Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-23

sitting members from Louth will resign in his
favor. AS an agitator Mitchell was decided
success in Ireland, and by the English gov,
ernment he was sentenced to penal colony
from which he escaped and fed to this coun.
try in 1854.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Republican Address.
The Republican Congressional Com
mittee has issued an.address to the people of
the United States, in which the history of
Democratic administrations up to the 18th of
March, 1861 is reviewed, and by comparison
with the record of the Republican party since
that date, the committee asks the people of
the United States to send no more Democrats
to Congress- but in preference elect Republi-
cans instead. According to this address,
the thee issues Of the campaign are: First,
the civirights bill that by appropriate leg
islation colored people may have all the
rights implied by the 18th amendment. Sec
ond, the currency question; as the party is
divided on this subject, no peculiar views are
advanced, but the assurance is given that
when the solution is found the faith of the
Republican party is pledged to put it into
operation. The third question, Of cheap
transportation, is reviewed at length, and this,
too, is to be left to future discussion, as to
how far national legislation shall control rail
road corporations, or whether the government
will assume the building of hig ghways of com.
merce or opening up more water-courses.
Nothing is said about increased taxation, in
ternal or customs.
Hydrophoba.
- The investigations by distinguished
physicians who have served upon the coroner's
Jury in the case of William Mccormick, who
died of hydrophobia, in New York on the 26th
ultimo closed on Friday last They find that
Mccormick came to his death from hydro
phobia. They regard hydrophobia as dis
ease communicated only by innoculation with
specific virus, and not capable of transmission
from non-rabid animal. The vote in this
last clause, however, was not unanimous, three
physicians voting in the negative, OH the
ground that the question involved was not
definitely determined.
As a measure of precaution they recon-
mend thata person bitten by any dog or other
animal shall at once, if the wound is received
in part where it is proper opractice excision
Of the wounded part, be subject to excision in
thorough manner, and that the wound be
allowed to bleed for few minutes in basin
of warm water, and, finally, that the wound
be cauterized with nitrate of silver, nitric
acid, caustic potassa, a hot iron, or burning
coal. In case surgeon can not be found to
practice excison the patient should apply a
cord above the wound and then suck the part,
provided hehas no excoriations in his mouth,
and at the first opportunity apply one of the
caustics above mentioned. At any period
prior to the development of the disease it will
be proper to excise, cicatrize and cauterize
Governor Brogden.
- Curtis H. Brogden, who succeeds to the
gubernatorial chair of North Carolina, vice
Caldwell, deceased, is a native of Wayne
county, and about 81 years of age. He first
entered political life in 1888, as member of
the House of Commons, in which branch Of
the Legislature he served continuously until
1852, when he was elected to the Senate,
where he remained unIil 1856, in which year
he was elected by the Legislature Comptroller
of the State, and was continued in this Office
by subsequent Legislatures, until the date of
the Provisional Government established by
President johnson. In 1865 the Legislature
again elected him to the office of Comptroller,
which position he held for year-having up
to that date acted with the Democratic party.
In 1868 he was returned to the Senate, being
elected by the Republicans, and in 1872 was
elected Lieutenant. Governor on the Republi-
can ticket, since which time he has presided
over the deliberations of the Senate when that
body was in session.
Unlike other prominent leaders of the Dem
ocratic party in his State, Governor Brogden
was opposed to secession, and was regarded as
Union man during the war. He is a self:
made man, of fair natural ability, with abun.
dant experience in public affairs, and conse-
quently good store of information. The
press of his State generally express the opin-
ion that he will prove an honest and accepta-
BILE executive officer.
Mickey vs.. Moses.
- At tho recent extra term of Tancaster
Court, Calvin Black, convicted of arson, was
sentenced by Judge Mackey to the peniten-
tiary for life. In pronouncing sentence, the
Judge remarked, and caused to be recorded
in the Sessions Docket
II do, therefore, in the name of violated
law, protest against executive clemency being
extended in this case by the chief magistrate,
F. j. Moses, Jr., who has so prostituted the
pardoning power as to make the administra-
ton of the criminal law mockery of justice,
and who converts the broad seal of the State
into the symbol of approved crime"
TO the above, after it appeared in print, L.
j. Noah, Assistant Private Secretary to Gov
ernor Moses, replied through the Phenir, the
substance of which is in the following para
graph:
"It proper to state that the records of
this department show that of the forty-one
pardons and combinations granted by Gov
ernor Moses during his term Of Office to per-
sons convicted in Judge Mackeys Circuit
twenty-eight of them were granted on the
written application ofJudge Mackey himself"
This, Of course, provoked rejoinder from
Judge Mackey, which follows, written in his
characteristic style:
CHESTER. S. c., July 1S, 1874