ones to be remembered. The third letter suggests to General Garfield: “Would it not be well to withdraw Kobertson’a nomination on the ground that Conkling has worked himself up to a white heat of jipposition. It might be done quietly and gracefully on the ground that since the nomination many merchants and otheisin New York had petitioned for the re tention of General Merritt. I nave taken the liber ty of making this suggestion to Mr. Blaine. “The fourth letter to President Garfield says: “If you work your position for all it’s worth, you ean be nominated and elected in 1884. Two national con ventions have slaughtered Mr. Bluine on account of his 1 At tliis point the district attorney had some diffi culty in deciphering the writing, but was helped out Dy Guiteau, who fiuishedthesenteu.ee forhim: “Of liis railroad record aud connections.” The reading of the letter was then ^concluded, cs fol lows: “The republican party are afraid to run him. This leaves the way open for you to run for the presidency on your owu account. Btrike out right and left. The American people like pluck, and we will put you In again.” Another, marked private, to General Garfield, says: “Until Saturday, I supposed Blaine wus my friend in the matter of the Paris consulship, but from histone Saturday, I judge ho is trying to run the state department In the interest of the Blaine element in 1881. I want to get in and work for you in 1881. May T tell Mr. Blaine to prepare an order for my appointment to the Paris consulship, vice George Walker, recalled?” Another letter was read, in which Guiteau refers to Secretary Blaine as a wicked man, and which from that time until one year ago was con stantly in public life. For many years he was con nected with the sheriffalty of Fulton county, aud Charlotte, North Carolina. Wayne county, Kentucky, is shipping quantities of Walnut lumber. TitEAlabamn river is up, nnd will be in good boating order for some time. A vine with 112 well developed potatoes on it isa chase. . ... . . , ,, ... ... , The boards of directors, each of the Columbus, , . iiivvh^itcvcr caparit v*lre a \vas called 1 to'serte'tlre peo- I Fa >" e tte and Decatur railroad compauy, the Elyton «u>psou county, Ky.,.production, pie, he executed his trust with fidelity and care. I and Aberdeen railroad company, and the Georgia I A Milixrmu it«, K>., woman is saving up a forty uUwifdetoatod 0n and fremthat Ume°hUfim I * a ‘ ltic f company, all corporations of the S5SS£gas to beat, 'Vat he began to give wav to age and trouble and ! ‘J 8,4 ? of Alabama, have adopted articles of consoli- 1 noying iu Coffee couuty, Tennessee, Jj£ ^ttve,' V generou8 * man*.” His^iemh* 1 will* cause ^Vs^kholdera^f the^" HS' ™ ERU ^ B °" ^ hundrcd students in the .many to refJ?to the kind deeds he did in Hie. | to^^e^on^idation. S BILL ARP’S LETTER *' 21c Visits the Exposition nnd Pcrooca the Exhibit,. Written for The Constitution. loth, to ratify said articles. At Birmingham, Alabama, oil the 31st of Decem ber, the election of directors for the new consoll- AU hail to the chief." We used to sing dated company will take place. ,,, , rq„„ John r f’-illinnti I Thus there is being formed one company with I and pastures as good in November in Kentucky, that song to Henr> Clay and John C. Calhoun | power to build and operate, under we organ- cotton seed oil is supplanting lard for Vanderbilt medical college, of Tennessee. From a fifteen-acre orchard a Nicholas ounty, Ky., man has sold l.OCO bushels of apples. ( There are mullets iu Pensacola, Florida, weigh ing ten pounds each and sell 25 cents for two. Decatur, Tennessee, has given up its charter of Incorporation to get rid of its whisky saloons. The oldest farmers have never seen grass as green _ . _ . . bus or Aberdeen, to the Mississippi river at or near I .. Davis and General Lee in the rip roaring either Greenville or Arkansas city. I There are in North Carolina 228 Presbyterian * - 1 As is known, this new company' and road is nnd I churches and between 18,000 uml 19,000 members. is to be, a part of the Richmond and Danville sys- times of war. But it’s all played out now, iiigto. We have got I am concerned we I H* - taken lookiu « to an extension'w^tto I The general conference of the Southern Metho- no chief, and so far as l am coucemeu I Texarkana. “ ™ ““ ““**"1 Pensacola’s exports to foreign countries for the don’t want any. Bob Toombs has retired, I The line is graded some thirty miles to and be- month of October amounted in value to §290,209. jL.i. Sfeuhens is serenely waiting for the r)0U S lasvi!1 e. in Dottglas county. I There are 191,812 members of the Baptist church inn S i™ l,is hMt rlnvN The work Is under contract through from the ter- in North Carolina; of the number 88,sioaic colored, summons, Ben Hill lias seen Ins best days, mmation ofthe grade as above to Oxford or Annus-1 ONEhundred and twelve well developed Irish and. Joe Brown is ou the down grade. I here I ton on the Selma Rome & Dalton road, say one I potatoes were found on one vine iu Simpson county, Stems to be no new crop coming to the front I hundred miles west from Atlanta. On this work I Ky. to take the places of the grand old men of the | there are now engaged about seven hundred labor- olden time. _ , them—lliat is to say we don’t Deed great | East from Columbus. "Mississippi, twenty miles statesmen nowadays, for all the great I have been graded, nnd the work of track laying questions of government are settled “?»*• _ . T . tw wwmuv •*- ...v—v- u Y aam } nnd agreed on This is an age of I I o m Greenville e.^st to Johnsonville, on was read by the district attorney in bis opening f f ,i, pr , r : . TUawnrlr I the . 8, }>] 0o "'er. there is iu operation a narrow gauge address yesterday. i business now, and not of theorita. Jt s work, road thirty-two miles in length. From Stoneville, ■ ma wn While Guiteau was being taken hack to jail this work, all the time. If a man has any doubt I on this main line, to Areola there is iu operation a fomia. afternoon, a man on horseback rode up beside the ’ about it, let him go to the exposition. He | branch narrow-gauge road twelve miles in length. I A T ,,REE-vear-old Aldernev cow in Woodford “- ' will see more work done there in one day than »<«««* g 8 ^“Wd^^onf^ c^uSIISSSS^buttor me 101HZWUK , he will see at home in a lifetime. 1 he expo- j takes the branch road down Deer creek to tlie edge l per wwt Guiteau The i Sition 13 an tndex of tlie times—of the age we I of Sharky county and plans are being discussed for I Kentucky maintains 1,063 idiots, at an annual Ute adjourn- live in, and it is the biggest show I ever sawr. extending itfurther to and below Rolling Fork. I cost of S75 per idiot, or a total for the past year of There are over $13,000,000 more assessed property in the state of Tennessee for the year 1881 than for 1880. The manufactories of walnut aud poplar lumber, pumps and furniture, in Nashville, employs 2,800 men. Mlss Sallik Morgan, of Carrollton, Mississippi, has written a book called “Tahas, or Life in L'tui- vuu r.nd fired a shot at Guiteau. The ball grazed bis arm and the man rode off and escaped. The driver of the prison van elves the following particulars of the attempt to shoot ~ " “' facts are substantially these: Upon , Cuba station, Alabama, made good syrup from 4 l / a acres in Lou is- iHtiteuu ill alone ii/the Land seatod 6 raUlfe ' H 03 On Friday General John R. |Gordon, Mrs. Gor-| Apalachicola, Fla., has been selected by tlie right-hand side—the se»ts runniug lengthwise of minds me of George Tram s speech at Chicago, don and several gentlemen belonging to the work-1 Baltimore packing company, topackhsh, oysters the van. After evidently satisfying himself of the *vhen he said he wanted the government to is- I ing staff of the Georgia Paciitc, took tlie exposition I nnd turtle. „ . , , <.;ie a hundred thousand millions of paper cur- j train at the depot and went out to Oglethorpe park. I A Barren county, Ky wunamawiiiimn Uncv <*o that evervbodv could have a pocket L I Jor [ reaching Ute park at about 2 o’clock they length, twelve feet lu hnibl tiilrnarisnml «ruek across the fields for about two hundred eight pounds. great forger nnd swindler. Is working department at the Richmond, Va., pen itentiary. Apalachicola, Fla., has been selected by tlie Answer—1 saw him occasionally during the months of March, April and May. Not so frequently in May. Q —Were you in company with the president at the time of the shooting? A.—I was by his side. , , Q.—Will you narrate to the jury an account of the proceedings In your own manner, so they will ob tain a full narrative of the circumstances as they are familiar to you? A.-*l wish to take directions as to what point to begin the narrative. Counsel—You met the president by appointment fV».» mnF*tinir rtf iho RssiissiTiMtinn ? on Ac morning of the assassination A.—Yes, sir, on the night of July 1st I was en gaged with the president until near midnight on t iublic business.- On parting he suggested that I lad better call and see him in the morning before he left, because there might be some matters to which he desired to rail my attention. I went to the white house in the morning, reaching there at 9, and not later than three minutes pasL I was de tained some little time in couferer.ee with the president in the eabluet room and in the library. I then started with him for the depot, he riding in the carriage in which I went to the white house from the state department, the carriage in daily u*e by myself, following out of the white house grounds his own carriage in which his children were carried under the conduct of Colonel Rockwell. Wc rode down the avenue without any noticeable incident at moderate speed. On reaching the depot on the B street side, the ladies' entrance, eommon- lv called, we sat a moment finishing the subject on •which we were then conversing, and tlie presided turned roun 1 to say “good bye.” “No.” said 1. “I will escort you.” 1 thought it was not proper lhat the presideht should go entirely unattended. "I will escort you.” I said, "and besides, 1 wish to see the gentlemen of the cabinet who are going to leav. with you. With that he alighted, lie had got in, of course, first at the white house, and that brought him on the side uext to the pavement at the depot, and, as the carriage was a small coupe, he got out first. As a matter of convenience he took mv arm. As we ascended the steps and turned to the left—he was ou my left—to speak to some one. I think a police officer, the same officer who had t. >ld us that we had but twelve minutes’ time remain ing. When he turned to speak to him, our arms became disengaged according to my impression, and as we walked through the ladies' wailing room we were not arm in arm. but side by side, lie had got two-thirds ucross the room when suddenly, without any premonition whatever, there was a very loud report of a pistol discharge, followed in n very brief interval by a feoond shoL At the in slant I first beard the report, it occurred to me-that it was some trouble between persons to whom we were in no way related, and I lunched the presi dent as though to hurry him on. a« I thought there might be some danger to his person or my own. Justus I did lhat, the president kind of threw his bands up. aid said: “My God, what is this?” It seems to have been almost between the shots ho said this. Of course, in so exciting and horrible a scene, I ean only give my impression, not an absolute statement. Then there rushed past me a man. According to my recollection, he passed on my right. Though I am aware this statement must be taken merely as my impression. 1 immediate!*- followed after the man instinctively, and went. I suppose, eight feet. 1 remember 1 stopped just out side the door, which led from the ladies' waiting room. Then a shout came up. “we have got him." 1 found the president had quite sunk. He was THE SIXTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Washington, November 18.—The crowds abou the court house tliis morning were far greater than on any previous morning. A1I the corridors lead ing to the court room were densely packed, and much difficulty was experienced in gaining admis sion by those whose presence was needed in the court room. To avoid a scramble it has been found necessary to issue tickets of admission, as yesterday the greater portion of the spectators were ladies. \ Court opened without an incident, aud George C. Maynard was put on tlie stand and testified to lonn- iugGuiteau $1C atoue time and $15 at another. Gui- leau protested against the line of evidence, aud said he didn't think it was any body’s business whether he owed S25 or some one owed him $25. Mayuaru is a good fellow aud I owe him 825. that’s all there is abouV Sir. CorkhiU desired to prove by the wit ness that Guiteau borrowed the $15 to buy the pis tol. Witncsscross-examined—ThoughtGuiteau looked seedy and hungry. The prisoner showed much feeling and frequently interrupted the witness, as serting that he lived first-class, wore a $70 suit oi clothes; knew plenty of public men cud hud all the money he wanted; his menial condition aud not physical was at fault. He had a big load ou his mind about lhat time. John O'Leary testified as to selling a pistol to Guiteau. Guiteau announced to the court that he had John B. Townsend, of New York, Leonard Twett and A. S. TrudO. of Chicago, to assist him. There was plenty of brains on the other tide, and justice de manded as much on his. Another matter,” he continued, “I desire to call the attention of the court to: There are a number of disreputable characters about court, and some threats of violence have been made duriug the past week. I have no fears for my personal safety. The chief of police has kindly furnished me a body guard, and 1 wish to notify all evil disposed persons that if there is any attempt to barm me my body cuard will shoot them down—that’s all there is about iu” Then nodding to the reporters' table, he added: “Reporters, put that down.” Colouel Rockwell began to detail the occurrences at the depot, but Scovllle interrupted, acknowledging the killing. Guiteau quickly shouted: “No, your honor, we acknowledge the shooting but not the killing." Colonel Rockwell briefly stated the tacts withitn his kuowledee.and was followed by General Swain, who was at El heron when the shooting oc curred. Dr. I>. ff. Bliss was then called. The witness re lated events from the time he was called to the time of the president's death The immediate cause of death was hemorrhage. The witness then ex plained the character of the wound, using the upper portions of a wired skeleton for the pur- po*. of illustration, and detailed at great length the progress and symptoms of the case pending the arrival of the vertebra-. The witness was subjected to a lengthy er.isi-exRuiir.ation, the supposed object being to lay a foundation for the theory of mal practice. which Guiteau insists must be made the foundation stone of defense. Quite a sensation wa* produced when the district attorney suddenly drew from a pasteboard box a section of human backbone, and holding it up. in quired: “Do j ou recognize this, doctor?” The audience hung breathless upon the answer, as the witness, in measured tones, replied: “I do: it isa portion of the vertebra: of thajlate President Garfield.” The vertebra- was then handed to the jury, aud the character and extent of the injuries to them ex- plsiued by the witness. While the witness was testifying Gniteau ap peared much bored as on listening to the recital of location of the prisoner, the horseman wheeled sud denly to the left of the van and fired ■ directly through it. He then dashed to the front of the van aud pointed his pistol nt the driver with tlie evident intention of intimidating or stop ping the vou. Tho driver was somewhat excited and in respouse to the inquiry of the repor- teraald perhaps he intended to stop the van by shooting one of the horses. Seeing an armed p*v licenmn by the side of the driver, he exelaimce, “I shot the sou of 1” Putting spurs to his ho;' he rode dov.xr East Capitol street inrtli-.:iiil:'eilioa L. Congressional cemetery. The policeman fire done Ait shot at the fast disappearing horse, and the driver, of the van whipped his horses into u gallop and kept In sight of him for several blocks. The would- be! avenger was. however, mounted on a blooded horse, and readily escaped out into the country. He was described as a smooth-faced man about 25 years old and a dashing horseman. He bad on a dark brown suit of clothes. The vau then proceeded to the Jail, and Guiteu was taken out. In a state of great excitement, he exclaimed: “I have been shot. Notify Mayor Brock at once. Tell him toarrest the scoundrel and have him dealt with as he deserves.” On examination it was found that the ball had just grazed Guiteau’s left wrist, iiiflictiug a mere scratch. The ball struck on tlie opposite side of the van. and fell ou the floor, where it was found on reaching the jail. Announcement toi the attempt ou Guiteau's life created intense excitement on the streets and all sorts of rumors were at once in circulation. The would-be killer was seen about the court house this afternoon, and attempted to gain admission during the day, but failed, lie was also seen to mount his horse, near the court house, soon after the van .eft, aud ride leisurely after it. It was rumored that he hailed from Illinois, but there seemed to be no foundation for the report. It was whispered in the crowd without the court house, just previous to ad journment, that to-day would be me last day of the trial A remark was also heard in the crowd, if any one wanted to see Guiteau, they had better do so to-day. This world lead to the belief that more han one person was aware that the attempt would be made. A young man named Jones, living in the country- near this city, known as a crank, has been arrested as the man who fired at Guiteau this afternoon. There are four persons in the prosecution—the representatives of the department of justice, the lo- eal district attorney, Mr. Davidge, perhaps the ablest resident lawyer in Washington, and the eminent criminal lawyer, John K. Porter, of New York. Mr. Walter Davidge, a reporter talked with a few minuie* before he went into court, asking him where he was born and where he studied Is yv. "I was bom in the city of Baltimore,” said Mr. Davidge. “My father was the editor of the Madi sonian, the official organ at Washington of John Tyler’s administration. He obtained leave for me to read law with the aUornev general of the United States, Hugh S. Legare, of South Carolina. Mr. Legare (he pronounced it Legree) was a short man. slightly def ,rmed by an ulceration in infancy on his arms and legs. He was, therefore, slightlv bow-iegged, and his arms stood out from his body. Yet his chest and trank were those of a large man, and he had a fine, large head; so that, although only perhaps five feet iu height, you hardly noticed that he was small and disproportioned. He had passed his youth m Europe, and was almost denationalized as an American. His clothing, of the most punctilious arrangement, was foreign in aira-td cut. Hlsleaming was nearly altogether of the pasL I rememberthatsoonafterfcameinlohis office—which was in the old treasury* department, and cansis'.ed of two rooms at ihe further end of the central haU—he walked in to his law-student: ,-Whatare you reading there?" said Mr. Legare. I replied hat I was reading Wright’s Tenures—a book not mueh read by students now, relating to feudal forms of holding lands, etc. Legare was one of the best iwormed men in the world upon feudal history and law. He had studied it from every point, religious and social. He began to speak to me upon toe importance of that study. As he proceeded he raised his voice, worked himself into an intellectual excitement, stormed and gesdeulated. and I finally saw the froth ou his lips. I was positively terrified to see this great man. with me as a single auditor, making such a speech as that. He was, however, a kind-hearted man. After he was moved iip to the state department he wanted to send me to Germany to complete the study of civil law, which had far more charms to him than the common law.” “Legare was one of toe leading unionists of South Carolina, was he not, Mr. Davidge?” “He was. Yet he was a slave holder in principle. He lived in what is called the Chain Buildings, near New York avenue. I have seen him woolhis little black boys there, rubbing their heads together to their great enjoyment. He never married, though he was a great lover of the ladies. He proposed to Miss Emily Harper, of Baltimore, the daughter of Robert Goodloe Harper, a lady still alive, who has more scalps of rejected suiters in her belt than any one I know of. yet who never married. Caleb Cushing also proposed to her. Legare was a close man. though a fine orator. I think he never prac ticed much law before he became attorney general. We have toe protege or intellectual pupil of Petti grew, one of the very ablest men 8outh Carolina ever had. though he was kept under by Calhoun, who was toe positive sovereign of s outh Carolina. A Barren county, Ky., beet measures two feet In ‘ ’ circumference and weighs fall and then we would build railroads and The North Alabama conference of tho African piscopal church will meet December Ingham. Two live oak trees are now growing within seven ’X” , “ —o t aide of the ties for about a nunrte-nf n rntte Tho l two live oaK trees are noyv growing wiunn seven lapse afterwlule. ‘‘Of course, of couree, a ° oat a ^ at ‘f 1 r ot a ™‘e- j miles of Balatka, Fla., which measure respectively would,” said he “but the railroads and $>ere Gen Ctord.fnaitd (he nart?-stonued As to P e °v ^ circumference >* »wu'». —-—i where Gen. Gordouand (he party stopped. As they -tls and churches and hotels wouldent col- I came toa halt the managing eitgin ” ’ . , —„ neer walked up They would all be there. I to them and handed General Gordon a heavy bam- 'Axid iesso Mr Kimball will get I ne ’» -’’-V ■'"/ormert ’hiju that it. iva« toe desire of nn ^ tliinws nnd when the eollanse ;hoso in ’-barge tout he should drive me iivsf spike up big things, and. when the collapse I iu the traoic laying for the Georgia Pacific. come, the big things stand fast, money or no | The first rail was laid in position, and the spike money, for there is the opera house and the I adjusted. n—j— •*-- * J. a. Hors, of Unlontown, Alabama, recently lost sixteen tine fattening hogs by using an old l’aris green barrel Jtir slops. Tnu Kentucky legislature, which :u;i I* ot« tl'.c 28th of this month, will elect a United States sena tor, state librarian, state printer nnd a warden of was buried almost out of ! the engineer had to ask him to stop. As soon as this formal ceremony was over General Gordon retired toe workmen came to the front and A Mexican laborer has dug up an Important areh.-eological curiosity nenr ban Antonio, Texas. It is a church ornament consisting of two curccs ansatic, surrounded by Biblical pictures not unlike those seen on the marble amboncs and npon the walls of the primitive churches, such as the Matencc in Madrid. Tuesday morning during the street parade of Coup's circus in Montgomery, the. four abreast. money, tur lucre io wc wc . uujuoau. General Gordon raised the h’am-i Kimball house. The exposition is a success. I mer above his head, it fell upon the spike, and the t tne pemtenuary. I don’t know whether it will pay out or not, | work of laying the steel rails on tlie Georgia Pacific * * r ——-- - - butTt L a It L tie bes?sc y ho 0 oi and the Sffi^S^tlgS , &oa*trS?S»Sr , ^t e & best show in the land. Every man and his I spike being driven in, and one piece of rail certain- wife and his children ought to go. If all | ly fastened. He, therefore, rained blow can’t go then some of the family ought to go I a h«r blow upon it until its head and come back and tell the rest all about it. I ^ almost. out of sight and It beats nil the schools in the land for in struction for the time you are there. It beats a circus for amusement. I saw Mr. Jim Camp, of Floyd county, a tip-top farmer, and he told me he had been there several t j ore dark la6t n jg kt . an( j ^hat the 'track I ing them violently against a house, nearly'at the days; that he came to learn, just like boys go I laying would proceed at u rate of a mile aday at I banks of the river. The chariot and horses were in to school, and he said he had learned more in I present. The force now at work will be added to I jured, but toe lady escaped unhurt, those few days than he would have done iu five as rapidly as possible. years by staying at home. It is a school of t^cV'S’yf^^ouid be carciJd teyoSdVo'ugl^vUle I 4,-os,*8? Bate apphedscience yousee bow thingsare done. without delay, we were Informed that it I Messrs. Latham, Alexander* Co., theenterpris- I saw some little Show Or esthetics, but not would be pushed to Oxford, Mississippi, without | ing bankers of New York, have issued a book eon- much, just enough to spice the concern, which 1 delay or stoppage. We presume that a construction I taiuittg 1,910 estimates of the cotton crop of 1881 is ail right. Mr. Moser has got a good 1 ,r “ i " h “ —•’ 5 - ~ ' * “ ' - l0t niemri—tlmt dartre ^one I W ?, rk U f ca "y in if them. forward after foiiror five | Stante Idcmified with'cotton 'plantingTcotton splendid picture that large one l miles have been laid will be a heavy one. I planters, bankers and banks covering every cotton over the stage. Mr. Jaccard.showed U3 ins | .There was { a considerable crowd of people upon | raising county in the southern states. new rails were put into position, aud the work 1 horses of Mile. Ix:wis, ran away with the chariot, went steadily ahead. It was said that a quarter of I The lady displayed much courage, evaded every “ mile of rails would belaid and fastened be-I collision and brought the horses to a halt by driv- diamonds worth ten thousand dollars, and I I the bridge in Iront of Oglethorpe park watching I iso replies from Alabama report the crop IC.08 short told him to put ’em in my hand, but he made the Brokings, and there wus very general con- Him mv lintui over and nut’em on the I ETratulation through the city Yesterday afternoon its my hand. I should like to see | will be started on the Macon extendon, beginning a ntan steal anything on the back of bis hand, j aI the Macon end, and track laying will soon be UNION OF BLUE AND GRAY. If there Is anything in this world that I have | new roads, a supreme contempt for, it is diamonds. I know folks who lock up their genuine dia- mondsin their trunks and wearpastediamonds on the street. Mr. Jaccard told me that there I [Especially suggested oy the recent visit of Gov- wasent one man in ten thousand that could tell | «K«! an , d 1116 Connecticut companies to the difference between the paste and the gen uine. I was a thinking about diamonds and what they were good for, and a man told me that in case there was a war they were good things to hide in one’s clothes and run the blockade. Jesso, jesso. I like diamonds during a war. A9 for their beauty and brilliancy, I have seen the dew' drops shine on a May morning more bril- j liant titan diamonds, and they never cost a cent. But the exposition is a big thing and I wish everybody could go to it. There will not | be such an opportunity perhaps for twenty-five years to see how things are made that we use in every-day life. I paid my money at the gate and I got the worth of it, and I am going again, and take Mrs. Arp and the children so that we will have something to talk about all the winter. I saw ol<^ Joe Brown there, and they told me he came every day. His head is level. He is always drinking in knowledge. He aint much of an original genius, but he is the greatest absorber I ever knew. He is a regular sponge. Bill Arp. Charleston, S. C.j The Blue is marching south once more, With serried steel and stalelv tread; Their martial music pealed before, Their flag of stars flashed overhead. Ah! not through storm aud stress they come, The thunders of old hate are dumb, And frank as clear October’s ray This meeting of the Blue and Gray. of last year. 140 replies from Arkansas report the crop 53.4-1 short of last year, 19 replies from Florida report the crop 15.00 short of ast year. 408 replies from Georgia report the crop !2.2C short of last year. •14 replies from I-ouLsiana report the crop 12.43 short of last year. 188 replies from Mississippi report the crop 23.12 short of last year. 134 replies from North Carolina report the crop31.90 short of last year. 201 replies from Bouth Carolina report the crop 30.59 short of last year, 394 replies irom Texas report the crop 35.76 short of last year. 196 replies from Tennessee report tho crop 39.70 Aiort of last year. Other states and territories report tho crop 28.33 short of last year. The estimate of toe total crop for this year, from 1,910 letters received, Is 4,709,287 bales. A Phcenix from her outworn fires, Her gory ashes, rising free, Fair Charleston with her stainless spires Gleams by toe silver stranded sea. No hurtling hail nor hostile baU Breaks through the treacherous battle poll; True voices speak irom hearts as true, For Strife lies dead ’twixt Gray and Blue. Numbers of papers in the Btatc are of the opinion that Major A. O. Bacon would make a governor of whom Georgia would be proud. The lahmaelitc is living in the same belief. Grim Sumter, like a Titan maimed, Btitl glooms beyond his shuttered keep; But where his bolts of lightning flamed There broods a quiet, mild as sleep; His granite base, long cleansed of blood, Is circled by a golden flo«d. Type of that peace whose sacred sway Enfolds the Blue, exalts the Gray. A Nsw Croze. There are indications of a new archaic, esthetic and dyspeptic development which may affect not only our business and bosoms, but our stomachs as well. Somebody in England has discovered, and will shortly publish, a transcript of a series of cook ing recipes and bills of fare of toe fifteenth century. That date is about two centuries before Queen Anne: and whoever would be utterly utter in serving a dinner, according to the cor rect date and style, must go back two hundred years or so, in the dining-room furnishing, and substitute wooden bowls and pewter platters for “keramics. ” And, as for the forks, not even in the palace in England were they known till the sixteenth centutry. Bluff Harry, the much-married, who died in 1547, never used’a fork. T he great Queen Bess had several presented to her, but used toe article only on state occasions, probably when the foreign ambassa dors were present who had brought her the “aesthetic” article, asagiftfitforasovereizn. High breeding, in those days, consisted in skill in so using the fingers that the hand should not be The sea tides faintly rise afar, And—wings of all the breezes furled— Seem slowly borne o’er beach and bar, Dream murmurings from u spirit world, Through throbbing drum and bugle trill The distil ill calm seems deeper still— Deep us that faith whose cordial dew Hath soothed top Gray and charmed the Blue, Poor Virginia Norfolx Landmark. We have been told that we take too gloomy a view 1 the situation, and that we ought to “cheer up the people.” Our idea of toe duty of a journalist is that he ought to tell the truth as he understands it, and we can see nothing to “cheer up the people” with in the present outloo 1 .. We understand perfectly well that heads edito rial may be stuck in toe sand, but to what good | end? Results are not altered thereby, and our judg- nent Is that we have now, and lor toe first time, O’er Ashley’s breast the autumn smiles. All mellowed in her hazy fold. While the white arms of languid isles Are girdled by ethereal gold. All nature whispers: Warts o’er. Fierce feuds have fled our sea and shore; Old wrongs forgot, old ties renew, O heroes of the Gray and Blue! wno was tne positive sovereign of south Carolina, using the lingers that the hand should not be Calhoun ruled it intellectually, and partially and ; smeared quite to the wrist. Thisaccompfishment.by practically. And he was a great man. indeed. Ido . the way, may be useful now at picnics orwito trav- not know how much personal disappointment piers who regale themselves in railway care. As to might have influenced his strong positions on toe toe nature of toe viands, we may infer, in toe con- slsveiy question, but it seemed to me that his views dition of the nineteenth century stomach, that the are probably sincere. He was of that antique Ro- grace liefore meat might be with a reserve of May good digestion wail on appetite, Andhealthon both.” The Southern Palm and Northern Pine No longer clash through leaf and bough; Tranquilities of depth benign Have bound their blending foliage now. Serene they shine in sunlit noon. Or, tranced by cloudless star and moon, Their equal shadows softly play Above the Blue, across the Gray. —Paul H. Hayne, in Harper’s Weekly. INDISTINCT PftlNl mrill IS U1LU ns jm.s .11,n, biiu 1UI UiU i.rsv u 1 lit , fairly entered on the revolution foreshadowed at Appomattox. One after another the conservative checks and balances of the state have been broken, until now the executive and legislative branches of our gov ernment hgve passed into the hands of a majority of our population, made up of blacks and whites, with the former in the numerical preponderance. If any gentleman can show us anything cheerful in this we shall be thankful. But the worst has not been told. The judiciarv is to be made a partisan machine. We alreadv know something of this, and arc destined to know more “Why, then, should we “cheer up the people?” If our critic had said animate the people to main tain their rights there would have been sense in toe suggestion—sense, pluck and manliness; but no good can come of self-deception. We are confronted by a horde of negroes, who hold the balance of power and are to lie rewarded. Colonel Cameron led them into “the war,” and they arc to lie paid bounties and rations, and will have them. The town charters are to be tampered with, tlie poll-tax is to be taken off, the juries are to be mix ed, toe courts to be packed, and the future Is any thing but cheerful. \V ’ ? ent ^ eni . an ’ We ran resist by all lawful means each and every *> - k - 1 otttger, was afflicted w itli rheumatism encroachment. We ran hand together and exercise for three years and had used numerous medi- a moral power, and, if wc can do nothing else, wc cines without avail. A bottle of St. Jacobs ran show that we are men enough to try and protect Oil cured him. society from the calamities which are threatened.