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tilif fljil? jpt'tss. Printer —Official Paper LARHKST rirTnm i LATIOX. Al’lJl>l A. l*.V. TI KSHAV MOKMX'I l*‘-- 25. IWB CHRISTMAS. This dnv the Christian world cele brates ns the most joyous in th«» onlen <l»r of Christian Festivals -a ‘lay com niorative of the birth of a Snvionr. and. therefore, (nil of hope and promise to the true Christian. Custom lias made it also a day ot general rejoicing, ot fam ily re unions, ot social gatherings, and ot friendly offerings : and it is well that custom slu rid, in this respect, nt least' be strictly tolluwed. Children who awake this morning, and find their little stockings running over with candies and toys, gifts of good old Santa Clans, w ill he made happy, and their little hearts will beat aid. gratitude, ns they draw each liny present from its hiding place, or grasp more ponderous gifts from Christmas frees, or from the hands of generous parents and relations. l>o not tail to make the children happy this day. A tea’ doliurs spent iu toys and bonbons may look to thoughtful, careful, eyes, as foolishly thrown away ; but if it makes your children happy, even tor a day, and you must lie happy ■ too, in seeing them happy, surely those dollars will be. after all, but w isely spent- The old folks will expect something from their younger friends, and young people will look for something from their friends, and so by interchanging the gifts of the season, with young and old. and old and young, good feelings are interchanged, sociability is promoted, aud happiness increased. Family dissensions also should he healed this day, end around the festive board old feuds should be forgotten, and unkindnesses forgiven. Disagreements should be adjusted, and old friendships renewed, and so the day he made a happr one ami a glorious one. Then tve should not forget the poor. Them we have with us always; and we must take care of them. A little pres ent to-day from your well-filled larder may make a poor widow's home ligh l and joyous, and add one sparkle more to your own pleasure. It is by such celebrations as these that we can honor the glorious day, and in bestowing the means of pleasure and happiness on others, obtain a double share of pleasure and happiness for ourselves. To each and all of our patrons and readers, individually and collectively, a Merry Christmas! and many returns of this joyous festival. Hon. Wm. Gibson. We find the fjiiuwiug allusion to this gentleman in the Atheus Banner of December 19th. It will he that the Judge’s popularity is not confined to this City, to this county, or to this circuit : Middle Judicial Circuit. —We see in the Augusta papers that ll on. Wm. (iibson, of Richmond, has consented to become a candidate for Judge of the Middle Circuit. While we have no wish to intermeddle in that circuit, we can not retrain from expressing the earnest desire that the people will elevate Judge Gibson to the Superior Bench on the 2d Wednesday iu January. We have watched his course in the Legislature for several sessions, and particularly as President of the Senate of the session just closed, and can say with truth that Georgia has had but few men in her service who have discharged thoir du ties with more fidelity, judgment or energy. He also served Georgia in the field, as Colonel of the 48th Regiment, where he won a distinction for courage and military skill *of which any man might well he proud, In making these remarks we do not intend to reflect upon the present in* cumbent, Judge Ilook, his opponent, of whom we know hut little. But, we think, other things being equal, long public service, civil and military, should be rewarded. Xot Quits Ready. —ln Bridgeport Connecticut, a few days since, a voting lady called into the store of a young gentleman, for the purpose of being es corted up the street by him. 01 course the young man was all excited and con fused, especially as he was at that mo ment just going to the revenue ollice to procure a .store license. He picked up his hat, and hastily started for the door, remarking to the lady as follows: “Just wait a few moments until I go to the revenue ollic-e for a license, I will not he gone long,” The lady called him back, and astonished him by saying, .“Hold on ! I am not ready for a license yet. W ait a few days !” The young mail is still waiting, but the probability is he will not have to “remain indoubt” much longer. Fun era i, oi- Hon E. M. Bruce.—We find in the Cincinnati Enquirer of yes terday the following mention of the fune ral of Hon. E. M. Bruce : “ The remains of this estimable gen tleman were yesterday conveyed to their final resting place in Covingtou Ceme tery. Iho Inner.il was one of the largest ever seen in Covington, friends having gathered far and near to pertorm the last sad rites lor one who had endeared himself to all with whom lie came iu con tact. His was truly a noble nature, and his many acts ol kindness and generosity to Jhose in distress will perpetuate his memory. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Curry, Rev. S. L. Helm, and Rev. W. Rope Yeoman. The sermon, winch was a very impres sive one, was preached by Rev. S. E. Helm. Tiie pall-bearers were Hon. John W. Stevens, W. 1,. Grant, Mayor Sanford, Win. R. Pearce, V. Winston, Thomas B. Page, and Air. Rice. 1 lius lias passed from earth one ol nature s noblemen. —The vast expense of the Freed men's Bureau is quite too much lor an impov erished people to pay lor an intolerable nuisance. Country Editor*- “ Gris,"of tha Cincinnati times, hav inf soon some vo. bogr.phs « hc * di, " ! corps ot a Now York d* tou.ptj*l to dosorilie, .Iter - •in'dar fashion, the | editors ot the Jimtown lx* Slimier. | This is Ins attempt: Come with me, mid lot ns visit the office Os the Ink SuMiKR-th.t lever, whoso fulcrum being Jimtown, moves I the world! This is the stairway. You call toll it by the inky marks upon the | The road is blazed with ink j stains up two pairs of stairs, and then TOU come to a door upon which is a sign which reads: JIMTOWN INK SLINdER : JOB l-KIXTISO lIOXK HERB. We enter and look around. At one end of tha room is a handsome power press, upon which the outside ot the Ink Si.ixokii is being struck oft’. In one corner is the editorial table, strewn with exchanges, backed by a case ot pigeon hides, surmounted by a dust bogriniod bust of old I tan. Webster. "But where are the editors ?” methinks yon ask. Do you see that man with his sleeves rolled up, working the press? His coat and vest are off, and you can see that his pants are held up by one suspender—suspended by but a single thread, as it were. Occasionally, he shoves the hair back from his sweaty, yet massive brow, leaving inky marks upon his forehead, and then he jaws the the boy who assists him —gives the devil his due, as it were. That, sir, is Plun kins, the proprietor and senior editor of the Ink Slimier. There he is iu that sublime unconsciousness ot greatness which ever marks the truly great. You wouldn’t believe that that brawny and inky band, which works the crank so vigorously, has penned editorials that have carried consternation into the I'nilleries and shook the British throne toils very foundation ! Well, you don’t have to. When he asks his foreman for a “chaw terbaccer,” and pauses reflective lv while he bites off a liberal amount of “plug," you cannot imagine what mighty thought is taking form iu his brain, or how it will startle the very confines of the earth in the columns of the next week’s Isk Slimier. Os course you can’t. How now ? ah ! here comes the junior editor, Chubb, and takes a seal at the tables. He has been out to collect a bill of a showman ’.for twenty five hall sheet piosters, ou yellow paper, and find ing that the showman had slipped away in the night, he is naturally a little ruffled. His hat, which is a little too large for him, is a little ruffled too. He swears and chews tobacco, and has a way ot ejecting tobacco juice lrom he tweeu his teeth. You wouldn’t take that man to be one of the most promising young stars in the newspaporial firma ment. Looking at him casually and observ ing that his paper collar had been turned, you wouldn’t say, this is a man who, in the course of the next fifty or sixty years, is destined to he the moving spirit of the Ink Slinoer, as he is now one of its principal lights as well as a tolerable liver. No, you wouldn’t say that. But time will tell, lie is verv young, not over fifty-six or seven, yet he has been a prodigious traveller, walking from Buffalo to Albany many a time— when he drove on the canal. After sawing a little wood for the ollice stove, he will set up a puff for a saloon across the way aud then go over and work it out. In this line of humor he is with out a rival in America. That sedate-looking man working at the “case” by the window, edits the religious department. He does it even ings. He stands high iu the church up in the gallery. He keeps a volume of the Pilgrim’s Progress on his ease, which he pours over. The stains on it were caused by some printer boys pour'-’ ing over it—they poured a pitcher of beer all over it. 1 hat lad working by his side goes out occasionally to pick up items of local interest for the paper. He has remark able talent for picking up things. One night he came in with two pairs of fowls and a can of oysters that ho had picked up. Besides these principal editors of the Tnk Slinger, there are a number of “occasional writers” who drop in. Here is Blobbs, the paper mill man, who has written occasionally for several years past to have an old paper bill settled, and has come to see about it. There is an odor of steamed straw and old rag 3 about him. It is worth something to see the manner in which the mighty Plunking puts him off. Plunkins says lie looks for his “war cot respondent” every minute, and show3 us a note, iu which a correspondent in forms him he is coming to “clean out” the ollice. He means war, evidently. The door opens suddenly and in he comes—an excited man, with a red face and a red cowhide. Fighting edi tor, who has been practising vigorously with dumb-bells, since our entrance lights upon hint, and out lie goes upon the landing. The face of the senior editor shines with a serene and heavenly light as the body of the “ war con es poudeiit” is heard to bound rapidly down two pairs of stairs. The correspondent who is constantly writing to the Ink Smngbu communi cations, complaining of some terrible outrage upon the public, such as neglect ing to place, a mile stone in Squawbusb township, when it is notorious that there are two in the township immediately adjoining, and who signs himsell •• Jus tice,” drops iu. He wears irun-bow'd spectacles and iron gray hair; bis clothes don’t lit him very well, and there is a perpetual scowl upoa his face and growl iu his voice. He is a pleasant man to have around. Then there is “ Constant Reader,” who ia constantly dropping ill to read the exchanges, always getting very much in the w«y; and “A subscriber ut thirty-four years’ standing,’ who bus a subscription account standing for thirty-live years nt least. ]For the D«nv I‘kbhr. 1 THE MORNING COMETH. We mm the earth ’uiiii darkness struggling ; Cluuds of wee hang heavily roundabout her; Mantled is her beauty in the rayless gloom of night; Despair and doubt onshrouds the mind of man. Upon Jerusalem’s towering walls Thu wateliuiau’s steady tramp is heard; Ho erieth aloud, us on they roll, each hour, — White, by his voice tho traveller his steps direct. Who, in heaviness of heart, doth ask; -*Watcbmau, what of the night ?" And upon his car tho response seraphie rings, “The morning eomoth !” His eye catches, in the far-off east, The faint glimmer of a rising star;— hrighteuiiig as it higher ascends ; Higher yet it rises—’tis faint no longer now ; Its halo of beauty lights the earth, As steadily its onward course pursues Toward the city of Bethlehem. “And thou, Bethlehem, iu tho land of Juda, Among her princes art not least: For out of theo a tlovernor shatl como To rule my poople, Israel.” Iu wonderment upon that beauteous star wise men gazed, Aud gladly obeyed the voice that hade them hie to its resting place. The morning hath dawned ! For ever is darkness dispersed ; Emmanuel is boru ; the serpent’s head is bruised, And mankind saved. Hail, all hail, thou glorious day ; Hail, thou Virgin Mother, Everlasting type of devotion and tuve; ft ail, all hail, Thou Sou of God, Thou blessed One, that of the Three eter nal Didst leave tliy throne in heaven For mortal man’s redemption. Haii, all hail, thou Nazarcue ! “Thou Man of Sorrow!” thou pattern of love! Thou ladder by which man climbs to heaven ! Thy flesh, indeed, is meat and Thy blood drink For countless millions who chant Thy praise, Continually crying, “blessed, blessed blessed, Bo the Lamb that was slain,” And now exalted evermore ! Hail, all haii, thou ineek and lowly Jesus; We bless thee, wc adore thee. Let thy praise fur ever resound In triumphant strains through earth and sky. The darkness of night hath Bed, day breaks, And we gaze in truth ou a new-born world ! “Evans.” The Prophet Zatlkiei. Under this pseudonym, Lieut Morri son, ot the English navy, announces himself, and, perhaps, fills his pockets, by pub ishing an almanac, which has u j great circulation, because it is tilled with mysterious outgivings of prophecy, which I he calls the lessons of science of astrol ogy. His theory is, that the Creator has “united the whole world together in one bond of sympathy. It results, there from, that the stars which constitute the twelve signs of tlie zodiac are governed by his angels,” and through them the stars govern us. The material bodies have not'of themselves any power, but each is inhabited by a spiritual being, good or evil, and these spirits rule man kind to their heaith or hurt. The al manac tor 1807 gives us, under the month ot January, the following general instructions : “Lunar Influences. —On the 2d, 7th, 12th, lfith, 25th, 30th trade, days deal with merchants, bankers or clergymen ; begin now undertakings. On the 2d, 7th, 12th, 21st, 26th, 3tst, woo, marry, engage female servants, visit or invite friends. On the Ist, 10th, 15th, 23d, 27th, deal with surgeons, military men, cutlers, etc. On the 10th, loth, 29th, P. M., tusk favors, seek employment. On the lid, 9th, 1-ftli, 23d, 2*Jth, travel, write, deal with lawyers, booksellers; send children to school, or apprentice youtiisi etc. On the Gtli 19th. 23d, deal with farmers and old folks.” Under the same months we are told that “the year opens with the slow and the frigid Saturn in Scorpio, when he brings trouble upon Norway, Morocco and the kingdom of Fez.” On the other hand, “the henelie J upiter passes tlic degree culminating iu the figure for London.” This, it seems, bespeaks some great reform in the laws of Eng land ; in the wordsof the prophet, “Yes, Reform shall rule, in defiance of Tory malice and opposition.” In February the position of Saturn iu Scorpio “brings grief upon the old man,” Pius IX, who will feel the square of tile Sun and Saturn on the 12th of this month.” In March “the King of Wartemburg may lie pushed off his stool if he do not take very prudent precautions.” The unfortunate kingdom of Fez will be in trouble. Louis Napoleon will be “peace ably disposed.” In April the latter “will accomplish the great purpose ol his being, and become master of his own destiny.” We will not extend these ci tations. It is said that the yearly sales ol the Zadkiel Almanac reach forty or filly thousand, and yield a considerable income to t lie self styled “prophet.” Joking in Laws.— Some years ago • here was a bill introduced into the Geor gia Legislature to lay a tax of ten dollars a year on all jackasses. Some appreciative member proposed to amend it so as to include lawyers and doctors. The amendment was accepted, and, amidst much jocularity, the bill passed. Several efforts have since been made to repeal it, but in vain, and this day all jackasses, lawyers and doctors, are obliged to pay a yearly tax of ten dollars. \\ e cut the above from a Alissouri paper. Is it true ? FUNERAL NOTICE. tKd'" The friend* and acquaintance* of Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS W. FLEMING, aro respectfully invited to attend the fune ral of the former, from tho First I’resbyt*. rum Church, THIS (Tuesday) AFTER. NOON, at 3 o’clock. Special Notices. AnT* MILLER lodge] No. Id, 1. (). O. F.— Tho Regular Mooting of this Lodge will ho held TIILS (Tuesday) EVEN [NO, at 7 ' o'clock. Tho Election of Oflicurs will tnko place. W. I) SULLIVAN, <l«2S—lt lteconlirig Secretary. MriiOME UNB FOR SAYAN NAll FOUR TIMES A WEEK.— Insurance by these Routs ft per cent. For Freight engagementg apply nt the office, No. 229 Broud street. J NO. A. MOORE, de22—6t Agent. jjfc ,-V • CHAR rKR OAK COOKING - STOVE.- -First From iu m awarded at the Louisiana State Fair, November 20, 1866, as the Rest Raker now in use. D. L. FULLERTON, Aoknt, 186 Broad street, Augusta, (3a. delß—fit DENTISTRY.-OU. D. 8. WRIGHT, successor to his brother, the late Dr. Os vs. M. Wmight, will continue the Li— r business, in all the branches of the Profes sion, at the old Parlors, No. 258 Broad street, two doors above the Globe Hotel, deft—2w | Kv - Tin-: FRIENDS OF THE lloN. JAMES S. HOOK respectfully an nounce him as n candidate for re-election to the position of Judgo of the Superior Court of the Middle Judicial District of Georgia. Election—First Wednesday in January, ISG7. no JO td NOTICE.—WE ARE AUTH ORIZED to announce the name of Colonel WM. GIBSON as a candidate for tho Office of Judge of tho Superior Courts, Middle District, at the election in January next. n029 - td MANY VOTERS. GEORGIA RAILROAD, ) Augusta, Sept. 29, 1866. j NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS.—Through Freight Tar iffs from the West via Nashville aud Mum phis having been agreed on, Through Bills of Lading will he given, etc. Copies of such Tariffs can ho had at this Office. We have also Through Tariff in operation from points iu East Tennessee to this place. E. W. COLE, oc2—tf General Superintendent. »Sr I,K - /KK!: ' AN INAL OPERAT'D It AND M Fit'll AN ICAL DENTIST, offer* h PtT> Professional Services to his friends and the public. Rooms, Northeast corn* ic and Campbell streets. -t al New Advertis' i its. A Car* SOMETHING I SW ! \ T 0. 11. MEYKIi’e • <ER OF i-I Kills unit (.'emre s’ i Sllt.’K j F'LK BOARD has been pu. , :re thane ! who wish to enjoy thin nmuseuniit ran he accommodate.!. It in a very imer.;- gauto. Tho best PHILADELPHIA ALE, LAGER LLi.lt, LIQUORS, WINES, CIGARS, Etc., Will always he kept ou hand. de2s—lt PROCLAMATION. MAYOR’S OFFICE, ) August*, Ga., Dec. 22, 1866. J Forty-Sixth Section of the General (Ordi nance: No person shall raise a balloon, inflated by the ad ion of tire, within the limits of the City of Augusta : nor shall any person burn rockets, crackers, or any kind of fireworks, within the limits of the City, without the permission of the Mayor. The foregoing Section ot the General Ordinance will be rigidly enforced, except upon Christinas day and Christmas night, to Ift o’clock, when fire crackers and Ho man candles only will ho allowed to be burned, with these exceptions, and these exceptions only. The utmost penalties of the Ordinance will ho visited upon all offenders, without respect to parties, and the officers of tho City have been directed to promptly arrest and report all violations to the Re corder's Court for punishment. JOHN FOSTER, Mayor City Augusta. Attest: L. T. Bi.omb. Clerk of Council. de23—2t TO COTTON DEALERS. 050 COTTON DEALERS AND PARTIES I WISHING TO HOLDING SAME FOR HIGHER PRICES, we nre prepared to ad vance money (to an UNLIMITED extent) en COTTON in hand. We represent several of the most wealthy and responsible houses on the American and European continents. de2!l—lit, MAUDE it- WRIGHT. BSAFTS QN Till-; ROYAL it AN Iv OR IRELAND, LONDON, PARIS, and GERMANY, In sums to suit. C. S. PLANK, Aoknt, Southern Express Company’s Office, de2.'l—3m Augusta, Ga. Bankers and JOHN CRAIu, Banking and EXCHANGE OFFICE, 289 It HO A O BTKEET, Augusta, Ga., BUYS ANI> SKI.LS HOLD BULLION GOLD and SILVER COIN BANK NOTES BONDS, STOCKS bills op exchange, "i.y4—tja-1* Foreign and Domestic. Holiday Preterits. nidi GOLD JEWELRY, EXPRESSLY a V manufactured to order, set with Dia monds, Kilbies, Pearls, Oriental Garnets and Coral. .Also, a great variety of Silver and Silver plated Ware, ol not. .* beautiful designs, and many other ariieh too numerous to mention, just received by A. PRONTAUT, de2.l--lw l>elow the Augusts Hotel. Amusements. Concert luLall. ] AST WEEK OF THE GREAT HERNANDEZ JUVENILE TROUPE. Who have Travelled all over the World with lnnncnse Sneers*. ANDREW FLYNN Proprietor. G. N. MILLER..... Ayent and Munuyvr. Monday Evening, 24th, First night of tho beautiful Fairy Spectacle MOUNTAIN SYLPH, In Two Acts. Beautiful Tableaux. Magical disappearance of tho Sylph. Fields of Flame. Fairy Grotto. Dance. Kylphido. Grand Tableau. To conclude with GKR. AJNTI} OLIO. ENTIRE CHANGE EVERY EVENING. MI/SKC— BRASS U4\D. ADMISSION—SI.OO ; Gallery, 50 Cents. Reserved Seats ami Tickets can be secured at J. (’. Schreiner «fc Sou’s, Globe, Planters’, and Augusta Hotels. Doors open at 1A o’clock. Performance to commence at 2$ o’clock. Admission 50 cents, Children and Gallery 25 cents. de2s lt HOLIDAY GIFTS! \\;E ASK ATTENTION TO A COM \ V PLKTE line of TOILET and FANCY ARTICLES, of exquisite designs and excel lent workmanship, exceedingly appropriate for Christmas and Jew Year offerings. Iu enumerating a few prominent items in our almost endless variety of Goods suitable to the TOILET or BOUDOIR, we invite inspection of all, begging the public to remember that it is not irksome, but a pleasure, to exhibit anything in our lino. STATUETTES in Parian Marble, GROUPS in Parian Marble, TOILET SETS in Bohemian Glass, TOILET SETS iu Sevres China, TO I LET SETS on Trays of same material, CARICATURES in Bronze, Highly ornamented LAI IKS* COMBS, CARICATURES of the PROFESSIONS, in Papier Mache, with moving eyes aud litn bs, Bronze KECEPT ACL ES for Segars, Matches, etc., GLOVE BOXES, for Bridal Gifts, GLOVE BOXES, in Ebony, carved Rose wood, Pearl Studdc* 1 etc., ODEUR BOTTLE '—onted, ' aid Gold, ODE I 'll CASES, recberchc patterns f an*l entirely new designs, ODEUR BOTTLES, drawn in chariots. PHILOPOENAS LA PETITE AMOUR, FANCY ARTICLES, in Scotch Wood, VINAIGRETTES and PUNGENTS, of Bohemian Glass, Plain and Mounted, JEWEL CASES, curiously carved, LADIES’ PORT MONIES, LADIES’ RETICULES, very rich, LI N t ’ll BASK ETS furnished complete, SWISS BASKETS, richly dressed IIARI EQUINFS BROQUET, LAVA GOODS, Gold and Rubber VEST CHAINS, TOILET MYSTERIES, PEEK A-800, on wheels, Elaborately carved FLASKS, Exquisitely carved FANS, in Sandal, BENGAL, and other choice and other fragrant WOODS, LADIES’ RUBBER CHAINS, ala Ves pers. Monster PARLOR BALLS, And a very choice and carefully selected stock of French ami English HAIR, CLOTH, TOOTH, NAIL, MOUSTACHE, and FLESH BRUSHES, in Ivory, Rose wood, Satin wood, Buffalo and Rubber, COMBS, of every conceivable style and finish, Lubin’s, Piver’s, Coudray’s Guerlain’s, Low’s, and Bendow’s F’ino SOAPS, PO MADES, and HAIR OILS, HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS, includ ing the famous “Bello of Augusta,** COLOGNES, LAVENDER, FLORIDA, ORANGE FLOWER, and other Waters. Sole Depot for the Original and Gen uine BELL COLOGNE. STEVENSON A SHELTON, de23—2t 288 Broad street. Grrt ceries, Liquors. Hew Arrivals qran berries, CITRON, CURRANTS, RAISINS, SUGARS, COFFEES, JAMAICA RUM, And all kinds of Choice Family Groceries. ALSO 10(1 BARRELS FIIESII LIME. For sale low by JNO. M. CLARKE A SONS, de23—tf 278 Broad Street. S. E. CLARKE, ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT, On the corner of WASHINGTON AND BROAD STREETS (fullkkton’s oi.d stand) Has Family Groceries, And everything else a HOUSEKEEPER NEEDS. lie will bo glad to sec his OLD FRIENDS, And everybody else. oc6—3m Pure Holland Gin AND SANT DE CROIX RUM WEST INDIA TAMARINDS GOOD SUGARS, from 12} cts. to IS etc. NUTMEGS in Shell PRESERVED GINGER And a select stock of FAMILY GROCERIES byjrotail. C. 11. JOIIANNSEN, 101 llqynolds street, nu2s 1m # Below Centre. Auction Sales. DAY & INMAN." A VCTION&KHS WILL SKLL AT LOW Kit MARK FIT on F'lmt Tuesday in January, 1867, One House and Lot, corner of Walker and Houston streets, fronting on Wall er, eighty feet, more or less, and on Houston street, one hundred hi and ten feot, more or less, with even width throughout. Terms ('ash ; titles good ; purchaser to pay for paper*. Parties wanting Vo see the premises will pit-use call on D A I. de2s td Attention Capitalists! SPLENDID CHANCE FOR AN INVESTMENT ! DAY & INMAN, A UCriONkEHS. ITT ILL SELL. AT LOWER MARKET IT on the F IRST TUESDAY in January next. 1867, the ELEGANT PROPERTY on the corner of Ellis and Mclntosh streets, opposite the Presbyterian Lecture Room and Ilulbert’s Carriage Shop. One HOUSE and LOT on the corner, fronting 90 feet 6 inches on Mclntosh street, and running ha k on Ellis street 102 feet 8 inches; House two and a half stories; Piazza whole length in front. The Building on Kills street would answer for small Stores, Law Offices, or Doctor Shops. The Mechanic Engine House occupies one cor ner of the Lot on Mclntosh street, which space is reserved. ALSO, One HOUSE and LOT, fronting on Kills street 66 feet and 6 inches, opposite Platt <f- Brother’s Furniture Manufactory, and run ning back toward Greene street 129 feet. House two an*i a half stories, with necessary out buildings on the premises. An elegant Brick Blacksmith Shop fronting on Ellis street. Terms cash. Titles indisputable ; pur chaser to pay for papers. dedcod—td Wants. WANTED. rpo EXCHANGE, A RIVER PLANT-A -- TI()N* in this County, for a River Plantation in Burke or Jefferson counties, or in Southwestern Georgia. Also, a fur chaser forn good No. 1 six yeaV old JACK F'ur particulars address, “SWAMP PLANTER,** care of Glass Box 127, Augusta, Ga. del B—fit. FOR CHRISTMAS! A LARGE LOT OF FIXE FRENCH XI and SPANISH CANDIES, BON BONS 1)U NOKD, LOVE DROPS, NIIGAT, Etc., Etc. Just received and for sale low by A. BOHNE, 320 Broad street, de2o—6t opposite Planters’Hotel. WANTED, A SITUATION, BY A YOUNG LADY, .TV who can make herself useful in a private family. Address dc2o—tf KEY BOX 67. CHRISTMAS GIFTS! PORTABLE DESKS, WORK BOXES, DRESSING CASES, LADIES’ BAGS, CABAS, FANCY BOXES, LADIES’ COMPANIONS, PHOTOGRAPH and AUTOGRAPH A. Ju B U M S ! POCKET BOOKS aud PURSES. ALSO A great variety of Toys and a largo assort meat of Books suitable for the occasion. For sale by delS-fit ‘ TIIOS. RICHARDS A SON. NEW GALLERY OF FINE ARTS. Messrs, k. c. brooks a co. would respectfully announce that their Gal lery, No. 199 Broad street (over J. C. Schrei ner <£ Son’s Book and Music Store), is now Open to the PUBLIC. They would state, that at great expense they have fitted up a fine Northern Sky Light, and have just received from the Manufacturers a New Supply of CHEMI CALS and STOCK of every description, together with INSTRUMENTS of SUPE RIOR MAKE. They are prepared to execute, with neat ness and dispatch, every Style of Work known to the Profession, and on more REASONABLE TERMS than any one else iu the SOUTH. Special Artists are employed for Portrait Painting, in Oil and Pastel Coiors, coloring PORCELAIN PICTURES, and PHOTOGRAPHS. AM IS ROT Y PE.S, DKGUERREOTYPES. PHOTOGRAPHS, And every kind of Painting and Engraving copied and enlarged to life size, if desired. The Proprietors are native Virginians, and the establishment a purely Southern Institution. They promise entire satisfaction in every instance or NO CHARGE will he made. The Citizens of Augusta and surrounding Country, and particularly the LADIES, are respectfully invited to give us a call. Their prices lor the present will be as follows : Cartes do Yisito, per doz $3 50 Porcelain Pictures, Aiubrotypos, and Large Size Photographs at equally low prices. de‘2l—l m Furniture. FURNITURE! FURNITURE!! WHOLESALE RETAIL. DEGRAAF & TAYLOR, S7 and 89 BOWERY AND 65 CHRISTIE STREETS NEW YORK, havo the bust assorted stock of Parlor Diniug Room and Bod-ltoom FUENITIJIUE ! SPRING BEDS and BEDDING IN THE CITY. CANOPY’ and HIGH POST BEDSTEADS, Expressly for Southern trade. STEAMERS AND HOTELS FURNISHED A T WHOLESALE PRICES. KNOCK DOWN CANE WORK AND TURNED POST BEDSTEADS, in cases. ALL WORK GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED. Our Facilities for manufacturing defy competition. , CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ! JOQS c. wm i sots. \ RE NOW OPENING A MAGNIFI ii- CENT STOCK OF GOODS, SUITABLE FOR Christmas Presents! SPLENDID STOCK OF ALBUMS! ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF LBOiBLLtIS AND PRAYERBOOKS WORK BOXES, WRITING DESKS, ETNIES, PORT MONIES, VELVET PURSES, And lots of other beautiful things. CHILDREN’S TOY BOOKS AND GAMES! Call aud See Is, JOHN C. SCHREINER & SONS, 1!i 9 BROAD STREET. de2o—lK CHEAP! DRY GOODS DRY GOODS. The Best Goods AT THE LOWEST PRICES ! Jolin Setze, AG EXT. OPENING DAILY, AND Selling Off as Fast as they Arrive AT Setze’s Old Corner, % WHERE A DRY GOODS STORE Has been kept nearly FORTY YEARS by the same family. Ladies anil gentlemen calling at this Houso will be served with that attention which has always characterized this estab lishment uuder the old regime, and Goods will bo treely and patiently shown FUEE OE charge. We offer our Goods at the LOWEST FIGURES, and warrant them to he of the BEST QUALITY, and as CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST! JOHN SETZE, Ag Cn t. dc*6—l2m Planters’ Hotel, LADIES’ ENTRANCE, PARLOR N0 , (Second Floor.) LATE OF BERLIN, PRUSSIA, Important Bew Invention ! AUSTRALIAN CRYSTAL, SINGLE AND DOUBLE VISION SPECTACLES Ike Only Perfect Lent in Exigence l Superior to any other in n,e-e frt „ tnicW m accordance with the zeience and i,bi| ( .“,K of nature in the peculiar form of a COVr »rr. CONVEX ELLIPSIS. Admirablv ad.Aed ,7 the Organ of Sight, and perfectly »a „r.IE the eye, affording a.togcther the best artifiei.i help to the human vision ever inverted Sold only by the Prof e „,,r of Optic, ao ,j Spectacle Manufacturer. THE ADVANTAGES of there Spec,.*, over all others, are— 0 Ist. The only trno Lent known, being p, r . fectly free from chromatic light, so weii known to be the cause of injury to the vi«i„r, and which makes the change from Spectacle to Glasses of stronger powers, ,o often required while both near and distant objects are seen with equal facility through the f .,„e Glasses 2d. Can be worn with perfect ease for any leDgth of time at one sitting, giving astonish ing clearness of vision, particnlariv s, candle or other artificial light— comfort to the Smc taele wearer hitherto unknown. 3d. When the eyes ache or pain through the action of a bright light, such as is reflected from snow, sonny weather, whit* paper, and in reading, writing, or sewing, or vivid colored bodies, these Lenses, by softening the rajs, effect a most agreeable sensation and give great relief. 4tb. In all nervous affection, of the eyes causing dull and startling fiains in the eye ball or temple, appearance of luminous and dark spots in the atmosphere, itching or feeling like sand in the eye, the disturbed nerves are quieted aud soothed. sth. Ground by peculiar machinery, got up at great cost, mathematically calculated sz pressly for the manufacture of this Lens, so a, to produce it with tho true spherical accuracy, and its focus is at the exact centre, a point of vital importance, and which no other Lens possesses. 6th. Proof of Superiority over the old kind of spectacles. They are used exclusively at nil the hospitals for diseases of the eye, in Berlin, Prussia, and elsewhere. TESTIMONY OF RECOMMENDATIONS From Medical gentlemen, Professors of the highest Optbalmje talent in Augusta, Ga., and in the Union : Avovsta, Ga., December Bth, 1866. I have examined the Glasses of Dr. Bern hardt, and find them of good quality. Bis testimonials are very numerous and exceed ingly flattering. L. A. DUGAS, M. D. Ai gista, Ga., Dec 7, 1866. I do most willingly hear my testimony in favor of the superiority of the Australian Crystal—single and double vision spectacles— over all other kinds. They aro constructed upon the best established ant! understood prin ciples of Optics, aod their adn human eye iu its different cond; is so perfect, as to render sigt effort. In my opinion, non* oil used, since the eyes once used t seem to grow old, and by hav any point of the surface, they -s --storc the eyes to tlieir youthful e LEWIS D. Ivnx/, M. u. Augusta, Oa. Dec. 7,1866. I have examined a great variety ,4' Glasses manufactured by Professor M. Bernhardt, and in justice to the Professor, must say that his Glasses are of a superior quality, adapted to meet the wants of almost every eye, where the vision is in any way imperfect. : ihe Professor selected for me a pair of his Australian ( rystal Glasses, which are of a very superior quality and workmanship, rendering vision very dis tinct, almost as perfect as in youth. I yield this testimony in favor of the Professor's Glasses most cheerfully. C. C.' PRITCHARD, M. D. I Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 7, 1866. T very cordially recommend Prof. M. Bern hardt to all who may require Glasses. DkSAUSSUKE pokd, m. and. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 7, 1866. We have examined the Lenses of Professor Bernhardt, and consider them superior to any we have seen. They are admirably adapted not only to improve the imperfections of impaired sight, but to relieve the weariness of vision which constant study produces. Many of the Glasses arc of tew and ingenious contrivance. 'Ye cordially recommend the Professor tb all those wuo require scientific optical assistance. H. H. BIGNON, M. D., JOHN L. COLEMAN, M. D. W. 11. DOUGHTY, M. D. WM. 11. CLAKKE, GREGORY DUGGAN. Augusta, Ga., Dec. S, 1566. I have examined the Glasses of Dr. M. Bernhardt, ol Europe, and have tried them. They arc very remarkable for their beauty of workmanship, and for their power to assist the vision. Dr. Ai. Bernhardt has made Optics the study of his life, and is evidently most thoroughly acquainted with the science. He is a native ol Berlin, Prussia, and has studied there, but has tor several vears been a resident of New York. Tho diseased and aged will find great relief from the use of his Glasses. 1 have seen numerous testimonials to the ex cellence of his Glasses, and to his skill us an Optician, aiid I would recoinmeud him to all whose vision is impaired either through age er disease. JOSEPH It. WILSON, Pastor First Presbyterian Church. Savaxnah, Ga., Nov. 29. ISfifl. I hereby certify that Mrs. Davenport has been affected with Amorousis tor about two months ; it became almost eompleto. On the 2d ot November last, according to my own advice, she placed herself uuder the charge of Dr. M. Bernhardt. Her vision has rapidly improved. She can now read small print with or without glasses. J URIAH HARRIS, M. D. I fully endorse what Dr. Harris has above aaid - W. N. WARING, M. D. Savanxah, Nov. 2t>, 1866. Professor M. Bernhardt, Optician and Oculist : I cheerfully state to you that a further ac quaintance, with yon and your most excellent Glasses, has confirmed my first impressions as to t/ottr skill and their superiority over tho general run, and T recommend all whose vision is in any way impaired, as mine nnfor tuuately is, to avail themselves of your science. Respoctfully, yours, K. D. ARNOLD, M. D. Testimonials similar to the nhn,.« ... t,. seen at Prof. BERNHARDT’S office, from b jo m u u;h P Va kott ’ PaSt ° rof St ' r«r.s lion OP ii ( ,l OV - of Pennsylvania. Hon' II H Oorerndr of Indiana. Uo ' Al'ov'p *’ H: UuV - Minnesota. lon Rich IV 'T 3 '’ Kx Oov - <>f Minnesota, jjon Richard Yates, Gov. of Illinois. H. beymour, Ex-Gov. or New York. «. E. Fenton, Gov. of New York, And other distinguished geutlcmon. OFFICE HOURS—From 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. PLANTERS’ IIOTE’L. N. B.—Owing to engagements elsewhere Professor BERNHARDT will ho able to kero but a short time only. j m