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• Cjft failj fress. THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. AUGUSTA, OhA-.x SUNDAY MORNING .....March 4, 188# “Too Late.” There is an old and a very trite say ing, “that it is never too late to do good.” Perhaps it was an abiding faith in the truth and wisdom of this aphorism that in duced a Beaufort (please don’t read beautiful, for Beaufort, for we didn’t say it), school inarm, to write the sentimental, doleful, heart-rending narrative in the Msrch number of that exquisitely patri otic, loyal (so-called), and charitable periodical, yclept Harper's Magazine. And by way of further preface we may add that though this Harper may be a “harp-(ahl) of a thousand strings,” yet he harps but upon one, and that is de nunciation of the South and everything Southern, faom which we iufer, and reasonably, we think, that he has by no means, “the spirit of just men made perfect.” ‘So much for Harper, now for our schoolmarm ; and we hope that it isn’t “too late” to say a few words in reference to her pathetic production. The plot of the story seems to be this: A washwoman, of the quadroon per suasion, was dying of some great grief. Our readers are aware that the Africans very often die of great griefs, but it doesn’t seem to hurt them much—per haps they get used to it —peliaps, if our authoress had resided a while longer than the six months in Beaufort which she did, she, too, might have got used to it. But that’s of no consequence, for poor Corinne is left to die, while our authoress goes off into a little disserta tion on the probability that “you (we don’t know which you she has refer ence to), might live among them a thousand years (by the way, we dislike very much to disagree with a lady, but we really think—ahem ! —that that is rather of an impossibility!) and your souls and theirs (that we presume is the negroes’ souls,) never touch at akingle point 1” In other words the poetess had no reference to amalgamation when she sung of “Two souls with but a single thought— Two hearts that beat as one.” The probability is, in that case, the stanzas of the “colored gemman,” from the Freedmen’s Bureau, might be more applicable, viz: “Wot grub is, if dow wouldstbe taught, \ Dy stomach must tpaoh Wont f * Two stewin’ in one pot, Two fish balls widout a bone!” Then we are told something about the sweet scented little ebony colored juven iles, the school room, and the beautiful evenings; and then the writer very naively adds: “ for my humble work among these humble people had brought, I think, richer blessings to me than to them I” We should think so, too, par ticularly if they paid up promptly and the expenses of the little Academy were not over and above the receipts. Next we are introduced to a massive, manly figure —an American gentle man of African 'scent, who came to re ceive the blessings of education, which his cruel master “ had so long denied him.” This amiable African had been waiting for forty-five years for freedom, and his name was Herschel Dußois, “a very pretty name,” as Ingomar said of Parthenia’s cognomen ; but “what’s in a name?” as Mr. Wm. Shakspeare says. It will not surprise the reader, therefore, to learn that Mr. Dußois was evidently a very hard case. He hated his master, and he hated his master’s son, because the latter had had a “ difficulty” with Herschel, while Herschel wa# a slave, and the punishment inflicted was the sale of the poor slave’s wife ! While Herschel was addressing our authoress, and informing her how “He had left de folks at de ole plantation, And come down here (that is, to Beaufort) for his eddfiication," she tells us that the “hot, indignant blood rushed into her face.” We don’t wonder at it at all. We think it would make any sensible young lady who had any respect for herself blush to sit alone with a “massively, manly darkey,” listening to a story of fault-findings with Provi. and nee, and abuses of those who had so lately been his providers and protectors. A few days after this interview Her schel’s young master, Pierre Dußois, is taken prisoner and Herschel is left to guard him. The opportunity is such a good one that he cannot resist the temp tation to slay his prisoner in revenge for his lost wife; but our authoress, fortu nately not “too late” this time, saves his life, disarms Herschel of his telescope— we mean pistol—and sends him off after a guard; in the meantime mounting guard herself over the unfortunate “ Johnny Beb,” threatening to shoot him if he should attempt to make him- self scarce; which he politely informs her he does not intend to do. Herschel then resumes his course of lectures at the Beaufort Academy, while the charming Corinne, who has lost her husband, and is constantly con juring by beautiful visions of the loved but lost one, also resumes her dying. But we are a little too fast, if not “too late.” Our authoress first observes of Herschel that he was her “equal, pos sibly her superior iu such gifts as God had given him—a man /” Well, we shall not dispute the fact, for chacun a son gout —every one to his or her taste ; only she asserts so emphatically and italically, that he was “a man," that we could not help thinking of Artemus Ward’s reply to Betsy Jane on the occa sion of his return from the South. But we are spinning out our story too long. Suffice it to say that Co rinne all at once took a second notion, and averred that she would live; but it seems that she was not as successful as a celebrated Countess, who when told by the Doctor that she must, die, declared that she would not and did not; for the unfortunate quadroon is, at her own re quest, taken out into the air under the trees, and while some erratic individuals, “operatic perhaps,” as John Smith ob served, were cliaunting Tennyson’s “Too Late,” Herschel sneaks up like a snake in the grass, and asks if she is dead ? He kneels beside her, plays wi-th her soft curls, and calls her sweet name, Corinne, Corinne. It was his wife f How the deuce he found it out, we are not informed; but anyhow, the poor girl dies and is buried, and Herschel is very blasphemous, until the softhearted schoolmarm recalls him to his senses, when he pathetically exclaims, “I am not fit—l’m not”—then says “good bye !” (“farewell,” you know, “is a love ly word,” so he said good-bye ft and anon he is off like a rocket,since which, naught has been heard of poor Her schel. Now, if he had been a slave, instead of a freedman, he would have had somebody to look after him, and take care of him ; but, alas! he has gone, and the mighty power of the Freedmen’s Bureau and Northern schoolmarms cannot bring him back. Well, it’s of no consequence, let him go. He is free, and has a right to go, if he wants to; and so can Harper’s Monthly, and the fair authoress of “Too Late,’ if they want to. We shall not stop them. We only desire to protest against the trash that finds its way into the public priuts of the day under the head of lite rature; to ridicule what believe to be a mere bit of romance; and to express our regret that any lady (if the' article referred to is really the produc tion of a female), possessing the talent which this one evidently does, should so prostitute it, as to misrepresent a people among whom she has come to live and earn her daily bread, and to devote it to the painting of word pictures that can have no existence except in the minds of the prejudiced and ignorant. If she really taught the colored idea how to shoot, she did not seem to hit the mark, for at the end of her six months sojourn in Beaufort, they were still “talking nigger talk,” and apparently as ignorant of “white folk’s language” as ever. Per haps her pnpils were not of an inquisi tive turn of mind, and did not give her a chance to improve them as she might have otherwise done, for Pindar says: “Man in inquisitiveness should be strong, From curiosity does de wisdom flow; For ’tis a maxim I’ve adopted long, De more de nigger ax de more he know !” Quick Work.— The Queen of Eng land’s late speech, on opening Parliament, was forwarded from London to Paris in eleven minutes, by five wires, and appeared in all the Paris evening papers of that day. Cotton Market. [Expressly Reported for Daily TVess.] Augusta, Ga., March 3, 1866. There has been a good demand to-day, and prices have advanced one cont per lb. on quotatious of yesterday. We quote Strict Middling 36c per lb. Municipal Election. SECOND WARD.-The follow ing named gentlemen will be supported for MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, in Ward No. 2 at the Election in APRIL Next. W. J. OWENS, D. H. DENNING, mb3-td J. K. EVANS. FOR MAYOR.—We are author ized to announce JOHN FOSTER, Esq., as a Candidate for MAYOR of the City of Au gusta, at the Municipal Election in APRIL next. mh2-td INDEPENDENT TICKET.— The following names will be supported for MEMBERS OF COUNCIL in Ward No. 1, at the ensuing Election in APRIL next. JAS T BOTHWELL, A P ROBERTSON, mh2— td JOHN U MEYER. Hew Advertisements. Southern Medical & Surgical JOTTRInTAJL I Third series— EDITED BY JOSEPH JONES, M. D. Professor of Medical Chemistry in the Medical College of Georgia, at Augusta; and Formerly Surgeon in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. The SOUTHERN MEDICAL'and SUR GICAL JOURNAL, of Augusta, Georgia, was established in 1886, by thp late Professor Milton Antony, the illustrious founder of the Medical College of Georgia, and has sd ways commanded the respect and patronage of the Profession, not only as one of the oldest and largest American Periodicals, but chiefly by those valuable original com munications, contributed by the most emi nent, scientific men and practitioners of the Southern States, which have enriched its pages during the past thirty years. The volumes already issued, embrace over six teen jthousand closely printed pages, con taining more than six hundred original communications from professional men throughout the Southern States, besides an immense number of valuable articles, select ed from its ample list of American and foreign exchanges. During the recent civil [war, the publica tion of the SOUTHERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL was necessarily sus pended. At the close of a bloody and dis astrous war, which has ended in the destruc tion and surrender of the Southern armies, and in the destruction and capture of the archives of the Confederate Government, and of tho immense stores of medical facts and observations accumulated by the Medical Officers of the Confederate Army, under the direction of their intelligent and efiicient Surgeon General, it is believed by medtsal men of the highest standing in this section of the sooth, that it is important to estab lish nt ihis time a Medical Periodical of sufficient size to furnish ample room for the publication of the valuable experience of the Medical Officers of the late Confederate Army. It will be the earnest effort of the Editor to sustain the former usefulness of this Journal as a medium for the communica tion of the discoveries and advancing doo trines of science and of ail the departments of Medicine, and of the facts and discove ries tending to develop the material pros perity of the South, and especially of the valuable Medical statistics and observations of the recent disastrous revolution. In view of the good accomplished in times past by the publication of the SOUTHERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, the Editor feels no hesitation in urging its claims upon its former patrons and friends. The SOUTHERN MEDICAL AND SUR GICAL JOURNAL will be issued every TWO MONTHS, commencing Ist of July. 1866, and each numher will contain ONI-. HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX PAGES of printod matter, (octavo);, the yearly publication will therefore number Onr Thousand and Fifty-six pages, and be equal in size to the largest American and Euro pean Journals. TERMS— Five Dollaks Per Annum, in Advance. Subscribers are requested to send forward their names at once, as it is important tba the Publisher should have some idea before hand of the number of copies to be printed The Publisher would respectfully call th< attention of Druggists, and of the Import ers and Manufacturers of Drugs, Chemicals and Philosophical Apparatus, and of 800 l Publishers and Sellers, and of Business Jfei generally, to the SOUTHERN MEDICAI AND SURGICAL JOURNAL as the bes means of Advertising in the Southern coun try. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. One Third Page, per annum S2O Ot One Half Page, per annum 30 01 Whole Page, per annum 50 01 Transient advertising inserted on specia' contract. All Exchange Books for review and Com munications relating to the Literary. De partment of the JOURNAL should be seni free of expense, and addressed to the Editor DR. JOSEPH JONES, 117 Telfair street Augusta, Ga. pgr Communications on all Busines.- connected with tho SOUTHERN MEDI CAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, musi be addressed to the Publisher. E. H. PUGHE, Publisher and Printer, “Daily Press” Establishment, mli4-tf Augusta, Gs. JjEMYIS’ SARSAPARILLA. Nature has given an abundaut supply ol Sarsaparilla roots. In continuing to make this preparation, the proprietor will seleci the best, and make such a preparation ot them, and combination with other roots o) the same general character to assist its action, as experience has proved the best for the people. It will bo made as nearly as possible, of uniform strength. In some cases its action on tho bowels will be active, in others scarcely perceptible. In the sam. individuals, it will aot freely at one time and not at another. The same may be said ol physicians. With some patients they arc successful,with others not. In-the same kind of disease, and in the same patient, the most eminent may treat the disease successfully at one time; at another, his best prescrip tions prove a failure; yet a successful phy sician is appreciated by an intelligent people —so is this Sarsaparilla. The reputation of making the best prepar ation of it, is greater satisfaction to tho pro prietor than all tho great wealth would be that has ever been accumulated from thi sales of -Sarsaparilla without intrinsic value mh4—t * PIANO FOR SALE. JUST RECEIVED, A SPLENDID, 7 OCTAVE PIANO, from the celebrated firm of Soehheler A Schmidt. The Musical community are respectfully invited to call and try the same, and judge for themselves of its delicacy of touch and brilliancy of tone, at JNO. C. SCHREINER A SONS. mh4—3t Passover Bread. WE WILL BE PREPARED TO FUR nish PASSOVER BREAD, and will be happy to see our old friends and the public generally. A. BORCHERT A SON. mh4—6t * Savannah, Ga Dr. M. J. BOLAN, SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN. VVill attend to all Calls left at BARRY A BATTY’S DRUG STORE, OR AT RESIDENCE, No. 423, UPPER BROAD STREET. mhl-lm Hew Advertisemen SEir STOOL! TUST RECEIVED— A SPLENDID STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES IN GREAT VARIETY. COPPER TIPPED SHOES, for Misses and Boys Ladies’ GAITERS, SLIPPERS and BOOT TEES, of almost every kind and quality GENTLEMEN’S WEAR, in variety All of these goods are substantial and of the best manufacturers. We intend to sell low and give good articles. Give us a call. BONES A HENDERSON, mh4—fit 187 Broad street. SAFETY FUSE ! JiOR BLASTING For sale at BONES A HENDERSON’S, mh4 —6t 187 Broad street. lUosher, Thomas & Scbaub. Q A A BROAD STREET— /CQA Under Masonic Hall, AUGUSTA, GA., Direct Importers and Dealers in ENGLISH AND FRENCH China! BOHEMIAN, FRENCH and AMERICAN Glass "Ware! AND KEROSENE LAMPS, AXD AGENTS OF KAOLIN WARE. if&-Try us, and we will convince you that you can save the Freight from New York to this Point. Josiah Mosher, J. Jefferson Thomas, mh3—6m George Schadb. CAUTION. The public are warned against having dealings, on our account, with a man calling himself MOREY MITCHELL, and who pretends to be blind. We disclaim any business transactions with him whatever hereafter. PORTER A PUTNAM. Augusta, Ga., March Ist, 1866. mh3—lw FOR RENT. A DWELLING Containing Five Rooms— On Broad St., between Jackson and Camp bell sts. For information apply to mh3-3t CONSTITUTIONALIST. 2,000 LAMPS THE KEROSENE OIL & LAMP DEPOT, (under the planters’ hotel,) AUGUSTA, GA. The undersigned is now opening at his Store, under Planters’ Hotel, the largest and most beautiful assortment of KEROSENE OII> AND LAMPS, as yet brought to this city for sale. My assortment comprises every style of LAMPS, now desired for use. Some beau tiful HALL and PARLOR CHADELIERS, with globes to match, can be found in my assortment. Persons wishing LAMPS or OIL can save money by giving me a call. EDW’D S. BLEAKLEY, Under Planters’ Hotel. N. B.—Orders from country merchants will be filled at very low rates. mhl-4 ROBERT L. WEBER. pROFESSOR OF MUSIC. PUPIL OF THE CONSERVATOIRES IN LEIPSIC and BERLIN. Application to bq.tnade at J. C. SCHREINER A SON’S'Music Store. Best City References * given . fe4—lm. FRENCH ROLLS JpVERY DAY, BRANDY, FOR MEDICAL USE. AT THE FRENCH STORE, fe2s—lm 200 Broad street. Dr. Wm. Pettigrew gAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE AND RESIDENCE To 94 Broad street, opposite Engine Honse of the Gazelle Fire Company, fe2s—tf south side. HORSE SHOEING. pATRICK SHARKEY, HORSE SHOER AND BLACKSMITHING GENERALLY. Remember the location—Bounded on the North by Broad Street; on the South by Ellis Street; and located in Centre Street, between the two of them. ja3l—6m Jury Summonses. JPOR SALE AT DAILY PRESS OFFICE IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT SHERIFFS. SEND IN YOUR ORDERS. Amusements. r^HEATRE. Lessees * Managers— Rsymond A Hamilton [Also of Savannah.] MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1866. RETURN of the DRAMATIC COMPANY. When will be produced the great Moral Drama of TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM I WITH ALL THE FAVORITES OF THE COMPANY. Seats may be aecnred at Schriener’a Musie Store. t mb4 —It HAUL. GRAND COMBINATION CONCERT MISS MINIE GEARY AND MR. GUSTAVUS GEARY have the pleasure of announcing ONE POPULAR BALLAD CONCERT MONDAY EVENING NEXT, MARCH 5, ASSISTED BY THE FAVORITES, THE QUEEN SISTERS. The programme will include several of the newest Ballads, Duetts and Trios, together with a number of the gems of MOORE’S IRISH MELODIES. TICKETS $1 each. Doors open at half-past 7 o'clock, commencing at 8 o’clock. mh2—td Family Groceries, Etc. Bay, etc. OHO BARRELS FLOUR— /CUU Different Grades 300 sacks YELLOW CORN 300 sacks WHITE CORN 100 bales Eastern HAY 100 bbls Peach Blow POTATOES 50 bbls Pink Eye POTATOES 100 bbls LIME For sale low. by O’DOWD A MULHERIN. fe27-8 Geo. Kafirs & Bros., PORNER ELBERT Ks & GREENE STREETS. Augusta, Ga, WHOLESALE A RETAIL GROCERS JUST RECEIVED. 50 tierces Carolina RICE 30 bbls Peach Blown POTATOES 13 sacks COFFEE 50 boxes Adamantine Candles 30 bbls FLOUR 10 tierces Sugar Cared Hams 4 tierces Breakfast SIDES Besides a large lot of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, A fine assortment of WOODEN WARE, Corner Greene and Elbert sts. * GEO. KAHRS & BROS. fe27—lm KEBOSEXC OIL. LOW PRICES, and FINE KEROSENE LAMPS, Os every descrition, for sale by GEO. KAHRS & BROS., fel>27—lm Cor. Greene and Elbert sts. WHISKEY. OA BARRELS, VARIED GRADES of Gibsous’celebrated WHISKEY. 5 Barrels BRANDY 5 Barrels GIN 1 Pipe HOLLAND GIN, at fe27—lm GEO. KAHRS So BRO. GROCERIES. 0 L. WILLIAMS, No. 315 Broad Street, Has in store, and is this day receiving, fresh supplies of choice GROCERIES, which will bo sold at Wholesale and Retail, comprisingevery article usually kept in a first class store (Liquors excepted), all of which will he sold at the lowest market prices, and to which he invites the attention of the public- felO—3m M. o’DOWD, | WM. MULHERIN. Q’DOWD & MULHERIN, Grocers & Commission Merchants, 273 Broad Street, Auguste, Ga., Will give prompt and personal attention to the sale of produce, and will keep constantly on hand a large stock of choice goods. Call and give us a trial. fe4—3m S. PELOT & CO., DEALERS IN FAMILY GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS. Brooms, Wood <£- Willow Ware, Etc. 129 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Strict and Personal Attention given to all Consignments. ja3—tf FACT WORTHY OF NOTICE That D. L. Fullerton, at his store-room, corner of Broad and YWeshingtou streets, Augusta. Ga., has the most substantial and cheapest COOKING' AND HEATING STOVES, made or offered for sale in the Southern country. Persons wishing to save Time, Labor and Money, will do well to consider the conve nience of a good Cooking Stove. Fully theco9t of a stove can be saved in one year, in the consumption of fuel Attention is called to the “ Ashland Kentuckian “ Planters and “ Capitola ” patterns. A general assortment of Cooking Uten sils and Tin Ware kept constantly on hand. All kinds of work done by Tinners, promptly executed. D. L. FULLERTON, 189 Broad st., jiS—2m Corner of Washington: I Auction Sales. BY 8. A. ATKIHBOJ, Auctioneer. K. C. CAYCE, Salesman. BE SOLD ON MONDAY, at 10 o’clock 1 PIANO 1 SOFA 6 mohair and o&ne seat CHAIRS I marble top TABLE 12 PICTURES, handsome 1 LOOKING GLASS 4 STOOLS 2 FRENCH BEDSTEADS 2 COTTAGE BEBSTEADS 1 Double Barrel GUN, fine 1 lot GARDEN TOOLS Colt’s PISTOLS, Ladies’ GAITERS, Mens’ BOOTS, SHOES, WATCHES, and a great variety of useful geeds. mh4—lt W. B. GEirriN, Auctioneer. Three Building Lois. For sale at public auction. Three bu-Iding lots at public auction. To be sold for account of former purchaser. On the first TUESDAY in March next, be tween the usual hours of sale, will be sold the following lots, viz: lots No 1, 2 and S having a front of forty one feet eight inches each, and running back one hundred and twenty feet each, fronting on Campbell street, and on the corner of Campbell street, and-first Avenue on Block No. 2, near tho city of Augusta, Ga. To be sold at the risk of F. Corra, of At lanta, Ga., the former purchaser, from Griffin A Plumb, Auctioneers. Terms half cash, the balance in two equal payments, viz: one half March 26th, 1866. the balance Septem ber 26th, 1866, with interest from day of sale, the purchaser to pay for papers. fe2s—td E. W. HARKER. CROC CHINA AND GLASS WARE. We would inform our friends, and the public generally, that we have taken a por tion of the store lately occupied by Mr. W. B- Griffin, near Lafayette Hall, Broad st., and have received a part of our GOODS. We are now ready to re-pack for mer chants. Our Wholesale Rooms are on the 2d and 3d floors, and the Retail Department below Our city and country friends will find it to their advantage to give us a call. LATHROP, MUSTIN A CO. fe2s-lm Splendid Lot Kentucky Mules. Received this day, direct from the West, 100 head ; among them some of the largest and finest grown anywhere, especially adapted to the wants of lumber men, draymen and the cultivation of low lands. Come and see them. M. A. DEHONEY, mhl—tf Palace Stables, Ellis street. GH. MEYER, • 144 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. DOMESTIC & HAVANA SEGARS, Wholesale and Retail dealer in Segars, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, &c. Also, a complete stock of FANCY GOODS Os every description. A fine lot of patent Pipes always on hand. - feß—3m JQP PRINTING HOUSE. This establishment has been furnished with everything in the TYPE and PRESS DEPARTMENT that the hest Founders could supply, and is prepared to execute orders for every descrip tion of PLAIN jyid ORNAMENTAL J ot> Printing FOR MERCHANTS ‘ MANUFACTURERS MECHANICS AUCTIONEERS BANKS RAIL ROADS STEAMBOATS EXPRESS COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANIES HOTELS RESTAURANTS BOARDING-HOUSES THEATRES CONCERT HALLS CLERKS OF COURTS SHERIFFS CONSTABLES LAWYERS DOCTORS DENTISTS COLLEGES SCHOOLS and for all other persons, corporations, and institutions. ' WE PRINT Business Cards Cheeks Visiting Cards Notes “ At Home ” Cards Drafts Wedding Cards Prices Current Ball Catds Title Deeds Show Cards Trust Deeds Admission Cards Leases Election Cards Receipts Time Tables Tax Rills Way-Bills Licenses Circulars Bonds Bill-Heads. Insurance Policies Shippers’ Receipts Calendars Steamers’ Bills Notices Druggists’ Labels Bills of Lading Tobacco Labels Manifests Clothing Labels. COLORED PRINTING OF ALL KINDS. E. H. PUGHE, OFFICE OF THE DAIL Y PRESS, Corner Broad and Mclntosh sts., Up Stairs, Augusta, Ga.