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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, March 24, 1866. Oar Manufacturing Capacity. Heretofore, the Southern States have devoted their energies to agri? culture, and her staples-cotton, rice and tobacco-have mainly supplied the wants of mankind. The great change in the labor system of the South suggests, and it is to be rea? sonably expected will effect, a change in her industrial pursuit?. There is no reason now that tho South should not, at once, embark in manufactur? ing. Our cotemporary of tho Rich? mond Dispatch, in an article on the manufacturing capacities of the South, says thal she bas countless rivers and illimitable mineral trea? sures, the means of conveyance to other nations; cotton and wool are among her great staples, and she eau use them to much greater advantage than to export them abroad, since tho cost of transportation is so great, and since she needs a large portion c* the manufactured goods for her own consumption. The Dispatch, after quoting a letter from Abbott Lawrence to "W. C. Rives, in 1840, urging the capitalists of Virginia to invest their capital in the water-power of the James River, says that it is sound advice from one of the wisest and most practical minds of the country. It is further? more admitted, by a Boston journal, that the South can produce coA1->n cloth, aud a better article, chea er thau either qM?r Kew F--gland, De cause she ha^the _^oiton on the ground, ''1!1(^?pT^bctter condition than it co^Jff^his, be lifter L remo mdreds or thousands of exposed to drenching rains, to siled in tale mud to wharves, or bleached or rotted by exposure ya. its long travels by sea and land, [f "cotton has done so much to mako ^lgland great since she received the bale from our shores; if it has h?d so much to the industry and Bperity of New England, what rt notiLJov the South when she Btetare it at home, fug many valuable home the agriculturist, and cotton a king in a double as the Dispatch very sensibly 9, and as we have frequently jp this pf,per, if the South is fil itself of its extraordi *idvantages to become a great -manufacturing country, it must begin with revolutionizing its antiquated prejudices against the dignity of labor, and accept the common-sense of all other nations on that sub Our universities and colleges juld adopt the system of the French xry schools, and perfect the stu in mechanical as well as classi 'and scientific knowledge. Our young men must learn that it is as honorable to labor with their hands in the field and work-shop as it is to stand behind counters or study the professions, and a good deal more honorable than to live in idleness and dependence. The world is getting wiser on these subjects every day. The absurd notions of the superior respectability of any one honest vo? cation to any other honest vocation are steadily disappearing before the progress of civilization and the grow truice of the useful arts, jity will soon compel Ito work or starve. We lake a virtue of neces gept gracefully that which If we can save Vir jc/South by dignifying dignified in France-a h is as proud and chi? llier-we ought not to sacrifice of midday-age . . of K and manufacturing, are ample, and if -we do our whole duty in developing them, we will soon retrieve our shat? tered fortunes, and start on a new career of prosperity. The Political Game. "Patience, and shuffle the cards," were the words of Durandante in the cave of Montesinos. This would make at the present time a good motto for the South, if the cards wera in its hands. But, unfortunately, they are not. The privilege of the deal lies at this point of the game with the radical party, and that party seems inclined to avail itself of every art which may help it to win the stakes. Still, we say to the South, be patient, and, above all, be cool. Passion will only give your adversary a double advantage. The gambler who stocks his pack does not always come off with flying colors. He is sometimes detected, exposed, dis? graced, and he is then glad enough, if he be permitted, to withdraw without having his retreat hastened by a boot. The radical party may be served in a similar way. Its cards have already been overlooked, and its trickery made plain. It is very generally known to be playing falsely both with ourselves and the country at large. The motives by which it claims to be influenced are manifestly little else than surreptitious aces and kings. In other words, (to drop a figure which, if used iu connection with politicians less base, would be of questionable taste,) it has been discovered that the devotion which that party pro? fesses to the Union is the merest pre? tence; that with the word Union upon its lips, it means something as bad as secession itself. So patent is the im? position that the honest men of the party havejall left its ranks; the brave Johnson has openly denounced the cheat ; and there are not wanting many signs that the people of the North are preparing to db so, like? wise, through the medium of the ballot-box. Patience, therefore, we repeat, ye "pigeons" of the South patience for a little while, and ere long you may have the pleasure of seeing the "plnckers" become the "plucked !" SEIZURE OF A SUPPOSED CONFEDE? RATE STEAMER.-We learn from the Baltimore Sun that a libel of informa? tion was filed in the United States Conrt on Saturday, March 17, against the irou steamer Coquette, lying in that port, for violation of the laws of the United States in being used to aid the insurrection, and therefore forfeited; and also as the property of the former Confederate Government, and therefore by inheritance the pro? perty of the United States. The Coquette was built at Renfrew, Scot? land, and is said to have Been the property of Trenholm & Co., Charles? ton, S. C. The property was seized in the possession of Captain Daniel Squires, who, it is stated, claims tliut he purchased said steamer at Nassau, in November, 1865. The steamer claims to be under the flag of Great Britain. The claimants have not yet filed an answer to the information. The ship now lies at Henderson's Wharf, Fell's Point. An interesting case. THE CHURCHES.-The General As? sembly of the Old . School Presbyte? rian Church in the United States of America will meet in St. Louis, on the third Tuesday in May. At the same time the General Assembly of what is known as the "New School" Presbyterian ('burch will also meet in the same place. These two assem? blies represent the largest bodies of Presbyterians in the United States, but have no correspondence with each other The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, composed of delegates from all the Annual Conferences of the entire Church, will meet in New Orleans, on the first Wednesday in April. The General Assembly has tendered the the Legislative Hall for the use of the Conference. Nearly two hundred ministers will be preseut from every section of the South, and the session will probably continue one month. A despatch from Portland, Oregon, says the Indians in the Owhyhee regions are very troublesome. The citizens had offered bounties for their ?d intended to make a clean thom, dicab occupy the anomalous sf favoring the Union by ipon disunion. The Con are called *r- '*^*s>fnr advo- j !-csr<)i-.;yfl| z a.,:,.. Correspondence of the Phoenix. WASHINGTON, March 16,18C6. Tho civil rights hill having passed both Houses, it is now before the President for his signature. This is a very important bill. It provides, in substance, that the freed people shall have the same rights before tho law that any person else has, except that it excludes the right of suf? frage, which is left with each State. Any person infringing any of their legal rights, is liable to five and two yuars imprison? ment. A final appeal in all cases arising under this bill lies to the Supremo Court at Washington. Opinions differ au to what thc President will do with this bill. Some say he wdl veto it on the ground that he will sign no bill affecting the South until the Southern members are admitted to their seats. Others say he will sign thc bUl, because ho has all along wished their right? to be se? cured to the freed people-tho only point bc has made being in the right of suffrage. The most injurious tales are constantly written from the South and published in the Northern papers, in order to convince the North that the Southern people cannot bc trusted with political powers. To give you a sample of tire letters written from the South, take thc following, in one of the morning papers of this city, of to-day: "RECONSTRUCTION.- Omcial advices wefo yesterday received from South Carolina, to the effect that a band of outlaws; led by an ex-rebel major, hu? been committing depredatious and murdering Union men and negroes, on account of their devoted loyalty. The guerilla leader exhibits as trophies of his prowess eight cars, cut from colored persons." Tho scene of the above is iaid in Edge field District. It is surely impossible that this can be true. Yet it ia by these horrid tales the public opinion of the North is being formed. The question is frequently asked, whe? ther the people of the States now having representation in Congress will support tho President. On this point, I heard a public man of great experience say he could I always tell, in advance, what the people ? were going to do, by simply asking him? self what it was wise* and proper that they should do, and then, b3- taking it for grant? ed that they would do tho opposite, and juding from this rule, he said ho felt satis? fied the Northern people would "go it blind for the radicals against the Presi? dent." It was determined, at the opening of the session, by the House of Representatives, that they would support the Secretary of the Treasury in the pohev he had an? nounced of a gradual reduction # of the amount of the paper currency, with the view of reducing slowly to the specie basis. But recently, this policy has been changed by the radical leaders. They are now un? willing to any essential reduction of the volume of paper money. It is thought tho main reason is this: They fear the chief argument against thom will come from their policy being unfriendly to tho mate? rial interests of the country, by keeping up the agitation; hence, to weaken this argu? ment as much as possible, they desire to have as much paper money in "circulation as possible, so aa to keep business matters moving along easily. Several of thc "Southern Senators are here now. They had a sort of indefinite notion that something good was going to turn np for them by the month of March. But March has come, and their prospects are no better than in December. Indeed, there is not the slighest possibility of any one being allowed to take a seat in either House, without taking the test oath, while this Congress lasts. It is understood that the Committee of Ways and Means will report a bill making many alterations in the internal revenue system. One thing is luckly for the South, in the political condition of the day; they arc escaping the payment of large sums of internal taxes. Certainly this is not to bo regretted, if the Government consent to it. OBSERVER. A RADICAL PAPER ON MR. SEWARD. A "Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazelle makes some grave charges against Mr. Seward, brought ont. as he says, by his recent con? temptuous expressions in speaking of Mr. Johnson. The writer relates a conversation which took place at De mopolis, Alabama, in November last, between one of the prominent poli? ticians of the South aud a Union officer who had gone South to pro? cure a plantation. The Southern man stated that it had been decided that the South could not elect a Southern man as President, and to make sure .f success, they must se? lect a man %.hu could carry Pennsyl? vania or New York, and that after ne? gotiation, they fixed upon William H. Seward. But the correspondent docs not stop here. Ho more than insinuates that Mr. Seward was in complicity with the rebels during the war; that he gave pledges to the Southern Com? missioners that Sumter would be evactuated; that he defeated the pos? sibility of relief to that fortress, and finally sent word to the rebels in Charleston, informing them that a fleet had sailed to relieve Sumter; upon which, the rebels opened fire on the fort and reduced it. The correspondent adds, that Mr. Seward's recent course was in con? formity with his original determina? tion to be the oppositic i and South? ern candidate for the Presidency in 1868, and deals in inuendoes as to whom he might have met during his recent visit to Havana, the rebel city of refuge. A GOOD HIT.-The New York Herald, knowing well that Catholics are said to be governed in political affairs, as well as religious, by the clergy, has an article concerning the priests and the Fenians, in which it makes the naive remark that, "unlike the followers of many of the political churches who are led by such men as Cheever and Beecher, our Irish fel? low-citizens appear to understand the difference between the. duties of their pastors in religious and in secular mattel's." A merited rebuke to political par? sons. - .a. - * - Tennyson is paid a guinea a line for everything he writfis.-Exchange. If we gut that much, it would heall From Washington. The correspondent of the Balti? more Sun says: Wall street certainly expected the passage of the loan bill, for gold opened at twenty-eight and a frac? tion, thia morning. Wall street was mistaken. The bill being oponed for discussion, Mr. Broomall, who had voted against it, stated that he was in favor of its object, but opposed to its details; that the same was the case with many other members. He would tell the Committee of Ways and Means that they cannot carry this bill ; that the Democrats, but not the Union majority, might go for it, and that it must be recommitted and amended. The House has passed a joint reso? lution for the termination of tho pre? sent session ou the-Thursday in May. It passed by a vote of 80 to CA. It means nothing more thnu an ex? pression of a willingness to adjourn as soou as possible in reference to their political interests. Two hun? dred members are engaged in a light for their re-election. The next is the President-making Congress, and every nerve will be exerted to carry it. The same power that elects the next Congress will elect the next Pre? sident. This Congress will not adiuit Rep? resentatives from the eleven Southern States, and this Congress intend to make the next, which will persist in the same policy towards the South. After the election of tin; ne ct Presi? dent, there Avili be less object in the exclusion of the South. Many members are williup to close the session as soon as the appropria? tion bills can bo passed, lecving the President to administer ,the Govern? ment, ?ts far tus thc law will permit, according to his own policy. They assum^ that the President will not enter into a general system of politi? cal proscription in the recess, of Con? gress, and that, if he does, they will make as much capital out of it as he will. It is now stated in a high Execu? tive quarter that Mr. Stanton sup? ports the policy of the President. Meantime, Mr. Sumner assorts posi? tively that the Secretary of War is quite up to him in the radical race, or somebody is cheated. I can state authoritatively that the report in the newspapers at the North that Secretary Welles has written a letter favoring the election of Gene? ral Hawley, the radical candidate for Governor in Connecticut, is untrue. He is openly and expressly for the candidate wh.> supports the Adminis? tration in the restoration or recon? struction policy. He considers that issue the only live one. He is op? posed to those who oppose the Presi? dent on that absorbing question. There begins to be a doubt about the President's signing the civil rights bill. The President hus endorsed in his own handwriting the course of a clerk who refused to answer to an as? sessment for the New Hampshire election, and to go home und aid the radical element in that State. It is Senator Foote, of Vermont, who is understood to be inspirator of the Stewart resolution. The correspondent of the Rich? mond Dispatch writes: There ia no doubt now of the for? mation of a new party, composed of conservatives throughout the coun? try, to uphold and endorse the prin? ciples set forth by the President in his recent declarations of the method in which he intended to administer the Government. Several leading Republican members of Congress who have very recently had inter? views with the President, and dis? cussed this measure, have given in their adherence, and in a very few days its objects will be made known, and the principles publicly an? nounced. Messrs. Raymond, Doo? little, Cowan, and others prominent before the country, are said to have been consulted, and have" given ad? vice upon the subject. Several lead? ing men were in conversation with the President yesterday, and it is sur? mised that the new conservative ele? ment was the theme of extended remarks. The radicals tear the strength of the opposition, and it is a knowledge of recent movements which induced Stevens to say recent? ly that in three years the Govern? ment would be iu the hands of the rebels and their Northern allies. Other extremists have asserted that, at tho opening of the next Congress, the Democrats (by which is meant all opposed to radicalism,) will be in the majority in the House without the admission of representatives from the South. "whilst there ai* many of the op? ponents of thc Administration who claim that they will, without doul ?., carry the State of Connecticut, (others being distrustful of their power in that section.) yet they ad? mit that the issue is not y^t fairly defined, and the coming fall will prove which party is to be in thc ascendant. In fact, almost everyday gives fresh evidences of the great concern felt by the Stevens ] arty for the permanency of their organization. Tho Sec retary of War has an indi? vidual under lock and key who is sus? pected of being Quantrell; but sus? picion does not make him that indi? vidual, and tho i ."rty in question denk s that he is tho person. Who eau identify him? Telegrams have been despatched to portions of Alis souri for parties who are supposed to know the prisoner, and when they arrive, perhaps the present mystery may be cleared up. A. H. Stephens, Esq., does not make any particular haste iu obeying the alleged summons of the Recon? struction Committee to appear before them, as I learn from a letter from him that he was quietly at his home ou the 12th instant, ten days after the reported sumr'ons was said to have been issued. By-the-way, the two or three columns from a "Georgian" that appeared in the New York Tri? bune some time since, in which Davis, j Stephens and others were introduced -the "folly" of the former and the "foresight" ol the latter, and "why the peace mission failed," forming the prominent points of the letter Mr. Stephens characterizes as "a fancy sketch throughout; there were some facts-some truths in it, but these were, so distorted, ana so mixed up with errors, that the whole may be set down as the work of imagina? tion." "The trtdh of history,".adds Mr. Stephens, "is hard to get." [Co?-. Philadelphia Ledger. Senator Nye, Chairman of the Se? nate Committee on Enrolled Bills, placed before the "".esident, on last Friday night, the civil rights bill. It is deemed tolerably certain that it will be signed. Those Republicans who claim to be his especial friends all say he will sign it, and the recon? structed who are now here denounce it as worse than the Freedmen's Bu? rt i bill. jjending Democrats and Repub? licans, including some pretty radical ones on both sides, are of the opinion that the President will return this bill with his objections. The chances of a veto, however, are not so certain on this bill as they were on the Bu? reau bill.-New York Tribune. Som? members who voted for the bill say that it must be modified so as to restrict the power of the President and Secretary. Finally, the bill was recommitted, aud may be considered dead. If so, Comptroller Clarke has beaten Secretary McCulloch, and we are not suro but rightfully, however impu? dent his letter was. According h, a recent decision of the Treasury Department, the sepa? ration of a coupon from a two years' live per cent. Treasury note, renders snch note no longer a legal tender until interest begins on the next suc? ceeding coupon that is attached tc the note. This separation is consid? ered such a mutilation ol' me note tu? will make it redeemable by the Go? vernment only at its par value, with ;)iit interest. Your readers may rest assured thai the President will veto the "eivi rights bill," and that, too, before many days. I was not able to saj this positively in my last despatch, but I am able to do so now. Youl readers will remember that this bil originally formed part of the Freed men's Bureau bill, as prepared h} Senator Trumbull, and was only sepa fated from it and formed into a sepa rate bill, because otherwise the Freed men's Bureau bill would have beei too long. This civil rights bill contains tin same principles, and is designed t< effect the same ends that the Freed men's Bureau bill had in view. Th President regards it as not only un constitutional, but entirely unneces sary, because all the rights of th people of the United States are a] ready abundantly secured by th Constitution, and if the negroes hav any wrongs to complain of, the Stat laws and the State Courts afford then abundant redress. [Special despatch N. Y. News. The radicals are noticeably moros* and scowling to-day, and the genera inference is that the unexpected somerset of Senator Stewart, tw days ago, is already bearing mor unpalatable fruit than any of thei expected. His resolutions are undei stood to embody tho views of hi fathe&in-law, H. S. Foote, and Go\ Sharkey, of Mississippi, and are suc? as no radical, with the slightest rt gard for consistency, dar?; oppos? Vote for them they must. Thei fears now are that when such men o Gcv. Sharkey favor them, the nu jority of the Southern people ma also be induced to do so, as th speediest means of ending their trot bles and gaining admission for the: delegations. It is also feared b many that negro suffrage in th South would turn the political ashc on the lips of its Northern advocate! and that it would, in fact, only serv to strengthen the influence of Soutl ern leaders and increase Souther representation. It would also sett; forever the "negro question," au ieprive them of their principal stoc in trade. Nothing but financial que tions v ould be left for party issue; md upon them the old Democrat: loctrines would everywhere prevai Should Stewart's resolutions: pal Congress and be adopted by tl ?southern States, the far-seeing men )ers of the Republican party adm o-day that Democracy would ineviti ?ly come into power at the next Pr< (idential election. Tho intention < he radicals is to keep th?; Souther states from any participation in thi md it will not be surprising if mau >f them oppose their own teaching >y voting against the Stewart resoh ions. - Cor. New York Herald. The Herald's city of Mexico corre tondent thinks that indications poi] ecidedly to the strengthening ar ermanency of the French occup: ion. The President of one of the lea? lg Boston banks has just had h dary raised to $17,000 per year c ccount of valuable serr?ees^ Iiocal Iteras. CASH.-Our terms for (subscription, ad? vertising ami job work are cash. We hope ail parties will bear this in mind. TUK WEEKLY GLEANER.-Tb? regular publication of this paper wdl bepostpum il a few weeks. Persons desirous of sub? scribing, will please forward the money ai once. Terms $-1 a year. THE DUKNING or COLUMBIA. - An inter? esting account ol tbe "Suck ami Destruc? tion of thc City of Columbia, ?S. C.," bas just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Phatnix steam power press. Orders can he tiiied to any extent. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which ?re published this morning lor the t\r:-t time: . Nomination for Mayor and Aldermen. Win. Gurney-Groceries, cte. John H. Heise-Confectionary, liachnian Waties-Miniatures Lost. James (i. (iibhes-Tobacco, Whiskey. " " -Guano. ~ C. H. baldwin-Candles, Potatoes. Ac. " -Zephyr Puff. -Blank Book Lost. Hrs. ll. C. Bronson - Furniture. .Vc. Important Order. For the information of our readers, we publish the following order, issued by Major-General Sickles, on the 14th instant: I. In order that the loyal people of this State may bc relieved from all unnecessary restraints incident to the existence of martial law, the adminis? tration of civil affairs in the several Districts, Parishes and Municipalities, respectively, will bc remitted by com? manding officers of military districts to the civil officers therein, duly qual? ified to perform such duties. No per? son shall be deemed eligible to hold office, unless he ?hall have taken the amnesty oath last prescribed; and, if he belong to either of the classes ex? cepted from amnesty, shall have re? ceived Executive pardon. Civil officers will, in all cases, respect and obey the proclamations of the President, the laws of Congress, and all orders re? lating to the government of this de? partment, issued by competent mili? tary authority. II. To aid the local functionaries in resuming their proper duties, it is ordered that hereafter, without au? thority from these headquarters, no military tax, assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, shall be levied upon citizens, except fines and penal? ties imposed by the Provost Courts, or other competent military tribunals, for offences whereof the party shall Lave been duly convicted; and with the further exception of the ground rents at the post of Hilton Head, that being a military reservation. III. No prosecution or suit shall be entertained in the Courts of South Carolina against officers or soldiers of the army of the United States, or persons in any wise thereto belonging, subject to military authority, charged^ with acts done in their military ca? pacity, or pursuant to orders from proper military authority; nor against loyal citizens or persons charged with icts done against the rebel forces, di? rectly or indirectly, during the rebel? lion; and all persons, their agents or jervants, charged with the occupation af abandoned lands and tenements, ar the possession or custody of any kind of property whatever, in cases tvhere such occupation, use or pos? session was authorized by the Pre? sident, or by any of th? civil or mili? tary departments of the Government, shall be protected from any recover es, penalties or damages that may ?ave been or may be imposed, or ad udged therefor, in said Courts. IV. Superior and Circuit Provost Jourts will continue in operation as aeretofore, and shall have, as against my and all civil Courts, exclusive ju? risdiction in all cases where freedmen iud other persons of color are direct y or indirectly concerned, until sn?Au?M persons shall be admitted to the Stafe^j Courts as parties and witnesses, with,, M he same rights and remedies accorded o all other persons. It shall, never heless, be competent for a State 3ourt to hear and determine a cause >r proceeding wherein persons of ?olor are parties to the record, when hoy shall file a written stipulation to iibmit the cause or proceeding to a >tate Court. GRATIFYING TO CAROLINIANS.- A orrespondent of the Charleston Cou? rier says : "Another work of interest to Citro inians is thc 'Life of Bertrand du Jueselin,' by the late General D. F. amison, about which there is an tem of news that may not have eached you yet. It has been pub ished in England, and has so pleased he French Emperor that he has or ered it to be translated into French, nd to be augmented with fresh and riginal notes, plans of battles, por raits, etc." CHEAP CATTLE AND HORSES.-By ie expiration of the Canada recipro ity treaty and the defeat of a bill in Congress for renewing some of its ites for the exchange "of commoui es, the trade in live stock between ie United States and the Provinces ames within the general tariff of 302, which includes among the arti es exempt from duty "animals, ving, of all kinds.' So we may md for Canadian horses, and sup Ly ourselves with Canadian cattle ad sheep, free from tax. This is bad ar thc protectionists, ^Jy?good for ie people. Sun.