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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
from Yesterdays Second Edition.
THE VETO.
President Hayes Gives His Rea-
sons for not Approving the
Anti BayOnet Bill.
Special to the Lodser.l

Special to the Ledger.l
WASHINGTON, May l2.-The Presi-
dents message, %vetoing Ladd's anti
bayonet bill, was returned with the
bill this afternoon and read in the
house Of representatives, 1t is quite
long, making about four thousand
words. He says that in his
last veto he endeavOred to show that
no additional legislation was necessary
to prevent interference with elections
by the military or naval forces of the
United States, He goes on to recite
at some length what he said and
sought to prove in hat message. He
says:
1t is with very great regret that |
am forced to the conclusion that the
bill before me Is not only unnecessary
to prevent such interference, but is a
dangerous departure from long-settled
and important constitutional princi-
pies. The true rule as to the employ
ment of military force at elections is
not doubtful. No intimidation or CO.
ercion should be allowed to control or
influence citizens in the exercise of
their right to vote, whether it appears
in the shape of combinations Of evil
disposed persons or Of armed bodies of
militia of a State or Of the military
force of the United States. The
election should be free from all forci-
BILE interference. There has been and
will be no violation of this rule under
orders from me during this admins
tration, but there should be no denial
of the right of the national govern
ment to employ its military force on
any day and at any place in case such
employment is necessary to enforce
the constitution and laws of the
United States.
1t will be observed that the bill
exempts from general prohibition
against the employment of military
forces at the polls two specified cases.
These exceptions recognize and con-
cede the soundness of principle that
military force may properly and con-
stitutionally be used at the place of
election when such use is necessary to
enforce the constitution and laws, but
the excepted cases leave prohibition
so extensive and far reaching that its
adoption will seriously impair the
efficiency of the executive depart
ment of the government.
The President vetoes the various
acts beginning with that of 1892,
authorizing the use of the military in
the execution of the laws. He con-
sidcrs this an ancient and fundamental
law, aud after giving his argument at
declines to approve the bill
which takes such authority from the
executive.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
An Engineer,s Need % Ncryc.

Indianapolis JOurnal.l
PROFESSIONALLY the bravest men in
America are those who stand upon
the foot-boards of the locomotives
which draw the fast express trains.
But few persons are aware of it, but
on the leading railways, where con
n%ection must be made if possible, only
engineers known to be brave and dar-
ing are given engines on express
trains, and as soon as an engineer
shows the least timidity about run
ming fast he is taken from his engine
and given one on a freight train to
run. Two such cases have occurred
recently on indianapolis roads. Rail-
road officers say that the first sign
that an engineer is becoming timid
is that he will be FIVE to ten minutes
late, possibly a half hour, for some
days or nights in succession. He is
then called to an account, and unless
his reasons are convincing another en-
gineer is given his engine to run for a
few times, and should he bring the
train in promptly on time the first
named engineer gets a freight train
engine to run until he braces up.
1t is stated, however, that after
an engineer allows his timidity
to get a fair hold he seldom so
far overcomes it as to have the
bravery to step on to an express train
engine and run it at the speed neces-
sary to make the time. Quite recent
ly an engineer on one of the roads
running west from here got an i'm
preston hat an accident was to hap
pen to him, and one night, when
running a fast express, he constantly
lost time. At the first station where
the train stopped the conductor bera-
ted him for running so slow. The
engineer actually shed tears. and
owned that fears had overcome him.
and that he dared not run fast, and at
his own request an engineer of a
train which stood at this meet
ing p was given the train to run
through that night, the conductor
telegraphing the trainmaster, asking
that the request be granted. The
timid engineer has since run a freight
on the road.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
The Empress or Austrln.

Of the empress in her childhood a
contemporary chronicler wrote This
Princess of Bavaria was the fairest
woman of all upon whom God could
look as the work of his hands, blessed
and found good. Never had longer or
more beautiful locks of dark chest
nut framed a more luminous face.
She had the profund dark eyes of all
the daughters of her house, famed
for their beauty and their energy"
Ischl is her favorite residence, as
it is her husbands. She has never
taken the slightest part in politics,
unlike the ex-Empress Eugene, tut,
in her own words, as divided their
world with the emperor, one taking
Austria. Hungary and one the
family" AT Ischl her favorite
amusements are riding and driving.
The emperor delights in shooting
and early rambles in the forests. He
is hard and systematic worker, up
at five or six and after a coffee and a
walk devoting himself to his books
and dispatches till breakfast time.
After breakfasting en- famille-in the
open air if the weather permits-work
is resumed till early dinner hour,
about four o'clock, when social duties
claim him till his early bedtime. He
may be said while at Vienna to 60 to
bed as 'the tashionables get partly
awake and rise and they are going to
bed. He lives very plainly, affects in
his leisure a well-worn militarycapand
a shooting jacket long past its first
gloss, and is an inveterate smoker of
good cigars. His rooms have almost a
Spartan appearance, with plain mat
ting on the floors, and simple black
walnut furniture; the empress apart
ments, on the other hand, are simply
dazzling and b~ewildering in their
tasteful magni6eence. At forty-nine
the emperor does not look more than
forty. He is tall, spare and of sol
dierly bearing, with light hair cropped
close and turning an iron-gray and
military mustaches and whiskers,
small and quick eye of a light hue,
and the Hapsburg features rathtr
more pronounced than they we're III
his youth.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
SAN FRANCISCO.
The WOrkingmen to Fight it Out on
Their Own Line.

SAN Francisco, May 12.-Since the
election, resulting in the adoption of a
new constitution, project a has been
sprung to organize a new party, to be
called the Constitutional party, with
the object Of electing legislative and
State officers that will proceed to put
in force the provisions of the new in-
strument.
At a meeting Of the wards pres
idents of the Workingmen's party to-
day and at the sand lots this PROPOSE
ton was emphatically negatiyed,
newspaper dictation denounced. poli-
%ticians who had sought to obtain the
support of the Workingmen's party
by advocating the new constitution
soundly rated and it was resolved that
the Workingmen would enter into no
combination but fight the contest out
on their own !ine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

CONGRESS-.
The Journal and the Record Cor
reCtiOn in. the House.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-HOUsE-
Mr.. Cox called attention to the petit
ton presented by Mr.. McCord on Sat
urday, and printed in the Record,
stating hat a longer continuance Of
the session is fraught with danger to
peace and with disaster to the finan-
cial commission and interests of the
country that the measures inaugu-
rated by congress threaten reyo-
luton and strike down all safeguards
to free and unintimidated ballot, and
that this Improbable session should
be speedily terminated.
Mr.. Cox characterized the petition
as an insult to congress, and said he
objected to the petition at the time;
therefore it should not have been
printed.
A long discussion ensued, Mr.. Cox
insisting that the petition should be
struck out Of the records and Mr..
Conger taking the ground that that
would be improper and that the only
proper remedy was an expuuging of
the petition by action of the house,
and in order to have that action he
insisted the petition should be read
so as he could know what he was vot-
ing on.
The speaker latter quoting prece-
dents in support of this petition)
stated that the house had control over
the Record as much as it had over
the journal, and would therefore sub
init the question to the house. He
intimated that if he had his own viii
about it he would let the petition stay
in the Record for what it is worth. If
the objection to the petition had been
noted by the reporter and inserted in
the report it could not have been
printed in the face of that objection.
Therefore the correction of the Record
by inserting the objection would nee
essarily exclude the petition. The
discussion was protracted.
Finally, the question was submitted
as to whether the Record should be
corrected by the insertion of the OBJ
lection, (the speaker stating that such
correction would necessarily exclude
the pctition), and a correction was or
dered. The speaker, %thercupon, con
graduated the minority on the result,
as 1t was a great protection to the mi
nority. The introduction and refer
ence Of the bills we're then proceeded
with.
SENATE-Consideration was re.
sumed of the legislative executive and
judicial appropriation bill, Mr..
Window addressed the senate to show
that the policy of the Democrats was
revolutionary and unconstitutional.
He said the wiser Of the party were
oyerruled by their vicious and reok.
less party associates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
Jail Delivery in Texas.

GALVESTON, May ia Galveston
News special from Bryan City, says
" Last night all the prisoners but one
escaped Jail. A confederate of the
prisoners, concealed in the Jail, over
came and secured the %iailer, Among
the escaped are the Jones brothers
and Stearnes, murderers of Morse, at
Calvert Andrew Walker, a murderer
and bond counterfeiter. The prison
ers secured the Jail arms. A number
of citizens are in pursuit"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
An Invention in WaItzing.

Olive Logan in one of her letters
writes Z" | heard of a rather amusing
reply given the other evening at a ball
by an American girl in London
society, who had strayed away from
the ball room. Her mother subse-
quently discovered her in a remote
nook with a gentleman, who had his
arm around her waist while she rested
the tips Of her pretty little fingers on
his manly shoulder. Daughter, what's
all this?' exclaimed the irate mamma.
The daughter looked up calmly, and
replied; Mamma, allow me to intro.
duce Captain X. to you. | had prom
Used him a dance, but | was so tired
that | couldn't keep my word, and I'm
Just giving him a s~itting-still waltz
instead
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
Sarah ]. Hale.


New York Tribune.l
Mrs. Sarah J.. Hale, who died last
week in Philadelphia, preached a ser.
mon with every one of her ninety-one
years to the present generation of wo.
men. This good old lady had. proba.
bly,, no great genius, nor either Gro.
alive or executive ability as capital in
lite she never bestrode any great
idea, and with it helped to drag her
age forward Tor backward), and her.
self into notoriety. She never fought
for suffrage OF engineered any marty
reform or feminine sect or clique. Her
literary work would probably be called
mediocre by some brilliant woman
But 1t was always-what the work If
but few women is-thoroughly sweet
and healthy. Her public work was
always founded on some wholesome
clean, womanly feeling the compIe.
ton Of the Bunker Hill Monument
the foundation Of the Society for the
Aid Of Seamen, and above all the estob.
llshment Of the beautiful New Enpland
festival of thanksgiving as a ns{1nnai'
holiday, are all due to her buiet nor'
sistent efforts. More than this ldG q
widow and pogniless, sho reared md
educated her i've children and nlaceS
them honorably IN the world. Her
work began whom she was sixteen and
she only laid it down, TO take 4 iitsIco
rest, two years ago, at e%iphty.nine
nov many eager, ambitious. over
worked women Of the present geUora.
tlon can offer as fair a record? The
secret lies in the fact that Mrs, Hall
had a thoroughly healthy body. =
strong will, firm control of temper
ana that her life was always 4 npiai
ana secluded one. 1t is all very nIeas'
ant Tor our modern Corinnas 10 Ieo
ture or TO lead society or maneso
womans clubs and reforms, ID tssS
themselves, in short, bss,ss ~ GSSf
~ the eye Of the world. But II tb"v
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
DETROIT.
A Block Burned at Flint, and Mr..
Urtell Cremated.

DEDRoIT, MIcH,, May 12.-The fire
at Flint, Mich, at 3 o'clock this morn
ing, destroyed the entire brick block
of three stories, owned by Messrs.
Walker, Durand and an Eastern party,
foot of Saginaw street, near the bridge,
which was occupied by a saloon, a
restaurant and a small shoe store.
The loss on the stock is small on
the building, $4,000; fully insured.
Fred Urtell, a German, aged thirty
five, was burned to death. His
charred remains were found this morn
ing in a room he occupied as a sleep
ing room, He is supposed to have
been under the influence of liquor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
Mary Anderson,s New Plov

New York Dramatic News.l
Mary Anderson and her company
have begun the rehearsals of MI. A..
D. Gordon's play, called For SPILLS
Sake. The actress has bought the
play outright from the author, and in
tends making it her piece de resistance
next season. Its initial performances
will be given during the present trip
in Canada. John w. Norton writes
to the author, Miss Mary and myself
consider it a great play" The time
Of the play is fixed during the Puritan
era in England, and the action grows
out Of the feuds between Cavaliers
and Roundheads. The plot is a strong
one, but from a literary standpoint its
excellence is in the characteristic dia-
logue.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
Lynch Law I'm Nebrnskn.

CHICAGO, May News is received
that on Saturday night Chas. Reed, of
Sidney, Neb., who was in Jail there
for having murdered II. Loomis the
preceding day, wa taken out by about
four hundred citizens and hanged to a
Telegraph pole on the main street of the
town. The mob then dispersed, firing
revolvers in the air and shouting
"LOOmis is avenged"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

The New York Times says the
beautiful residences on the Hudson,
which at one time promised to. surpass
any country region in England in fine
mansions and well-kept grounds, as it
does in natural beauty Of scenery, are
being deserted and turned into brick
fields or market gardens, or left soil
tary and deserted, under the care of
servants, and a useless expense to
their owners. IL is not the depression
in business which has caused this de-
sertion so much so as that Americans
refuse to take kindly TO country life.
In winter the wealthy and fashionable
prefer to live in cities, and in summer
in resorts like Newport and Saratoga,
where they can enjoy society and its
amusements. They cannot accustom
themselves TO the healthy and simple
pleasures of English country life, and
there is no country society no rela-
tionship with the surrounding COM
munity, such as give stability and in.
terest to families with estates in Great
Britain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
PInYing VIII Firearms.

Albany Law Journal
One of those practical jOkers who
point firearms, supposed not to be
loaded, atpersons in fun was treated
according to his deserts in Iowa re-
Gently, as we learn from the report of
the State against Hardie, AZ Iowa, 647.
The humorous gentleman in question
undertook to brighten a lady neighbor
with a revolver. The weapon some
how went off, and the Idly died Of the
fright. The court thought this was
manslaughter, and sent the Joker to
prison for a year to give him an oppor-
tunity for reflection. The despair of
the unfortunate man, his threats
of killing himself, and his VIC.
lence, necessitating the tying him
with ropes, when he discovered
his mistake, were not deemed Of suhi
cient account to dispense with the
restraint of the prison. The prisoner s
counsel requested the court TO charge
the jury that he was not blamable II
this act was what any man of ordinary
prudence and caution mighthave done.
The court declined, observing. =" No
jury would be warranted in finding
that men Of ordinary prudence so con
duct themselves Human life is no,
to be sported with by the use of fire.
arms, even though the person using
them may have good reason to believe
that the weapon used is not loaded, Of
that, being loaded, it will do no injury
When persons engage in such rockies.
sport they should be held liable 70,
the consequences of their acts"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

A correspondent writing from
Brunswick county to the Richmond
State says
"A large meeting of negroes-not
less than a thousand-met near
Brunswick courthouse on Wednes-
day, Both ultimo. The object of this
great gathering was to consider the
question of their going in a body to the
Episcopal Church. The negroes were
members Of a religious society known
as the Zion Union. They have about
twenty five ministers and two thous.
and members.
For about twelve months they
have been considering the question Of
attaching themselves to the Episcopal
Church, and sent a request to Rich
mond to the Missionary Society Of the
Diocese to let a committee of confer.
ence meet upon the day above men.
toned. Two elergymen, members Of
the committee, went to the meeting
After an interchange of opinion be.
tween them and the Zion Union min.
listers, the latter, by a unanimous vote
determined to be taken into the Epis.
copal Church.
The event is a very surprising one.
and must result in great benefit to the
colored people Of Southside, Virginia.
u the Episcopalians show proper in.
terest in their new charge
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

they know hos to employ, They are
frightened away from government
bonds-by the prospect Of only four
per cent; but they are after invest
ments that will yield ten or twelve per
rent
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

If it is true like priest like people, "
We may have a clew to the beer-drink-
ing habits of the English. A London
newspaper furnishes the curious and
surprising statement that 1895 out of
524l shares in the new brewery COM
pany in Sheffield are held by English
clergymen.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

General Grants departure from
Lucknow was exceedingly stately. A
long line of elephants were stationed
along the railway track near the sta
ton, a battery fired off a royal salute,
q military guard was drawn up facing
the station, and the band played one
Of our national airs, while the British
officers and civilians stood with I'M
covered heads.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

Fourteen years ago there was only
one Bessemer steel establishment in
the country. Now there are eleven,
with an annual production Of more
than five hundred thousand tons.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

President Hayes last week kissed
iorty,six young ladies Of a Maryland
boarding school, who called ON him.
Is this the proper conduct Of a stall.
wart: or IS it a return to tho policy Of
Cancellation
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

do it they cannot raise FIVE sturdy
sons and die at ninety-one. When
the figs are eaten" says the Arab,
they are no longer in the bag. Then
come starvation and death"
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Children Burned 10 Den Il,

CHICAGO, May IA dispatch from
Yandalia, ILL.,; says that two children,
of Frank Carroll, q farmer near there
were burned to death while playing in
a crib filed with corn husks,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
BAD Blood I'm Congress.

Washington Post.l
There is another speck of war visi-
BILE on the congressional horizon.
Hon. w. H. Kitchin, of North Caro-
lima, is stated to be after his fellow
member from the tar-heel State. Hon.
d. J.. Russell, Greenbacker. The
trouble between these gentlemen grew
out Of some charges of fraud made
through the official medium of the
Congressional Record by the Hon.
Russell, which the Hon. Kitchin con-
cluded referred to him, and which. il
will be remembered, he accordingly
resented a few days ago ip a very ener.
getic speech on the floor of the house.
Hon. II, +. Arnfeld, of the same
State, has Mr.. Kitchin's honor in
charge, and has placed himself in
communication with Mr.. Russell's
friends, with a view of arranging their
differences according to the rules Of
the code, or otherwise. 1t is to be
hoped that the affair will not result in
staining with blood the heather Of
Bladensburg.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

People learn wisdom by experience.
A man never wakes up his second
baby to see it laugh, but always keeps
DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup handy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13
Ladies

Do you want a pure, bloom
ing COmplexiOn3 II so, a
few applications of Hagan'S
MAGNOLIA BALM will graf
ify you to your hearts con-
tent. 1t does away with Sal
lOwneSS, Redness, Pimples,
Blotches, and all diseases and
imperfectiOnS Of the skin. 1t
Overcomes the flushed appear
anee Of heat, fatigue and ex-
element. Itmakes a lady of
THIRTY appear but TWEEN.
FY; and so natural, gradual,
and perfect are its effects,
that it is impossible to detect
its application.
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BREAD-wINNERs


Mr.. Richardson cited a number of
instances of absolute paupers, white
and colored, who had become self
sustaining in his mills, and asserted
that 435 out of the $50 employed
therein would have done nothing for
their own livelihood if they had not
been offered these situations.
asked why the mills were put at a
distance from the river, apparently at
an out-of- the-way place. The answer
was that they were then in the midst
OF a rich wool growing section. The
mills use 1900 to 400 bales of wool.
or 100000 to 100000 pounds and all
the wool, as we'll as all the cotton, is
brought to the door on wagons from
the neighboring country. Jeans.
striped cottons and brown goods are
the principal products of the mills.
Mr.. Richardson owns a cotton seed
oil mill ON the Mississippi and has
many other small irons in the fire :
but these only do, as Colonel Sellers
says, for side investments" TO keep
his money employed. He is reputed
to be worth from $3,0O0,000 to $1,000
600 and though he and his partner at
New Orleans have 81 400 900 already
advanced on the growing cotton crop,
they have still left more money than