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6 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 PERRY DAVIS??? PAIN KILLER. RtaumdS Sprains, Pain in the Back, and Side. There is nothing more pain fill than these diseases: but the pain can be removed and the disease cured by use of PERRY DAVIS??? PAIN KILLER. 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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 They ought to be indicted' for murdcri^ James or 5 eat ,^??? ???"???i ??{he ??? a???Sniratbm of V (tArtiuid nnt rm* Rut I hitvo >, 4 w*n in- I succcns in v*ir von the admiration Gl dieted and must stand my trial for the alleged hom- I mankind. To-day 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. Ic 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 things, and to-day, by the gradual change of pub lic opinion. 1 am justified in passing with laudable 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 him? He never harmed me. From him I ex;>ected an important office. 1 considered him my political and personal friend. But my duty to the"Lord and to the American jieople overcame my SH-rsotial feel ing, and I sought to remove him. Not being a marksman, he was not fatally shot, but incompe tent physicians finished the work, and they and nor me, are responsible for the political situation hist s Garfield???s removal, ihe break in the repul: party last spring was widening week by week, and I foresaw a civil war. My inspiration was to remove the late president at once, and thereby 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 wanted to prevent a repetition of this desolation, 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. The Lord does not employ incompetent persons to serve Him. He uses the best material He can find. I yy?* No doubt there were thousands of republicans that I J? t?.MtVwir SfLral Arthur felt as I did about General Garfield's wrecking the 1 republic. I am mare than ???lad that General Arthur | party, especially the stalwarts, of whom 1 am S rouil to be one. for justice. I appeal to the presi- ent of the United States for justice. I am the man that made him president. \\ ithout my inspiration I he was a {mlilical cipher without power or importance. I was constantly with him in New York last fall, during the canvass, and he aud the rest of our men knew that we had all we could do to elect our ticket Had General : Hancock kept his mouth closed on the tariff, had the Morey letter been delayed a week. Han cock certainly would have been elected. Then Ed^ar Cady,???Owatonna,I-Iinn.,says: About a year since my wife.becanSi subject to severe suffering from rheumatism. Our _ experienced immediate relief from pain in the side by the use of your Tain Killf.u. E. York says: 1 have used your Tain Killer for rheumatism, and havo received great benefit, Barton Seaman says: Have tired Tain Killer for thirty years, nr.cl havo found it a ncrrr-failing remedy for rheumatism and lameness. Mr. Burditt writes: It ncrer/oil* to give relief in cases of rheumatism. Phil. Gilbert, Somerset, Pa., writes : From actual use. 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Neither am I interested in any. Tliisissim- >ly the will of God, aud He has chosen me to carry Ills out. He has applied to me in a dream and re- uested me to slay you as a public necessity, and in oing so God has assured me that it is by Divine Providence I am chosen to do this act, and that by doing so I shall become a public benefactor, and I have sworn and taken a solemn oath be- | fore the All Living God that I will put you to death. 1 intended to have a shot-gun last Friday (yester day) when I saw you with Dillon aud Sage. I had my pistol ready and cocked, hut a voice from the Lord sounded in my ear saying: ???Hold on, give him time to repent - ??? Now make your peace with God, and prepare for the fate that awaits you, aud j may the Lord have mercy on your soul. I am only an "agent of the Lord. The Lord appeared to me again last night, and said, "Jay Gould must surely die,"and when I reasoned with the Lord iu my dream, I told Him my life would also be required, and I would be hanged. The Lord as sured me that no harm would become of me: that the rot>e wins not made, neither was the hemp grown to make the rope to hang me with, and that He would deliver me out of the hands of my ene mies. This is by express will find command of God that I am chosen to put you to death, and I have sworn before the All Living God, the Great Jehovah and Redeemer of the world, and taken a solemn oath and kissed the Holy Bible that I will carry it out within six days from this date if opportunity occurs. Therefore, he prepared to meet your fate at any moment, and may God have mercy on your soul." I remain, sir, An Old Victim. N. B.???Should I not have an opportunity within sixdajs. I will surely do so the hrst opportunity that occurs. New York, November 14.???A crank or blackmailer hns been sending letters to Jay Gould threatening to take his life if the writer is not given a point whereby he can recover the fortune lost in stocks. The writer claims he is inspired fromGoil. Themeth- od of carrying out his missions as described is sitni lar to that of Guiteau. He signs himself ???An Old Victim.??? The trap was set and the writer caught yesterday. He gave his name as Colonel J. Howard \Vells. iie gave a fictitious address. He is about sixty years old. He admitted his guilt. TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH. KINGS MOUNTAIN AND ITS HEROES. A History of the Battle, October 7,1880, and the events which led to it, after two years spent in preparation, is now published and rcadjt for deliv ery, The author, Lyman C Draper, LL -D. h??,s spent 40 years in gathering material for this work, which abounds iu stirring recitals of adventures and hair breadth escapes, alike interesting to old and young. 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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 - - - ??? *- ???' ???????????? dredge boat on the gan putting in the mac of a steam boiler and vi ONE OF THE REASONABLE PLEASURES 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 sively in Talladega and Clay counties, and lias 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 capital necessary to work and develop it. digestion is comliati ters, the food is eaten with relish, and most import ant of all. is assimilated by and nourishes the sys tem. Use this grand tonic and corr .-ctive also to remedy constipation, biliousness, i heumatism, fever and augue. For sale by all Druggists and er generally. novl???dim tues thur sat &wkylm nxr t mat IMPERISHABLE ~ ~ PERFUME. m ??? ??????a???f ~u Murray & JLanman???s 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 Best for TOILET. BATH, and SICK ROOM. A Hundred per Cent Better.*. 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Starkey & Palen. llOt) and 1111 Girard street, Philadelphia. Pa. uj maw ac*i "r???i??? -- ???* Ikfctun* ALbs.. lunuerty Bangor Me. sep27???wkyly DC 1- Ann per day at home. Sampl-a worth %5 free. vU HJ gZU AtMwMSTtssoxACo., Portland.Mala* M II.TON COUNTY SHERIFF???S SALE???WILL be sold before the Court-house door in the town of Alpharetta. Milton county, Georgia, be tween the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Deeember next, the following property, to-wit: Lots of land numbers four hundred and twenty- eight and four hundred and twenty-nine. In the first district nnd first section of said county, con taining each forty acres, more or less. Levied on as the property of Henry C Rogers, to satisfy u fi fa issued from the Superior Court of said county in three acres cleared and in cultivation on said lot number 428. This October 12tli, 18*1. CLINTON WEBB. octl2???wtds Sheriff. G eorgia, jasper county???ordinary???s office, Monticello, Georgia, September 26, 1881. John M Aaron, administrator of James C Aaron, deceased, represents to the Court in his petition duly filed that he has fully administered James G Aaron???s estate; All persons concerned are hereby notified to show cause, if any they can. why said administrator should not tie discharged from his administration on the first Monday in January. 1882. F. M. SWANSON, * scp29 wlaw3m Ordinary. OPIUM Morpmne Habit Cured In 10 togO day*. Nopay till Cured. Db. J. SXEeasuts, Lebanon v??hhx