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®|c ilailj H^xtss. City Printer—Official Paper LARGEST CITY* CIRCULATION. AUGUSTA, O A.. » THURSDAY MORNING July 26. 1866 Liberian Emigration. The Macon ((in.) Journal <t Messen ger is informed tlmt there is a very gen rrnl excitement among the freedmcn in f.ivor of going to Liberia, and tlmt an expedition upon a pretty large scale is in process of elaboration. There is, in our judgment, much to commeud this movement to the colored people of the South. In Liberia there is a Government in which the colored people are alone concerned. It is a re publican form of government; and under the authority of a constitution modeled upon that of the United States, they possess the rights of suffrage, of holding ollice, and every other that they can de sire. There they will have no white antagonism to contend with, no inter meddling Abolitionists and Radicals to stir up strife between them. There they can go to the City Councils, to the Legis latures, to Congress, be Presidents, Vice Presidents, J udges, or anything to which the popular suffrage can elevate them, if they possess the talent or the capital to reach such positions. How much bet ter for them to go at once to such a coun try, where every political privilege is al ready granted to them, than to remain here contending for rights which will probably never be accorded to them, for the simple reason that they are not en titled to them, or not properly qualified to exercise them here. Besides these political reasons, which, after all, are of not much moment—and it is a pity that the colored people can not be so convinced—there are others- For instance: in an agricultural point of view, inducements are offered to the immigrants which they cannot possess here. The soil is principally of a virgin character, and will amply reward culti. ration. Those who go from the South would enrfy with them a knowledge of husbandry and civilization that, pro perly applied, would make “the wilder ness” of that beautiful region “to blos som as the rose.” They would redeem Africa from its degraded condition, render it, in time, a great and prosper ous country, and establish for themselves a home of Comfort and independence, coupled with wealth and political power. The subject is one which commends itself to the intelligent colored people of the South, and is worthy of their closest investigation ; and it would be well for the Journal <t? Messenger to throw more light upon it, if possible, so that what ever movement is being inaugurated in that section of the State, may be partici pated in by the people of the other por tions, if they so desire. In making this suggestion of Liberian emigration we are actuated by none but the kindliest feelings to the frecd nien of the South. We should be pleased to have them remain in their native land in peace and hsrmony with the whito people. We have been ac customed to them. They were our playmates in childhood; they were our nurses, our servants. But, alas! “a change has come over the spirit of our dreams.” The wicked Abolitionists will not permit the two races to dwell together in peace. They teach the negro that the white man of the South is his enemy —that he can get no jus tice here—that he must vote and hold office, and must be socially and politi cally the equal of the white man. In put ing these stupid notions into his head, they are doing him the most serious injury—they are preventing him from working for his daily bread—they are putting a stop to labor, precluding the possibility of cultivating the soil, and interfering, in the most destructive manner, with the prosperity and happi ness of black and white. Under these circumstances it appears to be a profit less and a hopeless task to raise crops by the free labor system, or to establish that harmony between the two races which must enure to the benefit of both. To avoid the evil consequences of this unfortunate state of affairs, and to place the negro in a position where he can do most good to himself and to the world at large, we advise him to go to Liberia. It is the land of his fathers ; and if he goes there in the proper spirit and works with the proper energy, he will soon build up a country of which he can proudly boast as his own land, undisturbed by those pests of the world, Abolition intermeddlers, and with no one to be jealous of his greatness, or covetous of his prosperity. —Woman—An essay on grace, in one volume, elegantly bound. Brownlow. The following dispatch needs no com ment ; it needs not even the signature to let the world know that its author is Brownlow. The name is low enough— his deeds have made it so ; lion. J. H\ Forney, Secretury of the Senate, Wathinyton : We have fought the battle and won it. We have ratified the Constitutional amend ment in the House—forty-three (43) votes for it j cloven (11) against it—two of An drew Johnson's tools not voting. Give my respeots to the dead dog of tho White House. W. G. Brownlow. The President will survive this infa mous document. It cannot injure him in the least. Firkwouks and Flirtation.—The New York 'rimes has found a now sub ject for political economists, and demon strates that the prodigal waste of fire works on the Fourth of July is not so profitless a matter after all, ending in mere “fizz” and smoke. Some timid and bashful young gentleman, who has more courage to face a battalion of Chasseurs d’Afrique than to “pop the question” to the girl he loves, has only to go armed with a pack of Chinese crackers to perform the popping ollice for him, and fill his arms at once with one hundred pounds or more of blush ing, trembling femininity. The Times says: Though a man may use up in fire works a hundred dollars about as speed ily as in almost any other way, it is by no means generally a bad investment. Aside from the nnmixed delight it gives the children, there are beneath the sul phurous smoke Hot unfrequently most admirable opportunities for flirtation. When a cracker goes off with an extra bang, a timid young lady may be kissed before she recovers from the shock, and if, perchance, she is very much startled bj the frizz of a Roman candle, or the upward whirr of a rocket, she will not unfrequently or unnaturally fall back ward in her fright, especially if a pre vions observation has assured her that the right pair of arms are in waiting to receive her. So says one who knows— or who says he knows—and you can either take him at his word or try the experiment yourself.” —lt has been customary since the close of the war to style it the bloodiest one in the history of the world ; but the following paragraphs clipped from our exchanges, may astound those who are not familiar with history: At the taking of Jerusalem, by Titus, 1,000,000 Jews died by slaughter with famine. Marius, in one slaughter of the Teu tons, near Aix, left 20,000. Cassius at one time slaughtered thir ty-seven thousaud inhabitants of Selen cio. Prohus put to death seven hundred thousand Gauls, upon reducing then country. Belisarius once had to kill three hun dred thousand people to stop a revolt in the city of Constantinople. The Jews of Antioch got mad at one time and killed over one hundred thous and of the other inhabitants. At the three day’s battle of Chalons over one hundred thousand Huns were killed, with proportionate numbers of the Gauls and their allies. Gibbon estimates that in the various crusades five millions of Europeans lost their lives. The Philadelphia Convention.— Arrangements for sending delegates to the Philadelphia Convention, of August, are in progress in Rhode Island, Con necticut, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Mary land, Virginia, South Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and lowa ; and the other States will no doubt be represent ed. From Louisiana there will be two (contesting) delegations.— Exchange. A correspondent says: “I have au thority for stating that at the Philadel phia Convention, on its organizing, a resolution will be offered ‘that no one shall be admitted as a delegate who may have borne arms against the Gov ernment,’ and that James Brooks and Fernando Wood expect to commit the New York Delegation against the reso lution.”— 'Washington Chronicle. —lt appears from an official docu ment recently submitted to the Senate of the United States, that private grants of public lands have been made, since 1860, to the extent of fifteen millions two hundred and thirty-five thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine ucres. This estimate does not include grants to the Pacific Railroad or to agricultural colleges. —Since the abolition of the New York swill milk establishments, the Gothamites are furnished with a sub stantial article, composed principally of water, starch, grease and roasted sugar. Me-ulk I —Fire crackers are a useless article, and inasmuch as they cause conflagra tions, a dangerous luxury. Portland, at least, will be likely to advocate a Maine Law to abate them as something less than a nuisance. —An official in Chicago bought a ticket in a lottery for the purpose of ob taining evidence against the proprietors and indicting them. The ticket hap pened to draw a thousand dollar prize, and the olliccr is not inclined to prose cute. State News. Macon has been visited with fiue rains during the past few days. There wag a heavy fall of rain at Savauuuh, on Monday afternoon. A young man named Bud Hammond was killed by a negro, in Atlanta, last Saturday. Several negroes have been arrested in Atlanta for acts of revolting brutali ty against two defenceless white ladies. Au interesting and gracious revival is in progress in the Methodist Church at Kingston. Col. George W. Brown, Tax Collector of Bartow county, died last week. He leaves a large and helpless family to mourn his loss. Seventeen persons, four whites and thirteen blacks, passed through Macon on Monday, en route for the “State Hotel” at Milledgevilie. During a dance on the Louisville road, near Savannah, on the evening of the 22d, one negro beat another one so badly that he died shortly afterward. The cotton crops about Albany are reported to be very good. It is thought the yield will approximate the old aver age. It is in contemplation to erect a cot ton factory on the site of McClatchy's Mill, just below the Railroad bridge, on the Etowah river. A meeting of the friends of tho project has been called at Cartersville, first Tuesday in August. A meeting of the citizens of Car tersville was held on Wednesday (yes terday) for the purpose of appointing delegates to the District Convention at Atlanta. Two business houses in Savannah have been recently and suddenly broken up, by the sudden departure of tho man aging men. One was E. P. Deyo ; the others Lyon, Beardsley & Cos. Both parties victimized the press before taking their departure. It will be recollected that a Mrs. Rollins and her child were murdered by two negro men on the Central Road near Macon, a short time since. One of the men was caught and executed by the citizens. The other has been ar rested in Florida. —ln the case of William Dean, who was convicted in a Michigan Circuit Court, for illegal voting, on the ground that he was not a white man, because he was adjudged to have one-sixtuenth of African blood in his veins, the Su preme Court have rendered a decision to the effect that persons with only one fourth negro blood should be regarded as white. This decision is opposed to the received interpretation derived from the Southern whites, that a single drop of negro blood works a tainture of race. —A Connecticut exchange says that several mouths since a peacock, near one of the rail road stations on the Dan bury and Norwalk Road, which was sitting on the rail at the time the cars were passing, jumped off, leaving his tail across the rail. The cars passed over it, cutting it off. As soon as ho saw the extent of the damage, he start ed for the woods and did not return until his tail had entirely grown out again. —Agents from some of the large maiiufacturors in England have made their appearance in New Orleans and in other parts of the South, for the purpose of looking into the prospects for the next crop of cotton, what dependence can be placed upon the freedmen as laborers, the position of the planters, &c. The inquiries are made with a view to tho 'government of manufacturers and spin ners in their future operations. —The last European steamer brings intelligence of a great battle on the river Platte river, resulting in a complete vic tory for the Brazilians. The Paraguay ans, some twenty thousand strong, com menced the battle, and were ultimately compelled to retreat, leaving, it is said, five thousand dead upon the field, be sides a large number of wounded. As the Brazilian loss is set down at only one thousand, we suspect that only one side of the story has been heard. —Mrs. Nerrels, in Accoinac county, Virginia, has given birth to two child ren, each having two heads, tour eyes, and three legs. Special Notices. Jffigy 3 " TO TEACHERS. —In accord ance with the By-Laws of the Association, tho Trustocs of the Weston Academy, sit uated within two miles of Augusta, will proceed, on the loth of August next, to elect a Teacher for the ensuing year, com mencing on the Ist of September, Fur information apply to ALBERT HATCH, jy2s—eod td I'resident Board Trustees, jg@~ Dit. J. I>. H. BROWN, Dentist, tormorly of Atlanta), Office •ao.-n-v 220 Broad Street, over Her- at sey’s Clothing Store. AH Dentnl Operations executed in the best, neatest and most durable manner. my]9—3m* NOTICE. The southern medical and bUItUICAL JOURNAL, first Kumber, for July, New Scries, containing One Hun dred and Eighty-Four Pages Reading Mat ter, is now ready for delivery. PRlCE—Singlo Copies...ONE HOLLAR Per Annum...FlVE DOLLARS IX ADVANCE. Orders respectfully solicited by E. 11. PUOIIE, Publisher, juoO—if Augusta, Ga. New Advertisements. Barbecue. there will be one or the .SSh# Barbecues AT ROBERT PHILIPS’, IN HAMBURG 8. C., ON THURSDAY, JULY 26tii. Dinner ready at 2 o'clock, P. M. jy2"-»» ; New Books ! New Books ! ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR, By George Lunt. History of Slavery in Massachusetts. Also, another supply of— Diary of Kitty Trevylyan Schouberg Cotta Family Early Dawn Winifred Bertram Strathmore Cbandos Granville dc Vigne, and others. Just received at JNO. C. SIIREINER & SONS. jy26—3t _ NEW GOODS. JUST RECEIVED— A fine invoice of New Styles of JEWELRY, consisting of Ladies’ and Misses’ FULL SETTS, EAR RINGS, PINS and CUFF BUTTONS, Etc. Also, a fine assortment of MOURNING JEWELRY, at A. PRONTAUT’S, 163 Broad Street, jy26—tf Below Augusta Hotel. FREE LUNCH. OYSTER SOUP AND DEVILLED TERRAPIN Will he served up for LUNCH at tho “ ST. CHARLES,” TO-DAY—FROM 11 TO 1 O’CLOCK. jy2G-l* Come and try some. WANTED, A SITUATION AS WET NURSE By a respectahlo White Woman. Apply to DR. PETARD, jy26—6 139 Ellis Street. PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT ! PROFESSOR COHEN, The Renowned Optician and PEBBRE SPECTACLE MAKER, From Louisville, Ky., is stopping in this city on a professional visit for ONE WEEK ONLY, With a largo assortment of those Cele brated Spectacles, Suitable for all eyes and sight. Persons afllictod with deficient sight would do well to call on the Professor. Professor COHEN uses a scientific in strument which is called the OPTIMETEIt, by which he determines the power of the eye which enables him to adjust the exact lenses to suit the eye, by whieh he relieves the sii;ht. OFFICE at AUGUSTA HOTEL, Ladies' Reception Room. jy2o—lw* Wood for the City. Clerk or Council's Office, ) Augusta, da., July 18, 1806. J SEALED PROPOSALS WILL RE RE CEIVED at this office, until 12 o'clock M., of Friday, the 10th day of August next, for furnishing tho City Council of Augusta with ONE THOUSAND CORDS of good Oak or Hickory Wood, and ONE HUN DRED CORDS good Dry Pine, and half light wood—to be delivered, properly corded, along the linos of the Georgia, Augusta and Savanuah, or South Carolina Rail Roads. Didders will state in their proposals the kind and quality of Wood they intend to furnish : the price per cord, and the station on the Kail Road, or number of miles from the city, at which they will deliver it. By order ot lion. James T. Gardiner, Mayor C. A. L. T. BLOME, jylO—tf Clerk of Council. NEW BOOKS QUINN’S, IS9 BROAD STREET. PRISON LIFE OF JEFF. DAVIS. THE MUTE SINGER, by Mrs. Ritchie. JAR GAL, by Victor Hugo. THE APOSTLES, by Renan. JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. HABITS OF GOOD SOCIETY. THE ART OF CONVERSATION. LOVE L’AMOUR. MACKENZIE'S 16.000 RECEIPTS. ALL THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS, NEWSPAPERS And PERIODICALS ALWAYS ON HAND. jyll—lm Mr. Robert Weber, (Graduate of the Conservatories of Leipsic and Berlin), Respectfully informs the public that he gives instruction in INSTRUMENTAL and VOCAL MUSIC. may be left at J. C. SCHREINER & SON’S Music Store, Broad etre.it ju3o—lm French and Music Lessons. Madame ballot announces that she has oponed a FRENCH CLASS, for Lndios, on every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Four o’clock P. M. FRENCH CLASS for Gentlemen, same days, at 8 P.M. Madame B. will also resume her MUSIC LESSONS on and after Monday next. TERMS —Very moderate. Residence—96 REYNOLDS STREET. jy2l—lm Light Cassimeres CLOTHS— For Gents’ and Boys’ Wear Aro selling at Reduced Prices, at I. KAHN & CO.’S, jul7—6m 262 Broad Street. Every kind of printing and BOOK BINDING Neatly and Cheaply Executed AT THIS OFFICE. Auction Sales. Day, Rnsseii & Benjamin, AUCTIONEERS. WILL SELL— At LOWER MARKET— -Ist TUESDAY in AUGUST TWO LARGE BAY MARES, Well matched, young and sound, works well in single or double harnees. Titles good. Terms Cash. jy2f>—td Government Sale at Macon, Ga. THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY WILL be sold at public auction, at the Macon Arsenal, or Findlay Iron Works Buildings, at Macon, Ga., on THURSDAY, JULY 26th, 1866, Sale commencing at 10 A. M.: 40,000 lbs. CAST IRON—shell metal MACHINES and TOOLS for both Iron and Wood Unfinished MUSKET BARRELS SPORTING RIFLE BARRELS, BLOCKS and PULLIKS, Rope, Harness, Horse Equipments, Leather Accoutrements, Four-wheeled Drays, Wagon Poles, spare parts for Muskets and Pistols. 100 feet of IRON FLANGE PIPE 35 tons SCRAP IRON —and many other articles. ALSO, 200,000 COMMON BRICKS, in the unfin ished wall around the new Laboratory. Terms—Cash, in U. S. or National Bank currency. D. IV. FLAGLER, Captain of Ordnance and Brevet Bt. Col. C. S. A., jyls—td Com’g Augusta Arsenal. Stocks & Bonds ! Stocks & Bonds ! Day, Russell & Benjamin, AUCTIONEERS. WILL SELL EVERY WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY (In connection with their regular sale) At 11 1-2 A. M. Precisely, Bank Stocks * Rail Rond stocks* Loan Association Stocks Factory Stocks Bonds Real Estate Coupons AND Securities of every description. All Stocks, Bonds, and Real Estate en trusted to us will have our prompt personal attention. jel7—tf Lost. LOST, ON WEDNESDAY LAST, A MEMO RANDUM BOOK, containing about Twenty Dollars in Bank Bills, between Twelve and Fifteen Dollars in Greenbacks, and some private papers. There was also a Note, payable to B. Mclnnes, for $1250 in Gold ; said Note has been paid. Whoever finds said Book and returns it to the DAILY PRESS Office will be lib erally rewarded. jy2o—6* For Rent and Sale. For Rent. TWO STORES AND A COMFORTABLE DWELLING, containing four rooms and a double kitchen. There is a large lot attached to tho building. ALSO, to Rent, half a STORE near the Bell Tower. Apply to JOHN ROSS, jy22—6t* Near the Bell Tower. forTsalk piNE AVENUE GARDEN— Located in Ilarrisonville— FOR SALE. jy2l—tOctl* W. W. BARRON. . TO RENT. PART OF A HOUSE— On Greene Street, third door below Bell Tower, North side, consisting of four Rooms, Kitchen and Stable. Apply on the Premises. TO RENT, Ij'ROM THE FIRST OF OCTOBER next, that desirable Two Story DWEL LING, No. 45 Watkins Street, North side of the Parade Ground, containing seven Rooms, besides Pantry. Has a two story Kitchen, and Stable, a Well of Water under cover, large Garden, a Cistern, and other conveniences. Inquire at jyl9—tf 197 GREENE STREET. TORENT, ASTOEE UNDER PLANTERS’ HOTEL, With Counters, Drawers aud Shelves. Immediate possession given. Rent, moderate. jy4—tf Lots for Sale. Twenty building lots, situate on Marbury street, west side, adjoining, but out of, the City limits. For terms, etc., apply to F. A. MAUGE, jn.*»o—lm At 11. Caffin's, Broad st. FOR SALE. House and lots in Hamburg— House containing 2 Rooms, Kitchen 2 Rooms ; Lots 54J by 200 feet each, all in good order—in the best part of Town. Pos session given Ist October. For further particulars apply at the Cigar Store of ti. H. MEYER, ju29—lm Augusta, Ga. FOR SALE, NO. 1 COW AND YOUNG CALF. Apply at No. 32 Ellis Street, or to R. F. BOUYER. jylS—tf Newton House. Wheat Wanted. Wheat! Wheat! Wheat! WHEAT WANTED AT THE GRANITE MILLS. TIIE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE WILI, BE PAID BV GEO. T. JACKSON <£• CO., 2-1S Broad Street, jul7—3m Masonic Hall Building. WHEAT ! WHEAT! WHEAT I WHEAT! WHEAT I Tho Market Price paid for WHEAT. THOS. P. STOVALL, juD—tf At tho Excelsior Mills. Dry Goods, Notions. ]f)o BROAD J3TREET. jg Mrs. E. 11. Pughe HAS SOW OX A Fixe Stock New Goods (osOOvV^ Etc., Etc., CONSISTING OF iN MOURNING GOODS: GRENADINE BAREGE CREPE MERETZ Ir CHALLIES DeLAINES BOMBAZINES LAWNS —Black and Plain LAWNS—Figured LAWNS—PIaid ALPACA POPLINS—BIack and White GINGHAMS CALICOES, Etc. «DEESS character, eal GRENADINE—CoIored GRENADINE BAREGE-fijrurei CAMBRIC MUSLlNS—Figured LAWNS ORGANDIES BISHOP LAWN MESSELIA - NAINSOOK—Checked and Plain SWlSS—Dotted and Plain SW’lSS—Striped and Checked BRILLIANTES CHAMBREYS DEBAGE MOHAIR—Leno MOHAIR—PIaid PERCOLES POPLINS PARIS POPLINETTES CALICOES MUSLINS GINGHAMS, etc. Ladies’ and Misses’ TRIMMED and UNTRIMMED | Bonnets • IIATS^^ LATEST AND IMPROVED STYLES Flowers and Ribbons IN GREAT VARIETY. WHITE GOODS : FLANNEL—for Infant's Wear LINENS SHIRTINGS TABLE DAMASK TABLE NAPKINS LINEN SHEETINGS I>. C. COTTONS VARIETIES: PARASOLS SUN SHADES FANS HOOP SKIRTS HOSlEßY—Ladies’ and Misses’ HOSIERY—Boys’ and Gents’ LACE MITTS KID GLOVES—aII Colors L. C. Pocket HANDKERCHIEFS SHIRT BOSOMS COLLARS—Linen and Paper LADIES’ LINEN COLLARS ant CUFFS—Embroidered St Plain HAT ORNAMENTS DRESS ORNAMENTS DRESS CORDS ALPACA and SILK BRAID SKIRT BRAID MANTILLAS A LACE MANTILLAS iljj§ SILK MANTILLAS LACE POINTS AND EDGINGS I CAMBRIC JACONET SWISS, etc. LADIES’ EMBROIDERED at* HEMSTITCHED HDKFS EfSL.AH of the above Goods, with H great variety of valuable and necessalß articles, can be bought cheap, at M 190 Broad Street, I Mbs. E. H. PUGHE'S-fl