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igfa Hails yress. City Printer-Official Paper MRGKRTCITJ CIKUILATION. AUGUSTA. GKA.i SUNDAY MOK.VISfI Jas. M, 18*7 The Telejraphio Monopoly—An other Effort to Crush Oat the Daily Press; As it is possible that some of our readers may not have understood the explanation which we published a few days ago, relative to the efforts of the Chronicle k S ntinel and Constilulion alitt to crash out the Daily I’jksa. we here republish the correspondence be tween Mr. Walsh, the Agent in this City, of the Associated Press, and ourself. When we commenced the publication of Os Daily I’hkm, aa * sulKtcriptiu* piper, in October last, the two journals referred to, protested against our re ceiving the disp.itchcs of the Associated Press, uulil we paid them SSOO respec tively, ss a bonus, of gif., to them lor the privilege of getting the telegraphic news, just as if an individual, who kept a retail grocery, was required to pay a bonus to his two rival merchants in the same town for the privilege of purchas ing his goods from the wholesale denier who supplied them. This is the point which we wish distinctly understood. The City papers referred to have never been required to pay this bonus for entrance into the rights and privileges of the Associated Press ; and, therefore, could have no good reason for claiming it from us. If they had, we should cheerfully have paid it and said nothing more about it. But they have no reason farther than that the General Agent of the Associated Press decided in their favor and against us—the reason that ‘•might is right.” And not satisfied with the decision, they brought into the con troversy statements and charge against u# which had no connection whatever with the question at issue. These we met, answered, and fully refuted. Soon after this controversy, Mr. D. 11. Craig, who had been the General Agent of the New Y'grk Associated Press, seceded from that institution and es'aMished another Association, to the benefits of which wc were admitted. This Association flourished for a few weeks, and enabled us to place our pa per on terms of equality, so far ns the telegraphic news was concerned, with the other papers ; but, un fortunately for ns, Mr. Crsig's Asso ciation failed for some cause or otLer, and lett us at the mercy of the monopo lists in this city, to whom-Mr. Simonton, the General Agent of the New York Associated Press, remitted us. In the meanwhile we were given to understand that Mr. Craig had effected such ar rangements in Iris compromise with the New York Associated Press as would secure us from the imposition of any conditions on the part of our opponents. But it seems that we were mistaken, lor our City cotemporaries hastened at once to renew the conditions which they had imposed when we first applied for the Association’s news, that is to sav one thousand dollars to be paid to Henry Moore, of the Chronicle and Sentinel, and John L. Stockton li Cos., of the Constitutionalist —five hundred dollars to each of these parties, not to the As sociatcd Press! and one third of the tolls paid by them during the continu ance of Mr. Craig’s Association, be sides giving security lor the payment of our pro rata share of the expenses of the telegraphic news for six months I If this is not a genuine effort to break down the Daily Pkess we > o not know what is. But this effort, like all of its predecessors, will fail. The good people of Augusta have stood by us in the past, and we know that they will continue to do so in the future. Hence, we fear no combina tions, however powerful, that shall be brought against us. Hence, our efforts to give the community a cheap and valuable dai y paper, and a cheap and valuable medium o advertising. We are determined to sustain the Daily Pbkss at any and all costs, and not oyly this, hut to make it worthy of the confidence which has been leposed in it. and the generous patronage which has been bestowed i pon it. For tins reason, hard as the terms of our cotetn poraries were, we aecep'ed them, that our readers might be placed on an equality with their’s, and that those of moderate means could obtain the news daily at a comparatively trifling cost. We confidently believe that the liberal encouragement which we have hereto fore received will be continued, aud largely increased in the future. Hero we append the c u-respondence on ihe subject netween Mr. Walsh, of this City, and ourself, to which we have already referrel, aud also Mr. Walsh’s receipt for the amount paid over by ua, to him, all of which, with the explana tion, which we have given above, will, we believe, place the entire subject in its proper light before the public : AuoHsta, Ga., Jan IS, 1867. 11. ft. Pugh', Eng., Propria or Dotty Pratt, Augusta, On. : D-ur Sir—the following is an extract fruui a telegram receive l tuis moraine, dated 6 ’ “Nkw York, Jan. 15. 1867. ** To Wal'h t Augusta ; 4< The case of the Duly Press and other papers which wt-re uot member* of your Association are e itt.d to the Local Asso ciations, reaped v y, to decide on what terms alone they c u i-hare the news. “(Signed) J. VV. Kimomton.” n accordance with übove instructions, . b ° c r ® f t th « Pres* has been sub iu tUd to the Cowmiuiioualitt arid the Ukron le and Sentinel, the Local Associations. ' ery mpe< tfully, Your oiedient servant, Patrick Wai.sii, Agent Associated Press. IS. 11. 0i < J “- > 4 * 18 «- ttoiialut and Chronicle and Sentinel: Augusta, Ga., Jan. 15 ikav "To P. Walek, ti.q., Agent Associated Pru, ■ “Dear Sir-Wo ad vi « a b, J. W. dliaoatuO, General Agent Associated Press that the authority to gtvo tbs news to ths ‘Augusta Daily Press,’ and aU papers which were aol members of tbs ‘u-jeittisu, is remitted to the Local Associations, re spectively, to decide on wlutt terms alone they son share tha pews. ‘•We consent to the Daily Pans, of this City, sharing the news with us on the pay ment of ($1,009) one thousand dollars (the pries Sged by Mr. Craig while General Agent of the Associated Press', and one third the smount of telegram lulls paid by •ts while sustaining the Association against the efforts of Mr. Craig ami the Daily i'mess to break It down ; and also upon tho > Proprietor of that paper giving security for hit weekly pro rota dues for six months. Otherwise we object to yuur serving that piper with the uawe of ibis Association. “(Signed) Svocktub <t Cos., Cunetitationuliet. “Henhy Moons, , Chronicle and Sentinel.” V?ry respectfully, Your obedient servant, Patrick Walsh, Agent Associated Press. Orrics Daily Prbss, 1 Jan. 15, 1867. J Wnlth, t*a.. Agent Aesocimed Pme : D«ar Sir—Your favor of this date is to hand, stating the terms upon which I will ’bo allowed to receive the Tclegraphip lie ports of the New York Associated Pros?. Whilst the terms required by tho Coneti tntionoliat and Ctironicla and Sentinel are deemed very unjust, still, in pursuing my inlcDiiou to puidish a Live Paper. I am compelled to content to their terms, and hereby atfbounce to you my acceptance of the same. Yours, very respectfully. ; , E. H. Pcontt. The following is the receipt given us by Mr. Walsh for the amount paid by us la accordance with the requirements of the two papers named therein: Augusta, Ga., Jan. lfi, 1867. Received of E. if. Pugho, Esq., Pruprin tor of the Daily Prkss newspaper, eleven • hundred and nineteen dollars and five cents (sl,l 19.05), being amount required by tho Local Association from him lor .permission to receive telegraphic reports— sl,9o,l to he divided between the Chronicle and Sentinel and Constitntiiaialist, and one hundred and nineteeu dollars and five cents (sll9 05) on secant of New York Associated Press. This is in accordance with instructions of tho 15th instant. PATRICK WALSH, Agent New York Associated Press. We have been also informed that one of the parties to this action has stated that we had a contract with Mr. Craig which gave us a monopoly of his news, and which, if that gentleman had suc ceeded in breaking down the Associated Press, would have given us the power to deprive the two papers referred to above, of the telegruphic nows for the year. This is, most certainly, untrue, in proof of which we here submit the only contract we had with the Craig Associ ation. It was made with the Agent in this City of that Association. We learn, also, that the combination proposed, before we received Mr. Craig’s dispatch es, to take the dispatches of both A>so ciations, if they could get a monopoly of them ; thus, the Constitutionalist was to take Mr. Craig’s dispatches, and the Chronicle <£• Sentinel those of the Asso ciated Press. But they failed, in this also. We did not, however, avail our self of any opportunity to keep them out of the telegraphic news, in case their Association failed, as our contract will clearly show. It simply secured to us the news upon certain conditions, and left them free to coma in when they desired to do so. Here it is Augusta, Ga., Dec. 1, 1866. The United Mate? and European News Association hereby egreos to turnish tho D vily I’bess, a newspaper published in this City, by E. 11. i’ughe, with the daily telegraphic reports of commercial and gen eral news, as full and complete in all re spects as thoso furnished by the Associated Press, for which the said E. 11. Pughc agrees to pay tho sum of twenty-five dollars per week; and no extra charges shall bo made in any instance for any excess of words, without previous notice to the said Pughe, and with his consout. This con tract nut to include any specials not em braced ill the regular Press reports. Tho conditions of this contract are to take effect this dav, anil to be binding for one year from difte. SIMEON A. ATKINSON, Agt. U. S. and Europeau News Association. Witness : Oliveb F. Gregory. HqN. J. P, MaolTiik.—This distin guished Irishman, a member of the British Parliament, and editor of the Cork Examiner, is on a tour through th; South, and reached Augusta on Friday night. His manly defense of the South in their late disastrous strug gle has evoked sentiments of grateful consideration from our people, and he has been received with marked cor dhilitr. In Montgomery lie was wel comed to a seat in the hall of the House of Representatives, and made a brief address from the speaker's stand. At night an ovation was tendered him at one of the hotels, at which Gov. Patton, Kx-Gov. Watts, and Senator Parsons were present, with, a large number of citizens ; among them were many Irish men, and men of Celtic descent. Mr. Maguire, in response t> a toast, de livered an address full of eloquence and true philosophy—applicable to all por tions of the South, and we regret that our limited space forbids its reproduc tion. He urged the importance of diversifying our pursuits, and mentioned tiiat the weakness of the South, as well as of Ireland, consisted in their being too exclusively devoted to agriculture. He paid a high compliment to the valor of the Southern, as well as Northern people, which is now a common heritage tor “the foremost military power on earth.” THh DAILY PRESS Hat the Latest News, by Telegraph, from all parts ot the world, up to twolvo o'clock each night. The Subscription Price is only Five Dot,Li ns per annum. Advertisement* inserted, by special con tract, on more liberal terms than any other newspaper in Eastern Georgia. Single copjes of the Daily Pkkss—to bo had of all the Newsboys—Five Crhts euoh. Newsboys aro charged two and a half cents a copy. The Daily Phkss is the cheapeet and most readable newspaper issued in this sec tion. Remember the price—ss per year. K. It. PUD I IK, Proprietor, 190 ltroad and \!>:i Ellis street. St. Jamkh Church. —We are re quested to stute that arrangements have been made to have this church comfort ably warmed, so that nobody need stay at homo on account of tho cold. Range of Thermometer. At Daily I’hkhs Omen, 1 January 19th, 1867. J ■ «*•*•. 12 m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. #4“ 42° 45° 44® TO BUSINESS MEN /nd the Advertising Community Generally. The DAILY PBEM publishes the eillclal l.lat of .Loiter* remaining In the Anguitn Postoffice. at the end off each week, screen HI) to the toltowliiff .Section off the New Past office 1.0 tv, as the New*Baper having the Largest Circulation t Suction 5. And be it further enacted, That lists of letter* retnuit'ing uncalled for in any Poetojfice, in any May, In ten nr village, where a newspaper shall be printed, shall hereafter be published once only in the newspaper which being publiehtd weekly or of truer, ekatl have the i,akgrst CIRCULATION within range of delivery if the tail ofU't The DAILY I’HESS is alio the Official Paper off the City off Aiifruxia, havint been elected by the City Council a* their Official Organ. Sew Advertisement*. Concert Hall—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watkins. Chennilles—Mias Lucy J. Read. Sewing Machines—ll. Jerome A Cos. Special Notice—Webb’s Lodge. Seventy Five Hores and Mules for sale —M. A. Dehoney. An Ordinance—To Amend an Ordi nance. -x Closing Out Sale—Fancy Bazaar, 253 Broad si reet. Consignees—Per Central Railroad. Stoves, Tin Ware, Etc.—D. L. Fullerton, 186 Broad street. - Carver and Gilder—J. J. Browne. California Okra.— We have received from Mr. Pemble, seedman, a few seeds of anew variety of okra, with a sample grown in this city. It is nineteen inches long, and nine inches in circumfcranee. Low Prices. —ls you want anything in the Boot and Shoe line, M. Cohen's is the place to get it. They have an extensive stock, which they offer at the lowest rates. They have a few more of those neat and convenient sachets for ladies or gentlemen. Lecture ox the Acts of the Apostles.—Rev. J. S. Lamar will de liver the second of a series of lectures on the above interesting theme, at the Christian Chapel to-day. Mr. Lamar is a pleasing speaker, and will render these lectures deeply interesting and instructive. Remember the Poor. The cold weather of the last few days have brought distress nnd suffering to many a hearth stone. Let those who sit by their cosy fires, and say grace over bounteous boards, remember, that within the sight of the smoke that ascends Iroin their happy hearths, there are families pinch ed with hunger, and shivering with the cold. A Cool Defence. —A freedman was hauled up the other day lor stealing boards from the fence of one of our citizens, and burning them. He ad mitted the charge, and offered as nu excuse that “ de welder was being cold, and de fence was so handy he cou'dn’t help takin ’em.”, His defence, though very candid, did not atone tor the of fence, and he was sent up. Theatre—Fourth Week. —The un precedented success of Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, who for three weeks have been greeted nightly with crowded houses, has induced them to remain another week. They will appear to morrow night in the great drama of “Griffith Gaunt,” founded on Reade’s great novel, which has been read with intense interest in Europe and Amer ica. A Mammoth Stove. —Messrs. Jones, Smyth & Cos., have just furnished a cooking stove for the Richmond county jail, which is decidedly a mammoth in its way. It is from Rnthbiirne <fc Co.’s celebrated manufactory, and is properly called ihe “ Leviathan.” Tile oven is three by four feel in size, and there are lids lor eight vessels. The growing family of Mr. Bridges rendered this Immense cooking arrangement ne cessary. It is, we believe, the largest stove ever sold in this market. Personal. —The Kiberton (Gn.) Ga zette, of Jan. 12th, pays the following well deserved compliment to one of our excellent City Fathers, W. A. Ramsey, Esq. : The advertisement of the above firm, wholesale grocers and commission mer chants Aupusta, Ga., will he found in another column. Our friend “Gus,” is an Elbert county man, and we guar antee that he will do the right thing by those who deal with his lirm, ami fur.her, that those who do, so for Iroin regretting the act, will assured ly call am,iu. If honesty, fair deal ing, a willingness to live mid let live, ami a mai'iianimous devotion to the interests of their customers (which they know to be eminently promo tive of their own) be any recommen dation, these gentlemen are certainly entitled to the benefit o( it. Merchants add others dealing in 1 Augusta, will, we are satisfied,eonsnit their own and their customers’ interests by calling upon \V. A. Ramsey & Cos. I hey are noble fel lows, especially • Gus,” the Elbert coun ty limn, (where all clever fellows come from). He can talk more, say “yes” ofteuer, and do more business in one day than any man we have seen these leu years. More about “Gus” hereafter. There are thirteen inches of ice on the Potomac. The Custom receipts nt,New Orleans, for the week ending January 15, were $58,000. AUGUSTA MARKET. Friday, P. M. Jan. 19. COTTON —The market lias been quiet to-day, with no material change in prices. We quote Middling 32; Strict Middling 32}; Good Middling 33 cents. GOLD—Brokers wore buying at 86, and selling at 38. SlLVEß—Buying at 33 and seUiog at 36 ceuts. OHtJBOH RECORD FOll TOnDAV. i • Anrnr E. M. Cbubch.—Biabop Piero* wil preach at Aiburjr in the afternoon. St. Jamka' E. M. Crouch—Greene st., Morning Service 19$, by Rev. V/. U. Potter. St. John's Methodist Citcncn— Rev. A. Wright, Pastor. Preaching at JOL A. M., by Bichup Pierce, and at 7 * P.M., by the Pastor. Sabbath Sehool at 3 P. M. Churchoftiie Atonement (Episcopal) —Corner Telfair and Kolloek streets. Rev. W. 11. Harisnn, Rector. The usuffl - cervices will be held at this Church this morning. St. Paul’s (Episcopal)— Reynolds st. —Rev. W. H. Clarke, Rector. Services at 19$ A. M., ami 34 P. M. Sunday School at 9 A. M. and? 4 P. M. First Baptist Church—Corner Greene and Jackson stjreots -Rov. J. II Cuthbert, Jostqr. Preaching qt 104 A. M. .-•un ay School if) of 3, I*. Af., and Preach ing at 7, P. 31. Second Baptist Church Kolloek street. Preaching at 104 A. M., by the Pastor, Rev. D. G. Danieil, and at 7j P. M. Church of the Most Holy Trinity (Catholic). —Corner Jackson and Telfair streets. Services at seven and at half past 10 A. M., also vespers at 4 P. M., by tbe Pastors, Revs. Duggan and Kirby. Christian Church—Reynolds street, above Melotesh. Preaching by tho Pas tor, Rev. J. S. Lamar, at 104 A. M., and at 7 P. iM. German Lutheran Church—Walker street, between Centre and Washington. Rev. V. P. C&mtnna, Pastor. Services 104 A. M. . First Presbyterian Church Rev. Dr. J. R. Wilson, pastor. Services at 104 A. M. and 74 P. M. Sunday School at 3P. M. Prayer Meetings Saturday 4P. SL, n Lecture Room. The Fancy Bazaar. —All kinds of staple and fancy dry goods are going oft' at this lively establishment, 253 Broad street, at greatly reduced prices. Notions, ribbons, trimmings, aud all sorts of ladies’ b'joutery are offered at 20 per cent below New York cost, to close that line of goods. A good as sortment qf clothing, and fresh and fashionable dry goods of all kinds, ate offered at prime cost, to those who call early. Those in want of anything in the above lines would do well to give this popular house an early call. Re member the place—large sign of the ‘ Fancy Bazaar, 253, Broad street. All Smoke. —The philosopher who presides over the local column of the Charleston Mercury , indulges in a grace ful defence of the prevailing habit of smoking. Everybody, he says, knows tp what the fumes of tobacco were com pared by his High and Mighty Maje.-ty, King James I.; but, notwithstanding blast and counter blast, sertuon n’d protest, the use ot tobacco steadily in crease* and grows in popularity, bacco is, perhaps, more universs.r made use of than any other known sub stance, with the exception of salt; and the evils that excessive indulgence is i ( produces are no argument against iis tnoderite consumption. In favor tof chewing not a word can he said, iju: against smoking it is difficult tofiiU *iy reasonable plea. Many u man will remember the do ries of a pipe during the war. Mao/ a time has it taken the place of dinner, supper, and breakfast. It assuaged f'ue pain of defeat, and was the fit voiive offering in victory. Who will forget be pleasure, after a long march or b;; and tigh - , of gathering around a In , e blazing fire (made, perhaps, of wk e oak fence-rails, which “would get in way,”) and there discussing, pipe >■ mouth, the events and circumstances the time. Tobacco, to the smoker, is always in place and always welcome. It never disappoints or deceives; it never tricks or cajoles ; hut, whatever may be the annoyances of outside life, apply the match to the fragrant Virginia weed, and there is consolation for what is past and quiet eoufideiice in what is yet to come. Lovers are proverbially smokers, and, under the soothing influence, they in dulge in Elysiau dreams, composing the while sweet rhymes of “love” and dove,” “true” and “blue,” which are to move the fair one’s heart, or elaborating those pretty speeches which* are never deliv ered when the decisive moment comes. Anger, fury, and hate are impossible while the mild wreayies are circling around the smoker's brow. Smoking is adapted to all ages and all conditions. The youth, full of the fire of hope and inexperience, then be lieves in a future of happiness and fame ; has confidence in women and in men. The man of middle ago, more hardened in the knowledge of the world, sees amid the smoke-wreathes the lair, bright face of she who vowed a trust that was soon betrayed—a promise hut made to be broken. His heart is solten ed and subdued as he thinks of what might have been ; and, without a word °f reproach, ho pardons all her fau ts j and breathes an earnest prayer for her happiness and her content. The man of declining years, the prime ot whose life has fled, hears again, in fancy, the “little footsteps that lightly print the ground,” heals the prattling voice and the merry, childish laugh ; sees once more the clustering curls and the laugh ing, crimson lips. All the companions of a lifetime pass before him ; and, last ol all, she, the companion ot halt a century, whose every happiness was bound up in him, as was his in her ; and who now beckons him on to that silent hind where true and loving hearts are parted never more. For King and Kaiser, peer aud peas ant, geutlemnn and clown, smoking is the most certain and unselfish pleasure. It is useless to rail against it, for as Bulwer says : “Smoking opens the heart and ripens the brain. He who smokes thinks like u sage and acts like a Sa maritan.” Therefore we recommend to any of our readers who are partial to this patron of wisdom and good works, the soothing “Harmonizer” the exhila rating “Guerilla Club,” or the fragrailt “Bird’s Eye,” put up by our excellent friends Nelson & Mcllwuiue of this City, Superior. Court.—^ The iollowing cases were tried yesterday: The State r ». W. Ward—Simple Lar ceny—corn stealing; found guilty, and sentenced to six months in the chain gang. The State vs. Wiley Moore—Simple Larceny —accessory —found guilty, and sentenced to six months in the chain gang. The jury in the case of the State vs. Daniel Farrar, one of the jurors being, in the opinion ot a physician, too sick to perform the duties of a juror, the jury were discharged, by order of the Court, which took a recess until Monday morning. • The jury in the cose of the State r». Jim Williams had not agreed on a verdict last night. Bj]. iCflcgiapi). TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. FRO II WASHINGTON Congressional. SENATE. Washington, Jan. 19. .The Bankrupt hill of last session was lesumed A motion postponing was lost—lo to 21. An amendment that the District Judges appoint Registers of bankruptcy on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, was adopted. HOUSg. The Enabling Act was resumed. Stevens accepted as a modification that after the passage of the Act, until the States are allowed representation the habeas corpus be suspended, and mar tial law rule those States during' the time. Elaborate speeches were made until the House adjourned. Tlic Impenclimcnt. Washington, Jan. 19. Mr. J. M. Ashley called the Southern Radical Association together to day, and submitted his articles of impeach ment. The vote stood 11 to 10, Du rant voting with the minority, against hushing the impeachment. The Herald's Washington dispatch denies authoritatively the appointment of a Snb-Commissioijer on the examina tion of a single witness bv the Judi ciary Committee in the impeachment case. The departure of Representative Washburue, of Illinois, on Wednesday, for Europe, lias reduced the strength of the extremists. Itlieccllaneou*. Washington, Jan. 10. Mr. Sumner’s tirade on President Johnson includes the following sentence The country sees the President of the rebellion revived in the President of the .United Slates. Hu is a usurper, who, promising to be a Moses has be come a Pharaoh. The President sent to the House a mass of papers relative to the July riots, covering 400 pages, of testimony taken by the Investigating Board. The Board’s report says: It is by no means, their opinion that hostility to Northern nten prevails in the community to an extent endangering life and property, provided they retrain from claiming freedom of speech on certain subjects. The party which elects! Mayor Monroe, aud through hint control the municipal authorities, the Board considers thor oughly imbued with a spirit of hos iliiy- The Board predicts that when the lapse of time and immunity for past offences give confidence, insecurity to Northern life and property will recommence. The Board exculpates General Baird, and condemns tbe negro procession as ill timed and unfortunate, but fails to see any evidence of armed organization- The beseiged- party was totally unarmed. Alludes to the brutal treatment of the wounded and prisoners ; but f,r martial law nnd other military measures, outrages would have occurred. FROM MARYLAND. Annapolis, Jan. 19. There has been another ineffectual ballot for Senator. FROM KENTUCKY. Frankfort, Jan. 18. Another ballot in the Kentucky Leg. islature resulted : Speed, 42 ; Powell, 40; Harding, 21. EROM NEW YORK. Shipment of Specie. New York, Jan. 10. The Specie shipments by outward bound vessels to-day, were only $150,- 000. marine Disaster. New York, Jan. 19—P. M. The New York Pilot Boat F. A. Per kins is reported sunk on the 17th, off Sandy Hook, by collision with an un known vessel. No particulars. FROM NEW ORLEANS, Arrest of Forty Policemen. New York, Jan. 19. The Tribune's New Orleans special says forty policemen, concerned in the July riots, have been arrested under the Civil Rights Bill, on freedineu’s oaths. FROM MONTGOMERY. Montgomery, Jan. 19. The Supreme Court decides the re quirement of a revenue stamp on Slate legal processes unconstitutional. The Court unanimously decided that Ala bama was a de facto government under the Confederacy, and its personal rep reseutatives protected iroin loss upder Confederate investments. ~~FROM BOSTON. Effects of (ho Cold Weather. Boston, Jan. 19. Commodore Blake, who was lost in the snow since Thursday, was fuuud safely in a hut. The difficulty of transporting goods checks business. FROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, Jan. 18 —P. M. The negro Horace Greeley was con victed of murder. His *lledged accom plice was acquitted. FROM MEXICO. Juarez Slock main*. San Fkakcisuo, Jan..lß. A Durango letter of December 27tb announces the enthusiustic reception of Juarez, who, on the previous day, was escorted by >ix thousand citizens, firing cannon. There are 18 Auiericau officers on Juarez’ staff. THE MARKETS. Financial. • New York, Jan. 19. Stocks irregular. Money, 7 per cent. Sterling Exchange, CO days, 1094 ; sight, 1104. Gold, 13CJ. Five-twen ties of '6V, 1084 ! ’M, 105 J ; '65, 105 J. Ten-forties. 99|. Seven thirties, 104j[. London, Jan. 18—Evening. Consols for money, 90J. American securities closed ns follows: United Stales 5-20's, 724 ; . Illinois Central, 81$; Erie, 43J. Commercial. New York, Jan. 19. Flour and Wheat dull and drooping. Corn quiet. Pork a shade firmer ; new mess, $19.87*20.00. Lard quiet at 12a I3jc. Whiskey dull. Peas quiet. Cot ton quiet. 35c. for Middling Uplands. Freights firm. Baltimore Jan. 19. Cotton firm; uplands 34 to 344- Flour quiei. Wheat, winter red, $2 90 to $3 10. Corn—white, scarce; prime, $1 05 ; yellow, plenty, at 97 to $1 01 Coffee, 1,500 hugs Rio, in port. Sugar firm at 104 ;o 10|. St Louis, Jan. 18—P. M. Flour aud Wheat firm. Corn easier at 77ja8. Provisions firmer Bacon shoulders, 104 c; sides, K!jal3Jc; bulk shoulders packed, Bc. Whiskey, $2,124 at 5. Cincinnati, Jan. 18—P. M. Whiskey unchanged. Hogs a shade higher; closing at $7.50a8: receipts. 3,100 head. Bulk uieats held at 8; shoulders, 9J to 10c. Lard, 124 c. Gold, buying at 1 3f>. Liverpool, Jan. 18—P. M. Advices from Manchester are unfa vorable. Market for goods and yarns in that city being dull. Charleston, Jax. 19. Cotton quiet and unchanged —334. Wilmington. Jan. 19. Cotton quiet. Middling, 31J to 32. Mobile...tun. 19. Cotton sales to-day 750 bales, the market closing dull. Middlings 32. Receipts 1.939 bales. Liverpool, Jan. 18—Evening. Cotton without quotable change. Breadstuffs acti e. Corn scarce, and price advanced, to 43 shillings per j lor mixed Western. Wheat market also firmer, and tends upward. FOREIGN NEWS. London, Jan. IP—Evening It is repor.ed that Queen Victoria will visit the Paris Exhibition ; c tiling there while on her way to Germany. Rio Jaxario, Dec. 25th, via London. —lt is said the allies will soon assume the defensive. Gen. Lopez mid his army are said to be di-c ntente’. Grists l v or CHRISTMAS X MEW YEARS. Git EAT WATCH SALE! ON THE POPULAR ONE PRICE PLAN! Giving to every Patron a Handsome and reliablo Watch for the Low Price of Ten Dollars ! WITHOUT R.EQARD TO VALUE ! AND NOT TO BE PAID FOR UNLESS PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY! •'Have seen tlieir Watches, know them, and can testify that they are excellent timekeepers, ami, as good in every respect as represented, and no humbug.”— Sentinel, Waterford, A’. ) . “dusinoss is conducted in this establishment upon strictly bonor atdo principles, and purchasers get the worth of their money.”— Herald, Peru, 111. "This Company is no bogus allair, ami is prompt in business and perfectly reliable.’ Courier, Handout, A’: Y. ‘‘This Company is known throughout the Union to be re liable for anything it pro; oses to do.”— Independent, Monticelio, II . “They are honorable in their dealings,'and satisfy ttie just expectations of ilieir Cii.t.uioi’ /democratic Preen. Lyons, A'. Y. "This Company has a fine reputation, and their goods are of a very superior quality.”— tin it;/ Timet, ScwUrn, A 7 . V. “T..ere is no humbug ill this Company.” —Vullcj Senti~ net, Shippeiihur;/, Pa. "Their Watches are mainline uretl of superior articles, and by the best workmen.” —American Union, Den ton, J/11. LIST OF ARTICLES. 100 Solid Gold Hunting Wntchc.s. ..$260 to $750 lIU Magic Cased Geld \V»tches 250 to SUU 100 Ladies’ WuteliON, Enameled... 100 to 3uo •joo Gold Hunting Chronometer Watches 260 to 300 200 Gobi Hunting English Levers.. Sou to 250 300 Gold Hunting Duplex Watches. 150 to 250 500 Gold Huut’g American Watches. UK) to 200 500 Silver Hunting Levers 50 to 150 50U silver Hunting Duplexes 75 to 250 s<jO Gold Lsidie»'WaicneH 50 to 250 lcoo Gold Hunung Lenities 50 to 75 ItiOO Miscellaneous Silver Watches.. 50 to 100 2500 Hunting Silver Watches 25 to 50 5000 Assorted Watches, all kinds’.. 10 to 75 Every patron obtains a Watch by this arrangement, costing but $lO, while it may bo worth S7SU. No partiality thown. Messrs. J. lIICKLINO & CO.’S GREAT UNION WATCH COM I*ANY, MANU FACTURERS, 149 Broadway, New York City, wish to immediately and sposo of tho above magnificent block. Certificates, naming articles, aro placed in sealed en velopes, and forwarded as ordered, 'lie return of any of our certificates entitles tho holder to the article named then on, upon payment, irrespective of its worth, if $759, and as no article viluod less than $lO is named on any certificates, it will at once be *eeu that this is 2so Lottery, but a straight forward legitimate Transaction, which may be participated in even by the most fastidious ! A single Certificate will be sent by mail, post paid, upon receipt of 25 cents, five for sl, eleven for $2, thirty-three ami elegant premium for $6, sixty six and more valuable premium for $lO, oue hundred and modt su perb Watch tursls. To Agents or those wish ing employment this is a rare opportunity. It is a legitimately conducted business, duly authorized by the (iovornment, and open to the most careful scrutiny. Try us ! Address, J. lIICKLING & CO., 1 jalO—3m 140 Broadway, N. Y. City Ordinances. Registry list opened^ REGISTRY CLERK'S OFFICE. 1 City Hal!, Augusta, Ua., Jan. 14, 1907. \ THE ItBUISTHT LIST IS KOW OPEN lit wj ofllee tor the purpose ot register* log the names of, and giving certificated to, tbe legal voters of tbs City of Augusta, in accordance with the Act of the Gaoreia Leg- Mature, approved February 18tb, 1850, and with tbe City Ordinance proriding fur carrying raid Act into eflect, tbe raid list, to be kept opeo until tbe first Mouday in April next. Office boors daily (Sundays excepted) from 9 o'clock A. M. to 2 o'clock P. M. Kaeh and every applicant* before register* ing, will be required to take tbe lollowing oath: “You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States ; that you have resided in tbe State of Georgia for the last two years, and in this City for the last six months ; that you are 21 years of age ;• that you have paid Ail City taxes and assessments, and have made all returns required of you by the City Ordinances which have been in your power to pay or make, according to said Ordinances; «nd that you are now entitled to regulation, and thereupon to rote, according to tbe terms of the Act of the General Assembly, in the State, in such cases made and provided, so help you, God! * JOHN C. GREEN, jalo—td Registry Clerk. AN ORDINANCE To Amend the One Hundred and Twenty- Second ‘Section of tho General Ordi nance : Sec. I. fit it 0 dained by the City Council of A ugunta, audit is hereby Ordained by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the passage of this Ordinance, tho One Hur.vlred and Twenty Second Section of the General Ordinance shall be so amended as to read as follows ; There shall be annnally elected by the City Council, two officers, to be known as the Inspector A Measurer of Wood of the First Division, embracing the First and Second Wards ; and Inspector <£ Meas urer of Wood of the Second Division, em bracing the Third aod Fourth Wards ; each of whom shah, before entering upon the duties of their office, take and subscribe the following oath : •% * , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and truly serve in the office of Inspector A Measurer of Wood, nnd faithfully execute all tbe duties belonging to tho same, with out fear favor, prejudice, or partiality, to the my skill, power, and ability, agreeable to the provisions of the City Or dinances— So help me God!’* And, there upon, he shall receive from the Mayor the following certificate; I do certify, that hath duly qua ified before mo, to serve as Inspector A zMeasurer of Wood of the First or Second Division, as the case may bo, this day of— , 18 — bnc. 11, No person shall measure any Firewood, except the Inspectors Meas urers of Wood, or their Deputies, under a penalty of not exceeding twenty fivo dol lars for each and every offence. Sec. 111. All Firewood brought into the City, for *ale in any mannbr whatever, whether sold by the car load, or tiispused of in other rnauner (except that brought on wagons, carts, or other vehicles, drawn by horse power), shall be inspected aod meas ured by the Inspee ors A Measurers of Wood. All Firewood shall* be closely packed and fairly corded up where it is lauded (either from railroad, river, or canal), and be lore being offered for sale. Each cord shall be eight feet in length, four feet in breadth, and four loot in height. {Sbc. IV. It shall be the duty of the Inspectors «fc Measurers of Wood, either by themselves, or their Deputies,' to super intend the measuring of Wood, daily (Sundays excepted), from nine o’clock A. M. to twelve o’clock M., and from three o’clock I*. M. to five o'clock P. M., and the parties selling or offering the same for sale, shall pay the Inspectors dr Measurers of Wood twenty cents for each and every cord of wood (and in proportion for each half and quarter cord of wood; by them so measured. Sec. V. If the said Inspectors A Meas urers of Wood, shall refuse or neglect to perform any or the duties attached to their offices, they shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars,for each aud every offence. Sec. VI. If tho said Inspectors A Meas urers of Wood, or their Deputies, shall be found guilty of collusion or malpractice to deceive in the quantity, they shall, upon conviction, forfeit their licenses for the uncxj’irod term thereof, and be disqualified from receiving another, and shall also be fined at the and serction of tLe City Council. Sec. VII. Any person or persons who shall refuse or neg’cct to have wood in spected and measured, before offering the same for sale, shall be fined in a sum uot exceeding fifty dollars, for each and every such neglect or refusal. t>KC. VIII. And be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances and parts of Ordi nances militating against this Ordinance, be and the same are hereby repealed. Done in Council, this 12th day of Jan vary, A. D. 1867. LL. S.J JOHN FOSTER, Mayor C A. Attest; Tj. T. Elomt?. 0. C. ja!s—lOt AW ORDINANCE, To Amend and Explain An Ordinance to Assess Taxes lor the Fupport of tho City of Augusta, for the fiscal year endint 31st March, 1867. Sec. I. Be it Ordained by the City Council of Augusta, and it in hen by Ordained by the authority of the same, 'J hat the clause in the second section of said Ordinance levying a tax of one per cent, ‘*pn the capital mock of any Incorporated Bank, (Ga? 1 , In.-uionce Company, or other Incorporated Company,) located in this City/' shall be construed to mean, and wus aud is intended to mean that thore shall be a J»ke tax levied and paid, by the owner or owners thereof, on tho par value of each share of stock In any and all National Banks, or Banks of issue located and doing business in this City ; Provided, that the Bank may assume and pay tho tax if preferred. Sec. 11. And be it further Ordaimd, That the President of any and all such National Banks, or Banks of issue, shall, when re quired by the Clerk of Council, furnish a list of the shareholders and tho number, and par value of shares owned by each aud every shareholder in such Bank or Banks, under a penalty of uot loss than one hun dred dollars per day for each and every day of such refusal or default. Sue 111. And be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances and parts of Ordinance*, militating against this Ordinance, be, aud the same are hereby repealed. Done in Council, this 12th day of Janu ary, A. 1)., 1867. [L. S.] JOHN FOSTER, Mayor C. A. Attest: L. T. Blome, C. C. ja!s—lot AH' ORDiimE To Ameud an Ordinance entitled an Ordi nance to create the office of City As sessor : Sec. I. Be it Ordained by the City Council of Augusta, and it is hereby Ordained by the authority of the same, That from and alter the passage of .’his Ordinance, the Ordi nance entitled an Ordinance to Create the Office of City Assessor, shall be so amended as to add one Assessor from the City' Council. 0 Bec. 11. And be it further Ordained, That nil Ordinances and pans of Ordinances mil itating against ibis Ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Done in Council this 1 day of Jan ; uary, A. D. t 1867. [L. S.J JOHN FOSTER, Mayor C. A. Attest: L. T. Blome, C.C. jan 15—10 Ail Oriliiiauee To reqaire a Bond to be given by the Regis try Cloik: SkC. I. Be it ordained by the City Council of Augusta, and it is hereby Ordained by the authority of the same, That the Registry Clerk, before entering npon tho perform ance of his duties, shall give a Bond, with good surety, ii tho sum of Two Thousand Dollars. Skc. 11. And be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances ami parts of Ordinances mil- Rating against this Ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Done in Council this 12th day of Jan uary, A. D., 1867. [L. S.] JOHN FOSTER, Mayor C. A. Attest L. T. Blome, 0. C. jan 15—10 Q-aiden Seeds. P^^MR 212 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA, GA. i jalO—tf Photograph Galleries. NOW KEABY! AND FOR SALE AT PEfcKINS’ GALLERY, NEXT DOOR ABOVE DAILY PRESS OFFICE, (192 BROAD STREET.) PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LIFE OF THE LAMENTED BISHOP ELLIOT. Said by himself and friends to bo the beat ever taken of him, Bishop Elliott’s Likeness in his Episcopal Robes, or in his ordinary attire, will be sent to any ddress, on the receipt of Twonty- Five Cents and a two cent stamp to pay postage, jafi—tf Furniture and Piano Hauling. JJAVING A NEW AND LIGHT SPRING DRAY, I am prepared to haul Furniture, Pianos, and anything else, without scratching or bruising, as is too often the case. Orders left at my store, on Washington street, between Broad and F.llis, will be promptly attended to, at reasonable rates. Particular care given to moving Furniture and Pianos. WM. IIALE (Colored), Dealer in Family Groceries. jals—tf Fish and Oysters, GAME, POULTRY, VEGETABLES, FAMILY GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Alwavs on hand and Tor sale low. CALL AND SEE ME. WM. BALE (Colored), Washington street, between Broad and Eilis. jals—tf NOTICE. Having retired from the firm of t’rninp, Davison A Cos., I cheer fully recommend my late partners to the patronage of my friends. WM. A. WRIGHT. Mr. Wm. A. Wright having withdrawn, the siylc of the firm will remain unchanged. CRUMP, DAVISON A CO. Augusts. Ga., Jan. 14, 1807. jals—tf Mosher, .Thomas & Sohaub, .) A A BROAD STREET— Under Masonic Hall AUGUSin, -j Direct Importers and Dealers ia ENGLISH AND FREN L China f BOHEMIAN, FRENCH and AMERICA Giass W are! AND KEROSENE LAMPS, AND AGENTS OF KAOLIN WARE. Try us, and we will convince you that you can save the Freight from N'W York to this point. JOSIAII MORIIER, J. Jr.FKEUSON THOMAS, GEORGE SCIIAUB. oc2 —6m . WOOLLEN GOODS, oollen Goods FOB WINTER WEAR! Breakfast shawls SONXAUS CHILDREN’S SACQUES NUBIAS LADIES' and CHILDREN’S HOODS INFANTS' HOODS LEGGINGS and SHOES In great variety, at MRS. PUGHE’S, 190 Broad street. n027- ts Augusta. Ga. ABBEVILLE PRESS, LEE A WILSON Pbopbiktobs. The above named newspaper is issued weekly, at Abbeville Court House, S. C., and offers splendid inducementa to the business men of Augusta, to extend their notices iu that vicinity. * nolO—3m