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Publisher 4 Proprietor.
h. I' FhESS IS I US-
Gratuitously rrery morning, rirryt
throughout thr mure I'itt/, thereby
>*. LAMEST CIRCULATION.
t Slrerli<iemriil<i I niter led
Term*.
OFFICE —Chrwar of Broad and
Streets, apposits Post- Ojfict , /';)-
|j|p Furniture.
’■ of All Descriptions.
PLATT BROTHERS,
▲ 1 Formerly
B§JHg\T C. A. PLATT A CO,
214 BHOAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
;|» w the best assortment of FURNI-
K, n bend that has ever been in this
constantly receiving—conrist-
Mahoganv and Walnut
-.■ill SETTS. CHAMBER SETTS,
SETTS. REI)STE AT> S,
hHs, sofas. TETE A-TKTES, CEN-
BUREAUS, etc., etc.
HSS| in orn
■■ISTF.RING PEP ARTMENT
SHAPES, l.ace and Damask CI'R
HV CO Rlt* s . TASSELS, UTMPS,
CORNICES. BANDS, and all ne-
articles required.
■■(MT\CTUHINtJ DEBAR I ME NT
HH in operation. Special Orders
attended to. Repairing done in
of the business.
is ot'tt
»®RTAKERS’ DEPARTMENT
constantly on hand. COFFINS of
and sice. METALLIC
CASKETS of tho most im
ran bo suppliod with all
TRIMMINGS. mv2—tf
feM FURNITURE.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
on band, and are receiving, a fine
; |g*assortment of
■Fuiniit-irre,
■■H they offer at very Ixnc Figures!
prepared to make to order and
, y^^kything in our line of business at
OH MRS re seated at a liv
|o>He at 137 Broad, opposite Monument
■K WEST A MAY.
"W NOTICE.
JfuBuNDERSIGNED nAS OPENED
at No. 350 Broad Street, near
Market, for the purpose of RE-
H;g OLD JURNITURE; also,
NEW FURNITURE.
prepared to furnish COFFINS.
years, and was in the Third Geor
during the war.
wishing to have work well dono
give him a call.
W ALBERT WALLEN,
ly 330 Broad Street.
ifcITURE! FURNITURE! !
WHOLESALE
ASD
RETAIL.
. vBegRAAF 4 TAYLOR,
BOWERY
AND
§||H 65 CHRISTIE STREETS
gi||f NEW YORK,
best assorted stock of Parlor,
Room and Bed-Room
MFRNITURE!
BEDS and BEDDING
fSßm!?' IN THE CITY.
and HIGH POST
sp;cr BEDSTEADS,
, for Southern trade.
tr.‘®ERS AND HOTELS FURNISHED
IB|H§ a t
PRICES.
" KNOCK DOWN CANE WORK
ASBBurned post
BEDSTEADS, in cases.
GUARANTEED
irrf&'i- AS REPRESENTED.
for manufacturing defy
myl—ly
I- »«.
MKalm & Cos.
■REAT BARGAINS!
,|»ING OFF AT CO ST I
an< l Be e their n«w supply of
I PRINTS
AND *
He acH ED aOO DS!
.. B Which are offered at
BEW YORK PRICES!
t,o be thoroughly REPAIRED and
for the
gpIlM FALL TRADE!
jjP' I. KAHN <t CO.,
'.''i»-tf 262 Broad Street.
Straw Goods
LADIEB AND GENTS,
HI j SELLING VERY LOW
|jf I. KAHN & CO’S,
:; 232 Broad Street.
Daily Press.
VOL,. I.
AVGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 22, 1866.
Snuff 4 Tobacco.
P. HANSBERGER & CO
Corner broad a Mclntosh sts.
(Opposite Post Office.)
WHOLESALE AND'RETAIL DEALERS
AND
IMPORTERS and manufacturers
OP
HAVANA AND DOMESTIC SEGARS
CHEWING and smoking
TOBAC COI
EVERY BRAND £ QUALITY.
BEAUTIFUL PIPES,
OF ALL KINDS.
_Jt‘JFM,orillard’s Rappee, Macaboy and
Scotch SNUFFS, ete. aull —ly
AUGUSTUS BOHNE,
OOn BROAD STREET,
(Opposite Planters'Hotel'
Has always on hand a large assortment of
IMPORTED A DOMESTIC SEGARS
Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO
Lorillnrd'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 PRICKS.
TnE TRADE SUPPLIED ON LIBERAL
au4-ly] TERMS.
VIRGINIA
N E CUT
TOBACCO
AND
SNTJFF.
I am now prepared to
FILL ORDERS FOR MY TWO BRANDS
“THE SUBLIME”
AND
“VIRGINIA ORONOKO”
FINE CUT
CHEWING TOBACCO.
I have succeeded iu 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 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.
jibs- ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED
BY
BLAIR, SMITH 4 CO.,
AUGUSTA, GA.
For sale by all the principal Tobacco
Dealers. jy-t—2 m
Plumbing and Gas Pitting.
C. H. WARNER,
PLUMBER,
GAS and STEAM FITTER,
In rear of 255 Broad street,
Augusta, Geo.
jggf- Pumps, Gas, Steam and Water 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 aDd 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. ...
AU work warranted. jqß—3m
Ice Cream and Sherbert!
QAND I E S
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
AT THE
FRENCH STORE,
jal«—ly *OO Bro * d
Jewellers.
IMPROVE YOUR BIGHT.
JUST RECEIVED—
A fine assortment of Gold, Silver,
and Steel SPECTACLES, of fine Fronyh
and English Glasses, and Brasilian Pebbles.
Also, BANK NOTE DETECTORS, Bye-
Reading, Opera and Spy Glasses, Mloru
scupes, Spectacles, Cases, eta., at
A. PRONTAUT’S
Watoh and Jewelry Establishment,
No. 103 Broad Street,
aul 9—ts Below Augusta Hotel.
Take Notice.
THE UNDERSIGNED fgSLeTA
wishes to Inform the citizens fly/Wf
of Augusta and vicinity, 3ffs
that he is prepared to repair SaS&jM**
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry of all kinds, and
Sewing Machines.
AU work neatly executed and warranted
to be dune 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!
gpfj GREAT BARGAINS
BOOTS, SHOES, and
TRUNKS!
All in want of goods in our line will find
P to their advantage to give us a call, as
we are selling off onr goods at cost. To
city and country merchants we offer great
inducements, as wc will sell them goods
cheaper than they can buy them North.
Our stock is large and well adapted to this
section of tho country. Cali and examine
our stock and prices, as we are determined
to close the business as soon as possible.
W. C. H. CLARENDON,
314 Broad Street. Augusta,
Nearly opposite the Planters’ Hotel.
Iy2l—tf
Just Received,
J KAHN A CO.
262 BROAD STREET,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A NICE ASSORTMENT OF
Ladies’ Slioes!
They have a beautiful assortment of
DRESS CORDS,
BUTTONS.
and RIBBONS,
Which attract the eye and please the taste
GOODS VERY LOW.
je!7—flm
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 tho style
of the firm will bo CRUMP, DAVISON
A CO. G. 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, liacon, Lard, Graiu, Flour, Guano,
Bagging, Rope.
209 BROAD STREET,
jy2B—lm Augusts. Go
Notice to Merchants.
J. SET ZE,
OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
PURCHASING AGENT,
(with johnes, berry 4 C 0.,)
Importers and Jobbers
OP
SILK AND FANCY DRY GOODS
WHITE GOODS
RIBBONS, Etc.,
No. 527 MARKET STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
aul—lm
JNO. C. SCHREINER 4 SONS, Macon, Oa.
jno. 0. SCHREINER 4 SONS, Savannah, Ga.
J. C. Schreiner & Sons,
NO- 199 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
MUSIC, and FANCY GOODS.
Keep constantly on hand a choice selec
tion of the above articles,
All orders from the Country promptly
attended to.
THE BEST OF ITALIAN
VIOLIN and GUITAR STRINGS.
AGENTS FOR
Stcinway 4 Sons', Soebbeler 4 Schmidt's,
and Gale & Co.’s
CELEBRATED PIANOS.
ft>4—
MUSIC AND DANCING.
PROFESSOR STRAWINSKI IS PRE
PARED to receive a few pupils in
MUSIC. The Piano and Guitar will be
taught. Later in the season, he proposes
to inaugurate Dancing Classes.
Liberal arrangements will be made with
Schools.
Any persons desiring bis services will
please leave their address with Messrs. Jno,
C. Schreiner 4 Sons.
REFERENCES.
Col. Jas. Gardner, Dr. H. A. Biqnon,
T. P. Stovall, Esq., F. C. Barber, Esq.
au!2—tuthfr2w*
Dry Goods.
IMPORTANT
rjiO THE TRADING PUBLIC!
GREAT BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS!
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
ELSEWHERE.
As we have a regular Assorted Stock of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS
FANCY GOODS
NOTIONS
Etc., Etc., Etc.,
We will not attempt an enumeration of
the many artioles now in store.
J. D. A. MURPHY 4 CO.,
314 BROAD STREET,
Nearly opposite Planters’ Hotel.
Augusta, Ga.
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Selling Off at Very Low Prices 1
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 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
1 and BEST STYLES
OF
SPRING axd SUMMER CLOTHING
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
At lowest prioes, at
THE FANCY BAZAAR,
No. 253 Broad street.
Country merchants
Will fmd 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 Skirts.
EMPRESS
fc||ipl|j§fp3E|l| COLORED
HOOP SKIRTS
Dress Goods,
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
HOSIERY, GLOVES, PINS AND NEEDLES,
FANCY SOAPS, PERFUMERY
And every other Article usually found in a
First Class Dry Goods Store.
JSF*CALL AND EXAMINE GOODS-^
NO. 198.
®!)f Uailn |ttss.
City Printer—Official Paper
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
WEDNESDAY MORNING...Aug. 22, 1886
SCISSORS.
—There is no banquet but some dis
like something in it.
—Stale sturgeon is used for fuel on
Western steamboats.
—Delirium tremens is now cured by
capsicum pills.
—lt seems there is no delivery of
letters on Sunday, in London.
—The cholera is on the increase in
Russia.
—The health of the Pope is unsatis
factory.
—Cardiual Antonelli has had a re
lapse.
—Why is a smile invariably behind
time ? Because it's a little laughter.
—The election in Arkansas, recently,
so far as heard from, was carried by the
Conservative party.
—Save me from my friends.— Forney.
May your friends be saved from you.—
Prentice.
—Mayor Munroe, of New Orleans (
was formerly a stevedore on Long
Wharf, Boston.
—Jim Lane’s death was a good
thing for Ross. He made $6,000 mile
age.
—Brigham young is termed, in a re
cent sketch, “a red-headed glazier from
the hills of Vermont.”
—A Texas editor has been presented
with an onion, a foot and a half in cir
cumference.
—“Papa, do people buy snuff?”
“Yes, my dear. Why ?” “Well, then,
why do people say they take it?”
—Major Lewis Cass has sold his
house and furniture in Detroit, and is
going to locate permanently in Europe.
—A white woman was sentenced to
be whipped, by one of the Virginia
courts, lately, for stealing.
—A man died of joy the other day,
in Paris, on hearing that he had been
made heir to a legacy of £4,000.
—The exports of petroleum from this
country to Europe, are four times as
large this year, so far, during the pre
ceding year.
—Sir Hugh Rose, lately raised to the
English peerage, becomes Lord Straith
naim. “A rose by any other name,”
etc.
—Charles Dickens writes to a friend
in Boston that it will be impossible for
him to read in America, his engage
ments in England being so numerous.
—The draught players of Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, and Buffalo,
are to have a grand Congress the coming
Fall.
—General James R. Davis, a nephew
of President Davis, is on his way to
Fortress Monroe, to visit his illustrious
uncle.
—A woman in Manchester, England,
has been fined four shillings for cruelty
to a cat, which she shut up in a heated
oven.
—A Quaker being asked his opinion
of phrenology, said there could be no
good in a science that compels a man to
take off his hat I
—The once famous “Ellsworth Zou
aves,” of Chicago, are fast running
down.— Buffalo Exqress. [As far as
we recollect, this Company commenced
its great running in 1861.]
—The Prussians have been insulting
“our flag.” They lately took a sailor
from an American vessel at Bremen
haven. Let us all feel angry about this
thing.
—An advertiser in the Tribune “wants
a young man to take an interest in a
saloon long established.” The great
trouble is that too many already take an
interest in saloons about town.
—Avoid argument with ladies. In
spinning yarns among silks and satins,
a man is sure to be worsted and twisted;
and when a man is worsted and twisted,
he may consider himself wound up.
—A man out West says he moved so
often during one year, that when a cov
ered wagon stopped at his gate his
chickens would fall on their backs and
hold up their feet, in order to be tied
and thrown iu.
—The following appears in the St.
Louis Republican : “Engaged—Miss
Anna Gould to John Caudal, City Mar
shal, both of Leavenworth, K. T. From
this time henceforth and forever—until
Miss Anna Gould becomes a widow—
all young men are requested to with
draw their particular attention.”
n gailj fms.
BOOK AHD JOB PRINT 1
or
EVERY DESCRIPTION
ixionu
IN THE BEST MANNER.
The Fastest Pouter Presses, and Beet •/
Workmen enables us to do Superior JOB
WORK at Cheaper Bates than elsewhere.
Charter Oak
COOKING-STOVE!
This celebrated stove, so
favorably known in Mobile, New Or
leans, St. Louis, and other Southern cities,
is now being offered to the citizens of Au
gusta, as one of the best and cheapest first
class Cooking Stoves in the market—its
baking qnalities are unsurpassed, which is
acknowledged by all who have used it.
The draught flues are so constructed as to
ensure a perfect draught, while a hot air flue
which surrounds the oven insures the baking
and roastiDg of bread and meats, to entire
satisfaction. We warrant the perfect
baking of every Stove we sell.
In our stock will be found TOILET SETS,
CHURNS, TUBS, COFFEE MILLS,
SCOURING BRICKS, TEA TRAYS, SAD
IRONS, CAKE CUTTERS, JELLY CAKE
PANS, etc.
D. L. FULLERTON,
159 Broad st., corner Washington.
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Rail Road Schedules.
Cotton Freights to Liverpool,
JgY FIRST CLASS STEAMSHIPS
FROM BALTIMORE,
AT
$6.50 per Dale
Engagements as above can be made at
this Offieo for COTTON from Augusta to
Liverpool, in connection with Steamshipi
from Charleston to Baltimore.
JOHN E. MARLEY, Agent.
South Carolina. R. R., )
Augusta, Aug. 10, 1866. j aul2-2awlm
Schedule of South Carolina Rail
Road Company.
AUGUSTA PAT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Charleston 7.30 A. M.
Arrive at Branchville 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 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,
an.3—tf General Superintendent.
Change of Schedule on Georgia
Rail Road.
ON ANI) AFTFR THURSDAY, AUGUST
2d, the Passenger Trains will run
DAILY, (Sundays excepted) as follows :
DAT PASSBNGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 5.30 A. M.
Leave Atlanta at 5.45 A. M.
Arrive at Augusta at 6.15 P. M.
Arrivo at Atlantaat 6.05 P. M.
NIGHT 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. & W.
and W. <t- A. Railroads. Passengers for
Athens, Washington and Mayfield, Ga., will
take the Day Train from Atlanta and Au
gusta.
#Sflf*Night Passenger and Through Mail
Train will make close connections at Augus
ta with Trains for Savannah, Ga.,'Charles
ton and Columbia, S. C., Wilmiogton, Ra
leigh and Weldon, N. 0., 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,
Eufanla, Columbus, West Point, 40., Nash
ville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Louisville,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, 4c.
Through Tickets for sale by Agents
at Atlanta and Augusta.
E. W. COLE,
an2—tf Gen'l Superintendent.
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
on AND AFTER THIS
DAY Trains on the West
ern 4 Atlantic Railroad will run as follows:
NIGHT EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN—DAILY
Leave Atlanta 6.30 P. M.
Arrive at 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.
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, jf.
Arrive at Kingston 8.15 p! m!
Leave Kingston 4.29 A. m!
Arrive at Atlanta 9.42 a M
JOHN V. PECK,’
Rh3—tf Master Transportation.