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»„*•. ' Bailii 's)rrss. ' ■HC, Pullisliqr & Proprietor. ■ " 'K* I' Ui.r press is ms rui < • Hr<;i>4»»' IV rttlirr City, llurrl.i) H largest Cl aCI lat i ox. AejniM-Ills liiNt-rleil ; i Brill Term*. —Corner of Ur..a.l on.l "if.-.'r Pmt ojt>< Ij. I Furniture. ’ Hire of All Descriptions. Hfe. * PI.ATT BROTHERS tlj§aß|reSSfc Formerly C. A. PLATT A CO. ft 211 RROAD STREET, Bu AVGUSTA. GA. ' ''|S«Jsßha beat assortment ofFUßNl that has ever be*-n in this MtwGrifeßHi rnnstantlv receiving censisl- Mabnganv an«l Walnut Oil AMBER SETTS, 'i&mtSSm SETTS, BEDSTEADS, filliiiiHklVAS, TETE-A-TETES, CKN- K, BUREAUS, etc., etc. ft ~ * >*> IN Ot'R . ppkcHtering department VslmsviMhAOKS. Lace and Damask < I'll - TASS KI. S , OIMI'S, HANDS, and all ne required. 1 Nil DEPARTMENT operation. Special Orders to. Repairing done in »|Vof the business. ImiMIUK;. in our 4|{?*HtAKERS’ DEPARTMENT V,» on band, COFFINS of VX>! and si 7o. METALLIC |C CASKETS of tbe most iiu > . , Bi'-s. can be supplied with all -Wfeofet Biu M MIN (I S. mv 2—ts f FURNITURE. HBBB THE UNDE RSD IN' ED HAVE band, an.l are receiving, a fine t of ■’umiture, HHet/ offer af very Loir Figures! prepared to make to order and in our lino of business at CHAIRS rc-fented at a lie at IS7 llroad, opposite .Mi nuinent ■Mi WEST A MAY. . r T§ NOTICE. HAS OPENED No. 350 Broad Street, near Market, for tho purpose of RE f’AtflHa OLD FURNITURE; also, NEW FURNITURE. 3«isaE»^pmpareil to furniah COFFINS, . He has lived in Augusta and was in tbe Third Geer 'sji©^Wuc,lt daring tbe war. ■ wishing to have Work well dune give him a call. ALBERT-WALLEN, VySHiriTURE! FURNITURE! ! wholesale AND \ RETAIL. Hf.GRAAF £ TAYLOR, BOWERY HhBB and : : fin CHRISTIE STREETS ■ NEW YORK, best assorted stock of Parlor, \t ,'■ ilig Room and Bed-Room ; .«i» BEDS and BEDDING ggfSv IN THE CITY. and HIGH POST §2*b BEDSTEADS, for Southern trade. Hers and hotels furnished §Bj|||fe AT ATiiHsALE PRICES. KNOCK DOWN CANE WORK POST .sMjjj BEDSTEADS, in cases. GUARANTEED ■ ,iM AS REPRESENTED. for manufacturing defy Wholesale & Retail ■ Emporium. I- KAHN & CO., 262 I Foreign and Domestic ■noy goods ■motions BOOTS a-: SHOES HATS AND STRAW GOODS ■■2 BROAD STREET. f Straw Goods and gents, ■slung very low AT H I. KAHN & CO’S, 262 Broad Street. ■PETER DAVEZAP f V : Bp’AY THE HIGHEST PRICES \V Rags, Waste, Old Bagging, Copper, Brass, and Lead. \i'BE« to call at any part of the City. Warehouse, Northeast Corner of Washington streets, Augusta, seersi.it. jyß—3m* Daily Press. VOL. I. Snuff & Tobacco. VIRGINIA CUT TOB ACCO, AND SNUFF. 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 CUT 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 4nd -itrtist*st!*l OheW, I with all the natural aromatic flavor of the Virginia Ping, different altogether from the Western Fine Cut. JAS. M. VENABLE, PETERSBURG, VA. JAS- ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED nr BLAIR, SMITH & CO., AUGUSTA, GA. For sale by all the principal Tobacco Dealers. jy4—2m P. HANSBERGER & CO., CORNER BROAD & 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, Lorilllard’s, Rappee, Maocaboy, Scotch SNUFFS, ETC, mys-3m 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—tf Gas and Steam Fitting and Plumbing. n A. ROBBE, \J . Having re-opened a Gas and Steam Fitting and Plumbing Shop, in the roar of 272 Broad Street [Concert Hall place], is now prepared to do all kinds of wqpk 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. juß—2m Brokers and Merchants. JOHN CRAIG. Banking and EXCHANGE OFFICE, 289 BROAD STREET, Augusta, Ga., BUTS AND SELLS GOLD BULLION GOLD and SILVER COIN BANK NOTES BONDS, STOCKS BILLS OF EXCHANGE, my4—ly Foreign and Domestic. Light Cassimeres CLOTHS— For Gents’ and Boys’ Wear Are selling at Reduced Prices, at I. KAHN & CO.’S, j u l7 6ni 262 Broad Street. AUGUSTA, GA.. SUN DA’S MORNING, AUG. 5, 1866. Boots & Shoes. Selling Off at Cost to Close Business! p=] GREAT BARGAINS BOOTS, SHOES, and Aa TRUNKS! All in want of goods in onr line will find it to their advantage to give us a call, as we are soiling off our goods at cost. To city and oountry merchants we offer great inducements, as wo will sell them goods cheaper than they Can buy them North. Our stook is large and well adapted to thla section of the country. Call and examine our stool: and prices, as we are determined to close tho business ns soon ns possible. W. & C. H. CLARENDON. 314 Broad Street. Augusta, Nearly opposite the Planters’ Hotel. jy2l—tf Just Received, J KAIIN & co. 2(52 BROAD STREET, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NICE ASSORTMENT OF Ladies’ Shoes! They have a beautiful assortment of DRESS CORDS, BUTTONS. and RIBBONS, Which attract the eye and please the taste GOODS VERY LOW. .jcl7—6m Dress Making. MEresTsEGINS” ■pRENCH 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. my!2—3m Painting & Gilding. Nearly opposite the POST-OFFICE Is undertaking HOUSE, SIGN, AND ORNAMENTAL IN ALL ITS VARIOUS BRANCHES. jy!7—tf £ , J. BROWNE. fl 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 THE NORTH. 135 BROAD STREET, Augusta, Oa. PAINTING, GLAZING, Etc. ALL orders connected with the above branches promptly executed in the neatest manner, od 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. fe2o—tf WILLIAM BARROW. Dissolution, Etc. NOTICE. WE HAVE THIS DAY TAKEN IN partnership Mr. WM. B. DAVISON, long and favorably known as a Commission Merchant of this city. Hereafter tbe style of tbe firm will be CRUMP, DAVISON & CO. «. R. CRUMP & CO. Augusta, Ga., July 28th, 1866. GEO. R. CRUMP. WM. B. DAVISON. WM. A. WRIGHT. Crump, Davison & Cos., COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND COTTON BROKERS. Also, dealers in GROCERIES and LIQUORS, Tobacco, Cigars, Bacon, Lard, Grain, Flour, Guano, Bagging, Rope. 209 BROAD STREET, jy2B—lm Augusta, Ga. Copartnership Notice. WE HAVE THIS DAY OPENED A branch of our Charleston Wholesale IIAT HOUSE at No. 233 Broad Street, Opposite Masonic Ilall, In this city, and have associated with us Mr. GEORGE A. JONES, under the name and style of WILLIAMS, COVERT & CO., For the purpose of conducting the Whole sale and Retail Hat, Cap, Straw and Milli nery Business. WILLIAMS A COVERT, Charleston, S. C. GEORGE A. JONES, Augusta, Ga. DAVID R. WILLIAMS, HENRY C. COVERT ,iy4—lm 188 ON S IN EVERY NEW AND IMPROVED STYLE, at MRS. PUGIIE’o, 190 Broad Street. Dry Goods. IMPORTANT IJO THE TRADING PUBLIC! GREAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS 1 SELLING OFF AT UNPRECEDENTEDLY LOW PRICES 1 To make room for a LARGE FALL STOCK! MERCHANTS, PLANTERS and OTHERS Desirous of Purchasing DRY GOODS AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES, FOR CASH! WILL FIND IT VASTLY TO THEIR INTEREST TO CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. As we have a regular Assorted Stock of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DlxY GOODS FANCY GOODS NOTIONS Etc., Etc., Etc., We wUI not attempt an enumeration of *tsiv «... ’flfcrffisT'Os 'tin store. J. D. A. MURPHY & CO., 314 BROAD STREET, Nearly opposite Planters’ Hotel. Augusta, Ga. ju24—tf Selling Off at Very Low Prices 1 rPHE ENTIRE STOCK OF 1 DRY GOODS. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, LADIES’ AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Segars, etc., etc. To make room for Goods constantly arriving at THE FANCY BAZAAR, No. 253 Broad street. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF LADIES’ WHITE GOODS SILK BASQUES AND JACKETS, HOSIERY AND DRESS GOODS Just received, and for sale at a bargain, in THE FANCY BAZAAR, No. 253 Broad street. TPHE LATEST I and BEST STYLES or SPRING and SUMMER CLOTHING AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS At lowest prices, at THE FANCY BAZAAR, No. 253 Broad street. Country Merchants Will find it to their advantage before pur chasing elsewhere to call at THE FANCY BAZAAR, julO—3m No. 253 Broad street. 190 BROAD STREET 190 DRY GOODS Os Every Description, HF=r\ Hoop Skirts. EMPRESS COLORED T~ HOOP SKIRTS Dress Cxoods, In all Material used therefor. LADIES’ HATS AND BONNETS, WHITE GOODS SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS BRAIDS, TINSEL & PLAIN CORD RIBBONS, COLLARS AND CUFFS MANTILLAS AND CLOAKS HOSIERY, GLOVES, PINS AND NEEDLES, FANCY SOAPS, PERFUMERY And e. . other Arl >cle usually found in a F/r.it (Jiass Dry Goods Store.. AND EXAMINE GOODS-tte^ NO. 184. flflic Hailii press. City Printer—Official Paper LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. SUNDAY MORNING Aug. 5, 1866 SCISSORS. —The Millerites say it will grow hot ter and hotter every year until finally the world will be consumed. —One hundred and fifty negroes were wounded and twenty-five killed in the late New Orleans riot. —A woman shouldn’t be too sweet. To be smeared with honey is to be teased by insects. —The venerable Ex-President Beruett, of Texas, is a delegate to the Philadel phia National Union Convention. —Why are women hard on clothes ? Because when they buy anew suit they wear it out the first day. —A soldier threw himself from the top of a monument in Paris, and dashed his poor brains out because he failed to receive a medal for service in Mexico. —A man named Adams has been committed for trial by the United States Commissioner for mailing obscene prints and periodicals. —All the druggists of Des Moines, lowa, have been indicted under the li quor law as nuisances, and will be prose cuted by the teetotallers of tbe city. —Lord Chesterfield once remarked that even Adam, the first man, knew the value of politeness, and allowed Eve to have the first bite at the apple. —A farmer, in Elizabeth, New Jer sey, says that for several days during the heated term, his hens have laid hard boiled eggs. —The entire assets of a recent bank rupt were nine children. The creditors acted magnanimously and let him keep them. —A young girl of St. Louis recently married to win a bet she had made of twenty dollars. Her husband proving indifferent, she has applied fora divorce. —The New York World states that a combination of capitalists in New York have bought $6,000,000 in gold, and intend to buy more, in order to run up tbe price when there is an opportunity. —A New London citizen of African descent, last week got as drunk as a man, and fell asleep on one of the docks. While in that condition some wag came along and whitewashed him. —During one of the late hot days a buggy was set on fire In Baldwinsville, N. Y., by a bottle which was lying in the bottom of it, and which acted like a burning glass. —Efforts are being made to export, beef and other meat from Texas, without salting, drying, hermetically sealing, or rreezing, and in perfectly fresh state, under a newly discovered English pro cess. —After being bailed in a great many cases, the notorious Radical Congress man, C. V. Culver, has been finally im prisoned in Venango county, Pa., jail for swindling. —The sensation created in England by the Monitor Miantonomach, has brought forth a letter from the Lairds, who mention the fact that they built the first three turret vessels which crossed the ocean without convoy. —The salary of Congressmen has been increased to $5,000, and mileage has been cut down to twenty cents. The employees of Congress, including the Capitol police, get an addition of twenty per cent to their salaries. —Senor Miguel Embil, a Mexican, has addressed a circular to the Cuban planters, offering to impart*a secret which will double their sugar crops, pro vided they will hand over ten per cent, of the additional profits. As he does not want the money in advance there may be something in it. —A curious weapon, called the non recoil gun, has been invented by Mr. G. Harding, in England. Its principle is simple and extremely peculiar. It is, in faet, a plain tube, without a breach; and open at both ends. The shot is placed in the centre, a wad is placed be hind it so as to confine the charge, and a second wad is placed at such a dis tance as to leave an air space behind the charge. There being no recoil from the gun, it is called the non-recoil. Just Opening, COMPLETE STOCK OF SEASONABLE GOODS AT THE WELL-KNOWN STAND OF 1. KAHN & CO., ju!s—6m 262 Broad Street. t gailj |)nss ; bosi Xnß joting . i of EVERY DESCRIPTION EXECUTED IN THE BEST MANNER. The Eaeteit Pouter Prefer, and Beet Os Workmen enabler ue to do Superior JOB WORK at Cheaper Rater than elsewhere. Rail Road Schedules.^ Schedule of South Carolina Rail Road Company. attagafl&sas W H iDTI AUGUSTA DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Charleston 7.30 A. M. Arrive at 8ran0hvi11e....,...., 11.20 A. M. Leave Branchville .12.00 M. Arrive at Augusta. 5.10 P. M. Leave Augusta.., 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Branchville .....11.20 A. M. Leave Branchville 12.00 M. Arrive at Charleston 4.00 P. M. COLUMBIA DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Charleston J. 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Branchville 11.20 A. M. Leave Branchville 11.40 A. M. Arrive at Kingsville 2.30 P. M. Leave Kingsville 2.45 P. M. Arrive at Columbia 4.40 P. M. Leave Columbia 6.30 A. M. Arrive at Kingsville 8.30 A. M. Leave Kingsville 8.50 A. M. Arrive at Branchville -.11.40 A. M. Leave Branchville 12.00 M. Arrive at Charleston., 4.00 P. M. H. T. PEAKE, au3 —ts General Superintendent. IMMMB South Carolina Railroad. South Caboliwa Railroad Companv, I Cuarlkston, S. C., July 26, 1866. j Through freight accommoda tions from and to Baltimore, Phila delphia, New York and Boston, to August*,: Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Rome, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, and all intervening points via Charleston, S. C. On and after August Ist, Shippers of Freight from and to any ofthe above points sending their Bills Lading to the Agent of the South Carolina Railroad Company, Charleston, will receive prompt attention, and every effort used to give immediate dis patch to all classesof Freight to destination. They w ill also receive the benefit of a Through Rate of Freight charges just arranged. Freight Rates and general charges will at all times be as low via Charleston as via Savannah from and to any of the above named Seaports. (Forwarding by South Carolina Railroad free.) H. T. PEAKE, Gen’l Superintendent S. C. R. R. jy2B—SaTuTh2w Change of Schedule on Georgia Rail Road. ON AND AFTFR THURSDAY, AUGUST 2d, the Passenger Trains will run as follows: DAT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 5.30 A. M. Leave Atlanta at 5.45 A. M. Arrive at Augusta at 6.15 P. M. Arrive at Atlanta at ...; 6.95 P. M. Nionr PASSENGER AND THROUGH MAIL TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 6.30 P. M. Leave Atlanta at 5.30 P. M. Arrive at Augusta at 5.10 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta at 5.15 A. M. Day Passenger Train will make close con nections at Augusta with Central Railroad for Savannah, and at Atlanta with M. & \V. and W. i£ A. Railroads. Passengers for Athens, Washington and Mayfield, Ga., will take the Day Train from Atlanta and Au gusta. Passenger and Through Mail Train will make close connections at Augus ta with Trains for Savannah, Ga., Charles ton and Columbia, S. C., Wilmington, Ra leigh and Weldon, N. C., Richmond and Pe tersburg, Va., Washington, Baltimore, Phila delphia, Boston, New York and other Nort hern cities, and at Atlanta with Trains for Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Macon, Eufaula, Columbus, West Point, Ac., Nash ville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Ac. Tiekots for sale by Agents at Atlanta and Augusta. E. W. COLE, au2-—tf Gen’l Superintendent. Western and Atlantic Railroad. ON AND AFTER THIS DAY Trains on the West ern A Atlantic Railroad will run as follows: NIGHT EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN —DAILY. Leave Atlanta 6.30 P. M. Arriveat Dalton 1.16 A. M. Arrive at Chattanooga 4.00 A. M. Leave Chattanooga 7.35 P. M. Leave Dalton 10.25 P. M. Arrive at Atlanta 5.05 A. M. DAT PASSENGER TRAIN. Daily except Sundays. Leave Atlanta 7.25 A. M. Arrive at Chattanooga 5.20 P. M. Leave Chattanooga 6.30 A. M. Arrive a,t Atlanta 4.23 P. M. KINGSTON ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Daily except Sundays. Leave Atlanta 3.13 P. M. Arrive at Kingston 8.15 P. M. Leave Kingston 4.29 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 9.42 A. M JOHN V. PECK, au3—tf Master Transportation. JNO. c. SCHREINER * sdns. Macon, Ga. ~ jno. c. Schreiner A sons, Savannah, Ga. J. C. Schreiner & Sons, NO. 199 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC; and FANCY GOODS. Keep constantly on band a choice selec tion of the above articles. All orders from the Country promptly attended to. TIIE BEST OF ITALIAN VIOLIN and GUITAR STRINGS. AGENTS FOR Stein way & Sons’, Soebbeler A Schmidt’s, and Gale <£ Co.’s CELEBRATED PIANOS. fe4—ly OOP SKIRTS, GORE SKIRTS, And all other styles, at MRS. FUGUE'S, 190 Broad Street.