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TERMS: TWO 73 OLL ABS AND A HALF FEE ANNUM, IN UNITED STATES CCRRESCT. ' RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rutes of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion 'and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertiso by the year. g?"* For announcing a candidate. Five Dollars in advance. The Confederate Congress. The Galaxy for December publishes an article irom Mr. Edward A. Pollard, en? titled "The Confederate Congress?A chapter in the history of the late war." OF course Mr. Pollard says some very se? vere things of that Congress, as also, in? cidentally, "ot Mr. Davis, the President of the Confederacy. We extract the follow? ing : Thcro were, properly, two Southern Congresses, two distinct legislative organ? izations in the history of the war; one Provisional, tho other permanent. The j Provisional Congress was composed of delegates sent to Montgomery, and after? ward.to Richmond, by the different State Conventions, as they respectively passed Ordinances of Secession. It was part of the political structure, designed merely lor carrying on a war which it was sup? posed would continue lor only a few months; and it is a fact not generally no? ticed or estimated, that it was designed :tt Montgomery to determine a permanent j system of government for tho South only alter tho war had concluded, and to ac-, eommodate its result:*. The length and J pro-occupation of the war defeated this design, und so busy was the South repell? ing the enemy in February 1SG2?the pe? riod appointed for a permanent organiza? tion of the government?that there was no time for tiie political after-thought, no littie to execute a design, which possi? bly lurked in the minds of some of the Southern leaders, to change the form ot government; and thus tiie provisional passed into the permanent government with slight eoretntuij*, and without even ? -canvass or an opposing candidate to question the succession ot .Mr. Davis to *he Presidency or to disturb hit}authority, lie ascended from the mere provisional chief of a rebellion to the office ot Presi? dent of the Confederate States for the term of six years, without question, with? out effort or .concession, making no change-whatever in his cabinet, or-in the executive- branches of his government. The decision that excluded military of? fice re from Congress was, probably, just, but in many respects unfortunate. It accounts for that extreme intellectual depredation which made the Confederate Congress a peculiar slock of shame in the war,.,actually one of the weakest and most insane bodies that ever mot under the title-of a legislative assembly in his? torical timed. It came, at last, to be com? posed chiefly of two classes?Mien who wore never beiore publicly known, or old politicians, loo far broken down in their fortunes to attempt new careers or to he invited by the prospect of military honors. When the Permanent Congress came in ? which it did vvuen Mr. Davis was in? augurated President on the '12d of Feb? ruary, 1862?it was hoped that there would be an infusion of new blood and vigor in this withered branch of the G??v eminent. It commenced weil, with the passage of a conscription law, in place of tiie old Kystom of volunteers. The critical value of this Jaw ma}' be estimated from the fact that nearly two-ihiids of the forces with which General Lee, some months later, saved Richmond from the hosls of McClellan, were gathered under its operations. In tho conscription law, Congress de? manded from the people the greatest of sacrifices; and it followed the act by reso iutions, offered by Mr. Ra wies of Alabama, and unanimously adopted, announcing to the world that -'it is the unalterable de? termination of the people of the Canfeder ato States to suffer all the calamities of the most protracted war, but that they will never, on any terms, politically affili? ate with a people who are guilty of an invasion of their soil and the butchery of their citizens." Would it be believed that after such testimonies, this Congresa would, a fow weeks later, give, in the person of its own members, an exhibition of the most arrant cowardice and tho meanest selfishness?an exhibition almost incredible, and unparalleled, perhaps, in similar historical circumstances in modern times. It was at the time when McClellan was approaching Richmond, arid it was feared that the Confederate Capital would fall into his possession. It was a memorable season of popular alarm; there were un? easy whispers in Richmond; a panic was threatened; and it was just that critical period when the authorities were required and called upon to do everything to nourish and sustain public confide ice. The infamous response of Congress to the popular alarm was to exceed it, to adjourn precipitately, to break up in confusion, its members fleeing to the safety of their obscure homes, amid the execrations of the press, the houtings of the populace, I and with even the contempt of the women j thrown after them. The cowardice of the Congress in this flight from McClelian was so extravagant that the people of Richmond actually took heart Iroin its coutrast to their own reasonable fears, in which they had not yet lost their self possession, and amused themselves in ridieulincr and lampooning it. The Rich? mond Whig announced the hasty adjourn menl and its consequences in the follow? ing paragraph: l:For fear of accidents on the railroad, the stampeded Congress left in a number of the stronges'. and newest canal boa Is. These boats are drawn by mules of ap? proved sweetness of temper. To protect the stnmpcders from the snakes and bull? frogs that abound along the line of the canal, General Winder has detailed a reg ment of ladies to march in advance of the mules, and clear the tow path of the pirates. The ladies will accompany the stampeders to a secluded cave in the mountains of Hepsidain, and leave them there in charge ot the children of the vicinage, until McClelian thinks proper to let them come forth. The ladies re j turn to I lie defence of their country." J The Confederate Congress re-assembled at Richmond in August, 1862, to enler N|><-n a prolonged It-rm ot existence, which, f ii" some time, was scarcely more than a dreary servitude to Mr. Davis. The appearance of the Congress was singularly plain and unimposing. It was mostly composed of men who were as or? dinary in appearance as they were dull in mind. Its surroundings were excessively democratic, dingy and dirty, and the poverty of the Confederacy scarcely af-. toided those conveniences and accesso? ries, if not luxuries, which one is accus tomcd to sec in the halls of our legislation. The Congress sat in the "Slate House,'1 and such was the want of convenient room, that the Senate was forced to oc? cupy a room in the third story, separated by a simple railing from the audience; the only apparent distinction between it and the lough crowd (for there was no accommodation for ladies) being that tho Senators cat, while the listeners and loafers, having not even benches, were j satisfied to find standing room on the same floor, with the slight separation we have described. The House had a better ! chamber; but the bare walls, where there were no paintings, the uncusbioncd chairs, the dingv desks, slashed with pocket knives, and the altitudes of members, with their heels in the air. or their bodies sprawled over two ur three chairs, gave one but lillle idea of legislative dignity or decorum. There were not more than half a dozen men iff both Houses who were before known to the country, or had enjoyed a reputation a hundred miles from home. There were Congressmen from districts overrun by ihe enemy, who had been elected by a few dozen ot soldiers' voles cast in camp. It was absurd to find Sen? ators- and Representatives from Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, etc.. holding their seals by virtue of a handful of voles casi by soldiers from these respective Stales, in the camps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Among these unworthy mem? bers of Congress were some ridiculous figures, and not a few rustic curiosities, who suggested the backwoods and the sedge-fields. The men who relieved some? thing of the rude and ludicrous aspect of the body had generally served before in the old Congress at Washington ; but it was olten remarked that even they ap? peared to have lost their former force and dignity, and to have been belittled by the company in which they were misplaced. There were of remarkable members in the HVuse. Mr. Fouic. who spuke classical fclnglish. and dealt historical illustrations to the unapprecialing homespun* mem? bers, a voluble debater, but a filleted with extravagance and a colicky delivery; William Pol eher Allies, ol S.or.th Carolina, smooth, gentlemanly, scrupulously dress? ed, a master of deportment, deprecating anything like violence in speech or man? ner ; Barksdale, of Mississippi, the especial friend and champion of Air. Davis, tho leader 0,1 the Administration party in tlie House, a small, dark-featured man, who spoke so vehemently as sometimes to overrun the rules of grammar, but really forcible, dealing rude blows with facts and solid arguments. In the Senate were Vancey, of Alabama, the silver-tongued orator of the Souiii, speaking a subdued but luxuriant language, quite unlike that of the American hustings; Wigfall, ol Texas, fierce, impatient, incandescent, il? lustrating another school of eloquence; Orr, of South Carolina, an excellent man in the committee-room, but as heavy and blundering asa school boy in bis speeches; and Hill, ol Georgia, the very picture o* a smooth and plausible mediocrity, having much of address and of gentlemanly equivocations, inclining to the adminis? tration of the President, but at an angle nico and variable in degrees. In a body chiefly composed of unculti? vated men?to which have been men? tioned as exceptions the names above? there might naturally be expected some breaches of decorum and some scenes of personal violence. Indeed, several most extraordinary scenes of this sort occurred in the Confederate Congress, which were either suppressed in the newspapers, or were but meagrely and tenderly mention? ed in their columns. The newspapers were generally taught an obligation to put all Confederate af? fairs in the color of the rose, and to dress them up in the stiftest garments of dig? nity. To relate anything prejudicial to ! the Confederacy, to mention even a de? rogatory social incident, was to incur in the minds of Certain vain and paltry, but numerous persons in ihe South, the charge of publishing "contraband" mat? ter, or of at least lacking in proofs of Southern patriotism. It was thus, to an extent, that the reader of this day can scarcely believe that public opinion in ihe Southern Confederacy was disarmed, and a wretched Congress passed almost un? challenged, and unnoticed through a his? tory ot vile excesses and flagitious sccnos. Rut there is yet something to be said of this Congress, of serious historical im? portance, in another part of ibis article wo have referred to some exceptional animation in it toward the end ol the war. It came from sin opposition to President Davis, in which Congress was led by a lew men of power, incited by the press, and aroused and alarmed by the evidently declining fortunes ol the Confederacy. If it had had the intellectual capacity and the nerve, its disposition would have carried it to the extent ot a coup d'etat against Mr Davis. Jl is remarkable that this Congress, which had lived so dishonorably, giving so much of imbecile and disgraceful record to the Southern story of the war, should have fitly expired in a weak and disrepu? table recrimination with President Davis. Its last official act was to raise a com mi t ' tt>e in tho Senate to report upon a message I in which Mr. Davis had reproved iL for j J designing To abandon the affairs of the i Confederacy, and lo leave important in- j tercsts unprovided for, as the enemy ap? proached and pressed upon the rapitol. lie wrote: "The ciipilol cf tho Confeder? ate Slates is now threatened, and it is iu greater danger than it has heretofore been during the war." Congress replied that it had finished its legislation, that it pro posed to adjourn, and that whatever cul? pability there might he for any improvi? dence of the Government, it did not lie at the doors of tho legislative department. Jt adjourned on the lSlh of March, 1805, j unwilling to witntss the end which it saw approaching.and repealing the cowardice of its flight in 3SG2, refused lo take an\ officinl lot in the final catastrophe. Thus meanly expired a legislative bod}-, re? markable in the annals of the world for its weakness and ignorance, whose record was a constant degradation of the Confed? erate name, and whose composition and nature will afford to tiie future historian an especial study among the contradic? tions and curiosities of the late war. --* The Country Pnrcss.?The Wilming? ton (X. C.) Daily Star, in the course of an article on this subject, pays the following high compliment to the country press of North and South Carolina, and at the same time gives some sensible hints to the people: Every county should have at least one newspaper; and every county, however small, should sustain its local paper hand? somely. It is mean, niggardly and dis? graceful tor any man who can read to re? fuse to subscribe any pay foi his county paper. We care not how poor he is, two or three dollars invested in a newspaper will prove an economical step. We lake the ground that every man ! should take a newspaper, even as a matter of selfish interest. Let him not think that he is doing the publisher a favor by sub- j scribing to his journal. This is an entire j mistake. The publisher gives him more ! than the worth of his money, we care not how inferior may be hisj publication. The country press of the two Carolinas is an honor to our people, and desctves ten times the encourageinei t it receives. Rut for newspapers the public would al? most relapse into barbarism. They would scarcely know whether they were living in the United States or Abysinnia. .And still they expect publishers to beg them for their patronage. This is a crying shame. Wc say unequivocally that, if necessary, it would pay every county to subscribe five thousand dollars yearly to keep up a first-class semi-weekly newspaper. This investment would be more than repaid in the increased virtue and intelligence of its people. Show us a community that supports liberally its local paper, crowd? ing its subscription books with patrons and overrunning its columns with adver listineiits. and we will show you a com? munity that is prudent, intelligent and prosperous. The country editor, if he be honest and capable, is a power in his county. lie is generally poor, but the impress of his mind is seen in ail the acts of his people. He is the sentinel on their watch tower; a beacon-light giving notice of every dan? ger that threatens their liberfies or their prosperity. It is a 6hame that he should be compelled to dun his subscribers for this miserable pittance due him from each. They may think it very proper lo thus embarrass him; but we are one ef that class who think it dishonest. We honor the Country Press oi the two Carolinas. It is the great bulwark of their liberties, and should be generously sus? tained. - A Well Merited Compliment.?We find in the Walhalla Courier tho following paragraph, which we transfer to our col limns i.s a just tribute to a highly deserv? ing oflicer: The Greenville and Columbia, and the Bine Ridge Railways, as well as th';great, i public generally, who may transact busi? ness, or take passage on the said roads, may well be congratulated on the fact that Mr. James O. Meredith is supcrinten dant of these lines. Mr. Meredith is a practical man?a railroad man?an ener? getic, thorough going business man, and although h*? is almost as reticent asJGrant, and makes but few words answer his pur? pose, it is nevertheless patent to all who know him, that whenever he moves, he means business, and the great interests under his direction feel and show this from the capital to the mountain terminus of our roads. With the Line Ridge comple? te;!, and such a man as Meredith to run the machine, the country will stand a good chance of a healt hy reconstruction. Arkansas.?The Memphis Appeal's Ark? ansas correspondence says that on the 10th ult., a body of two hundred men, claiming i to be military, entered tho town of Centre j Point, Sevier county, arrested all the in i habitants, marched them into an open I lieid, placed a guard over them, and then I proceeded to sack the town, after which j they left. The next day the citizens of the adjoining county flocked into the town, and a meeting was held to express I the sentiments of the people in regard to i the outrage. While the meeting was J progressing the same body of men dashed into the town and opened an indisenmin j nte fire upon the assembly, shooting a ! number of them, and arresting three of ! the oldest and best citizens, named Hester, ! Anderson, and Gilbert, they carried them I out to a field and shot them. The band is i st ill in possession of the town, j ? In New York city one hundred dol I Iura is sometimes paid to journalists lor ' writing a nowspapor advertisement'. Legislative Proceedings. In tho 1Iciu9o, on the 1st inst., ihe spe? cial committee to whom was rof'erretl the t evolutions in reference to the deaths of Martin and Randolph, reported substan? tially the resolutions offered by Ce-mlin? sen, and published in our lust issue-. Ap? propriate eulogies were delivered by six or eight Republican mumbers, and Messrs. Moore and Turner, Democrats, also spoke in reference to the resolutions, denying that the intelligence of the Slate gave countenance to theso murders. Elliott offered the following amend? ment : Resolved, That the members of the House do wear the usual badge of mourn? ing lor thirty days, and that a blank page ot the Journal be inscribed to the memory of the dectfased Representative, James Martin. Un the adoption of tlie amendment, the yeas and nays were called, and arc as follows: Yeas, 90 j nays, 7; absent and not vo? ting, 2li. Agreed to. The question then being taken on the resolutions, as amended, they were adopted. The following papers were presented, to be entered on t lie journals : The undersigned, Democratic members of the House of Representatives of South Carolina, fearing their aftimative vote on the amendment it) the resolutions in relation to the death of Mr. Martin, of Abbeville, should lie misunderstood, beg leave to state that they voted for the amendment because they considered it proper, und desired to show a disposition lo sustain any reasonable resolutions of honor and condolence they contained, while they expressly agreed, prior to the vole, that they could not sustain such of the ievolutions as attributed Iiis murder to political sentiments, und directly or indi? rectly fixed it on the Democratic party. We object to the last clause ot the pre? amble, and the gecoud and third resolu? tions, and feel it a duty we owe to our? selves and constituent*, in consequence of the explanatory remarks made Iry some of our friends, lo enter this statement upon the Journal. (Signed.) W. T. FIELD, W. C. KKITII, J. BRYANT, R. F SLUAX. SAMUEL L1TTLEJOHX. The undersigned, Laving ca-*t their votes in the negative, with regard lo the preamble und resolutions concerning the assassination of the late James Martin, member of the House from Abbeville Comity, lest *oine false impression might bo conveyed by said vote, beg leave lo slate that, while I bey are ready and will? ing to sustain any appropriate action on the part #f this House, in respect to the death of any of ii? member*, and while they do heartily co-opemtc in denouncing any man, or set of meu, who would ren? der the law insecure by taking it into their own baud*, and perpetrating crimes that should be condemned by all good citizens, uevtrtbeleus solemnly protest against the laying ol the charge of the assassination of Mr. Marlin, either direct? ly or indirectly, to the Democratic party of Snuth Carolina, of which ihey are rep? resentative*. (Signed.. CLAUDE C. TURNER, JOHN B. MOORE, JOHN WILSON, W. G. STEWART, O. M. DOYLE. R. M. SMITH. W. W. WALLER. In order to understand ihe explanation offered by Messrs. Field, Sloan and others, it must be remembered that "the last clause of the preamble" charged thai "Martin was murdered solely because ol his political associations," and also that the second and third resolutions broadly intimated that the "intelligence ami re? spectability'' of the Stale were responsible for theee murders, and aiding in thwart? ing the authorities in the attempts made to arrest the guilty par tie*. Wednesday, December 2. We make the following extracts from the proceedings of tho House : Mr. Turner introduced the following preamble and resolution : Whereas, more than three years have elapsed since the conclusion of the war for the supremacy ot the Government of United Stales; and whereas h large por? tion ot the citizens of South Carolina are held under political bonds by the Congress of the- United btales, because of their sympathy lor or participation in the late war against the United Slates; and whereas we regard the punishment ol this class of our citizens un having been equal lo Ihu demands of justice, and that they arc willing and anxious in good faith to renew their allegiance lo the Federal Government; and whereas we believe a course of conciliation and for? giveness in best calculated to secure the blessing of harmony, peace and prosperity to all classes of our people; and whereas His Excellency the Governor, in his mes? sages to the General Assembly, has i earnestly recommended that Congress he memorialized to remove all political disa-! bililiesfrom the citizensofSouth Carolina; j therefore, be it Resolved, By the House of Representa? tives of the State of South Carolina, the j Senate concurring, That we hereby mem? orialize the Congress of the United Slates to remove Ihe political disabilites from all the citizens of South Carolina now labor I ing under the same. On motion of Mr. George Lee. it was I referred to the Committee on Political I ?i^?bilififs, with instructions to report as soon as practicable. J 3Ir. Doyle iuirodnced tho following i preamble und resolutions, which were! referred to th?> Committee on educalion :! Whereas. Section b\ ot General Order j No. 139, Headquarter* Second Military ! District, entitled "Appropriations for the j year commencing October 1,18G7,"am?ng j Others, 825,001) is set apart for the support! of free schools, which amount remains in ' I the Treasury and undrawn ; and whereas ! many teachers in the Slate, on the fuitli ; of said appropriation* opened and taught' their schools, admitting poor scholars to j the full benefit of instruction ; therefore, be it Resolved, By the House of Representa? tives, the Senate concurring, That the Treasurer of the State be authorized and required to pay over to the School Com? missioners ot the various counties the pro rata share of the said appropriation due to each county. Resolved, That each School Commis? sioner, on receiving tlie share due to his county, shall give reasonable notice by advertisement or otherwise, to teachers to render in their accounts for tuition of poor scholars, from the 1st of October, ist;;, to the 1st of October, 18S8; and alter estimating the pro rata sum due to each, shall pay over the same in accor? dance with the laws heretofore governing Commissioners of Free Schools except wherein the same is modified by said order. ?-- ? Our Indian Wars. Mr. A. H. Jackson of New York city, has compiled from the official record, and wid soon publish a statement of the cost and causes of the several Indian wars during the last thirty-seven years, com? mencing with the Black Hawk war ot ISoI. ijL. which cost, directly. j?,0?U,?00 ?indirectly, destruction of property, em? ployment of militia, volunteers, pensions. iVc., *').UUU,UUU more, making an aggregate of $?,UU?,U??, attended with a loss of 4?? of our 'people. Officers of the army and Government, including the present Secre? tary of the Interior, who served through this war, are unable, even at this late day. to give the real cause of that conflict ? They are confident that il was forced upon the Indians in ihe interest of broken down politicians and speculators. The Seminole or Florida war lasted nearly seven years, employing the army ami navy, the militia of Florida, and vol uuteeiw from of the (ither Stales, costing 1,500 lives, and SlOO.OOU.UOU. '1 l.e num? ber of Indians engaged, as estimated by the a "rent, was 5i?u warriors. Ihear.nv oiliccrs estimated their number at 1 ,uUu. nearly 300 of ihetn ulill remaining in the evergladeS of Florida; the others were removed wfr*t ot the Mississippi. .Those ?tili in Florida proie?l that they were never whipped. Tho lirhl cause of this outbreak was in consequence of interpre? tation ^Keu lo three treaties?one requir? ing lint removal ot the Seminoms, the whipping ot an Indian and the imprison uuo.il ot Otceolu, who escaped and became Ike leader of the war party. About the s.iuje time a difficulty ?ccuived with the Greeks, Cherokees, and oilier Indians, costing in the aggregate ?1,000,000. lu ih?l the ?ioux war of the plains commenced; the cause,an Indian killed a cow worth $lu, the property ot a Mor? mon emigrant. This war lasted nearly four years, and cosi about SOU lives and S4U,UU0,00O. In 18U4 the Cheyenne war which lasted nearly a year, costing 1.U?U lives, and. with the Sioux war at about the same lime, $G0;UU0,OU0. Cause of the outbreak with lh? Cheyennes, a false charge made aginst them of stealing a horse worth ?f)l>. With the Sioux, the opening ot a road and the establishment of u road in their country, in violation ot treaty ?lipulalionv. The war with ihe Cheyennes ended by a treaty of peace in the tall of le'G5; with the Sioux u.Mtil the recent treaty with Ihetn by the Peace Commission. Cheyenne war again for seven months in lHo". in consequence of the burning ol their village by General Hancock, cost about 3JU lives, and from $l?,?j ,UU0 lo ^15.000,000 ; not fully settled up yet. Six Indians killed. On the Pacific slope, during tho last twenty years. Indian outbursts have cost in the aggregate, SoOU ,000,000. In New Mexico Territory, since the ac? quisition of that Territory, three cam paigns against the Navajoes have cost ?80,000,000?the cause, ihe enslavement ol Navujoe women and children by the Mexicans. The troubles in thai Territory with Indians have mads it cost this Gov? ernment 8150,000,0110. Indian troubles mi .1 small scale in some of t he States and Territories, with the expense growing out of a war. the claims ot destruction ol private property, will make our Indian troubles foot up nearly 81.000,000,000 during the last forty years, ami in almost every case the fault was with the whites. The present conflict with the Chey? ennes. Apaches, Arrapahoes, Kiowas, and Coinanches grew out oi a failure to fulfil treaty agreements, and ihe blundering of some of our military officers. To destroy the roving Indians?fool? ishly advocated by some?will cost^ Inking the Seminole war as a criterion. 37.000 of our people, and 51,000.000,000, and keep 100,000 troops employed ten yours ? Two Sucker girb, driving in a bug? gy on a plank road, were stopped and asked for tho toll. uITow much is it?"? -For a man and a horse,'' replied tho gate man, "tho charge i?. filty cents." '-Wel:,! then, git nut of the way. for wo are two i gals and a mare. Git up. Jenny." And j away they went, leaving the man in mule j astonishment. ? A yonng writer wishes to know of I us ??which magazine will give mo the highest position quiekest?" We reply, a powder magazine, if contribute a fiery article. The Intelligencer Job Office. Flaying recently made considerable additions to this department, we arc prepared to execute JD3 TOES ?5 M? itHKi-g ; In the neatest style and or. the mo?t roaponnblf j terms. Legal Blank's, Dili Honda, Posters, t'urds, I Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fuel even? sijle of work usually dot-.e in noonnuy Pi-inline i office. %t2p In Jill casfP, the mcr.c-y will be required j upon delivery of the work. Orders, ac<:ompaiii*-*i ! with il.e cash, will receive prompt attention. AiTairs in Columbia The correspondence of the Charleston Weies, writing under date of the 29th ult., furnishes the Ibllowiug items: Mr. Reuben Tomlinson has sent in his resignation of the office of State Auditor, to which he had beer, appointed by the Governor. He assigns as a reason that his duties to his constituents as a member of the House of Representatives will re quire his whole time and attention. Mr. Tomlinson had just got the office in work? ing order, and regt et is expressed that be has deemed it requisite to resign the posi? tion. The irrepressible Leslie arrived here last evening to claim his sent, but was summoned away shorriy after l.#s arrival by a dispatch Irom New York announcing the serious illness of his mother. He lelt on the train for the North this morning. During his brief stay he intimated to a gentleman that if the Senate would muke tlie proper apology for its action in sus? pending him at the last session he would give it due consideration, and might be induced lo resume his seat. Some friend suggested that such a step was rather too much to expect from the Senate, and it would perhaps be better that the apology should come from the other side. It is generally believed that the resolution of suspension will be rescinded. J udge Moses, I learn, goes to Washing? ton the ensuing week and carries with him a petition signed by all the members of the House of Representatives, except the Democrats, for the removal of his political disabilities. At a meeting of Republicans held on Friday evening all animosities bet ween the Judge and some prominent members of the patty were buried, and the Judge seems to have no doubt of his being able to qualify and lake his scat as Chief Justice in about a fort? night. The Board of State Canvassers has been in session here for several days, canvassing the returns of the last State election, and will probably announce the result in a day or two. Measures are being taken lo secure the earliest assessments ot property and the collection of taxes. Reports from some districts have excited an apprehension in the minds of the officials that there will be some resistance to the tax collectors. This fear and the disturbances that have occurred in the up-country is the reason given, and seriously urged by some, for the introduction of a bill to organize a militia force, not exceeding thirty thou? sand men. One section ot the bill, it is said, proposes to authorize the Governor to enlist men outside of the State, who have served in the Federal army, possibly some of Sherman's bummers, and to sta? tion them in such counties as Edgefield, Abbeville and Newbciry, the inhabitants of which are to be specially taxed for their, pay and support. It is proposed al o, iu older to avoid the constitutional provision prohibiting any State from keep? ing a standing army, to call them militia, but to give them the save pay as soldiers of the United Slates army. It may be that this is all the mere talk and bombast of a few ot the extremists, but I give it for what it is worth. A bill to organize tho militia, it will be remembered, passed the House of Representatives at the last ses? sion, but failed for want of time to bo acted upon in the Senate. Another proposition is to increase the constabulary force to such an extent as to be able to dispatch a sufficient force to auy place, and station them there until such time at> their presence is shown to be unnecessary. ??*-?# The Iron-Clad Oath. Chief Justice Chase seems inclined to dispense with what is called the "iron-clad oath'' as a test for grand jurors, on the ground that it rather hinders than helps the euds of justice. The oath is to the effect that the person who takes it has never voluntarily given any aid or comfort of any kind to any parties engaged in rebellion against the United States; and the law authorizes the Chief Justice to dispense with it in his discretion. Judge Chase finds that so many who are best fitted to serve as jurors have scruples about taking thisca-th that the ends of-justice are hindered and de? feated, rather than promoted, by requiring it in every ease. Unless, therefore, some special occasion arises to require it, the Judge decides that it need not be admin? istered, and directs another jury to ;.e summoned in the usual way. The general judgment oi the public will approve this action, ami regard it as the harbinger oi peace: Jt shows that lie fact of having given aid and comfort to the rebellion in some way, however indi? rect, is no longer regarded as evidence that a man cannot or will not obey bis oath, or do justice in a court of law to persons arraigned for trial. We hope the lime may very soon come when this oath may he dispensed with altogether, as a test for olfiec involving either civil or political duties. That it should ever have been required as a condition of serving as juries seems abused, though cases might arise in which a voluntary and active par ticipation in the rebellion might warp the judgment and load to an unjust verdict. But wc are glad to see that in the opin? ion of ihe Chiel Jiul'ce the time for such feats has passed away, and that the "iron? clad oath'' need no longer embarrass the administration of justice in the Southern States. We hope Congress will deem it wise to dispense with that oath iu a good many other cases iu which it is now re? quired. An oath to snpport the Constitu? tion and obey the laws of the United Slates ought now to he sufficient.?1\ tr York Tains. - no ? - ? v-.... . ava wi I bj uj>enrd ..'do month.