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A TISSUE OF FALSEHOODS. Ileport of n Government Spy ot? I ho (uro Un? Election. DKPARTMKNT OF JUSTICK, WASHINGTON, November 29, 18T8. Hon. Charles Dcvens, Attorney General United Slates: Silt-In currying out thc instructions directing nie to ascertain from personal examination whether suflieicnt justifica tion existed for tiie nrrests recently made in the State of Soutli Carolina for alleged violation of the enforcement laws, I have tho honor to report that abundant testi mony is at bnnd showing that BufBcicnt justitiontio i does exist tor the arrests thus far made, and that thc humber ol' these nrrests ia not commensurate with the violations of law that appear to have prevailed nt every polling precinct throughout the State at which there was n contest between the opposing political parties. Tho circumstances surrounding the elections in South Carolina on the nth instant, taken in conjunction with the sworn statements of tho Republican su pervisors of elections, mid ol other sworn testimony, give evidence of a preconcer ted, as well ns consummated action upon thc part of tho Democratic managers of elections, looking to the accomplishment throughout tho Slate of result* favorable to ll:** success of'ho Democratic ticket, without regard to the number or charac ter of thc ballots cast, and without scru ple as to thc means employed. From thc statements and tho circum stances above alluded to, it appears that the Democratic voter had two distinct forms of ballot tickets ?it the polling pre cincts in the Slate, except in counties known to be Democratic and in counties where no Republican nominations hud been made; that one form of these tick ets was used openly and the other secret ly, and that both contained the names ol' thc Democrutic nominees; thutonc form of these tickets was from three to live limes lnrger than thc other, being of plain, white paper, with the ninnes of Democratic liomin* ci for Congress mid other oilices printed in bold type, and that the second form was of tissue paper, about three indies long by one and a half inches wide, the names of nominees being the sinn? ns on tiie larger tickets, but printed in fine type, and commonly known ns "kiss-joke," or tissue tickets, specimen* of which will be lound upon Pago 'iO, Exhibit "A" annexed. Concert of action in placing thc "kiss joke," or tissue tickets, seems to have prevailed at all voting precincts in which they were used. Tho testimony is uniform that no such tickets were in circulation about thc polls, but that ut thc close of the polls they were found in lnrgc numbers in the various ballot-boxpH. and it then became appnrcnt that they hud been voted in quantities of four to seven at a time by means of folding them within thc larger Democratic ticket, or that they had been placed in tho ballot-boxes previous to thc opening of the polls. Tho testimony is to tho effect that both these illegal moth od? were adopted. [See Btnteuients of Supervisors Thorne, pp. 1 and 2 ; Ryan, pp. 2 and 3 ; Field, pp. 5 and 7; Voung, pp. 10 mid ll; Herman, pp. 17, mid 1'urris, pp. 19, of Exhibit A, herewith annexed; also pp. .'I and 4, of Exhibit B, herewith annexed. | This method of procedure mado in every instanco an excess of bullots in the boxes grently outnumbering the names on thc noll lists, rrnohinur. in o*?.e in stance, to tho number of thirteen hun dred, In some instances the ballots found in tho boxes were counted by tho Democratic managers without regard to thc noll lists and against, tho protesta of the Republican supervisors. ! ii other cases where the ballots in tho boxes wcro found to bo '.n excess of tho number of mimes on tho poll lists, tho managers directed that ull the ballots bc returned to the boxes. One of their number or the clerk was then blindfol ded and told to draw out ono ballot nt a time, until the number in excess bud been taken out and destroyed, tho num ber so taken out and destroyed being uniformly Republican tickets. The manner of effecting thia result ap pears to havo been as follows : Tho polls having closed thc ballot boxes were opened, and their contents taken out for tho purpose of counting the votes. Tho count then took place, not in accordance with the law, which tr -vides that tho ballots shall bc counted ".ore being opened, but by opening or unfolding all the ballots before counting them. This method was practiced with great unanimity at tho various polling pre cincts in tho Stato, and tho innungcrs of elections were thus informed of tho char acter of each ballot as they w are counted. Tho Republican ballots wero placed in ono parcel, the Democrutic baiiois in ".other, and tho tissue ballots in a third. Thia entire proceeding was in direct violntiou of the local luws of tho Stale, providing that: ''Each box being opened, tba ballots contained therein shall bc taken out and counted unopened, except so far aa to ascertain that each ballot is ningle ; abd if two or moro ballots shall bo found BO.folded together ns to preserve tho npp?ar?nco of a single ballot, they shall bo destroyed, if tho whole number of ballots exceed thc wholo number of votes, and not otherwise." [Revised Statutes S. C., vol. 14, p. 140, acc. 18.1 Thc proceedings in question wore also in violation of Section 6,515, Revised Statutes United States, which makes any and every unauthorised act performed by an officer of election a crime against thc United States, pnniahahlo by rino and imprisonment, or by both. Thc count having, been made and tiie excess discovered, the ballots were or dered returned to tho boxes for tho pur pose of having tho number in exceaa drawn out. To accomplish this drawing in favor of tho Democratic ticket, and against tho Republican ticket, tho ballots ?TC?? So cunningly refolded ns to admit of no mistake. Tho Republican ballot'] were folded lengthwise, this giving them tho form of a paper six to seven inches iu width. Thc Democratic ballots of the largo size wcro Added "over and over," this giving them tho form of a paper two-and-a-half inches in length, bv three-eiphu or eue bnif inch in width. Tho ^Democratic ballots of tho small R?IA were thrown buck promiscuously into tho boxes, in many instances without being refolded. Theso were the "kiss joke" or tissue tick ets, whose character could bo readily de U.?ted, whAther they woro folded or otherwise. This proceeding wru also in violation of the local election laws of the Slate, especially of Section 19, R. S , of South Carolina, page 140, Volume 14; and in violation of Section 6,5?5, R. S., United States. These provisions of law appear to havo been totally disregarded, and in the con summation of such violations of them a? are abovo recited, tho blindfolded mana gers experienced no difficulty in distin guishing tho long end narrow Republican tickets from the others, and they were the ones drawn out nt all the polling pre cincts when) such drawings occurred. In one instance where the excess of tho ballots in the box was two hundred and . twenty over the number of names on the poll hst,' tho ballots v-crc folded as above described, and two hundred and twenty Republican ballots wero drawn cut and 4<*ttoy*d. : v?a,i*D0 Progroni'uo of using the "kiss joxe pt titsuo tickets, for tho purposes ori?'?U? '? W** preconcorted, and bad ita inp*!? I? S?I"6 central management, the ?SffiT i *ln?>h wa* ?cSnowrodged - i"?*uing tn* election, to wit: on thc 4th day of November, 1878, thcni appeared placarded upon the walla and conspicuous places hi Charleston, fi, C., a half sheet poster headed : "Demo crutic Frauds, Hallot-Iiox Stuffing," Ac. The text of this poster, a copy of which is herewith annexed ns Exhibit D, sets forth that the Democratic executive com mittee of ?he State of South Carolina had procured thousands of the "kiss joke" or tissue tickets, which were to be given to certain Democrats nt each poll, to be studed into thc ballot bores. Thc poster also set forth thc plan of drawing out tho excess of ballots that would he found in the boxes, and warned the Republicans of what they might expect, but it was then too late. The State had been Hood ed with thc ti'-uic tickets, and the results of the election on the following day dis closed thc fact that the plan had been carried out, not in one or tao localities alone, but in all thc precincts in the State where it was thought they would bc need ed ; and further, that it lind been carried out in precisely the fame way in locali ties so remote from each other a? lo show then; must have been a common direction given tn the plan from some centrai I'owci which w:.s implicitly obeyed. lu further evidence of preconcert of action in the usn ?d' these ticket*, the re marks ol Mr. II. .M. Loften, Democratic supervisor of elections ut Henderson's Store precinct, Charleston, S. C., to .Mr. J. J. dorman, may be cited. Mr. flor man was the Republican supervisor at the same polling precinct, and states thai he had not, until the hour f ?1 p. m. on the day nf election, seen any of thc "kiss joke" ticket-; but that nt that hour Mr. Lotten tunk one nf thc "ki^n jokes" from his vest pocket, and holding it to .Mr. (?orman, unid : ".Jake, here it the ticket running thrungli the county to-day," and immediately returned the ticket to his pocket. lt appears further from the sworn state ments (d' tin- Republican supervisors of elections that thc "ki.-> joke," or liasue tickets were used exactly as it was intru ded tliey should bi-, timi that the Demo cratic managers nf elections at the poll ing precincts pursued a uniform plan ol handling them in snell a manner a- io render them fully effective for tho crime they were designed to consummate. In some instances the polls ?ere .'mt opened by law i, e., before .> o'clock on the morning of election-and the Re publican supervisors arriving at the polls fifteen minutes before '! a. m., were told that the polli were (hen open, and that several persons had voled. When these supervisors dcmniidcd the privilege and right of examining the bal lot-boxen, claiming that thc legal hour for opening tho jiolls fiad not arrived, exhibiting iheir watches as evidence of the fact, and referring to the clock of St. Michael's (tho standard lime in Charleston,) which had not then toiled thc hour of tt, they were treated with contempt, and their demands to examine the ballot-boxes were not acceded to. '1 he managen, nf thc election ( Dem?crata in every instance, and so appointed in violation of law) ex hibited their own watches, the hands of which had been moved for? ' to KU il the occasion, and declared that il was jiast six by their time, and that they would he guided by nu other. Action of the kind just recited was taken in a sufficient number of cases to show tho design to have been general ami preconcerted. In other instances tho Republican sil lier visors of election were seized on their way to the polls hy mobs of men, who prevented them from reaching the polis until long after thc hour of opening, and alter from IOU to 200 men had voted ille gally. In still oilier instances, mobs of men so surrounded thu polls flint citizens do siring to vote the Republican ticket were not permitted to exercise thc right of su II rage. In still other instances mobs of armed men to the number of forty or fifty took completo possession of the [tolls, captur ing tho ballot-boxes and so adding lo the ballots therein as to produce results fa vorable to the success of the Democratic ticket, without r?f?rence to the number or the character of the ballots legally cast. Pistols were nt thc samo time brand ished and exploded. Supervisors o? elections and authorities, and deputy marshals of the United States, were knocked down and driven from the polls, and colored citizens were compelled Ui lice in order to preserve their lives. In Home localities the commissions sent by tho chief supervisor of elections, em powering certain persons to act as super visors, were not delivered because of tin terrorism produced hy the county bei in patrolled in thc interest of the Demo eratic managers by mounted and urmet men. In these samo localities privait dwellings, occupied by white Rcpublicai citizens, were fired into, and colored ci'i zens who would not wear thu "red shirts' wero advised to remain at home. In still oin. r localities many supcrvi sors of elections refused to serve, a ftc their commissions bad been receive* threats of violence having deterred thor from sn acting ; and in those same luca ilies Republican voters were subjected t Mich indignities in their endeavors to vot as to deter them from attempting to di posit their ballots, and in this matti many of thc citizens made a public pn test. To these and other acts of violence r cited in Exhibit A must bc added tl attempts nf alleged perpetrators to r themselves . f tho responsibility of oi crime by tho ? ..{summation of nuotbe The cases of Samuel Lee, of Sumter, ai of Revi E. M. Pinckney, of Kingatre South Carolina, arc pertinent to th point. Tho former was forcibly taki from thc custody of the United Stat and locked up while I was in Chnrlcsto S. C. Tho latter was kidnapped in tl city of Charleston on thc night of tl ?Olh instant, being called to his do upon some specious pretext, and tho seized by armed man and spirited uwa This also occurred while I was in tl city of Charleston. Intelligence legar ing this transaction came to mc on tl following morning, and I instituted , i qilirics which d at'ir/cd that Mr. Pine ney had been tauen to the Centr Guardhouse (Main Police Station) i tho night before; that certain papo ?mrport?hg to be an order and warra br his arrest, had been exhibited, ai that ho had been taken into tho count on thc 0:45 p. m. train, on i'no Norther Railroad. A habeas corpus, cum eau I m.?m ::?~rd:a!c!" issued f;:r him and deputy marshal sent to execute it, b j with what success I did not hear, ai j left the State before the deputy return tb Charleston, S. C. The exhibit herewith submitted sho that one general offence against t rights of citizens was committed nt t recent Congressional elections in t' State of South Carolina, and that thc were tbrco several stage-* or epochs in : consummation, each requiring a diff?re order of procedure, and jointly cons tuting nn offence against the enforcomc laws, committed ueforo the day of ck tion, upon thc day of election, and sn sentient thereto. The enumeration of tbeso offences set forth in thc exhibit alluded to su gesta tho conf?d?ration of that portion my instructions pertaining to the. matt of tho arrests thus far m ado of tho alleg guilty parties, and to tho justification ? isting there. These arresta do not number eight all told, and I repent that there is n only justification for them, but that t number is not commensurate with t violations of law that appear to have pi vailed at every polling precinct liifoug out tho State ot. which there wus a cc test between opposing political parties, I havo been lcd to this conclusion bj cartful personal examination of somo' tho witnesses, whose names aro hcr< cited, by frequent conferences with t TJ. Si dlftixl^Ltti^'~iey and hi* ns?iSU? and hy an analysis of tho circumstaui *.. 1 ? -I.-. -: -n-i^--^?rf MI rr? ni tiding tin? elections ir question, ' knowledge id' which was derived lr?,in what I believe .>? he reliable ?ornees j and I respectfully Hubmit that in tin' in- j tercst of public justice, and for thc hettcr protection of citizens of tho United States in thc rights guaranteed to them hy t!..- ; Constitution, as well as for tin* more ncr- j feet preservation ol'the purity of thc bal lot box. prosecutions in all thc cases above alluded to, and in nil others of a I kindred naturi', -hould lu conducted vigorously. I desire tn say further, that my nbser- I vation of tho manner in which proseen* lions already begun uro being pressed, docs not show that ti,cv arc curried on in a partisan spirit or willi u.iy oilier de sign than to enforce thc provisions of the existing laws. Respectfully submitted. A. li. NKWOMB, Department ?d' Justice. A VOin H'M, CURIOSITY. Woril? lliul urn fuir from lip? Hint arc fain?-What (?rant n.tld about the Kiiutli liefern IK- neranie I'reitlili-nt. HI:AIH?I;AIITI:US AKMV or nu: L'NITKII STATHH, December 18, l8Gr#. To kia IixrcUciu'tj A. Johnson. President oft/,,- United Matee : Silt-In reply to your nota of the lCth ?mi., requesting a report from me giving NIICII information as i may he in p ?ses sion of, coming with the scope of inqui ries mailc by tho Senate of tlc: United Stute? in their resolution ?d' the Ililli in stant, I have thc honor to submit thc fol lowing, with your approval, and ultu thal ol'the honorable secretary of war; 1 left Washington on the J7ih of Inst month for tho purpose ol' making a tour of inspection lb rough some of the South ern Slates lately in rebellion, and to see what changes were necessary in thc dis position ol' thc military lone of the Country, and how these forces (.-mild be reduci d, and expenses curtailed, Ac, and to learn as fur ns possible, the feeling and the ?nt? niions ol' thc citizens of thc States towards thc (louerai (Jovcfiimeiit. Thc State ?>( Virgina being HU accessible to Washington City, and information from this quarter, therefore, being readily ob tained, I hastened through tho State without conversing or meeting with any of thc citizen*. In Raleigh, N. C., 1 spent (?no day ; in Charleston, iS. C., two, and in Savannah and Augusta, Ga., each one day. Moth in travelling and while stopping I saw i.iiitb and conversed free ly with citizens ol th clo Slates ns well ns with olliccrs ol'Ibo army who have been stationed muong ilium. Tho following are thc conclusions c??inc to by mc : I an: satisfied thc mass of thinking men of tho South accept tho present sit uation of II ll a ?rs in good faith. Thc questions which have hitherto divided the sentiments ?<f the people of the two sections-slavery ami state rights, or the rifilit ?d'a State tu secede from the Union -they ngard ns having been settled forever hy tho highest tribunal of arms that man can r --ort to. I was pleased lo learn form thc leading un n who I met thal they not only accepted the decision arrived nt as final, but now that thc smoke of baltic has cleared away, and time has been given lor reflection, that this decision has buen a fortunate one for thc adi?lo country, they receiving the like benefits from it with those who op|0?ed them in thc field and in thc council. Four years ?if war, during which the law ??ii executed only nt the point of thc bayonet through thc States in rebellion, have left the people possibly in that con dition not to yield that ready obedience lo civil authority thc American people have generally been in ?bc habit ol yielding. This would render the pres ence of small garrisons throughout those ?stnto necessary until such limo ns labor returns to ?ts proper channel, and civil Authority is fully established. 1 ?lid not meet and one, either those holding pinci under the Government or citizens ol Southern Slates, who thought it practica ble to withdraw the military from tin South at present. The white and bind naturally require the protection of tbi General Government. There is sud universal acquiescence in tho authority of tho General Government througbou the portions of thc country visited by me that the mero presence of a militar} force, without regard to numbers, is suffi deni to maintain order. Tho good of the country requires tba a force bo kept in the interior where then are many freedmen. Elsewhere in th Southern States than nt forts on the sea coast no force is necessary. Thc reason for this ure obvious. Without mention ing any of them, the presence ol' blacl troops, lately slaves, demoralizes labu both by their advice mid furnishing i 'heir camps a resort for the freedmen fe long distances around. White troop generally excito no opposition, uni therefore, a smaller number of them ca mantnin order in a given district. Co ored troops must be kept in hollies sufi dent to tiefend themselves. It is not til thinking mun who would do violence t< wan! any class of troops sent amori them by the General Government, bi tho ignorant in homo places migh and the late slave, too, who might bein hued with the idea that thc proper) of his late master should by right beloi t<? him, al least should have no protectii from thc colored soldier. There is i danger ?if a collision being brought r by Midi cases. My observations lead nu.- to thc concl sinus that the Southern States arc tin ions to return to self-government with thu Union as soon us possible; that whi reconstructing they want und requi protection from the Government th they think is required of the Gover ment, und is not unmilitary to them citizens, and if such a course was point? out they would pursue it in good fait It is to be regretted that there cannot 1 a grenter commingling at this time L tween tho citizens of the two sectioi and particularly of those intrusted wi tho law-making power. I I did not givo the operations of t Freedman's Bureau that attention would have done if moro time had bc at my disposal. Conversations, howe cr, on thc subject with officers connect with tho bureau lead me to think thal some of the States its nftuirs have be< conducted with good judgment or econ my, nnd that tho belief widdy ?.pre among tho freedmen of the Southe States timi tho lands of their form ............. twill ?. i...... ;.. Uk*! i - ;i;..( i among them, have come from agents the bm eau. This belief is serieusly i terfcring willi the willingness of the free men to make contracta for tho com i i year. lu sumo form the Freedmen's R roan is an absolute necessity until t civil law is established and enforced, n curing to freedmen their rights nnd ft protection. At present, however, it independent of the military es&bli* ment of ibo country, and seems to be o orated by the different agents of the b reau according to their individual notiiii livery where Gen. Howard, the able he; of the bureau, has made friends by t just nnd fair instructions and advice gave, but thc complaint in South Caro na was, that when he left things went ? as beforo. Many, perhaps a majority, the agents of the freedmen's Hureau a vised tho freedmen that by ;*ieir own i du-try they must exiiect ti? live. Tot! end they endeavored to ?ccw.o emplo ment for them, mid to see that both the contracting parties complied wi their engagements. In some cases, I a sorry to say, the freedman's mind d?i not seem to bo disabused of thc idea th tue freedman has a right to live witho careor provision for the future. The efl* ?f this belief in tho distribution of t launs is idleness and accumulation camps, towns and cities. In such cai I think it will bo found that vico a disease will tend to tho extermination Kiuitl destruction of the colored race, cannot bo expeetc?! thal tho opinio ?lil 'l I H'l??TI ?IIII Ul I III I I lill.ll I. liclil by men at the South for years can | be changed in * day, and, therefore, the I freedmen require fur a few years not on ly laws tu protect them, but the fostering cure of those who will give them good counsel and on whom they can rely. The Freedman's Bureau, being separa ted from thc military establishment of tlie country! requires all the expense of a ncparato organization. One docs nut necessarily know what the other is d ung \ ur what orders they are acting under. It seems to me this could be corrected by regarding every officer on duty with thc troops in '.he Southern states as agents of the Freedman's Bureau, and then have all orders fruin the head ol'the bureau sent thrungli thu department commanders. This would create a responsibility thal would beget uniformity of action through nut the '.-uuth, and would '..??ure the order and instructions fruin the head of the bu reau lu iug carried out, ind would relieve from duly and pay a largo number of thc employee" of tile govi rum nt. I liave the honor to be, very respect fully, ymir obedient servant. I '. S. (?HANT, I.?eu te nant-(ie neral. A Til EMEN IJO Cri EATKII.-Oil a wager William Ladukc, of Vcrgenncs, Vt., un dertook tn eal in ten hours two pounds of purk steak, fuur largo potatoes, one halla pie, two slices nf wheat bread, each one and a 'piarlo.* inches thick, one quarter "f a pound nf hinter, half a bushel of apples, and to drink two cups nf tea. At seven o'clock in the morning bc began his task by eating five apples. Ile thou atc one pound of pork steak, two largo potatoes, one s'.ice of bread, one quarter nf a pie, one eighth pound of butter, and drank one cup of tea. 'I bo remainder of tue forenoon w as spent in walking about and eating apples, of which he hud devoured twenty-three nt 12 o'clock. At inion he atc one pound of pork steak, two large potatoes, one slice of bread, one-eighth pound <>f but ter, aid drank two cups often. He was then weighed, and lound to have gain ed seven and one-half pounds. For the next throe hours ho averaged about two apples per hour. At half past fl, p. m., he atc th?: last apple and wen the bet with ball an hour to spnre. His weight w hen In: began was 14? pounds, showing a gain of eight pounds in nine and one-half bun s. Seven and one-half pounds nf this he acquired in the first live hours, thc hist live hours adding only one-half pound to his weight. The half bushel of apples was heaping measure, and numbered just sixty-five apples. Eadu kc is twenty-six years old, live feet seven inches in height, and bas never experienced a sick day in his life. Ho is a thin, ?parc man, and has always worked out for his living, usually among tho fanners. He experienced no unusual difficulty fruin his square meal, and of fered lo bet five dollars that he could cat another peck of apples the same evening. Uv TUB ItoADSIDB.-Asone walks ulong the roads in the country, if he is nu ob servant man, he may learn many les sons of value. Thc dwellers ulong the roadsides may not suspect that their characters may bc read very plainly hy the condition of the road in front of their boincs, and the appearance of their sur roundings. Hut it is so, and every man has a certificate of character, exhibited at his door, or upon his fence, for the passersby lo read. For instance, just now wc may see roadsides white with the wild carrot or other pestiferous weeds. This shows th it the owner is ear less and thriftless, because he is BU fie ring in jurious weeds to multiply, and lay un future trouble for him ; thal he is selfish and regardless of what is due to his neighbor, because ho is actually inju ring the latter's property by stocking it with weeds, and laying up trouble for him as well as for himself; also that he is not a law-abiding, or at least, that he is a thoughtless citizen, because ho ob serves neither the written law which in nearly every State, obliges every owner or occupier of property to destroy inju rious weeds upon his premises ; nor the unwritten law of justice and kindness to his neighbor, which would impel him to "do as he w?>uld bc dune by." So it is with everything about the house, the garden, tho yards, barns, stables, and fields. A man's character is set forth by these as plainly us if it wero printed in the largest type, and hung up lor public inspection upon his front fence. Ac tions speak louder than wolds, and by our works wc slum bc judged. Thc mural of this little homily is so jd.du that nothing further need be said as to its application. Let every man judge himself by it, und not his neighbor. Then some good may result. Ami this is the very tinm when action in this re gard will bc most effective.- f?ural Neho Vat irr. PLEASANT HOMES.-The homes of America will not become what they should be, until a true iden of life shall become more widely implanted. The chief end of life is to gather gold, and that gold is counted lost which hangs a picture on the wall, which purchases ilo wc rs for the yard, which buys u loy or a book for the eager hand of a child. Is this the whole of human life? A child will go forth from a stall, glad to (iud free air and wider pasture. Tho influence of such a home on him in after life will he just none nt all, or nothing good. Thousands ure rushing from homes Uko these every year. They crowd into cilios, villages; thev swarm itito all places where lite is clothed with a higher significance; and the old shell of homo is deserted hy every bird as soon as it can fly. Ancestral homesteads and patrimonial acres have no sacredness; and when the father and mother die, thc stranger's presence, obliterates associ ?t ions that should bc nrcoug the most sacred of all things. We would have you build up for yourselves and your children a hume thnt will never be light ly parted with -a bunao which will he to nil whose lives have been associated with it, the most interesting and precious spot on earth. We would have that home the abode of dignity, beauty, grace, love, genial fellowship and happy asso cia'.ions. Out from auch a homo we would soe ambition taking root, and re ceiving all generous culture. And then wc would see you and your wife happy. Po n..t deprive y ums??f of audi innu enccs ns will come through an institu tion like this. No money can pay you fem ... j. Jj a deprivation. Nr. ci rc;;;;;-tan ces but those of utter poverty tan justify you in denying these influences to your children.- Home Educator. Hosts of People aro Martyrs Tn sick headache, Dint Infallible of a dla. ordered stomach, liver and bowel?. Many auder from lt aa many as Ihreo or four times a week. They ?lo so needlessly, for Hosteller's Stomach mtiers, hy toning the digestive organs and regula ting the bowels and liver, removes the cause, and dispels the painful symptom. The Intimate ?yva pathjr between tho brain and die abdominal region causrs the aiipUteat dlsordor a?ccting tho Utter to be reflected, as it were. In Ihe organ of thought. Tho reform instituted by the Hitters when tho digestive, secretive and evacuative functions are In a stain of chaos, has other and moie beneficial re sults, vic, thc completo nutrition of tho whole physical economy, the restoration of appetite and an iacrraso In the power of thc ?y?lem to resist dlseam of a malarial typo. Groceries. OUR linc of FAMILY GROOKRIAS ia complete. Fine TEAS, vii. : Gunpow dcr, Young Hyson, Oolong and English Breakfast-a SptcMttf. A. R. TOWERS & a?. Oct 10 13_ Corn Sheller. DEXTER (TORN , SHELLER, which separates the cobs front th? corn, and DEXT ER ST It A W C?T?ER, Panne r wilt k?daa? tail ann fee?tlionr. A. R. TOWERS A CO Nov - 1*73 17 GRAFTING TIM: I*KACII ON TUT. I "I.CM.-A gentleman in Bryan (.'minty ? nus adopted the pinn of grafting the peach upon the rapid growing varieties nf plums with most gratifying results. He h;h ii ii orchard nf 200 trien I h Ut? grafted, fruin which he gathered a line crop of superior fruit last summer. He claims for this plan decided advan tage in the coast region, and bases Iiis I opinion upon result.s. Thc difficulty hitherto experienced by those who have experimented with grafting the peach Upon plum has arisen from thc fact that the peach is a more rapid grower than the plum, and hence is liable to break of)' a', lin* point of junction. This seems to have been overcome by using tho quick growing vjrieti.w of plum. It is a com mon practice to graft the plum upon tl e peach.-Soul htm Kniernrue, - It is a very singular fact that the Rocky mountain -heep arc clothed will' hair in Hummer and with wool in winter, | shedding each coat at thc approach of j t'ue proper season. A well-spring of pleasure is a healthy j baby ; keep your baby in good health by ! using Dr. hull's Baby Syrup,-thc friend of Infancy. Price 25 cents. THE GENUINE DR. Co McLANS'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC OR VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. rilli E countenance is pale and leaden -L colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both checks; the eyes become dull; thc pu pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs ."dong the lower eye lid ; the nose is ir ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip ; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the cars; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stom ach, at others, entirel)fr,gone; fleeting pains in thc stomach ; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout thc abdomen; bowels ir regular, at times costive; stools slimy; not unfrequcntly tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompanied by hiccough ; cough sometimes dry and convulsive ; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of thc teeth ; temper variable, but gener ally irritable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, DR. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any form ; it is an innocent prepara tion, not capa Ne of dot ti g thc slightest injury to th.c most tender infant. The genuine DR. MCLANE'S VER MIFUGE bears thc signatures of C. Mc LANE and FLEMING BROS. on the wrapper. -:o: DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS arc not recommended as a remedy "for all the ills that flesh is heir to," but in affections of the liver, and in all bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, <>. diseases of that character, they stand without a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. No better cathartic can bc used preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they ave ur.cqur.''cd. DEW ARK OF IMITATIONS. Thc genuine are never sugar coated. Each box has a red wax seal on the lid with the impression DR. MCLANE'S LIVER PM.I.S. Each wrapper hears the signatures of C. MCLANE and FLEMING liaos. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. M'." 1.ASE'S LIVE? PILLS, prepared by Fleming bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name Mc I,(tue f spelled differently hui sime pronunciation. UThis Important orran wsighs but about three pounds, unit ail lite blood in a living person (about three gallons) ?av.t s through it at least once every half hour, to have tiie bile ami other Impurities o strained or filtered frnm it. Bile is thc naturat Hpurgative of the bowels, and if the Liver become? torpid it is not separated from the blood, but car s- ried through tile veins lo all parts of rite system, ft-4 and in trying to escapa through the pores of tho skin, causes it to turn yellow or a dirty brown ? " color. The stomach becomes diseased, and Dys U pepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Headache, Hil.* ? ousncss. Jaundice, Chilli, Malarial Fevers, Piles, <^ Sick and Sour Stomach, and general debility fol A low. MCRRELL'S II KPATINB, the great vegetable Q>&| discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver to throw Welt from one lo two ounces of bile each time the blood passes through it, as long as there is an ex Wccss ot bile ; and the effet . of even a few doses upon yellow complexion or a brown dirty looking skip, will astonish all who irv it-they being the mn first symptoms to disappear. The cure of all bin ni oui discases and Liver complaint is made certain B by taking H UTA TI NB in accordance with directly a. j Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes, 8 and no disease that arises from the Liver can exist Q if a fair trial is given. SOLD AS A SUBSTITUTE i'OR PILLS j BY ALL DRUGGISTS. I Price 25 Cents and $1.00 [LUNGS JJ The fatality of Consumption or Throat and BS Lung Diseases, which sweep to the era ve at least PJ one-third of all death's victims, arises from tho M Opium cr Morphine treatment, which slmpiy stu TS. pc?cS a? t..C WOfk of Math |;u? Oil. ?lo;uuc* will '**? be paid if Opium or Morphine, or any preparation ajk of Opium, Morphine or rms.ic Acid, can be found 1*4 in tho GLOSS FIOWCR COUCH SYRUP, which has tu cured people who are living to-day with but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be dor.e EC than to tay that Consumption is incurable. The Jr GLOBS FLOWER COUGH SYRUP will cure it when Q all other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough, .jj Asthma, Bronchitis, and all diseases of the threat E*V and lungs. Read the testimonial. <?r th? Hon. |S| I Alexander H. Stephens, Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov. 8Drown of Ga., Hon. Geo. Peabody, as well as (those of other remarkable cures In our book-free j to all at the drug stores-and be convinced that if ?-? J7pM ?Uli iv l*c turo! you eau bc by laking die Q CLO nu FLOWER COUCH SYRUP. T% Take no Troches or Lozenges for Sore Throat, W when you can cet GLOIUI FLOWT.R SYRUP at tamo ra prie*. For sale by all Druggist? ? Price 25 Cents and $1.00 ?BLOOD ^?, Grave mistakes ?re made In the treatment of all .?j diseases that arUe from poison in the blood. ..Not a*-| on? cu of Scrofula, ?yp'.ii'.U, n'?i?u Swelling, " I* Ulcerous Sores and Skin Disease, in thousand, ?Jj is.trealed without the use of Mercury in tome form. a_ Mercury rots the bones, and tho diseases it pro Pi duce* are worse than any other kind of blood or -_l ?kia disease can be. DR. PBMBERTOW'SSTILLIK CIA or QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the only medicine 6ft upon which a hope of recovery from Scrofula, Sy ?? pallis and Mercurial diseases In all stages, can bo M reasonably founded, and that will cure Cancer. M Jtto.ooo will be paid by the proprietors if Mercury, 'or any ingredient not purely vegetable and harm ?-f less tan be found in it. ?Price hy all Druggists ft.no. GLOBE FLOWER COUCH STRUT and MERRILL'S IHRPATINS POX THE LIVER for ?ale by all Drug gists in ?S cent and ft.00 bottles. A. P. UEBBELL & CO., PttpriotOrSi PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1" 7 eas make money faster at work for u. than at I anvthino; rl??\. Capllsl not required ; we will Un i :?t voil. 812 per d?y at hom? mada by th* industrieux. Meo. xrrmsca, boys and girl? ron ted everywhere lo work for ua. Now ls the tim?. Costly outfit and Urmi fra*. Address Tins A Co. Augusta. Maina. _ T"V T7t r~t m buttueas voa can crgage In. f.1 |^ IJ VJ I to*JUo?rdavtna.l?h;-??y-"rh Jl I I JL ; I cr of'..ilhcf aex.rlghl tr their -* .S own localities. Particular? Mid sample* f rr?. Improve your spare tims at this baa tue?. AittreftaSllRsox ACC.. Portland. Malu? F. W. WAGE! CIMA ULKST, COTTON FACTORS AM) Agent* for the Celebrated Agenta for thc Oriental <?? Agents for the California ' Agents for the < ieorgia <?r Agents for Ol 1 Crow Whi In addition to our Cotton and Naval St Country Produce Department, for which wc A|?til'l?. 1S7A Er/ilnont Chem?Gt9 and Phypicia freo from adulteration, richer, mor thnn i.Miy others, und that they u? lill MPH lill I Mbh f) K?gSof-?i STEELE & Piil'?E'S LUPULIW YS The lieut liri; //< STEELE & VRICE. Manir?,, Cl The Oes! Family : The "NEW AMERICAN" is r;Vr. . more work with lu:? iaot,r t'.an c i application. A G Eli Vii ' J. !S. liOVr.Y 31 a n Hg,'r. . C. A. REED, Agent, Anderson, S. C. ; Dec 5. 1S7H 21 A. Wo TODD, Contractor and Builder, ANDERSON, S. C. A LL kinds of PLAIN and FANCY J.\. WORK done at .shortest notice and lowest prices. Agent for TOALE MANUFACTURING CO.-DOORS, SASH ??LINDS, PA IS IS, OILS, dre. Jan 10, 1878 21 Iv iWiW?a?m* ? ! J ; . t; -. ?-''-44 LIsllSUMiU^^ THEUMEQUALLtb JA3. LEfFELbQU?lE PORTABLE AND S TAT! OW AU Y ST i AM.; EXQ it?-Cftt&ftjftf? SAY/". FLOUR ARD GRIST MILIS, MACHINE ;wpin.DEj.:pW6^g SHAFTING, r?LLSYS AKD HAHC-ERS '.'; Of Im'Rrirvcd/Deiignsi'jlv- 'S peela liy?-'--> Address, POOLE & HUNT, $end:'tbr CLrcmat?.^^V?ilSQSfifi?it LUMBER ! LUMBER! A LARGE lot of good Lumber is kept JLM. constantly on hand at my Lumber Yard nt the Hine Ridge Depot in Anderson, and orders for large or small lots of any kind desired will he promptly filled at low prices. Mr. Rudolph Kaufman ls my agent 4ir the salo of Lumber nt Anderson, and will furnish any information desired lo persons wishing to make an order. JOHN KAUFMAN. April ll, 187S .'.!> BLACKWELL'S TOBACCO BURN HAM'S .DRAHTES Wm & BUEaPE3T. Also, KILllr? KAMIHERY. maBS EiSDU?SD A??? SO. '78. Pamphlet? free. Owiva, "VetK, l'a. THE LOUISVILLE . inilDMAI OoNCEDED le be the beU, tewsleat, brightest anil moat attractive weekly paper in th? Units! States-good for all latitudes, elimata and peoples; popular v. uh tho old and j <>,MIJ ; invaluable te politicians of both pauisa ; fair and lilioral In ill treatment of sit matter* of public In torca I ; a rep resentative Southern newspaper; edited by lion. Henry Watterson-offers remarkable inducements to new subscribers aud agents. Specimen copies free. ??nyenr; 81 SO in clubs. Kif ?ant and val* nable prerjluni?. During the holidays A ?Hmblc. Number will t.p printed, e-mslstlng of eighty long ?oliinnis on ?single sheet, 4Sx60 Inches-fm: LARGEST PAPER IN THE WOULD-with novelettes and ??i ?re rm Sing matter in variety-?. eopy cf which will bc presented jo ?very new subscriber. Address W. N. HALDEM AX, President Courier-Journal Co., Louisville, Ky. Dec 19, 187S 2* 4 Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANCE OK SCHEDULE. Pas>enqcr Train? run daily. Sunday en gined, eonnrctiiiR ? ?th the NUM Trains on South Ca.ro .. un Railroad, up and down. On mid a?er Wednodav, November 13, ?S7H, the folleo, lut; will bo thu ?chediilc-. UP. Lr?vu Columbia ai. a ss a ni Leavo .Vision..10 00 a m Lease Newliorry.ll 2.1 a tn Leave Hodge*.- 2 +s p m Leave Kelton. ? '..j Arrivent Ureeovllle. S ra p ta DOWN. Leave tireenvitle at. 8 M A rn I..-.iv.- It'lton.IO 30 a m !..:>?? II.'!. ..u.12 02 p m Leave Newberry..!. 3 lo p ui Leave Alston. 4 20 p ru Arrive, at Columbia. 6 (5 p tu A SD Ensay SRAXCJI A a LIE RIDGE R. R. Dally, except Sundays, between Helton and Arg enton. Trl-weekly l~Mwe.ii Aadirsonaud Walhal la, Via,: I.eave WalhalK for Andcrsoo Monday.', wednesdays and Friday?; leave Anderson A>r Wal halla Tuesrlnya, Thursdays and S.uurdaya. UP. Letra rVltoa. I SO p ni Leave Aiid<jr*on....- ft li p m Leave Pendleton. ft 10 p ai l.< > Pcrryvllle.".?. 8 AO p ni Arrivant walhalla.i. ? 30 p ac DOWN. Leave Walhalla. 7 On a ni i., -IN ? Parryville. ?? ? *? a ? beare lAmdleton.s no a a Leave Anderson.-.- U .V> a ra Arrive al Helton.~.IO li a a THOMAS DODAMF.AD. den. Sun t UER & CO., JN, H. C., WHOLESALE GROCERS. Reversible Oitton Tie. in l\?w 1er Company. VU? ^ar ( 'onipany. litige Fort i I i/o rs. ?key. ure Department, wc hare astablufhiid a .-o!i< it shipments. ins certify tb nt these proodn nro e effective), produce better reouUs 20 them in their own families. rij WE G are tho Oems of all Odors. An ann wilde, healthful Liquid Ueutifnce. itt. A suhrillntc for Lemons. V.AiCA ClWC.tin. From the puni ront. ?AST GEMS. >;i Yeast in tho World. lioago, St. Louis Cc Cincinnati. Buy oaly the NEW W AMERICAN jtyjii. !r is TUS Onl> Sewing Machino l^-i^i... WHICH II A 6 A ||?|| ?cir.|hrca?linfl|hu?iU S^/fl?ir ha-. Self Setting ITcedle. mh . :\ rorre?is th? Tbrcal 'g?fi^4J l .Tcr Ships Stitches. miz the Lightest Bunning. ' .:</ Simplest, thc Most Dur ,, and in Eicry Respect swing Machine! . . . not 5'.'. out of order, and will do Illustrated Circular furnished on V: ANTED. i N. ( hat los Street, Ilaltimore, Md. Or Special inducements for cash. Iv DR. M. W. CASE'S Liver Remedy BLOOD PURIFIER Tonic and Cordial. T?i?a is uui tt pniem medicine, but ia prepared under tho direction of Dr. M. Vf. Case, from his favorito prescription, -which in an extensivo practico of over twenty-seven years he has found most effective In all cusca of disordered liver or impuro blood. It is ANT?-BELIOUS. Tt acts directly upon 1?10 liver, restoring U when diseased to Ita normal condition; and in ngulnting the activity of this great eland every other organ of tho system in benefited. In Blood Diseases it has no equal as a purifier. It im proves digestion, and assists nature to eliminate nil impurities from tho system; and whilo It ls thc cheapest medicine in tho market, it is also superior to all V->JWII remedies. WhOo it ls moro ci!'c:tual tL>n Ul v.o Mo, it is mild and perfect!- ^nfe, containing nothing that can in tho slightest degree injure the system. It docs not cicken or give pain; neither iocs it weaken tho patient, nor Jenvo tho system constipated, as do most other medicines. UAnlia(. Uvea- Complaint, Dyu VUlCO pepsin, Bilious Fever, Hendadle, Slclt ?lcnuache, "Water-Brash, Ilrnrihurn, Sick Stomach, Jaundice, Colic, Vertigo, Neuralgin, Palpitation of the Heart, Pe?nalo arrcculurlCies ?nil Weakness, all Shin and Blood Disc asm, Worms, Fcvtr anti Ague, anti Constipa tion of til? Bowels. In small doses lt ls nico a sure cure for Chronic Diarrhoen. Taken two or three times ts <lrvy, lt pre vents Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, Scarlet fever, Cholera, and SmuU-Pox. HOW TO BC Use Dr. Case's tiver %xV..VL ??? Ile m ed v and Blood YOUR OWNPurlUlv>a pleasant ^XLwr?rtS Tonic and Cordial. DOCTOR ANTI-UIMOU3. And save your dortor bills. Only 25 els. a botUe. It ls the most effectlvo and valuable medicino ever offered to tho American people. As fart ss its merits become known, itu ure becomes universal in every community. No family will bo without it after having once teated its great value. It has proved an incstimnblo blessing to thousands who have used lt, bringing back health and strength to those who wero seemingly at death's door. Prepared at thc Laboratory of tho nomo Medicino Co., Philadelphia) Fa. Price por Bottle, 25o. Extra Largo Sl:o, 75o. nr Tor sale by Druggists, A GENTS Nieral .Stores, and Agents, jfcaL W AwTS?), Sold wholesale and retail by DOWIE & MOISE. Charleston, S. C. Harper's Magazine. 1879. I ..LUSTRATE?. NOTICES OP THE PRESS. Ilarjer't Mcgazine 1% the American Mazarin* alike in literal ure mid in art.-/io?/?n Traveller. Theiiif.it popular M .athly in th. world.-JV. Y. Otaererr. Il ls an eiccllent companion for the yann?, ? dullitht to tho mature, a ?ileso for declining agc ?OK III me Courier-Journal. No other Monthly la tho world cnn ?how so bril lUnt a list of contributors; nor docs any furs Uh Its reader* with so greM a variety and so superior squallly of literature.- Watchman, Boston. The volumes <if thc Magazine begin ?wltli tho Numbera for June aud December of each year. When no Ilma is specified, it will bo understood that Hie subscriber wishes to begin with the eur r.iit number. Harper's Periodicals. HARPER'S M AG AZI KK, One Year. U 00 HARPER'S WEEKLY .? , .", lIAItPElt'S ll AZ AR, " " 4 ?i The THREE publications, " ? 10 m Any TWO, .. .. . si..saaw..p.ioiis, .;j01 renns for largo clubs furnished on' application Postage Prac to all subscriber, in the United States or ( alinda. A Complete Set or Harper; Magazine, nosreom prising 57 Vol?mes, In mat sloth binding, will be teat by express, freight at npcnie nf purchaser for li 25 per volunto. pingla voluntes, by nail sustpald,Si oo. doth eases, for binding,aseesta by mall, postpaid. Remittances should bo made \,r iv.t-or*a Money Order or Draft, to svold chance yf " Newspapers atc not to copy ti,is advertlaemeut. without he express order of Harper A llrothers. J?*_r_" nAnpF-11. * ,,uOT"ElW,N?w;rork. South Carolina Railroad. CiunLWToN, Kov'ro 1S7I On ?nd ?fte, Sunday, loth inst., I?ass",Ee; Train, run a? follow?; ' FOR Al tU'STA. (Sunday morning excepted ) toy? Charleston at.0.,., a m aml j-? Arrive st Augnat..5:00,, m .nJ ?? J J ron roi I MUIA. (Munday morning excepted.! Lea?* ( barluston at ?.vt Arrive at Colnml.U. .W|35 ? ? P ? .??.v* I' "> and ,.2*, a m /u /*>R eiiARi.r!rro!f. t^^lnday morning excepted.) 7 Ais"1,a 61.WW^a m andTM pm trnV . .7*"0B^P-ndM,.^ K, h-V.'Irh ^Pm.nd8:oOPW Vail a u i ?M0"--P ? ??J W? a ? SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY, Conduced by J. G. HOLLAND. Thc HamlsomcHt Illustrated Magazine in (Ito World I flint. American niiiiiin i< mur more titan 70, ? ooo Monthly, and it has a lancer circulation lu Rutland Hu" any other American Magazine. I'.erv number tontaina almut one hundred and tiny page?, and from tiny lo r-.-vtuty-five original wood-cut illustrations. Auuounceiueut8 for 1878-79. Among the ntl raclions for the coming year ara the following: "IIAU'OUTH'S,"a ferial novel, by Mm. France? ll . tgsoii burnett. Bul lier of "That Lasso' I.owrle's." I lu- scene ls laid In Lanca-hire ; the he. 3 ls a young i ivrutor of Amerieau Url li. "llaworth's" ls the longest story Mr*, lim net has j et written, li will mu ib.;li twelve numbers. h???s?r?tM? wini r?o v< nib r leiTrt, and ?ill lie profusely illustrated. FALCONHKIiO, a serial nore!, by II. ll. i!.,yc .. i,, author of'Ounnar,Die Man who Lost Ilia Same." Ar., ile- authur graphically describe? tho j, ,-uli.ilHies ol Nurse linmigruut life lu a Western ct Cl .lil.ni. \ STORY ol' SEW oin.KANS, by George W. r?ble, lo bu h-gon on lb? conclusion of "Fulcon berg." This "i" exhibit society in Creole louisi ana nlinut th* year* ISOS-l-S, itu- time of Ibo Ces sion, a period hearing u remarkable likeness to ibo nrcscul K 'construction poiind. ' PORTRAITS OK AMERICAN PORTS.-Thia ius (begun In August wrltli the portrait of Brr? nul ) will de e. iii I MHO d. that ot' Longfellow appcur in November. Tlicsi port rails are drawn from ni ? lu W yan Kunu and engraved by T. Cole. i|. lustii?lcd sketches of the lives ol the poets will ac company these portraits. STU I ?I ICS IN THE SIERRAS-A series of pa per* (mostly Illustrated} by John Muir, the Cali forula naturalist. Theserlea will sketch the Call furnia l'.i - i. I.:i';-'i. Wind Storms and Forests. A SEW VIEW ?'K BRAZIL.-Mr. Herboii II. Smith ol Cornell University, a companion of tho late Prof liant, is innv in lhaiil, with Mr. J. Wella I ihampncy lilie artist w ho ace.pnnlcd Mr. Ed ward King lu his lour I brough "The tirent South") preparing for SeiuuNKK a ?erica of papera on the present coiidilluii-Ibo ell!.'?, rivers and resources ut tile great empira of Som!) Ameilca. THE "JOHNNY ItEU" I'APERS, by an "ox Confederato" soldier, will be among the raciest cunt? iliulions lo SvitniNK.it during the coming year, llevar- written and illustrated by Mr. Allen C. Ked wood, of Haltluiore. The first of the series, ?-.)<> 111111 >- Heb at Play," appears in the November number. Among tie- additional aeries of papers to appear may bu mentioned I luise on "How Shall we Spell," ?two papers by I'rof, Lou n ?bu ry i, "Tile New Bou tb," "LawH-l'lanii i fur Small Flacos," by Samuel Par ?.,.f Flushing; "Canada of To-Pay.*' "American Au ?nd Artists," 'Amerieau Archteology," "Mod cm Inventors." Al o. Pap-rs of Travel, History, Physical Science, Studies in Literature, Political :,nil Social Science, Stories, i'ueius; "Topics of ibu Time," by Ur..I. Holland; econ! of New In ventions and Mechanical Improvement*; Papers ? >n Kl .cation, llecoratiuu, Ac.; Hook Itcview?; fr??h bits oi Wit ami Humor, Ac., Ac. Turma, S4. a year in advance ; 85 ota. a No. Subscriptions received by the publishers of thia paper, and by all booksellers ?nd postmasters. Persons wishing to subscribe direct with the pub lishers, should w rite name, Post-office, County, and state, in loll, and scud with remittance In clack, 1". II. money order, or registered letter, to S( Ul HS Kit A CO., 7-13and 7i > liroadway, New-York. u Scribner's Iii-- strated Maga zine for Girls and Boys. An Ideal Children's Magazine. MESSRS. SCHI UN EU A Co., in 187:1, began tb? pu bl leal loo of ST. NICHOLAS, an Illustrated Magazine forUlrlsand Hoys, with Mrs. Maty Mopes Dodge as editor. The Magazine has won the high es! position. It has a monthly circulation of over 50,OOO clinics, lt is published simultaneously in Loudon und New York, and the transatlantic re ce; in I ?.ni is almost as general and hearty as tho American. A LO SK LS THE ll ' Ti LD OF DOOKS: The New York Tribu ie has said of it : HT. NICHOLAS has reached a I lg ter platform, and com mands for its service w CUT resources in art and letters than any ol' its p r cessors or contempora ries.'' The London Lite, ir ' World says: "There is no magasine tor the yo ; H ut ian be said .< Cijual this choice prodlictiou of .Scribner's press." coon Tuisns ron IKT.S-U. The arrangements for literary and ari contrlbu tiona for the new volume-the sixth-arc complete, drawing from already favorite, sources, ns well as from promising new ones. Mr. Frank ll. SloCk ?tun'a new serial story for boys, '.A JOLLY FELLOWSHIP," runs lluo'igh the twelve monthly part;;-beginning willi November, IS7S. the first of tho volume-and will be Illustrated by James F. Kelly. ' HALF A DOZES UOlSEKEEPEnS," itv Katharine D. Smith, rP.b !!!u3trsiio&aby Fred erick Diflu?an, begin* in thc same number; anda frc?h serial by Susan Coolidge, entitled "Eye bright," with plenty of pictures, will be commen ced .-arly in the volume. There will also be a fairy tale called .'PUTTY DUDO ET S TO WEE" Written by Julian Hawthorne, and illustrated. ST. NICHOLAS will contain short stories, pictures, poems, humor, instructive sketches, and thu lore or "Jaek-ln-lhe-l'ulpU," the "Very Little Folks" dep.-. rt ment, and the "Letter-box," and "Illddle box." Terms. $3.00 a year ; 25 cents a number. Subscriptions received hy the Publisher of this Paper, mid hy all Booksellers and Postmasters. Person* wishing lo subscrita direct with the pub lishers should write name. Post-office, County nnd Stale, in full,and send with remittance in check, P. (). money order, or registered letter lo St.lt 1 ?NEK A co., 74:1 Broadway, New York. THU NEW YOHIC SI N FOR 1870. 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There need bi no mystery about its loves mid hatea, it is for the honest n.an against tho rogues every time, lt ls for the honest Democrat as against the dishonest Republican, nun for tho honest Republican 1 . against thu dir honest Dem ocrat. lt does not take Ita cue from the oltcraiice? of nny politician or political organization. It gives Its support unreservedly when men or measures ure in agreement with the Constitution and with the principles upon which this republic was fouuded for the people. Whenever the Con stitution and constitutional principles are violated in the outrageous conspiracy of 1H7G, by which a man not elected was placed in thu President'? office, where he still remains-it speaks out for tho righi. Tint ls Tine SUN'S idea of iudeiteudonee. lu this re-peel lhere will be no cliangu lu ita pro gramme for iST'J. Tin; Si s has fairly camed the hearty hntied of rascals, frauds, nnd humbugs of all sorts and sizes. It hopes to deserve I lint hatred not less in the year 18711 than in 1S7S, 1877, or anv year gone hr. Tint Sus ls printed for the men uVi women of to-day, whose concern is chiefly with tho affairs of to-day. It ha-s b th the disposition and the ahilltv to stlord it-, readers the promptest, full. ,tandtUOSt aceuralu Intelligence ol whatever in the wide world ls worth attention, 'lu thia end the resources belonging tn well-established prosperity will be liberally im loyed. 'Ititi present dNjnlnted condition of patties In thia country, and lim uncertainly o? tlje futur*, lend nn ex tram tl i na ry significance to the events of the coining year. To present with accuracy nnd clearness thc exact situation in each of Its varying phases, und to expound, according to its well-known methods, tho principles that should guido us through the labyrinth, will ho au important part ol' the TiiK Sun's work for 1879. We have the means of making TiiK SUN, as a pul ?I i. ul, a literary, and a general newspaper, mora entertaining and more useful than ovor before; and ive mean to apply theta freely. Our rates of subscription remain unchanged. For the DAILY SUN, a I'uttr-pago sheet ol twenty eight columns, the price by mail, postpaid, ls 05 cents a month, or 80.5O a year; or including tho Sunday paper, nu elght-pagu sheet of fifty-six columns, the price ia or. cents a mouth, or ?7.70 a yar, postage paid. fhn Sunday edition of THE SUN is also furnisheO separately ul St.20 a year, postage paid. The si NiiAY Suv, |a addition to tho current news, pre s. ms a most entertaining and instructivo body of literary mid miscellaneous matter, in bull: twice as grcal and in value not Inferior to that of the best moiilhly magazines of thc day, at t.ne-tenili 01' their eos?. lh.- W rr.[.y SDK IS especially adapted for those who do not take a New York dally paper. The news of Hie week ls fully presented. Hs market ro porta aro furnished to the latest moment, and lt? agricultural department, edited with great oar? and ability, is unsurpassed. The WKKKI.Y Sl'N 1? probably read to-day by moro farmers than any other paper published. A cholee story, with other carefully prepared mhecltany, appears In each ?Mlle. The Weekly protect.* its readers by barrlug Its advertising columns against frauds and hum bugs, and furnishes moro good matter tor lea? money than eau bo obtained from arly other source. lim price of tho WKKI.Y SUN, eight pages, fifty, sis columna ls 8t a year, postaen naid. Vor club; a. tts lending sato wo will a?nil an extra copy free. Address I, W. KNHLAND, Publisher of Tar. SUN, New Y'ork City. Dee 19, 187? 23 4 BOOKS ti.: tva WyfKfC^ttfiSM A computo Oma? lo Wexllook, th t ASJllF'tS H won Chillier? on, A competent Worn ?Bo)B?>f9|MGMMP ?nhootl, Lenience! ot Vii vi nit v. 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