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; : "Kb JjrfSS. V > ' Jhflr k Prapr.oUir ' " ' , JMfvt ? Bb < • Mr ••!!;: I•" V 's.*■ • m~’ ,i>r ' i Baai'- /•■ * * HL~ Hul Descriptions. Ha f- ’Jlrftl-fj| | Formerly Hp A - PLAIT A '■•'• tu ; 7 * *" t 7 R AVGUSTA. <:a. KjftMrtmcut of FUKNI Kjbae ever boon in ibis llWlLiOi’j»«<> <*OH% rooeivin.:-->• ■•iimiu ami Walnut ■faAMBK.K SETTS. 1 BSD S T K A I) S , HTK A-TKTKm ; UN etc., etc. '"',l .IJra DEPARTMENT ■fee im' 1 U.unii.-k i'l'K VTSt*"* "»* . . ,$A* -Kl. S , GIMPS, ami all ne i ’ Imjng department * ~’» wiilon. Special Orders Ho. Repairing done in mm oi k 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 iy2l—tf 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. JUST RECEIVED— Anew supply of this work. Call early and secure copies, at QUINN'S 189 BROAD STREET. THE MUTE SINGER, by Mrs. Ritchie. JAIIGAL, by Victor Hugo. THE APOSTLES, by Reaan. JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. HABITS OF GOOD SOCIETY. THE ART OF CONVERSATION. LOVE L’AMOUR. MACKENSIE’S 10,000 RECEIPTS. ALL THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS, NEWSPAPERS And PERIODICALS ALWAYS ON HAND. jyll—lm Dress Goods. STYLES OF DRESS GOODS, ALL KINDS. VERY CHEAP, at I. KAHN & CQ.'S, jul7—6m 262 Bruud Street. J