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■j)t fails swss. ;’’•'■BPUQHE.Pnblisber & Proprietor. THE DAILY fitESS IS DIS- Grotu ilu.Kiy rrery ».urrn'iiy, tj< tnl <* r “«yAi>»4l the entire City, t finely lauokst cntn latios. Titihji. OFFICE—Corner of Broad and Simla, uyyoaite uj:ce, If, m Dry Goods. ?T- iHlug Off at Very Low Prices ! ,' ■ ENTIRE S3pOK OF /;X DRY GOODS, GOODS, NOTIONS, UP CLOTHING, AND GENTS’ W7i% FURNISHING GOODS, Boots ami Shoes, Trunks. Valises, Segnrs, etc., etc. ' r"i.ui 1 r t.... i-oustuntly arriving | THE FANCY BAZAAR, ; No. 253 Broad street. (iBINE ASSORTMENT OF ±A. LADIES’ WHITE GOODS ■PASQtTES AND JACKETS, ■ HOSIERY AND DRESS GOODS and for sale at a bargain, in V THE FANCY BAZAAR, U No. lad Broad street. KL. ' And BEST STYLES IKfel ■ OF SIMKG and summer clothing ■SEE a an FURNISHING GOODS Hist prices, at |£T> f the FANCY BAZAAR, ■jfe* No. 253 Broad street. Hcountry Jlerrluinta ?3§6^® <l It to their advantage before pur elsewhere to call at KB THE FANCY BAZAAR, No. 253 Broad street. IMPORTANT TRADING PUBLIC! darcaixs in dr r goods : Belling off «SH| at '- «*CEDKNTEDLY I.OW I’BICES! sUSsIhC To make room fur a .BdA’GW FALL STOCK! '•UIBaNTS. PLANTERS AM) OTHERS of I'urchasimj »Y GOODS AT low trices, V K FOR CASH! .;.WP®IND IT VASTLY TO THEIR pf s - INTEREST XO A and EXAMINE OUll STOCK WmEFORE PURCHASING ■ ELSEWHERE. a regular Assorted Stock of AND DOMESTIC GOODS |; NOTIONS P-dßi Etc., Etc., ? V* wiil not attempt au enumeration of wlleles now in store. BpDfA. MURPHY & CO., B 311 IIROAD STREET, opposite Planters’ Hotel. Acccsta, Ga. |ImSROAD STREET 190 Every Detcription, Hoop Skirts. EMPRESS. ; trail GORE «; 'T : :^^^3UrA : -\ PLAIN ;r V r colored y- , HOOP SKIRTS Ass Goods, Material uaed therefor. HATS AND BONNETS, Hwb AND SHIRTINGS HKkIDS, TINSEL A PLAIN CORD AND CUFFS AND CLOAKS PINS AND NK FOLKS, :• Ijtm SOAPS, PERFUMERY And rtiele umally found in a EXAMINE <JOODS*tI*\ Daily Press. VOL.. I. AUGUSTA, GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, JUL.Y 20, 1866. Furniture. Furniture of All Descriptions. PLATT BROTHERS, jT”jT C. A. PLATT A CO. 214 BIIOAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Have now the beat assortment of FURNI TURE on bund that has ever been in this market, and constantly receiving—consist ing of Rosewood, Mahogany and Walnut PARLOR SETTS, CHAMRER SETTS, COTTAGE SETTS, BEDSTEADS, CIIAIRS, SOFAS, TETE-A-TETES, CEN TRE TABLES, BUREAUS, etc., etc. IN OUR UPHOLSTERING DEPARTMENT We have SHADES, Lace and Damask CUR TAINS, CORDS, TASSELS, GIMPS, LOOPS, CORNICES, BANDS, and all ne cessary articles required. OUR MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT is still in operation. Special Orders promptly attended to. Repairing done in all brunches of the business. IN OUR UNDERTAKERS’ DEPARTMENT we keep constantly on hand, COFFINS of every quality mid size. METALLIC CASES and CASKETS of the most im proved styles. Undertakers can be supplied with all kinds of TRIMMINGS. my2—tf NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPENED a store at No. 350 Broad Street, near the Upper Market, for the purpose of RE PAIRING OLD FU R NITURB; also, MAKING NEW FURNITURE. lie is prepared to furnish COFFINS, neatly made. Ho has lived in Augusta eighteen years, and was in the Third Geor gia Regiment during the war. Thoso wishing to have work well done will pleaSe give him a call. ALBERT WALLEN, my24—lv 350 Broad Street. FURNITURE. /**Tr3 THE UNDERSIGNED nAVE Jj on hand, and are receiving, a fino assortment of Furniture, Which they offer at very low figures. Also, are prepared to make to order and ropair any thing in our line of business at short notice. Cane-Bottom Chairs re-seated at a living price, at 137 Broad, opposite Monument street. ap24—3m WEST fc MAY^ FURNITURE! FURNITURE! ! RETAIL. DEGRAAF & TAYLOR, 87 and 89 BOWERY AND 65 CHRISTIE STREETS NEW YORK, have the best assorted stock of Parlor, Dining Room and Bed-Room FURNITURE! SPRING BEDS and BEDDING IN THE CITY. CANOPY and HIGH POST BEDSTEADS, Expressly for Southern trade. STEAMERS AND HOTELS FURNISHED A T WHOLESALE TRICES. KNOCK DOWN CANE WORK AND TURNED POST BEDSTEADS, in cases. ALL WORK GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED. Our Facilities for manufacturing defy competition. T r myl—ly Attorneys. Garland A. Snead, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Also, COMMISSIONER for tbd States of ALABAMA, FLORIDA AND TEXAS. Office over Baker & Caswell’s old stand, Campbell Street, Augusta, Ga. jy3—lm Wright & Gibson, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Chronicle & Sentinel Building, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Having resumed the practice of LAW, will attend promptly to all business in any of the Courts in Richmond, Columbia, War ren, Glnsscock, Jefferson, Washington, Burke, Screven, Emanuel, and Johnson Counties; also, in the Supreme Court at Milledgeville, and in the Un-ted States Courts at Savannah. A. R. WRIGHT, ju2l—2m WM. GIBSON. TJIBBONS IN EVERY NEW AND X IMPROVED STYLE, at MRS. PUGHE’S, 190 Broad Street, Snuff & Tobacco. VIRGINIA N E CUT TOBACCO, AND SJSTUFF. I am now prepared to FILL ORDERS FOR MY TWO BRANDS “THE SUBLIME” AND “ VIRGINIA ORONOKO ” FINE CUT CHEWING TOBACCO. I have succeeded in reducing the VIRGINIA LEAF INTO FINE C;UT CHEWING TOBACCO By my own Original and Peculiar Process. I can now justly claim to present to the LOVERS OF PURE TOBACCO, THE FINEST ARTICLE EVER PRODUCED IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS TOBACCO Gives a durable and substantial Chew, with all the natural aromatic flavor of the Virginia Plug, different altogether from the Western Fine Cut. JAS. M. VENABLE, PETERSBURG, VA. 7pgr ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED BY BLAIR, SMITH & CO., AUGUSTA, GA. For sale by all the principal Tobacco Dealers. jy4—2m AUGUSTUS BOHNE^ qOO BROAD STREET. (Opposite Planters’Hotel' lias always on hand a large assortment of IMPORTED & DOMESTIC SEGAIIS Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO Lorillard’s SNUFF Fine Meerschaum PIPES AND CIGAR HOLDERS, genuine and imitation ALSO, Rubber, Briar, Rosewood, and Clay PIPES, PIPE STEMS, SNUFF BOXES, Etc., AT THE LOWEST NEW YORK PRICES. THE TRADE SUPPLIED ON LIBERAL my2-3m] TERMS. P. HANSBERGER & CO., CORNER BROAD & M’INTOSH STS. (Opposite Post Office.) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN r And Importers and Manufacturers of HAVANNA AND DOMESTIC SEGARS CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO, Pipes and Tobacco of all kinds, Lorilllard’s, Rappee, Maccaboy, Scotch SNUFFS, ETC. mys-3m Dress Making. Mires. SEGINS’ J3RENCH MILLINERY AND DRESS MAKING ESTABLISHMENT 142 GREENE STREET, (Near Bell Tower.) DRESSES, MANTILLAS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Cut by S. T. TAILOR’S system and finished in the neatest manner. MILLINERY GOODS, TRIMMINGS, FRENCH CORSETS, etc., constantly on hand. myl 2—3 m PETER DAVEZAC WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES for Cotton Rags, Waste, Old Bagging, Rope. Also, Copper, Brass, and Lead. Wagons to call at any part of the City. Office and Warehouse, Northeast Corner of Fenwick and Washington streets, Augusta, Georgia. jyß—3m* iADIES’ AND MISSES’ HATS J AT MRS. PUGHE’S. 190 Broad Street. HOOP SKIRTS, GORE SKIRTS, And all other .styles, at MRS. PUGHE'S, 190 Broad Street. JHtf gailir |ress. City Printer—Official Paper LARGEST CITY cffiILATION. FRIDAY M0KN1N0'.....1!...Ju1y 20, 188« SCISSORS. —Four scoundrels recently tarred and feathered a woman in Illinois. * —Twenty war correspondents have left London for the Continent. -—New York imported a million and a half of dry goods last week. —A horse thief just arrested in In diana proves to be a woman. ~A-G' Moxy Walker predicts female and office holding within ten year’s. —An acre and three quarters of land in Pennsylvania yielded S6OO worth of strawberries this season. A Cincinnati girl put her father, a widower, in an insane asylum for wish ing to marry again. —A Nashville ordinance directs the arrest of ail males over sixteen found in the streets with frail women. —There is no cholera apparently in New York, but heat makes every one choleric. —Washington letters say there is a rare bit of scandal atloat in that city, but’give no particulars. —An alleged cholera patient in New York thought a good beef steak and a couple of eggs would about suit her ease, —An improved Shakspearian Read ing for July—“Oh that this too, too solid flesh wouldn't melt 1” —lt is said that the Duke of Hamil ton has inaugurated his racing career by laying £IBO,OOO to £6,000 agaiust Hermit for the Derby. —A woman in lowa obtained a di- vorce on account of her husband’s inti nu.cy with a gay young widow, and the wretch married the widow the same day. —Two sisters lately met iu Baltimore after forty-eight years’ separation. They talked thirty-six hours, and were stil doing so at last accounts. —A'Texas judge fined a party SSO for trying to feed a juror who was hold ing out in a case in which said party was interested. —A man fell out of a third story win dow in Pittsburg, Penn., one night re cently, and his body was found in the morning, partially consumed by rats. —ln New Orleans a car driver killed a man by striking him on the head with a loaded whip, because he got on a street ear with an unlighted cigar in his hand. —Nicholas Foresinger, a Pennsylva nia Dutchman, drank ten glasses of lager beer in ten minutes, to win a pitiful wager, and in a few hours he was reposing on his bier. —The following toast w T as given at a recent celebration : “The rights of wo man—ls she cannot be a captain of a ship, may she always command a smack.” —The hopes of those who thought that when the war was over the cost of living would approximate to the ante war standard has been disappointed to a large degree. —The excise law of New York has been pronounced to be unconstitutional by Judge Cardozo, but arrests for its violation continue to bo made, notwith standing. —A rencontre recently took place in Charleston, Miss., between R. E. Lee and Capt. J. T. Smith, which resulted fatally to both parties. Cause of quar rel—unimportant gossip of school girls, —Paterfamilias made his daughter very angry by suggesting that they “move into the back attic and shut off the water and gas instead of going to Saratoga—that it would be quite as well.” —The oldest Jewish cantor in Ame rica, Rev. Ben Kantrowitz, died lately in Columbus, Ind., aged ninety-three. He sang before the Kings of Prussia and Holland, and other countries, by express invitation, and, as an accomplished mas ter, acquired a world-wide reputation. —Two servants were given tickets to go to a theatre, to which they went, and from which they soon returned. “You have surely not been to the theatre?” asked the mistress. “Oh yes,” they answered, “we went to the theatre, and sat there till suddenly a curtain drew up, and some ladies and gentlemen began talking together, but as it was on family matters we felt we were intruding, and so came home.” NO. 170. Jewellers. Take Notice. /-v THE UNDERSIGNED (Pm wishes to inform the citizens -It of Augusta and vicinity, oSk&iiSSp& that he is prepared to repair Wutches, Clocks, Jewelry of all kinds, and Sewing Machines. All work neatly executed and warranted to bo done equal to any house in the South ern country. TliOS. RUSSELL, 290 Broad Street, jyl7—ly Up Stairs. Established in 1850. THE SUBSCRIBER RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of Augusta and vicinity that he keeps a special establish ment for the Repair of Fine Watches and Jewelry. All WOPtK entrusted to his care will be executed promptly, neatly, and war ranted for one year. At his Store will be found one of the largest Stocks of FINE MATCHES, JEWELRY and SILVER WARE in the Southern States. A. PRONTAUT, Practical Watchmaker, 163 Broad St., below Augusta Hotel. jyls—6t Painting & Gilding. FISIv, Nearly opposite the POST-OFFICE Is undertifeing HOUSE, SIGN, AND ORNAMENTAL IPainting IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES. jyir—tf J. J. BROWNE, Q.ILDER, LOOKING GLASS AND PICTURE FRAME MAKER. OLD FRAMES RE-GILT, TO LOOK EQUAL 10 NEW, OLD PAINTINGS CAREFULLY CLEANED, LINED AND VARNISHED. ALL WORK WARRANTED, AND DONE AS CHEAPLY AS AT TIIE NORTH. 137 BROAD STREET, mhl6-fim Augusta. Ga. PAINTING, GLAZING, Etc. ALL orders connected with the above branches promptly executed in the neatest manner, on reasonable terms. SHOP NO. 48 JACKSON STREET, Near the Bell Tower. The best quality of PAINT used, and GLASS of all sizes (obtainable) set to order. fe2«—tf WILLIAM BARROW. Brokers and Merchants. Harper C. Bryson, WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Augusta, Georgia, M f ould inform his patrons and the public that he continues the above business, hav ing made arrangements for the STORAGE OF COTTON and other PRODUCE in a centrally located tire-proof Warehouse, being compelled to vacate the one he has occupied lor the last ten years, owing to the high rent asked by the owner, Rev. W. H. Harison, through his agent, John A. Barnes, Esq., say one thousand dollars in gold per annum. jy3—lm JOHN CRAIG. Banking and EXCHANGE OFFICE, 259 BROAD STREET, Augusta, Ga., BUYS AND SELLS GOLD BULLION GOLD and SILVER COIN BANK NOTES BONDS, STOCKS BILLS OF EXCHANGE, my-I—ly Foreign and Domestic. Plumbing and Gas Fitting. C. H. WARNER, PLUMBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER, In rear of 255 Broad street, Augusta, Geo. Pumps, Gas, Steam and Water Pipes, Rubber Hose and Hose Pipes, promptly furnished or repaired. ja2o ts Gas and Steam Fitting and Plumbing. p A. RORBE, Having re-opened a Gas and Steam Pitting and Plumbing Shop, in the rear of 272 Broad Street [Concert Hall place], is now prepared to do all kinds of work con nected with GAS, LIGHTING, STEAM HEATING. and WATER SUPPLY, On reasonable terms and at short notice. Orders from the country promptly at tended to. All work warranted. juS—3m ARASOLS, FANS AND SUN SHADES NEW STYLES, at MRS. PUGnE’S, 190 Broad Street. Bs t failg |rfss. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING or EVERY DESCRIPTION M JIXECUTED IN THE BEST MANNER. The Faeteet Power Prettee, and Beet of Workmen enables ue to do Superior JOB WORK at Cheaper Rates than elsewhere. Miscellaneous. 262. _ ’ 262! I. Kahn & Cos. GREAT BARGAINS! SELLING OFF AT COST! , ; •/ Call and see their new supply of PRINTS AND BLEACHED GOODS! Which are offered at NEW YORK PRICES! Store to be thoroughly REPAIRED and ENLARGED for the FALL TRADE! I. KAHN & CO., jyS—tf 262 Broad Street. nTTeu WE ABE RECEIVING, DAILY, IN addition to our present Stock— TIIE LATEST STYLES OF CLOTHING! FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, Etc., FOR SUMMER WEAR CONSISTING IN PART OP BLACK CLOTH FROCK and SACK COATS BLACK and COLORED CASSIMERE SUITS BROWN and WHITE LINEN SUITS BLACK DOESKIN—Drap D’Ete BLACK and COLORED CASSIMERE and LINEN PANTS BLACK ALTACA AND LINEN SACKS ALL LINEN AND LINEN BOSOM SHIRTS JEANS AND LINEN DRAWERS CROSS-BARRED MUSLIN UNDER SHIRTS. ALSO, THE LATEST STYLES OF BLACK AND COLORED Pelt Hats, To which we call the attention of THE PUBLIC. We are prepared to sell as LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN TnE STATE 1 W. M. D’ANTIGNAC & CO., Foat Offico Corner, ju2B—lm Augusta, Ga. The Augusta Wholesale & Retail Emporium. 262 262 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IU Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS FANCY GOODS NOTIONS BOOTS SHOES HATS AND STRAW GOODS 262 BROAD STREET. jul7—6m Excelsior Fruit Jars. 1 HO «ROSS QUARTS AND VNJ HALF GALLON JABS, For Preserving Fruits—the best in use. For sale, at wholesale and retail, by MOSHER, THOMAS & SCHAUB, ! u 1 7—ts Masonic Building- Kid Gloves. QNLY ONE DOLLAR A PAIR! For the Best KID GLOVES, at I. KAHN & CO.’S, ju!s—6m 262 Broad Street.