Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-10-27

S| A correspondent, writing from Washing
ton, says: "Guiteau's tria having been fixed
for November 7, suggests the reflection that
by that time nearly all the abnormal rancor
toward him, growing out Of the colossal effects
of his crime, will have died away. There
would be no danger of a lynching if he were
taken exposed through the streets to-day.
People absorbed in the great and sad event
he caused have almost forgotten the wretched
man, and only the morbid minds of the COM
munity have followed closely the trivialties
Of his prison life and Aocked thus early to
the future scene of his trial. His lawyer will
make stroug case of his insanity-the evil
dence collected so far promises that-but
whether it will be deemed sufficient de-
rangement of mind to warrant his acquittal,
the Jury must say. But there would be very
few iuries in the country capable of resisting
public opinion sufficiently to decide against
his punishment. This fact makes the labors
of his relative and attorney seem vain. tie
will not certainly, die by the hand OF another
assassin"
p@- An interesting coincidence in the Gui.
teau case, is that Of Henry Lawrence, who in
1886 attempted the life of President Jackson.
He hung around the White House like Gul-
teau, impressed with the idea that the govern
ment owed him some large office, until he
became monomaniac on that subject. Pro-
viding himself with two pistols. he went to
the Capitol and waited for the President, who
was attending funeral, to come out. The
latter was leaning on the arm of his Secretary
of State, Levi Woodbury., when Lawrence
pulled the trigger. Fortunately the pistol
snapped, and the would-be assassin was in.
stantly seized before the second pistol could
be fired. His alleged reason for the deed
was that by removing the President it would
allow the Vice President, Van Buren,, an
opportunity to do justice to the country. His
defense was insanity, and he was acquitted
on that charge and confined in an asylum.
a9- It is now announced by Mr.. Scoville,
counsel for Guiteau, that all questions OF Ju'
risdiction and malpractice will be waived and
the defense will take their stand on the plea
of insanity alone This determination has
been arrived at because of the short time in
which they have to prepare for trial, and be-
cause of the discovery of Guiteau's aappllca'
ton some time ago for pension. Guiteau
had never been in the army and the medical
examiner endorsed upon the papers, "lnsane'"
nay The only Western States that have held
their own in wheat production are Kansas,
Wisconsin, Kentucky and Nebraska. llli-
nos has suffered loss of about 32,00O,OOO
bushels; Indiana, 100000 Iowa, 10000
900 Michigan, 15,000,0OO; Minnesota, g.
100000 Missouri, 10,000,000; Ohio, l3,OOO,-
900. 1t remains to be seen whether the esti-
mated diminished product of cotton, along
with that of grain, will have cumulative
effect on prices.
rsr 1t is stated that the longest drought
which this country has ever known was in
the year 1862, when for 123 days in success
sion, ending September lst, no rain fell over
considerable part Of what was at the time
settled territory.
ALsroN, FAIRFIELD Co., S. c., Feb, 1880.
Dr.. L. r. Hill: Dear Sir-I am proud to
say that your medicine has done more for me
than all the other medicines have ever tried.
T nrononnca your HEp.TIc PANACEA suDe-