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ah Hails frtss. E. H. PUtffli*, Publisher k Proprietor. ~ .Mr THK ti All Y PRESS IS fill tribute,/ Gratuitously every mnruiuy, exeept Monday, tkramjkmit the retire City, thereby tneuriny the I.ARGEST CIRCULATION- Advert in erne is 1 9 Inserted oil ÜbiTril Terms. _TP OfFICE—-Corner cj‘ Urn mi and Mdutueh Street*, opposite Post-Office, Up- Sto ire. CINCINNATI TYPE FOUNDRY PRINTING-MACHINE WORKS 201 Vine street, Cincinnati. Send for Specimena ami Estimate*. mbl-9n> feIBBMMD.4iI RYE| QkH barrels O t/U Choice Low-Priced WHISKEY 100 1 Bourbon WHISKEY I fell-1m .MAUDE 4 WRIGHT, Indemnities. IS. 11. BRODKAX, TNSURANCE AGENT, Losses Adjusted and Paid by me at my Office , corner Broad and Jackson streets, opposite Globe Hotel, Augusta, Ga. 3SF Insure ori'y in old and tried Com panies that are well known. All business attended to with fidelity and dispatch. 810,000,000 CASH CAPITAL. JETNA, of Hartford. Conn PIKENIX. of Hartford Conn TRAVELLER’S. (Accident.) Hartford NORWICH, Norwich, Conn EQUITABLE LIFE. New York INTERNATIONAL, New York WASHINGTON. New York CONTINENTAL, New York WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, Man GULF STATE. Florida ALABAMA, Alabama JAMES RIVER, Virginia mh7-3m MARSHALL’S 240 INS U R A NCE 240 AGENCY. Home Insurance Company, of Now York Security Injuirapce Company, of New York Manhattan Insurance Company, New York Atlantic Insurance Company, Brooklyn, New York Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Springfield. Mass. Insurance Company Valley of Virginia, Winchester, Va. Florida Home Insurance Company, Apa lachicola Woodvillo Insurance Company, Woodville, Alabama. Life and Accidental. Knickerbocker Lite Insurance Company New York New York Accidental Insurance Company, New York. Fire, Marine, River, Inland, Life and Ac cidental Risks taken in the above first-class Companies, at reasonable rates. Particular attention given to Farm Prop* arty and Country residences. Losses promptly adjusted. JOS. E. MARSHALL, Agent, ja3—tf 240 Broad street. Fire, Marine & Inland Navigation INSURANCE. Hartford fire insurance co., Hartford. Putnam Fire Insurance Cos., Hartford. Homo Insurance Cos., New Haven. Columbia Fire Insurance Co s, New York. Fulton Fire Insurance Cos., New York. Excelsior Fire Insurance Cos., New York. Baltic Fire Insurance Cos., New York. Southern Insurance & Trust.Co., Savannah. Home Insurance Cos., Savannah. The undersigned. Agent for the above named reliable Northern and Southern In surance Companies, is prepared to take risks on Buildings, Merchandize, Cotton, and other property, at the current rates. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. WM. E. EVANS, Agent, feb4—3ra 210 Broad st,„ Augusta. pLUMB A: LEITNER, 212 Broad St, Augusta, Oa. wholesale and retail dealf.rs in /RUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, . "ERFUMKIiY, FINE HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES, Tin %ilet Soaps, Surgical and Dental Instruments, Glass, Putty, Paint's, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stuffs, Fancy & Toilet Articles, Brushes, GRASa&.Nb GARDEN SEEDS, Daily Press. VOL.. I. gst gailg press- THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. | FBI DAY MORNING.„„.„.March 18, 1886 SCISSORS. i —lt is not the gold or the diamonds about a watch that keeps time. ; —Miss Carrie Corinne Lester was iu Mobile last week. —Why is the Rinderpest like a mouse ? Because the cat'll catch it. j —What is the worst kind of sympathy ? I To be pitied by the small pox, t —by did Joseph’s brethren casthim | into the Pit? Because they didn't want | him in the Family Circle. , 1 —‘‘You'll find ground at the bottom, ! my dear," said a man to his wife when ■ she fell in the river. —‘‘Eggs of Faro's serpents. - ’ The greenhorns who are sucked dry by gam biers. —C. H. Leonard, Esq., has been elected Mayor of Galveston, Texas, over John S. Sydon, Esq. Vote small. —The Wavs and Means Committee have beep engaged lately in considering the proposition to lay a tax on cotton. —lt is reported that the Fenians con template a forward movement on Can' ada on St. Patrick’s Day. —One step backward is equal to two steps forward ; hence, retreating from duty is compound loss ! —Ground has been broken in St. Paul, Minnesota, for a magnificent Opera House. —The receipts from sales of Govern ment property disposed of in Alexan dria, Va., lately, amounted to over $20,000. —The Republican City Convention of Rochester, N. Y., on the Ist inst., nom inated„by acclamation, Gen. Grant for the Presidency in ISGS. —‘‘Where shall I got a panel?” said the sheriff to the judge. “Why, I sup pose, sir, that you can get enough panels out of doors ” —Why is John Morrisey, since his retirement from thq .prize ring, like Daniel Webster? Because he is the great ex pounder. —Prentice says don’t marry a woman who had been often widowed; It is but a misraalpiece of land she settles upon her spouses. —“How ko you define as ‘black as your hat?’” said a schoolmaster to one of his pupils. “Darkness that may be ‘felt,’ ” replied the youthful wit. —Prentice says if you want to get a favor from a man, feed him. A man, like a horse, can't be managed till he has a bit in his mouth. —The general talk in Mississippi is that the planters are all trying to raise cotton to buy corn and meat with, in stead of making the corn and meat them selves. —Among the great tunnels of the world is that which connects Camagli with St. Marguerita, on the road between Genoa to Chivari. It is 3,050 yards in length, and is just completed. —A very volatile young lord, whose conquests in the female world were numberless, at last married. “Now, my lord,” said his wife, “I hope you’ll mend.” “Madam,” said he, “this is my last folly.” —The gas company of St. Paul, Minnesota, refuse to allow the street lamps to be lighted until the city pays $15,000 damages for a violation of con tract. —A Memphis dispatch of a late date says that a crash is expected among the cotton holders there. The impression is that it must come down, —A woman, confined in the St. Louis jail for drunkenness,had her nose bitten off and her arms shockingly mangled by a pet raccoon of the jailer. After chok ing the animal to death, she flung the body at her feet, where it was seized upon and devoured by rats before sue cor could reach her. —The prophecy imputed to Daniel Webster, bears peculiar significance at this day “If these fanatics and aboli tionists ever get power in their hands they will over ride the Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance, change and make laws to suit themselves. Finally, they will bankrupt the country, and deluge it with blood,” —Letters from the City of Mexico to 18th Feb., state that Geii. Joe Shelby, Colonel M. 0. > reen, Major Hunter and Major Gray are in that city. Maury and General Early are aho there. Gov. AUGUSTA, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1866. N. H. Allen still edits the Mexioan Times. Magruder is at Cordova on salary ot $3,000 a year from Maximil ian’s Government. Captain Bice and Tom Reynolds are farming. General Slaughter having been exposed for cotton frauds, will return to the United States. Most of the ex-Confederates are said to be penniless Groceries, Liquors, <£c. Geo. Kalirs & Bros., PORNER ELBERT \J & GREENE STREETS. Augusta. Ga, WHOLESALE <{• RETAIL GROCERS JUST RECEIVED. 50 tierces Carolina KICE 30 bbis Peach Blown POTATOES 13 sacks COFFEE 60 boxes Adamantine Candles 30 bb s FLOUR 10 tierces Sugar Cured Hams 4 tierces Breakfast SIDES Besides a large lot of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, A fine assortment of WOO DE N WAR E, Corner Greene and Elbert sts. GEO. KAHRS & BROS. fe27— lm KEKUSENJE OIL. LOW PRICES, and FINE KEROSENE LAMPS, Os every descrition, for sale by GEO. KAHRS & BROS., feb27—lm Cor. Greene and Elbertsts. WHISKEY. Qfl BARRELS, VARIED GRADES aJ of Gibsons’ celebrated WHISKEY. 5 Barrels BRANDY 5 Barrels GIN 1 Pipe HOLLAND GIN, at fe27—l in GEO. KAHRS 4 BRO. GROCERIES. L. WILLIAMS, No. 315 Broad Street, Has in store, and is this day receiving, fresh supplies of choice Git. 0 SERIES, which will be sold at Wholesale and Retail, comprising every article usually kept ina first class store (Liquors excepted), ail of which will be soM at the lowest market prices, and to which he invites the attention of the public. felO—3m M. o’nown. | WM. MBLHERIN. Q'DOWD & MULHERIN. Grocers & Commission Merchants, 273 Broad Street, Augusta, 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 ns a trial. fe4—3m FISII ! OYSTERS I! QAME! 1! POULTRY! VEGETABLES!! AND FAMILY GROCERIES!!! OF EVERY KIND and FOR SALE LOW. Call and see me. WM. HALE (colored), Washington street, between Broad and Ellis, Augusta, Ga. m h (>—6m Fare Reduced, with a Downward Tendency. -a|ai PASSENGERS ARE in for m* cl that th«y can iiVt-ii^ , - , i iunmifrriß!n> carried through from the head «•(' the Charlotte llaii Head to Co lumMn.bv D. T. HARVEY'S LINE OF SIX HORSE COACHES, for ONE (SI) DOLLAR LESS than auy other line. Be sure and not buy tickets until you get to the head of the Road. He is also running a DAILY LINE be tween tho breaks on the Augusta and Rail Road.* Remember the name. mhl3—lw T. D. HARVEY. SELECT SCHOOL. 1 AM PREPARED TO GIVE INSTRUC- I tion in Classics, the Higher Branches of the English Language, and the Primary De partment. Strict attention will be paid to the younger Scholars, as well as to those farther ad vanced. Terms reasonable. JOSEPH T. DERRY, jan27—3m* 82 Walker street. C. H. WARNER, TANARUS) LUMBER, L GAS and STEAM FITTER, In rear of 255 Broad street, Augusta. Geo. JEHf-Pumps, Gas, Steam and Water Pipes promptly furnished or repaired. ja2o—tf BAIL BONDS. Bail bonds FOR SALE AT “DAILY PRESS” JOB OFFICE. AT,SO, BLANK SHERIFF SUMMONS. 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, mill—ts Palace Stables, Ellis street. WHITE LEAD LINSEED OIL VARNISHES PAINTS of all colors For stale, wholesale and retail, at the lowest figures, by PLUMB <fc LEITNER, ja3—tf 212 Broad at., Augusta Snuff, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. A Dollar Saved i» a Dollar Gained, This tHuism you can realize By purchasing NELSON 4 McILWAINE’S FINELY FLAVORED Scotch. SrmfF! “SWEET AS THE ROSE,’’ Which they are selling here in Augusta at NEW YORK PRICES. The quality of the Article they guarantee to be Equal to any ancl Excelled by None in the World ! Dealers will consult their own interest best by purchasing their SNUFF. Placing their business .upon this basis, their indulgent patrons will observe that they ask for no favors, except that Southern Dealers may SAVE FREIGHT 4 OTHER CHARGES, And at the same time Encourage and Sustain SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES. You can now SAVE YOUR MONEY A Nl> ENLARGE YOUR PROFITS By calling upon their Agents, BLAIR, SMITH A CO GEO. R. CRUMP 4 CO., Commission Merchants generally, and most oi' the Druggists of this city. NELSON A McILWAINE. N. B,—Remember, we sell at NEW YORK PRICES, and allow the usual discount to the Trade. fol3-ly n h. meyer; IT. 144 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. DOMESTIC & HAVANA SEGARS, Wholesale and Retail dealer in Segars, Chewing anil Smoking 'Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, dec. Also, a complete stock of FANCY GOODS Os every description. A fine lot of patent Pipes always on hand. feß—3m ~ P. HANSBESGER & CO., CORNER BROAD 4 M’INTOSH STS. (Opposite Post Office.) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN And Importers and Manufacturers of IIAVANNA AND DOMESTIC SEGARS CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO, Pipes and Tobacco of all kinds, Loritliard’s, Rappee, Mnecaboy, Scotch SNUFFS, ETC. feb4-3m Tobacco, Snuff, Iron and Bacon. 200 BOXES TOBACCO, VARIOUS BRANDS AND GRADES. From Common to Fine. TWO HUNDRED KEGS AND BARRELS SCOTCH AND MACCABOY SNUFF, A Good Article. THIRTY TONS IRON, All Sizes, including Band, Hoop, Round and Square. A Few Hogsheads PRIME BRIGHT BACON SHOULDERS. Fo r Sale bu NEAL, WHITLOCK & CO. ja3o—tf , BIIOAP STREET. A OTIC EL Clerk of Council’s Office, ) Augusta, Oa., March 12. 1566. } The following section of the General Ordinance will rigid ly enforced : GENERAL ORDINANCE. Sec. S4. It shall be the duty of all holders of lors or lands, whether the same be en closed or unenclosed, to keep th* m clean and dry—they shall permit no sink to contain water, but shall fill up all low places on lots or lands, in “uch manner as to pass off the water, and shall every day, except the Sabbath, remove from said lots or lands all j decayed and decaying vegetable and animal : substances, and in general everything tend- ! ing to corrupt the air, and place the name (in convenient heaps) in the streets opposite lands, and twouty feet from their ; boundary, between daylight and nine o'clock iu the morniug; and no person shall throw ♦rash or filth into the streets, from bis or her lots or lands, at any other time than be tween dayl»ght and nine o’clock A. M., nor on the Sabbath day. And in case of failure or omission of any holder or holders of lots or lands, or other person to fill up any sink, j or l**w place, within twenty days after writ ten notice from the Mayor or any Member of Council, to him or her, or to his or her agent, to fill up the same, Council may pro ceed to till up the same at the exporse of the said lot or landholder, or other person, and so soon as the expeuse is ascertained execu tion shall issue for the same, and the amount levied and made from his or (ier property, and the said lot or landholder, or other por son, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each day that such notice shall remain uneornplied with. ROBT. 11. MAY, Mayor C. A. Attest : L. T. Blome, Clerk C. C. [mhl3-6t BRICKS pOR SALE. Apply to R. J. BOWE, Executor, Ellis Street, in rear Thos. R. Rhodes. ja2B—(im ! Gas and Steam Fitting and Plumbing. p A. BOBBE, \J, Having re-opened a Gas and Steam Fitting and Plumbing Shop in the rear of 27-2 Broad street (Concert Hall place), is now prepared to do all kinds of work connected with GAS, LIGHTING, STEAM HEATING, and WATER SUPPLY, On reasonable terms and at short notice. Order, from the country promptly at tended to. All work warranted. mhß-3m KO. 65. ... Fertilizers. PHCENIXGU ANCL pIPORTED DIRECT FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN THIS SPRING. This GUANO was used very extensively in 1861 with suob general satisfaction that, in offering it to the planting publia now, we ! deem it unnecessary to publish any of tile : many certificates which we have received from planters this spring, testifying in the very strongest terms in its favor. All that we can sav is to guarantee that we will pledge uurselves to furnish an article PURE AND UNADULTERATED, such as was analysed by Professors Joseph Jones, of Augusta; Charles A. Shepherd, of Charleston. S. C., and J. Darby, of Alabama, whose analyses we publishes in 1861, and were satisfactory to all. WE HAVE ONLY A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF THIS WELL KNOWN ANI> VALUABLE FERTILIZER j TO OFFER THIS SPRING, Consequently we advise all who want any of it. to SEND IN THEIR ORDERS AT ONCE. It is put up in barrels of about 300 pounds, aud the pr &•. will be uniform, as follows : S6O per tou, of 2,000 pounds, in Augusfa, or $55 iu Savannah,cash. All orders to be filled from Savannah must be sent in by the 10th of March. WE ALSO HAVE A FEW TO<rS JOHNSON ISLAND, AMERICAN A N*D COLIJM BIAN GUANOS. \ All valuable, and for sale low for cash by D. H. WILCOX 4 CO., fe2?—Jm No. 3 Warren Block. Guano I Guano!! TO THE PLANTERS OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. We are now prepared to furnish GUANO AND FERTILIZERS OF ALL KINDS, AT NORTHERN PRICES, With Expenses addod, which shall be as reasonable as possible. PLANTERS WILL PLEASE SEND IN THEIR ORDERS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, AS GOOD GUANO AND FERTILIZERS^ ARE SCARCE. GEO. R. CRUMP 4 CO. fold—3m 269 Broad St. ttCIST.4 MOTEL,. TONES & RICE, J PROPRIETORS, AUGUSTA, GA. The undersigned take this method of informing their friends and the public gene rally, that they have taken a lease upon the above WELL KNOWN HOTEL, and have had it thoroughly renovated aud painted throughout. CLEANLINESS IN EVERYTHING Is our motto. Our tables are abundantly supplied with everything the market and country affords. No pains will be spared to make the Augusta Hotel a pleasant home for the traveller. JONES 4 RICE, felß—Tv Proprietors, Plant the Corn. PLOUGH IT— AND SHELL IT— AND SELL IT. J. & T. A. BONES Are now receiving PLOUGHS, GRINDSTONES, And man v other thinys NEEDED AT PRESENT. ,ia3l—tf FRENCH ROLLS DAY, BRANDY - , FOR MEDICAL USE. AT THE FRENCH STORE, fe2s—l m ~ 200 Broad street. Clot It ing ! Clothing Ti A SPLENDID LOT OF CLOTHING I Gentlemen desirous of getting a Good Suit of Clothes CHEAP, can do so by call ing on us. C. V. WALKER 4 CO., felß-eodtf 271 Broad Street. BOOK AND JOB^RINTING or EVERY DESCRIPTION EXECUTED IN THE BEST MANNER. The Fastest Potoer Presses, and Best of Workmen enables us to do Superior JOB WORK at Cheaper Rates than elsewhere. Crockery, Glassware, Etc. Ittosher, Thomas & Schaub, Q 4 A BROAD STREET— -444 Under Masonic Hall, AUGUSTA, GA., Direct Importers and Dealers in ENGLISH AND FRENCH China! BOHEMIAN, FRENCH and AMERICAN Glass YV~are! „ AND KEROSENE LAMPS, AND AGENTS OF KAOLIN WARE. '.i-gt-Try us, and we will convince you that you can save the Freight from New York to this Point. Josiah Mosher, J- Jeffeusoh Thohas, mb,—«m George Schaub. Crockery, Chlna and^Gk S3Wa re. \Y E HAVE BE.MOVED OUR STOCK ot CROCKERY - , CHINA and GLASSWARE To more convenient premises—No. 274 Broad streot, store recently occupied bv Mr. W. B. Griffin—where we aro opening a FIXE ASSORTMENT OF GOODS. We trust our friends will accord us tho sarno liberal patronage heretofore exteuded. Merchants will find it to their interest to give us a call and look through our Stock, as wc are prepared to offer inducements un surpassed by auy other house in tho same business. LATIIROP, MUSTIN & CO. J. J. LATHROP, c. E. MUSTIN, H. W. GIBBON. fe2s -1 m Jewellers. Notice. KENNEDY 4 RUSSELL ffffsiSS Have associated themselves Jf-- f° r the purpose of carrying on the Repairing of TV AIXTIES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY, and solicit the public patronage, at 290 Broad st, up stairs. J. B. G. KENNEDY, mb7-3m THOS. RUSSELL. Established in 1844. FA. BRAHE HAS RECEIVED < and offers lor sale at his old stand, 194 Broad street, a fine lot of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, DIAMOND RINGS, and a variety of fine and new style Jewelry. ALSO, t A LARGE LOT SOLID SILVER SPOONS) FORKS, FRUIT KNIVES, SOUP and GRAVY LADLES, - SUGAR SPOONS, BUTTER KNIVES, NAPKIN RINGS, and many other articles. He is giving his personal attention to the REPAIRING of Watches, Clocks and Jewelory, in that well known and punctual manner. fe2o—3m A. I STROM, JEWELLER AND DIAMOND SETTER, Mclntosh street, ’ Between Broad and Ellis Sts., (opposite Post- Office), AUGUSTA, Ga. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired Promptly and Cheaply. felO—6m . 'J'HE AUGUSTA CRACKER BAKERY, I* now in lull running order. Tbe Merchants of this city and vicinity would do well to call and find out the PRICE. We are making a far better Cracker than the NORTHERN CRACKER. You can purchase them cheaper and get at all times FRESH. Go and see the SOUTHERN CRACKERS, AT WALLACE. VOGT & CO’S fe2s-3m BAKERY, 341 Broad street. 1 Knn bushels HEAVY OATS 1000 bushels Petit Gulf COTTON SEED, From last year’s crop. For sale by mhlo-6 J. 0. MATHEWSON. INO. C. SCHRKINER A SONS, Macon, Ga. JNO. C. SCHREINER A SONS, Savannah, Ga. John C. Schreiner & Sous, AUGUSTA, GA. BOOKS, STATIONERY. MUSIC and FANCY GOODS. Keep constantly on hand a choice seleo tion of the above articles. All orders from the Country promptly attended to. THE BEST OF ITALIAN VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS. AGENTS FOB Steinway 4 Sons, Soebbcler 4 Schmidt’s, and Gale 4 Co.’s CELEBRATED PIANOS. feb4—ly rtHOICE PERFUMERY VJ COLOGNE WATER BRUSHES TOILET SOAPS, And almost evory article for the Toilet,for sale by PLUMB & LEITNER, ja3—tf 212 Broad st., Augusta. Bills of lading ‘ ALWAYS ON HAND AT THE DAILY PRESS JOB OFFICE. Corner of Broad and Post-Office streets, jaßtf Up Staira