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forfcviUe ^nim.; YORKVILLE. S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1881. ! OCR STRICKEN PRESIDENT. The country was startled last Saturday by the intelligence flashed over the wires that an attempt had been made to assassinate the President of the United States, and that he was then lying dangerously, if not fatally wounded, the victim of the assassin's bullet. The news caused intense excitement in this town and community, and but one sentiment of the citizens was expressed ; and that was, in advance of a disclosure of the facts of the case, utter condemnation of the base act, coupled with the fervent wish of the President's speedy recovery. Owing to the absence from town of the Intendant, no public action of the citizens was taken on Saturday; but on Monday afternoon, a large meeting of citizens of the town and a number of the vicinity, was held in the Court House, the proceedings of which we publish in another column. A noticea' ble feature of the meeting v?as that it was composed entirely of those who voted the Democratic ticket in the last Presidential election ; but citizens who in a national calamity can rise above party ground and partisan sentiment and feel that the blow aimed at the Chief Executive of the Nation was aimed at their rights and at an official in whose honorable record as President of the whole people they are justly proud. The latest advices from the President, though by no means encouraging of a speedy if ultimate recovery, yet lead to us to hope that he may, in due time, be restored to the performance of his official duties. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A correspondent suggests Hugh S. Thompson, Esq., the present superintendent of education, as a candidate for Governor. ? Berry W. Hicks, convicted at Spartanburg last week of the murder of his wife, was sentenced by Judge Fraser to be hanged on Friday, the 30th of September. ? At Union C. H., one day last week, by a wind storm, trees were prostrated and a number of buildings unroofed, including dwellings, the Union Hotel, and G:>urt House and ;?;i tv, a wind waq nwnmnnni#>d Iw rain. ? At the receDt term of Court in Edgefield, one man was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, four convicted of carrying concealed weapons and sentenced to fine and imprisonment, five convicted of riot at church and fined $60 each, and two sent to the penitentiary for assault with intent to kill. ? The Spartanburg Spartan of last week says: "Captain Kirkland and Major Bomar have finished the preliminary survey to Shelby. They will run a line from Gaffuey's to Spartanburg, while Captain Ramseur will survey the route from Shelby to Gaffney's. These surveys will be reported to the annual meeting of the Midland Company, and then a locating survey will be made. At present no one can tell where the road will run. The Midland Company will, no doubt, select the line which will cost them least money and carry most freight. Meantime, let us wait results with patience, knowing that whatever course it takes, the county will be vastly benefitted. One of our prominent merchants states that Spartanburg is now a way station on the Air-Line, local rates being charged for car loads of goods. Corn now costs about $15 a car load more than formerly. This will add five cents to each bushel." ? The Abbeville Banner of a recent date says: "The indications are as plain as possible, that we are to have a new deal at the j. i?i.-? ? UCAt omm eiecuuu, auu mat .,uusc vriiu nave been in power for the past six years will have to stand aside in 1882. Whether the change will be of benefit to South Carolina, remains to be seen, but the change is certain to come. The Democracy is strongly committed against "third-terras," and being preeminently a party favoring rotation in office, any combinations or engineering which may be done by individuals or coteries to keep the same men in power forever, will no longer be effectual, but will have the effect of disintegrating the party as certain as the effort is attempted. For six years the people, by the act of their nominating conventions, have been compelled to vote for and to keep in power the same men who obtained the offices in 1878, but it is evident that they will no longer submit to this state of affairs. They want a change, not that there is any very tangible cause of complaint, but because of a belief, that a little agitation of the stagnant waters will have a desirable effect, and will disabuse the minds of those who may have d<aubts as to whether partiality has been extended to official favorites, to the exclusion of others, v?ho may have had equal claims for either political favors or official preferments." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The assays of bullion for the month of Tnna of ttia TTnifod At jfitr nflioo in I Charlotte, amount to 87,249.20. ? S. J. Falls, of Raleigh, State immigrant agent for North Carolina, died in England on the 5th ultimo. ? The Lincoln Progress says that section has recently been visited with most refreshing rains, and crops are looking finely. ? The normal school which opened at Chapel Hill on the 16th, is said to be far superior in many respects to any preceeding session. About 225 teachers are in attendance. ? Albemarle Superior court, recently open- i ed and closed the same day, there being only one case. It is said that this is largely due to the fact that a healthy temperance senti- j tnent prevails in that county. j ? Mr. James Y. Christmas, of Warrenton, I N. C., who married the only daughter of Mrs. 1 General Gaines, shot and killed his wife's brother in Washington City oa Saturday , afternoon of last week, in self-defence. j ? The Danbury Reporter says chat "recent- i ly a Stokes county man soaked some corn in 1 strychnine to kill crows, the crows eat the corn and it killed them, his hogs eat the f crows and they died, bis neighbors' dogs eat I the hogs and that was ^e last of the dogs, * our buzzards eat the dogs, and now alas, we've 1 got no buzzards." j ? Speaking of the trial of Parker, the al- < leged assassin of Gen. Grimes, the Charlotte i Democrat says: "Wm. Parker, charged with j idling Gen. Bryan Grimes, and whose trial -t jccupied nearly a week of Martin Superior j 2ourt, was acquitted. People in that section !' generally, believe that Parker is guilty of the j issassination of Gen. Grimes. That is also I Tudge Schenck's opinion, who heard part of j :he evidence last fall." ? The first cargo?one thousand tons?of iron for the extension of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad (between Fayetteville and Greensboro) has arrived at Wilmington. Traek laying will begin at once at the Gulf, the present terminus of the road, and by the time the present cargo of iron is placed, another will have been received, which will keep a large force busy until the road is finished to Greensboro. ? Speaking of the progress of the Western N. C. Railroad., the Charlotte Observer says:"The Richmond and Danville Railroad corporation, now the owners as the successors of Mr. Best, it is believed are acting in good faith, and in due time the road will be com pleted to its connection with the Tennessee ?i? _r ?i D..f ?V.q 9joicill ui ruauo at iuuk i isiunu. -uut tuc< plans of railroad men these days are past Onding out, and we find consolation in the thought that "we shall see what we shall see.'" PUBLIC MEETING. A public meeting of citizens of Yorkville and vicinity was held in the Court House on Monday afternoon, 4th instant. On motion of J. F. Wallace, Esq., C. E. Spencer, Intendant, was called to the chair, and A. W. Ingold was requested to act as secretary. The chairrae." explained the object of the meeting to be f r this community to give expression of the! condemnation of the recent attempt on the President's life, and on the conclusion of his remarks, Rev. Robert La than moved that a committee of three be appointed to draft resolutions expressing the sentiments of the meeting. The motion was adopted and the chair appointed as said committee, Rev. R. Lathan, W. Porter Good and James F. Hart, Esqrs., who after retiring for a few minutes, reported the following : Whereas, the citizens of Yorkville, S. C., have heard with profound regret and deep in dignation that a wicked attempt has been made to assassinate James A. Garfield, Presi dent of the Uuited States : And whereas, we desire to give an expres sion of our abhorrence and indignation of the act; therefore, be it Resolved, That we regret the attempt made upon the life of the chief magistrate of our ' country as an assault upon the institutions of the same aB well as upon the people of the several States, and that the cowardly act should receive the severest rebuke and con demnation of all classes and parties of our common country. Resolved, That on behalf of this community, we hereby tender to the President our earnest sympathies id this affliction,, and express the hope that he may soon recover there from, and be enabled, under the hand of Providence, to resume and discharge the du ties of the high office to which the voice of his countrymen has called him. Resolved, That in this deep and saddening affliction to the whole country, the venerable mother and the devoted wife and children of the President,' aveour heartfelt sympathy. After the re ding of the resolutions, they were unanimously adopted by a rising vote, when L. M. Grist, Esq., moved that the Secretary be requested to transmit to Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, a copy of the proceedings of this meeting. The motion was amended by Mr. M. Strauss, who moved that the proceedings also be published in the Yorkville Enquirer. The motion and amendment were adopted. On motion the meeting then adjourned. C. E. SPENCER, Chairman. A. \V. Ingold, Secretary. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Another Railroad Scheme. The annual meeting of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company was held at Morehead city on the 1st and 2nd instant. The officers reported an increase in the gross earnings over the previous fiscal year of 24 per .cent. The net earnings for the same period were also largely increased-. Propositions to lease this road were submitted by the Wilmington and Weldon Rail road Company, and by the Midland North Carolina Road. Each offered the same rental and substantially the same terms, but the stockholders, by a vote of 15,585 against 910 shares, directed that the lease be made to the Midland Road. The committee appoiuted to receive and | report the bids recommended the acceptance of the Midland's offer, as that company proposes to use the Atlantic and North Carolina Road as its eastern division. This road now runs from Beaufort harbor to Goldsboro, and is ninety eight miles long. The engineers of the Midland Company are now surveying an air line from Goldsboro to Salisbury, and the entire road will shortly be put under contract. The completion of this line will reduce the distance between Goldsboro and Salisbury fnrtv miles. At Salisbury connection will J be made with the Western North Carolina Railroad, which will form the western division of the main stem of the Midland system. It is asserted that the whole line will be completed and in operation from Beaufort harbor to the Tennessee State line within twelve months. Weather rrophecy fer July. Mr. Henry G. Vennor, the "weather prophet," in a letter to a newspaper in Otawa, Canada, of the 23rd ultimo, makes the following predictions of the weather during the present month: "I believe that the present summer is one in a triad of similar summers, probably the middle one. It is likely to resemble that of 1880, and to differ in some of its minor details. The approaching month of July will give a great deal of rain, as in 1880, over a large portion of the United States and Canada, while in Great Britain the weather will, in all probability, be likewise stormy and wet. The storms of wind, thunder and lightning are likely to be severe aud frequent. The heaviest rains for New York and vicinity would be after the 20th, probably on the 21st and 22d dates ; between the 10th and 15th days an exceedingly hot term is likely to be experienced in both the United States and Canada. Within a few days from the close of the month, probably about the 27th or 28th, a cool wave will occur, carrying frosts in Canada and cool weather generally, with storms of wind and raiu throughout the United States. Where storms have been severely felt in the Western < and Southwestern States during June, there I also will the severest storms of July be expe- ' rieneed. Notwithstanding these frequent and I severe storms during the wjoflth, frequent al- . vernations of fine hot weather will counteract 1 Vo a great extent the damage done to crops i# i general in the West. The entrance of July I in Canada, and also to a considerable extent I n the United States, will be cool and show- I ;ry, and the present lookout for the Fourth ' s not a very promising one." < LOCAL AFFAIRS. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C James B. Allison, J. M. Jacks6n and A.F. Lindsay, County Commissioners?Fence Law Election. Latimer <fc Hemphill?Second-Class Millinery. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale. R. Latban, School Commissioner?Free School w Notice?The School Teachers. i F .T J DEGREE CONFERRED. * Westminster College, of New Wilmington, p Pennsylvania, has conferred upon our towns- f< man, Rev. Robert Lathan, the honorary de- is gree of Doctor of Divinity. PERSONAL MENTION. j. We were pleased to receive a call, Mon- 7 day morning, from Mr. Roswell T. Logan, of r the News and Courier editorial staff, who ^ 1 L came up from Charleston on Saturday for the purpos^of placing his son in the King's ^ Mountain Military School. t 1 CIlllRCHF.ji NRYT SltMHAV t Services will be held in the churches next s Sunday as follows: Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. j The pastor will preach at Shiloh at 11 A. M., j next Sunday, and in consequence of his ab ? sence there will be no service in the Presbyterian church at Yorkville. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. j Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will 611 his regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. Church of the Good Shepherd?EpiscopalRev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at ' the regular hours, morning and afternoon. f Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Marion Dargan, Pastor. Services in the cliurch at Yorkville, ( forenoon and evening, at the usual hours. BLACK'S STATION TOWN COUNCIL. 1 At the recent term of Court, his Honor Judge Aldrich, upon motion of counsel for the Prohibition Town Council, of Black's i Station, vacated the order of injunction heretofore granted by him restraining said Town Council from acting until the further order of the Court. The effect of this last order is to continue the Prohibition Council in office pending the suit commenced by the antiprohibitionists for a perpetual inunction. The order was vacated on the same day that it was served, upon the facts being brought to the attention of the presiding Judge that the board m<innrfnnn k n J n aia/1 11 rt J nM /i/> win S it m a n . ui luauaguo uau auicu uuuci uci taiu &uaudaraus proceedings instituted by the prohibitionists at the Spring term of Court. THE FOURTH. TJje Fourth passed off*quietly in Yorkville. All the stores were closed, and business was suspended for the day. There was a tolera bly large attendance of people in town, some* of whom had been attracted by tbe sales ad vertised ; but it being a legal holiday, nothing was sold except a.lot of remnants of the stock of goods of the old firm of Adickes, Byers & Co., and the choses in action appraised "doubtful" or "desperate," belonging to the estate of Samuel Rainey, deceased. Under the auspices of the colored Odd Fellows' lodge, an excursion was made to Lincolnton by the colored people, and we are told by some who went along that it was the most quiet and orderly excursion party of colored people that has ever been known on C. &. L. R?ad. KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL. The second session of the past school-year of the above institution closed last Thursday, the week having been devoted to examinations of the various classes in their respective stud ies. We learn from the Jfriucipal that tne examinations were highly creditable to the cadets and satisfactory to the faculty. The graduating class consisted of cadets J. M. Jenkins and S. B. Lathan, in a full course of the studies laid down in the curriculum, and Cadet A. R. Bratton in a partial course, he having omitted advanced mathematics with the view of devoting more time to other studies of more practical use in the profession which he proposeg to adopt. On Thursday night a complimentary ball was given by the cadets, which was the most brilliant and enjoyable affair of the kind we have ever witnessed at the Garrison. The youth and beauty of Yorkville were augmented by fascinating belles and gallant beaux from the surrounding towns, and fine music by the Italian string band, of Charlotte, gave additional zest to the occasion. The first session of the present school-year opened on Friday, and we are pleased to learn that the prospects of the School are brighter than they have been since 1873. ? nniir r?nM 1 KM. Li L>VlltU A In the northern portion of the heavens may be seen, from early evening until morning, a very large sized comet, of which the papers have had much to say within the last few days. Prof. Green, of the United States National Observatory, says : "There is no doubt that a comet has come this way?whether aD old friend, returning after a long absence, or an entire stranger, is a question yet to be solved. Despite its erratic course the path- i way of a comet iB readily ascertained. All i the known orbits of comets are catalogued, : and by consulting this catalogue, we readily , perceive if the visitor is an old comet or a | new one." I It is a much finer comet than Coggia's * comet in 1874. In fact, it is the most bril- ' liant that has appeared since 1843. The comet is bright?the nucleus so interestinnr that it will be Drobablv carefullv exam- 1 & -- ? I v ? ined by the spectroscopies. In twenty-two minutes it moves three minutes in the arc, aud in j an hour nine minutes, giving it a daily rate of t travel northward of about three degrees and ] twenty six minutes. An astronomer says that i its course is from aud not towards the sun, j and that day by day we may expect to see t the comet apparently receding from the sun, [ and probably also from the earth, with its r path in the direction of the tail. Its visit * will doubtless be a short one, and it will rap- c idly grow fainter day by day. I The Cambridge Observatory reports that the 1 comet is now moving away from the earth at a the rate 300,000 miles per day. Its nucleus is probably one thousand miles in diameter, t and the inner head of the envelope twelve j thousand, while the corona is vastly more a than that. The tail is at least four million I miles in length. There seems to have been a cool meeting C recently between General Grant and Mr. Gar- a field at the latter's Long Branch Cottage, a It is thus described: "At the last moment (. General Grant, who had just arrived at EI- w beton, entered the reception room. There t( was a buzz of excitement as the General, with b hat in hand and bowed bead, approached li Mr. Garfield and extended his hand which I] was heartily shaken by the President. 4moment of jphjspered conversation ensued b/9- sj twee# wfcen ^General G^ant stepped back and walking out op ti?e platform, ,gp- 1 tered his carriage whieh was in waiting. 01 rhree minutes did not elapse from the time of E General Grant's entrance until his departure." A STALWART'S BULLET, > . . * owardly Attempt to Assassinate the Prcsl- ^ dent% y > v Washington, July 2.?President Garfield * 'as shot this mornmg at the Baltimore and 'otomac depot while on bis way to New g ingland. He received one ball in the arm nd one between the hip and kidneys. Five hysicians are in attendance and have probed jr the ball in the hip without success. He s dangerously wounded, but may recover. ? HOW AND BY WHOM IT WAS DONE. Washington, D. C., July 2.?The shootQg was done by a sleoder man about 5 feet t inches in height. He refuses to give his c lame, but it is said &y persons who profess to ^ ;now him that his name is Guiteau, and that ( le is an ex-consul to Marseilles. * The man j vas arrested immediately and carried to | >olice head quarters, and subsequently re- t noved to jail.* The shooting occurred in the adies' room of the depot immediately after he President had' entered, walking arm in irm with Secretary Blaine, on their way to he limited express train, which was about i eady to leave. Secretary Blaine, on hear* ng the pistol shots, two in Dumber, rushed , n the direction from which they came, with j i view of arresting the assassin. Before , eaching the man he noticed the President j "all and returned to him, and lifted him up. | Both shots took effect, the first in the right ( irm and the second just about the right , lip and near the kidneys. The physicians , probed for the balls unsuccessfully. Two companies of regulars were ordered from the barracks, Mud have been posted around the execntfw4 htanBion. Great excitement prevails in Washington, and the streets are throDged with anxious inquirers, eager to learn the condition of the President. The shooting occurred in the presence of 50 or 60 ladies. The President has been made a^'.oomtbrt&ble as possible and all persons have been excluded from the grounds. The President is conscious and does Dot complain of great suffering. It is impossible to say as yet what the result will be, but the surgeons are of the opinion that the wounds are not necessarily fatal. THE PRESIDENT TO HIS WIFE. The following dispatch has been sent to the President's wife: Mrs. Garfield, Elbernon, Long Branch, New Jersey : The President wishes me to say to you from him that he has been seriously hurt. How seriously he cannot yet say. He is himself and hopes you will come to him soon. He sends love to you. A I? Rrvni/nrpr t X' XDV/VA II r"t * * " OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. The following haa been forwarded by cable from the Department of State : Washington, July 2nd, 18&1. James Russel Lowel, Minister, Etc., London: The President of the United States was shot this morning by an assassin named Charles Guiteau. The weapon was a large sized revolver. The President had just reached the Baltimore & Potomac station, at about twenty minutes till nine o'clock, intending, with a portion of his cabinet, to leave on the limited express for New York.- I- rode in the carriage with him from the executive mansion and was walking by his side when he was shot. The assassin was immediately arrested, and the President was conveyed to a private room in the station building, and a surgeon was at once summoned. He has nbw, at twenty minutes past ten, been removed to the executive mansion. The surgeons, on consultation, regard bis wounds as very serious, though not necessarily fatal. His-vigorous health gives stroug hopes of his recovery. He has not lost consciousness for a moment. Inform our ministers in Europe. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. THE ASSASSIN. The man who did the shooting is Charles' Guiteau, attorney at law, at Chicago. He is a foreiguer by birth, and has been a very persistent applicant for a consulate, which was refused by the President. He has haunted the executiVe mansion for two or three weeks, and his not getting what he wanted, it is believed, resulted iu temporary aberration of the mind. The district jail, a large brown stone structure, situated at the eastern extremity of the city, was visited by the associated press re porter shortly after 11 o'clock, for the purpose of obtaining an interview with Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield. The officers refused admittance to the building, stating as a reason that they were acting under instructions from Attorney General McVeagh, which were that no one be allowed to see the prisoner. Information had reached them that a movement to mob the jail was contemplated and a large guard of regular troops and metropolitan police was momentarily expected to repel any attack that might be made. Charles Guiteau is about 30 years of age and is supposed to be of French descent. He is about five feet, five inches in height; sandy complexion, is slight, not weighing more than 125 pounds. He wears a moustache and light chin whiskers, and his sunken cheeks and eyes far apart, give him a sdllen, oi as an official described him, a "iooney" appearance. The officer in question gave it as his opinion that Guiteau is a Chicago communist, and that he has noticed it to be peculiar of nearly all murderers that their eyes are set far apart. "Guiteau," he. said, "proved no exception to the rule." It is stated that two or three weeks ago Guiteau went to the jail for the purpose of visiting it, but was refused admission on the ground that it was not "visitors' day." He, at that time, mentioned his name as Guiteau, and said that he came from Chicago. When brought to the jail be was admitted by an officer who had previously refused to admit him. A mutual recognition took place, Guiteau saying, "You are the man who wouldn't let me go through the jail some i!a nmn " tu a anlir a! kan wamn hif un mo/la l/liue UgU. 4- no UUlJf U14ICI IPUJfllEk UD (UdUC J before being.placed in jail was that "General Sherman would arrive at the jail soon," This officer was iu charge of the old city jail at the time of the assassination of President Lincoln. The following letter was taken from the prisoner's pocket at the police headquarters : July 2, 1881. To the White House: The President's tragc death was a sad necessity, but it will unite he Republican party and save the Republic. Life is a flimsy dream and it matters little vhen one goes. A human life is of small ralue. During the war thousands of brave )oys went down without a tear. I presume he President was a Christian and that he will >e happier in Paradjse than hpre. It will be j io worse for Mrs, Garfield, dear snuj, to part vith her husband this way than by natural j leath. He is liable to go at any time any j ray. I had no ill-will toward the President, j. lis death was a political necessity. I am a c awyer, a theologian and a politician. I am . Stalwart of the Stalwarts. I was with Gen. ^ Irani and the rest of our men in New York I ' A.I T Un?*A OAmA nnnnwa Inn lUHUg lilt! L'HUVUK#. x nave sumo u?jjc?o iui he press which I shall leave with Byron An- ' rews and his co-journalists at ll20 New York venue, where all the reporters can see them, am going to the jail. Chas. Guiteau, t The papers referred to have not yet been f iven out for publication. Byron Andrews, C rho is the Washington correspondent of the r Jhicago Inter Ocean, says that while a pack- b ge of papers is in the hands of the police, a ccompanied by a note addressed to himself, P Andrews), he has no personal acquaintance h ith Guiteau, and never heard of his exis-, n ;nce until this morning. From what has 8' een gathered from the police, Andrews be- lj eves that Guiteau's home is in Freeport, j si llinois. . | if The following letter was fouud on the street fi lordly apujteau's arrest, the envolope ? pealed pnd a.tjdre&sed to Gen. Sherman, J r his first assistant, in charge pf the War a( epartment: fc To General Sherman: I have just shot the I di 'resident. I shot him several times, as I f rished him to go as easily as possible. His v eath was a political necessity. *f am a law- I er, a theologian and a politician. I am a stal- b fart of the stalwarts. I was with Gen. Grant | b nd the rest of our men in New York during ; v he canvass. I am going to the jail. 11 Please order out your troops and take pos- c ession of the jail at once. ! v Very respectfully. j a Charles Guiteau. t On receiving the above, Gen. Sherman a ;ave it the following endorsement: s Headquarters of the Army, ) Washington, 11.35 a. m., July 2d, '81. j This letter * * * was handed me this ninute by Maj. William J. Twining, United j 5tate3 engineers, commissioner of the District , >f Columbia, and Maj. Wm. G. Brock, chief )f police. I don't know the writer, uever j teard of or saw him to my knowledge, and lereby feturn it to the keeping of the above lamed parties as testimony in the case. W. T. Sherman, General. ANOTHER THEORY. | A Washington dispatch of Sunday night t s ' 1 says: i "There is a theory which has many adhe- 1 rents, that the attempted assassination was not ' the work of a lunatic, but the result of a plot much deeper and darker than has been suspected. It is cited in support of this theory that Guiteauf had arranged with a hackman to be iu readiness to drive him swiftly in the direction of the Congressional cemetery as soon as he made his appearance on returning from the depot. In the meantime he had left a bundle of papers in the hands of a boy with a view, it is mairttained, to create a belief in his insanity in the event of his capture! Guiteau said on his way to jail that the President's assassination was premeditated, and that he went to Long Branch for the purpose of shooting him there, and was deterred by the enfeebled and saddened condition of Mrs. Garfield, which appealed so strongly to his sense of humanity that he came hack without carrying out his intention. Those by whom Guiteau has been examined since the shooting, say that he?shows no symptoms of insanity, and it is understood that the letter which has already been telegraphed, addressed "To the White House," is the only document in the collection which supports the theory of insanity. It is reported that Guiteau had an accomplice whose description is in the hands of the police,' and developments are anxiously looked for. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE ASSASSIN. A Chicago dispatch of Sunday gives the following account of the assassin, Guiteau : "Charles J. Guiteau, who shot the President this morning, has been known in Chica go for the past 12 years, ami for much of the time been considered as more than half insane. He may have had French blood in his veins, but was to all appearance an American ; he wore his hair brushed up in front, giving his face a startling look. When he first arrived in Chicago he began practicing law. He married a sister of Geo. Scovell, a well-known lawyer here, and lived about Union Place, but being of shiftless character he became a nuisance and was finally forbidden his house by Scovell. After living in a precarious fashion here for some time he went to New York only to return in 1878. He then professed to have been converted and began lecturing under auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was next known in connection with a scheme to buy out the Inter Ocean and run it after the pattern of the New York Herald. As Guiteau had no capital and no backing, his schemes collapsed and he returned to his former practice of "dead beating." His reputation has never been of the best, and his name was connected with several scaudals. He sank so low that no notice was taken of him whatever. About six months ago he disappeared from his .usual haunts^nd has not been seen in Chicago since. Guiteau is described by the lawyers here as having been whilehere what is known as a "shyster," whatever practice he had being in the lower Criminal Courts. He was regarded as of weak mind and at one time was a fanatic on temperance, and delivered lectures at the First Methodist church on that subject. Failing to pay the Tribune lor its advertisement of the lecture, that paper L: C -.,1 1 1 L wruie uiui up ?a a uauu uuu who aueu oy mm for libel. The suit never came to issue. He wrote a pamphlet on the second coming of Christ, which was published by Jansen & McClurg as a curiosity. Very little is definitely known of the man, and that little is unfavorable in every way." His antecedents in Chicago are also given as follows by a dispatch from that city: As soon as it became known that the wouldbe assassin was a Chicago roan, inquiries were at once began as to his antecedents and business. There are many recollections of Chas. A. Guiteau (which is his correct name), who lived there several years and acquired an unenviable reputation. He was at one time on the point of marriage with an estimable young lady on Suuth Side, but his character became known just in time to prevent such a calamity vto the lady and her family. Guiteau left the town immediately after this for several months. Que gentleman remarked: "I remember Charles Guiteau well. He was here two or three years ago and seemed to have ao visible means of support. He preached or lectured on religious or social subjects, upon which he was an enthusiast. He started here as a lawyer, but failed utterly, and then he tried again to lift himself iuto notoriety by lecturing on religion one evening in each week." His card in the newspapers is produced to-day, and is a literary curiosity. He bored newspapers by trying to have his manuscript printed. He failed also as a lecturer, when be then began life as a tramp of the more respectable order. He was branded by a hotel keepers' association as a dead beat. His last appearance was that of a dandified man of small mental calibre. He was unusually fond of notoriety, and. would go almost any length to get his name in the papers. He was arrested here once for embezzlement. He got the idea in bis head that he was fit for of-* flcial position, and has been trying with all his power to get the consulate to Marseilles. An- ; other characteristic of him was his proclivity 1 to follow and persecute with his attentions respectable young ladies to whom he had ob- J tained a casual introduction, or on whom he j forced his attentions. At one time he found 1 himself in an ugly predicament with the at- 1 Forney of a young lady whom he had thus ( pestered beyond endurance. The attorney in- ' pited him in his office one day, and threaten ' :d him with a sound horse-whipping if he did ( iot promise to desist, and Guiteau desisted. < He has not been heard of for some time in t his region. It is said that his father is the < President of the Second Rational Bank of ) Preeport. His family is of Italian descent, 6 >ut Guiteau has always claimed to be Ameri- ' an born. He was officially compelled to [uit the city on account of the accumulation f financial difficulties, In other words, Chiago had become "too hot" for him. VHAT THE FATHER OF THE ASSASSIN ! s HAS TO SAY ABOUT HIS SON. 11 Boston, July 3.?The following is an ex- / ract from a letter dated March 30, 1873, v rora the father of the assassin to John W. s }uiteau, his brother, in this city, in which he r efers to his son Charles as follows: "I have g een ready to believe him capable of almost f ny folly, stupidity or rascality. The one ,s ossible excuse I can render for him is that e is insane. Indeed, if I was called as a wit-1 ess upon the stand I am inclined to think I a iiould testify he is absolutely insane and hard- ' c f responsible for his acts. My own impreson is that unless something shall 'stop him ] (;, l his folly and mad career, he will become a t subject for the lunatic asylum. Before I nally gave him up I had exhausted all my owers of reason and persuasion, as well as ! H ther resources, in endeavoring to control his itjopa and thoughts, but without avail. I ft, ?und that he was deceitful and could not be ci epended upon for anything. Stubborn, wil- ci ul, conceited,, and at all times outrageously ai kicked and apparently possessed of the devil. e' aaw him once or twice when it seemed to me ie was willing to do almost anything wicked le should happen to take a fancy to. You ? fill remember, perhaps, at the last conversa- ? ion we had about him, I told you to keep " lear of him and not have anythiug to do ^ vith him. Should anybody ask roe anything c, ibout him, I should be compelled to say to si hem that I thought he was insane, or at least c i monomaniac, and should there leave it aud a ay no more about him. His insanity is of ^ uch a character that he is a^ likely to become ? i sly, cunning desperado as anything. Could [ see him I might possibly make another and rigorous effort to change the channel of his houghts and feelings. If I could not do that [ should have no hope whatever of being able ^ ;o do him any good. I made up my mind 4 ong ago never to give him another dollar in t uoney until I should be convinced he was < thoroughly humbled and radically changed. e [ am sometimes afraid he would steal, rob or 1 io anything before his egotism and self-con- ( seit shall be knocked out of him, and perhaps ^ aven that will not do it. So you see I regard a his case as hopeless, or nearly .so, and of t course know no other way hut to dismiss him s entirely from ray mind and leave him entirely I in the hands of his Maker, with a very faint j hope that he can be changed either in this ^ world or the next." HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED. 1 New York, July 2.?The news down town ! was received with consternation and caused much excitement on Wall street. Brokers and bankers almost forgot their business in their eagerness to get further particulars. They s besieged Freeman's News Agency, on Broad \ street, where dispatches from Washington \ were constantly arriving and being distribu- i ted. Groups were seen in the streets, anxious- ; ly discussing the subject, and news boys did a i rushing business in extras At the opening ] of the Stock Exchange the news knocked the ( bottom out of the market, but further dis- , patches, announcing that the wounded President was in fair way to recover, and was not I so dangerously wounded as first reported, caused a reaction and the decrease was soon recovered, so that within an hour quotations were back to a healthy standard. At the Sub-Treasury and Custom House there was also much excitement over the news, and great concern was expressed for Gen. Garfield's recovery. Collector Merritt was somewhat agitated, and when asked for his opinion regarding the attempted assassination, met the request with the question: "What's the latest?" When informed that the President would recover, he said he hoped so, and would not venture any opinion on the effect of the news, ^either would he say whether he considered that the attempt had any political significance, but merely remarked: "If the President die3, why General Arthur will be President. General Hillhouse was' in his office at the Sub-Treasury, but was too busy to be seen. The news of the shooting reached police headouarters simultaneously with the report that tiie President was dead. Amid the utmost excitement the story passed from mouth to mouth and was listened to at first with incredulity, but as a fresh confirmation of the rumor arrived here, indignation took its place. A total suspension of business in all departments followed. When a later dispatch was received announcing that President Garfield was not mortally wounded, a shout of "God be thanked !" went up from every side and the sudden revulsion of feeling made more than one eye moist. From all sides was heard one expression', "If President Garfield lives, he will be the most popular President the country ever had." THE NATION'S GRIEF. How the News Wps Received at Different Points in the (J~ion--The North and the South Meet at Garfield's Bedside to Staunch the President's Wounds. baltimore, maryland. Baltimore, July 2.?The most intense excitement prevails throughout this city at the attempted assassination of President Garfield. All business is suspended and groups of men are assembled on every street, dumbfounded and anxiously awaiting the result. philadelphia, pennsylvania. jl Philadelphia, July 2.?The public is greatly exercised here over the news from Washington. Large crowds congregate at the litilluHn lwinvHa nf nowanunpr and t.plpfrrftnh of fices and eagerly watch for news. boston massachusetts. '. Boston, July 2.?The news of the attempted assassination of the President caused most intense excitement in this city, and crowds surrourtded the newspaper offices, all of which have issued extras. In the early paijt of the morning business was temporarily suspended on every hand. Later favorable news that the President was not dead, in a measure quelled the excitement. ilaleigiij n. c. Raleigh, N. C., July 2.?There is great indignation here at the attempted assassination of the President. A/ public meeting of citizens has been called to denounce it. louisville, kentucky.' Louisville, Ky., July 2.?There is considerable excitement here over the news of the attempted assassination of President Garfield and great anxiety is manifested to hear from "Washington and New York. The impression is that the outlook for the country and for the South especially would be very much less bright with Arthur than with Garfield in the Presidential Chair. There is no anticipation of any serious- trouble in any event. Much sympathy is expressed for President Garfield and his family. Business today is rather more quiet, but not to any extent disturbed. Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville, July 2.?There was intense indignation here this morning upon the receipt of the news of the attempted assassination of President Garfield. A call is out for an indignation meeting to-night and is signed mostly by Confederate soldiers. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Augusta, July 2.?This community was thrilled with honor, indignation and disgust in hearing of the shooting of President Gar- ( field. All classes bemoan his fate and express most profound sympathy with the illustrious , victim of a cowardly assassination. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston, S. C., July 2.?The news of 1 the assassination of President Garfield exci- i ted universal grief and horror in Charleston. < The sorrow felt by the community is seen in ? the faces of all classes. The hope is everywhere < expressed that he will recover. The Chamber i of Commerce held a large meeting at 2 o'clock. I Addresses were made declaring sentiments of i sorrow and condemning the act of the assassin 1 us the deepest crime, expressing the wish that t the President will soon be restored to the peo- i pie of the United States, to whom he is so f dear, without regard to polititical opinions, 1 tind declaring to the President and his family t the sympathy of the people of Charleston with 1 them. \ The Mayor sent the following telegram to c Secretary Blaine, as soon as the news was re- t jeived: t Charleston, S. C., July 2.?To Hon. Jus. a (i. Blaine, Secretary of State, Washingtont Jur entire community is deeply shocked by ? ;he startling intelligence of the assassination n )f the President, and hasten to re<iuest that h ,'ou will express to Mrs. Garfield our profound s sympathy at this distressing time, and our t; ijncere hope that the President's life may be b ipared to his family and country, tl [ Signed] W,M. A, Courtney, Mayor of Charleston. e nashville, tennessee. a Nashville, July 2.?This community was _ hocked at the news of the attempted assassi- ? lation of the President and popular Indignation ml abhorrence at the the act are universal, tl General anxiety is felt to hear tidings of the tl rounded President's condition, and expres- S( ions of sympathy and hoj>e for his ultimate ecovery are heard everywhere. Crowds are u athered about newspaper offices and inquiries ol or news are dispatched from all parts of the tate. new orleans, louisiana. . New Orleans, July 2.?The news of the ttempted assassination of President Garfield reated intense excitement in this city and is , lmost the only subject discussed. All con- p emu the action in the strongest terms and )cpress sympathy for the President and a hope Ji >r liis si>eedy recovery. 4 savannah, oeoroia. p Savannah, July 2.?Dispatches briefly an- 'tli ouncing that President Garfield had been ai lot, but giving no particulars, were received m ere at 10:30 o'clock this morning. The news of rented a profund sensation throughout the fo ty. and words of execration for the assassin th nd deep sympathy for his victim were on my lip. richmond, virginia. Richmond, Va., July 2;?The most intense . . xcitement has prevailed here during the day ver the intelligence of the attempted assassiation of President Garfield. When the first umor was rej>orted it was generally discred.ti, but on confirmatory dispatches being reeived, the public mind began to realize the liocking news, and in a short time the whole ity seemed moved. Crowds gathered rapidly t the news centres, anxious for particulars nd expressions of deep regret at the dire alamity which has befallen the Nation and ondemnation of the dastardly act are general. atlanta, georgia. Atlanta, Ga., July 2.?In response to a all issued at noon, to-day, by Maj. Avery., a ery large number of the best citizens assemiled at the Opera House, this afternoon, at :30 o'clock, to consider appropriate resoluionsconcerningtheassassination of President rarfield, the following resolutions were adoptd by a rising vote: That we the citizens of Atlanta, Ga., have received a telegraphic aninn nrpment of the assassination of James A. xarfield, President of the United States, at he capita], to-day, with the profoundest regiet md horror; that to him and his family we ;ender our deepest sympathy in their sudden iffliction ; that we join our feeble voices to the )rayers which burst from the breasts of all the >eople that his life may be spared for the performance of the duties of the high office to vhich he has been so recently elected. Speeches were made by Congressman Hamnond, Gen. John B. Gordon, Senator Brown, Jhief Justice James Jackson and ex-Goverror Bullock. charlotte, n. c. Charlotte, N. C., July 2.?The feeling of jynapathy for the wounded President culminated in a public meeting which tcojc place at the court house about 5 o'clock, p. m. The meeting was organized by calling Mayor F. S. DeWolfe to the chair, and requesting W. B. (Griffith to act as secretary. The chairman briefly stated the object of the meeting, and on motion of Gen. J. A. Young, a committee of Ave was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. The chair appointed the following: General J. A.. Young, J. H. Wilson, Dr. J. A. McAden, W. R. Myers and A. B. Davidson. Resolutions were adopted, andadispatch expressing the sympathy of the community was forwarded to Secretary Blaine by Mayor DeWolfe. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. Savnnnah New*. The event in itself is astounding and deplorable in the extreme, but its significance depends much upon the character of the assassin and the motive that prompted the murderous act. If it should prove to be like the attempt on the life of President Jackson, in 1834, merely the irresponsible act of a madman, it will be even deplored as a calamity with no political significance. But, on the contrary, should it be, as we are loth to believe, the outcome of partisan rancor, resulting from the easting political complications, it will be regarded, at home and abroad as a damaging blow to cur system of free Republican Government. UnHar snnii <*irnnmstAnc?s itwould shake the con fidence and depress the hopes of the American citizen, while by the monarchists of Europe it will be hailed as a convincing proof that the President of the American Republic has no stronger hold on the confidence and affection of his people, and is no safer from the assassin's hand than the autocrat of Russia. We hope that later accounts will give a more favorable aspect to the deplorable affair. In the meantime, the President will have warm sympathy and heartfelt wishes of all the people for his speedy recoverv. Charleston Newa and Courier. Such events as the tragedy yesterday lift the people above personal and sections feelingsmake the whole country kin. The only thought in Charleston was that the President had been . j aimed at as the mighty heart of the whole Union. We don't pause to count the cost of the bloody work in its effect upon the relations of the parties. Far be it from us to affix up mi the Stalwarts a responsibility which is not di- ; rectly theirs. But it cannot be forgotten in this sad moment, tha , the intrigues of Conkling and the slanders >f Grant wrought up the miserable assassin of the President to the pitch of regarding the death of the President as a * political necessity ; t: at he proclaims himself "a Stalwart of the Stalwarts," and"b6aststbat he has made Vice-President Arthur, who is Coukling's man, President of the United " - ? v on-J T States. They who are to ue oeneniteu uy it resident Garfield's death, will be early in proclaiming their regret. We don't question their sincerity. But they were bitter foes of the President, and what the country will not forget is that the deed is done in tfeir name and that they and their followers will derive power from the President's death. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. It seems but yesterday that we beheld Mr. Gariield, smiling, happy, seated in the Sena ;e Chamber before a notable assemblage to be inducted into the Presidency. He had risen from the humblest walks of life to the highest by his own endeavors under Divine Providence, and that day marked the acme of a proud and a glorious ambition. He delivered an inaug jral address that gave to the Continent assurances of peace and comfort, and, tufning aside for a, moment from the tremendous civic trust, he became a true son and husband who, recognized in a mother and a wife the sources'of his great career and inspiration. Because this is an American Union, and because our President. is a fit ruler for a free people, a wail of righteous indignation swells in unbroken chorus over this whole laud, protesting again it the gigantic wrong ana demanding justice against the villain who horrified the Republic and disgraced the image of his Creator. Henry Watteraon, In l.ouiavilie Courier-Journal. , Chicago, July 2.?Hon. Henry Watterson, who is in this city, telegraphed the following editorial to the Courier-Journal: "It is haul to say whether the country could be more appalled or distressed than by the ghastly tidings which come to us from the National Capital. The assassination of a ruler of a people, at all times and under all circumstance!!, is dreadful to contemplate, but it is in this instance attended by domestic surroundings of so touching a description?relating to a man of such gentle character?as to carry with it a sense of personal bereavement. The , , President of the United States has been stricken down in the early morning of what promised to be a career of political usefulness, pei sonal honor, happiness and health, and, at least, of sincere devotion to his country. It is fortunate that the hand which dealt ths blow was not that of a Southern man, because if it had been, we should have, from one end jf the land to the other, a Stalwart outcry igainst the ?outh. The author of this dire mime seems to be the merest vagabond, yet lie claims to be a Stalwart. And what is there in the character of the man in whoso lame and interest the deed was done, and -vhose desperate fortunes it saves from destruc;ion. to rescue them from the suspicion which voultl. bv a change in that author's nativity., irm]j attach itself to a most innocent people r , ifrs. Surratt was hanged on less circumstanial evidence than occurs to the mind as to itoscoe Conkling and Chester A. Arthur. The die nature of the contest at Albany, the lespieable rancor or the combatants, and the >ase methods adopted by both parties, render he murder as likely a weapon as any other; nd whilst we should be slow to accuse any ody and prayerful that the man, Guiteau, is lot the instrument cf a consiyracy, we should ot be eager to assume the'innocence of a ody of political wretches, whose hands are tained by every other crime, not to preoipiate in wishing to hurry into power a band of audits and plunderers who may have planned liis assassination as their last resort." Dispatches and messages of sympathy pourd in during Saturday from representatives nd rulers of foreign governments and distinuishei citizens of all parties of the United tates. Gen. Hancock telegraphed: "I trust lat the result of the assault ui>on the life of * le President, to day, may not have fatal eonjquences, and that in the interest of the couny the act may be shown to have been that P a madman." THE PRESIDENT TO THE PEOPLE. The Secretary of State furnishes the followig, with the request that it be given the wi?st possible circulation: t Executive Mansion, Washington, July ?11. P. M.?To the Press: On behalf of resident and Mrs. Garfield, I desire to make iblic acknowledgment of very numerous essages of condolence and affection which ive been received since Saturday morning, rom almost every State in the Union, from ie South as bountifully as from the North, id from countries beyond the sea have come essages of anxious inquiries and tender words sympathy in such number that it has been und impossible to answer them in detail. I erefore ask the newspapers to express for