Daily Public Ledger, 1892-05-31

circumstances, under such conditions, nrc deathless, and the commemoration of this day is but the natural outcome of sueh a condition. We have met te honor the memories of the dead, te scatter floral tributes upon the mounds that cover the remains of these who have preceded us te the tomb, nnd no day in our National calendar is of mere vnlue te the country. These ceremonies net only honor the memories of our departed friends and comrades, but they rekindle the fires of patriotism en the altars of liberty, they are object lessens te our boys, and pre nnre in their hearts the ssed that will blossom into armies of defense whenever enemies assail from without or within the liberties of the people or imperil the safety of the Republic. But new peace reigns. The scars of the war have been almost obliterated. Federnl and Confederate mingle in the dally avocations of life, meet around the same altars in worship, frequently vote for the same candidates, and have almost lest their identity in the great push nnd struggle of the crowds and in the midst of the new generations that have ap appeared - peared appeared en the stage of action. The same flag proudly floats ever all, proudly floats from the capitols of Maine, Massachu Massachusetts, - setts, Massachusetts, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Oregon The corridors of the National Capitel resound with the footsteps of men new engaged in friendly converse who in ether days sought each ethers' lives; and our National and state legislatures arc oc occupied - cupied occupied by men who faced each ether in hostile array and bloody combat upon the fields of war. These who were our ene enemies - mies enemies nrc new many of them our friends. These whose sullen leeks of hate glowed In fierce vlndictlveness upon us during the struggle, and for several years after the collapse of the Confederacy, have come te recognize the Federal soldiers as their real friends, and te respect them, and the growth of the honor, respect and appre appreciation - ciation appreciation of all the people for the men, who, in the Providence of Ged, saved the American Union, is very apparent. The Grand Army button has become a badge of merit and honorable distinction, anil bnrring a few of these whose only stock in trade is an endeavor te keep alive the sores of the war for selfish purposes, the great mnss of the American people, even Seuth of the line of thirty six-thirty, either speak kindly of the old veteran, utter no word against him, nnd have come te leek upon him with honorable rev reverence. - erence. reverence. The United States has ceme te be re regarded - garded regarded by our late enemies as their country, their Natien, the stars and stripes as their Hag. My comrades, what wonders have you wrought? Yeu saved the American Republic, and made it pos possible - sible possible for the United Stntes te reach pre preeminence - eminence preeminence among the sisterhood of Na tiens. Te-day the wealthiest, mightiest of them an; mighest in the character, in tclligencc nnd civilization et her inhabi inhabitants, - tants, inhabitants, mightest In the political and nnd religious freedom of her people. Here every man can worship Ged os his conscience dictates. Here no sect con controls; - trols; controls; no Protestant dare persecute a Catholic, no Catholic a Protestant, and no priesthood dare te chain the consciences or throttle the religious belief of the people. Here all arc free; manhood reaches its fullest fruition, its most elevated plain, its loftiest heights. By your success in that wur you settled mo momentous - mentous momentous questions; questions affecting the whole human race Yeu thereby struck a blew te tyranny and despotism, and the down trodden of all the earth took new hope, and raised their voices in exultant praise when victory perched up upon - on upon the banners of the Union. Fer you had established for all time the grandest asylum of freedom the world has even known an asylum that sits queenly, splendidly between the ceaseless surges of two mighty oceans, continental in extent, n continuous domain under one government greater than the Cresnrs ever ruled, of available habitable territory greater than any monarch of the world ever governed. Here woman is queen and man is king. With single States greatir in area than famous empires', she is rich in all the elements that go te make com comfort - fort comfort and happiness, and teeming witli a population resistless in energy and mm mm-velous mm mm-veleus - veleus mm-veleus iu its ingenuity: A lmul of Un Unchurch - church Unchurch and the home and the schoolhouse; a land whee granaries burst with liillness and with feed enough, if necessary, te supply mankind, where the husbandman tills in pence and garners without feer. where under the festering care of a wise Government and the Inspiration of free freedom, - dom, freedom, her citizens are rapidly gathering the wealth of the world They have harnessed the lightning and it does their bidding. Fields of waving grain, and towns and villages aud great cities have sprung up in all directions, and her whole surface is striped with railways. Her in inland - land inland seas and rivers have become the highways of a mighty commerce. This is but a part of the exhibit that greets us today. Ah, my comrades, without your work and that of our heroic brothers who laid their lives upon the altars of our country hew changed would be the picture The splendid vision upon which we new guze would have been nu impossi impossibility. - bility. impossibility. Our country would have been divided into petty principalities. Tyrants, military despots, nnd their minions would have fattened upon the tell of our peeple, vast armies of armed men, instead of multitudes pursuing the avocations of peace; an impoverished, tax-ridden, down trodden peeple, busiuess of every sort paralyzed, poverty, misery, destitution, where new comfort, happiness and wealth prevail America can never repay you, my comrades, for the geed you have ac accomplished, - complished, accomplished, for the comfort, happiness, and glory you have bestowed upon these who are se fortunate te be permltted te HvO in this woudreus age. Well de I remember, way yonder In 1801, when you marshalled in lines of blue for the defouse of the Natien. Yeu wero young then, just nt the threshold of manhood. The flag of our fathers floated ever you; the Uniform that Washington had given the country garbed you. "i our step was the tread of the athlote. With upright forms you went forth te save the Union. Ah, I new well remember the erect carriage, the martial tread et the seldiers of 1501, aud new when 1 leek upon theso of you who survived the ton ton-llict. ten ten-llict. - llict. ten-llict. aud who have survived the ravages of relentless time, and who stand about me teilav. I am startled at the change. The boys of '01 are tlfe grayheaded old men of 03. The rounded cheek lias been, deeply furrowed, the erect, soldierly

1892. Bracken county, many of them well Ne better soldiers could be found In the Union Army. They went mainly from the comforts, pleasures and allurements of country firesides, actuated by the most exalted patriotism They braved all sorts of opposition, threats of violencc, of the incendiarism of their homes, but with mere than Spartan neivc and mero than Reman valor they left te serve four years In the columns of the Union. It was n trying time with them, the leaving of wives and children te the uncertain chances of life in their absence, te face life's burdens almost unaided, and te face them among hostile neighbors; bidding adieu, perhaps for the last time, the lovecl mother, the aged father, the parting from the tender children, te undergo the trials, hardships and dangers of war. Yes, it was n grand test of leve and devotion te country; but they did go and many of them never returned, but are new sleep ing the sleep of death en the battlctlelds of the Seuth, or in the beautiful ceme cemeteries - teries cemeteries into which a grateful Government has gathered their precious remains, aud although the summers of nearly the third of ii century have greened their graves, the memory of the uravc boys who went out from tliis section way yonder in the eaily sixties te take part in the bloody drama of war is as fresh en the tablets of our hearts as if we had seen them but yesterday. Time hes been at work en these who survived the conflict. The ranks nre thinning. Ah, time, "remorseless time' The fierce spirit of the glass and scythe; what power can step his silent march, or melt his iron soul te pity. On, ever en In his course forevermore. The proud bird, the condor of the Andes that sears through heaven's fathomless depths, or braves the great Net them hurricane and bathes his plumage in the thunder's home, at nightfall furls his mighty wings about him and sinks te rest en his mountain crag; but time feels net the weight of sleep or weariness, and night in its darkest depths has no chain te bind his rushing pinions." Yes, they are going, and as the years roll away the scythe makes wider sweeps, and tlie victims of these remorseless swaths increase, and many of my old comrades have been caught in their deadly embrace. But I have dicrcssed fiem what I was going te say. The men from Bracken were true men. Upen many a bloody field their sturdy bravery displayed the stull of wlilcli tney were maue. iney are a credit te Bracken county, and are entitled te the honorable consideration and respect, nay admiration of every citizen. Many of them peer in this world's goods, but their hearts throbbed in heroic breasts. They nrc the most crcditabla thing of all the geed things the county has ever preiluceu, unit the man or set of men who fail te honor nnd rev reverence - erence reverence them are devoid of the sentiment of natrietism I am sure the ex-Confederates honor and respect them, and if there are men in this county who de net, you can safely point te such as these who have done nothing rer society or maiiKinti. We find sometimes in Kentucky speci mens of the genus home who swell around inflated bv their own importance. who cast side glances at the old Federal soldiers but who are net worthy te tic the strintr of the soldiers shoe; who have dene nothing all their lives but beg and seek some elllcc at the nanus of the pee pie; whose stock in trade is posing as friends oftlinseutn; wnenave currieu ra vor by their loud-mouthed and bitter ad ve cacy of that sort of sentiment, and the keeninc alive the animosities engendered by the war. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred these individuals could net un der any circumstances be induced te face the perils of the struggle in the Cen federate army. I have some respect for the brave men who backed their convictions en the bat tlefield, or who joined the Confederate army anil risked the chances et war, out mighty little for the bitter, relentless stav-at-homer who has rooted all the old Confederate seldicis out by his superior manipulation of county mm ether con volitions. When Generals Lee and Jehn sten surrendered their armies the Cenfed erate soldier as a rule quit, but the ether chap ncver, anil never will until ued in his merciful provideuce wines him from the face of the eaitli. irem him the Federal teldier nsks no favors, and re re-gelds - gelds re-gelds that class of Individuals by the standard they have erected for their very small selves. History tells and will hereafter tell the story of American valor in that war, for the armies of both sides were full of it It was American meeting American, greater than the tug of war when Greek met Greek. The conduct of the Confed Confederate - erate Confederate soldier upon the battlefield of Frank lin was superbly daring, and the conduct of the National seldier in meeting and successfully resisting that terrific storm was sublimely hereic. A hundred gallant sons of old Bracken tilled their places in tlie Federal line and in the exact exacting - ing exacting work of that mortal combat, almost hand te hand struggle In wresting the first line of works from the exultant fee, displayed a bravery as grand as was shown by the Greeks at Thormepyhe. Aud I saw their heroism upon many an another - other another hard fought field. I saw them charge down through the valley, up the hill, and ever the Confederate works at Resaca; their devoted valor en the Oth of August at Etawa creek, when half of Company "D" was killed or wounded, where peer Richard Shane I saw him die Andrew Wiley, Billy Cummins, Alex Elred get their death, where the brave Jim bliane left a leg, and where Will Itiley, Jeseph Shawan and ethers weltered in bloody wounds. They moved under my orders in their gallant onward march, as tliey skirmished through the North Carolina forest, fighting con continually - tinually continually for miles the day we moved out of the town of Sinithtleld. I remember their charge and battle cry as they rushed upon the enemy through the tired grass, burning weeds and blind blinding - ing blinding smoke at Town creek. Old Com Company - pany Company "E" was there and was nover known te falter or quail. Yes, Weaver and Markley led, and splendidly, as brave men. as ever marshalled in the presence efa feo, and I am sure the Fcderal sol soldiers - diers soldiers in ethor regiments from Bracken did their whole duty, but I knew hew these two companies did the work they wero called upon te de, and they oarned all the oulegium and panegyric that, human lips can utter earned It In a glo glorious - rious glorious cause, the dofeuso of a glorious country. The friendships formed under such

At Augusta the ceremonies began at 7i o'clock, in order that the members of Majer Harris Pest with their ladies might leave for Maysville en the 9 o'clock train. After the ritualistic ceremonies at the cemetery the graves were decorated, and Themns A. Dnvls of this city delivered an address. The attendance was quite large consid considering - ering considering the earlj hour, but next year the Augustans propose uniting the Pests of the surrounding places and having a de de-monstation de de-menstation de de-monstatien - monstatien de-monstatien worthy of that beautiful and historic city and her big-hearted people. W. G. Ledwick has been appointed City Passenger Agent of the Chesapeake and Ohie Railway at Cincinnati. James Rice was instantly killed near Graysen by a tree falliug en him. He leaves a wife and four small children. We acknowledge the receipt, from M. H. Smith, President of the L. and N. Railroad, of a complimentary ever the K. C. system. "Gladdy" Peahce, once the Adenis of Cincinnati gamblers, bes yielded te disease, and is new in the Sanitarium, a raving maniac. Uenhy Wattehsen will deliver a his historical - torical historical address at the presentation of the Philadelphia paintings te Kentucky at Lexington te-morrow. Adeli'H Yoet suicided at Cincinnati, and his funeral expenses were paid by Miss Annie Vogt, his neice. She says $10,000 is due him from Germany, and will have herself appointed administra administratrix. - trix. administratrix. The will of Mrs. Eliza L. Flagg, daughter of the late Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati, was admitted te record in Adams county, O. She owned nearly six six-thousand - thousand six-thousand ncres of real estate iu Adams aud Scioto ceuutics. She devises all of her title in said lands te her husband, William J. Flagg. SrnciAL advices from regions uffectcd mere seriously by floods point te nn aggregate less in five states of $32,000,000, which includes damage te railway prop property, - erty, property, destruction of levees, farm build buildings, - ings, buildings, machinery, live stock and crops, as well as less en ether property. Louisiana and Arkansas have lest less in this respect than has been reported, and Illinois and Missouri proeably mero. Lesses in Iowa and Kansas have been greatly exaggerated. Twenty one head of thoroughbred yearlings, the property of Frank B. Harper of Nantura Stud, Lexington, will be sold iu New Yerk this week by, William Easten. Among them Is a full brother te the great Frceland, a sister te f the mighty Lengstreet and a brother te1 Edward Cerrigan's Lew Weir. There are three colts and three fillies by Long Longfellow, - fellow, Longfellow, the ethers being by Imp. Rossing Rossing-ton, Ressing Ressing-ton, Rossing Rossing-ten, - ten, Rossing-ten, .Tils Jehnsen, Stratford, Imp, De Deceiver - ceiver Deceiver and Falsetto. This is ene of the most valunble shipments of yearllngs sent ' from Kentucky tills spring. i i m ... !. A case which would be ngoed compan companion - ion companion piece for the famous "Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce " chancery suit has been filed iu the Supreme Court of Ohie. In lt)73 Jehn Ulckle sold seme cattle te Samuel Valen Valen-tine, - tine, Valen-tine, Ell Ncff and Wm. Parcela for a con consideration - sideration consideration of $1,803. He claimed that only 820 of the amount was paid, and im immediately - mediately immediately brought suit in the Common Picas Court of his ceuuty. Seventeen years afterwards he get a verdict of f 2, 2,-715 - 715 2,-715 04, being the amount originally claimed with interest. One of the defend defendants - ants defendants In the meantime had died. A re reversal - versal reversal Is new asked.

Mis. Jehn Camahnn and daughter Kntle are visiting her parents at Plain City, O. Mr. and Mrs, Ed. Grant of Covington are en a visit te Mr. nntl Mrs. B. V. Geedman. Mrs. Mary Ralston aud Miss Rudy of Newport are visiting friends in this city and at Aberdeen. Clint Browning of Cincinnati came up Saturday te visit his parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Browning. t - Mits. Elizaiieth Lyens of Hese Hill is dead at the age of 92 years. G. V. Malleky of Elkton had 17 head of cattle killed by lightning. The Kentucky Tcachers' Association convenes June 28th nt Paducah. Smoke G. W. Childs's new 5 cent cigar Special Delivery and Nnncy Hanks. iler Lee. the Paris Chinaman, has been naturalized under the name of Soe lloe Tan. Mits. Nancy Muiumiy, aged 03, a native of Harrison county, died in New Newport. - port. Newport. J. W. Reynolds, aged 03, and Evelyn Rush, aged 17, were married in Daviess county. Pensens wishing te join the Magazine Club will please call en W. D. Hixen at the Library. Paul C. Edwaiids, an Ashland com commission - mission commission merchant, has been closed up for n small debt. The street letter boxes arc being put up te-day, and the Carriers will start en their rounds te-morrow. Pkef. W. JI, Leckhaiit of Cynthlana died at the residence of his brother, Hen. G. C. Lockhart, in Paris. Reiiekt McCiieaiiy, son of ex-Govereor McCrcary, will be married seen te a young lady of New Yerk. Richakd Witt, living near Covington, left his wife and skipped out with Cera Piatt, his pretty tlfteen-ycar-eld sister-in-law. It was a very geed day for the Street Railway Company. Several times during the afternoon the cars were crowded te the doers. m m i i The great Barney fe Smith Railway Carwerks at Dayton, O., hnve been bought by a syndicate and capitalized at 14,500,000. Dr. Teiiias Gmsex Richardson, born in Lexington in 18J7, and residing in New Orleans since lcV58, died in the latter city n few dnys nge. The unsecured creditors of Hermann Lange nt Cincinnati have been eiTcred twenty-flve per cent, en their claims by way of compromise. A convention of negrees has been called te meet in Lexington June 22d te take measures te have the Soparate Coach bill declared unconstitutional. A concert will be given at Mitchell Chapel, Sixth Ward, te-night, commenc commencing - ing commencing at 8 o'clock for the benefit of the new M. E. Church. Admission 10 cents. The Knett county courtheuso and jail were burned, in the hore of destroy destroying - ing destroying the records. These were saved, how however. - ever. however. Less, $7,000, with partial insur insurance. - ance. insurance. President Milten H. Smith of the Leuisville and Nnshville Railroad, re refused - fused refused $35,000 a year from the Richmond and Danville, se he must get a handseme salary. It Is rumored in society circles that the beautiful grass-widow, Mrs. Weiser, will shortly be married te ene of Lexing Lexington's - ton's Lexington's well-known politicians, who Is a widbwer. - m ! The Heuso Poateftlco Committee au authorized - thorized authorized a favorable report fixing the salary of lotter-carrlers at 81,200 per annum during and after the fourth year of service The Judgment of the Robertsou Circuit Court in the case of Buckler vs. Rccse has been afllrracd'by the Superior Court. Winfleld Buckler for appellant and L. W. Robertsen for appellee - . m m The young lady art students will arrange the Studie and display of paint paintings - ings paintings at the Centennlal oxpesltlon In this city. The library will be ready for the reception, of articles for exposition Wednesday inernkig.

form, has -been bent, the clastic step re replaced - placed replaced by the movement of advancing years, and I tell you, comrades, the spec spectacle - tacle spectacle saddens, for it admonishes me that the Grand Army Is still in motion, moving en, inexorably in ene uudcviatlng direc direction - tion direction te, where "On Farao's ctcrnnl camping ground their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round the IjIvouhe of the dead." Yes; our tents will seen be set therein, net long until that mighty army which under the matchless leadership of Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Themas, Ituger, Cox, Stanley, Hancock and ether splendid commanders will have settled in the last camp. But our lcaders, what meu they were, Europe bus had her Alexander, her Ctesar, Sclple, Charles the Twelfth, Napeleon, Wellington, Ven Moltke; te each has been assigned his proper place in the Pantheon of fame, but the fame of these casts no shadow ever the hale of imperishable renown that surrounds and will through all the ages surround the name nnd fame of the here of Appomat Appomattox. - tox. Appomattox. Ulysses 8. Grant, and the ether gen- N erals who wrested victory from defeat, who turned disaster Inte triumph, who in spite of a brave and determined enemy, fighting with the onergy of an unpar unpar-ailellcil - ailellcil unpar-ailellcil desperation and commanded by accomplished generals ever upon the nlert, and upon what they considered their own soil, led the armies of the Na Nation Na Nateon - teon Nateon te permanent and glorious victory. My friends, may these of you who sur surround - round surround me te day live te reassemble upon many coming Decoration Days, "ieur presence at such scenes is a credit te veur manhood. Notwithstanding the sadness and pathos it exhibits, it demonstrates still that the noble sentiments that actu actuated - ated actuated you in the long age still glow in your besoms. That you still leve the emblem of our country's ereatness and glory , which the fathers of the Revolution wen; before which the pride of proud England has been humbled in two wars; which has waved in triumph ever the halls of the Mentczumas; which in the greatest chil war iu the world's history never went down in disgrace, but through it all has ceme forth waving in greater grandeur, with every 6tar glittering In its place, upheld by you and your dead comrades en whose graves all ever this great land tender, lovely women and brave men are piacing decorations in flowers, emblematic of the honor and esteem in which their memories arc held.

the City! ROSES AND WREATHS IMnced Upen the Graves of Dead Comrades. MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES. Impressive Ceremonies in Maysville, at llroeksville and at Augusta. Memerial Day was perheps mere strictly and mere reverently observed in Maysville yesterday than ever before. In fact, in all the surrounding country, wherever the old soldiers arc laid te rest, their surviving comrades were gathered together te de homage te the dead, te pay their respects with llewcrs, with prayers and with patriotic words. Ner were the veterans alone in their devotion, the sons and wives and daughters of the living and of the dead aided with kind and loving hands. The graves of these who believed in and fought for ether In Institutions - stitutions Institutions than the new accepted ones, were net forgotten. Nature's wreaths were gonerously bestowed upon all alike. Memerial Day is fast becoming a truly National day, when soldier and civilian vie with each ether in bearing testimony te the leve and admiration in which the memory of the dead is held. Surely ene day in the year can be dedicated te the worship of these who, in life, sacrificed se much for us, and it is preper and befit befitting - ting befitting that each rccurring30th of May should bring n broader example of human charity. Jeseph Hciser Pest, G. A. It., had charge of the memorial services at this place, assisted by M. C. Uutchins Camp, S. of V. Detachments from Majer Harris Pest of Augusta and Geerge B. Bailey Pest of Aberdeen and seme com comrades - rades comrades from Fleming county were also in attenduncc. The column started from the G. A. It. Hall at 2 o'clock promptly. On arriving at the cemetery they proceeded im immediately - mediately immediately te the handsome monument erected a few years age, where the impressive ceremony of the G. A. It. and S. of V. was geno through with. A bevy of little t'irls Joined the precession at the cemetery who with their bright faces added materially te the attractiveness of the scene. After the ceremony the people gathered in another part of the cemetery te listen te the oration of Judge O. S. Deming of

Mt. Olivet. Dr. A. A. Mannen of Augusta first read a piece, descriptive of a battery in action, and then Judge Deming was introduced by Pest Commander Jehn Day. The speech was full of interest, and the Judge was listened te with clese attention by an appreciative assemblage. The address ever, the distribution of the flowers began, after which all went te te their homes, feeling lighter nnd happier for having performed a sacred but pathetic duty. At the earliest opportunity The Led eeii will print the speech of Judge Deming in full. McKlnncvan Pest, G. A. It., colored, observed the dey with appropriate ccro ccro-monios. ccre ccre-monios. ccro ccro-menios. - menios. ccro-menios. Quite a number of thorn marched te the ccmetery and wljh theli wives and children and friends handsomely decorated the graves of their departed ones. The services at Broeksvillo were en a eomewhat elaborate scale, Addresses wero made by sevcral dis distinguished - tinguished distinguished comrades and the town was full of poeplo. Among the spoakers was Hen. M. O. Uutchins of this city, who said; It Is fitting, It Is peculiarly appropriate, that the survivors should in such a way aa this honor the memories and cast a tear .upon the graves of our heroic dead, who wero our friends, comrades and com companions - panions companions In arms. I knew the men who went out from :

pyThe above- forecasts nre inade for a period of thirty-six hours, ending nt 8 o'clock te-morrow c culug. A FEMININE PARADOX. The wnlst of Erellnn's genn Is sotnew hat paradoxical; It cost a hundred dellnrs down, And yet It Is Illogical. . Although It 1ms a perfect fit Upen her form othercnl. Olie's Justified In calling it A waist of geed material. sptersetml points f3flf yeuhavtfriemU rbfHnvveu, or if you art oeinu away en a vtttt, pUatc drop tu a note (e that tffctt. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wheeler are visit visiting - ing visiting In Cincinnati. Miss Nettie. Wright of Covington is visiting friends here. Mrs. Q. W. Welsh of Danville is visit visit-ing - ing visit-ing her daughter, Mrs. W. D. Cochran. Senater Garrett S. Wall spent Sunday with his family in this city. 0. Gray Stacy and Kolle Yeung of Ripley were in the city Sunday. Mrs. Daniel Gerheld of Cincinnati is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Larmen Dawsen, of the Sixth Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Jehn Ilisc and Mrs. James Hise of Cincinnati came up Satur Saturday - day Saturday en a visit te relatives. J. W. Helbling, Auditor, and E. A. Tissander, Treasurer of Brown ceuuty, 0., were in the city Sunday.