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It gailir |rtss. [QHE, Publisher 4c Proprietor, MB DA 11. r PRESS I,S DIS- Oraluitoutly every morning, except throughout the rutin City, thereby the LA BURST CIRCULA TtOJf. rcrtliramonti Inserted l»eral Terms* OFFICE—Corner of Brond and Street*, opposite Poet-Office, Up- Boots &. Shoes, ■>| GENTS' MOROCCO TIP ■ 1 KIU BOOTS Gent’* Double Sole Water- I Proof BOOTS Os>U’ Drop! BOOTS Genta’ Low Quarter Strap SHOES %»Muel Congress GAITERS jk&fc' Welted Congress GAITERS I ‘ H. E. CLARKE. ) Just Received. pH A to. 162 BROAD STREET, ID ST RECEIVED A NICE ASSORTMENT OF Shoes! Shave a beautiful assortment of P»RDS, K BDTTONS. ' end RIBBONS, Ur act the eye and please the taste I GOODS very low. k Ice Dealers. Ice! . DATE JC* WILL BE FUR sd to alI *NiVumers, from the UGUSTA ICE HOUSE, OR BRANCHES, s reduced rate of II e 2 CENTS UND, until further notice. ICE. tcINTOSU STREET ■Ece House THE TOST OFFICEI Hk- is still open. ’“H’“'■'llßp’riccs for the present, two and a hall a pound, retail. Fur fifty pounds two {2l cents. mSSMM R. A. HARPER A CO. ■tent's Furnishing Store. STREET— Between BROAI) nnd ELLIS, AUGUSTA, GA. „ " ' undersigned would respectfully , , , old friends and Hie public gene . J-JiiiMkat ho has just returned from the a choice lot of CASSIMERES. nnd VESTINGS . Htw prepared to make them up to the most approved styles, and at «'• iH&atus as they can bo put up in the A. ham), all kind* of GENTS’ ;■ J GOODS, at reduced prices. V>Kular attention paid to CUTTING •gT. CLOMpS to he made up at home. ■ All work warranted to fit. CORING AND REPAIRING done and dispatch. H. A general assortment of FOR COATS, PANTS, AND VESTS. ■?,v; examine for yourself before elsewhere. for past favors, a continuance of y is solicited. U. A. RIDLEY, -A.ltSev'? Washington Street, , Between Broad and Ellis ■ JOB TURNING : Hie adgusta BOBBIN WORKS— ■[Augusta Factory, AT il, 0 WEB P RIC E S HSl£i' : Jthah , AJtVWfHEII PLACE IN THE CITY! T. Bt SAW GUMMING promptly fixetaiv® All Saws sent should he marked *! ' ft*-Owner's name. Cannot he rc- JHEfor unavoidable breakage. - Oi«s--i;. 11. T. NELSON. Kid Gloves. DOLLAR A PAIR! Hpie Best KID GLOVES, at f I. KAHN k CO.’S, ij(jL— firo 262 Broad Street. HffiTER DAVEZAP . HH|>AY THE HIGHEST PRICES Bjbtton Rags, Wasto, Old Bagging, ''. R,io«. K, Copper, Brass, and Lead. "\y J-.. gJSto call at any part of tho City, It 4 Warehouse, Northeast Corner of jtuj Washington streets. Augusta. ,' jyß-—3m* Hbountry Merchants • 1 HfiND IT TO THEIR W'B ADVANTAGE * , ■ examine tho STOCK at ■KAHN & CO.’S. As uWreceive NEW GOODS daily. Ti !; ! Bbf la ding IS p ALWAYS ON HAND '.■•fv v ■ at the V> Hr PRESS JOB 01 FIGE. g ißroad and Poat-Otfir* streets ' ' rT I* _ ~ MviNfl SUPERIOR WORK ’ '' ■FACILITIES; THE PRO ■OF THE DAILY PRESS i RNTING OFFICE, WILL p-M.-T fWjs ANY BILL. LET the : HAVE BEEN DONE He MAY. Daily Press. VOL, 1. AUGUSTA, GA.. FBIDAI MORNING, SEPT. 21, 1866. Dry Goods, Millinery, Etc. BEW GOODS !—FALL, 1866. J) R. WRIGHT <fc CO. ARE NOW OPENING A Urge and complete Stock o» 1 ‘ FANCY AND ‘S’t’APLE D p-y Goods, Adapted to the present and approaching season, embracing all descriptions of Good* in (heir lino, and very ATTRACTIVE in all respects to BUYERS OF DRY GOODS, Either at Wholesale or Retail, And they respectfully invite examination of Goods, and a comparison of prioes. au2t—lm day.goods: 1866—A UTO 7 !* N—1866. LATHROP, LUDINGTON & CO, 326, 328, and 330 Broadway, NEW YORK. INVITE THE ATTENTION OF ALL first-class Buyers to their stock of DRY GOODS It will be frund unsurpassed for all Southern Merchants. All departments of our business have beon much enlarged, es pecially that for DRESS GOODS, where we are constantly opening all the novelties of the season, to which wo now ask the particular attention of both Jobbers and Retailers. OUR STOCK CONSISTS OF DRESS goods SHAWLS and CLOAKS PRINTS BLEACHED SHIRTINGS BROWN SHIRTINGS FLANNELS and BLANKETS WOOLLEN GOODS YANKEE NOTIONS WHITE GOODS EMBROIDERIES HOSIERY Gents’ FURNISHING GOODS MILLINERY GOODS Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. All of which we offer at the Lowest Mar ket Prices, by the Package or Piece. »u27—eod2m 262; _ 262. I. Kahn & Cos. GREAT BARGAINS! SELLING OFF AT COSTI Call and see their new supply op PRINTS AND BLEACHED GOODS! Which are offered at NEW YORK PRICES! Store to be thoroughly REPAIRED and ENLARGED for the FALL TRADE! I. KAHN & CO., jyß—tf 262 Broad Street. Fall and Winter Importation, 1866. MILLINERY, AND STRAW GOODS. ARMSTRONG, - CATOR & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS & SATINS, VELVETS, RUCHES, FLOWERS, FEATIIERS STRAW BONNETS LADIES’ HATS—trimmed and untrimmed SHAKER HOODS. No. 237 and Loft oj 239 Baltimore St., BALTIMORE, MD, Offer a stock unsurpassed in the United States IN VARIETY AND CHEAPNESS. ORDERS SOLICITED AND PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN Terms Cash. au2fi—2m* The Augusta Wholesale & Retail Emporium. 262 L KA “ * co " 262 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS In Foreign and Domestic # DRY GOODS FANCY GOODS NOTIONS BOOTS SHOES HATS A»D STRAW GOODS ■662 BROAD STREET. jul7~*6m ®j)t fatlg |!tcsi City Printer—Official Paper LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION. FRIDAY M0RN1NG......... Sop t. 21, IB6S scissoksY —lt is better to be foolishly happy than wisely miserable.' ; —As long as a miser lives his money chest is sure to be heir tight. —A long liver —a man eight feet high. —London is to have a great National American Bank. —Will a chimera, revolving m a vacuum, destroy secondary intentions ? —An iron clad tort is soon to be built on the coast near Galveston, Texas. —Rhino-plasty or nose-mending is a regular calling in Paris. —He that lives voluntarily alone, is more or less than a man. —New York females are wearing white ielt hats. —Pianos are being introduced into the St. Louis Public Schools. —A Nevada paper nominates Cyrus W. Field for President. —A bride for the young Prince Imperial of France is l already sought. —The editors in Indianapolis are cowinding each other. —The latest Yankee invention is a machine for ruling paper by electricity. —Nineteen peers have died during this session of the House of Lords. —Minnesota laughs with a harvest of 12,000,000 bushels of wheat. —The oldest house in the U. States is at Medford, Mass., built in 1634. —A brick manufacturing company in Clticago is going to make 200,000 bricks per day. —New way to light segars—rub phos phorus on the end, and then breathe gen tly on it. —Failures in South Staffordshire, England, iron trade, continue, and 1,500 men are out of employment. —A gentleman in Newport R. 1., ent a melon the other day. and inside found a full grown and ripe raspberry. —Hon. R. M. Stanton will probably be the Conservative candidate for Governor of Kentucky. —The llod. Charles Sumner, being tired of meeting the “irrepressible con flict’’ alone, is about to take a charming young widow as a partner for life 1 —Last year there was ono divorce to every eleven marriages in Chicago, and this year the proportion will be greater still. —Somebody says that the difference between the two great parties of the country is that one is a Johnson, the other a demi-jolinson party. —Next November the Princess Dag-; mar of Denmark, sister to the Princess j of Wales and the Czarenitch, of Russiu ( are to be married. —Brigham Young, in a recent sermon j of hia exhibited a bowie Jfnife, and de j dared that lo be his law. He was very i severe on Congress. —The Clipper says that Joe Coburn f and Heenan are likely to meet in tho I prize ring at no distant day for a large] stake. —There is a natural cave on the to; j of the Granite mountaiu, in Sebec, Me. . filled with the clearest ice during the; summer months. —ln consequence of presence of chol j era at Nashville, the convention propos-. ed to be held in that city has been post-; poned to Tuesday, 2d October. —Swarms of squirrels are passing through Michigan, southward bound, stripping the country of whatever serves them for food. Cold weather coming. —The following notice of a birth ap* 1 peared in the London Times of August 13th : “On the 11th inst., at New York, the wife of Alexander Barrett, Esq., of No. 96 Lancaster Gate, London, of a son. (Per Atlantic Telegraph.) —An artide on “railroad signals,”, which has obtained general circulation, states that one whistle means “down breaks, and two whistles “off breaks.” It should be explained that on many roads these signals are reversed. —The Harrisburg Telegraph has the following: “Ralph Hill, ninety-one years old, and a resident of Forest coun ty, Pa., passed through Corry recently, on his way to Boston, to find friends he has not seen for fifty years. He never saw a steamboat nor a train of cars tili last week, and has livdd ten miles from any neighbor for the last fifty years.” An Ordinance Authorizing the gonstructioN OF STREET RAILWAYS IN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA : . Sec. 1. Be it Ordained by the City Conneil of Avguitm, -Th#t aod'Surn m«ryill« Bail Bead Oompany,” chartered by tbe Legislature of the State of Georgia, by Act passed the 1 , 1866, and ap proved the 20th of March, 1866, is hereby granted-the exeiaslve right of wky through and overall tte streets in the City of Au gusta, except Mnnument street, under the rules, regulations and restrictions as here inafter set forth, to-wit: For the purpose of building a Street Rail Road from the Lower Market House, ih the City of Augusta, or suoh other point as the Directors of said Street Rail Road Company may agree upon, to the United States Arsenal, in the village or Summerville, or to some other point in the county of Richmond, as provided for in their charter; and to have one or more branches connected with the main line or stem, and said Street Kail Road Company, may construct, lay down, and build, in' connection with its main stem and branches, all necessary switches, tarn-outs and side tracks in and along the streets of said City of Augusta, and use, own, and occupy the same, and to keep, (maintain, and operate thereon railway cars and carriages, to be drawn by horses or animal power {except .upon their main line along Broad street, which may be run by “Dummy Cars,”) within the oorporate limits for and during the term of their oharter, with the privi leges and under the restrictions hereinafter set forth. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That the cars and carriages of said Company, run ning on said Railways, turn-outs, aDd switches and sidings, shall bo entitlod to the right, of way-over their said trpeks, etc.; and all teams, and vehicles, and other ob structions, of wool,ever nature and kind, shall give the way to said Rail Road cars and coaches (except the fire-apparatus or tho corporation in ease of fire), immediately upon notice from the car-bell, or other sig nal being given: and any and all persons who shall obstruct said Rail Road cars and coaches, by driving in their way, at a slow pace, any teams or vehicles, or shall other wise obstruct or interfere with said Rail Road and cars, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine as damages accruing to said Company, of not loss than Three nor more than Fifty Dollars for every suoh offence; such fino to bo recovered before any court of competenVjurisdictiou, any Justice of tho Peace in the city of Augusta, or the Re corder of said city, but without any expense to tho city. Sec. lb lie it further ordained, That said Company shall not be allowed to run tbe cars faster than a brisk walk while turning tbe corners from one street into another, nor to stop their cars at the intersection of the street—but at and beyond tho crossings thereof. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That the tracks of said Rail Road shall be laid down in the best and most improved mode of constructing Street Rail Roads, and said streets and parts of streets, so used by -“id Company for their Railway tracks, switch es, turn-outs, crossings and sidings, shall be kept, for at least ten feet on each side of the centre of said tracks, in good repair and condition, and at all times equal to the con dition in which the corporation keeps the balance of said streets, and of oveu grade with the streets, excepting in cases of re grading, so that carriages and other ve hides can cross said Kail Road tracks, etc., at all points with ordinary case. Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That the gauge of said Street Rail Road shall be tbe uniform gauge of other Rail Roads in Georgia, and that said Rail Road tracks and tbe cars and coaches thereon shall be used for the purpose of carrying passengers and personal baggage only (exeept as in here after providod), at a uniform price per head, or package, or parcel of baggage, as the •ase may be, not exceeding fifteen cents for the single trip, or the fractional part thereof, wlien passing from one point to another point within the present corporate limits, and uniform rate when passing from tho terminus outside the present corporate limits to any point within the present cor porate limits, and vice versa. Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, That the said Streot Kail Road Company may trans port freight from their terminus outsido the presont corporate limits to any point within the present corporate limits, and vice versa, at a uniform price for heavy freight, and as provided for "in Section 5 for light freights, parcols, or packages. And from point, to point in the present corporate limits at the option and eonveuience of said Company, at not exceeding seven cents per one hundred pounds for heavy freights, and as provided for in Section 5 for light freights, parcels, or packages. Sec. 7. Beit farther ordained, That said Street Rail Road Company shall have the right to purchaso or lease real estate at £uch point or points along the line, ami at or beyond tho terminus of the said Rail Road, as it may seem proper upon which to erect stables for tbclr animals, store houses, depot, etc., for their cars and car riages, and other property, aud to run branch tracks to such property and build ings as may bo necessary for the interest of said Company. Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That tho capital stock, real estate, and personal pro perty owned by said “Augusta and Sum merville Rail Road Company,” and used in the construction or operating of said Rail Road, shall be exempt from taxation during the oontinuanoe of their charter. Also, the receipts and earnings of said Rail Road Company shall be exempt from taxation until said Company are able to pay annual dividends, on their capital stock, of seven per cent, out of net earnings, over and above all expenses ; after the payment of which the City Council may levy a tax of not more than two per cent, per annum on any net earnings received by said Rail Road Company, over and above said annual dividends of seven per cent., as aforesaid. Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, That no damage shall accrue against the corpora tion of Augusta for using such of tho pro perty of private individuals as may be ne cessary, but that said damages shall accrue directly against said Company, aud that it shall pay for such pioperty so taken, used, and occupied, at such price or prices as may be agreed upon by and between the owners thereof and said Company, or as shall be assigned as damages against the same by any Court having jurisdiction over suoh eases. Sec. 10. Be it further ordained, That said Company shall have the power to lease, rent, aud contract, or to sell, by its Board NO. 224. of Directors, ’ their tracks, property, and effects, to any .dtfcor party, under the lame privileges, rules, and restrictions, as here inbefore and hereinafter designated in this Urdinance. Sec. tl. Be it further ordained, That shea Id the eorporate limits of the City »t Augusta be berassftef extended, then the preference to the right of way for Street ltaTT Roads over and through the streets, to be laid down or extended through addition or additions, shall be first given to said “Augusta and Summerville Rail Rood Com pany,” under tho rights, privileges, and re- StricCions of this Ordinance. Sec. 12. Be it further ordained, Thatt the corporation of Ahgesta shall in so wav be responsible for any and all necessary dam- ages that may accrue to said Streot Rail Road Company, by virtue of relaying, altering, or repairing, on its own account, the Gas or Water Pipes, belonging to said Corporation or Gas Company, and running aloDg tbe streets occupied or to be occupied by said Street Rail Road Company, pro vided the work of laying, altering, or relay, ing of said pipes aforesaid, shall be dfine at such time and in snch manner as in the least way shall interfere with the running of said Rail Road Cars with ordinary pru dence. The said Rail R.oad to be commenced, and ono mile of said Rail Road to be finished within the corporate limits df the City, within two years from the passage of this Ordinance, or else this Ordinance to be null and uoid. This Ordinance does not confer power on said Street Rail Road to interfere with the Vested rights of any other Rail Road Com pany. • sel."—lo v Brokers and Merchants. Heal Estate Auctioneer and Broker. THE UNDERSIGNED WILL PAY particular attention to ADMINISTRATORS*, EXECUTORS*, GUARDIANS, and TRUSTEES' SALES. And will buy and sell REAL ESTATE when required to do so; and will attend to sales in any part of the counties of Rich mond, Burke, and Columbia. ae!3 -12 I. THOMPSON. Harper C, Bryson, AREHOUSE COMMISSION MERCHANT, Augusta, Ga. Customers supplied with BAGGING, ROPE, and FAMILY SUPPLIES. Prompt attention paid to tbe sale of COTTON aod OTHER PRODUCE. OFFICE—IB9 Roynold9 Street. WARE HOUSE—On Jackson Street. se4—3m C. E. Claghorn, W. F. llkrring, Philadelphia, Pa. Augusta, Ga. CLAGHORN & HERRING, JJAVING RE-RENTED TIIE COMMODIOUS STORE KNOWS AS No. 7 WARREN BLOCK, WITH WAREHOUSE IN REAR, AUGUSTA, GEO., Will continue to givo their personal atten tion to CONSIGNMENTS TO THEM, KIT&F.R AT AUGUSTA, GA., OR PHILADELPHIA, PA. Particular attention given to tho STORAGE, SALE AND PURCHASE OF Cotton, Yarns, AND DOMESTICS. Consignments and Orders Solicited. Liberal CASH ADVANCES made on Consignments. NORTHERN EXCHANGE FOR SALE AT MARKET RATES. On Ist October Mr. A. M. JACKSON will be admitted as a partner and the firm will be changed to CLAGHORN, HERRING & CO. aulfl—6w JAMES T. GARDINER, AREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Mclntosh Street, Augusta, Ga. Will give his personal atteution to the STORAGE AND SALE OF COTTON And such other Produce as may be sent him. Cash advances made on Produce in Store, ault—Gm “ JOHN CRAIG’ Banking and EXCHANGE OFFICE, 259 BROAD STREET, Augusta, Ga., BUYS AND SELLS GOLD BULLION GOLD and SILVER COIN BANK NOTES BONDS, STOCKS BILLS OF EXCHANGE, my f —ly Foreign and Domestic. T -ADIES’ AND MISSES’ HATS LJ at MRS. PUGIIE’S, 190 Broad Street. ®|t Uailjr snsß.^ ioor and jobTbinting or -EVERY DESCRIPTION KXKCUTKD IN THE BEST MANNER. The Faeteet Power Preset*, aud Beet of Workmen enable* ue to do Superior JOB WOlfK at Cheaper BcUee than elsewhere. CLarttr O.k COOKING STOVE! THIS CELEBRATED STOVE, BO favorably known in Mobile, New Or ieani, St. Loais, and other Southern cities, is now being offered to the citizens of Au gusta, as one of the bcsV&nd cheapest first class -Cooking Stoves its the-market —its baking qualities arc unsurpassed, which is acknowledged by all who have used it. The draught fines are so constructed as to ensure a perfeot draught, while a hot air flue which surrounds the oven iusures the baking and roasting of "bread and meats, to entire satisfaotian. We warrant the perfect baking of every Stove we selL In our stack will be found TOILET SETS, CHURNS, TUBS, COFFEE MILLS, SCOURING BRICKS, TEA TRAYS, SAD IRONS CAKE CUTTERS/JELLY CAKE etc. A full assortment of Housefarnishing Goods always on hand. We are, also, pre pared to do ROOFING, and all manner of work in tho Tinners’ line of business. D. L. FULLERTON, 159 Broad st., corner Washington. se9—lm • Jewellers. WEDDING PRESENTS. Great variety of solid silver, of the latest patterns; also, Silver- Plated Ware ot every description. Rich articles of Jewelry, set with all kinds of precious stones; extra fine Gold Watches set with Diamonds ; Solid and heavy Nup tial Rings, just received, in addition to my extensive stock, and for sale at low prioes. A. PRONTAUT, Established in 1850, 163 Broad Street, se9—tf Below the Augusta Hotel. Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry. Eh. summer— . McINTOSH STREET, One door North of Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. WATCHMAKER’S TOOLS, MATERIALS, and GLASSES. WATCHES and CLOCKS repaired and warranted. JEWELRY made and repaired. All kind of HAIR BRAIDING done. au26—tf Take Notice. THE UNDERSIGNED jg§L p. wishes to inform tbe citizens fp / Jwjdf of Augusta and vicinity, jf*#. that he 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 couutry. THOS. RUSSELL, 290 Broad Street, jyU—ly Up Stairs. Snuff & Tobacco. P. HANSBERGER & CO. CORNER BROAD A McINTOSH STS. (Opposite Post Office.) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS ASD IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS or HAVANA AND DOMESTIC SEGARS CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACOO ! EVERY BRAND & QUALITY. BEAUTIFUL PIPES, OF ALL KINDS. jiSy-Lorillard’s Rappoe, Macaboy and Scotch SNUFFS, etc. aull—ly AUGUSTUS BOHNE, qon BROAD STREET. (Opposite Planters’Hotel' Has always on hand a large assortment of IMPORTED & DOMESTIC SEGARS Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO Lorillard’s SNUFF • Fine Meerschaum PIPES AMD CIGAR HOLDERS, genuine and imitation ALSO, Rubber, Briar, Rosewood, and Clay PIPES, PIPE STEMS, SNUFF BOXES, Etc., AT THE LOWEST NEW YOBK PRICES. THE TRADE SUPPLIED ON LIBERAL au4-ly] TERMS. Merchants and Business Men WILL FIND IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO ADVERTISE IN THE “GEORGIA CLIPPER" Published Weekly, AT W’ARRENTON, GA. is situate about one hun dred miles from Augusta, on the lino of the Georgia Railroad. It is a flourishing town, and the section of country around about there is supplied principally from Augusta. Tho “CLIPPER” has a large and increas ing circulation in Warren, Glasscock and Hanoock counties ; and as the fall trade will soon begin to open, Merchants would advance their interests by Advertising in the “GEORGIA CLIPPER.” Con tracts for Advertising, and any business connected with the “Georgia Clip per,” will be attended to by M. M. Hill, at the Daily Press Job Printing Offioe. ROYAI.L & HILL, Editors aud Proprietors, aulP—eod2w Warrenton, Ga. ARASOLS, FANS AND SUN SHADES NEW STYLES, at MRS. FUGUE’S, 190 Broad Street.