Guiteau Shot

Just beton '¦ o'elock on Satimiay, Wahington was thiowii into a state of excitement by the report that (iiitpfiu liad 1 D ihofc priaonor til shot just :i the prison na had emerged from the capítol grounds om ils v;iy to the jail. Tlic nu llial illil shooting rode upoM ¦ sorrel horse and shot tlironjrh thu gntiog just over the door. The ball graabd tlic jirigoner's arm a he janiped to the oppositc -ent in the v:in. A nmn by the name of Williain Jones has been arrested as the guilty party bul t can not be proved and he has been renianded tojirivm in defaultof $5,000 bail. Guitcau wal badly fii?htened and now thinks tbat a trOBgjgr gnard would materiallv assist the Deity in saving his lite. Dayi of superstition are over, or one would supiosc that the Alniighty would strike dead the blupbenoói wretch. He secuis to Uave gained the height of his anibitlon and his vanity is unbearablc. A stray shot at him overy night might be in a slightdegree a snitable punishnient for liim until lic is execited. I.ater in the eek Wilson had procured bail and 8 now out (if prison.