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itoilij \\xtss. HHHHTE,Publisher & ProiHotor. **' f '**'"*• v ' l ' y '•" '■■'•' • •-■■}■* 'V • ' ' • \ A/;,< /w V/• C'AV, /.! /■/•» V. i.#« '< Tcriii*. s jfcjl' (Wiirr of limn I and KMlrfrft, "*.ic /'••< '■' ■•. :<■ Bess directory f-j%- ■gy-'BsEUS IX THF: IUII.Y ,*r»r*Blipk insiraxck co.. 'V Hurt.?. Vie: Cl II a’.. I • X K •s’ 1 IC’. ’i Y~ Ba CKAI’KEH RAKKIIY. w»l -'jgSfc i(- Cos., 341 Broad street. A WWA HOTEL. Broad street, Jei.es fp mß^rrorrio TCj)A iI-^VAS. G. ,t BRO., Carpets, Dry ? ’ etc., 205 Broad street. Cp.'tS. • Painter and Glazier, -IS street, near the 15e!l Tower. __ s ■> =!I '■' USXI'S, Healer in Sc pars. S'nuirs. etc., 320 Broad street. |,J ,t 111 OS. A., Hardware, -'■Jup street. ' fjftf Tee Healers, Kilis Strei t. Concert Hall. P. H„ Insurance Agent, .•'•*s and Jackson streeta. ’ ,T. P. 11.. Dentist,22o Broad J. J„ Gilder, and Picture iisJS* Maker. 137 Broad street. D. k CO., Stock and Beal Vw ‘d '-'iiaiNATl TYPE FOUNDRY, 201 Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. S. S., Dress Maker. Me. *%/ between Broad and Reynolds \Y k C. 11., Boots, Shoes, t Broad street. __ lluy and IJine, Ellis in rear of Thos. P ■ Rhodesk 6., Painter. Jackson street, \f Van Winkle Jlango. M.. Boots, Shoes, cte., 152) ~\p Street. - FORCE Jfc CO., Boot and Shoe <J?- 2(>S Broad, near tH"he Hotel. JOHN, Commission and Es <%J e.Kpe. Broker, 2«9 Broad street. 'wW’pRKiS I!Om\- .1 JOl! PP.INT- E. 11. Pncthe, proprte i©e. Broad and Mclntosh streets, up R- rs- SON, General Georgia Phoenix Irotf Works, ■|Lr street, near the Cotton lac- KB RUSSELL A BENJAMIN, Auc fc? ■Bp fccr3 and Commission M etchants. FAST FREIGHT LINE, a-,’..}■ Express Cos., proprietors. Carol lira St. R. Dejrd. IpHF & Pleasure for hire, Hamburg,43. C. STORE, Ice Cream and Con r'''>BuiA IMMIGRATION COMPANY, P. & CO., Segars and corner Broad and Mclntosh H>wHnder Daii.y Prf.ss Office. ;/ tVnll Street. New York. Boarding. Greene street, doors below the Bell Tower. g f*B7'IIII’LB--e. Weekly Literary Pa jwLiiß H. 11. I’lighe. publisher. Off. to, >WtB-®roa<l and Mclntosh streets, up S. !’.. Ilotmeopalhic l'hysi -192 Reynolds street. (colored) Family Grocer, and ure Hauler, Washington street. . / Bit A LADEYEZE (colored). E* ( coinred )’ Jlc ' witfk (street lee House. E. S. efr CO., Dry Goods, 350 i|® New York. _ A CO., Dry Goods, Notions, jfc- Broad street. Sfy g,E r A KAYANAL GII, Painters, 330 A street. A RUSSELL, Watchmakers, B^Jewellers, 290 Broad street, up A CD., Augusta Sfjp and Machine Works. ALL, JOS. Insurance Agen- Broad street. _ __ _ 'A' 1 * ,^B^tT~ s - ' v, -> dealer in Wall Paper, ' t Hfcdow Shades, etc., 306 Broad st.^ THOMAS ,t- SCIIAUB, A CO., Dry Goods, Broad street. - (f; CO., Commission •. Vs Uchr.nts, Broad street, near Southern ‘ ■SriloilPE INSURANCE COMP’Y. ■ . Ga. B. 11. Brodnax, ■■ Ga. \x ,Bk STABLES, M. A. Dehonoy, 1, Bpriator, Ellis st., near Washington. r ’DWVl's’ PAIN KILLER, sold : : .€ every where. KoLEUM VAPOR STOVE AND LIGHT COMPANY, at Branch, corner Broad and Mclntosh under Planters’ Hotel. Saroni Agents. - BROTHERS, Furnituro Ware " W.' B', 211 Broad street. A LEITNKIt, Wholesale and X" Mil Druggists, 212 Broad street. A, Watch and Jewelry MRS. E. 11. Millinery, Dry 1.. Goods, 190 Broad street. |' s> ‘ KE. H , Book and Job Printer, & vM Broad and Mclntosh streets, up Daily Press. AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1866, VOL.. I. BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS IN THE DmY PRESS. READ, MIPS 1,. J. Agent for Grover A Baker’s Sewing Machine*, Millinery, etc., 326 Broad street. RISLEY’S EXTRACT OF BUCHU, for sale by all Druggists. * ROBBE, C. A„ Gas Fitter and Plumber, in rear of 272 Broad street. ST. CHARLES’ SALOON, Ellis strt»7, near Mclntosh, Samuel P. Bradford, Proprietor. SCHREINER, JNO. C. & SONS, Pianos, Books and Music, 199 Broad street. SCOFIELD, WILLIAMS A CO, Manu facturers and dealers in Tin Ware and Kooftrg Materials, corner Jackson and Ellis streets. SCREVEN HOUSE, Savannah, Ga., Geo. McGinlv, Proprietor. SEGTN, Mmes. French Millinery and Dress Making, 142 Greene Street. SHARKEY', PATRICK, Blacksmith, on Centre street, between Broad and Ellis. SOUTHERN ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY—A. G. Hall, agent, Au gusta, Ga. SOUTHERN EXPRESS TOMPANYVEx’- pret® Forwarders. Office 179 Broad st. SOUTHERN MEDICAL A SURGICAL JOURNAL, E. 11. Pttgho, publisher. Dr. Joseph J.ones, Editor. Office, corner Broad and Mclntosh streets, up stairs. S~OUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., Athens, Gn., F. Phinizy A Cos., Ag’ts, corner Campbell and Reynold streets. S "PEARS, DR. W. E., Dentist, 264 Broad street, over W. H. Tutt’s. A., Wholesale Bnd Retail Grocer, 299 Broad street, near Planters’ note!. OVMNER, E. H., Jeweller, Mclntosh st, L? one door north of Broad. THE FANCY BAZAAR, Dry Goods etc., 253 Broad street. TILKEY, JOHN, Wend and Lumber dealer, corner Fenwick and Kollock streets, near the Augusta Factory. XT OLGER. O. A 00., Segars and Tobacco, V 192 and 254 Broad street. WARNER, C. 11., Plumber and Gas Fitter, in rear of 255 Broad street. WARREN. W. HENRY A CO’. Con-.mis sion Merchants and Wholesale Deal ers, 175 and 177 Broad street. WEST A MAY, Furniture, 137 Broad street, opposite Monument. ’ ILLIAMS, C. A. A CO., Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants, 259 Broad street. CHE AF BOARDING Mrs. hicks is now prepared to accommodate Day DOARDEHS for $1.50 per day, $7.00 per week, or $25.00 per month, on Greene Street, north side, third door below the Bell Tower, my 15— lm rpHE ECLIPSE FAST FREIGHT LIKE. SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. Ettfibliihed for the purpoue of giving ditpatch TO HEAVY FREIGHT, AT REDUCED RATES! Is now prepared to receive and forward be tween Savannah, Angusta, Atlanta. Macon, Albany, Eufaula, Columbus, Montgomery, Selma, Mobile, and Way Stations. Ship from New York to care Eclipte Fast Freight Live, Savannah. THROUGH RECEIPTS GIVEN, AND Insurance Effected When Desired. For further information, rates, etc., in quire of Agents SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO., and at the office of the * HABNDEN EXPRESS, ja9—Bm 65 Broadway, N. Y. NEW - FIRM. THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE ASSO ciated themselves in trade under the firm of CLARKE k BOWE, For the purpose of conducting a GENERAL COTTON AND PRODUCE COMMISSION BUSINESS, And have taken the close brick store-house on Ellis, between Washington and Monu ment streets, where we are now prepared to receive on storage, or for sale, COTTON and all other kinds of COUNTRY PRO DUCE. Strict personal attention to all business guaranteed. A sbaro of publio patronage solicited. H» E. CLARKE, ja26—6m R. J. BOWE. BRICKS pOR SALE. Apply to R. J. BOWE, Executor, Ellis Street, in rear Thos. K. Rhodes. ja26— HAY AND LIME. 300 BUNDLES nok ' tiiern hay 100 bhls. best ROCKLAND LIME Just received and for sale by CLARKE A BOWE, Ellis Street, in rear Thos. R. Rhodes. j«26—6m Southern Express. Southern Express Company, Office, No. 179 Broad St., EXPRESS FORWARDERS. The SOUTHERN EXPRESS COM PANY is now prepared to forward, by all land Route., on Passenger and Mail Trains— GOLD AND SILVER COIN, CURRENCY, LETTERS, . ■ PARCELS AND FREIG HT TO Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, , Washington, Richmond, Lynchburg,! Petersbuig, Danville, Bristol, Greensboro’, v Salisbury, Wilmington, Charlotte, Newbern, Beaufort, Morehead City, Raleigh, Weldon, Goldsboro’, Charleston, Columbia, Morganton, Cheraw, Atlanta, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Macon, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, Vicksburg, Jackson, New Orleans, AND ALL STATIONS ON THE Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Central Railroad Richmond and Danville Railroad Piedmont Railroad jiwXiliiii t ufrtui * Petersburg Railroad North Carolina Central Railroad Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Wilmingtou and Weldon Railroad Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Western North Carolina Railroad Wilmington,Charlotte k Rutherford R R Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Northeastern Railroad Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Charleston and Savannah Railroad Memphis and.Charleston Railroad Louisville and Nashville Railroad Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Western and Atlantic Railroad ® Mobile and Ohio Railroad Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad South Carolina Railroad Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Georgia Railroad Macon and Western Railroad Southwestern Railroad Atlanta and West Point Railroad West Point and Montgomery Railroad Southern Railroad Mississippi and Central Railroad New Orleans, Jackson and Great North ern Railroad Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad Alabama and Mississippi Railroad Florida Central Railroad Florida and Gulf Railroad Pensacola and Georgia Railroad. All Goods shipped by Adams’ 01 Harndon’s Express Companies, and marked to the enro of tho Southern “Express Com pany,” will he promptly forwarded to desti nation. Freights shipped by Steamships to our care will he forwarded inland to destina tion, withont charge for commission, storage or drayage. If orders are left at onr Office, Packages and Freight will be called for by our wagons in any part of the city, and go forward by first Express. H. B. PLANT, President, fe3—6m Augusta, Ga. gaik SOB. lARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. MORNING...May 23, 1868 Government of the United States. the executive. President —Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. Acting Vice-President —Lafayette S. Fo«- «»r, ol Connecticut; • THE CABINET. Secretary of State—Vi. H. Seward, of New York. ’ Secretary of War—Edwain H. Stanton, •f Pennsylvania. Postmaster General —lVm. Dennison, of Ohio. Secretary of the Navy— Gideon Wells, of Connecticut. Secretary of the Interior —James Harlan, Os lowa. Secretary of the Treasury —Hugh Mc- Cullough, of Illinois. Attorney General —James Speed, of Ken tucky. President of the Senate —Lafayette S. Fos ter, of Connecticut. Speaker of the House —Sehuyler Colfax, of Indiana. SUPREME COURT. Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, Chief Justice. 1. James M. Wayne, Georgia. 2. Samuol Nelson, New York. 3. Rob’t. C. Grier, Pennsylvania. 4. Nathan Clifford, Maine. 5. Noah 11. Swayl>e, Ohio. . 6. Daniel Davis, Illinois. 7. Samuol Miller, lowa. 8. Samuel F. Field, California. LIEUTENANT GENERALS. Winfield Scott, Virginia. Ulysses S. Grant! Ohiof Adjutant General —Lorenzo Thomas, Dela ware. Judge Advocate General —Joseph Holt, Dist. Columbia. ■ Quartermaster General —Montgomery C. Meig3 of Pennsylvania. Government of Georgia. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Governor —Chiis. .1. Jenkins. Secretary Executive Department —lt. L. liunter, H. J. O. William ■». Jlceeenger —Z. D. Harrison. STATE nOUSE OFFICERB. Secretary of State and Surveyor General — N. C. Barnett. Comptroller General —J. T. Burns. T'taeurer —John Jones. Librarian— J. T. Montgomery. Captain of State Home Guard —Jesse Horton. judiciary;. Judge* Supreme Court —Joseph Henry • Uumpkin, of Athens y Iverson L. Harris, of Milledgeville j Dawson A. Walker, of Dalton. Clerk —C. W. Dußose. Georgia Congressional Districts. FIRST DISTRICT — Twenty-nine Countie*. Chatham Bryan Liberty Mclntosh Wayne, Glynn Camden Charlton Ware Pierce Appling Tatnall Bulloch, Effingham Scrivcn Einanuel Montgomery Telfair Coffee Clinch Echols Lowndes Berrien Irwin Laurens Johnson Brooks Colquitt Thomas Representative Population, 123,453. SECOND DISTRICT — Ttcenty-two Counties. Decatur Early Miller Baker Mitchjell Worth Dooly Wilcox Pulaski Houston Macon Marion * Chattahoochee Sumter Webster Stewart Quitman Clay Calhoun Randolph Terrell Dougherty. THIRD DISTRICT —Fifteen Countie #. Muscogee Schley . Taylor Talbot Harris Troup Mcrriwether Heard Coweta Fayette Clayton Carroll Campbell Haralson Paulding. Representative Population 121,522. fourth district —Fifteen Countiet. Upson Butts Wilkinson Pike Monroe Baldwin Spalding Crawford Jones Henry Bibb Jasper Kewton Twiggs Putnam Representative Population, 123,127. fifth district— Fifteen Counties . Washington Hancock Taliaferro Jefferson Warren Grccno Burke Columbia Morgan Richmond Lincoln Oglethorpe Glasscock Wilkes Elbert Representative Population, 125,539. sixth district — Twenty-one Countie9. Milton Hart Pickens Gwinnett Franklin Dawson Walton *Bafiks * Lumpkin Clark Hall White Jackson Forsyth Habersham Madison Rabun Towds Union Fannin Gilmer Representative Population, 123,640. SEVENTH DISTRICT —Fourteen Counties. DeKalb Cass Whitfield Fulton Cherokoe Murray Cobb Gordon Catoosa Polk Chattooga Dade Floyd Walker Representative Population, 124,856. The Postage Law. For the convenience of our readers, many of whom are uninformed ns to the present Postal Rates, wo extract and prepare the following from .the existing regulations, as published in the “United States Mail LETTER POSTAGE —PREPAYMENT. The law requires the postage on all let ters to bo prepaid by stamps or stamped j envelopes'—payment in money being pro hibited. All drop letters must also be pre paid. The only letters on which payment is not demanded, are those addressed to the President or Vice President, Members of Congress, and letters on official business to the Chiefs of the Executive Departments of tho Government, the heads of bureaus, NO. lfcl. and chief clerks, and others invested with the frauking privilege. RATES. The rate of letter postage is 3 cent* per half ounce throughout the United States, and 3 cents for each additional half ounce or fraction thereof. Tho ten cent Pacific rate ia abolished. The rate of postage on drop letters is two cents per half ounce or fraction thereof, at all offices where free delivery by carrier is established. Where such free delivery ia not established, the rate is ope cent. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. The following is the postage on news papers, when sent from the office of publica tion, to regular subscribers : Postage on Daily Papers to subscribers, when prepaid quarterly, or yearly, in ad vance, either at the mailing office, or office of delivery, per quarter, 35 cents. Six times j»r week, per quarter 30 cents For Tri-Weekly, per quarter la cents For Semi-Weekly, per quarter. 10 cents For Weekly, per quarter 5 cents Weekly newspapers (one copy only), sent by the publisher to actual subscribers, within the county where printed and pub lished, free. POSTAGE ON TRANSIENT MATTERS—BOOKS ANI) CIRCULARS. Books, not over 4 oz. in weight, to one address, 4 cents; over 4 ounces, and not over S ounces, 8 cents; jiver 8 ounces and not over 12 ounces, 12 cents; over 12 ounces, and not over 16 ounces, 16 cents. Circulars, not exceeding throe in number, to one address, 2 cents; over three, and not over six, 4 cents ; over six, and not- orer nine, 6 cents; over nine, and not exceeding twelve, 8 cents. MISCELLANEOUS. On miscellaneous mailable matter, em bracing all pamphlets, occasional publica tions, transient newspapers, hand-bills and posters, book manuscripts and proof eheets, whether corrected or not, maps, print?, en gravings, sheet music, blanks, flexible pat terns, samples and sample cards, photo graphic paper, letter, envelopes, postal en velopes or wrappers, cards, paper, plain or ornamental, photographic representations of different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions, the postage to bo prepaid by stamps, is, on one package to one ad dress, not .over 4 ounces in weight, 2 cents;. over 4 ounces, and not over 8 ounces, 4 cents; over S ounces, and not over 12 ounces, 6 cents; over 12 ounces, and not over 16 ounces, 8 cents. now TO BE WRAPPED. All mail matter not sent at letter rates of postage, embracing books, book manuscripts, proof-sheets and all other printed matter, except seeds, must be so wrapped or envel oped with open sides or ends as to enable the postmaster to examine the package without destroying the wrapper, otherwise aneb packages must be rated with lottor postage. No communication, whether in writing or in print, can be sent with any seeds, roots, cuttings, or. scions, maps, en gravings or other matter not printed, ex cept upon tho separate payment of postage upon each separate matter, at the establish ed rates. Augusta Post Office Time Table. CLOSING THE MAILS. A. M. T. M. Northern 8 Eastern % 8 Western 4 a 8 Southern ... 4*B Charleston 8 Savannah 8 8 ARRIVAL * DEPARTURE OF TRAINS. Arrives. Departs. Georgia Railroad } -JH!! ™ | J"’ ° J ...o 44 p. m.; s.oUp. ir, Aug. A Sav. R. R } a ’ m ” m ’ ® , j ...4.45 p. in.; 8.4 jp. m. S. Carolina R. R 4.50 p. in.; 7.10 a. ni. OFFICE HOURS. From 8 o'clock A. M. to 4.30 P. M.; and from 6 to 6.30 P. M.; and from 7.30 to 8 P. M. On Sundays—from 5.30 to 10 o’clock a.m; and from 7.30 to 8 P. M. Oq Sundays all mails close at 1 P. M. Stamps sold from 8 A. M. to 4.30 P. M. Plant the Corn. PLOUGH IT— AND SHELL IT— AND SELL IT. J. k T. A. BONES Are now receiving PLOUGHS, GRINDSTONES, And many other things NEEDED AT PRESENT. TEACHER OR GOVERNESS. A KENTUCKY LADY', OF SOME EX perienco as a teacher, wishes a School of small scholars, or charge of a preparato ry department, or charge of the English education of tho children of a family. Situa tion in Upper Georgia, or the Country, pre ferred. Good references given. Apply to my9—lm THIS OFFICE. Window Shades and Wall Paper gELLING OFF AT COST 1 AT S. W. MERRITT’S, 306 Broad Street, Who is CLOSING OUT his PRESENT STOCK. ap26—lm HOOP SKIRTS, GORE SKIRTS, And all other styles, at MRP. PUGHE’S, 190 Brojjf Street. VERY KIND OF PRINTING and BOOK BINDING « Neatly and Cheaply Executed AT THIS OFFICE. OIVK ITS A CALL RAIDS, TINSEL CORDS, HAT and DRESS ORNAMENTS, at MRS. PUGHE’S, 100 Broad Street. file Bail; |rfss. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OF BVSB7 DESCRIPTION tXSCCTBD IN THE BEST MANNER. The Fastest Poster Presses, and Beet of Workmen enables ns to do Superior JOB WORK at Cheaper Rates than elsewhere. Roofing. I LOOK TO YOUR ROOFS. Having secured the state RIGHT OF THE PATENT MICA ROOFING, We are now prepared to supply it in any quantity, or to appff it to Roofs. The MICA ROOFING is adapted to buiid ings of every description, and can be ap plied to Steep or Flat Roofs, Or oven old Shingle Roofs, without removing the shin gles. We recommend Us use on Factories, Foundries, Store Houses, Cotton Sheds, Railroad Depots and upon all buildings where Bteam is used, and a Fire Proof re quired. JE9* It eosts about one-half the price of Tin. It t* cheap, durable, and is easily and quickly applied. The upper surface of the Roofing is protected from the action of the weather, by its covering of Gronnd Mica, which ia pressed into the water proof com position, making,* hard surface of stone, beautiful in appearance, and a sure protec tion against fire. We shall also keep constantly on hand a supply of INDIA-RUBBER ROOFING PAINT, ’ which is the best coating that can be nsed for Tin Roofing. Leaky Tia Roofs con be readily repaired, so as to last many years, at a trifling oost, which would in many cases save the expense of anew Roof. Full directions tor applying, and prices, sent on application. COUNTY RIGHTS FOR SALE. SCOFIELD, WILLIAMS k CO., Corner Jackson and Ellis Streets, aplfi—3m PALACE STAIII.es. -WWW ■ THE UNDERSIGNED ygSgigiSXrbegs leave to return his thanks tn the citizens of Augusta and the public generally for the generous pat ronage heretofore extended to him, and so licits a continuance of the same. Having recently fitted np this establish ment throughout, and added to the stock some new and ELEGANT CARRIAGES, GENTLE AND FINE HORSES -CAREFUL DRIVERS, etc., etc. He is prepared to accommodate the^fpub lic for occasions of BUSINESS OR PLEASURE. The especial attention of families wishing to avoid the expense of keeping Carriages, horses, etc., is called to the fact that he has provided several new and elegant outfits, which will bo retained EXPRESSLY FOR THIS CLASS OF BUSINESS. They may find it to their interest to make either a special or general arrangement for them. BUGGIES, SINGLE AND DOUBLE TOP AND OPEN At all times kept for hire. FINE SADDLE HORSES, Among them two or three fine pacers, for ladies—-perfectly gentle and kind. WEDDING PARTIES Will be attended in the most elegant style. FUNERAL OCCASIONS WII,T, MEET WITH PROMPT ATTENTION. HORSES AND MULES KEPT BY THE DAY WEEK ‘ MONTH OB YEAR At customary rates. And always on hand for sale. Pledging his best efforts to please, he hopes to merit and receive a share of the public patronage. mh!4—tf M. A. DEHONEY. Mosher, Thomas & Schanb, 94/1 BROAD STREET— Under Masonic Hall, AUGUSTA, GA., Direct Importers and Dealers in ENGLISH AND FRENCH China! BOHEMIAN, FRENCH and AMERICAN Grlass Ware! Aicn KEROSENE LAMPS, and AGENTS OF KAOLIN WARE. us, and we will convince you that you can save the Freight Qrom New York to this Point. Josiah Mosher, J. Jf.fekrsos Thomas, mli3—fim Georoe Schahb. HORSE SHOEING, pATRICK SHAgKEY, HORSE SHOER AND BLACKSMITHING GENERALLY. Remember the location—Bounded on the North by Broad Street; on the South by Ellis StrCht; and located in Centre Street, between the two of them. ja£l-—6m