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Mite KKOWEI-) COUHIIOH. o. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1870. JJ?f" Por subscription, $1.50 ?er annum, strictly in advance; for tlx months, 75 cen?. jgfSr /t(/y?>-<iscHir?M inserted at on? dollar per ?ijuare of one inch or lets for th? first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, IVibubet of Respect, Communications pf a per sonal character, when admisiable, and Announce - ment* of Candidates will 4? charged for a? adver titementt. Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed. R<?y Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to th? requirement* of Cash Payments, Our New Volume. With tho present issuo Logins tho fifteenth volume of tho COURIER, reckoning, not from its establishment, but from tho date v/hon its pub lication was resumed after tho war. Tho COURIER was established in May, 1849, and has, to tho present timo, continued its issues regularly, with only a short intermission during tho war. Its first editors wero Col. Jesse W. Norris, Col. li. M. Keith and Qou. W. K. Kasloy, in tho order named. Thoy wore its pioneers towards popu larity and usefulness ns an educator and adv?calo of truo democracy. Ks eooial, moral, literary, political and commercial features wero tho samo then ns at present. Whilo since its first issuo it has witnessed many great chuuges, has passed through tho greatest civil war thal over nfllicted a people and has been tho recorder of llio most fearful, social and political revolution that ever befol any country, it has Blood firm aud un changed amid tho wreck of (ho past, and still is the advocato and supporter of democracy ns tho great safeguard of civil liberty and consti tutional government, opposing centralization in all its forms. Under tho same beautiful nud expressive motto, "To linne ow itself bo truo, and it must follow, ns tho night tho day, thou canst not then bo falso to any man," it has abated nono of its interest in tho causo of education, morality and temperance and whatever tends to el?valo and dignify man or lo promote social order aud good government. Tho COURIER passel into llio hands of Col. ll. A. TliODipsou, our associato editor, in tho your 1853, and nuder his management it enjoyed ils largest circulation, tho subscription list al OOO limo numbering eighteen hundred. Its suspension fur a titno was necessitated by tho abscenco of Col. Thompson in tho war, but after tho oloso of hostilities, amid tho wreck of tho past, with itnporfcct mail facilities and a population reduced to comparativo poverty, Col. Thompson renewed tho publication of tho COURIER. Sometime afterwards ho sold out lo Hebert Young, who, on thc division of tho Dis trict, removed thc paper lo ils present localion. Our connection willi tho COURIER begnu itt tho fall of 1808, though wo did not assume its editorial mauagemont, except as a correspond ent, until January, 1809. In our salutatory wc proposed lo adv?calo morality, temperance, education and good government under the hau lier of tho Democracy, without toadying lo any man, whether of too extremo or too mild political views. In addition to llicso laudablo cuds Hie interest of our County lins been uppermost in our columns, and wo have at all limes striven assidu ously to cucourogo tho development of its re sources, to invilo labor and capital within its borders, to promolo manufacturing industries, and withal to place before tho farmers, llio life of the oountry, whatever information would best advance their agricultural interests. Will not our citizens, who receive tho bcnefils of tho County paper, extend to us a helping hand ia these undertakings, by their influence, their names and their money? What is any County without a newspaper? An unknown spot, savo thal its name appears on tho map and Hint olhor papers may mention it in connection with some bloody deed or other unfortunate crime. Cul oil' tho newspaper of any Cornily and few can realizo tho local darkness which would settlo over its borders. Our local and public adver tising would have to bo done in another Cornily and tho pay for it be carried llioro. Our com mercial and other transactions would bo uu kuown, and thc farmer must buy aud sell in thc dark as to prices or bo compelled lo subscribe for foreign papers. Besides, in seeking new homes, what aro prerequisites lo every emigrant: First a healthy climate and next good church and edee.uionai facilities and then a thrifty pcoplo, all of which presupposes a County . paper. Whether we continuo willi (he COURIER or transfer it to other hands, wo say to Hie people never let your County paper go down for want of support. Weare in no straits in (his respect, but while our circulation is a fair ono, wc desire to soo tho COURIER in every household. Our Imperfect wail faoilities liavc hcretoforo crippled us, but thoy aro now comparatively removed, and for our population our oiroulalion should bo doubled. With a view to this cud wo reduced our subscription to ono dollar and fifty coals per yoar, a Bum for which a Uko amount of general reading matter can nowhero bo obtained, bc aidos, with tho County paper tho reader gets a history of passing events in tho County and abroad, which every man should know. Now if ourpresent BUbsoribers will help us with their influence, and our circulation shall bo sullicicnlly enlarged, wo will (ry to mako tho COURIKR a better paper oven than in tho past. Persons oan lako ?hort subscriptions for four months at fifty cents and at tho end of tho limo voncw, nnd by paying cash they will not miss tho money. Wo proposo willi this issuo to givo the true number of our volume, dating it back to tho establish ment of tho paper. Now to all wo wish a happy and prosperous futuro, and lo oursolvos harder work and a larger list of subscribers. Tho Logislaturo moots on Tuesday, tho 25th instant, Spain lins finally decrcod tho liberation of tho slaves in Cuba and payment to tho owners. Korosono lamps which aro trimmed daily raroly otplodo. Tho carelessness of tho housewife can bo blamed for most of tho lamp explosions. Tho Greenville Daily says that on Satur?, day night Inst, in Spartanburg, Thos. White shot and killed Pet Hawkins. Hawkins is a nogro. Tho Washington Post comos ont strong for Soymour, of Now York, and McDonald, Sonator from indiana, for Prosidont nod Vico President, which it thinks will provo an in vincible ticket for 1880. Daniel IJorlbcok, Esq., for many years Clerk of tho United States District Court for tho Distriot of South Carolina, died recently nt tho advanced ago of seventy-two yoari?.. ... . * Go to Charleston i Tho oxourslon rates to Charleston to attend tho tirent Industrial Exhibition of the Agrioul turnl Soolety of South Carolina ls $5.26 from Walhalla. Tickets eon be had on the 8d of December, good to tho 18th. Charleston ?ill bo gay then, as will be seen by referouoe to tho advertisement of Mr. K.L. llooho. Publie Meeting ! W MU AI,i, A, 8. C., November 13th, 1879. All voters who aro opposed to tho fenco law aro requested tu incot at tho Court IIouso in this county on Saturday, tho 13th day of Deconibor, and tho townships aro requested to hold a mooting on Saturday, 29th day of November, in ordor to sond at least (Ivo delegates to tho County Convention. THE CITIZENS OF OCONEE COUNTY. The New Daily. Tho Oroonvillo Daily News, originally issued by Mr. A. M. Speights, hus boon sold for payment of debts, nndhas boen purchased by Capt. Patrick II. Reilly, of Orcenvillo. Capt. Hoi 11 y issues in stood tho Greenville Daily, a most entertaining paper. Tho sub? BOrlption price is six dollars n year. Wo miss tho telegraphic dispatches, however, in tho columns of tho Daily, but WO have no doubt they will bo forthcoming in good timo. Mr. T. A. Haydon, ono of tho host printers in tho State, is foreman of tho Daily. Oroon villo ought to bato a good daily, and wo boliovo that Capt. Reilly will not disappoint tho general expectation in that lino. The Bayard Boom. Wo bnvo boon hitherto inclined in favor of Tilden for tho Democratic candidato for Pres* idont in 1880. Wo have never looked on his conduct in 1870 in tho light put upon it by a largo majority of tho Democratic press. On tho contrary, wo regarded his courso highly unselfish and patriotic under tho circum stances and worthy of commendation. What was ho to do but put himsolf in tho hands of his party, and this ho did. Was ho expectod alone, without an army, to forcibly eject tho occupant of tho Whito IIouso and have him? solf dcolarcd President? Was not thoro a law regulating the count, and would it not have been revolution to havo seized tho gov ernment, woro such a thing possible or prac ticable, over and outside the law? Wo were on tho evo of n bloody revolution, not sec tionnl, but locnl in its character, and wc regard tho action of Tilden ns having averted thin ovil, with which tho IOBS of tho Presidency WOB a trillo in comparison. Further, th? Democratic party resorted to tho peaceful remedy of compromiso and Tilden wisely and properly submitted to this courso. Haye was made President but peoco wai preserved, and if, with tho general bcliol of tho country that Tilden had been de. frauded of his rights, and that his courso bat averted bloodshed, tho press had called oi thc country to honor tho man who had thu: acted, wo boliovo Tilden could havo oasil; walked into tho Presidency in 18S0. Thon is now little need to dream over his prospects for so much hus been written in dcrogntioi of his courso in 1870, that he stands no chane of tho nomination, and, in fact, wo cuni hardly recommend it now, entertaining th viows wo do. Senator Bayard is now regarded as iii enming man, and tho result of tho recei elections in Now York and Ohio largely liol| his chances for nomination. Tho defeat i Ohio puts out cf tho question a Western mai and that in Now York is regarded us bavin destroyed tho last chance for Tilden. Noi York, if possible, must ho curried, and Bay ur has always been a favorite in that State, bul because of his known purity of character tm bocauso his viows on tho money question hui always bcon in harmony willi their's. Coi tainly no man in thc party would bo moi acceptable to tho pcoplo of thu South thu Senator Bayard, thc only point with oi pcoplo being thu selection of tho candida most likely to succeed. Tho defeat in Oh puts Senator Thurman out of tho quest io and Hendricks' soft monoy proclivities won not admit cf his being put nt thc head of tl ticket. Cen. Hancock has boen mentioned, but tl disposition seems to bo in the next campait to run a civilian. Tho ticket said to I favored by several loading Senators from tl South aro Senators Bayard, of Delaware, ai McDonald, of Indiana. Tho Homestead. Our neighbor, tho Anderson Intelligence has greatly oxcitod tho fears of tho poi debtor of Anderson County in reference tho Constitutional exemption guaranteed thom by tho Constitution of tho State, ut tho rich creditor has laid tho flattering um lion to his soul that tho year of jubileo li como. Tho Walhalla OoURlBR tho Pickoi Sentinel, tho Nowborry Harald, if wo reinen bor rightly, havo each had labored article* t this subject, loaning to tho Intelligence} mistaken version of the matter, in sympatl for tho poor debtor, and discussing tho efie of an alleged door CO of tho Court. Sher DuPru recoived instructions tho othor day proceed in certain cases ns if thone who In no land woro not entitled to tho homestci exemption in personalty, with tho intimatii that tho Court hud so decided, as tba now papors had alleged. Our Slioriff wroto tl Clork of tho Suproino Court for a ccrtifl copy of tho decision, and from tho followii lottor it will bo seen that no such decisit llllS boon rendered: COLUUDM, Nov. 8, 1879. J. P. 0. DVPRB, Sheriff- Dear Sir: Tl Court havo rondored no suoh decision as yi rofor to. In tho caso of Dunoon vs. Barro tho Court decided that tho Legislating had right to oxtond tho exemption so ns to on brace articles not specified in tho Constituthi In tho subscqtiont cuso of Sponcer vs. Ila man, tho Court rowiffirmcd this. In that cai cotton, corn and bacon mado by a man rented premises, woro claimed, but ri allowed, under tho decision in Do?ean i Bnrrott. Yours truly. ALBERT M. BOOZER, Clork. Wo olip tho abovo from tho Abbovillo Pr< and Banner, and whilo wo admit that ' havo published sovoral articles on tho hon stood and tho decision of tho Su promo Cou touching tho construction of tho Constituti and statutes, still wo do not romombor havo stated that tho court had rendered a d cisi?n adverso to tho right of partlos owni no lands to tho exemption of tho articles personalty enumoratod in tho Constitutif In oommonting on tho decision in Dunoon Bnrrott and Sponcor vs., Harman loubtloss stated ii might bo rons< ably? if not necessarily prosumod, euoh a (leemon would, io tho futuro, bo rondorod, If wo remeiubor rightly tho decision ia Duncan vs. Harrell bold that tho languago of tho Constitution was rcstrioa tivo and that no legislation oould add to or subtraot from tho list of articles enumerated no exempt, und oom, bacon, &0., not being in tho Hut, wore not exempt. 13y parity of rea soning it would bo held that tho personalty of ouo not owning lund was not exempt, for tho languago of tho Constitution is, "to secure tho full onjo3 mont of such homestead oxomp. lion to tho person entitled thcroto, or to tho head of any family, the personal property of euoh porson of tho following character, to wit"; and then follows'tho onutuoration of articles exam plod. Now, how ooo ono owning no homestead fall under this clause, and bow oan such, under the reasoning, bo entitled to any exemption of personalty? Tho Court may hold tho right of porsous owning no homestead, to bo, under tho Constitution, res integra, and that any statute granting ox* emption to such would bo oonstituioual. If this vrevo truo, then this class might have, by statute, an exemption of personalty to any oxtont. Tho homestead, under tho Constitution nnd various statutes, is in tho clouds to lawyers and publie officors in many respects still, though a duzen of onBOs havo poi Imps been carried up. Tho construction thus far has been in acoordanco with tho piovailing opin ion among lawyers, mid wo hopo to seo tho subject fully ventilated in further decision?, out whore it will. Truth is groat mid will provnil, is an old maxim, mid if a fair con struction of tho Constitution warrants or calls for BUCII a decision, as tho ono rcforrcd to, lot it como. Tho Domoorats aro not rcspotio siblo for it, but it is the result of Radical ignoraneo in tho draft of tho Constitution. Wo aro sorry tho result would bo oppressive to tho poor, but law is law, and its propor construction and enforocmont should bo ex acted though tho heavens (all. Ono other word on this subjeot. Wo bc lievo in matters which so nearly concern thc publio interest, a law should bo passed re quiring tho Supremo Court, on a caso mudo, to const ino in full tho section of tho Constitua tion granting ii homestead. When small amounts aro involved, citizens cannot afford to carry up cases and often suffer wrong aa thc less of two evils. IT tho homestead ex emption, in till its aspects, lind bcon con strued years ago, mueh ex pence and trouble would havo been saved tho pooplo, and i: deemed propor it could havo been amended. Would this bo taking away Othello's occupa* lion? Wo think not, for while it might have lessened litigation on that point, this wouli not only havo boon a matter of right to tin people, but tho lawyers would still hnv< found enough of legitimate litigation for theil employaient. In fact, that is tho best gov. eminent whoso laws aro clearest and most in telligible and where ibero is As little litiga lion ns possible and nt tho least expense. It our State it seems to bc thc disposition of lin Courts to shirk every possible point, utiles its decision be essential to thc point in issue Tn ko tho effect nf a final discharge, or tin light of a ward sui juris to call his gunrdiui to account in tho Probate Court, and bot these important questions have been shirked tho first sovcral limes. Again, suppose i McNameo vs. Waterbury, whero tho right t tho Probato Court to sell laud for payment c debts como in question, and on which th Court was divided, it had been specially de olared that such Court had no right to parti lion lands, how much trouble and litigado would havo been saved to tho people. In th lute duci^ioii, declaring this point, a doubt i left as to whether McNainoo vs. Waicrbur has been overruled. Sumo Judges hold on way and other Judges tho other way. Wh now cnn pretend to understand thu bonn stead in the light of all tho decisions rei dcred? Tho best founded opinion is n mei conjecture, for it is onpt'.blu pf many constru? lions, and w hen each point is made and dc culed it becomes the law. hot us havo n la by v ii>h provisions of such unusual impel tunco may bo Construed in full on a mude u caso. Tho State Constitution. Wo publish on our first pago tho procei ings of a meeting of tho farmers of Andoi son County, held on thc 1 Ot li instant, nt whit resolutions wcro passed, suggesting to tl Legislature tho propriety of nmonding ll State Constitution, so that nil persons, witlioi distinction or class, bimi! bu equally protean in tho matter of thc homestead. This is a right as far as it goes, but docs it go fi onoilgh? In our opinion if tho homester Inequality wcro tho only serious objection tho present Constitution, we would bo happy people in point of fundamental libertic but is not tho present Constitution defectivo ninny respects? It needs amendment every particular, save the bill of rights. J it stands its effect is to mislead tho pcopl orcato litigation and breed mischief, many respects it pretends to bo u code laws, but is BO imperfect to this end as i necessitate confusion mid conflict willi Stn uto laws, unless tho greatest care is taken. Stalo Constitutions arc of two kinds; O a Constitution, like (hat ol' 1790 in South Ci roi i na, in which only fundamental rights a rosorved to tho people, all else hoing loft legislation; tho other a Constitution in t nature of n oodo of laws, defining t powors of courts, limiting tho character legislation and partaking of a Statuta charactor. Tho Constitution of Missoi covers near fifty pagos of printed matter, a perhaps tho mino ia truo in a gloater degr of tho Constitutions of other State*. Tl groat troublo of snob Constitutions is t dangor and troublo of conflict with freo leg lation mid tho oonsoquont uncertainty what is law. Our prosont Constitution scoi to bo a mongrel affair, a half and half co corn, partaking hore of tho truo nt turo of n Constitution and there a legislativo enactment. This feature our Constitution has excited no littlo iitie lion, and ns in tho mattier nf n partition I tho Probato Court, has ofton unsettled wit was deemed vested rights to property. A Stato Constitution has no inherent pow but rosta for its binding elBoaoy in tho vi l-l und integrity of tho pooplo, It is moro parchment, a declaration, of nbs.oli rights, which tho pooplo design no li ti p tton should infringe or trench upou. Thoro eau in (his view bo no question of what character n Stato Constitution should be, or as to the superiority of a constitution simitar to that of 1700. On moro than ono oooaslon the Legislature has been blocked lu tho work of ooonomy and reform by tho present constitution. When they would abolish tln> o Hie o of Auditor or Sohool Commissioner or County Commis sloucrs thc oonstltutlou says nay. When they would givo jurisdiction to the Probato Courts to partition lands of small value at a light oxpense, tho same insurmountable obstado present? itself. In, faot whenever a Stato Constitution assumes n legislative character, whothor it bo long or short, litiga tion and troublo must uriso. Now if a Constitution confines itsolf to those great and fundamental rights, which tho people desire to rotaiu to them selves, and outside of these gives tho widest latitude to tho Legislature, tho instru? ment is best calculated to subsorvo tho pur posos of a freo und progressive people. If, then, nu unwise low bo passed it can bo ropoalod in ono your. The instrument be" comos clastic, adapting itself to tho wants of tho pooplo as they uriso. wbilo their primary rights under it are secure. Such was our old Constitution, nnd such wo desire to see thc present Constitution, when amendments aro made. If it bo deemed dangerous or unwise to call a Stute Convention, then let a commit tee of tho Legislature bo appointed to revise each ni t iel o and lot till desired changes bo bo mado at ono timo. Only two or three articles would need umoudmont, und tho voto could bo partly for and partly against the proposed amendments. A convention could accomplish this quicker and moro satis. fucturily and tho saving ot ono year would moro than pay its expenses. Tho prosent Constitution 'ike tho New York codo, was, apart from ,ts defects, designed for a wealthy and populous Stato. If a convention wero called, the danger apprehended from thc four of thc colored population, that their rights would bo impaired, could bo avoided by limiting Hs power to tho revision of certain articles. Wc core nothing about a conven tion, but tho Stato Constitution should in some way bo revised and amended so ns to leave tho Legislature opon to work such reform in tho number and pay of officers ns it dooms advisable, as well as in other particu lars. Thc friends of Senator Bayard claim that tho following Southern Senators will cordially favor his nomination as tho Democratic candi date for tho Presidency: Whyte nnd Groome, of Maryland; Withers of Virginia; Hansom and V anec, of North Carolina; Hampton and Butler, of South Carolina; Hill and Gordon, of Georgia; Bailoy and Harris, of Tennessee; and Jones, of Florida. A telegram states that Gon. Grant will spend tho winter in Cuba after visiting a few of tho leading cities nf the North ff--WM----WW.I I.. III. < 4MI MI,!S< M A I,. CHARLESTON, November 17.-Cotton quiet -middling ll J; low middling ll}; good ordinary 11 J. LIVERPOOL, November 17.-Cotton dull and easier-middling uplands OJ; middling Orleans 7. NEW YORK, November 17.-Cotton quiet \ -middling uplands 12J; middling Orleans m. WALHALLA, S. C., November 19.-Cotton firm-good middling 11.1; middling ll; low middling IO:}; good ordinary 10.J; New ?dvcrlitseiiiciils. IMPORTANT NOTICE? nPUIE County Board of Equalization are I requested lo meet nt my nfiioo on Wed nesday, thc 26th instant, nt ll o'clock A. M. Business of imporlnnco is to bo transacted, und a full uttondunco of tho Bonni is re? quested. J. N. O KOROR. County Auditor. November 20, 1879 1-lt Administrator's Sale I) Y leave of tho Probate Court, I will sell to the highest bidder, on Friday, tho 5th day of DECEMBER next, ut the lute residence of I Moses Cantrell, deceased, us the cstnlo of | said doeoneod: About .'IOU bushels nf corn, Fodder. A few Sheep, and some ?thor articles not sold ut the previous sale. Term*-Cash. JOHN T CANTRELL, Administrator. November 20. 1878 l-3t LARGE AND SELECTED ASSORTMENT -OK LADIES* CLO A ES ANO S L EE VE LESS JA CK HTS Just received, which ure hoing Rold at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Remember ! That we also keep in store a SPLENDID LINE of DBESS GOODS of nil varieties, with SILKS und TRIMMINGS to mutch. A Nobby lino of Fancy C?oo<ls and Notions always on band, consisting of Rill BONS, TIES. COLLARS if; CUFFS, ll O SIEE Y. Ii 0 CHINO S, LADIES amt GENTS' UN DEE VESTS, &e , itv:. HATS, CAFS, HOOTS and SHOES] Heady-Made Clothing for the Million ! FAMILY GROCERIES and PLANTA TION SUPPL! BS a specialty. fi??* Tho highest Cash or Baiter prico paid for Corn and othor produoo. tyeif Boar in mind that wo bavo a large timi well assorted stock of goods on hand und Will not be Undersold, Respectfully, D. liiemann Sf Son. Novombor 20, 1870 1 G reat Attractions In 4 harlextou, $. C., Decem ber 3<l to 13lli, 1879. Great Industrial Exhibition of the Agricultu ral Soolcty of South Carolina. Splendid Display of tho Resources of thc State. Varied Attractions each evening. Tho Malu Hall and Machinery Hall Vf Ul be lighted with tho Elcclrio Light. Low Railroad fares to enable all to visit tho Fair. Orand Lodge A. M. Masons, South Carolina Press Association, Graduales South Carolina Military Academy, all moct during Fair weeks. Al) ure cordially invited lo visit (he oily. Exhibits of the Produc?s, Manufactures nnd Resources of South Carolina specially desired. For further information address E. L. ROCHE, Secretary A. S. S. C. Nov 20. 1870 l-2t BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE, CHEERFUL. Mr?. Julia BIoNalv Wright's Mew Boob, THECOMPLETEHOME Full or 1 'lt At! 1 IDA I, INFORMATION, The young; Houac-kccpcr** Ol'11)1% ll Tho Experienced IIouto-Kccper*. FRIEND. jT1oui?<Kcr|ilti|[, Cooking, Dress. Accident?, Blckne.s, Children Company. ftlarrUfio, Religi?n, Mor.lf. Money. Family Government, ?nd ft multi tiki- of oilier tonie, fully t'o^SSi Tt h?w to muko tho Humo UKAUTIFUL ?nd ll API* V. "Aboolcof inoro prnotlcnl utility will BOltJOBl.tfevor, bo found ouUido of lusplratlou."- VhruUon Advoc?te. PJ FFTIFT? iu overy elly hom? UV Rich ?nd Poer ll CCU CU mall eountrv home? Ul FounpanrfOM. Fine raper. Clear Typo, lioautlful Hindin*,8i>lendld llhu trationi. Pearly OOO Louprice*. Belli rapidly. AGENTS WANTED^?M^?^?? AddMli J. C. Hue Ulli) Y 4> ?JO., rhlUdoIphlo, JP* Nov lit), 1870 l-8t JujEW Y0RK ^YEEKLY "[-JERALD. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Tho ciroulut>ou of this populur newspaper has more than trebled during tho past year. It contains ull the leading news contained in thc DAILY 11 KR AU >, and is urrunged iu handy departments. Tho Foreign News ombraoes special dispatches from all quar ters of tho globe. Under tho bead of Amerioan 1ST ewe aro given tho Telegraphic Despatches of thc week from all parts of the Union. This feature alone makes The Weekly Herald thc most valuable chronicle iu tho world, as it is tho cheapest, livery week is given a faithful report of ?Polit-ioetl News embracing complete lind comprehensivo despatches from WASHINGTON, including full reports of tho speeches of eminent politicians on thc questions ol tho hour. Tho Farm Department of thc WEEKLY HERALD ?ives the latest as well as the most practica! suggestions and discoveries relating to tho duties of tho farmer, hints tor raising Cattle, Poultry, Grains, Trees, Vegetables, &0., &c, with suggestions for keeping buildings ond farm ing utensils io repair. This is supple mcnti'd by a well edited department, widely copied, under thc bend of Tlie Home, giving recipes for practical dishes, hints for making clothing and for keeping up with the latest fashions at tho lowest price, livery item of cooking or economy sug gested in this department is practically tested hy experts boforo publication. Let ters from our Paris and 1 coolon correspon dents ou thc very latest fashions. Tho Home department of tho WEEKLY UKUAM) will save tho hons.ile moro than ono hundred times thc price of thu paper. The iutcrcsts of Skilled HiSbtbor or? looked oft' r, and everything relating to mee!...nie? and labor saving is carefully recorded. There is a paco devoted to all the latest places cf tho tutsi nsss markets, Crops, Merchandise, &u , ike. A valuublo feature is found in the specially reported prices and conditions of Tho Produce Market. Sporting News at homo mid abroad, together with ? Story every week, a Sermon by some eminent divine, Literary, Musical, Dramatic, Persotiul aud Sea Notes. Thcro ls no paper in the world which contains so much news matter every week as tho WEEKLY II KUALD, willoh is sent, postage free) for Ono Dollar. You can subscribe at once. 'riie New York Herald, in a weekly form, OBIC l?oI*ar a Year. Address NEW YO UK ll li lt A LD broadway and Ann Street, New York. November 20, 1879 1 Tlie Atlanta G OllSfil tit ?OH. Durin? tho coming year-a year that will witness the progress and culmination ol the most interesting political contest that bas ever taken place in this country-every oili/.en and every thoughtful person will tie compelled to rely upon the newspaper- foi in ormation. Why not get tho he?u? Abroad tho CONSTITUTION is recognized, referred to and quoted from ns tho lending Southern journal-as the organ and vehicle of thc best Southern thought mid opinion - and nt home its columns uro oousulted for the latest news, the freshest comment, and for all matters of special ond current interest. Tho CONSTITUTION contains more mid hitor telegraph ie nows than any other Georgia pap<*r, mid this particular foulure will be largely added tn during the coming year. All its facilities for gather ing thc bliest news from all pails of thc country will be enlarged mid supplemented The CONSTITUTION is both ohrouiolcr and commentator Its 0 litoria! opinions, ?is contributions to the drift ol current discus sion, ?ts humorous and satiric il p irne/rapbs aro copied from one end of the country lo thc other It aims always lobe the bright .st and the beal-newsy, Original and piq uant. It aims particularly to give the news impartially and tully, and to keep its rcad'frs informed of tho drift of current discussion by liberal but concise quotations from all its contemporaries. ll aims, in short, lo more ibu . ever dce.crv lo be known as "'he loading Soul berti uow*nu|H r." Bill Arp will Coldinne io oon'ribuiu bis utiiq Ho letters, which grow ?li savory humor week by wonk. "Old Si" will mid his quaint fun to tho collection of coed things, ?iud "Unolo Remus" has in preparation a series of negro myth legends, Illustrating ibo folk loro of the old plantation, In every ro upoot tho CONSTITUTION for 1880 will bo better than over. Tho WEEKLY CONSTITUTION is a care fully edited compendium of tho Nows of the week ond contains tho best ?nd freshest metter to be fouud in any othor weekly from a daily office. Its nowa and toisoolla ooous contents are tho freshest and tts market reports the latest. THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. This, tho best, tho most roliabto and and most popular of Southern agrioul jouruuls is issued from tho print ing establishment of tho CONSTITU TION. It is still edited by Mr. W. L. Jones, and is devoted to tho best interests of the fanners of the South. It is sont at rcduocd rates with tho weokly edition of tho CONSTITUTION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Duily Constitution, 9 10 00 a year. ? " 6 00 six months, " . " 2 50 8 months. Weekly Constitution, 1 50 o year. " " 1 00 six months, " " Clubs of ton, 12 50 a your. Weekly Constitution, Clubs of 20, 20 00 a year. Southern Cultivator. 1 50 ? year. ? Clubs of ten, 12 50 u your.. " ? Clubs of twenty, 20 00 a year. Weekly Constitution and Cultivator to same address, 2 50 for one year Address, CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga. November 20, 1879, 1 The "S??lbr 18807 Tho SUN will deal with the events of tho year 1880 in its own fashion, nojtorett^-' well understood by everybody. From .January 1 until December 81, it will bo conducted as n newspaper, written in tho Fuglish language, and priutcd for tho people As a newspaper, tho SUN believes tn getting all tho nows of tho world promptly,, and presenting it in tho most intelligible shape-t o shape that will enable ito road - ors to keep well abreast of tho ORO with tho least unproductive expenditure of limo. Thc greatest interest to the greatest number - that is, tho law controlling its daily m kc up. It now has a circulation vory much larger than that of any other Ameri can newspaper, and enjoys un income which il is nt all times prepared to spend tibor illy for thc benefit of its readers, Pcoplo of all conditions of life and all ways of thinking buy und rend tho SUNJ and they all derive satisfaction of*some sort from its columns, for they keep on buying and rending it. lu its comments ou uit?n- aml-^llujfs^jho^. SUN believes that the only guide of poliy should bo common sense, inspired by Ken ine American principles and backed fy honesty of purpose. For this reason its and will continue to be, absolutely indepo dent of party, class, cliquo, organization tr interest. It is for all, but of none, (t will continue to praise what is youd ml reprobate what is evil, taking care that ts language is to thc point and plnin, bey*d thc possibility of being misunderstood. It is uninfluenced by mot!ves that do not p penron tho surface; it hns no opinions to sell, suyo those which may bi hod Ty any purchaser with two ocuts. It hates Injus tice and rascality even moro ti an it hates unnecessary words. It abhor/frauds, pities fools, nnd deplores nincomp?ms of every species. It. will continue throughout tho year 1880 to chastise thc lirs'olnss, instruct tho second, and discountennco tho third. All honest men, with howst convictions, whether sound or mistaki), aro itsf:icnds. And the SUN makes no ones of tolling tho truth to its friends undi about its friends whenever occasion nrisopor plain speaking. These oro the principes upon whioh tho SUN will bo conducted) during tho year to como. , The year 1880 will :o ono in whioh no pntriotio American cai afford to oloso his eyes to public affairs. It io impossible to exaggerate thc imporinoo of tho political events whioh it has irstore, or tho necessity of resoluto vigilanoo'jn tho part of every citizen who desires i preserve the Govern ment that the founders gave UR. Tho debates and acts of loncresa, thc utterances of tho press, the tcoiting contests of thu Republican and wmooratlfl parties, now nearly equal in ?rength throughout _tho^ . country, the vanfig d^f.pf pujt?\\0 senti ment, will all ben direct ly ""MN? elfcotivcly upon tho lwenty{/p0,rth Presidential eleo tion, to iii4-h*Uirsiri November, hour yours ugo nexjt Novembor the will of tho nation, as expressed nt thc polls, was thwarted by an abominable conspiracy, the promoters' and beneficiaries of which still bold the offices they stole Will tho crime of 1876 bo repented in 1880? The past decade of years opened with a corrupt, extravagant nod insolent Administration intrenched ut Washington Tho SUN did something toward dislodging tho t/ung and breaking its power. The sumo men uro now intrigu ing to restore their leider and themselves to pinces from which they were drivon by. the indignation of tho people. Will they Hueceed? Tho coming year will bring tho answers to these momentous qU"Htipnfcv Tho SUN will be on bund to ohroniolo tho. facts ns they aro developed, and to exhibit them dourly nod fearlessly in their relations, lo expediency and right Thus, with a habit of philosophical good humor in looking ut the minor affairs of lifo and in great things a steadfast purposo to maintain tho light;? of the peoplo and tho piiuniplea of th? Constitution against nil iigi/r^ssnrs tho SUN i? prepared to writo a I ml li I ul. instructive ami ut thc Mme timo entertaining history nf 1SHH. Our r-'es nf subscription remain un. changed. For the Dilly KuN, a four pago sln'id nf i wu ii ty-..ig li i columns, ibo prico hv mail, post p id, i-< 55 cents a month, or 80 50 a year; or, including tho Sunday paper, un eight paito sheet of fifty nix columns the price is (35 cents u month, or 87.70 u your, postage paid Tho Sunday edition nf the SUN is also, furnished separately nt 81.20 a year, postago fia id. Tho price of tho Weekly SUN, oighb pages, fifty six columns, is 81 n year, pos-, tage paid. Kur clubs of ten fending ?1Q wo will send un extra copy free. Add rois, I. W ENGLAND, Publisher of tho SUN, New York City. Novotnbor20, 1879 l-6t