Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-16
Singular and Fatal Accident to a Dis.
+ tinguished Citizen of Mississippi.

HrH U s
We take the following from the Nicksburg
Herall of the 19th. The gentleman referred
to is among the most prominent citizens Of.
Mississippi, was formerly representative in
Congress from that State, and, if, we are mot
mistaken, was a member of the Provisional
Congress of the Confederate States. I
Our city was thrown into painful state of.
excitement. yesterday by an accident which
berel our honored and desteemel telLiw citizen,
the Hon. Walker Brooke. Colonel Brooke,in
company with one or more friends, Mt about
half past three O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
was in the Bank Saloon" eating oysters.
Iu endeavoring TO swallow an oyster of unusual
size. il lodged in his throat. and in an effort
to expel it, a portion Of it was drawn into the
trachea and it was thus firmly imbcdded, one
halt in the trachea, and the other half yin the
pharynx, which of course produced almost
instant suffocation.. In this painful condition.
the sufferer continued untn 'insensibility
ensued A physician was summoned as early
us possible, and Dr. T.. Z! !! Henry was the first
to reach Col. Brooke. DIR. Henry made an
attempt to remove the oyster by thrusting his
finger into the emOuth. Being unable to ac-
cqmplsh this and feeling assured that death
would be the result Of delay, he Immediately
opened the trachea with knife, and inserting
his finger in the incision he forced the obs
structing substance back into the mouth, and
then endeavored to seize and extract it from
thence In this he failed, but succeeded in
forcing it into the esophagus.a Thus was the
immediate cause-of this unfortunate and
greatly -accidentremoved., But the,
protracted continuance of Colonel Brooke in
this sufiocated condition had produced effus
sion of blood upon the brain, from the effects
of which he is in imminent peril of dying.
About six o'clock Colonel Brooke was re-
moved to his residence, where he is now lying
in very critical condition, his recovery being
almost despaired of .5sssa .as1l
P. S.-The Herald of the Goth brings the
tidings of Colonel Brooke's death. esus
Mai. John A. Harman, Stonewall Jackson's
Quartermaster, presiding at Radical Caucus
with convicted negro thief at his side as vice.
president of the meetingll We think we now
see before us Jubal Early raising his hands in
holy horror, exclaiming O Temporal o
mores fF
.There are men who desert the altars of
lost cause, round which they once stood with,
the blood in their hearts painting for liberation,
and they kneel to offer homage at the altar OF
successful wrong. There are men who tram
pile under foot thsFery standards that once
floated proudly over them. There are men
base enough to lift their handsagainst the very
rights for which they once up-lifted swords.
We are not such. For us principle is prins
ciple. right is right-yesterday to day-to--
morrow w-forever. Submission to nigh is not
surrender of;right. We yield to the one, but
shall never yieldup the other" "a y
5 "a Father R5ydn- =
..s-asir you have broken your promise 2
l"Oh never mind, can make another just as