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EXECUTORS SALE.

. EAECUTuhS SALE.
WE WILL SELL, AT PUBLIC oUTCRY, AT
w the Courthouse inNashville, on
Thursday, October 20, 1870,
a. executor of W. H. Bedford, for CASH,
so shares of Planters Bank stock of $50 each.
Sc shares of Union Bank stock of $50 each.
100 shares Nashville Marine and Fire insurance
stock.
/ Gray Mare.
Horse Cart
sl2O Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama Bank
Notes.
SIS 67-IOO Northwestern Railroad receipts for
taxes paid.
sos 77-1OO Edgefeld and Kentucky Railroad re-
oeipts for taxes paid.
sos 77-100 Tennessee and Alabama Railrosd re-
ceipts for taxes paid.
Also, lot No. l9 In Whiteside 4 Balch's addition
of 80 feet on Summer street and ITO feet on Jack
son street. Also, all Of lot No. Is in South Nash
vile, corner Of High and Demonbrenn street, of
les feet on DemOnbfeun street and 10 feet on
High street, at quarter down and 6, IL and IS
months credit, with per cent interest. As this
latter lot is free from taxes for fourteen or fifteen
years to come, by the act Of North Carolina, and
as taxes are high, the inducement is great to buy
and build resident houses and avoid the annoy
viii be divided into three or four lots for the con-
venience Of purchasers.
B.w BEDFORD,
HU. l. BEDFORD,
Executors of ". Fl. Bedford.
BROWNS l. OHEATHAM, Agents.
Nashville, Sept Is, 1S70-tds
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MARRIAGE th. RIZrss sRo:s sSoS It
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revelations Of the sexual system, with the lstss;
discoveries In producing and preventing offspring
preserving the complexion, etc.
This Ia an interesting work Of IA pages, with
numerous engravings, and contains valuable In
formation for those who are married or contem-
plate marriage; still 1t Is book that ought to be
under lock and key, and not laid carelessly about
the house.
Semi to any one free Of postsgs) for Fifty Csnts
Address DR.. Butts Dispensary, No. u North
Eighth street, st. Louis, Mo.
Notice to the AfaScted and Unfortunate.
Before applying to the notorious Quscks who
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Administrators Notice.

HAVING QUALIFIED AS ADMINISTRATOR
Ill Of the estate OF John d. Smith, deceased, no.
tce Ia hereby given to the creditors of said estate
to present their claims, properly authenticated,
within the time prescribed by law, they viii be
forever barred. TERRY b. CANAL,
Oct. IL, 1870 -oc12-oaw4t Administrator.
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HAVING THIS DAY PURCHASED THE IN
III terests Of O. n. b O. r. Ordwsy, in the firm
Of GORDON, RANKIN 0RDWAY, we shall con-
tinue the
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Nashvills and Chattanooga
r A ILR . A D.
PASSENGER TRAINS.

PASSENGER TRAINS
Day Passenger leaves Nashville at As A. Y.
DAyPassenger arrives at chattanooga. at. ITO ?. n
Night Passenger leaves Nashville a. .6:i5 p n.
Night Passenger arrives at chattanooga. 80 N.
Day Passenger leaves Chattanooga at .-...S AS
Day Passenger arrives at Nashville at 4 80 p n.
Night Passenger leaves Chattanooga at. 500 P.
Night Passenger arrives ut Nashville at 90 A -
ShelDyVtIIe Accommodation.
-. .r.. Not on 5undsy.l
Leaves Nashville. ..-...... ........... $50 P. n.
Arrives &C NashvfIle .....-.......... 9:35 a y.
Night trains run daily. Day trains daily, sunday
excepted Both trains connect at Chattanooga 10
Rome, Atlanta and all principal Southern Cities.
Passengers for Washington City, Bas
timOre, Philadelphia, New York and
Boston, ~ wen - Al points in East Tennesses
and Virginia, make direct connections through 81
taking the 6:15 P. N. train out Of Nashville.
THIB II THE BEOKT BOUTS EASE,
and the only dieecs route to the South and South
east
Passengers for McMinnvfle and Manchester,
Winchester and Alabama or the Jasper Branch Bail
roads, take the Day Train
For THROUGH TICKETS End further lnfoy-ns-
ton, spply at City Transfer once, Maxwell House,
and ct Chattanooga Depot, Church street.
HI - JHO. W. THOMAS,
W. L DAELEY, Gent SupT.
Gsn7 P. and 7. Agent Epr24.E
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Merchants Exchange
80 RESTAURANT. b.

HIE RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE To oUR
w friends and patrons that our Restaurant Is
open Tor the fan season, and VIII be constantly
supplied with Fish, Game and an the delicaoies
Of the season.
We are prepared, - usual, to accommodate a
large number OF day boSrders, and have q num-
Der Of Furnished rooms for the accommodation Of
transient visitors,
Persons visiting the Fair and the Races can hpd
excellent accommodations at the Merchants E.
change.
The best Baltimore Oysters always on hand,
and lArn1hes supplied with any quantity on short
The Bar Of the Merchants Exchange is supple I
with the oeat Of Wines and Liquors. and is open &C
al hourB day or night
sep24-sm JoNNARD BROTHERS
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CARRIAGE MANuFACTuRERs.

IOI and 1O3 ". Market street,
HAvE READY FOR THE FALL TRADE A
IL complete assortment of every style of Plea
sure Vehicles, including our celebrated Magic
Buggy, for two or four passengers; Spring
Wagons for all purposes, with or without tops
heavy and Light no top Buggies at very low figures.
The best article of Sulkies always on hand. Re
pairing done at moderate prices.
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TUE vEGETATTvE POWERS OF LIFE ARE
Il strong, but in few years how often the paid
hue, the lack -luBtre eye and emaciated form, and
the imposdbslity Of application TO mental effort,
show its bsnsful inauenSsF II soon becomes eyi
dent 10 the observer that SONS depressing inau
encs is checking the development Of the body.
N-. .-rF F..
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is as broad as the rights of the people,
but no broader. 1t is omnipotent in the
protection of the fundamental principles
of the Government, but impotent to de-
stroy them. If the power be admitted,
the contamination it fixed, and we are
Sin the beginning of the end" of republi-
can liberty. If this view needed confirm
alton, 1t is to be found in the uniform
character of the amendments which have
been added TO the Constitution. Mr..
Story says the amendments principally
relate to subjects properly belonging to
bill of rights, (Story on Con, sec. 1869, }
which evidences the understanding of the
fathers of the Republic as TO the object
and limit of the amending power; and
Mr.. Story Qbid, sec. 1859 gives
his able opinion in support of this
view. The conclusion inexorably follows,
therefore, that when each State ratified
the Constitution it delegated TO two-thirds
of Congress and thTee-fourths of the
States the power to promote, secure and
protect the fundamental principles upon
which the liberties of its people rested,
but not the shadow of power to subvert
them was conferred, or can be legitimate
ly exercised, under the amending power.
There is nothing in the reading of the
third section of the article in question
that makes it necessarily, TO say the most
of it, retrospective, and therefore the
Court viii not presume an attack upon a
fundamental principle of the government
was intended by the exercise of an IN
warranted power, but rather that the true
Interpretation of the section is that 1t is
prospective only, and consequently with
in the competency of the amending power.
Admitting, however, that the amending
power legitimately embraces the passage
of expost factO laws, still when the Sd
section of the 14th article if tested by the
canons of Interpretation applicable TO
such laws, and construed in conjunction
with the other provisions of the Constitu-
ton, it viii clearly appear that it cannot
have retrospective action. In the con-
struction of ordinary statutory Jaw, the
debates and journals of Che Legislature are
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OF the l4th amendment.
This conclusion is made inevitable by
the fact that the third section of the 18th
amendment can have no vital force without
Congressional action, and as such action
must be had in reference to the whole
Constitution, and must not impinge upon
any part of it, and as the prohibition of
expost fscto laws is as much part of the
Constitution, to say the least of it, as the
third section of the 14th article, they must
be so construed as to allow each to stand
if possible, and prospective Congressional
action, in harmony with both provisions,
may be had, but retrospective action
would be in direct conflict with the third
clause of section 8, article l of the Consti-
tuition, and therefore, under the rule of
construction so well established, the Sec
ton in question cannot be retrospectively
construed.
1t is not important to enquire whether
the enforcement bill" was intended to
be retroactive, or whether its provisions
are otherwise in harmony with the Con-
stitution. 1t is enough to say that while
the Constitution is respected, no citizen
can be disqualified for holding Office for
past crime, or suffer amotion from Office
as punishment for future crime, save by
the judgment of court of competent ju-
risdiction, predicated upon verdict of
guilty, found by an impartial jury of the
district previously ascertained by law,
upon an indictment or presentment found
by grand jury, and If the charge is trea-
son, it must be supported by the testi-
mony of two witnesses to the same overt
act, or by confession in open court.
The judgment of the court, therefore,
is that the motion to dismiss be sustained;
that the Injunction heretofore IMPROVE
IDENTIFY granted in this matter be dissolved;
that the election of defendant Ward be
confirmed; and that the judgment of the
court be certified by the Clerk and Secre-
tary of State in conformity with the act
of the General Assembly. a -E.
A. S. MARKS, Chancellor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09
Sweating A gray-Nobody Hurt.

Last evening, about seven o'clock, a
rapid succession of pistol shots on Sec
ond street, near Union, startled many
residents in that vicinity. Eight or ten
shots were fred up and down the street
to the great danger of pedestrians. The
shooting was done by Mr.. Lally Pearson
and Mr.. Frank Knight Mr.. Knight
and Mr.. Tom Pearson became engaged
in any angry controversy near Fisher 6
restaurant, on Second street, which re-
suited in Pearson being struck and
Knight receiving cut on the hand with
knife. Lally Pearson came up about
this time, and shot or two was fired at
Knight, who retreated into Fisher s res
taurant, procured a pistol, and returning
to the street, near Brackets stable, the
firing between him and Pearson was re-
newed. Ten shots were said to have
been fred between the parties, who were
about ten PAGES from each other, yet moi
a single shot took effect. Bracket
stable, which was in line of the shots
received the greater number of balls
The parties above mentioned we're ar
rested by the police, and will have O
hearing before the Recorder tomorrow
morning.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

Utah, fell overheard from that boat on
Wednesday below st. Louis, and was
drowned. Miller was one of number
of men who embarked on the Utah on
her last trip ont, under the auspices of q
swindling labor agency firm in St. Louis,
to 20 South to work on railroads. Ar
irving at the mouth of White river, the
point to which their passage was paid by
d. j. Clarke & Co., the poor fellows re-
allied that they had been victimized
and some of them were employed as
roustabouts on the Utah. Among the
number thus engaged was the unfortu-
nate man, whose sad fate we have just
narrated.
Capt. John N. Skunk has taken com
mand of the steamer Potomac.
Capt Drown takes command of the
steamer Alice Dean.
Capt. Ben Merrielees will take com
mand of the steamer Robert Burns for a
time.
The A. j. White came in this morning
with 2l2 bales of cotton and l45 sacks of
cotton seed. She worked fifteen and a
half hours at the Susie Silver, trying to
get her off of Shoo-Fly bar, and finally
succeeded in doing so.
The Leonidas came down this morning
from the Ohio with good trip.
The Dexter took from here yesterday
575 bales Of cotton, 500 sacks of oil cake,
and 100 tons of miscellaneous freight
from the Ohio river. She also got $500
sacks of corn below Cairo.
A Dubuque telegram of the 9TH inst.
says: 1.-THE last boat of the season has
gone and no-more to come this year.
The Ruth and Ida were at Little Rock
to-day. The Mary Boyd left that port
this morning with good trip for this
city.
The A. j. White goes out this evening
for Helena, Friar's Point and all way
landings. She will make her regular
time, and 60 through without delay.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

CHRISTMAS PIANOS. more charm
ing Christmas present can be given than
piano. The celebrated Steinwayi Ga
bier, Emerson and Vose pianos can be
secured at the well-known music house
of Z. A. Benson, No. 81 Main street.
At Benson's yon esn purehsse all kinds
of musical instruments at wholesale
prices-pianos, organs, music boxes,
guitars, violins, banjss, flutes, accord
cons, and volumes of piano music ele-
gantly bound. In fact, everything in
the music line can be purchased at Ben
sons. A large supply of sheet music
can be found at this music house. His
Christmas goods are elegant, and will be
sold at the lowest rates. The music
house Of Benson is at 81 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

s. Bruce tof W. s. Bruce a co.,, z. F.
Risk (of Risk 4 Johnson), g. Reder,
James Roosa (of James n Roosa), Il. @.
Jones (of Jones 4 baldwin,. ]. D. Dan
bury, L. IaGrill (of Hook n LaGrill), j.
W. Heath (of Randle 4 Heath. Stew
ards-L. s. Burr (of l.. s. Burr a co.,,
ID. q. Marlen (of Chickasaw Foundry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09
SOUTHERN PALACE.
GRAND OPENING.

We take this method Of informing the
citizens..of Memphis and vicinity that on
next Saturday, between the hours OF
seven O. clock I'm. and half past nine
o'clock pm, we will throw open the
doors of our establishment for the recep-
ton of guests. During these hours NO
goods will be sold, but the time Of our
employees will be devoted exclusively to
exhibiting our extensive stock of goods
to our visitors. Ladies and gentlemen
are cordially invited TO be present.
d.. Il ii. M. LoEwESsTISE,
Southern Palace,
81 1872 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

Twilld Satin Striped Popln % yard;
Solid Changeable Poplins per
Double width Apaecas, all colo Is cen yard;
All Wool White Blankets only 81 so
All Wool Gray Blankets, heavy, only 81 so
Genuine soft finish Lonsdae Domestic, 10 yard
All colors Striped Silks, 81 yard;
Fair quality Black Silks, 81 yard
White and Red Flannel Is to 20
Canton Fannels Brown and Beached, only 10
Children Red Flannel Cloak cents
l04 Sheeing 35 yard;
Brown Domestic 81 to ID yard;
All Wool Shawls 80 each;
All Wool Shawls only 81 35 each;
Stamped Boulevard Skirts only rs EACH
Balmora Skirts only so EACH
Ladies' Black Cloth Cloaks from$ TO
All Linen 81 Table Cloths 374 each;
All Wool Printed Table Covers only IS each;
and White Knit Undershrts and 374
Men and Womens Hosiery only 81 per dozen;
Homsttched Linen Handkerchief only each;
Large I4awnH Handkerchief only 4censea
Good Apron Check only l2l
Childrens Wool Hose all Sizes 10
so EACH
Towels, warranted Linen, each;
English Merinoes, all
All Wool Plaids for children only pei yard
Heavy Men Boys 0centsp
Bed Ticks and Hickory Stripes only II IL
We sell good White Shirt IS
Look a Plain and Figured Deanes 0cents.
Ladies Shawls for $5the sold in market;
Gloves all
stock Eur and Silk Velvet Coaks Silks and
in this market.
p We sell our make of Boots and Shoes and
Exclusive Memphis for the Utility White Shirts
Underwear.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

WOMAN Shot. - Last night n negro
named Jones entered the grocery of Mr..
James Ward, on the corner of Center
alley and Commerce street, and com
menced abusing the proprietor. Ward
put the negro out Of the house, but the
warlike Son of Ham commenced she'll
ing the house with brickbats. Ward got
his pistol and opened fire on the negro,
but the shot unfortunately missed him
and hit negro woman named Lou Will
liams in the leg, below the knee, inhict-
ing a severe wound. Ward surrendered
himself to Magistrate Winters last night,
and was committed to jail by that jus
tice until the matter could be further
investigated this evening before him.
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An Appraiser for the Port of Mem
phfs.

The following letter was received 10
day from Secretary Boutwell,, of the
Treasury Department, regarding the APP
pointment of an Appraiser at this port:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, !
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 1870.
To B. Bayliss, /. NJ. Hill, B. Eiseman, Chas.
N. Erich. Committee, Memphis, Tenn:
GENTLENEN-Your letter of the 2lst
of November, setting forth reasons for
the appointment of an Appraiser at
Memphis, is received.
1t was hardly necessary for you to
state the provisions of law, inasmuch as
they are all well known to the Depart
ment.
1t is my purpose to appoint an APP
praiser and other necessary officers as
soon as there are indications that their
services will be needed, and you may be
assured, and can assure the merchants
of Memphis, that all necessary officers
will be appointed in season to meet any
demand for their services.
Very respectfully,
[Signed. GEo. 7. Boutwell,,
SECRETARY
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

Rare chance for good investment.
Cadmus offers to sell an interest in his
Billiard Parlors and Bowling Alleys,
with fine sample room attached, all in
good order, with long lease. Reason:
made known on application.
1877 c. CADNUs, Proprietor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

VARIETIES. = The old Washington
street theater was crowded last night
A splendid programme was presented.
Tonight manager Christy will present a
new programme, in which will appear
the following well-known artists: TIL
lie Beaumont, Claud de Forrest, Annie
Gibbons, Flora Weston, Maggie Lo-
raine, Nellie and Lou Georgia, and Liz
zie Walker. Miss Julia de Lee, the pre-
miere danseuse, will appear tonight.
Go to this popular place of amusement.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09

LADIEs-This month is your last
chance to purchase s. worth Of dry
goods, at 2ls Main Street. corner of
Adams, and get free ticket in the Sew
ing Machine to be given away pecem--
her 3lst elf
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Go and see the monitor.

DURING this month-your last chance
10 get free ticket in the Sewing Ma
chine to be given away Dec. 3lst, by
purchasing IS worth Ct dry goods at
2ls Main street, corner Of Adams. slf
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-09
NORFOLK OYSTERS.

EpIcures, Attention!
Victor D. Fuchs, the prince of oysters
fish and game dealers, will, from this date
be in daily receipt of fresh Norfolk oys
tiers from the best brands. AT