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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning, June 20, 1867. Spread of Manufacturing. Wo uro gratified to observo that, in some portions of tho grout grain growing regions of . tho North-wost, thejsubject of the ostnblishmont of manufactories is, nt length, being taken up by tho people. With tho magnificent water-power in that sec? tion, taken in connection with the high bounties they havo to pay to the Eastern manufacturers, tho only wonder is that they had not embarked | in the business long ago. It ia proposed to erect a largo cot taaiactory at the falls of St. Antho? ny, and tho people of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who have the under? taking Under consideration, behove that it would bo very profitable. One of tho papera say that water power there is certainly much cheap? er than in Lowell, Lawrence and similar places; labor is as cheap; tho -.cost of subsistence, in that laud of | "wheat-, of meat and of general plenty, would certainly bo much cheaper than in the East, where breads tull's, beef, pork, lard and cheeso are largely procured from tho Wost. Why, then, it is properly asked, should not a yard of cotton oloth be manufactured ns cheaply thero as in Lowell? Wo quote from a Minnesota paper: "The cotton to go East is first sent from the plantations by steamers to ports of shipment, and thero transferred to* sailing vessels bound to Boston, New York or Pbiladel Ehia, when, for use hero, it would e put on board a boat on the lower Mississippi or tributaries, and not again unloaded till it reached within convenient droyago distance of tho place of manufacture. Cer? tainly, there would bo a saving on the freight of the raw material." . The writer urges tho above reasons fdr going into the business exten aivehy. With tho exception, perhaps, that, at present, tho South is not n grain-growing region-it is improving in that respect, however-she has all the advantages noticed above, only, perhaps, to a greater extent. If manufactories were established iu theso States, the cotton, or tho bulk of it, could bo hauled from thc planta? tion to tho factory, or to its ngeut in any town or city. We have abundant water power; wo can raise provisions, and the double commissions, dray age, wharfago and storage, which moko up a long array of charges to bo de? ducted from tho umount the cotton sold for, would be avoided. With tho South, West and North? west engaged, even moderately, in cotton and other manufactures, tho days of protection by high tariffs drawbacks, &c, would bo at au end. Tho consumers, in every section of tho country, would bo relieved of a heavy burden, aud bo enabled to live in comparative comfort, ns prices of all the articles tho}- need would as? suredly tumble down. Wo hope the good work will go on. -? m ?-> ALMOST HUNG.-The subjoined let? ter explains a circumstance referred to in tho Mercury, of Saturday, un? der tho caption of "Almost Hung," and it is regretted that any misappre? hension of the facts of the ?aso should havo accidentally occurred: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT S. C., COLUMBIA, 17th June, 1867. To (he Editors of the Mercury, Charles? ton, S. C. GENTLEMEN: Under your head of "Local Affairs," in yesterday's Mer cary, you state that the freedman, John Jenkins, "wan almost hung, owing to a strango over-sight on the part of Governor Orr in souding a copy of tho reprieve of tho negro, John Jenkins, lo General Sickles, and none to tho 'sheriff of thc District." Tho facts aro theso: Tho respite for Jenkins was prepared and carrie*' by mo to thc post office Tuesday night, and banded to Mr. Bell, ono of thc clerks. Tho contents of the letter were communicated lo him, and ho promised to mail it so as to reach Charleston Wednesday night, which he doubtless did. The lotter was ad? dressed to "John E. Carew, Esq., Sheriff Charleston District, Charles ton, S. C." No copy of tho reprieve was sent lo General Sickles, but a telegram was sont tb him Tuesday evening by Governor Orr, informing him that Jenkins had been re spited until thc 12th July. I have tho honor to bo, very respectfully, your obe? dient servant, JAS. S. SIMONS, Acting Private Secretary. CAPITAL GOIXO TO SOUTH GEORGIA. Tho Valdosta (Ga.) Times says that a number of Northern capitalists con? templ?t? tho purchase, for purposes of colonization, of largo bodies of improved and unimproved lund on tho Hue of tho Atlantic and Gulf Hoad. Vite Mobile RtttioraU. After removing Mayor Withers, General Swnyne proceeded to re? organize tho City Council and Board of Aldermen of tho city of Mobile. Among tho appointments as Council? man of tho Eighth Ward was a Mr. Jones. Tho latter, not recognizing tho right of Swayne to remove the ? old board uud appoint at will their successors, declined to accept tho j proffered appointment. Whereupon Swayno declared his intention, in a letter to Jones, to appoint in Iiis place "a loyal colored mau." A portion of the colored people of Mobile then wrote the following let? ter to Genend Swayne, declining, for themselves and their colored friends of Mobilo, to receive tho appoint? ment, and asking for tho appoint? ment of Mr. Gideon M. Parker. Wo commend not only the example of the colored people of Mobile to their race in this city, but toke pleasure, also, in calling special attention to thc tono and sentiments of tho letter, which wc publish in full for their benefit and instruction: MOBILE, ALA., June 13, 18G7. Brevet Major-General Swai/nc, Com? manding District of Alabama. GENERAL: On behalf of tho colored citizens of Mobile, tho undersigned, .whilst acknowledging with gratitude your recognition of their rights ns citizens, by offering to lill from their number thc vacancy in the Council rando by the refusal of Mr. Jones, respectfully decline, for tho reasons following: They believe that tho welfare of our city and thc condition of her finances demand that thc ninH capable and worthy should bo selected for the responsible position of member of Council, provided he bc loyal. They desire, also, to show to their white fellow-citizous that they waive cheerfully their claims us n class whenever it is evident to them that tho cause of r-ovict, thc well-being of the community, of which they aro no small part, make tho doing of this tho better part. Sontli Carolina. Ul-ii tl. Tho Charleston Mercury has a let froni its correspondent in Alexandria, from which we learn that tho follow? ing named Confederate soldiers, from South Carolina, died in or near the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and now lie buried id the Government Cemetery at that place: Wm. J. Praliu, Co. F, 25th Regi? ment. Abner M. Bozhardt, Co. X. 11th Regiment. Jacob W. Redilnon, Co. D, "i'd h Regiment. Thomas W. Montgomery, Co. C, 25th Regiment. David A. Kecver, Co. D, 23th Re? giment. Charles Fostick, Co. F, 23th Regi? ment. Daniel Rogers, Co. E, 1st Regi? ment. Henry A. Strom, Co. D, 14th Re? giment. Daniel V. Frazer, Co. B, 7th Bat? tery, (Battalion?) Wm. W. Taylor, Co. G, 25th Regi? ment. Erastus W. Hays, Co. D, 23th Re? giment. Horny G. Proctor, Co. D, 23th Regiment. C?. T. Herron, Co. F, 7th Battery, (Battalion?) H. L. B. Flemming, Co. I, 2.~>th Regiment. Should it be desired by surviving friends to procure the removal of any of theso remains for interment at homo, or to have durable hoad pieces of marble substituted for the preseut wooden head boards, the moans of doing so will be pointed ont, by ap? plication at this office. A neat white marble hoad and fool piece can bo purchased and set uj> for irs 11", and thc inscription will cost three cents per letter. Tho cost of undertaking and pre? paring for transportation will be $25, and of transportation to Baltimore, and thenco per steamer to Charles? ton, is not known, but supposed to be not over 815. < . THE LUXEMBURG AFFAIR.-It' all tho facts aro considered, Napoleon outmanoeuvred Bismarck in tho Lux? emburg affair. Tho former wishes tho Prussian troops removed from tim Fortress of Luxemburg. In all probability, be would have ventured a war upon that issue. Bismarck wished to hold that position, and tum monaco and threaten Franco. Xapo loon gained his point by diplomacy, and prevented a war before he is fnllj ready for all the consequences whiel maj' How from u collision betweei Franco and Prussia. Theso aro con hide-rations of great importance, nm they ore all on the side of France and against Prussia. .-? ^ ? ? Tho Church Jour.nd, an Episcopa paper, advising against tho marring! of tho clergy, says: "Tho celibacy of Catholic ministers is one of tin practical advantages that Church hu over tho Episcopal " The population of Galveston, Tex ILS, is estimated at 22,500 souls, o which 17,000 are white, and 3,001 black-au increas?of 13,500 since tin war. Opinion of Alie Attorney-Geneirnl aa to ?be Powers or the Mllttr>r}- Co ra? man dc ra. Tho following is the concluding portion of Attorney-General Stau barry's opinion iu relation to the Reconstruction Acts, defining WHO ARE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION. L The oath prescribed in the sup plemontal Act defines nil the qualifi? cations required, nud every porsou who can take tho oath is outitlod to have his name entered upou thc list of voters. 2. Tho board of registration havo no authority to administer any other oath to tho larson applying for re? gistration than this proscribed oath ; uor to administer any oath to any other person touching the qualifica? tions of the applicant, or tue falsity of thc oath so taken by him. Thc Act, to guard against falsity in the oath, provides that, if false, the per? son taking it shall be tried and pun? ished for por jury. No provision is made for challeng? ing the qualifications of the appli? cant, or cutciing upon any trial or investigation of his qualifications, either by witnesses or auy other form of proof. 3. As lo citizens/iip awl residence. Tho applicant for registration must bo a citizen of tho State and of tho United States, and must bo a resident of a County included in tho election district. He may bo registered if he bas been such citizen for a period less than twelve months at the time ho applies for registration, but he cannot vote at auy election unless his citizenship has then extend d to the full term of ono year. Ah to such a person, the exact length of his citizenship should bo noted opposite his name ou tho list, so that it may appear on tho day of election, upon reference to the list, whether the full term has then been accomplished. 4. An unnaturalized person cannot take this oath, but au alien who lins been naturalized can take it. and no other proof of naturalization cnn be required from him. 5. Noone who is not*[tweuty-one years of age at tho time of registra? tion can take the oath, for ho must swear that ho has thou attained that age. G-. No one who bas been disfrnn franchised for participation in any rebellion against the United States, or for felony committed against the laws if any State or of the United StateT can safely take this oath. The actual participation in a re? bellion, or tho actual commission ol a felony, dues not amount to disfran? chisement. Tho sort of disfranchise? ment hero uicaut is that which it declared by law passed by competent authority, or which has been fixer upon tho criminal by the sentence oj the court which tried him for the crime. No law of the United States ha; declared tho penalty of disfranchise meut for participation in the rebel lion alone. Nor is it known that uni such law exists in either of these tel States, except, perhaps, Virginia, a' to which State special instruction! will be given. 7. As to disfranchisement arisitv from /tarin;/ held office followed by par ticipation in rebellion. This is the most important part o tho oath, and requires strict atten tiou to arrive at its meaning. I deon it proper to give the exact words The applicant must swear or ailinn a follows: "That I have never been si mendie of any State Legislature, nor heh any executive or judicial ofliee iu an; State, and afterwards engaged in ai insurrection or rebelliou against th Uuited States, or giveu aid or com fort to the enemies thereof; that have never taken an oath as a mombo of Congress of the United States, ora a member of any State Legislature or as an officer of tho United States or as an executive or judicial office of any Slate, to support the Consti tntiou of tho United States, nu afterwards engaged in insurrection o rebellion against the United State.? or given aid or comfort to thc cut mies thereof." Two elements must concur in ordc to disqualify a person under Hies clauses: First, the oflico and ofiicii oath to support the Constitution ? the United States; second, cngflgin afterwards in rebellion. Doth mut exist to work disqualification, un must happen in the order of tim mentioned. A person who bas held au i and taken thc oath to support th Federal Constitution, and has m afterwards engaged in rebellion, is in disqualified. S->, too, a person wli bas engaged in rebellion, but hasu< heretofore held an office and take that oath, is not disqualified. 8. Officers of the United States. AH to these, the language is witl out limitation. The person who lu at any time prior to the rebellio held any office, civil or militar under the United States, and hi taken an official oath to support l! Constitution of the United States, subject to disqualification. 0. Military officers of any Stat prior to the rebellion, uro not subjo to disqualification. 10. municipal officers-that is i sivy, oflioors of incorporated citio towns and villages, such as mayor aldermen, town council, police at other city or town officers-arc n< subject to disqualification. 11. Persons who have, prior to tl rebellion, been members of tho Co gress of tho Uuited States, or mei hers of a State Legislature, are sn jcct to disqualification. But those .who have been members of conven? ions framing or amending the con? stitution of a State, prior to the rebellion, are not subject to disquali? fication. 12. All the executive or judicial officers of any State who took an oath to support the Constitution of tho United States, are Bubject to disqua? lification, and in tlfeso I include comity officers, ns to whom I made a reservation in the opinion heretofore ? given. After full consideration, I havo arrived at tho conclusion that they are subject to disqualification if they were requirod to take, ns a part of their official oath, the oath to support the Constitution of tho United States. 13. Persons who exercised mero agencies or employments understate authority, ure not disqualified; such as commissioners to lay out roads, commissioners of public works, visit? ors of Stnto institutions, directors of State banks or other State institu tious. examiners of banks, notaries public, commissioners to take ac? knowledgments of deeds, and law? yers. Having specified what offices held by any one prior to the rebellion come within thc menning of the law, it is necessary next to sot forth what subsequent conduct fixes upon such person tho offence of engaging in re? bellion. I repeat that two things must exist as to any person to dis? qualify him from voting; first, tho office held prior to rebellion, and, afterwards, participation in tho re? bellion. H. Au act to fix upon a person the offence of engaging in rebellion under this law, must bo an overt and voluntary act. done with thc intent of ?liding or furthering the common unlawful purpose. A person forced into thc rebel service by conscrip? tion, or undera paramount authority which ho could not safely disobey, and who would not havo entered such service if left tree to the exor? cise of his own will, cannot be held to he disqualified from voting. l?. Mere acts of charity, whore the intent is to relieve the wants of the object of such charity, and not done in aid of the causo in which he may have been engaged, do not disqualify. But organized contributions of food and clothing for thc general relief pf persons engaged in the rebellion, and not ot a merely sanitary charac? ter, but contributed to enable them to perform their unlawful object, may be classed with acts which do disqualify. Forcett contributions to the rebol cause, in thc form of taxes or milita? ry assessments, which a person may be compelled to pay or contribute, do not disqualify. But voluntary contributions to the rebel cause, even such indirect contributions a^ arise from tho voluntary loan o money to rebel authorities, or pur chase of bonds or securities orcatec to afford the means of carrying Ol the rebellion, will work disqualified tion. 1G. All those who, in legislative ol other official capacity, were eugaget in tho furtherance of the commoi unlawful purpose, where the du tie: of the ofiico necessarily lind rolatioi to the support of tho rebellion, sucl as members of tho rebel conventions congresses and legislatures, diplo matic ngonts of thc rebel Confedera cy, and other officials whoso office were created for the purpose of mor effectually carrying on hostilities or whose duties appertained to th support of the rebel cause, must b held to bo disqualified. But officers who, during tho rebel lion, discharged official duties no incident to war, but only such dutic as bolong even to a state of pence and were necessary to the preservo tion of order and the administrate of law, are not to be considered :. thereby engaging in rebellion or a disqualified. Disloyal sentiments opinions or sympathies would not dis qualify, but where H person has, b speech or by writing, incited other to engage i's rebellion, li?: must com under the disqualification. 17. Tho duties of lite board appointe / < superintend the elections. This board, having the custody t the list ol' registered voters in th district for which it is constitute, must sec that tho narnu of the perso offering to vote is found upon t!i registration list, and if such provi to be the fact, it is tho duty of til board lo receive his vote. They cai not receive tho vote ol' any perso whose naiiic is not upon tho lis! though he may be ready to take til registration oath, and although li may satisfy them that ho was nimbi to have his name registered at t!i proper time, in consequence of ai seine, sickness, or other causes. Tho board cannot enter into au inquiry na to the qualification of an person whoso name is not on tho lis or as to the qualifications of any po: son whose name is on the list. 18. The mode of totimj is provide in the Act to be by b/dht. Tho boat will keep a record and poll-book < the election, showing tho votes, li of voters, and tho persons elected h a plurality of tho votes cast at tL election, und make returns of the; to tho commanding general of tl district. 19. The board appointed for regi tritton aud for superintending tl elections must tnko tho oath pri scribed by the /Act of Congress ii] proved July 2, 1SG2, entitled "A Act to prescribe an oath of office." HENRI* STANBERT, Attorney-General. ?'Oil, Sing a Nc tv SOUR." MESSRS. FDITORS: Few are aware on how slight a circumstance deep emotion frequently depends. Among tho mouy influences which surround us, none BO suddenly and so power? fully affects tho mind ns good music. Oporntic singing in the house of prayer is certainly out of place, aud decidedly objectionable whenever this species of music is indulged in;j but iu our walks about places of public worship, we have never noticed this peculiarity connected with any of tho churches of thia city. Trinity Church Choir, it may bc said, is a little off from thc "old paths." Tho classic and ecclesiasti? cal character of some of the music for tho canticles of tho church is very beautiful, but in no way associated with "Opera.'' It is to bo regretted that the melodics of tho masters such as Beethoven, Mendelsohn, Handel, Hayden, Mozart aud others .should bo taken as operatic music, lt exhibits the musical erudition of those who have taken upon them? selves to criticise and characterize every graceful turn and flowing ca? dence into operatic airs. In tho house of worship, we are enjoined by the great Psalmist not only to pray, but to sing, aud sing a new song. ".Sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage;" "Sing with tho voice of melody.'* Whatever may be tho motives for going to church, let no one invade the sacred precincts of the heart, and question the iu mates of tho sa? cred temple. If a note from the cantatrice could but awaken a re? sponsive chord in tho heart of one, and iead his stops to within thc por? tals ot the saucluary, let tho heavenly choirs, in their thundering halle? lujahs, sing. AMEN. Thc Richmond '/'tines reports a singular explosion of a latch-key, with which a gentleman was openiug his door a few days since. Tho report was ns loud as that made by an ordi? nary pistol, and the force of the ex? plosion shattered tho key-ring and scattered the keys, blowing a button <.!!'his glove and injuring his hand. Thc cause assigned for the explosion is this: The lock was of brass, and bad berni heated by the sun, and the key being of steel, and als?? heated, had, by coming in contact, caused a thermo-electric ?'lurent. This cur? rent often causes au explosion, the shock of winch i.s not unlike that of au electric battery. SOUTHERN FAMINE.-A lotter, dated Atlanta, Ga., from tim Kev. H. C. Hornady, states: "Farmers come to mo begging for aid, baying that unless they eau get a few bushels of corn they will be obliged to abandon their crops and sink iuto helpless despair. The poor ! widows and orphans are in great dis? tress. Last evening, an intelligent Christian woman told me that her family, all daughters, had bceu two days without food, and that they had all become ill from fasting. There ure thousands of women and children to-day in her situation. "Whole fami? lies have uot a bushel of com, no money, no credit, nothing." REGISTRATION IN MISSISSIPPI.-lu the interior Counties and away from tho larder towus iu Mississippi, the negroes aro not registering. A letter from Morton to the Vicksburg He? rald, dated June G, speaking of tho disposition of tho negroes iu that locality, says: "Thc negroes appear to take no interest in it here. Some even go so far as to deny that tiny aro twenty-one years old, when some of them will hardly ever sec twenty eight and thirty again." AMALGAMATION IN VIRGINIA.-Con? siderable talk and excitement lately occurred in thc neighborhood <>i' Winchester. Virginia, at thc reported marrilee of a ucgro tu a white Vir? ginia lady. The Winchester '/'tines, thereupon, made inquiry, and found a ''imo bill" as Lo thu piebald wed? ding, but tho case stands thus: The groom was a V irginia negro, and thu w hito bride from Ohio. Dick Carter, tho negro porter who robbed tho post oliico in Lynchburg, Virginia, iu i'd J ru a ry last, was tried iu Underwood's court ou Friday, and found guilty. Tho sentence was deferred. Tho caso presented a sin? gular anomaly in Un* history of crim? inal proceedings in Virgiuia, nine of the jurors boiug colored and three white tuen. Ilalicroft .sends word to the As? sociated Press, that ho is a "states mau aud historian," and that he will leave for Berlin on Saturday by the Allemania. The Louisiana Republican State Convention has recommended a July .session of Congress as needful for the proper reconstruction of the South. Old Jacob Raker, of the Rank of Com moree of Now Orleans, is said to have been tim first to take the bene? fit of tue bankrupt law. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has given 3(500 to the Association for the relief of destitute colored women. Idaho City, recently destroyed by fire, is being rebuilt at tho rato of one hundred buildings a week. , Edwin Booth ha.s been offered 610,000 for au engagement of two weeks, at St. Louis. Ijooal Items. CORRECTION. -Tho magazine laid on, our table (Frank Iieslie's) by Mr. McOnrter was for July; and not June, as priuted yesterday. POST OFFICE HOUES.-The oflice ia opou from 8 a. m. until 3l.> p. m., and from (5 uutil 7 p. m. The North? ern mail closes at 3,'.j p, m., and all Other mails close nt S p. in. VEGETABLES.-We are indebted to Mr. Geo. Lover, city gardener, foran extra-sized head of cabbage, raised by him. We havo weighed it, but will keep the weight to ourselves, uutil we ascertain if there are any heavier specimens of this vegetal.de growing in the city. HEMED Y FOR DULI. TIMES.-The best remedy for dull times is to ad? vertise freely. Merchants should not let their stocks stay shelved uutil they become old, stale and unprofit? able, for tho sake of thc small ex? pense it would cost them to adver? tise. If they try it regularly aud persistently, they will find tho in? vestment to be a paying one. I'EKSONAL.-Wo were highly pleased to receive a visit from our friend, Mr, S. H. King, of the Charleston Oi>'.-.HT, yesterday evening. Ho is in our city on business connected with the Courier, aud eau be found, for two or three doys, at Nickersou's Hotel. SWEETEit THAN HONEY.-For the benefit of our lady readers, we note a statement that two pounds of pure whito sugar, dissolved in ns much hot water as is necessary to reduce it to a syrup, and mixed with a pound of strained clean honey, and added warm to the melted sugar, will make a honey more palatable than the genuine article. REMITTANCES TO THIS OFFICE.-As several letters have failed to reach us, WO desire to say to all our friends who may be making remittances to this office, to do so either by "registered" letters or through the agency of the Southern Express Company. Thc latter is a reliable and safo mode of transmission on any line over which it does business. We hope those in? terested will attend to this request. TUE OLDEST PRESTER GONE.-The Selma (Ala.) Messenger chronicles the death, in Dallas County, on Saturday last, of Robert McKnight, in thc eighty-fourth year of his age. Mr. McKnight was, perhaps, the oldest printer in the United States, having commenced learning tho "art pre? servative of all arts" in Georgetown, S. C., in 1798, and until within a few years was able to work at the case. He was an honest, industrious aud good man, and not .vi tl ist anding the poverty in which ho died, was much respeoted by all who knew him. He was the father of Mr. R. A. Mc? Knight, of tho Unionville Times, and of Major George McKnight. Ul HILL BUSINESS.-One of the slowest, and hardest, and most un? necessary jobs ever undertaken, is for a man to build np a successful business without advertising. Fifty or a hundred years ago it was easier, because there was less competition, aud tho facilities for getting adver? t?s? ments before the - public were not so good; but in thc jostle of modern competition, those who sit clown and wait for customers aro almost ?ure not to get many of them, while by judicious advertising a man may, ii. six week?, mako his name und busi? ness as familiar to tho public a.-? those of his competitors Q? twenty year* standing. Jon PnrxTrxa.-The Job Office ol the PJuonix is as complete as any ?:. the South. It is furnished with neu fonts of type of all descriptions and of the most modern styles. All work executed promptly, with taste and skill, and at reasonable ratos. NEW AiivF.r.TisEMi:xTs.- At tent?n i -. .... nd io ( u following advertisements, which ire published thin morning for the flr?l I ll. D. Manahan-One-horse Carriage Clcaveland Mineral Spring* Apply at this Office-housekeeper. Fisher ot Heinitsh-ilepatya. Som o four weeks ago, mticlpaiing heavy declina in goods, Bi. lt. 0. tthtvt-j commenced hi? grandcloarng ?nie?, wh:. 1. wan ? success; for tho deiiuu han coate, and M..h it a large lot of Jew gooils. So that his will be tbs place f> buy new gor? aud at low prices. The first Catholic Auvent in West? ern Massachusetts A being erected at Chicopee. / /