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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-20
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No 1854. United States vs. barrels Whisky.
WHEREAS, HORACE II. HARRISON. ESQ.
Attorney Of the United States Tor said District
had filed his information in the said Court as
well on behalf Of the United States a. 0f III. II.
Newell. Collector. &C.. against barrels whisky
among other things that said whisky was seized
No Nashville. in said district, as being forfeited 20
the United States under the Act Of Congress. en-
titled An Act 10 provide internal revenue 10
support the Government. % pay interest on the
public debt, and for other purposes" approved
June %. 1864. and the act amcndatOry thereof
approved March 3, 1865.
Now. therefore. In obedience to the moniti0u 81
the Court 10 me directed and delivered. I do
hereby give public notice 10 al persons claiming
said property. OF knowing or having anything %
say why the same should not be condemned az
forfeited, that they be and appear before said
Circuit Court. 10 be held In the FEDERAL Court
Room. in the Capitol, in the city Of Nashville. on
the 18th day Of October. 1896, then and there 70
interpOse their claims.
K. r, GLASCoCR,
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-20

The Argument and Decision.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-20
NOTICE TO RAILROAD CON-
TRACTORS

PROPOSALS FOR THE WORK NECESSARY
III % complete the Jasper Branch Railroad IN
elrdinE Grading. Bridging- Ties. Trseklaying. etc
will be received e the oacs Of the + Ashvile aad
Chattanooga RailEqaa Company, or By the Enxi-
neer IN charge. q Jasper. until the 18th Soften
Der next W. J. KELLY
Aug. le-lm. Engineer IN CharFe
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-20
NASHVILLE CITY
TRANSFER COMPANY
OMNIBUS LINE.
OFFICE-NORTM EAST CORNER OF
SUMMER AND SPRING sTREErs.
AGENTS FOR THE SALE
TICKETS OVER THE
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA.
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE,
NASHVILLE AND DECATUR,
EDGEFIELD AND KENTUCKY.
AND NASHVILLE a NORTHWESTERN
RAILROADS
A ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE
"A by which we are enabled 20 give Through
Checks for Baggage at Hotels and Private
Houses. 10 persons purchasing Tickets at our
Office.
Persons living in EdgeGsIa will b, taken to or
from any Of the trains entering at Nashville By
leaving calls At our Office, applying 20 our agents
M raj rriv n
0mnibuses viii attend Excursions. Pienics,
SAN. j. LITTLE,
aug30-tf Superintendent.
D. II. BAILEY, cN oRDwlT,
Formerly Of MaurycO. Of Giles county.
JANEs n. cARsEY. T.B. skNPLE.
OfWilliamson county. Of Hantsyille. Ala.
BAILEY, ORDWAI { CO..
Cotton, Commission
AID
WHOLESALE GROCERY
WAREHOUSE,
Nos. y and 2 Broad St.,
NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE.

WE BEG LEAVE TO RETURN THANKS
w % our friends for the very liberal share 81
patronage bestowed upon our house the past
season. and would say thar, having enlarged car
facilities for STORING COTTON, We are now
prepared 70 FiveeVery attention % the SIDttAHE,
SALE AND SHIPMENT OF ALL COTTON
our friends may entrust 70 our care. We promise
that every Effort will be used % secure the very
MIGHEST MARkEr PRICE, whether
cold here or In other markets.
viii make CASH ADVANCES on al Cotton Or
other Produce shipped 70 Us, Our TERMS SHALL
ALWAYS BIZ AS Low As ANY OTHER
RELIABLE HOUSE.
JANIS -. CARsEY AND VIZ. r.
AAaPLE will give their undivided attention
10 the Cotton Department, and will strain every
nerve % make i 20 the interest Of Planters 10
patr0nize US.
We viii At all times keep a full stock Of Grocs-
rle=. Baegipg. Rope and IHine. and 81 grades Of
Flour for sale at the lowest prices.
WAN1'ED.-Ws wish to purchase washed and
unWashed WOOL. FEATHERS AND DRIED
FRUIT. and viii alwaySgive the BEST PRICES.
HALEY, ORDWAY a co.
Fancy FIonri Fancy Flour n
We viii keep constantly ON hand. b. the single
barrel o. ear load, n. VAUGHN X cos eelo-
brated LOCkLAND MILLS FLOUR, which 10
VIII warrant IN every Instance. We VIII also 2eep
several other hrands II Flour. which We 9aer %
the trade a the LOWEST CASH Prices
Deaicrs viii do well % examine our flour De-
BAILEY. oRDwAY co.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
EXCESS OF LABORERs.

The Philadelphia Ledger says: We
have already referred to the great excess
of laborers in all the large American
cities, and have warned people from the
country of the hopelessness of finding
employment by coming to Philadelphia
or any other large municipality. OF the
condition of affairs in New York, HORACE
GREELEY writes to an applicant for sit
uation: New York is just entering upon
the interesting process of starving out
two hundred thousand people whom war
and irredeemable paper have driven
hither. 1t is impossible to receive and
employ more till these are gone.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28

and find the business exceedingly profit
able. Any agent of the Bureau, who will
furnish the Tribune with a circum.
stantial account of how his head
was chopped of, and his body subse'
quently roasted by "a dozen mereiless
rebels" will be allowed the highest price
which is paid to corresponding MuS,
cHAusEss. Any school marm, OF
ardect imagination, who will give a
pathetic account Of the breaking Of the
windows OF her school" will place the
Reconstruction Committee under many
obligations. If she is conscientious
and has been piously reared, and requires
small substratum Of truth for her ac'
count, she can end "a truthful and IN
telligent freedman" to smash her WIN
dows, and boot at her in the most AIS
NAL manner, for five cents q night The
demand now seems to be confined to
murdered agents of the Bureau and
"iusulted school mistresses buts bar
becued freedman" would command q
fair price, if he was roasted alive before
slow FIRE, by committee of ex-Confed-
arata Generals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
vua1IIsTIc STATESMEN.

The London Times has an article OIL
pueilistic statesmen, suggested BY the
election of MoRRIssEY to Q seat in Con
eress. 1t informs US that even the Brit
ish Parliament, which claims to be Sc
very aristocratic in its constitution, and
to have been far more so before the Eng.
gilsh reform bill Of thirty years ago, has
had regular prize fighter among its
members. Nor have these always been
the least useful members. Many years
ago, Mr.. GULLY, q man of this kind,
and well known for bis strength and cour-
age. was in Parliament. AT one time
there was fierce fire raging, that coz
sumed the whole interior of house in
London. He was present, and saw q
poor servant girl imploring help from an
attic window. No ladder could reach
her, and the flames would soon have de-
youred her, when the prize fighting men,
Der of Parliament ran into the next
house and up the stairs, got out on the
roof, and so on the roof over the win.
dow in which the girl stood below him.
He fairly drew her out by the hands
with his enormous strength, and con-
trived 10 place her on safe portion of
the roof, and SO saved her life. But the
excitement, exertion and peril were too
much for him, and he never recovered
from their effects. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
THURL0W WEED.

The New York correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, writing on the 18th
inst says: AS an interesting item of
political information, it may be men
toned that THURLow WEED, Esq, was
admitted to the Manhattan Club, Fifth
avenue, last evening The Manhattan,
you know, is the leading Democratic
club here. and its admission to member
ship of gentleman Of Mr. WEEDS ante
cedents, is a curious illustration of the
unsettled condition of linen and things"
in New York. Mr.. WEED continues to
act as one of the editors of the Times
newspaper"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
THE pREsIpENrs POWER.

If the efforts of Congress TO curtail the
powers of the President did not proceed
from feeling of partisan revenge, we
should net hesitate to indorse them We
have always thought the power OF
the President too great, even dangerous
to the liberties of the people, and should
be modified in many particulars. His
authority is greater than that of the Brit
ish Sovereign in time of peace, while in
war, as commander-in-chief of the
army, i. is nearly unlimited. With
a Radical President, after the
retirement of Mr.. JOHNSON, the South
could look for nothing but oppression.
The power Of removal from Office is a
source Of Infinite corruption. Whether,
says an exchange paper, this was not
the Constitution, was made question in
the early days Of the Government The
power Of removal from Office at the will
of the President, was claimed by con-
s,ruction-that fruitful source Of all the
evils we labor under. By the earlier
Presidents, the balefnl nature of this
power was not seen, because it was not
exercised. 1t was not until General
JACKsoSis administration that it came
to maturity; and to the victors belong
the spoils," was openly proclaimed by
Mr.. MARCY, Senator from New York at
that time in the Senate of the United
States, as the fixed policy Of the Govern
ment. From this time, merit and capa
city were abandoned, as the criterion of
Office holding in the United States.
Both for appointment to Office, and re-
moval from office, the grand controlling
criterion, was, party. Two hundred
thousand Offices, at every Presidential
election, were thrown into the canvass
for appropriation. The consequence is
that the Government of the United States
is the most corrupt in the world-mean-
ing by corruption, mercenary aud selfish
motives, contradistinguished from those
looking to the public welfare. Parties
in free government, based on differ
ence of principles and policy, are but too
apt to rush into extremes; but when all
the offices in the country are put up as
the prize of party success, this tendency
is infinitely increased and we have the
language of Mr.. THADDEUs STEVENS, who
speaks of his political opponents in pub
lie discussion, as the enemy. Any
measures mo matter what the motives
may be producing them which will TAXI
the offices of the United States out Of th'
control of parties, and will restrict th'
President from using them as mere in
struments for party success, must be ben
eficial to the country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
DRY GOODS.
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Mammoth Cheap Store,
cor Main street.
PANIC I'm DRY GOODS
Elson Bros. First in the Field!

HAVING RESIDENT BUYER INNEW
great decline. Our Motto LARGE SALES
AND SMALL PROFITS.
Great Clearing Sale to commence tomorrow,
TUESDAY, Nov. q, and continue until the LIST
day Of January, 1867.
We shall offer our Goods at such low prices as
wv We are bound not to be undersold by any one.
In fact we will guarantee to be lower in our
prices than any house in the city.
Country storekeepers and buyers can get rare
bargains Of US for CASH and CASH ONLY.
just Received gtN
500 doz. Opera Kids at 81 Is per pair.
so doz. Opera Nubias rs cents to So each.,
1000 DIS. Calico fast colors is cents per yard.
1000 ps. Brown Domestic from 10 to % cents per
Bleached .pomestics greatly reduced-a good
Bieached Domestics, e I'd. wide, II to 20 cents
Bleackssi Domestics. "A I'd. wide, 20 to "a cents
Bieachcd Domestics. full yard, wide. splendid
quality. % to "a cents per yard
s-4 "a I6-4 Sheeting. 70, 80 and 30 cents peryd.
| Bed Tckings only 20 cents per yard.
White Marseilles Spreads, 81 rs to 81 90 each
| cheap at double the money.
Irish Linens greatly reduced. fih
! Jaconets from Is to SO cents per yard.
| Check Muslins 20 to 90 cents per yard.
| Dress Goods reduced fully one-half our former
extraordinary low prices
| Scotch Plaids, half wool and all wool, from 8
| to rs cents per yard.
Empress Cloths, all wool, only g71S cents per
yard. .s
Ladies' all wool Balmorals. bright colors. only
So so each.
English Merinos only 75 cents per yard;
French Merinos AT COST AT COST
1900 doz. Ladies' Hose. white and colored. from
80 so to 81 30 per dozen.
If you want to save money and get good
Goods at less than half price, don't forget 10
attend our GREAT CLEARING SALE.
One price only and terms cash.
ELSON BROS.
| OF 2q7 MAR street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
NJ EDIcAL.
Something New Under the Sun.
ffia
A New Era in Medicine.

EFT THE SUFFERING AND DISEASED
IL read the following: ava
Let all who have been given up by Doctors,
and spoken of as incurable, read the following:
Let all who can believe facts, and can have
faith in evidence. read the following:
Kno,o all Men BIZ these Presents, That on this
the twentieth day of June, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred ana slxty-slx,
as such, and being duly sworn. deposed as toi-
lows That he is the sole general agent for the
United State and dependencie5 thereof, for Pre-,
parations or medicines known as MAGGlEL'S
PILLS and SALVE. and that the following
certificates are verbatum copies to the best OF
his knowledge and belief.
u. 81 JAMES sMEITRE, Notary PueIics
DR.. MAaeIEL: I take my pen to write you Of
nv great relief, and that the awful pain in my
side has left me at last-thanks to your medicine.
Oh, doctor, how thankful am that can get
some sleep. / can never write 1t enough.
are really the friend Of all sufferers. gould
not help writing to you. and hope yop MI not
lime /. 1853. li6 Avenue D..
This is to certify that was DISCHARGED from
the army with Chronic DiarrhGa. and have
been cured be DR.. Magg i Isp pilIs.. pvpv
New York. April z, 1865. p Pitt Street.
The following Is an interesting case Of a man
employed in an Iron Foundry. who, in pouring
melted iron into flask that was damp and wet
caused an explosion. The melted iron was
thrown around and on him in perfect shower,
and he was burnt dreadfuliy. The following
certificate was given to me by him about eight
weeks after the accident:.- -.
NEW YORK. Jan. II, 1865.
Ny name is Jacob Hardy; i am an iren foun-
der; I was badly burnt by hot iron in November
last; my burns healed but had running sore
on my leg that would not heal; tried Maggiel's
Salye, and it cured me in few weeks. This is
! an true. aud any body can now see me at jack
sons Iron Works, Second Avenue;
''- J. HARDY.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
AN INVITATION.

Chief Justice CHASE lately made q
speech, in which he said:
If the communities who have been in
rebellion against the Government have
ANYTHING to propose--if they think there
ia a better mode, a more generous mode,
better calculated to secure the peace and
harmony and prosperity of this great
land-let them come forward and pro-
pose it, and the people will listen and
judge .iyeN lN
This appears at first very fair, and it
is only when one reflects moment upon
the relative positions of the two sections,
that the absurdity of the invitation is
perceived. What can the South propose
that would be likely to benefit her 7
What redress could she obtain if she
asked it? Would it not be, IN the
present state of Northern opinion,
absurd to propose an adjustment
that should restore to her her de-
stroyed prosperity, the assurance Of her
debts, = sturn of the negroes TO
slavery, etc ? Certainly. Nothing that
she has lost by the war will be restored /;
and has she not lost everything? The
object of Congress is to contrive plans
by which she shall lose more. What
shall the South then propose as condi-
ton of being accepted back into the
Union? Certainly she is not expected
to ask for additional punishments, humil-
iations and degradations. 1t is not the
nature of man to do that; and the
Southerner, whatever else may be said
of him. is man. Shall she propose the
platform of BUTLER-hanging and con.
fiscation Shall she propose that OF
WADE and Observation-Disclosures
negro suffrage, and general negro supe'
riority? Shall she propose territoriah'
cation and all the horrors of negro SOL
diery driven on by upstairs with straps
on their shoulders, vacancy in their
heads and hell in their hearts p? II not
these, what shall the South proposeY Does
Mr.. CHASE expect her to fall down
upon her knees and say to the North,
Come and kick me-kick me all over,
and never cease kicking me?" CHASE
knows that no other proposition than one
looking to degradation would be enter
tanned. And yet he invites the South
to ask for the very punishments which
Congress has already resolved to inaict
,,,op bor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
MURDERED BUREAU AGENTS" WANT.

The Richmond Times says liberal
reward will be paid by the Reconstruc-
ton Committee of Congress for muir
dered agents Of the Freedmens Bureau"
as well as for " insulted school marms
As soon as Congress adjourned the de-
mand for atrocities " and "outrages "
subsidized; but it has been revived with a
vengeance during the last few days.
70 meet this demand, it is scarcely
possible to take up copy of the Tribune
which does not contain a telegram an
nouncing the massacre Of some agent
of the Freednen's Bureau, at some point
so remote, as Mrs. Malaprop would say,
from the outsquirt of civilization, as
to defy investigation. We suspect that
the murdered victims of rebel barbara
tyr furnish themselves all these acconHts
of the deep damnaiion Of their taking of,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
WINTER Works.
DE 1T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
II Mayor and Aldermen:

DE 1T ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
I'D Mayor and Aldermen:
Section l. That there shall be elected three
citizens, on the nomination of the Mayor, to
constitute Board of Water Work Commits
| sioners, for the erection, care and management
| Of the Memphis Water Works. who shall hold
their offices until the list OF July. 1867, at which
| time, and annually thereafter. there shall be
| elected in like manner, as their successors, a
| like number ef citizens.
g The persons so elected shall meet and or
ganiZe themselves into q Board, by choosing
and electing a Chairman and Secretary from
| their own number, and make such rules and
regulations for their own government as they
| may deem proper. tf-
| 8. In the event Of vacancies in said Board
| the Board of Aldermen shall, on the nOmina-
| ton of the Mayor, fill the same.
| 4. Said Commissioners shall receive such sal
airy as may be fixed by the Board of Aldermen.
5. Said Board OF Commissioners shall have
| the entire control Of the erection and manage
| ment of the Water Worss; they shall. however,
| submit all plans and estimates TO the Bsard OF
| Aldermen for their approval.
| 9. The Board OF Commissioners shall have
| power to appoint all engineers and such other
| officers, and employ such labor as they may
deem necessary 70 an early commencement and
completion OF the works, and shall fix the
salaries of all officers and employees. and sub
NIT the same for the approval of the Board OF
| Aldermen.
| T. They shall make monthly statements to tAe
DOaru OF hiuernen Ot tnelt proceeulngSs ana VI
the progress Of the work, and fpTAish susf
| other information as may be desirable for the
Board of Aldermen and the citizens to know.
g. The Chairman of said Board shall exercise
! general supervision over the works and this
property belonging thereto. No member O.
sell Board shall be interested, direct or indi.
| rectiy. in any contract made by them, either
| for labor or materials to be furnished.
| 9. On the election and Organization of said
| Board of Commissioners, there shall be placed
| 10 their credit on tho books Of the city, subject
| % their order, $500, for the purpose Of making
| the preliminary arrangements for carrying oui
| the object Of this ordinance.
Approved December oath, 1855
| W. o. ICELAND, Mayor.
| Attest: l.. X. RICHARDS, City Register. lO1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28
A REPULsR.

An exceedingly sdifying story is told
of BEN. WADE while in this city. 1t il
said that prominent Radical intro
duced himself to old BEy. on the street.
"Mr. WADE" said the Rad, 81 am Rad
ical of twenty-five years standing in
Memphis. am proud TO know you.
WADE, the story goes, gave him his hand,
turned on his heel, aud left him without
a word. Ifsuch a man as WADE does
not fancy Memphis Radical, how can
it be supposed that Southern men will
love them
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-12-28

1922; money, COL; skies, ITO; lives
| 1851; tens, 9s3; sevens, l0i; new fves
l07.
WASHINGTON, December 2s,-Wells
Commissioned of Revenue, has completed
schedules and tariff bill and submitted
the same to the Senate Finance Com
mittee, which, after being hastily exam
ed, seems regarded with favor.
The Commissioner of Indian affairs
does not credit the Fort Laramie mas
sacrs. az RI eFTR AZ wH 81 q
tRIcHnoxp, Va, December rs. -Jno'
w. McKeel and Juan Pizzini, old citi-
zens, died yesterday.
NEW YoRK, December 2s.-The hire
Mt Elmira Sunday was quite disastrous.
1t caught in drug store on Lake street.
Soon after the discovery some chemicals
exploded tearing it and the adjoining
buildings to pieces, and carrying flames
to the buildings on the other side of the
street, setting FIRE to Anthony's Hotel
and Turner Hall The fire ragged over
six. hours. The whole of Lake street
from Water to Carol! was consumed.
Total insurance, s277,5Oo; loss estimated
at $50O,0OO. 0s 9 8Iual
An arrival from Porto Cabello con-
firms previous advices received of a rev.
olution at Barcelona and Guarage. In
Venezuela the people are in a state Of
general anarchy and confusion. a
New YoRK, December 2S.-Gold
opened at 1921. vrras rar
New YoRK, December %. "A Berlin
correspondent says a dispatch has been
received by the American Minister from
Seward, disappearing of the Minister'S
conciliatory attitude in reference to
Prussia impressiDg naturalized Amerir
cans into its service. The dispatch was
read to the government authorities, but
no action is known to have been taken
BY Prussia on the subject.
A Dublin letter to the World says
there are sixteen war vessels near Queens
town, and many of the loyal inhabitants
are fleeing to garrisons for safety against
the Fenian rising. Stephens was believed
to be in South Ireland r.
RIVER HEAD, DEL, December 28.-The
steamer Commodore, of the Stonington
line, bound to New York, went ashore
one mile north of Hermitage Station and
six miles west of Greenport Three boat
loads of passengers have been landed
SANDY Hook, Dec. 2s, . a.m.-The
steamer Australian, from Liverpool Dec.
18th, and Queenston 18th, has arrived
and is agroundiu the bay, on account of
the very low tide.
The steamship Missouri, from New
Orleans, is at anchor on the bar. Three
schooners, before reported, are yet ashore
inside the hook.
PHILADELPHIA, December 2S.-The tin
box stolen from Baysrd & Co. has been
found with contents, excen. the United
Staiesssecurities, which the thieves kept
SANDY HOOK, December 2S.-There is
ashore OF this point the schooner Lea
Breeze, bound to Rio Janeiro. There is,
also, an unknown brig ashore.
WAHsIxGroS, December 2s.-The Pres
ident has revoked the exequator of Ger
hard Jsussen, consul of Oldenburg, at
New York, for refusing to appear before
the Supreme Court, on the plea that his
consular functions exempt him.