Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-28


cast vote since the first or second election
after the law was passed. 6Atp6rst it. was
customary for carriages to visitlall the, resi-
dences on election 'dayssnd convey the ladies
10 the! polls in the interest'of certain candi;
dates, but that fashion is almost dead letter
There is b separate :poiling place foro the wo-
men, and they are treated like ladies, being
free from insults or jostling; so that mixing
with the mob cannot be the cause Of their
lack ofinterest in elections, bat that politics
is out of their legitimate sphere. As the adop.
ton Of the measure here has amounted ito 80
little, your correspondent can see little in it
to praise or condemn, except that it has given
the, unscrupulous politicians "a chance TO
use the ''women Of the town, together with
the variety women, to further projects and
men of the worst charadter!b bnooo2 sd, 40
Senator Lamar on the Sitdation.G!'..E ,2h92a:
-I In recent interview of fsenator Lamar,
at Cincinnati, while on bis way to Washing.
ton, that gentleman is, reported to have ex:
pressed Ihimselfss followsin response to an
alluson to the reported change in President
Hayes Southern" p0Hty; !2% y" -'t."
I see id the papers certain declarations
ascribed to the President from which an in.
ference has been drawn 6dlf the, kind to- which
you allude. I, doubt if he has gone any
further than to express disappointmsht and
disappfobation Of certah exag ggerated reports
Of proceedings in two Southern States. which
have been reported to him BY Republican Of.
fciafs and defeated asspirants,1 But Re has
not yet, so far as I can ses, indicated any
purpose to change his policy. which has
much improved Tie Condition Of Southern So
ciety, including both races, and tended to; rs!
store amity between the sections, u do not
believe, with the evidence before 'nte,. that he
intends by military force or Executive inter
ference, to control elections in the Southern
States. He is bound by the most solemn
pledges before the country not to uphpotM. ~ !. BY
force those governments which Wers establish
ed 10 the South under bayonst rule, In, the
recent elections, whether in Tie triumph OF
Democrat or Republican, there has been moth:
ing to show popular disspproval Of tbe poll
cy, but everything to show that it meets the
sanction and support Of all the States. He
will 1ind nothing Occurring in the South to
Justify any abandonment Of that policy or de-
parture from it. Pretsxts may be found, but
they will be pure pretexts and nothing else.
On the subject of the late elections in the
South, Mr.. Lamar said that in Mississippi
they we're as peaceable as any election in the
world could possibly be. Not human be-
ing was molested or made afraid. As gen
eral thing, in consequence Of the fever, the
people did not largely turn out in the election.
There was but little organization Of the Dem
ocratic party in the State, Or rather none at
all. The opposition was much better organ.
lied in the First and. Second Districts than
we were. The candidates were unable to
make public canvass, and the people went
to the polls Of their own motion. sI,
He did not think the Greenback party de-
veloped much strength in the South ;,and as
to why the South is solid,- be said on that
point, that so long as the right Of The people
of the South to self government is made an
issue in national politics, the people IF the the
South will not, and ID his opinion ought not,
to allow any question as to currency 70 divide
them. The South is more solid 10 favor of
self preservation than divided as to nsti0nal
politics. o.. ,.y;.. oaa,--n;s~. 81 .: ,76f,a
Grave Robbing 100 Years pAge.gaiidm51j d!i"
- A correspondent of,,the Charleston
Ne,ps and Courier, gives'tbe following account
of how grave robbers we're treated in New
York one hundred years age: .,,..;.'',.b =" %,'f ,
Just hundred years ago New York was
vastly more excited aboutbody. y.snatehing than
it is to-day. Not that the hosrible crime at
the tomb ofA.T. Stewart istviewed with in
difference by any one, but the feeling excited
by it is much calmer than that which famed
into terrible riot: in 1888: That was long,
before the day Of Greenwood, Calvary or
Woodlawn, and all burials took place in Que
or another of the little graveyards, on Man
haitian Island. 1t was also long before medi-
cal students had by law FIRST mortgage on
the bodies Of the unclaimed dead at the hos!
pitfalls. They got their subjects from the
graveyards then, and Of course they had to
steal them, or get others to do the stealing
for them. There had been mshy graveyard
robberies that year and the year before, and
the populace was eager to catch the ghouls
engaged in them. At last a mechanic, who
had buried his wife few days before, learned
that her body had been stolen and was then
in the dissecting-room Of Columbia College
Hospital, afterwards known, as the New York
Hospital, which stood, till about ten years
ago, on Broadway, a few blocks above Cham;
bers street. The man rallied some Of his
friends and forced an entrance into the hos
pital, where he found bis wife's body partly
mutiated, by the students. Other bodies
from the grave were also found. The excite
ment that followed the discovery quickly
spread over the city. A large mob gathered
in the college grounds. The building was
attacked, and the students had to fly for their
lives. Part of the mob pursued them, while,
another part remained to sack the college.
The students, knowing they would be muir
dered if caught, ran to the Jail for safety.
The authorities mustered their forces, police
and military, and tried to disperse the mob,
while the beaieged students, hearing the roar
of the furious crowd outside, felt that they
might be massacred at any moment. Several
attacks were made on the Jail. but each time
the assailants were beaten of. They rallied
again and again, and as the excitement spread
their numbers increased, till at last it seemed
likely that all resistance would be, over;
come. But the authorities finally got their
resources we'll ip hand, and when a body of
soldiers marched upon the rioters apd I'd opened
fire the, outbreak was practically quelled.
A large number were killed on the spot and
many more wounded, and The mob then
scattered and disappeared. But for some
weeks thereafter it was not safe for either, a
doctor or student to be- seen in the streets.
The houses of several doctors had been attack
ed while the riot lasted, and they needed
watching even after the excitement bad 4, cess