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S^ 'i: n MTTT^T? ?V X? ?fy AXT^D?^T O /-I ^I^TTTTTJC^T^ A V AroT^xTTTvr^ TwnPATR??P ft VOTJTME XVII-NO. 22. FURNITURE WAREROOMS. GK J?. TOLLY, ays the Leader of Low Prices in Furniture in this State, AT announces to the public that he has greatly enlarccd i,i,\v,.m.," j , Vahle* to carry the LA HQ EST STOCK jg muSnt^ RLESTON. 1 have on hand, and am still receivinc direct from '?ha . niu? u* F?^f aU ^riP?on?. which I guawKi?^ in ?tock OOO Bedstead* of different kinda, and good Bedsteads can hr. R fron, me, with Slate and.Castors complete, at ?1.75 apiece, and upSda ?o A r.0"dK?cklDg Chair?. Tho celebrated Rattan felt ?ir?57c^Da.nK e bought fromme at 70c apiece. Fine Cane Seat Chairs|at ?4.75 W set'Can.' and Cane Back Rocking Chairs at $1.50 apiece. lOO^OnVeaa?! of all styles lu3, ?Uh arch ?tandara, large frame and gW nt $7.50 and upwards * lien of nil styles and descriptions from a Suite consisting of French Bedstead Bu will, etch standard and glass plate four Cane Seat Clfairs, one Cane Sent and Kecking Chair, one Towelend Washstand with Drawer and one Table at 818 Ho atan ?ml evervthina else in nronortion. Tin N..r??, ...... _''T", I and ? A8KK I7I, irom o tfo.uu uoiun to the finest Glass Casket at $100 DEPOT STREET. Come and sec mc and be convinced arerooui8 5,1880 _ ^ -40 Pois of Sowrity EMBODIED IN THE NEW REMINGTON SEWING MACHINE. its tensions are perfect, and do not vary with different ratea of speed. It does work at a higher rate of speed than any other Shuttle Machine. It has no springs in its tensions. Its tensions do not vary when using uneven thread. Its needle is self-setting ai J securely held in place by a grooved clamp. It will not skip stitches. It will never break a needle with ordinary care. It has nu accurate gauge by which to set a needle. It hus the only perfect thread controller, making the "perfect lock stitch." It never "loops stitches on the work, lt sews over heavy seams with the greatest ease. It will sew and feed work at the extreme edge in commencing, lt.? stitch may be lengthened or shortened while running at its highest speed. It has n most convenient spooler. Its shuttle is self-threading and carries a very large quantity*of thread. Its shuttle is carried in an adjustable race, ensuring neenracy without friction. Its driving heit can be tightened instantly without cutting. It sews nil grades of material with least change. [0. It never lins "fits" and cannot get "out of order." Its motions being positive, it cannot get "out of time." |1. It is most accurately adjusted in construction. Its parts are interchangeable, and can ho duplicated at a trifling cost. Its wearing parts are madj of hardened steel. It has but few bearings, consequently but little friction. It runs more lightly tuan any other Sewing Machine. It runs more quietly than any other Shuttle Machine. It has no "cog gear wheels" to run hard and noisy. It lins no "roller cams" to run slow and heavy. It lias no "lever arius" to increase friction and wear, ii is more conveniently arranged for oiling and cleaning. . It requires but little oil, and will not gum up and run hard, its table is lower, giving more perfect control over the work, its treadle motion Deing evenly balanced, will not fatigue the operator. Its feed can be more easily raised and lowered. . Il is inure symmetrical in all its proportions. Ite attachments are more easily adjusted. It lk\s a stop-motion for winding hoi bin without removing the work. It lias fewer parts than any other Machine, its parts are so adjusted that all wear may be taken up. It has superior woodwork to any other Machine. ALL MACHINES WAliRAlSTEV IN EVERY RESPECT. McCULIiY & TAYLOR, Agenta for the New Remington Sewing Machines, Attachments. Needles, <tc, ANDERSON, 8. C. -o WE arc also in the market with a large and well-selected stock of GBNERA1 12RCHAND1ZE, comprising all the Goods needed by the average consumer of our Duntry. These Goods have been selected at the principal markets of the United States, ught as low as the lowest, and we ore fully prepared to compete with any house in the p-country Wo aro LARGE CASH BUYERS OF COTTON, and are paying full ?ices for ail grades of the staple. Parties indebted to us for SUPPLIES, GUANO, MACHINERY, or otherwise, e reminded to call and settle their obligations, as it is our intention to bring all out inding claims to a settlement. McCULLY & TAYLOR. [Oct 6,1881 13 _ GUIOK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS: KITE DESIRE to call the attention of our friends and customers TO OUR LARGE TT STOCK OF GOODS, consisting, in part, of a FULL LINE OF DRY GOODS, Bleached and Brown Shirtings and Sheetings. Printe, Worsted Dress Goods, Jeans, Virginia Cassimeres. Flannels, A SPLENDID lot of BLANKETS. LADIES' CLOAKS, Tiie best Shirts and best fitting. Call and seo them. A. ITULIL. XJINE OF HARDWARE, Carpet?, Mats and Rugs, ?LATS, CAPS, SADDLES AND BRIDLES. Shoes and Boots? x Wo call particular attention to our "Hay State" Boots and Shoes, and 1. Miles OS ^ons ?sots sad Shoes. We wr rant every pair. Give them a trial. CROCKERY, CHINA AND GLASSWARE. GROCERIES. fStftr, Coffee, Molasses, Bacon, Lard. The finest Tea in the market. Mackerel. A ill! ns or Fancy Groceries. Oat Meal. Try our Roasted Coffee. We keep tho MK?l W)UR that ia made, alf Skins, 6ol# Leather and Lining Skins, Woodenware Trunks mid Valise?. Tfe keep GOOD GOODS, and we desire to show them. Wo think we can satisfy * Pn?? and Quality. Please give us a call before buying. A. B. TOWERS & ?O No. 4 Granito Kew. IMPORTANT !. /.t It is iniportant that persons owing us for GUANO and other SUPPLIES should "M in their Cotton and settle promptly; This ls important, as it will ennblo us to pay rust we owe. Mubo a note of Ibis, and remember lt.()WERg & o lt?. 1881 ut _ ly J- B. CLARK & SONS, MERCHANT TAILORS, AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. "ttr E desire to call tue attention of the publie to tho fact that we baTe the largest stock of Gentlcmens' Goods wo ever had " . AND ARE SELLING THEM AT HARD TIME PRICES. Wa have a beautiful line of English Diagonals and Worsted Goods Also mond Clothsim great variety. Our lino of Foreign and Domestic Suitings and Pants uoous not be equalled thia side of New York. _-v-Mtmir- s" tl,a vorv latest We ,lre fiAly prepared to CUT AND MAKE UP CLOTHING in tba very laicsv ?na bist styles , r> i AB?OT,OW A*D UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT, sud. f^^^d^d ?5 Sr! N0Ck T?CS and 8carf9' Pin0 DrC39 Sh,rt8' ??u?dnc<1 and unloundricd, riATa^W'o bSe?l?So aud very pretty stock of Hals, of the very latest style.. READY MADE CLOTHING. B? W^!d Mk M ? ??cl? of a Suit all ready made to bc.sure to call.and sw mir Ufi?TC^^^ilon lu every iostanee, and will sell a. low a. the lowest. WE ?**AN WHAT WE SAY. ..U.itSf* THE OB1?TJBNJJIAL BUILDING. UUITEAU ON THE STAND. Tho Uloudthirsty Crank Tell* Ula Own Story. WASHINGTON, November 2U. It being generally understood that the prisoner would be put upon tho steud to day to testify in his own behnlf, the crowd which flocked toward tho court house as early as 9 o'clock thia morning far surpassed in numbers that of any previous day. Tho doors were besieged and the policemen had great d?iT.culty in preventing forcible ingress iuto tho court room, which was already filled to its ut most capacity. The regulations which have formerly beeu so successful in ad mitting without difficulty thoso persons who have business in the court room were tlr'a morniug of no utility, and Juc?_, counsel and experts had to fight I their wav through. Guiteau was called to thc witness slaud and took his place, closely guarded by two policemen aud tho court officers. He was asked by Mr. Scoville to give sooie incidents from his earliest recollec tions of his mother. He replied : "Am I to bo put ou as a regular witness to-day or only to identify some letters? 1 sup pose tho latter. I am not feeling at all well to day, but Bball bc much better iu the course of a week." "Scoville : "I had arranged to exam ine you to day as there is no other wit ness present." Guiteau : "You should have had your witnesses on hand. I object to going on the stand when I am not feeling well to be subjected to crosa-oxamination by counsel for tho prosecution. I liavo got a good deal to say. I want to go over the whole business carefully and scien tifically (BO to Bpeak) and I want to bo in good talking condition." Scoville : 'T shall only ask you some sioipje questions." Uuiteau: "I am willing to answer pro vided the prosecution will not take advantage ot my presence on the stand to forco me to state my entire defence." Judge Porter, of the prosecution, sug gested that the letters put iuvvideuce yesterday be read. "After some discussion Judge Cox said that if thc witness wcut on the stand to testify he must submit to being cross-examined, and if his exami nation as witness was begun it could not be suBpeuded except by consent of the ' counsel on the other side." Guiteau, (nodding his head approving ly :) "That's the rule, Judge, as I under hand it." After further discussion Guiteau left Lhe stand, and Mr. Scoville read the let ters. All were written by Guiteau to bis father and other members of bis Family. Mr. Scoville proceeded to read the letters passing between Guiteau and his relatives from 1857 to K<77. With the exception of strong religious feeling shown in those from tho Oneida Commu nity there was nothi sr indicative of mental derangement i tem. When the reading was finished Jr. Scoville pro ceeded with the exnmijation of the pris oner, who was at firet very reluctant to answer questions, but soon began to talk rapidly and gave a graphic and at times amusing sketch of tho incidents in his career. Most of these facts have been already brought out in the testimony taken. He liberally denounced the Oneida Community, and reproached his father for having, as he said, driven him into this vile and fanatical association, saying he was only kept there by fear of .."""I il.mti.tloq tt ' - Ik*> iii. _ cierna: Bsmnavicn ii nc icniuo vuuimu nity. Speaking of his father be said he was a terrible crank, which he explained as meaning a badly insane man. He gave a rather ludicrous description of his admission to the bar and bis peculiar mode of forcing business, saying be had made $2,000 by his first year's practice. Then, ho said, upon leaving Chicago came bad luck. Ho waa incarcerated in tho Tombs in New York for a boarding debt, and said it was the unhappiest ex perience of his life. He thought ho would go crazy there. He had not taken a bath for th:? ty-five days. Upon being released ho went to Chicago again. He here detailed his scheme for buying the Inter- Ocean and explained the failure of tho plan, Haying ho bad given valuable ideas which bad been taken advan tage ot by the present proprietors of that paper. He gave an account of his lec turing experience and of tho ill reception of his lecture by the people generally, but insisted that his book had forever settled the question of thc second coming of Christ. After telling of his experi ence while beating his way to the East -.aoin and of several narrow escapes from imprisonment and other misfortunes, Guiteau said be was tired and the Court adjourned. WASHINGTON, November 30.-The court room packed this morning, as usual. Guiteau resumed the stand and identified several papers. He was questioned as to the religious tenets of the Oneida com munity, and said he had the same belief as was entertained at the community, and also stated what was the belief of the community. He then gave his expe periences for tho past four years, how he tramped around, trying to lecture and sell his book. He also gavo an account of his V?B?IS to the whito house and state department in search of a consulship, and related how he received tho inspiration to rvuiove the President. At 12 o'clock recess was taken. After the recess tho prisoner again took the stand, and was questioned by Mr. Scoville as to. his experience with special providences. I have always believed most decidedly ia a special providence. There sra four distinct .times in my life when I claim to have bad special inspirations. The first wa3 when I went to the Oneida commu nity ; the second when l left tb? otmmu nity to go to New York to establish a theoretic paper, to bc tho orgf.n of the Diety in this world ; the third was when 1 left a good law business in Chicago to go out lecturing and working for the Lord, and the fourth time I claim to have had Bpecial divine uuthorily was when I attempted to remove the Presi dent. These are the four distinct timps when I claim to have had inspiration. I mean a special providence for your pro tection. I baa abundant evidence of tho Lord's protection all the time I was in the theology business lecturing around tho country. Two or three times I came near meeting with serious accidents, but the Lord spared rae. Since I have been in jail I have been shot at throe times and missed." "What special occasiou before you we<e arrested were you protected by spe cial providence." "I think the preservation of my lifo at Newark was one, when I jumped from tho train, which was going thirty-five miles an hour. Another was when I was on tho 'Stonnington,' when wo were all in momentary expectation of going down. I remember praying to the Lord that be might Bpare my life, but I felt perfectly willing to leave it to tho Lord. I felt happy that I had been a faithful servant of Iiis by trying*to teach tho gospel. I remember I thought il my time had come I could go with a good heart. Since my arrest it has been ny constant feeling all the way through. When I waa shot at autl missed, and wheo last summer a mob was howling fur mo, I bad no anxiety for myself, and (excitedly) I had no anxiety for tho result of this trial. (To Scoville, who attempted to stop bim.) Don't Interrupt. I feel that the whole matter is with tho Lord, and I nm per fectly willing to leave it to Him." "when you talk about a mob. to whnt timo do you refer?" "Last summer. At ono time every body wantcdlto shoot nie or hang me. It did not disturb my equilibrium any. I thought that the government and the Lord would take care of me. I want to say right here that my idea is this : The first thing U, if thc Deity will protect me, my idea is that He is using these men, soldiers, jury, experts, counsel and court to serve Him and protect me. That is roy theory about divino protection. Thc Lord is no fool, aud when ho has any thing to do Ho uses the best means He can to carry out his purposes. I say that He isusing all these men to serve Him and protect me." During nil this speech tho prisoner showed much excitement and pounded the rail of the witness stand vigorously with great rapidity of utterance. Q What was your first instance of di vino interposition nfter you went to jail. A. When that keeper attempted to shoot me, and put his pistol within eight inches of my head. Ho denied the whole thing, but I nm satisfied I am right. General Crocker said that it was a" a mistake and he hushed it up. I do not caro to discuss it, but the fact is tae man came into my cell deliberately to shoot me, and the only reason he did not was that I happened to awake. Witness here described in detail tho ! manner in which he had seized the keen er and pinioned his arms. Tho special Providence here was that tho man had ten or twelve sccouds in which to fire, but that tho Lord stopped bim. Q-What was tho next interposition? A-I claim a certain interposition when Mason fired at mo. Tho witness then described tho inci dent at length. He was standing in a cramped position. If he had been standing up tho ball would have gono through his henri, just where Mason aimed for. In like manner the failure of Jones to shoot him, tho prisoner con sidered it providential. He added, I say in relation to this who?b business that the Lord inspired the removal of tho President ; that be hos taken care of me so far, and he will continuo to do so. If I had not had absolute certainty that the Diety inspired the act I never would have Bhot the President. Q-Had you any ill feelings against the Pesident? A-Lecide-My not. I considered him aa my political and personal friend. I never bad the slightest ill feeling toward General Garfield in any shape. I simply executed what I considered the Divine will for tho good of the American people to unite the :wo factions of the Republi can party aud prevent another war. This Bpeech V.T.S delivered in a rnpid and wild manner, the prisoner pounding excitedly upon the rail of the witness stand and raising his voice ns he pro ceeded. "My opinion," ho continued, "has never changed as to tho necessity of the act." I undertake to say that the people of this country, when they know that another war has been prevented, instead of saying 'Guiteau, tho assassin,' will some of these days say, :Guiieau, ihe patriot.' Q-What was your idea as to the re- j moval of the President? A-It was established in my mind about the first of June, and I never doubted from that moment to this about the divinity of the act and tho necessity of it. ti-Were you easy in you mind? A-I was under a great pressure, and that is why I looked gaunt and thin. I could not eat weil. I was ground and ground and pressed and pressed, and I could get no relief until it was actually done. I felt greatly relieved when tho thing was over. ? felt happy. I had not felt so happy for weeks aa I did when I was in the cell on tho 2d July. I thanked God that t'wos all over. WASHINGTON, December 1.-A heavy shower, which missed over the city about 9 o'clock, served to deter many from go ing to the court house to day. At tho opening of the court, however, every available spot in the court room was oc cupied. A majority of the visitors to-day were males, but still quite a number of females wero present. Upon entering the witness box, Guiteau, before resum ing his evidence, made un appeal to the public for money to conduct his de fense. The direct examination was continue ns follows : The witness was asked why he expected aid from Mr. Bennett, of tho New York Herald. He replied, purely on moral considerations. He had no legal claim on the Herald, and would not press it if ho had. Q-Had you any particular reasons for not pressing your suit against tho Her ald ? A-Yes ; but they aro rather remote. I have lind an idea in my bead for twen ty yenrs that I should be President of tho United States. I suppose the people think I have been badly cranked about that. I had an idea in the Oneida community. I went to Boston with tho distinct feeling that I was on the way to thc white house, And I make it yet. A laugh spread through the audience at this prediction, for to judge from pris oner's manier aud tone, he v:zs decided ly in earnest. "If I om ever President," continued ! the witness, "it will be by the act of God. I shall get tho nomination as Lin e?lo and Garfield did, and I shall bo elec ted as they were. I anticipate a decided change of public opinion in regard to me." The direct examination of th? prisoner closed and the cross-examination was commenced by Judge PorJer, who put his questions to tho prisoner vith great so lemnity of manner. After being asked abouthislife in Ibo Oneid?. community he \vas cross-examined with regard to his business as a lawyer in Chicago and New York, tho result of it all being that be only had some collection cases in Chicago and a similar kind of business in New York, mised up with some stray jobs in connection with getting prisoners out of the Ludlow street jail, for which jobs he paid a commission to a prisoner in tho jail who was a big talker, and who would recommend him toother prisoners. He admitted that he was behind in his office rent in New York, and perhaps in some of his collections, but ho thought that a thousand dollars would pay all thoso debte, togethor with his board bills. Per sonal questions touching his determination to kill Garfield, tho prisoner refused to answer ; also a question whether, after shooting Garfield^ he said, "Arthur is now President," and then added excitedly : "I want it distinctly understood that I do not do that of my own personal volition bot on tho inspiration of tho Deity. I never would have shot the President on my own personal account." Q-Who bought the pistol, tho Deity or you ? j A-1 said tho Deity inspired tho act ! and tho Deity would take care of it. Judge Porter-the question is, win bought the pistol ? A-The Deity furnished the motte] with which I bought thc pistol. I wa: 1 tho agent. Judjm Porter-I thought ii wa [ somebody elso who furnished the money Prisoner-It was tho Deity who fur J nished the money with which I bough the pistol. Judge Porter-He furnished you ni ' the money you ever had on earth, dh ! he? Prisoner-I think so. Q.-From whose hand was it tim : you were furnished tho money will which you bought tho murdorou? weapon ? A.-It is of no consequence (some what flurried and excited.) Mr. May nard swore he loaned me fifteen ilo\ lars. il-Did bc? A.-Yes, he lonncd me money. Q.-What did you do with tbi: money ? A-I used it for several purposes. tj.-What were they? A.-I havo no objection to stating t< you frankly, that I got $15 from May nard and that I used $10 of it to bin that pistol with. Q.-Did you deny when ho was ot the stand that that was tho money will which you bought tho pistol ? A.-No, sir : I denied it because tba is the truth, but it is of no consequence whether I got tho money from May nan or I pawned my coat for it. Q.-Were you inspired to buy tha British bull-dog? A.-I do not pretend that I was in spired to do that specified act, but claim that tho Deity inspired me to rc move tho President, and I had to resor to my own menus to accomplish the Dei ty's will. Q.-The only inspiration you had wa to use thc pistol-on the President? A.-The inspiration consisted in try ing to remove the President for the goo< of the American people, aud (impatient ly) all those details are nothing to th case. Q,-Were you inspired to remove bir by murder? A-I was inspired to execute tho Di vino will by murder, so-called. Q-You did not succeed in executin the Divine will? A-I think the doctors finished th work. Q-Tho Deity and you tried, and yo both failed, but tho doctors succeeded. A-The Deity confirmed my act b letting the President down so gently r bc did. Q-Do you think it wns letting hil down gently to let him suffer that to turo over which you professed to lei so much solicitude during those loi: months ? A-The whole matter was in tl bands of the Deity and (impatieni'y) do not want to discuss it nny farther, appreciate the fact of thc President long sickness as much ns any person i tho world, but that is a very narrow vie to take of the matter. When questioned as to when nnd ho the inspiration came to him to remo Mr. Garfield, the prisoner s :id : "I < not recollect the facts in the matter (e citedly.) If I had shot the President the United Slates on my own person account, no punishment would hn t severe or too quick for me, but neting the agent of i?e Deity, that puts an e tirely different construction on the ni and that is what I want to say to tl court and the jury and to opposi counsel. I say tho removal of the Pre dent was an act of necessity from tho s nation, and for the good of the Americ people. That is tho idea that I want y to entertain, and not to settle down the cold-blooded idea of murder, berni I never bnd the first conception of mi der in the matter. Judge Porter then began a rapid f of interrogatories, eliciting from t prisoner that he was physically a cowa and always kept away from persoi danger. Morally, he was bravo as lion, when bo thought the Deity v back of him. The Deity influenced li to remove the President. In his opini the doctors killed the Presideut, not (Guiteau)?- The acts of Jones and 5 son in attempting to kill him wero wro and they ought to bo punished, uni they can show that they were inspi by the Deity. The witness soon showed signs of fiatience and excitability, and strik lis open hand upon the deskemphasi every sentence uttered. When pres for answers ho finally became obstin and shouted to Judgo Porter: "I know you well, and I know big men than you are. I've seen you sh your finger nt witnesses in New Y< but you can't scare me." And shortly after when asked if believed in the ten commandments, which he responded in tho affirma and if ho believed thal the comma ment, "Thou shalt not kill" ought read in his case, "Thou shalt kill," became exceedingly violent and rcfi to discuss that matter at all. There no murder in bis case and no killing, was for tho jury to determino whel or not his act in removing tho Presii was iuBpired by thc Deity or not. was all nonsense to split hairs any ger over that word. It must be disti ly understood that the removal of President was the act of the Deity, witness proved decidedly obstinate, after flatly contradicting tho tcstini cf General Logan, Colonel Heed other witnesses positively refused to s.vor several questions, his invariably sponso being, " I declino to discuss with you." The witness seemed greatly anni at Judge Porter's habit of pointing finger at bim, by way of emphasizing interrogatories, and again broke out grily : You need not point your I finger at me, Judge Porter ; I have you do that before but you can't e me." The witness was closely questii with regard to the different boar bouses at which he lived, and bec very uneasy at the bad showing ho making by his own evidence for dis est dealing with his landladies, am dined to go further into the boar house bust nc**, aa it had no beano the case. The court decided thc must answer. The witness was rc; driven from one position to another con?ront?-j with tho evidence of his witnesses, " nen he would unhesitat pronounce their evidence false. On emphasized his contradictions by st "Anything that I swear to the Jut true, you can put that down ns a fact." Being pressed as to how he posed to raise the funds which h said he was expecting to receive, th ness replied : "I intended to borr from some of my friends," and told ho borrowed money. The witnes questioned aa to thc purchase of th toi. Guiteau became very indigm Judgo Porter's use of tho word m and shouted fiercely : "You seem i light in the uso of tho words kil murder ! There's nouso of your wli in that way ! Thc moro outward fact of how I removed the President ha3 nothing I whatever to ?io with this case !" Tho i prisoner, with flushed cheeks and tho air of a tiger at hay, hurled his replies at Judgo Porter for two hours, eon t; mini ly interrupting, however, the course of thc question aud reply, to insist upon his position in relation to ?he Deity being thoroughly understood. His shrewdness in detecting and anticipating any point which might he made against him was a marked feature of tho investigation, dudge Porter pressed him very closely to fix ll lie day when ho received his alleged inspiration to remove the President and Guiteau finally shrieked out : "To remove all this loose t&ik 1 want you to know that I would have removed Ino President at any time between the middle of June und thc 2d of July if I had found an opportunity. I would have done it for the good cf the American people." At 12 o'clock ii recess was taken for one hour. , After tho recess, when the prisoner was brought into the box ho carried u bundle of newspapers which he laid on the rail ing of the box before Ililli. Judge Porter was several minute? late, and before his arrival quiet reigned in the court room, not a word being spoken. Tho prisoner sat with his hands clasped before him, watching the faces of tho spectators with considerable interest. When Porter nr rived ho sat down immediately, and without any preliminaries, asked: "Did you mean lo . ippurt Blaine for the next President ?" I had no thought on that subject, sir," answered the prisoner. He admitted writing lo President Garfield on tho 8th of April, expressing sympathy with him on account of thc pressure. "I sympa thize," ho said, "with any President that has this enormous horde of office seekers at his throat." 11 Mr. Porter pursued his inquiries about | i these letters, when the prisoner said, angrily : "Understand this. Judge. I I t want you to make u broad distinction be- I ( tween my position beforo thc 1st of May and after 1st of May." Judge Porter pei sis ted in tho sumo in- | f 3uiries, when tho prisoner said : "You on't want to twist these letters against ino thal wero written nt a timo when I I I hud no conception of removing tho Pres- | i ident. You ure trying to do it, but you won't do it." After being questioned ubout his feelings ngainsl Blaine, the prisoner suddenly caught nu idea, und ] 1 suid : "I want lo say this just here: your idea is that this office-seeking business is nt thc bottom of it. If that theory was correct, Blaine was tho mun for mo lo shoot, und not thc President, Thnt shows how absurd your theory is." "Were you ever inspired with tho idea that President Garfield ought to be re elected ?" "I never claimed any such inspiration. That was an idea of my own." Tho prisoner accused tho counsel of unfairness in trying to twist his letters written prior to tho "disruption" of the Republican party against him now. "It isn't fair or manly," he said. President | t Garfield, he said, was so bound up in Blaine that he hadn't sense enough to appreciate the suggestions in his (tho prisoner's) letters. The prisoner being | ? pressed again on tho sumo subject, re peatedHwo or three times: "I do not care lo discuss the question any more." He declaimed, at length, un what ap- | I pearcd to him as President Garfield's folly. "!>o yo? think he committed suicide ?' asked Mr. Porter. "Political suicide," replied the pris oner. "Personal suicide ?" "No, sir. Emphatically, political sui cide." "Do you not think he caused his own denth?" "I decline to discuss thal maller any | i further," suid thc prisoner, in a peremp tory tone. Speaking of tho feeling against him tho prisoner said, "thc Deity I I seems to bc on my side, though every one else is against me. There is a greui deni better feeling in respect to me now than formerly. There hus been a won derful toning down in the feeling, espo dally in these cranky newspapers. I want to say this to tho jury, because they I I don't seo tho papers nowudiiys." Judge Porter wanted to know what ho meant hy "cranky" in this connection "What these newspapers want," said thc prisoner, "is a change of heart. They want conversion beforo they will get over this horrible thirst for blood. If I was shot or hanged they would not be salis fiod." The prisoner declaimed at somo length like a stump orator, saying he shot thc president us n soldier in thc war shot down a rebel. "Did you ever shoot u rebel," asked .fudge Porter. "No, sir ; I was not engaged in shoot ing during the war." "Where were you?" "I was in the Oneida community." Coming back to the question of iuspi rntion, the prisoner declared : "I supposa there were a thousand men in thc repub lican party who would have done it if they hud had u chance and inspiration I was the only mun who had thc inspi ration and nerve and brain to do it." "You were thc only mun the Deity could trust to do it?" "He did trust mc," replied thc prison cr. Questioned further the prisoner de dined to answer, saying: "I nm unwill ing to gratify your extraordinary impu dence. That's what I think of you Judge Porter." Tho prisoner having declined t" an swer questions several times, Judge Por ter referred to the court, and the court always ruled against thc prisoner. Re ferring to tile prisoner's statement that bc had not bhot Ibo President on tho 18th of Juno on account of Mn>. Gar field's presence, the prisoner said if he had shot then thc shock might have killed Mrs. Garfield. He had no author ity to remove any other but the Presi dent. The court then adjourned. - General Hancock expects to start shortly upon a tour of inspection of thc Southern posts in his commnnd. - Bishop Pierce, in his address at the recent opening of the North Carolina Conference, M. B. Church South, said that Bishop Wightman, of South Caro lina, was sick beyond recovery, and Bishop Puyno is very ill also. Bishop Payne is a native of Person County, North Carolina? There aro but three Southern Methodist Bishops now able to do regular duty. It is thought that at least three or four Bishops will bo elected at thc session of tho Gonerul Conference to be held next Muy, and among thoso mentioned in this connection aro Rev. Dr. A. W. Wilson, of tho Baltimore i Conference, and Drs. John E. Edwards j and J. C. Grauberry, of tho Virginia Conference. When a lecturer has worked tho ladies I of his audienco so near to tho weeping j point that they have gotten out their ! handkerchiefs, and then suddenly changes his tone and speaks of thc merila of Dr. I I Bull's Cough Syrup, ho is bound lo rouso ; I a feeling of indignation. UFE ON THE F4KM. Thc T?ven tn a I'oor l'laco to Ital so Chil dren. Pixie Farmer. Two thousand years ago a philosopher by tho ?ame of Horace wroto a great deal about thc town and country, and he weighed 'cm both and thou rimmed up his conclusions by saying that the town waa thc best place for the rich man to live in and tho country was tho best for r poor mau to dio iii, and inasmuch as riches wore uncertain and death was sure a man had better settle down in the country as soon a- he could and bo con tent. That is very good advice ; but the trouble is in being content. No man is content until ho gets old enough to he a philosopher. Youug people arc restless and ambitious. Tho world is very lovely to them, and I don't blame 'em for want ing to enjoy it ; but I've noticed that those who have the best time in their youth have tho poorest iu their old age, and like Solomon, arc ready to exclaim, "Vanity of vanities, all is van ity." Tho best way is to raise children to work -to earn their living-and tho best placo for them is in thc country on a farm. It's u slow way to mako money ; mid it's all the better for that. Money made slow is money made sure. A dol lar dug out of the ground is worth five dol lars made in town, and is better than a hundred dollars given to a young man. Habits are formed in our* youth, and town habits are to spend all that is made. A young man who is clerking nt fifty lullars a month will spend it lill in going to shows and frolicking around, which tin'taobad, if it wasn't for tho habits. He gets so after while that ho is always lankcring after shows and Homo new excitement. Tho country to him is an iwful dull pince. Ho has moro timo to study ; but n town boy doesn't want to .bink. It's not his brain he wants to ixcrcise, but it's his emotions aud pas lions. A young man out to spoud three or bur years in thc couutry, if for nothing ?lso but his good health-his constitu .ion. It will build him up and oxpnnd lim. A country boy can't dance ns rracefully and Bkip round cat-Hko as a own boy, for ho don't walk on pavomonts ill the time. A country boy walks ou a lirt floor. HG works all over and ic dances all over. A town boy cnn fight i right good fight for two or thrc-o min ites, but a country boy can fight all day. rhey say tho town-boys mado tho most ipi rited soldiers in the war, aud I reckon hey did, but tho couutry boys had tho uost endurance. I menu tho country boys vho had beer, raised liberally. Hiero vero lots of poor fellows who nevor had i good meal of vittels, ami grew up pale ind sickly, who gave out pretty soon, for hey were cowed and flacked before hey started ; but I noticed that the son? if our comfortable farinera held out bot er than anybody. They lind better con itittltions. A town boy's liver is always rotting out of order, and a town girl lon't eat much of anything but candy ind ico-cream and cake, and by tho time ihe has bad two or three little weosal aced children, which have to be raised m tho bottle, H'IO is pretty well used up, md has to go t J thc springs every summer ind bo doclr.red and physicked tho bat aneo of her career. Who ever heard of ?ountry folks going to the springs for heir health? There are lots of good, itrong, healthy mon in thu unies, but hey were not raised there. Fanning hus been sorter under the ban jver since I can remember. Tho 1110 .hanie ranked tho farmer, und the mer chant ranked thc mechanic, and the law lers and the members of congress ranked sverybody ; but tho farmers aro cooi ng to thc front, and tho luwyers losing ground. Cit. modern lawyer eau loso tho papers or bribe a witness, or fool tho ury, but a farmer can't fool tho soil io works on and all his labor aud toil ind sweat is honest. There is no chent ng the ground out of a crop nor tho Creator out ::f a shower. Ho fools his lependonce all thc time, and it keeps him iroperly bumbled, and if Hob Ingersoll md to make his living that way ho would love been a different sort of a man. Farming is the oldeBt business we have my account of. Old Father Adam en tailed on us the power of thorns and this .Ics and bull nettles, mid cucklo bnrs, ind tread sufi, and Cain disgraced his occupation by not giving to the Lord tho :boico of his crop, but it is thc salvation if all civilized countries and n first-class farmer comes nearer fulfilling man's manifest destiny than any other profes sion. But I wouldent farm on poor land nor with poor tools and poor stock I'd live in town first-I'd biro out on tho railroad ; or dig in the mines at a dollar x day, or clerk in a cross roads store, or run for the legislature. Ten acres of ?ood land is worth more than a hundred jfpoor land. A rich man can afford to own some poor land and improve it, jut a poor man can't. Well, I'vo got nothing against the :ilics or towns. I know wo aro obliged to have 'cm, bul they ure poor places to raise children iu. Its an accident if they make good citizens and grow up, lie?lthy. I never saw a man get rich in i city by trading and speculating that Jidn't hanker alter a home in the coun try with springs and branches and a meadow and fino colts nnd calves, and dicep grazing around when he gets sur feited with theatres and traveling shows md Salveoy and Sal Ilurnhnrt and all the other Sals, ho longs for tho solitudo und innocence, and quiet of a country home. But then its most ni ways too late. His children hnvo got a taste for iocicty with its follies and excitements mid they can't give it up, and as for work I Ihey just can't do it and they won't. A rich man's children raised up iu a city ure about as no count ns the average young man who has got through a col lege and received a diploma printed in Latin which ho couldn't translate if he was going to bo hung.-Hill Arp. - Cadet Whitaker says that ho will try toenter^tho British arm y"if justice is denied" him in America. - Eighty Ohio capitalista aro figuring on the purchase of a large body of land in Corsicana county, Texas, with the view to open an extensivo sheep ranche. - Tho Langloy Manufacturing Com pany run the public schools four months in thc yenr at their own expanses and give two hundred dollars annually to the ministers who officiate at tho beautiful Union Church, whfch has been lately built. - Tho Christian Intelligencer is ro sponsiblo for the statement that 21 cents a year has been the average offering for ten years per member of the Evangelical denominations of this country for For eign Missions; and 28 cents for Homo Missions. Now divide $2,700,000,000 by 50,000,000 and you will have the per capita contribution to tho whiskey busi ness. Equal to about $64. Truly, we are a Christian people ! . Tho Pittsburg Sunday Leader quotes : Mr. Martin Karg, Silver Creek, Minn., cured a badly wounded hor$p with St, Jacobs Oil. Nows and Gossip. - Thc management of tho Atlanta Exposition havo decided positively to closo it on December 31st. - Of tho 95,000 votes cast for the Re adjuster ticket in Virginia, 71,000 were : Rcpub?cau'and mostly negroes. - It is estimated that 100,000 barrels of SOO pounds capacity will be needed at Charleston Ibis year for the rico crop. - Ono hundred thousand dollars havo been spent in gold mining in Oglethorpe county, Go., without the investors real izing anything in return. . - Twenty-six dead deer wete found I recen ty near Ellerbe Springs, North Cnr olina. Thera appears to be an epidemic i of black tonguo nmong them. - Tweuty-fivo nuns of the Order of tho Incnrnnte Word, from Franco, are en route to Texas lo engage in educa tional work in a convent of their order. - Tho Atlanta Constitution says tho feat of picking colton in the morning und having a suit of clothes by night has been surpassed. "Tho corn was shelled in tho morning," said an exhibitor, "and tho man was drunk before dark." - Tho New Orleans Times learns that ut Krementnchuz, Russia, fifty families have associated themselves to come to Louisiana as soon as favorable reports are received from a party of 100 who havo just reached New Orleans. They havo $55,000 with which to pay their way to this country and purchase bomen. - Ike Davis, a Fayette county, Texas, negro, became jealous of his wife and concluded to hatig himself. Ho procured a ropo, and in thc presence of his wife and others climbed a tree and was mak ing ono end of tho ropo fast to a limb ; they commenced laughing at him, when ho got mad, carno down aud whipped out tho entire party. . -?- Mcrriwethor County (Ga.) Vindi calor: Mr. James Brown'hus several re markable hogs, each having eight sepa rate and distinct feet. Tho oldest one ia ono aud a half years old. Two litters of pigs havo each two pigs having eight feet apiece. Euch foot hos four well-defined toes which leave their impression in every track. Tho legs divide at tho up per joint, tho joint ut which tho feet are usually taken from tho leg in cutting up a hog after he is butchered - Brady (Toxas) -Sentinel : The Coun ty Judge of Archer county bas. resigned and moved away, and tho County Com missioners, who desire tho county to be come disorganized, refuse to meet and elect another. The county ?B Baid to be out of debt, with mouey in the treasury, but is practically disorganized by the action of the County Court, and the At torney-General ?B unable to suggest a remedy,, as tho case is without a prece dent, and there is nothing in the Consti tution to meet the emergency. - Mrs. Serena Smith, of Hawkius ville, Ga., commencing ia 1875 with ono horse, has steadily increased hor farra till now she runs a six-horse farm, having purchased and paid for COO acres of land and all her horses and mules, six in num ber. Mrs. Smith has this year b?ilt a gin-house .and screw, purchased a new gin, and has already ginned over 100 bales of cotton. Tho whole secret of her success lies in tho fact that sho raises her own corn, meat and syrup, and, ;n fact, supplies her whole farm with home-raised provisions. - Atlanta Constitution : Bob Toomba is ns notorious for his hospitality as for being one of tho most rabid of the unre constructed rebels. Not long since it was proposed to build u notel in Wash ington, Ga., where he lives, and a com mittee called upon him for a subscrip tion. "What the hell do you want of n hotel in Washington?" ho cried. "Every respectable person who, comes to town puts up with Bob Tootubs, und is wel come, and every disrespectable person leaves town because be cannot put up anywhere." Such being tho caso thc project was abundoncd. - Only those who havo engaged iu writing obituary notices for tho newspa pers can appreciute tho remar?, reported to have been lately mado by Alexander H.Stephens: "Oh, I nm not dead ye Of few men have post mortem notices been so often and sedulously prepared. Ho says himself thr.t ho hus r?ud his own obituary three times. This was ut a timo when his weight was down to seventy three pounds, whereas he can now boast tho astonishing avoirdupois of ninety four pounds. Ho is engaged in writing a comprehensivo history of the country from its earliest establishment down to tito assassination of President Garfield. No man of his weight ever undertook a heavier task. - A Washington letter says : "Ac cording to private advices received hero tho Independent movement in Missis sippi scarcely created a ripple in the Eol?tica of that State. Out of 147 mom era of tho Legislature tho combined opposition to tho regular Demor-atshave elected only 20. As heretofore staled, the opinion is that ibero will practically bo no opposition to tho re-election of Senator Lamar. It is said that the de feated candidates for State offices havo been agitating tho idea of setting up n dual State Government und appealing to tho Administration at Washington for support. This style of doing business, which was commenced under the Grant regime, went out with that Administra tion, and Prpsident Arthur is scarcely likely to revive it. It is understood that a commmittee from lin defeated candi dates aro expected to be here in a few days to lay their idea of the situation beforo the ?'resident, and see if he can do anything for them. Possibly bo might solace them with a few appoint ments to Federal positions." - A speck in the ocean only is Pit cairn Island, or the "Isle of Content," as it is aptly called. Although only six miles in circumference, it is inhabited by ninety-six of the happiest persons in the world. Thc island is situated in a de lightful climate about three thousand miles west of tho northorn coast of South America. All the tropical fruits grow there in abundance. Tho inhabitants form an English colony, and live a sim ple, happy lifo, undisturbed by the strife of tho world around thom. Money is practically unknown among them. The ono magistrate on the island has a sine cure, for ibero are no disputes and law lessness is unknown. Each man hns his own house and land. Tho life is com munistic in a way, for all are socially equal and share their goods with each other when oue becomes needy. Shoes aro seMom worn by the women. The children, when only a few years old, learn how to swim, and tumble around in tho brcakors without fear or danger. Tho people are religious, and worship In a little church, some one of their num ber reading tho service of the Church of England and preaching every Sunday. Thoy are zealous in succoring ship wrecked Bailors, and seem, on tho whole, to lead an ideal lifo of quiet And content ment.