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tfljt Sailg jprtss. City Printer—Official Paper LARGEST CInTcIRCIILATION. AUUUBTA., G-A... THURSDAY MORIiINU F«b. 7. 18*7 TO BUSINESS MEN AXD THE Advertising Community Generally. Tlie DAILY PBKM publish** She Official I.!*»•* Letters rcMhlulMlt In the August* Dustulflcr, «• the end •» rack w«k< »«rcc«M y la the followlnc Section of the New Poal office Lilli «» the Ncwapopcr having the Lsr«atl Circulation : Saoni'V 5. Anti hr it further enacted, That lilt* of Utter, rrmttimtag nkciilW for is any Poetafiex, in any eity, lo« or tillage, tekere a neirn/atjter ekall he printed, tkall hereafter he pobliekrd once onh, im the nr uepapee tekick, briny pnblinkmd meekly or ofiner, »kali kare ike 'la»««st eiaei-LATtoa within range of dclirery of tke raid otfirr. The DAILY PRESS la alao the Official Taper of the City of Auguata, bavins been elected by the City Connell as their Official Organ- _ THE LAW. The Round Table is one of the ablest literary journals in ibis country; and sometimes, stepping aside from the beaten path of Literature, it turns into the pastures of 'novels, politics, and law, and says something good and true. Os this kind is the following article, which we take.from a recent number. It is well written and worthy of serious con sideration. A distinguished jurist once . observed that there was too much law in this country. We thought he was right- The Round Table says that there is too much ‘‘law making and law breaking.” And we think the Round Table is right. What is the proper remedy, we are not prepared to say; but there must be some, and we should be pleased to hear from some of our legal triends on this subject. Communications, plainly and briefly written containing suggestions in regard to it, will And a place in our col umns. The following is the article from the Round Table, referred to: Law Makers and Law Breakers.— Epicurus once remarked, in order to ex emplify the weakness of human nature, according to Plutarch, that even the worst laws were so necessary (or us that without them men would devour one another. Putting the point of canni balism aside, and thus obviating a trip to the Fiji Islands for example, it cannot be denied that the dictum of the Epi curean philosopher is based on a funda mental truth which is fairly exhibited in every day life. Men are prone to error even as the sparks fly upwards, we are told on biblical authority ; and it would be far from our purpose to dispute the axiom. As error is, therefore, inherent in us, it has been the object of civiliza tion to combat its progress and counter act its effects by every means in its power; hence the origin of law itself, and the task of law makers from the day3 of Moses down to the present time. There is little doubt that in Mr, Cax ton’s great work on the History of Hu man Error, as sketched by Bulwer. the progress of the blind goddess with the sinister and dexter scale would have oc cupied the major portion of the treatise, for, great as evil is, more imposing still is the power which controls it. The state of society without law, of which we have one or two prominent instances in the history of the last cen tury—an allusion to the French revolu tion will be sufficient—becomes so frightfully demoralized as to sink man kind to the level of the brute creature ; and thus even the most interior speci mens of law making that we possess are necessary to operate against the thou sands of law-breakers there are in the world. Epicurus certainly was not one of the Stoics in his phyloeophy, but this maxim of* his which we have quoted . mi;, lit well have been numbered among the principles and tenets of Zeno’s disciples, for it is pregnant and practi cal, and as pointed in the present day as it was, perhaps, when first uttered so many hundred years ago. Granting, however, that laws are necessary to human progress, tue phil osphical enquirer is still as much at fault as ever, for he becomes, as it were, like Hamlet, plunged into a sea ol troubles which no opposition will limit, the moment he begins his search into the mysteries of jurisprudence. The name of laws is legion, and be tween good laws and bad laws, and what may be termed legal laws and moral laws, there are as wide differ ences and as great discrepancies as exist among the several offenders and offences against the same. A law may be a good law and a necessary law, and yet be a bad law speaking accord ing to law ; while a bad and unjust law, merely regarded as a piece of law making, becomes good when weighed in the same forensic balance. This seems paradoxical, but it is a fact which can be easily proved by ex amining the legal code of any country. Law itself is good and necessary, but law-making has by no means advanced to the dignity of a science, and is conse quently at the mercy of the merest tyro who, puffed up by the pride of transient authority, desires to dabble his Angers in Themis’ pie, and finishes with leading blind J ustice into the gutter. No wonder that there are so many breakers of the law when the law itself invites destruc tion. It is so patchworked with prece dents and hampered by technicalities that the rogue gets off scot free while the honest man often stumbles into a pitfall. There are thousands of 'acts and statutes at present existing in the laws of England and of Americu —the latter of which is founded on the former, and partakes of its errors —which might just us well be swept away. They are ♦ of no earthly utility, and they are known at their just worth by the men who tnake a study ol jurisprudence; while, as they are unknown to the general throng, to them their existence is a thing of naught. Simplicity, one would tbiuk, should be the acme of justice, and yet it is the exception and not the rule. Law, as it is at present understood, is like Sanskrit or hieroglyphics; it requires a lifetime to acquire the art of setting about how to acquire" it. Take Bottom, in The Midsummer Night's Dream, it is so translated that even its oldest friends know it not under its new shape. Shades of Blackstone and Coke, Littleton and Eldon, arise in judgment on the law makers of the nineteenth century! In all things there should he a system in order to nurture them on u fair basis; and why should there not be one in this? Let us have a school of law makers, by all means; and likewise a school of offender-. Let each graduate in some especial point of legal intricacy, •» each does in crime; aud if we mete out a heavier punishment to the bigamist or robber than to thorn* guilty oHeas.-r fel onies, let the most ingenious decision of the bench be honored with somd special recognition Iroiu the exeeu ive or from the people. The American bar and the American bench ere not by sny means what we would wish them to be. It makes n mockery of law when we read of some yerdict being given which an nuls every idea of justice and morality. We do not mention any particular in stauees, but the readers of the daily papers will fit and umplo food fire imiuent in the decisions given each dav in the sittings of the various courts. By some technical farce or oilier, they will see that criminals are continually escaping the just cousequences of their acts. Some plea is allowed weight which should never for a moment he tolerated, nnd influences admitted which contra vene directly the idea of impartiality, which ought, at least, to be kept up. It i-eems never to be reflected that those decisions of the venerable benchers of New York are so many specimens of law making; tor, acting as precedents, they disarm the laws themselves ol their very force. Itichard Sheridan once ob served with reference to the laws of England that he could drive a coach and hor.-cs through any act of Parliame t, but we much wonder whether a whole train of cars might uot be propelled through a statute of Congress. The judges seem to go each man on his own opinion, without any reference to law or the commentaries thereon, and the li brary ot Themis gradually expands with folios of rubbishy precedents. Law breaking thus grows a driving and un firofitable, as it is useless, trade ; and aw breakers combine in these evil doinirs. There are so many cities of refuge provided within the statutes ot the justice book, so many loopholes for chicanery and fraud to sneak through and escape, that no man need trouble himself at committing any offence in the necalogue or calendar short of mur der, und eveu that often becomes justi fled under the appellation homicide. Law making aud law breaking go hand in hand together. It is a pitiful thing for any one who takes an interest in the “proper study ot mankind” to read of the number of criminals there are in this land of ours. But as long as lalse law exists and reason deliberately spreads a veil of flimsy dust across the eyes of truth, such will he the case. Instead of trying to better our legal code by revising it and restoring it back to its original simplicity, the law makers of the period interpret Epicu rus wrongly, and seem to think that -the worst laws only are necessary iu this age of falsehood aud crime. GEORGIA ITEMS. We failed to notice a sad accident which happened in the family of Rev. Mr. Cramer, formerly ot St. James’ Church, aud now stationed at Madison. A servant girl was holding his sick child by the fire, when the clothes of the ser vant caught fire, and communicated to those of the child. She threw the child on the bed, in which Mr. Cramer was lying, and before she could extinguish her clothes, was so badly burned that she died. Mr. Cramer succeeded in saving the child, but in doing so was bimsel 1 painfully burned. The bed and curtains caught fire and the house was saved with difficulty. The storehouse of Dr. T. N. Pitts, of Newberii, Newton county, was burned on the night of the 30th ult., with its contents, including $4,000 in money. Rev. W.‘E. Hamilton, a talented and highly esteemed minister of the Presby terian Church, has become a citizen of Bainbridge and pastor of the Church of that denomination in that city. Mr3. Dr. Dannelly has written an heroic epic on the burning of Colum. bia. Rev. G. W. Pratt proposes to start a paper in Apalachicola, Fla. The Savannah News says that on Saturday morning the train on the At lantic and Gulf road, near the Withla coochee bridge, ran over an unknown man, cutting his body in two. The new fire engine for Savannah is completed, and on a trial a few days ago got up steam in seven mmntes, and with a nozzle 1J inches, and 6 inch pressme threw a distance of 175 feet; with 8 inch pressure, she threw 200 feet. Pool and Hunt are the builders. On last Sabbath the rile ot confirms’ tion was administered to 35 persons, by Bishop Wilmer, in Columbus. Owing to some illegality in the re turns from Catoosa county, in the late election for Judge, the returns have been thrown out, which gives Judge James Milner a majority ot 20 votes over Colonel J. A. W. Johnson, who, the Cartersville Express learns, will contest the election. The Thomasville Enterprise states that large numbers of the freedmen of the lower part of Thomas county have been persuaded to go to East Florida and other points, and many farms here' tofore well cultivated must now be neglected or only cultivated in; part. Tbe town of Thomasville has been relieved of soldiers, and is again a quiet and peaceable place. Tbe Bainbridge Argus says tbat the bed of Flint River,, for several miles both above and below the city, is covered with a deep stratum of lime rock, which iu several places forms its banks for considerable distances, and that few points offer superior advantages for the erection of manufactories and other machinery establishments. Let the people ot Bainbridge be thnnkful for wbat nature has done for them, and make the most of their natural advan tages. Rents in GoTHiv.a-The landlords In New York are now making contracts for rents for the next year—the first ol May being the beginning of the rent year. They are trying to get The prices of last year, but the papers, declare tbat the ( income every man in the city is less than in 1865, and must be still less in' 1867, and therefore landlord,, must reduce their rents. We hope they may, nnd that thus, in one respect, at least, the solid men of New York will set an example worthy of imitation far ther South. 8; ecial Notice*. NOTICE.—NOTIC eYs HERE by given to all concerned, tbat, oa Tues day last, at I‘ublle Outcry, «« bought of Day A Inman, a House and Lot, fronting nu Calhoun street 41 feat, betwoen Wash ington and Centre, running back toward Fenwick street 178 feet ; sold as the prop erly of Fanny Howard, aliae Fanny James, (i Hut Georgia James. All persons ara warned that we shall Insist in lnw upon having titles made to us for the premises— having paid in part for the same, and ten dered the balance of the purchase money. micuabl McDonald, fo7—tf MALACIII DORLAN. ENOCH LODGE OF PER FECTION.—The Regular Meeting will be bold THIS EVENING, at 7 o’clook. Ily order J. D. Butt, T.-.P.-.M.-. WM. R. SCIIIRMER, fc7—lt Secretary. Consigners per Central Raii.uoad, Fob 7—Twiname A S, Phillips A Cos, J O M A Cos, W F Brodnax, Cook A M, John Ross, Sherman A J, B fk S, C II Warner, Platt Bros, D Sidling, P Fleming, l evy A J, II Myers, C A Robbe, 0 A D, J McAn drews, G A A, 0 M, Schofield, W it Cos, J C Galvan, A, Myers A M, W II Tutt, G A J ltappold, T W Apel, J G Bailie A Bro, A Bleakley, J Farrow, D L Fullerton, H Caffin, J C Galvan, J W Oetjen, Mrs E T Belt, C H Prince, M P Stovall, W II barton. PUBLIC MEETING.—ALL Citizens disposed to unito in an effort to establish a Public Library in Augusts, are invited to attend s meeting, to be held at the Rooms of the Young Men’s Association, on the corner of Mclntosh and Ellis streets, on FRIDAY' EVENING, the Btb inst., at 7 P. M. fe6—3t TO MEDICAL STUDENTS.— We are prepared to furnish the Graduating Class with the Choicest Mediciuos and Chemical Reagents, at the very lowest prices. A carefully selected outfit, to meet the requirements of a Country Practitioner, furnished for Fitty Dollars. STEVENSON A SHELTON, Pharmaceutists, 288 Broad Street, fe(3—St Established in 1823. BUREAU OF R., F. AA. L. j Office A. S. A. Commissioner, s Augusta, Ua., Jan. 2D, 1867. J ORDER NO. 1. osg“ INFORMATION HAVING been received at this office that numerous parties are in this city employing Freodmcn for laborers; that some of these parties are in the habit of giving the Freedmen liquor for the purpose of inducing them to sign contracts, also inducing them by this means to violate contracts previously made. Therefore, it is hereby ordered, That no contract will be considered binding until approved at these Headquarters, neither will any contract be considered binding when made through the influence of intoxi-' eating liquors ; neither will the advancing of money or rations have any effect in binding the parties made in relation of this order. W. F. WHITE, febl—tf Capt A A. 8. A. Com. MRS. HEUISLER WOULD inform the Ladies of Augusta that she is prepared to do Braiding and Embroidery, and desires a liberal share of their patron age. Fancy worsted work also taught. Corner Broad aad Lincoln streets, No. 53. ja29 -ts DENTISTRY.—DR. D. S. WRIGHT, successor to bis brother, the late Dr. Cnas. M. Wrigut, will continue tbo business, in all the branches of tbe Profession, at the old Parlors, No. 258 Broad street, two doors above the Globe lintel- ja!7—tf MRS. PICQUET WOULD IN FUKM the Ladies of Augusta tbat sbe is prepared to dc Dressmaking, Plain Sewing, and Braiding, and desires a liberal share of their patronage. She can be found at tbe corner of GREENE and CENHIE STS. No. 96. ja23—tf Pilil!u!mEß. 212 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. jalO—tf YARNS." Georgia factory (white’s) CELEBRATED YARNS, BY THE BALE, A constant supply at Factory Prices, for sale by ja23—tf D. R. WRIGHT fk CO. Alexandre’s Kid Gloves, ENGLISH HOSE ... And Half hose— And a variety of other Goods. Just received by ja22—tf D. K. WRIGHT A CO. Miss Lucy J. Read Having improved her facili ties FOR MAKING Grain and Flour Sacks, WILL MAKE From this date, until further notice, BURLAPS OR DUNDEE SACKS, For Two and a Half Cents. OSNABURGS AND SHIRTING SACKS, For Two Cents. ft3—6t L. J. READ. Domestic Woods, RICHMOND STRIPES OSNABURGS BROWN SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS BLEACHED SHIRTINGS- And SHEETINGS, All qualities, for sale at low prices, by ja22—lf D. R. WRIGHT * CO. New Advertisements. Intelligence Office* Advertising and Business Agency. Having opkneit-an office at 296 BROAD STREET, we will attend to any business entrusted to us with promptness. We will attend to the hiring of Field Laborers for farmers, or servants, either white or colored, for the citlieua of Au gu»<* and vicinity. We will also attend to the sale, lease, or renting of Real Estate. All who ore idle should coll and register their names, and we will assist them m finding situations. JEFFERSON A BROWN, 296 Broad street, Augusta, Ga., Up c fairs, over Fleming A Rowland. fc7— Stood Hice! nice! 2Q TIERCES PRIME NEW CAROLINA RICE, Just received, on consignment, and for sale low, by BLAIR, SMITH A CO, fe6—St 298 Broad street. Whiskey. BBLS. WHISKEY— VARIOUS BRANDS On consignment and for sale low, by BLAIK, SMITH <f* CO., fe6—6t 298 Broad street. Take Notice. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN ! Thirty days after date, i shall, with the consent of my Husband, become a FREE TRADER, and shall hold my own estate separate from that of my Husband, THOMAS O’CONNOR, and shall, according to law, sue and be sued in my own proper name, for my own contracts. MARY O’CONNOR. [L. S.] • I consent to my wife, MARY O’CONNOR to become a FREE TRADER in every sense of the term. THOMAS O’CONNOR. [L. S.] Test; H. B. Kemine, W. C. Dillon. FOSTER BLODGETT, Notary Public, Richmond co., Ga. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 5, 1867. fe6—3ol* Take Notice! TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Thirty days after date, i shall, with the consent of ray husband, become a FREE TRADER, and shall hold my own property separate from his, and i? ray own business transactions, shall sue. and be sued in rav own proper name. MARY HEALY. [L. S.] I consent to my wife, MARY IIEALY. to become a FREE TRADER. MICHAEL HEALY. [L. B.] Augusta, Ga., Feb. 4, 1867. Test: H. B. Ketnine, W. C. Dillon. FOSTER BLODGETT, Notary Public Richmond co., Ga. fes—lin* i' PICTURES OF THE LATE Bishop Elliott, wim HIB EPISCOPAL ROBES, OR IN ORDJ NARY ATTIRE, nr * NOW HEADY! AND FOR S ALE AT PERKINS’ GALLERIES 192 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., (Next door above the Daily Press Office) AND BROUGHTON ST., SAVANNAH, GA. (Opposite Marshall House), AT TIIE FOLLOWING PRICES, to wit Size Bxlo, for Framing $1 00 each. Cardes dc Visite, for Albums.. 25 “ “ , “ “ .. 225 per doz A liberal discount to the trade. PICTURES, single or by the dozen, per. ( by mail to any address to those enclosing stamp for postage and price of Pictures, a* above. ja22—tf WRAPPING PAPER A LARGE LOT OF VARIOUS SIZES and qualities, just received. Also, an additional supply ot Books and Stationery, and a great variety of Fancy Goods. For sale by THUS. RICHARDS Sc SON. feb2—4* 1867. 1867. DRY GOODS AT WHOLESALE! D. R. WRIGHT & CO. ; (Globe Hotel Building), 250 Broad Street, Augusta, Oa. WE BUY FROM FIRST HANDS— MANUFACTURERS, AGENTS, and IMPORTERS. Goods arriving almost daily. COUNTRY MERCHANTS need go no farther. We aro prepared to show them a very complete and choice assortment of staple And fancy goods, NOTIONS, Etc., Etc., Etc., at prioes as fo4r tal they can lay them down, bought of Northern Jobbers. For proof, EXAMINE OUR STOCK! jrtlfi—2m PRINTS. A FEW CASES— NEW STYLES— At Wholesale or Retail, cheap, at ja22—tf D. R. WRIGHT dc CO’S. Amusements. Concert Hall. Positively for One Week Only! COMMKKCINB MONDAY EVENING,'Fr.fi. 11th, 1867. THE WONDERFUL AND WORLD FAMOUS HANLON BROTHERS nod their great European Combination— look a, the array of taIent—WILLIAM HANLON, GEORGE HANLON, ALFRED HANLON, the acknowledged Champion Gymnasts and Athletes of the world Pro lessor W. TANNER, of London, England, nnd his wonderful performing truupe of Dogs and Monkeya. S.nurita KOSETI, Principal Dauseuse and Tight Hope Per former, from the Grand Opera, Madrid. Mans. HENRI AGOUBT, tbe most extra ordinary Juggler, Dancer, and Panto rnimist. M’ile. AUGUSTINE, Premier Dauseuse and Pantomintist, from the Parisian Theatres. Tbe latest European Novelties, the Sphynx, Illuminated Foun tain Golden Shower, and the HANLON’S , mirth-provoking Shadow Pantomine, form ■ ing >h« greatest combination of artistic I talent ever witnessed. Notwithstanding the great expense at tending the engagement of the above mam moth organization, the management have resolved upon the following reasonable PRICES OF ADMISSION i Parquette. SI.OO ; Gallery, 75 ceDts ; Freedmen, 75 cents. Seats can be secured three days iD ad vance at J. C. Schreiner A Sons’ Book Store. GRAND HANLON MATINEE, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, at THREE O’CLOCK. Children to MatiDee, 50 cents. No half price at nights. C. AMORY BRUCE, Advance Agent. MORRIS SIMMONDS, Manager. fe6—tf Concert Hall. Opens MONDAY Night, Feb 4th, And every night during the week, with the exception of Thursday. GRAND MATINEE, SATURDAY, 3 P. M. AT RRprOED PRICES. The most Remarkable Exhibition of the age ! The Celebrated Miltonian Tableaux of JParadise Lost, The same which visited Augusta last sea son, and which has attracted so much atten tion in all of the large cities of the South, the past year. Together with tbe latest European Sensation, by Gustav Dore and John Martin, Tableaux of the APOCALYPSE, OR THE BOOK OP REVELATIONS ILLUSTRATED. Price of Admission 75 cts.; Children, 50 cents. Secured Seats, $1.00; Gallery, 50 cts. Doors open at 7, commence at 7J o’clock. Diagram of Hall, and Tickets for sale at the Music Store of J. C. Schreiner dc Sons. f*3—lw Public Lecture. BY INVITATION FROM THE CITI ZENS of Augusta, an ADDRESS will be delivered by the Right Rev. Dr. LYNCH, Bishop of Charleston, on Thursday Evening Next, 7th inst., AT THE COKCEKT IIALL, To commence at 8 o'clock. Subject—TllE EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICA. Proceeds to be devoted in aid of the Orphans of South Carolina, made destitute ‘ by the war. Tickets, One Dollar May be purchased at the Book Stores of Messrs. Oates, Rich ards, and Schreiner. fe3—4t AN OI tUMNANVE 'To Add to, Alter, and Amend the Eighty seventh Section of the General Ordinance of the City of Augusta. SEC. I. lie it Ordained by the City Council of Augusta , and it is hereby Ordainrd by the authority of the same, That the Recorder’s Court shall bo held daily at 10 o'clock A. M.. for the trial of all violations of the City Ordinances that may be reported to said Court ; and for all failures on the part of t ie Recorder in attending the daily session of said Court a corresponding reduction bhall be made in his salary. Sec. 11. And be it further Ordained , That all Ordinances and parts of Ordinances mil itating against this Ordinance bo, aud the same aro hereby repealed. Done in Council this Ist day of February, A. D-, 1867. JOHN FOSTER, [L. S.] Mayor C. A. Attest : L. T. Blome, C. C. fe3— IQt . REGISTRY LIST OPENED. REGISTRY CLERK’S OFFICE, 1 City llall, Augusta, Ga., Jan. 14, 1867.) THE REGISTRY LIST IS NOW OPEN at m3' office for the purpose of register ing the names of, and giving certificates to, the legal voters of the City of Augusta, in accordance with the Act of the Georgia Leg islature, approved Februar}* 18th, 1856, and with the City Ordinance providing for carrying said Act into effect, the said list to he kept open until the first Monday in April next. Office hours daily (Sundays excepted) from 9 o'clock A. M. to 2 o'clock P. M. Each and every applicant, before register ing, will be required to take the following oath : “You do solemnly swear that you are a citizen of the United States; that you have resided in the State of Georgia for the last two years, aud iu this City for the last six months ; that you are 21 years of age ; that you have paid all City taxes and assessments, aud 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; and that you are uow entitled to registration, and thereupon to. vote, according to the terms of the Act of the General Assembly, in the State, in such cases made and provided, so help you, God V* JOHN C. GREEN, ials—id Registry Clerk. Tax Notice. CLERK OF COUNCIL'S OFFICE,) Augusta, Ga., Jan. 18, 1867. ) ALL PERSONS LIABLE FOR CITY TAXLS (except those who are re quired to make Quarterly Returns), are hereby notified that the CITY TAY DIGE&T for 1867 is now open, at my office, aud will remain open until the first day of March next, by which time all returns must he made. All those who fail to returu by that time will be returned for double taxation, aud a fine of not less than $lO per day for each day of such failure to return. fpgT Offico hours from 9 o’clock, A. M., to 1 o'clock, P. M ; und from 3 o’clock, P. M., to 5 o'clock, P. M., daily (Sundays excepted). L. T. BLOME, jal9—td Clerk of Council. ESTABLISHED IN 1850. Extensive and attractive sup plies of Rich Jewelry, Gold and Silver Watches, and solid rdlverware of every de scription, Diamond Rings and Pins, Ladies’ Gold Leontine and Chatelaine Chains, Gent’s Guard, Vest, and Feb’ Chains, Wedding Rings, Bridal Setts of Pearls, ALSO, STERLING SILVER FOR BRIDAL FH ' S^NTS AND a great variety <IJ FAMY All lie LBS). Fine Watches and Jewelry repaired at A. PRoVIAIiT’K UI.D STAND, 163 Dread street. One door below Augusta Hotel. feb3—tf Auction Sales. IST inety Head OF FINE YOONO MULES AND HORSES AT PUBLIC AUCTION. ON THURSDAY, 7th FEBRUARY next, J will sell at Public Auction, in front of Palace Stables, Augusta, Ga., without reserva, SIXTY-FIVE HRAD OP FINE YOUNG MULES, Three and four years old, broks and un broke, ranging in height from fourteen to fifteen and a half b.nds. More than fifty head of these Mules were received this day, direct from Kentucky, and are pntupon tbe market upon the idea that “Quick Sales and Small Profits” are best for both buyer aud seller, and embrace as GOOD STOCK as any to be found in thin or any of the Western States. TWENTY-FIVE HEAD OF HOUSES r * e y •- » - - . ' i Os all classes, including several pairs of first class Carriage and Family Horses, to gether with Horses for the single harness, saddle, and plow. In short, if you want Stock for any purpose, come to this sale. Parties sending in Stock for the sale, must do so a day or two prior to the day of sale; for selling whieh a small Commission will bo charged. TERMS CASH. M. A. DEHONEY, Proprietor Palace Stables. Augusta, Ga, Feb. 1, 1867. feb2—td Groceries and Liquors. BAGS! GRAIN BAGS ! FLOUK BAGS I WE HAVE ON HAND AND WILL keep a constant supply of g BUSHEL BURLAPS BAGS. BUSHEL BURLAPS BAGS. £ BUSHEL SHIRTING BAGS, gg LB. FLOUR BAGS. LB. FLOUR BAGS. Orders to any extent filled promptly. J. 0. MATHEWSON A CO. fe3—4t Bacon for Sale. IQQ TIERCES WRV SALTED BACON! In quantities to suit. Will sell it at my Horse Auction, in front of the PALACE STABLES—whore a sam ple may be seen—on THURSDAY, THIJ 7th INSTANT, At 12 o'clock, precisely, By the single package, w ith the privilege, if not sold privately before, fed—td M. A. DEIIONEY. Whiskey! Whiskey! 100 BARRELS wiuskey > C/Y BARRELS J. N. NEAL’S OKJ CELEBRATED ItYE WHISKEY Cf Y BARRELS ADAM CROW’S OLD BOURBON On hand and for sale low by jal9—lm A. STEVENS. Bacon, Flour, Cora, Etc on BOXES CLEAR SIDES, TO AR rive this week ; 500 bbls. FLOUR, to arrive this week; New Tennessee CORN, carload to ar rive ; 10 hhds. bright New Orleans SUGAR; 5 bbls. choice New Orleans SYIIUP; 50 bbls. Refined SUGAR, For sale low by C. A. WILLIAMS & CO. ja2fl—ls GROCERIES OF THE BEST QUALITY Wholesale and Retail. Norfolk Oysters, FRESH AND FINE. For sale by JAS. STOGNER A CO., jatß—tf 308 Broad street. Fish and Oysters, GAME, ft *j. POULTRY, VEGETABLES, FAMILY GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Always on hand and for sale low. CALL AND SEE ME. WM. HALE (Colored), Washington street, between Broad and Ellis. jals—tf ON CONSIGNME NT CA DOZ. BROOMS, ASSORTED SIZES and qualities, very cheap. bbls. common to fine OLD RYE. 2 bbls. N. E. RUM. ALSO, SVPER-PHOSPIIATES AND BOISTE DUST For sale cheap for cash by JAMES STOGNER A CO., febl —ts r .808 Broad 6treet. - -•) ■■ ' :• VALENTINES, VALENTINES! SELECT VARIETY, AT MISS LUCY J. READ’S, fo3 —lw 326 Broad street.^ Carpets & Upholstery. Hew Supplies OF CARPETS! MATS, H U Gr S, DRUGGETTS, FLOOR OIL CLOTHS TABLE OIL CLOTHS, Window Shades, PICTURE TASSELS, Cord and Kails, COCOA AND^CANTON MATTINGS, WALL PAPER AND SOIIIIE Lace Curtains, JR NEW STYLES, WITH FINISHED BORDERS ! DAMASK, REP, AND MUSLIN CURTAINS! ' CORNICES, Bands and Pins! JUST RECEIVED, IN NEW STYLES AND AT REDUCED PRICES! The attention of those in want of sucb articles is invited to the above New and Beautiful LINE OF GOODS! J. G. BAILIE & BRO., 205 BEGAD STREET. Groceries! Anew and beautiful stock of GROCERIES just received, embrac ing all of those Fancv Groceries required about Christmas times. ALSO, Tablo and Cooking WINES, OLD BRANDY, OLD WHISKEY, RUM, and GIN. 5 kegs Pure Old IRISH and SCOTCH WHISKEY. Just arrived and for sole by JAS. G. BAILIE ft BRO., a , ABROAD STREET -4e2or-tf City Ordinances. ' AIS OUDIKAXCE ~ To authoriie tbe issue of Bonds of the Clt. Council ot Augusta, to the amount of hundred thousand dollars. D ° Sec. I. Be it Ordained Ly tke Oitu Can oil of Augneta, and it ie kertby Ordained U tke Authority of tke eame, That his IlonoT the Mayor, be, and he is hereby authorised and required to have mad., uod«r the seal and in tbe name of the City Council of Au gusta, Ninety five Bonds of On# Tboosand Dollars each, numbered from odc to ninety, five, inctufive, and Ten Bonds of Five Hon dred Dollars each, numbered from one t 0 ten, inclusive, said Bonds to be marked c and A, dated the first day ot March Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-seven, « n j payable to Wm. Johnston, or bearer, on the first day of March, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-eight, bearing interest from the dite of said Bonds at tbe rote of seven per cent, per annum, aud the interest payable iemi anoualy on the first days of September and March in earh year, according to the Coupons to be annexed to said Bonds, which said Bonds and Coupons shall be signed by ti e Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk of Council of tbe City of Augusta. Ssc. lie And be it further Ordained, That His Honor, the Mayor, is hereby authorized and required to deliver said bonds Vo the Presidefat of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, or to any person authorized to re ceive the same, in payment on the part of the City Council of Augusta to their sub scription to the Capital Stock of the Colum bia and Augusta Railroad Company, upon the signing and completion of tbo contract entered into between the City CouDciiof Augusta and the President snd Directors of the said Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company. Sue. 111. And be it further Ordained, That all Ordinances and ; arts of Ordinances militating against this Ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed. Done in Council, this Ist day of February, A. D. 1867. JOHN FOSTER, Mayor C. A. Attest: L. T. Bloke, C C. f.b3—lit 7 AN OKDINANCJb', To establish tbe Rates of Wharfage in the City of Augusta. Be it Ordained by the City Connr.il of AuguHto, and it ie 1 ertby Orda-ned by the authority of the eame, That from and after the passage of this Ordinaure, the rates us Wharfage in said City shall be as follows: Andirons, brass, per pair, each 2c.; ditto. Iron, per pair, each, lc. Anvils, each, 4c. Barrels of ail kinds, each, sc. Bellows, smith’s, each 10c.; house do, each, 2c. Boilers, steam, each, $5. Boxes axes, soap, candles, starch, choco late, cheese, figs, dates, indigo, prunes, raisins, segars, herrings, tin plates, pipes, oil,.cordials, liquors, and wines, each, 3c. Boxes oranges and lemons, each, sc. Buriat cases, full size, 50c.; small do, 25c. Boxes tobacco, each, 4c. Boxes segars, each, 10c. Bales aud trunks of dry goods and shoes, lie. per cubic foot. Boxes, etc., same proportion. Bales gunny bagging, each, 15c. Bales Cotton, each, 10c. Bales carpets, domestics, yarns, etc., each, sc. Bales hay, fodder, etc., each, 61c. Bales rope, per coil, each, 4c. Bacon, per box, 10c. Bolts bagging, osnaburgs, etc., each, 3c. Butts and casks, 200 gallons and upward, 30c. Butts, empty, 10c. Brick aud tile, per thousand, 25c. Barrows, wheel, each, 124 c. Bags coffee, pepper, ginger, etc., each, 4c. Bags guano and other fertilizers, each, 3c. Bureaus, each, 15c. Bundles brooms, collars, bames, scythes, pans, sifters, spades, shovels, trees aud axo helves, spokes, hubs, etc., each, sc. Cordage, large coils, each, 6Jc. Cotton gins, each, 25c. Cotton planters, each, 10c. Cultivators and c m shelters, each, 12*c. ( rates crockery, hardware, etc., each, 2oc. Carte, gigs, buggies, sulkies, etc., each, 60c. Carriages, barouches, 4 wheel, each, 51.25. Chairs, sitting, each, le ; rocking, each, 2c. Copper, per bar, 3c. Castings, hollow ware, etc., under 40 lbs., la. Castings, over 40 lbs., per 100 lbs., 3c. Castings, grates, stoves, etc.. lUc. Carboys vitriol, etc., each, 10c. (’able chains, per ton, 50c. Corn wills, hand, each, 10c. Corn mills, horse, each, 25c. Coal, per ton, 50c. Cattle, per head, 25c. Demijohns, lull, each, 3c.: empty,each, 2c. Gunpowder, in kegs, each, sc. Gunpowder, half barrels, each, 25c. Grain of all kinds, in bulk, per bushel, Jc. Grain, per sack,2 bushels and under, lie.; over 2 bushels, |c. per bushel. Hogsheads sugar, molasses, bacon, etc., each, 15c. Hampers of bottles, each, sc. Hampers potatoes, each, 3c. Harrows, each, 10c. Hides, each, Ic. Hides, per bale, each, 10c. Horse powers, each, 25c. Horses, jacks, mules, etc., 37£c. Jugs and jars, each, 2c. Jugs and jars, empty, lc. Iron, bar and pig, per ton, 50c. Ice, per ton, 50c. Jack screws, each, 2c. Kegs nails, liquor, etc., each, 4c. Kegs paint, small, lc. Kegs paint, large, 2c. Kitts fish, each, 3c. Lime in casks or boxes, 6c. Load, per 100 lbs., 4c. Leather, per bale, Bc. Lumber, per 1,000 feet, 40c. Mowing machines, each, 50c. Mill machinery, heavy, per ton, 50c. , Marble, per ton, 50c. Nests tubs, buckets, measures, baskets, etc., each, sc. Paper, wrapping, per ream, 2c. Paper, printing, per bale of 2 reams, sc. Pipes liquor, 100 gallons, 10c. Pipes liquor, 60 gallons, 10c. Pianos, each, 25c. Plows, each, 3c, Quarter casks liquor, etc., Bc. Rice, per tierce, 10c. Slate, per ton, 75c. Salt, in sacks, each, Bc. Salt, in bulk, per bushel, |c. Sideboards, each, 25c. Sofas and settees, each, 20c. Stones, grind, each, 3c. Stones, mill, each, s*'c. Shot, in bags, each, lc. S’eel, per ton , 50c. Shingles, per 1,000, 25c. £*ills and sugar boilers, each, 25c. Tables, each, 10c. Tables, extension, 15c. Tierces hardware, stc . 10c. Tea, per chest, large, sc. Tea, per chest, small, 3c. Threshing machines, each, 25c. Tub-bail, each, 10c. Vices, smith's, Bc. Wood, per cord, if t&keo away upon ar rival, 20c. Wood, per cord, remaining on wharf two days, 25c. Wagons, common two horse and pedlars, 50c- Wagons, four horse, 75c. Sec. 2. Re it further Ordained , That all goods, wurcs, and merchandise, uot herein specified, shall be charged pro rata, in tbe discretion of the Wharfinger, and ail goods remaining on wharf over twelve hours shall bo liable tor extra wharfage for every subsc* quent twenty-four hours, such goods may remain ou wharf. Sec. 3. And be it further Ordained, That a ’l Ordinances and parts of Ordinances, militating against this Ordinance, he and the same aro hereby rcpca'od. ‘Done in Council this Ist day of February, A. D., 1867 JOHN FOSTER, Attest: Mayor. L. T- Bloke, C. C. feb3—lot VALENTINES! VALENTINES ! Also new books—the youth’s (Southorn) History of the War, St Elmo, The Merchant of Berlin, etc., at QUINN’S NEWS DEPOT, j#3l—2w 189 Broad strest.