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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, NOVEMBER 22, 1*81.
GARRULOUS GUITEAU.
HE UNDERTAKES TO BOSS HIS OWN
DEFENSE.
Outline of the Speech In Which He Charges the
Death of Garfield to Malpraetlce-Anolher
Crank Entombed in Nsw York???
Jaj Gould'a Danger.
Washington, November U ???A low-ceDInged.
Urgcd-tbed square room in the eastern wing of the
city hail, well lighted by three large windows in the
northern and southern walls, is the court room of
the District supreme court. The criminal term, in
which the trial of Charles J. Guiteau for the
murder of the late President Garfield is to
take place, opened to-day. At the eastern
end of the room is the platform containing the
judge's seat, with the clerk's desk right below it.
The table which usually occupies the greater part of
the a[??ce allotted to the bur has been removed, and
instead several smaller tables have been arranged
for the accommodation of the counsel and reporters,
in the western half of the room the platform has
been ral-ed, on which arc arranged some hundred
chairs for the use of spectators. The seats assigned
to the jurors occupy a section of the room on the
northeast end.
Theie is hardly any noticeable excitement outside
the building and no great pressure to obtain admis
sion to the court room. As soon as the public door
was o|<cncd to spectators it was immediately filled,
(or the mosliHirt with a rather roughly-dressed set of
young men, including many who would come
under the designation of "roughs," ???trumps" and
???cranks." .Some half disen ladies have got sand
wiched in among the crowd. In the meantime, law-
yersiu Uie case had got into seats; the district attor
ney and Judge Porter, of New York, und Walter I).
Davblgc, of Washington, for the prosecution and Mr.
Scovilie and Leigh Robinson for the defense.
Mrs. Scovilie occupied a scat close to lu-rhiuband,
having her brother John on one side and her
brother, the prisoner, on the other. At 10 o'clock
???bulge Waiter ??. Cox entered the court room
and court w as declared formally opened by a crier in
the oldJN'ormaa form. Immediately thereafter; Pris
oner Guiteau was brought into the court room by
the marshal anil his deputies. lie looked in much
better condition, physically and otherwise, than
when he lust ap|>carcd in the same room to plead
to the indictment, still he had the same restless fur
tive expression us of u hunted wolf, which clianic-
Ucd him before. He was at once relieved of his
hnndrulls and took his seat beside his sister. One
of his lirst movements was to throw
his hand into one of his pockets and
half take out a roll of ]wiper. Mr. Scovilie, however,
in dumb play ordered him to put it buek, and he
did so. Then the district attorneyjarose and declared
his readiness fur the prosecution to proceed with the
case. Mr. Untiln.son arose to make liis plea for still
more time to prepare for the defense, which ap
peared not to meet the approval of Guiteau. All
the time that Uobinsoti was speaking Guiteau was
carrying on what ap)>eiired to be a remonstrance
with Scovilie who was, apparently, trying to quiet
and suppress him.
No sooner hud Uobinson taken a sent than the
prisoner arose unil in an excited manner addressed
the court, and stated that he wished to he heard.
In vain Mr. Scovilie endeavored to make him re
sume his seat and remain quiet. He was irrepressi
ble. In a nervous but pretty distinct manner he
proceeded with his speech as follows:
???I was not aware Unit my counsel, Mr. Robinson,
intended this morning to make application fora
postponement, and I desire to lie heard in my own
behalf in this matter. At the very threshiiold of
the case, I am charged with a murderous attempt,
and desire to he heard in my own behalf.
Court???This is not the proper time to enter upon
the defense. The only question'bcfore the court is
whether further time should be allowed counsel to
prepurc for the defense.
I???risoner [emphatically]???.So far as I am concerned
J don???t want further time; we are ready to try the
<*se now. [To the deputy marshal who endeavored
to restrain the prisoner]???Will you be quiet.
Court???The question is whether further time
ought to he allowed counsel???
Prisoner (emphatically]???I don???t want that, ii the
court please.
District-Attorney Corkliill insisted that the trial
should proceed now. Mr. Robinson pressed his
claim for a jiostponcment. Owing to the opiiosiiion
of Scovilie and the prisoner to an application of
Kohinson for an extension of time, the court sta
led that for the present the case should proceed as far
at least as swearing the jury was concerned, and
Uicn he would consider the question of extension.
At eleven o'clock the work of obtaining a jury be
gan. the three lirst presenting themselves oeing dis-
' i on tile ground that they had formed
ilv challenged by the defense. In fact, it republican party last spring, and had they the con-
ia understood that Giteau is resolved not to tbe nerve, the brains and the opportunity,
have a colored man on the inrv The next Ihe > ." oald l h ??? vc , removed him. I of alt the
j??a\t a coioreu man onxne aim. ??????ixi worW was lhe onlv man wllo eoncep-
was an Irishman named Michael feheelian, I Uon. On the trial of my case I propose
with a very pronounced brogue, who had no I to summon some of the leading politicians of the
opinion OfTtlie subject of Giteau** crime ex- I republican and democratic parties; also the leading
??Pt that ???the n.:m was out of Ids head." He a^the" ^rib IS ???which??"sur
i u r* r - , , .[rounded the reput,lie lust soring. I propose to go
\Y ilham lalixit. iron-worker, answered all I into this branch of ray defense exhaustively. An-
the questions to the satisfaction of tiie de- other reason the Lord inspired me to remove the
fense. saving that he had ???never bothered his I president in preference to soma one else is because
head on???the question of Guiteuu???s guilt.??? He
was challenged jieremptonly by the prosecu- n e preaches the gospel, und prepares the world for
tion. Severai others in succession were ex- I their judgment which some people think, and with
cosed on their statements that tiicv had firm | reason, is not far distant. I have been delayed in
1 getting out a new edition of this book, which will
ndude a graphic narrative of my life: but I ex-
' ' be issued shortly. * More than one
and decided opinions. One of them believed
that Guiteau ought to he hanged, and another
would require convincing medical testimony
to change his opinion. A long-faced colored
young ntan named Foster declared that he
was perfectly free from any prejudice in the
matter, but "admitted that lie had mentioned ...... ....
it (the murder of Mr; Garfield) to several par-1 and fexpe'cTHe wili eonffime to'father' it to tiie
ties as ???quite a serious accident." He was ] end. It is not likely He will allow me to come to
challenged peremptorily by the defense. | Sriefforjibeying Him. How do you know it was
t it will
summoned by
the prosecution. l'wo-thirds of them
know nothing about, and the court, I
sume, will decide thev are irrelevant,
issue here is who tired that -shot????the Diety or me?
The Deity seems well disposed to father it thus far,
pre-
The
Samuel F. I
perentp
loblts, a
native of Maryland and
a plasterer by occupation, answered all the
questions satisfactorily and was sworn as the
seventh juror.
G. \V. Gates, a young man. a native of
Washington and a machinest bv trade, an-
???......... , ??? I is me uou wnom t served when 1 sought to re-
swered ail questions satisfactorily and was move the President, and He is bound to take
the Deity ? I was so certain of it that I put my life
on it, and I undertake to sav the Deity is actively
engaged in my defense. I am confident He will
checkmate the wise heads on this prosecution. I
beg they go slow. They cannot afford to get the
Deity down on them. "He uttered His voice,???
says the Psalmist, "and the earth melted.??? This
is the God whom I served when I sought to re*
opinion on me question ot me pns- i malaria.atoddtin'es.andleouldhurdlyread it my
oners guilt, and was excused. There was I self, and so told the gentleman I gave it to, but he
one exception, of a colored man, llalph I thought he could rend it, and took it, as he was in
Wormlev, a plasterer bv Occupation, who I haste. I r.extheard of it ns a lithograph. Owing to
render a fair verdict He circumstances beyond my control, I have been
thought lie could render .i lair \eraict. He f ( ,rced to ask your honor to assign me counsel, and
said that lie had not read more about the ease furnish me witnesses. I formerly practiced law in
than he did in ordinary eases of that kind; | New York and Chicago, in 1877 f left a good prac
did not believe everything that he read in | tice in Chicago and went out lecturing, but I
prisoner until he would hear the testimony. I aud I" have no doubt " but it is official.
Of course, if any insane man did the shoot- I It left me in reduced circumstances, und I have had
in.r Iw. would 1,0 -is o.noh miiltv ns nnvhr.dv I 1,0 chance to recuperate my film,ices since. I easily
tng, lie would be as mui.i pUim as an>Doaj ,. ould have made $5,000-at the law in Chicago in
else. The crazy part ot the business was 1 is77, and worked myself into a splendid position,
something else.??? No sensible man could I but I had other work to do. As 1 know something
have done such a thing. After consultation I about thelaw I propose to take an active part it; my
between counsel and prisoner and his brother,
Scovill said the defense would accept the
juror, and Wormley was sworn as the ninth
juror. The list of 7o talesmen having been
xhnusted, the marshal was ordered to sum
mon another list of 75 for to-morrow. The
court, at 12:20, adjourned.
Secretary Maine, who will be made princi- 1 the Oneida community, is an American fugitive on
pal witness for the government to prove the I British soil. Novcs is a cold-blooded scoundrel,
shooting of President Garfield bv Guiteau, He has debauched more young women, broken up
- - I mote reputable families, and caused more misery
by his stinking fanaticism and licentiousness than
any man of liis age. Had Noyes had his dues he
would have been hung 30 years ago foretimes
committed with his own flesh and blood, and it
would have been a godsend to a great many decent
people if he had been. During my residence in the
Oueida community I, like most of the men in that
concern, was practically a Shaker. Noyes was the
Washington, November 16.???The attendance of
spectators in the court room this morning shows
that the public curiosity is increasing, and the de
sire to witness the proceedings is daily growing
stronger in the higher classes of the community.
There is a much larger proportion of ladies and of
ell dressed people in attendance than either of
the first two days of the trial. Before 10 o'clock
every space in the room was occupied. The lawyers
either side soon filed in and made
their way with difficulty to their respect
ive tables. The judge entered and court
wus opened with the usual proclamation. There
upon Guiteau was brought in court by the police
officers aud deputy marshals, and being relieved of
his handcuffs he took his usual seat between his
lawyer. Mr. Scovilie, on one side, and his brother
and sister on the other. The nine jurors already
selected aqd sworn were seated aud answered to I that 1 got into the Oneida community when a boy,
their names, and then seventy-live men composing I (), ! ce un dcr Noyes s influence it was impossible to
, , , ??? , . . ??? , 1 | g t away, and I lingered there in the greatest dis-
the panel for this morning were called. There were | tress for six long and weary years. 1 was in the
community from I860 to 1860. Since then 1 have
known and cared nothing for them. One Smith,
whom I knew there, has taken upon himself to
write on this case, and among other silly and im-
qualified, two (
fixed opinions on the case, nnd the other on the
ground that he had conscientious scruples on the
subject of capital punishment.
In examining the jurors Scovilie went over a
large range of questions, inquiring us to their reli
gious and political belief. (Ip to this (12 noon), tne
defence has peremptorily challenged one juryman
and two have been accepted and sworn in.
tip to Ihlshour (12:60), five jurymen have been
???bntined and sword in. Their names and occupa
tions are as follows: John I???. Hardin, restaurant
keeper; Fred \V Bnindenhcrg, cigar maker: Charles
G. Stewart, Hour and feed dealer: Henry J. Bright,
retired from business, and Thomas II. t-anglcy
rocer.
The court then adjourned
In the speech which Guiteau had prepared for
delivery in the court to-day he says he is dunged
with murdering one, James A. Garfield. Nothing
can lie more absurd, because General Garfield died
of malpractice. General Garfield mas a good man,
but a weak politician. Being president he was in
a position to do vast harm to the republic, and lie
was doing it liy the unwise disposition of patron
age, ami the laird and himself took the responsibil
ity of removing him; that his duty
to the Lord aud to the American people
overcame his personal feelings towards General
Garfield, and he sought to remove him. Not being
a marksman. General Garfield was not fatally shot
but incompetent physicians finished the work, and
they, not himself, are responsible for his death-
lie then speaks of the breach in the republican
parly, nnd his resolve to remove the president, and
claims that duty ordered hint to fire the shift. He
et
the president, and
ty ordered him to fire the shift. Hi
refers to his work on theology, insanity in liis fami
Ijr, his married life, and his life in prison, and ap
peals lo those whom he says he has
in position and to the general pub
i send him money for his defense.
imt
iie I
Making the Jury.
Washington, November 15.???The pres
sure to obtain admission to the court
room this morning was notably greater than
it was yesterday. After the ushers had exer
cised the right of admitting two or three
scores of well dressed, respectable look in
people, including a Pennsylvania member of
congress accompanied by ladies, the doors
were thrown open and there was a sudden
and impetuous influx of representatives of
Ute rougher elements. The five jurors who
were selected and sworn yesterday, were early
in attendance. The judge took his seat and
Ute court was formally opened a few minute
after two o???clock, and immediately afterward
the counsel in the case and the brother and
sister of the prisoner entered.
Aftc lapse of a few minutes, Guiteau was
hurried into the court room in custody of half
a dozen policemen and deputy marshals
The handcuffs were then removed front hi:
wrists and he shook hands with his sister aud
brother, and took the seat reserved for him
between them and bis counsel. Mr. Scovilie
then submitted an affidavit and made appli
cation for an order for an additional number
of witnesses, which order, the district attor
ney making no objection, was made by the
court; then the additional number of seven
ty-five who were summoned last cvenin
were called, mast of the persons
sponding. when called. Guiteau manifested
lees nervousness and excitability than be had
displayed yesterday, althot|Ri in his whisper
ed conversation with his brother lie was quite
demonstrative and earnest in his manner. A
colored barber named Howard was .the first
juror called and examined as to bis fitness to
serve. His answer showed him to be not dis
qualified front service but the defense clial-
enged him peremptorily,being the fourth per
emptory cliallcnge.The next was a man nam
ed Littclt, who had a decided opinion that
Guiteau ought to be banged or burned. He was
of course excused,as was also the next, named
Bailey, who declared his belief that Guiteau
was crazy. The next was a colored ntan, re
markable for his frilled shirt front and dra
matic posture and manner, who related a
jjUtrv of liis past life and then was jieremptor-
defense. My brother-in-law, George Scovilie, of
Chicago, is a true and active friend, but I disap
prove of some of his movements in this case. Xota
bly, his mixing with "Oneida Noyes,??? for twenty-
five years was the curse of my father???s life,
and for six years X lived under the
despotism he wielded in the Oneida
community. I expressed mv detestation of Noyes-
ism then. To-day John H. Noyes, the founder of
is proving himself a wise man in his new position,
and i expect he will give th* nation the the finest I
administration it has ever had. I appeal to this
honorable court for justice, lam glad your honor
is a gentleman of broad views, Christian sentiment
aud clear head. I count myself fortunate, indeed,
that my case is to be tried before so able and careful
a jurist. I appeal to the district attorney aud bis
learned associates for justice. I beg they go slow '
in prosecuting this case; that they do no???injustice I
to the Deity, whose servant I was when 1 sought
to remove the late president. At the last great Hav
they and all men will stand in the presence of the
Deity, crying for mercy aud justice. As they act j
here, so will be their final abode hereafter. Life is
an enigma. This is a strange world. Often men ]
are governed by passion ana not by reason. The
mob crucified the Savior of mankind, and Paul,
his great opostle. went to an ignomiuous death.
This happened many centuries, ago. Eor |
eighteen centuries no man has exerted such
tremendous influence on the civilization as the
despised Gallilcati aud his great apostle. Thev did
their work aud left the result with the Almighty
Father.
This speech was written in a cramped position in
my cell.
Philadelphia, November 16.???United States 1
Marshal Kerns received a subpi vita this morning for
D. Hayes Agnew, of the consulting physicians who
attended President Garfield in his last illness, to ap
pear at Washington as a witness in the Guiteau
case.
New York. November 14.???On October 17th, an
anonymous letter was sent to the editor of the
Wall Street News, asking that the enclosure be for-
arded to Jay Gould, the well knowu financier.
The letter addressed to Gould was also anouy-1
mous, and read as follows:
Windsor Hotel, October 15.???Jay Gould???Sir: It I
my painful duty to infonn you that within six
days from the date of this letter, your body will
have returned to the dust from whence it came. I,
therefore, entreat you to make your peace with
God, and prepare for the fate which awaits you.
This is in no wise an act of mine to take
your life, but I am inspired and requested I
by the All Living God to do so as a public
necessity, and for the benefit of the community at
large. You must undoubtedly be aware that you
have been a rogue of the first water all your life;
that through your artful cunning and deceit you
have robbed thousands of people of their birthright.
You have had no money. You have robbed rich and I
poor, father and fatherless, widow and orphan, in-
di-erimiuately of the last dollar, aud through your
illainy have brought ruin and destruction on
thousands of families. All this you have done un- |
der the cloak by circulating false reports, bribing
newspapers making false statements, committing
lerjury, and by artfuLcunning and deception. In
.'act, you have robeed both great and small, and now I
the Lord says you must pay for all; that your I
death is a public necessity, in order to save
thousands of others from pain and destruction.
Your death will be an easy one, for I propose shoot
ing you through the heart if possible, and if my
first shot is not instant death, I will give you a coup I
de grace with a second shot, so that your death shall
be quick and easy. Don???t hold out any hope that
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only man who had full swing among the females
of that concern, and lie took them all in above
10 years. Mr. Scovilie is developing a theory of he
reditary insanity, which may have an important
bearing on this case. Insanity runs in my family.
My father had two sisters and a nephew and a niece
in an insane asylum. He himself was a monoma
niac for twenty-five years on the Oneida commu
nity. He could see no evil in that concern and no
rood out of it. He thought Noyes a greater man
than the Lord Jesus Christ. He was rational
enough outside of the community idea. On that he
was a lunatic. He would get greatly excited
discussing that, and look and act like
wild man. All this lime he was
good business man. He was cashier of
bank and attended to hisduties promptly and faith
fully. It was owing to his fanaticism and insanity
few absentees and then the work of testing their
individual qualifications to sit as jurors iu
the case began. Several of the first batch
confessed having entertained very decided opin
ions as to the prisoner's guilt. One of them how
ever, a laborer, named Thomas, declared that he
neither expressed nor formed an opinion,
that he cannot read and that
had never held any conversation whatever
on the subject. Mr. Scovilie remarked that this
pertinent statements, he says I was in the habit of
connecting my name with the words ???Premier
the words
to England," "etc. These statements are false
My father was a frequent visitor at the com
munity, but never resided there. He wanted to go,
but my stepmother opposed it. I wish this Oneida
community business to pass into oblivion. My ex-
uu uie auujeci. .??i r. oeo.oe, ,?????c um ??? ' y i(?? has been summoned by the prosecution. Our
SKttS as: 1 ???
He therefore challenged him peremptorily. Next
a colored barber named Williams answered all
the questions in such a manner as to show that he
was not disqualified and iu his case a peremptory
challenge was interposed by the defense.
William H. Browner, a commission merchant,
being closely questioned l>y Mr. Scovilie, and no
objection being advanced by the government, was
accepted and duly sworn, making the tenth juror-
in the case.
George T. Keen, in response to interroga
tions, said there was nothing under the sun which
cotilu change the opinion he had formed, anil sev
eral other gentlemen were as decided iu their au-
swer ns was Keen. During the examination of the
talesmen, the following statement was prepared by
Guiteau and his brother, and given to the press:
"To the Legal Profession of America: I am on
trial of my life. I formerly practiced law in New
York and Chicago, and 1 propose to take an active
part in my defense, as I know more jabotit my in
spirations and views iu tne case than anyone. My
weeks, and we were married on ten hours??? notice.
She was a poor girl. She had been unfortunate,
and I had no business to have married her. We
were married iu 1S69, separated lit 1873, nnd di
vorced in 1874 without issue: was practicing law
then, and wo lived at hotels and boarding houses.
I have known little about her since 1873.
understand that she married well foil
yeans ago and is living in Colorado,
have been strictly virtuous for six or seven
years. I claim to be a gentleman and a Christian.
I have been in jail since July 2d. I have borne my
confinement patiently and quietly, knowing my
vindication would come. Twice have I been shot
at and came near being shot dead, but the Lord
kept me harmless. Like the Hebrew children in
the fiery furnace, not a hair of ray head has been
singed, because the Lord whom I served when I
sought to remove the president has taken care of
me. I have been kindly treated by the jail officials
and have no complaint save that my letters hav<
been intercepted going out and coming in, and
| have been cut oft' until recently from reporters
brother-in-law, George Scovilie, is my only counsel, I wini**' 01 ' *- cons ???! ,er i%8 al ??nd im
??? " ??? - R - ???- O f ession of 1 pertinent. Certan
and I hereby appcnl to the legal pro
America for ant. 1 expect to have tuone.
so I can pay them. I shall get it partly from the
settlement of an old matter in New York and partly
from the sale of my Ixiok aud partly from public
contribution to my defense. My defense was pub
lished in the New York Herald on October Oth and
in my speech, published November 15th (yesterday).
Any well known lawyer of criminal capacity desir
ing to assist in my defense will please telegraph
without delay to George Scovilie, Washington, DA???,
if for any reason the application be reiused, the
mime will be withheld from the pnblic.
Charles GrrrEAr.
In Court, Washington. D.C., November 10,1881.
T.Hcinlit), an iron worker, has been sworn as the
eleventh juror.
Joseph l???ratlier, commission merchant, was ac
cepted and sworn as the twelfth juror.
A recess of half an hour was taken, when court
was reassembled. The oath was administered to the
jury. The district attorney then said it had been cus
tomary in cases of this kind to allow the jury one
day to make arrangements relative to business
matters, and tlbreforc asked for an adjournment
until to-morroi^ Scovilie rose and disclaimed all
and any responsibility for papers written ami given
out by Guiteau to the press. Guiteau sprang to his
feet, and in an excited manner said: ???I desire to
be heard. I appear here in dual capacity, first as
a prisoner, and second as counsel, and 1 want to
have a final say In this matter. When I want
counsel the court can assign them. That paper was
addressed to the legal profession, and I expect
many responses. I want it -understood that 1 ap
pearhere in part as my own counsel, and until I re
quest counsel I propose to defend myself, the
prisoner then resumed his seat. The manacles were
then placed upon his hands, aud the court, at 1:45,
adjourned until to-morrow.
The speech which Guiteau had prepared and at
tempted to deliver in court on Monday, was as fol
lows:
If the court please, I desire to address your honor
at the threshold of this ease. I am in the presence
of this honorable court charged with ??????maliciously
and wickedly murdering one James A. Garfield.??? i _ . . . ....
Nothing can be more absurd, because General I
Garfield died from malpractice. The syllogism to I J55?AS5!i??V
prove it is this: Three weeks after he was shot his
physicians held a careful examination aud officially I due
decided he would recover. Two mouths after this ^
oflicial announcement he dies!. Therefore, ??c- I HJ??
cording to his own physicans he was not fatally I "ariD, . Bally round th
shot. The doctors who mistreated him ought to
bear the odium of his death, aud not liis assailant.
Certain parties, whom I??? need not
name, have been greatly benefited financially by my
inspiration, and 1 am going to ask them to con
tribute to my defense. 1 have no right or wish to
ask my lawyers to work for nothing. There are
hundreds of persona who are and will be benefited
financially by the new administration. They are
all indebted to me for their position, from the pres
dent down. I confidently appeal to them and ti
the public at large to send me money formy defense
The money can be sent quietly by express (with
holding the name if you wish to) to George Scovilie,
Washington, D. C. It will be sacredly used for my
defense. Certain politicians seem perfectly willing
to fatten at the public crib on m.v inspiration,
hut they pretend to be horrified out of
their senses by the late president???s removal,
aud want nothing to do with rue. They say
I am ???a dastardly assassin.??? The word ???assassin???
grates on the mind, and yet some people delight
using it. Why am I an assassin any more than
man who shot another during the war? Thou
sands of brave boys on both sides were
shot dead during the war, ???-but no one
tbinksof talking abotttan assassination. There was
a homicide, i. e., a man was killed. But In my case
the doctors killed the late president, and not me, so
that there is not even a homicide in this case. The
president was simply shot and wounded by an in
sane man. The man was insane in law. because
it was God???s act and not his. There is not the
first element of murder in this ease. To con
stitute the crime of murder two elements must eo
exist; 1. An actual homicide. 2. Malice. Malice
in law or malice in fact. The law presumes malice
from the fact of the homicide. There is no horni
cide in this case, and therefore no malice in law,
Malice in fact depends on the circumstances at
tending the homicide. Admitting that the late
president died from the shot, which I deny as
matter of fact, still the circumstances attending the
shooting liquidate the presumption of malice eithi
in law or iu fact. Heretofore political grievances
have been adjusted by war or tne ballot. Had Jef
ferson Davis aud a dozen or two of his co-traitors
been shot dead in January, 1861, no doubt our late
I rebellion never would have been. I am a patriot
rous. They raised
e flag, boys, rally
S r, ??????Bally ???round the nag, b _
ag,??? and thousands of the choicest
. on o.oon h??,?????o, . * >Ils of the republic went forth to battle???to victory
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iruie. General Garfield was president of the United. n ,S e the 'nntb-
States, and 1 am one of the men that made ??? i artv to ??? e ent * t *' at na,lc
him president. liis nomination was
accident: his election the result of the greatest ac
tivity on the i*art of the stalwarts, and his removal
a s(>ci-ial Providence. Genera! Garfield was a good
man. but a weak politician. Being president he
was in a position to do vast harm to the republic
and he wasdoing it by the unwise use of ]
and the Lord and I took the responsibility
ng him.
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great political party, to the etid that the nation
might be saved another desolating war. I do not
pretend war was immediate, but 1 do say emphati
cally that the bitterness in the republican party-
last spring was deej>ening and deepening hour
by hour, and that within two or three
years or less the nation would have been in
I sick man at the white house. At last he went the
wav of all flesh, and the nation was a house
mourning. To say 1 have been misunderstood and
vilified by the entire American press, nay more, by
nearly the entire American i>eople, is a tree state
ment. But l???rovidence and time lightens all
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nnufamn??? (>id nnminiifl'i wnniii of f???Drtflin llfew
certainly never should have sought to remove
him on my own account. Why ^ould I shoot
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nor me, are responsible for
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Garfield???s removal, ihe break in the repul:
party last spring was widening week by week,
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close the breach before it got so wide that nothing
but another hcartrendering and desolating war
could close it. The last war cost the nation a
million of men and a billion of money. The Lord
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and inspired me to exeente His will. Why did he
inspire me in preference to someone else? Because
1 had the brains aud nerve probably to do the work.
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A DMINISTRATOR'S S A L E ???G E O R G I A ,
Fayette county.???By virtue of an order of the
Ordinary of said county. I will sell at public outcry
for cash, before tho Court-house door, in Fayette
ville, in said county, within the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in December next, the follow-
ng lands belonging to the estate of Ililleny Brooks,
deceased, lying in the sixth district of said county:
Fifty acres, more or less, off of the south side of land
lot No. 70: nine acres, more or less, out of the north
west corner of said lot 70: four lots, containing one
acre each, off of the west side of said lot No. 70,
fronting on the McIntosh road; three lots, contain
ing one acre each, off of south side of said lot No. 70,
fronting S. G and N A R R. Tiie following lots in
Brooks Station: Lot No. 2 fronting Main street 20
feet front and running buck 37 feet; lot No. 3 front
ing Main st.2(tfeet, running back 37 feet; Storehouse
lot No. 5, fronting Main street 20 foci and running
back 43 feet: lot No. 0 fronting Main stret 2-1 feet
and running back 52 feet; lot No. 10 fronting Main
street 24 feet and running back 52 feet ; lot No. lit
fronting Main street 65 feet and running back 183
feet: lot No. 20 fronting on Main street 20 feet ami
running back 45 feet; lot No. 21 fronting on Main
street 31 feet and running back 16 feet; lot No. 22
fronting on McIntosh road 47 feet, running back 77
feet: lot No. 23 fronting on McIntosh road 174 feet,
running back southeast 159 feet, thence in a right
angle back to McIntosh road 120 feet. Said lands
sold for the benefit of creditors and legatees. Octo
ber 28th, 1881. ROBERT II. WOODS,
oct29???w4w 1 Administrator.
SOUTHERN GOLD MINING NOTES
Q
_ Monticello. Georgia, October 18. 1881???Emma
F. Watkins has filed her application for permanent
letters of administration on the estate of James M'
Durden, late of said county, but now deceased:
All persons concerned arc hereby notified to file
their objections, if any they have, on or before the
first Monday in December next, else letters will be
granted the applicant as applied for.
F. M. SWANSON,
oct21???w4w Ordinary.
H0STETTER S BITTERS,
Chattanooga Tradesman.
Tennessee???Prof. S. 31. Broyles, an experienced
miner from Colorado, who recently examined the
Coco Creek gold mines in Monroe county, says there I
are plenty of quartz bearing veins cropping out to |
the surface.but there is little attention paid to them
as it is useless to spend time, money and labor on
them unless quartz mills and smelters were handy.
He adds that the indications and the different strata
of quartz are as good us he ever saw.
Georgia???Reports from the Georgia gold belt are
quite encouraging. The mines are running about
as usual, with the exception of the Chicago, which
mine has suspended work for a few days with a
view to moving the mill, machinery, etc., which
will enable them to work the mine to a greater
depth.
Captain Davis, the superintendent of the Wells
mine, is pushing work on the new mill and will '
have everything in running order soon.
The urvey of the Camp creek ditch has been |
completed and the buildings are in course of erec
tion.
The Findley has better prospects than for some
time. The big mill only runs about eighteen hours
out of twenty-four, the dry wfcather cutting short I
the water in Yahoola river.
The Bast is running along as usual, and making |
its regular satisfactory ???clean up," enabling it to
hold its even tenor with the Ivey. The Bast and
Ivey form the Georgia consolidated and is superin
tended by Captain J. P. Imboden.
Preparations are being made ut the Lockhart and
Hamilton to build a forty-stamp mill and erect a
good and substantial dam. The Hamilton is one
of the best mines in that section, aud will astanish
the natives with the yields when rightly under
headway.
The scarcity of water in the Yahoola ditch siill
etards work at the Barlow. At this rniue out of I
forty they only run ten stamps.
The Ivey is in full blast. Everything is neatiy ar
ranged and working to perfection. The ???little
giant??? does its work rapidly and to perfection; the
giant is one of the best modern improvements in
the hydraulic system of mining. Thetwenty-stainp
mill is kept steady at work day and night.
The new ???find??? on the Martin lot is proving itself
better as development is made, and bids fair to |
rank with the best pay-streaks of the Ivey
Captain Nobles, who leased several miles of the j ife a nroperlv cooked meal, affords little or no
Chestatec river foriniuinr s,, i - - - ??? *- ???' ????????????
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vacuum chamber cupuule of
lifting from two to three tons, and repeating the
same three times in every seven minutes. If this
one should prove to be a success, no doubt quite a
numoer of the machines will be built.
The most enthusiastic efforts are being brought
into action to complete the survey of the dam lead
ing to the Calhoun mine. Work goes bravely and
rapidlv on and a future of magnificence and munifi
cence is predicted for this mine.
* Good reports come from the North Carolina gold
mines. Some of the old ones are being repaired and
reworked, and new ones opened.
The Kudisil Hill mine has been leased by capital
ists for a term of fifteen years, aud a new mine near
bvLs being opened. .
In Cabarrus, Union. Cleveland, Gaston and Rowan
counties the mining business is being pushed with
'"South Carolina???3Iining intelligence from South
Carolina is encouraging. Investments are proving
satisfactory, and permanent industries are being
opened uti through developments made in gold
mines which were but a short time since regarded
as being of little value.
Alabama???Charles Wcrdman. of Calera, Ala
bama. wlio has given much time and study to the
science of mineralogy, has been prospecting exten
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found very rich outcroppings of gold, silver, and
other valuable minerals in much of the territory-
examined. He thinks all that is needed to make
that part of the state a ureat mining region is the
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A DMINISTATOR???S s^yle??? by virtue of an
order granted at the October Term. 1881, of the
Court of Onlinnry of Jasper county, Georgia, I will
sell at Montirello. Georgia, at the place of Sheri tUs
sales, on the first Tuesday- in December next, at
public outcry, to the highest bidder, one hundred
and ninety acres of laud, more or less, in said coun
ty, belonging to the estate of Sam Toland, deceased,
adjoining lands of Abram Greer, H It Ridley, Allen
Clark and others. Sold to pay the debts ami for dis
tribution among the heirs at law of said Sam To
land. Terms cash. October 6tli, 1881.
W H HEAD,
octS???wlw Administrator of Sam Toland.
O RDINARY???S OFFICE. JASPER COUNTY???
Monticello. Goorgia, October 25.1881???Thomas
J. -Malone, guardian of Mary Lucy Malone, has ap
plied for dismission from liis guardianship:
AH persons concerned are hereby notified to file
their objections, if any they have, on or before the
first Monday in December next, else letters of dis
mission will be granted said applicant as applied
for. F. M. SWANSON,
oct???28???w4w Ordinary.
D ECEMEBER SALE 1881.???MILTON COUNTY
Sheriff???s Sale.???Will be sold before the court
house door on 1st Tuesday In December next, in
the town of Alpharetta, county of Milton, state of
Georgia, within the legal hours of sale, two-thirds
undivided interest in the following lots of land, to-
Wit: No 920. s70. 872, 926, 874, 873, 927. 853, 875,854,
871, of the second district of tho second section,
Milton county, Ga; also 799, 798, 800, 869. 784, 797,
802, 855,801, 856, 857, 858,859, 860, 861, 796, of the
second district of the second section of Cherokee
county, Georgia, levied on as the property of James
A Graham and Robert C Graham, administrators of
the estate of Phillip Graham, late oi Milton
county, deceased, to satisfy a mortgage
ti fa issued from the Superior Court of Milton
county, Georgia, in favor of Samuel B Hoyt and W
II Venable vs said James A Graham nnd Robert O
Graham, Administrators as aforesaid: property
pointed out by plaintiffs in fi fa. Tenant in posses
sion notified. This September 28, 1881.
oct4 wlw CLINTON WEBB, Sheriff.
G eorgia???milton county, ordinarys???
office,' November 3,1881. Whereas, 11.1. Seale,
administrator of Ann It. Binion, represents to tho
court, in his petition, duly filed and entered on
record, that he has fully administered Ann B. Bin-
ion???s estate. This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned, heirs und creditors, to show cause if an v
theycan, why said administrator should not tie
discharged from his administration, and receive
letters of dismission, oil the 1st Mondav in Febru
ary 1882. W, II. NKSBIT,
novowlamfim Ordinary.
G t EORGIA. MII.TON COUNTY???ORDINARY???S
IT office. November 3d. 1881. Whereas, H. I.
Seale, administrator of Robert Thompson, represents
to the court in his petition, duly filed and entered
on record, that lie has fully administered Robert
Thompson???s estate. This Ls, therefore, to cite all
persons concerned, heirs and crcd tors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said administrator
should not be discharged from Ii is administration,
and receive letters of dismission, on the first Mon
day ill February, 1882. W. II. NKSBIT.
nov5wlam3m - Ordiiiary.
T KAYE TO SELL???JAMES DOCKINS. A&1IN-
I J tstratorof Alfred Dookins, late of Rabun coun
ty, deceased, has applied for leave to sell the lands
belonging to the estate of said deceased.
Therefore, all persons interested are hereby noti
fied that the leave to sell will be granted the appli
cant at the December term next, of the court of or
dinary, unless good cause to the oontrarv shall then
be shown. LAFAYETTE WALL, Ordinary.
Clayton. Ga., November 1st, 1881. novowiw
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