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Thursday Morning, August 1, 1867. Oilkt-iioliling. Northern papers of every political complexion ?ire busy wi?x tho subject ?of negro office-holding, mid thc pro? bability, now 'hat tho right is consi? dered conceded to that class,, of their .availing thonwelves ?f this: privilege, -And the consequences which will at-i tend thia event. That tli? negro, as ti coteiriporary says, should aspire Ho gpfiice, is most natural, in view of lys enfranchise? ment and newly acquired rightj to suffrage; and-tbuthe should consider himself qualified, uow that capacity andr political experience have ?been brought into disreputo by the dis? franchisement of nearly all our capa? ble Southern whites, is a fact not?o bo wondered nt. l?olyjpg upon the strength which ho is given at tho ballot-bog^, by tho general eufran chiscmc?4-of his race, the colored man will act with a knowledge of his power, and the class of whites, who expect to ride into power and notice by tho disqualification of men of their own color, will lind, in the very element from whom- thoy expect sup? port, opposition of a formidable cha? racter, mid tvhieh will blast nil their hopes o? public advancement. The colored mau sees himself in a posi? tion which promises every hope of advancement, and the claim that one of the ritce is entitled to the nominu ? tiou for the Vice-President, is but the prelude to others which were siire to follow. Wo make the following extract j from tho ^iow York World, n conser? vative n^per, in which the event ap? prehended is shown to be most pro? bable. The-cousequcnccs, as pictured by ^le World, partake, in- s great measnre', of the appearance of proba? bility, and will doubtless bc product . ive of a political revolution which may yet lead us forth from tho st?to of anarchy and chaotic confusion into which those very measures have brought us. "Thu disfranchisement of nearly .til tho iiiU-Kigeiit aud capable South? ern -whites tends to bring capacity "and political experience into disre? pute. The negroes are not likely to be wiser than the laws which invest them with power. When the laws .seta stigma on capacity and expe? rience, the negro, who derives all his importance from the same laws, will not hold these qualifications in ho? nor. When tile laws which malee him eligible to all offices, declare everybody ineligible who has ever held an office, they educate tho negro into contempt fer mental qualifica? tions, aud teach him that it commu? nity is moro likely to prosper by os? tracising its most capable men than by electing'them to office. Even if tho negroes should be disposed to vote for qualified candidates, t iioy will not he pormitted, all such men # being degraded into political .out vasts. "Legislation which thus does vio? lence to common sense, aud inverts the order of nature, by ordaining that th*; tail of society, which con? tains no brains, shall be. its head, and the head, which hus the brains, shall draggle in the dirt, such prepos? terous legislation leads to no good. The negroes will be justified in elect? ing themselves to office, when thej can find nobody moro capable wilona the law permits them to choose, lint a Government thus composed of, and controlled by, the most igno rant classes, will Excite the con tempi mid derision of the intelligent part ol the community. Ht canw never bc self-sustaining, for tho reason that tlw whites, who will scorn aud dr liilt' it, are a majority of the in!.ubi tauts, though they may be a minority of tho voters. The reconstruction scheme of Congress^ therefore, entail.' upon tho tax-payers of the whoh country tli^ purpetuul burden ol maintaining great annies in tin Kout hern Stetes, to keep down tin majority and prevent a bloody con ilict of tlie two races thus placed it unnatural relations." The World, in tho above two para graphs, gives food for reflection t( both races.,, Our jjwsitioii, as it al? ways bus boen, is Alt of doing all in oar power to rest A 4>eac^ and har? mony nnjtong ourselves, and to regain our position, as t?f people of one of tho States of tho Union, to our lost, or forfeited, rights in that Union. Bynojactor political movement ou their part, should our people now ob? struct the process of reconstruction, for upon the final accomplishment of ^this depends everything. Partisans or political aspirnuts should bo avoid? ed nnd their teachings utterly ig? nored, if wo .wish io beconip onoe moro a happy ami prosperous people. Tito Crops und their Jk'rmluocl-a. We are pelad to learn from our Wostcru.^B^Ugtfgcs, timi the crops are fast reciipcramig from tho losses in? flicted by the heavy rains of last month, and that tinder the powerful influence of a Julythey now look promising. TliA?JJ^jrr.?u-h of the army Worm, wMcu has been heralded by tho arrival of tito grass worm, bas been fortunately entirely foiled by thd^ate Hot weather, and tho Ranger is now considered as over. The cotlon crop, and, indeed, nil the crop?, is ns much Um. property (if not more) of tho freedman as of his employer, silice ' tho cost of rais? ing them is, first o_* all, to bo paid to tho laborer; and it may oven be safely asserted that tho plauter will receive legs, in comparison, than the hands he employs. In this connection, we are gratified to notice that tho views I we have expressed upon cotton and ! the cotton* tax, have been expensively j published by our Southern-exchanges. I If tho laborers on the pluutaifous of the South do not get n better reward ! for their persevering efforts and ar I duous labor, tho fault is with tho I Congress, which still retains the uu ? just Jax upon their labor. Without ; this tux, each hand working for half crops, would, on thc six bales he i raises", receive thirty-five io forty dol i lars more-a sum su?icicnt to clotho j himself and family comfortably for ; one year. Let our I '.boring class re ^ fleet upon tho facts which wo have , presented. j THE VETO.-Tho. New York Even j ing Past, opposes the President's veto : and dofeuds Congress, - tying, how? ever, that '"Tt is'not tho Southern '? fieoplo who snffer by the present ? system, but those of tho Xor:h. * * 1 lhat is tho truth bf tho matter; thu : prosear, policy is not so unhappy ?for th o Sou thorn St.it es, but ?tis dangerous ; io tm country nt large', and tho longer it continues the more dangerous and ! mischievous must be its results. J This is plain to most thoughtful ; men; it is not denied hy any except I the most bitter extremists." ! The Express thinks that no corni j try but one fresh from the horrors and trials of a frightful civil war could or wotdd tolerate the despotism of Congress. The men of tho South submit to it because they are broken in spirit, broken in fortune, ond every way defeated. Men in tho North tolerate it because they are blind, besotted and ?cowardly, and Massachusetts louds the assault. A DILEMMA FOB THIS PBES?DENT. "Jf tile President does not violate the Constitution in tho execution of tho military despotism act," says the ?Kew York Eepress, "ho will be im? peached next winter, und it is for liiin to decide whether tho honors of the Presidency are worth a violation of tho Constitution, or, iii other phrases, whether posterity will acquit him of the responsibility of turning a large portion of t'ni.i country over to military despotism, through tho apprehension of losing his placo." -4 -*>-?-. The blackberry crop has attracted , such general attention this year that I the radicals iusist on tho word colored berries, out of respect for th< ir bosom associates of Africnu lineage. France. . There have boen recently, in the Corps Legialattff, some ' debute*, whioh show that a strong" anti-Napo leon pnrty is being formed in France. The Now.York Herald, in noticing thom, says; No one cnn rend them without feel? ing convinced that the anti-Napo? leonic feeling, which has always ex? isted, and which of lato has been known to be powerful, is acquiring greater strength and manifesting greater boldness. THE Thiers is. not afraid to exclaim, that "while hd is unwilling to question tho gonerulain cerity of the. Govern ment, he caunot admit its honesty in mattera finan? cial." Al. Richardseonvicts the Go verninent of positive falsehood; and AI. Gamier Pages, after a most gloomy picture had beeu drawn by another deputy, had the temerity to ask, "whether such was tho result o\ a fifteen years' reign?" It is equally manifest that, notwithstanding great outward show und much apparent prosperity, tho empire is really bnr dennd with a crushing incubus of debt, A debt of 880,000,000 francs i certainly justifies thu language used j by n deputy, a few days ago, when j he spoke of it as "the price of the ? empire." To our mind, howoveiytho ! most alarming thing was tho war i spirit which waa manifested (luring the progress of tbs debate. The al? tered und isolated position of France was deplored. Prussia, Russia, lang? land, Italy, all were against her.- A? ! lies she had hone. The only al I Hunte at once available and Jesirablc I was that of Austria. Prussia wsa j stronger in money and men tuan ever, and uiighC be regarded as ! Franc"'? "first possible adversary." 'Italy, already impatient of the sn-' j premaey of France!, would be too glad J of an opportunity I" join her ene ; mies. England would not object to i Russia, marching to Constantinople, and Russia would encourage England J to take posse.-sion of Egypt. Was j the Suez Canal-the glory of the age, au offspring of French genius-was it to fall into English bauds? Never, never. France ?md Egypt would : prevent it. These sentiments may ; have boon expressed for another and a deeper purpose than that which was oppnrout. T!?ey may and probably ! were uttered rather in the interests of thc Government than against it. I Whatever migl\t be tho object for which thoy wt re uttered, the simple : fact that they could-be expressed, ! and expressed amid signs of all bul universa! approbation, is proof suffi oient that Prance is deeply dissatis? fied with her attitude among the na? tions, that t'.. wilt spirit is reviving among her 'people, and that she will seize the first opportunity to recover, if possible, the p isilion which, rightly or wrongly, she believes she has lost. The situation of Napole?n at the present moment is, therefore, pecu? liar. For fifteen years, thc empire has been dazzling nu.I magnificent: thia last year has been the most daz? zling and the mos! magnificent which tho empire bassoon. , The princes of the earth have come to visit this mo? dern Solomon, and to behold bis glory. His name was to fill the whole earth, France-was to be tho greatest of nations, Paris the greatest of capi? tals, and Napoleon thc greatest of monarchs. The programme, how evor, has-not been ended. The Ex? position is not yet closod. The royal visitors have not all returned to their hornes.^ Some of them are still in France, gazing at tho splendors. It would all have been well but for this stupid Corps Lsgislatiff. They have bungled the whole business. Rut for them, the illustrious strangers would have gone home, each to his own country, and proclaimed each to his own people thu glory of France and the wisdom aud greatness of her Em? peror. But now, alas! tho veil has been removed, and beneath all this I ! outward splendor, this dnzzlo and ! I magnificence, they behold hollow I ness, rottenness, corruption, and hear l firm but suppressed cries of dee]) . discontent. Filled with shame and ; disappointment because of these un- j expected disclosures, what will Nape- i leon db? With a burdensome and ! increasing debt, with a rebellious and '> open-mouthed Assembly, with the ! < ntiro nation grumbling because of imagined disgrace, with murmured disapproval in immy quarters of the ; empiro and, its chief, and with the 1 I ghost of Maximilian, wrathful and : rebuking, ever stalking at his elbow, ? what will Napoleon do? Wc must. , wait a little to seo. . Kelley's Island, in Jjako Erie, is . expected this year to produce grapes I I enough for 240,000 gallons of wino. I SKKSTDDB.-The Chattanooga (Ten? nessee) Union-Vana ?dvises tho more respectable p?stiou of tho people ot Tennessee: ; "When, the President's children ask-for an egg,'ho gives them a scor? pion. When they seek protection from thqJJuited States against Brown-' low's militia, he refers them to Gen. Thomas, whose admiration for tho militia is scarcely excelled by his gra? titude to $he father of it for his nomi? nation to the Presidency. We think tho less Tennesseans have to do with asking protection of the Ihiited States, and the more earnestly they apply themselves to thc defeat of Brownlow at tho ballot box, th* bet? ter it, will bo for them." v A shrewd Taukee is managing tho Chicago Young Men's Christian Asso? ciation. lie take.s all the letters put in the po!ft office there, without stamps, supplies what ar?; wau ted and sends thom on their way. with a little printed label: "This letter was deposited in thu Chicago post office unpaid. Under the rules it would have been sent to the dead letter office: Tho Young Men's Christian Association hilve paid the postage. In return for thc favor please remit, to aid ns in out? work, such ?um its you can afford. Address:;-Young Men's Christian Association, IdG Madison street, Cbi c igo.? Lots of money comes back, iOinotimcs live and ten dollar bi's. Since tho partial opening of thc Sue/, Canal au arrrnngeuient has-been made between the Sudbahu, the NTordbahn, and the Russian Railroad authorities for a direct communica? tion between ?St. Petersburg and Trieste. A ton of Indian or bevan tine goods will be conveyed, accord? ing to this arrangement, from Trieste to .St. Petersburg for 130 francs. Fifty thousand hundred ?weight of dil bas dread)- been transmitted in accordance with this agreement, which would Otherwise have been sent by .sea. Tho Suez Canal Com? pany has also established an agency nt Vienna for the transit trade. A Unsian archaeologist, M. Fili monoiF, who wasr?senlly iu Paris on a vin: tn the Exhibition, has started the idea of establishing au interna? tional arehteologioal society. Th? pTojeot bas benn favorably received by several o Wier areli; ?elogista, and *M. Maud .green, ol Stockholm, has assisted M. FilimonofTjn drawing up a set of regulation for Ibo new society, which have been already submitted to tho French Govern? ment. It is proposed to admit nrchtetdogists of all nations ti? the society, and to hold congresses, in tho principal capitals of Europe. A Massachusetts paper describes nu entirely new apparatus for manu? facturing lumber, a complete saw? mill, having ita engine attached di? rectly to tho saw sash by tho piston rod. The sash works iu two upright standards of east iron, which are made to carry the feed-rollers, pres? sure-rollers, Ac., thus bringing thc work within a very small space. In? deed, the whole mill only occupies a ground anace of ten feet eight inches by four feet, exclusive of the cars for carrying tho logs, and yet it is caleu? la', ed to carry forty or fifty saws. Tiru SAINTS OF UTAH.-Brigham Young is in some trouble, but then his great family influence will enable him to divorce himself from his difficulties nud iiually enjoy his new Zion unmolested. Ono or two of tho Saints have fallen from grace, but they lind only a few dozen wives apiece, anti, therefore, are not of much importance. Brigham has the women on his side, and holds the church treasure; thus double armed, lu; doesn't care a bawbee for back? sliders. Tiie Boston Transcript suya: "The moths have, succeeded in shutting nj) <>n?! ot thc most fashionable churches for thc season, lt seems that these troublesome little .creatures have been multiplying in tho new and elegant, mee ting house on Bolyeston street (Dr. Gannett'?) until it has be? come necessary lo close the house und strip it of all its unbolstery, in order to save it from utter ruin, to say nothing of tho clothing of tho attendant;. " - "Poisoned Hash" ia-tho title of a cheerful romance now being pub? lished in n Now York weekly paper. Tho same article is issued daily at several boarding houses in and out of tho Union. -J.UI_U-LL -?jp? - Local .TtoTT^j. j HAnmn ron Auousr.-We aro in? debted to Messrs. Duffie & Chapman for ? copy of the above. W. Muller, Esq., who for so many years WAS principal of the Female Academy, has returned tu Columbia and resumed his former avocation. Head his advertisement, and particu? larly notice the extremely low rates of tuition. _ _ Kev. 1). J. Simmons will please ac? cept our thauks fora copy of the pro? ceedings of tho "Twenty-third Ses? sion of the "National Division S. of T. of X. A., Wilmington^ Delaware. July 10, 18G7." Thackeray's Lectures. Tim English, j Humorists. The Four Georges. Complete in one volume. 1 The admirers of Thackeray will i . I glad to have these lectures iu a coin j pact and elegant form, and certainly tho copy before us ?eaves little to bo desired in thc above respects. Type, paper and binding are uuoxception . able. . In the series treating of "Tko Eng ' lish Humorists," Thackeray presents himself to us in an unusually amiable aspect. Ile drops the cynical sheer j which be too often wears while exhi i biting tho puppets of his brain, and be? comes the genial, sympathetic admire: of his literary kindred1 in tho grave. Talking, in exquisitely easy an '. idiomatic English, not oftho book-. ' but of the writers themselves, he summons up ju succession before us tho great wits of tho last age. Swift. Addison, Steele, Pope, Prior, Gay. Fielding, sSlerne, Goldsmith, ave presented to us in their habits :. they lived; we seem to stand in their presence, and tiugle in our Augers aa if we had shaken their great dead bands. There is a" light of charity shed over these lectures, which makes , them especially delightful, lt puta ono in a good humor le read them. Yet Thackeray is, of course, hot tba man to pass over i!> ? faults and vice* of Iiis favorite authors. All of th es: however, arc most tenderly touched. F.vou tba stern, unlovable Swift hr. ' a word or two from Thackeray in hU behalf. Sterne, with his hollow hearted sentimentality, is tho only, , one who catches thc lull swing of the satirical lash. . * The series conclude with an exqui? site essay on charity and hnmor, ::: which Thackeray pays a most gene? rous and eloquent tribute Ur Dickens, in ^ho lectures upon the Four , Georges, Thackeray is his cyni \ cal self again. T?ie subject suited i bim well. Such a merciless, mock? ing exposure of tho pretensions of . royalty, is hardly to bc found in the ' records of satire. ' Tho book-capital summer reading j ^-may bo obtained of Mr. J. J. I McCarter, to whom we aro indebted I for a copy. ' -?POST OFFICE Hoiins.-The office is j open from 8 a. m. until 3,'.? p. m., ? und from G until 7 p. m. Tho North I ern marl closes at 3^' p. m., and all j other mails close at 8 p. m. Jon PniNTina.-The Job Office of i tho Phoenix is as complete as any in the South. It is furnished with new j fonts of type of all descriptions and I of the most modern stylos. All work 1 executed promptly, with tasto and skill, and at reasonable rates. NEW/VnvEBTisEsiKNTs.-Attention (n eall* \ ?d'i the follofrinKadvertisements, uhicL ?ro publidbod this moriiing?for the iir*.. thud; John McIntosh --House to Kent. Convocation Union Council No. 3. List of better? in Columbi* Post Oihcc. Citation hv Douglas B, !>. HauAswo. W. Muller School Ni :: c. P. Jackson--Mosquilo Nets. .Ve. A. B. Wallace -Government Tnxes. A lino lot of Desirablo doods have just I hoon opoued by Mr. lt. C. .Shiver, who stn. adheres to his popular principle of uoc \ articles for little money. Hoad bis adver 1 tiscmebt, and then examine tho good*.