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ami all ne
i ’ Imjng department
* ~’» wiilon. Special Orders
Ho. Repairing done in
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JfiSS’ DEPARTMENT
t** huAod hand, COFFINS of
Hd else. METALLIC
C'S-Ciii K£TS of the most in;
‘Nre.-f'o. WF he supplied with all
HGS. iiiv2— ts
. -Riture.
■kdkp.signed have
are rnv.iving, a line
•,::r’HSSc..oo BHof
Hhitiire,
i.\t ■: Mp at very Low Figures'.
■ri to make to order arid
a, a»en*H, B our liuu of business at
HhAIRS re seated at a liv
- f»’je |Broad, opposite M • nuuieuj
iSmmt J . WEST 4 MAY.
POIICE.
Hb\ei> has opened
K 850 Broad Street, near
(fit for the purpose of HE
,» HIRXIT I' H E ; also,
■PURNITURE.
*;,■ to furnish COFFINS.
, 1 -- ®tHe has lived in Augusta
„> «; « e? • IP* was in the Third Geor
ofofo:;?,/ Hbg the war.
;;toi. |Kto have work weil done
a call.
■FERT WALLEN,
• B 1 350 Broad Street.
, ■ ■ U FURNITURE' !
T [Btholesai.e
V ANI>
ftf ; . i;N - RETAIL.
■ Kp k TAYLOR,
Hery
Hash
■WRiSTIE STREETS
0R K ,
H&ftrted stock of Parlor,
feexu and Bed-Hooin
lITURE !
HLd BEDDING
1 An. ** * IN' THE CITY.
ftl POST
| BEDSTEADS.
Hr Southern trade.
.„ '• A«OTELS FI UNISHED
K • A T
HBces.
,- MX DOWN CANE WORK
BORT
BEDSTEADS, in cases.
■kBANTEED
W AS REPRESENTED.
•}. ' A . Hi for manufacturing defy
PP in v- -1 v
• 2152.
Will & CO.
f BARGAINS !
aji I I, ; . M oil? AT COST!
their new su ppb r of
r Rents
AND
lISKD GOODS!
offered at
PRICES!
jrjo-. H&ppnughly REPAIRED and
■^HBHpho
SpL TRADE!
f I. KAHN & CO.,
)sgc..rf 262 Broad Street.
Hfttw Goods
Spi AND GENTS,
VERY LOW
HT
M. I. KAHN & CO’S.
fcts@..-‘ l 3: 262 Broad Street.
Daily Press.
AUGUSTA, GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 10, 1866.
VOL. I.
Snuff & Tobacco.
ATOUBTUB BOHiEr
QOn BROAD STREET.
Okev (Opposite Planters’Hotel
llaa always on hand a large assortment of
IMPORTED 4 DOMESTIC SEGARS
Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO
LoriMard’a SNUFF
Fine Meerrchaum PIPES
AMD
CIGAR HOLDERS, genuine and imitation
ALSO,
Rubber, Briar, Rosewood, and
Clay PIPES,
PIPE STEMS,
SNUFF BOXES, Etc.,
AT Tne LOWEST NEW TORE PRICES.
THE TRADE SUPPLIED ON LIBERAL
au4-ly] TERMS.
VIRGINIA
JjxiNF CUT
TOBACCO,
. AND
SNUFF.
lam 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
Give* 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,
PETEItSII.URQ, VA.
jea- ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED
BLAIR, SMITH k CO.,
AUGUSTA, GA.
For sale by all the principal Tobacco
Dealers. jy4—2m
Plumbing and Gas Fitting.
C. H. WARNER,
PLUMBER,
GAS and STEAM FITTER,
In rear of 255 Broad street,
Augusta, Geo.
Pumps, Gas, Steam and ’7ater Pipes,
Rubber Hose and Hose Pipes, promptly
furnished or repaired. ja2o—tf
Gas and Steam Fitting and
Plumbing.
CN A. ROBBE,
J . Having re-opened a Gas and Steam
Fitting 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. juß—3m
Brokers and Merchants.
JOHN CRAIG.
Banking and
EXCHANGE OFFICE,
289 BROAD STREET,
Augusta, Ga.,
BUYS ANP SELLS
GOLD BULLION
GOLD and SILVER COIN
BANK NOTES
BONDS, STOCKS
BILLS OF EXCHANGE,
m y 4 1y Foreign and Domestic.
Light Cassimeres
CLOTHS—
For Gents’ and Boys’ Wear
Are selling at Reduced Prices, at
I. KAHN & CO.’S,
ju!7—6m 202 Broad Street.
Jewellers.
JOBI T. CIARX v
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER
Would respectfully
inform the citizens
C of Augusta, thathe
jQrßi* q/ 4 1 is now prepared to
WATCH WORK,
gj at No. 25 Jaekson
Shackelford’s. jy2o—lm .
Take Notice.
THE UNDERSIGNED
wishes to inform the citizens //» / *jjgg
of Augusta and vicinity, 1C
thaj be is prepared to repair
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry of all kinds, and
Sewing Machines.
All work neatly executed and warranted
to be done equal to any house in the South
ern country.
THOS. RUSSELL,
290 Broad Street,
iylT—ly Up Stairs.
Boots & Shoes.
Selling Off at Cost to Close
Business!
gs) GKISAT BARGAINS
BOOTS, SHOES, ant
fSlh. TRUNKS!
All in want of good? in our line will fin<
it to their advantage to give us a call, a?
we are selling off our goods at cost. TANARUS«
city and country merchants we offer grea
inducements, as we will sell them good
cheaper than they can buy them North
Our stock is large and well adapted to thn
section of the country. Call and examin*
our stock and prices, as we are determine*
to close the business as soon as possible.
W. dr C. H. CLARENUON,
314 Broad Street. Augusta,
Nearly opposite the Planters’ Hotel
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Jnst Received,
j KAHN & co.
2fi2 BROAD STREET,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A NICE ASSORTMENT 01
Uadies* Shoes!
They have a beautiful assortment of
DRESS CORDS,
BUTTONS.
and RIBBONS.
Which attract the eye and please the taste
GOODS VERY LOW.
je!7—6m ________
Ice Dealers.
Ice! Ice! Ice!
CONSTANT SUPPLY OF PRIME
NORTHERN I C E
Will be furnished to consumers by calling
or sending their orders to the
AUGUSTA ICE HOUSE,
Opposite the South Carolina Rail Road
Depot, or at the Branch House on Campbell
Street, at the present reduced advertised
rates —viz.: $2 50 per CWT., and 3c. RE
TAIL; and at all times as low as can b«
furnished by any other .dealer.
au2—tf CALEB EMERY.
Come and See Us.
THE GEORGIA ICE HOUSE STILL
lives, and is selling ICE at as low rates
as anybody.
jy 17 lm BOYCE A DODD.
Ice Delivered Free
TO CUSTOMERS, IN ANY PART OF
the City, who will take TEN POUNDS
or MORE.
Our charges are—For LESS than FIFTY
POUNDS, THREE CENTS per pound. For
FIFTY POUNDS and OVER, TWO
AND A HALF CENTS
Ice House, near the Bell Tower, ODe door
South of Greene Street.
WATERMELONS and CANTELOPES
ON ICE—Cheap.
my29—3m PORTER 4 PEGO.
ICE.
rplIE McINTOSH STREET
Ice House
(OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE)
IS NOW OPEN.
Prices for the present four (4) cents
a pound, retail. For fifty pounds or more
three (3) cents.
R. A. HARPER 4 CO.
,apl4—4m (colored).
Dissolution, Etc.
DISSOLUTION.
rpHE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF MEN
JL DLESON 4 ROBERTSON was dis
solved this day by mutual consent. The
claims, if any, will be settled by either of us.
A. MENDLESON,
A. P. ROBERTSON.
Augusta, Ga., August 7, 1566.
The business will be continued by A.
MENDLESON. auS—3t
NOTICE.
WE HAVE THIS DAY TAKEN IN
partnership Mr. WM. 17. DAVISON,
long and favorably known as a Commission
Merchant of this city. Hereafter the stylo
of the firm will bo CRUMP, DAVISON
A CO. G. R. CRUMP <t- CO.
Apgusta, Ga., July 28th, ISC6.
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.
Dry Goods.
IMPOBTANT
THE TRADING PUBLIC!
GREA T BARGAINS IN DR Y GOODS l
SELLING OFF
AT
UNPRECEDENTEDLY LOW PRICES!
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
ELSE WHERE.
As we have a regular Assorted Stock of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS
FANCY GOODS
NOTIONS
Etc, Etc, Etc,
' Wo will not attempt au enumeration aT
the maoy articles now in 6tore.
J. D. A. MURPHY & CO,
314 BROAD STREET,
Nearly opposite Planters’ Hotel.
Augusta, Ga.
ju24—tf
Selling Off at Very Low Prices!
The entire stock of
DRY GOODS,
FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS,
CLOTHING,
LADIES’ AND GENTS’
FURNISHING GOODS,
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
Trunks, Valises, Segars, etc., etc.
To mako 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.
rpHE LATEST
1 and BEST STYLES
OF
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING
ANO
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
At lowest price?, 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 ,
Hoop Skiits.
EMPRESS
COLORED
HOOP SKIRTS
Groods,
In all Material need therefor.
LADIES’ HATS AND BONNETS,
WHITE GOODS
SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS
BRAIDS, TINSEL A PLAIN CORD
RIBBONS, COLLARS AND CUFFS
MANTILLAS AND CLOAKS
HOSIERT, GLOVES, PINS AND NEEDLES,
FANCY SOAPS, PERFUMERY
And every other Article unnally found in a
First Class Dry Goods Store. .
AND EXAMINE GOOD3-*5.
NO. 188.
pailir Ijra.
City Printer—Official Paper
LARGEST CITY CIBCULATION.
FRIDAY MORNING... Aug. 1071866
SCISSORS.
—“ Party Ties”—White Chokers.
—D. K. McKrea, of N. C., has been
pardoned.
—Round veils are coining into fashion
again.
—Hard rubber collars are to be in
troduced in place of paper ones.
—The key most coveted by the pick
lock-—the key to success.
—The issue of tobacco rations to
United States troops is to be resumed.
The Imperial Government of Mexico
has ordered the sequestration of Santa
Anna’s domains.
—ln lowa recentlly two husbands
traded wives, one giving the other
$1,500 to boot.
—Col. John Rutherford, at one time
Governor of Virginia, died very sudden
ly in Richmond a few days ago.
—The price of a wife in Egypt varies
from five shillings to fifteen hundred dol
lars.
—Fort Ripley, at Charleston, is being
rapidly destroyed by the action of the
waves.
—lhtnch asks if it underbred to speak
of the aristocracy as the upper crust of
society ?
—Rev. Matthew Davenport, aged one
hundred years, preached at Okalona,
Miss., July 11.
—The Arabs relieve persons suffering
from sunstroke by pouriug salt and
water into the sufferer’s ears.
—Over four thousand persons were
arrested in Philadelphia during the
month of July.
—Why is a happy husband like the
Atlantic cable ? Because he is spliced
to his Heart's Content.
—The Atlantic cable commenced
where .the congressional cabal. left off—
in the mud.
—Fifty towns in Ireland, with a pop
ulation of upwards of three thousand
each, are unrepresented in Parliament.
—Senator John P. Stockton will be
one of the New Jersey delegates to the
Philadelphia Convention.
■—Sarah Weidman, a beautiful young
lady, hanged herself at Morristown, Ga.,
lately. Love was the cause. [This is
evidently a stretch of the imagination.]
—A law, enacted in 1857, provides
that this Government is to pay the At
lantic Cable Company a subsidy of
SBO,OOO a year.
—A wicked and disloyal Missourian
says there is no fear that preachers will
be arrested for preaching the gospel in
Illinois, for they never do it.
A United States cavalryman has
been tarred and feathered by his com
rades in Texas for attempting miscege
nation.
—Swinburn, by general consent an
“Heir Apparent” to the Laureateship,
has in press anew volume of “Poems
and Ballads.”
—Bismarck, the great Prussian, on
whom all European eyes are now cen
tered, rejoices in the name of Charles
Otto von Bismarck auf Schonhausen
und Kniephof. Good for him.
—An exchange says that in a public
office in a Western city the following
notice may be seen : “Lost—A valuable
new silk umbrella, belonging to a gen
tleman with a curiously carved ivory
head!”
—Why was Queen Elizabeth greater
than Napoleon ? Because he was a
wonder and she was a Tudor. The man
who perpetrated the above is in a straight
jacket.
—“Bob,” said a young fellow at a
fancy fair, “you are missing all the
sights on this side.” “Never mind, Bill,"
retorted Bob, “I’m sighting all the misses
on the other.”
—A fast young fellow in the stage
box of a Paris theatre wrote this note in
pencil, and sent it by the box-opener to
a pretty actress, who, while playing, had
won his heart: “Mademoiselle, when one
sees you, one loves you. When one loves’
you, one would confess it to you. When
confession is made, one would prove it
to you—so won’t you do me the pleasure
to sup with me after the performance ?
My name is Thousand Francs.” The
actress at once replied: “Sir, I have
reeeived your note; there are stupider
men. I have seen your face ; there are
uglier men. I live Rue de la Victoire.
You will know no more, for my name is
More Thau That.”
t gailfi frtss.
BOOK AND JOB POINTING
or
EVERY DESCRIPTION
bxkcuted
IN THE BEST MANNER.
The Fastest Power Presses, and Best •/
Workmen enables us to do Superior JOB
WORK at Cheaper Rates than elsewhere.
Rail Road Scheduler. .
Schedule of South Carolina Rail
Road Company. , j
AUGUSTA DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Charleston 7.30 A.M.
Arrive at BranchviUe ....11.20 A. M.
Leave BranchviUe 12,00 M.
Arrive at Augusta 5.10 P. M.
Leave Anguata.. 6.00 A. M.
Arrive at BranchviUe 11.20 A. M.
Leave Brancbrille ....„• 12.00 M.
Arrive at Charleston 4.00 P. M.
COLUMBIA DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Charleston,.,... 7.30 A. M.
Arrive at Branchviiie 11.20 A. M.
Leave BranchviUe.... 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 BranchviUe 11.40 A. M.
Leave BranchviUe .12.00 M.
Arrive at Charleston 4.00 P. M.
H. T. PEAKE,
au3—tf General .Superintendent.
South Carolina Railroad.
South Carolina Rau.boad Company, )
Charleston, S. C., July 26, 1866. j
Through freight accommoda
tions from and t<> Baltimore, Phila
delphia, New York and Boston, to Augusta,
Atlanta. Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans,
Rome, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville,
Memphis, and all intervening points via
Charleston, S. C.
On and after August Ist, Shipper* of
Freight from and to any of the above point*
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 ail classes of Freight to destination.
They will 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
DAILY, (Sundays excepted) as follows:
Kv passenger train.
.Leave Auglsta at 5.30 A. M.
Leave Atlanta at 5.45 A. M.
Arrive at Angusta at 6.15 P. J M.
Arrive at Atlantaat 6.05 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER AND THROUGH MAIL TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 6.3 Q P. M.
Leave Atlanta at... 5 30 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta at.... 0. 6.1 Q 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. 4 W.
and W. it 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 North
ern cities, and at Atlanta with Trains for
Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Macon,
Eufaula, Columbus, West Point, 4o , Nash
ville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Louisville,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, 4c.
Tickets for sale by Agent*
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
cm <fc Atlantic Railroad will run as follows :
NIGHT EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN—DAILY.
Leave Atlanta 6.30 P. M.
Arrive at Da1t0n........ 1.16 A. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga. 4.00 A. Af.
Leave Chattanooga 7.35 P. M.
Leave Dalton 2 10.25 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta.... 5.05 A. M.
DAY 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 at 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 Atlauta 9.42 A. M*
JOHN V. PECK,
au3—tf Master Transportation.
Prison Life of Jeff Davis.
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