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*. C?LUMBIix. _^ -1-" -'- - . jr . ? -. Tu?day Morning, July 31.1886. Protect tug "Loy? I Uta." . Tho attention of the'pe?ple should be eaUod to a bill introduced, some eight or ten days ago, into the United States Senate, by a Senator Poland, ** from Vermont. It is styled, a.bill to prevent courts from being used as in? st rumente of persecution against loyal persons-ve presume in the Southern States. . , *Fh? bfl? provides that, in any action of tort to person or property done between April 13, 1861, and July 1, 1865, it shall be lawful to plead or giro in evidence in bar pf said action: 1. That at the time -whoa the wrong was' committed - the plaintiff was disloyal to the Government, ot the United States. - 2. That the plaintiff -was engaged in insurrection- and rebellion against tho United States. * . 3. .That tho plaintiff aided and oomforted and sympathised with the rebels and insurgents against the Go? vernment of the United States. : 4. That tho plaintiff applied for and obtained pardon from tho Presi? dent, relieving him of the penalties of treason. The establishment of either point shall be a good defenoe. We have not noticed whether the Judiciary Committee lias reported the bill, but the faction having such a clean working majority, wo pre? sume that it has passed. By its terms it will be seen that no matter what spoliation, robbery or crime may have been committed agaiust those who'espoused the cause of thc Con? federacy, the perpetrators will be - - permitted to go scot-free, and will never be called on to make restitution for property stolen or destroyed, and will not bo punished tor auy act in the whole category of crime, from murder to petit larceny. This is "making treason odious1 with a vengeance; but the whole Ame? rican people should be aroused to tho iniquity of such legislation, and stop it by casting aside ite authors, or ero long they will find themselves living under a Government of oppression. Should the radicals have passed such an Act, we feel assured that it did not receive the approval of President Johnson. A. -Contrust. lu ono of the letters of the war correspondent of the London Time.*, we find the following: .'The Saxon peasantry aud thc sol? diers are on tho most friendty terms; and a stranger, who did not know the Prussian uniform, in passing through the villages, would suppose that tho troops were quartered among the people of their own country. As soon as tho Prussian vanguards cross? ed tho frontier, Prince Frederick Charles issued a most stringent order, in which ho insisted upon the troops showing every respect for private property and for the comfort of tho inhabitants. This order has been strictly observed, both by oflicers and men, but not from fear of the mili? tary punishment which would be the consequence of its transgression. Tho kind-hearted soldiers have brought with them none of those horrors which too often follow in the train of au army which occupies a strange country. On the contrary, were it not for the swords and bayo? nets of patrols which glitter in the sun along every road, the scene is one of perfect pence. In some places the men ure helping the pea .santry to cai ry tho l ay harvest, in others, they may bo o. en working in the cottage gardens, and nearly always spending money in tho village shops; the bare-legged country urchins get taken up for rides on the cavalry or artillery horses, as they go to bo watered, or are invited, half afraid, to peep into the muzzle of a rifled gnu, and only when, with the contempt bred by familiarity, sonic too adventurous youngster tries to in? troduce a handful of corn-flowers into tho mouth of a piece of ord? nance, is he warned oft' the precinct of the battery by the reluctant sentry." What a contrast between this pic? ture and that presented by the "grand march" throughout tho South? ern States. War, in ita mildest, form, has attendant horrors enough, with? out adding to them any other inflic? tion of cruelty. Thc'Prussian Prince deservos the highest praise for his Christian-like order. Should our people ever be engag ' in another war, (which may God avert.,) this bright example should not be for? gotten. IIKTIUBD.-Thc Charleston News says : "Wm. Y. Leitch, Esq., late Sur? veyor of tho Port, retired from the position on Saturday, being unable tc take tho test oath, and his successor having been sworn into office, entered upon the duties." Tile Cable T??.I<1. & Tl? telegraph aj&irouncefl that tho fer?at achievement ?f the eighte?hth centur/'has becu completed, and^hat i ustnnt'communi cation ? >etween Amo rica and ItJf?and waa lind on tho 27th inst. Tho' complot ion of this groat work is ono of tho grandest successes of science and skill that thc world has ever seen. Whether it will l?e a thing of permanence, remains to he aeon, but tho mero fact of successfully lay? ing tlie wive ia ono of tho brightest evidences of t?io triumph of indomi? table energy und perseverance. The successful working of this monster line will revolutionize commercial operations iu all the great Cmporiunis of trade in this country, while it will undoubtedly "strengthen tire ties of friendship and amity between the countries tims connected. " -; Mor* Relier. - , . Tile noblo wornea^f St.' ?ou?s, fol? lowing tho example of their generen* singers of Baltimore, have organized . an association' for the parpase of cv tending relief to the widows and orphans throughout^ the Southern States-thc homeless and honnclesa in an impoverished land. . . ,c. At the bend ot' the association is Mrs. Rebecca W, Sire, of St. "Louis, This lady, it is stated, is well known by nil Confederate prisoners who were confined ut Alton, Illinois. There she was their ministering angel, cheered them in their oonfiue ment, provided delicacies for the sick, und clothed the nuked. Her kiud words and ceaseless charity are embalmed in the heurts of many poor soldiers. The address put forth by this lady and lier associates lo the people of Missouri is very touching. They urge organization and co-operation iu every County in tho State, uni I state that great encouragement has been given by the gentlemen of Missouri to their enterprise, committees of whom will act in concert with tho ladies, giving special attenon to busi? ness requiring special exertion, j Tho purpose is to hold a grand j bazaar during tho last week in Scp ? tomber. The fair will be held nt the I St. Louis Agricultural Fair Grounds, ! the handsomest in the United States, j During tho progress of tho bazaar, i there will be a grand tournament, and ! a "tournament. bali" will bo given at I the Southern Hotel in St. Louis. The j ladies hope to seo representatives 1 from all the States on that interesting ? occasion, (.{od bless the women of .St. Louis, and crown their enterprise with success. Speculating on (.cn. I.cc. The Richmond '?'?mrs says: I No one is moro keenly alive to the j i pecuniary value of a great mun than I thc keeper of a Northern watering I I place. These places of fashionable I resort are so numerous and the com ! petition between them is so tierce, that tho scramble after the patronage ' of men of celebrity amounts to a j rough-roll-and-tunible pursuit. Wo i . lind occasion sometime sine.' to i 1 notice tin- pertinacity with which i watering-placo Bonifaces were elms I ing Gen. Graut. One of them has j had the impudence to seek th-* pa- j j tronage of Gen. Robert E Lee, and j i lias written him :t very sincere und 'pressing invitation to visit his I stirings at West Baden, i:i Illinois, j 'and to stay there as long ns he j chooses without charge or cost! The j I General, who is very much bored by a multitude of people who wahi to ' get his autograph, linds time to j answer the letter, brierly hut eonr , teously, and declines tho invitation, ns his dut ies ut Lexington require his , presence near that place. What a bright idea it was in this fellow thus to attempt a magniiicent i speculation upon Geu. Lee! T;- ho ? could have secured the attendance t.f . thc great Confederate chieftain at his spring;, the whole North-west ?would have flocked lhere, and hoo? siers without number would have crowded around tin; Southern hero, : and gazed at him as if Le had been ; "What is It?" or the living skeleton. This is not the only Northern man i who has had a proper appreciation of the amount of money represented by I Gen. Lee. He is constantly be? sieged by photograph men and por? trait painters. The publishing houses in ihe large. Northern cities j have made him the most tempting : oilers for the history of his cam? paigns, which, it is said, he is pre ! paring. Gen. Lee is too profound a strategist to bo deceived by any of these chaps, who regard him as n irnine of gold to bo successfully worked by some fortunate indi vidual. ' He eau only be seen nt Virginia watering places, ami whenever he prints his booie, it is shrewdly sus , pected that ho Avili know who are the ; proper men to publish it. ? ! Tho Now York courts have given :. j verdict of $30,000 in favor of Ben 1 jamill Wood, against the city of Ww ? York, for printing. The Imftunstii and fnlbluahlng Cor? ruption oT tlU' PretrenS CangrciMf, - The New York -Heraid says: /..fee Congressmen assembled ai Washington afford us ft new and bril? liant illustrai ion of the old adage that .whom the gods would destroy theV first make mad.' The vote by which these madmen-increased their salaries from S3.600 to &5,000 a year capa the climax of unblushing corruption. The foreo of total depravity can no farther go. This vote shows that the present Congress is lost to all sense of shame and all considerations of decency. The members of the Senate did not dare to put themselves upon tho record by the yeas and nays; but that was merely a matte: of partisan precaution. As they h ave-suppressed all evidence to the contrary, we are bound to believe that ail who were present voted for this infamous reso? lution, which not only raises the sala? ries of members of Congress for the futnre. but has a retrospective bear? ing, and gives them $6,000 instead of j; #3,000 for tlie session about to close. . "History-may be.searched in vain for a parallel to the corruption, ex? travagance, robbery and profligacy of .this Congress,, tt is a vast job or aggregation "of jobs. It is controlled by jobbers, kept in session by job? bers, and every measure that it passes is more or fess a -job. .rTh many countries- such proceed-1 ings" as those of the present Congress L would be followed bv au armed-re vo- j lution. . Here "it will cause a revolu? tion also, but. iu a different way. At thc faH oleotions there will be an up? rising of the people that will over? whelm these public" plunderers, nnd supply their place* with honest men. i The political events since the wrir have full v., aroused the masses, und j" tho iniquities of this Congress will be j tho issues nt tho elections. Nothing i -can save those Congressmen or the | p?tf?y_which upnolds them. They must meet their constituents face to face at the polis, and. receive the po? pular judgment upon theil- transgres? sions. * Tuen let them explain thou- j. job*? and their profligacy, if they can. [ Nb loud talk about copperheads and | sustaining the war will save them: now. They will uo longer be able to | divert publie attention from their j corruption by shouting themselves j hoarse with denouncing traitors and : hypocritically praising the patriotic soldiers, in whose company they are j not worthy to exist. They must face | th? issues which , they have them-i selves created. Elected as Union j , men, they have proved to be the j worst disunion i st*; pledged to coon n- j my ard reform, they have indulged j in the most licentious extravagance. j j At last, apparently quite desperate of i consequences, they vote themselves i ! higher pay, and they decree that this j increased salary shall bc paid to them : I from the commencement" of the sos- I sion that has been passed in concoct- 1 ing a series of the most flagrant jolis that have ever disgraced our history. Wc call upon the people not only to ! take care of these Congressmen at j the coming elections, but to watch how they spend their ill-gotten gains in after-life. They aro the grand jobbers of the country. We cannot compare them to any former corrup? tion ists, for they have stolen millions where others have been satisfied with ? a few thousands. They are not like Judas Iscariot, for he sold himself too cheaply, in the estimation of these worthies. But their names will be remembered like that of Benedict Arnold, who also sacrificed his conn - ; try to his love of lucre; and their children and their children's children ' will be ashamed to say that their an? cestors belonged to the infamous Thirtv-ninth ('<mercas." Tim Fix ATA: OF THE HABEAS COU ITS CASE-MYSTERIOUS REMOVAL OF THE PRISONERS.-Tho prisoner-;-Messrs. | F. (T. Stowers, Crawford Keyes, Ro? bert Keyes and Elisha Byrom -who . have been confined1 tu Castle Pinck ney siuce their conviction by a mili- . tary commission, and for whom a writ of ladreas corpus was recently 1 sued out by ?heir counsel, Hon. Arm iste.nl Hurt and Gen. .lames Conner, were, on Saturday night, quietly re I moved, nuder guard, from their place ' of confinement, and, it is believed, , sent North beyond the jurisdiction of tho United State? District C ont I for South Carolina. We have not ! been abie to learn nuder what an ; thority, pending the decision of the President in reference to the haheas\ ' corpus writ, the prisom rs have been i ; thus removed. This mysterious pro . ceediug would certainly appear to I ignoro the fact of thc existence of a United Stall's Court in this State. [Charleston Courier, 30///. We have since learned, upon relia? ble authority, that these prisoners have boen sent to the Dry Tortugas for Hie. UNITED STATES DISTRICT Couirr. The Charleston fourier, of Monday. f ays : "Hon, George S. Bryan, Judge, and tho other officers of tho Court, h ave this city on Wednesday for Greenville, S. C., to hohl court at that place nest Monday. Judge Bryan will stop at Columbia one day to make preparations for holding tia' United States Court there in Novem? ber next. " -? . Revenue stamps ave no longe:- re? quired on receipts given for transpor? tation, or receipts taken where the property is delivered by carriers to owners, consignees, or a connecting line. IS arpe r's MoMtkty. iWeitATe- not scon the August num? ber of this publication, but weextract ? from a notice of it, in the Augusta Chronicle and Rent ind., the foll owing' paragraphs: "We behove that this magazine furnishes a fair index of Northern sentiment. We presume that tho pub? lishers endeavor to estimate correctly the tastes of their patrons. A large increase in circulation (being 'now larger by 25,000 copies thau at the commencement ot the year3) attesta tho sagacity and judgment of the management. Hence, we read thia magazine with int?fest, to catch the tone Of this harp of a thousand strings, and to "Jearu the. thoughts current n/tiong just men made perfect. I "The article modestly entitled lAn I Inquiry into one of the Constitutional Lk-strictions of the Revenue Power? of -the United States,' is an interest-1 lng and able argument, introductory to the 'questions' which the author thinks Will likely arise at an early day. We are delighted to learn that the 'signs of the tunes show, plainly that the Constitution is finally to vc-' suuie its supremacy, and lout dis? cussions of its moaning and "purpose ore to have their riglttfvJ- Euflnenc? over our affairs.' ' 'Tho article entitled 'The Bnrniug of .Columbia' is a labored effort writ? ten by one whom we guess, from the direction by which he and Mr..Davis (Dod?y) approached 'the chnrcdi,' must have lodged hard by, if not in the residence belonging to Col. Blan? ton Duncan. We "admit, beyond cavil, that (ten. Howard 'commanded tim troop? within the city,' and that .Sherman pressed, with a hand of fire aikj of iron" "wherever - he marched,' that rivals, in history, Alaric the Goth. But we are utterly unable,, to concur in {?he assertions of the - writ, r ast to 'Hampton' and 'Hampton's cottou.' We rather in? clino to think that tho article is a spasmodic effort ju that art which the late JLieut. G^n. t?cott asserted was part and parcel ot' the art of wutv The fact is. the writer over-tuxes our credulity-great as it is. We might be rmluced to believe that a large fire-a very large fm-might have oceurmd; possibly it might have con? sumed the dwellings and store's on B20 acres, iu the heart of thc. city of Co? lumbia, which covered about 400 acres; that such a tire might baffle tho heroic efforts of citizens and ser? vants, cheered and assisted hv an army eorbs of 12,000 or 10,000 vete? rans, thoroughly organized and dis oipkned, but w:e cannot 'go in' more. Wc cannot believe that 'Hampton *t cotton' could burn and crack rougl: blocks of marble and porphyry, ant hnge columns of granite, forty feel long and three or four feet square, located in an open space, 1O0 feet oi more distant from all combustible materials, und full half a mile dis tani from the nearest ware-house. "lt' tho write? seeks impartial in vestigation-if the publishers desiri to furnish truth to their patrons, le them publish . thc general order which weil- daily enjoined to be rea* to the troops, and an honest aeeonu of thctlimife? furloughs granted, an< the manner in which they were.enjoyeu J jet tlie narrative be illustrated by map and a picture from tho skillfii hand of the writer's companion-air let the ump ami picture of thc burn districts exhibit, standing, not burnt tho houses occupied as headquartei of the respective generals, within th city.*" . - NOA AM> TUES. -The Richmon DispateJi thus notices the antics c the present Congress: The President's message oh th Tennessee question was received wir derisive laughter by the radical * an cheers by the Democrats. So sa tin* congressional reporters. Th scene was a feature of the time: Snell a one was impossible in tl; Congress of oilier days. When tin body consisted of honest, sincere, an dignified patriots, a decorum worth of the representatives ot ti great coi federation of States was invariabl observed in all its proceeding and all its acts. A change li; come over the assemblage change wrought by an entire ?ii ferent class of men. elected by deluded constituency, whoso mint have been poisoned with false phil sophy ami embittered by the section Agitation of fanatical and vtm orators. The result is that selfis ill-bred, viol. nt. and eomvptmen, 1 the public places. The dignity at decorum ol tho legislators have go: with the honesty, integrity, ai devotion to the public good whi marked their history in the early da of thu republic, f t is impossible th a Government where such men rema long in the ascendant can have pen and onb r. lt takes no philosopl to know that stability ami enduran ave utterly incompatible with such state of the representative Chante in a rep il.lie. The only hope is reforming it. A MONUMENT TO TUK DUTOUTEK ({KN. LICK.-The Raleigh (VC.) P .//..-.-?s, of the 18th instan'., says: "^ are informed that the citizens of W ren County will, on tho Sth proxin erect a monument over the (laugh ot Genend Robert ?. Lee. Sha buried near Jones' Springs. Tnvi lions to be present have bi en sent the G neral and his family, Fitzluj and William Henry Lee. Gen. il som and ethel's, it is quite prob? ! they will af temi." Fro lu Washington. Ti? National Republican eames out strongly in favor o? requiting alf office-holders to support the policy of the President. It has been deoided by the Com? missioner of Internal Kevenue that, if a person loses a sum of. money, in consequence of having become i?e curity for another, tho am<mnt lost cannot be deducted from income. Ileport says that Generals Steed man and Fullerton find tho Bureau affairs, under Mr. Conway's reign, in Louisiana, in a most decidedly mixed condition, and curiosity- is on tip-toe to learn what the rosidt of their in. vcst-igatf on will be. The President has^ on the whole, as the radicals admit, oxercfsed his power over the subject of offices in a manner entirely .unobjectionable to then1 He retains Palfrey ns post? master at Boston.- Mr. P. was ap^ pointed to this office at the particular, desire of Senator Sumner. Not only the nominations made, but the-politi eal complexiorvof the ?vii officers re? tained in their places, are of a radical cast. -It is not surprising, therefore, that the radicals havo begun to wonder that their fears hf a lire in the roar as soon us Congress turn their backs on the national capitol, were ground? less, and that they ave content to trust the President with the power till next December; batead ^jf, resorting to means for tying bis hands. Tin* House wiH - attempt to tack their monstrous bounty bill to some appropriation bill. If they succeed, as ia possible, th? bill - tlrirs- eneuui bered will probably faiK * - Tt is m probate that, for political reasouf. Congress and tho Radical organs will def*uv*till the nest session, tliupassago of the District negro suf? frage bill. Thc action of the Senate, iir refer? ring the credentials of'Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee, to ti ie Committee on tile Judiciary, is sufficient evidence of. the hollowness of the professions nf the radicals fri?* they aro anxious tg re-admit the Southern States. It appears from tho . -facts that were brought i>ye?ianthe, debatey that Mr. Patterson, in his eapwky of jud^e of one t?f the courts of the State of Ten? nessee, did take au oath to support the Confederate Government, which was^ ^at that .time, the de. facto Go? vernment, although, at the same time, iniormiug the Confederate officials that lie did not recognise their au? thority to administer the oath, aud only yielded to the force of circum? stances. His record, as a firm and steadfast Unionist, is clear through? out the whole war, and his action, in yielding, as a judicial ojfieer, a pro? mise of obedience to the dc facto Go? vernment, is sustained hy numerous precedents. His credentials having been referred b> the Judiciary Com? mittee, there.they will probably sleep until next December, when we shall "nave a long and windy report from Mr. Trumbull to prove his incapacity to take his seat. Lest some might be deceived, it is but proper to state, the main-spring of this whole action is because of tin fact that Mr. Patterson is a son-in law of tho President and a supporte] of his policy. Had ho been of th? radical type, he might have takei fifty oaths to support the Confederati Government, and no objection wouh have been made to his imm?diate ad mission. The radicals are. firmly re solved not to jeopardize their two thirds vote in the Senate, and wi] admit no one from thc South o whose loyalty to their doctrines the; aro not fully assured.- Baltimore Sun EnEcrroN OF UNITED STATES SENA rons. --The bill which has just, passe? both Houses of Congress, prescribin thc manner in which United State Senators shall hereafter bo elected provides that such election shall tak place <>n the second Tuesday after th organization of the Legislatures c tho several States, by a pica race vot in each House. At meridian of th day following, both Houses shall met in joint session, and if the same pei son shall have received a majority < the votes of cadi House, he shall 1 declared duly elected; but if the sam person shall not have received sue majority, the joint assemblage sha proceed, to choose by r;ra voce, a pe son for the office of Senator. In eos no choice is made on the first da; the joint assemblage shall meet cae day during the session until a Senate shall be chosen. Vacancies oceurrir during the recess of tho Legislativ shad be filled on the second Tnesdl after the commencement of tho sc sion: und vacancies occurring dnrii the session shall be tilled on tl second Tuesday after the Legislatu shall have notice ?.." such vacancy. A NEW ORLEANS KE.MEDV rou Sr ST HOKE. -An old resident of Nt Orleans says that the common tret ment for eases of sun-stroke in th city i--. to take a junk or porter bc tie* fill it with water, proper corked, und lay it whore it will exposed to the direct rays of the su When the water becomes quite wari take the cork from the bottle ai place it on the top of the patien head in an inverted position, a allow tho water to gradually run e and drip over the head. One bot full thus applied, Le states, is ainu certain to restore the patient. . An amendment to the civil npp priation bill, applying $5.000,000 the payment of compensation loyal slaveholders, was discussed the Senate on Friday. Xiooal Items . *s - ^.^^.^ -Mt **r^ Hcm-y Spamick, Esq., of the Charleston Oourier, arrived in this city yesterday. He will report the proceeding* of tie Conven? tion for the sterling old daily which h* rep- I resents. * BLAJKS FOB HALI: AT THIS Ornee.- Let? ters of Administration. Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note, Mortgages and Con? veyances of Ren.1 F.s-tate. Tu UruM?n or COLUMBIA. An u?u eating accounfe-ot the "Sack and Destruc? tion of thc City of Columbia, S. C.," bal? last been issned, ifi pamphlet forra, from tho Pharnix power press. Orders tilted to any extent. Riuglc copier 50 cent's. ^"s* The CoimnLsuioucrs of Free Schools for Richtend District-Dr. C. If. ICot, Eli Killian, T. 15. Clarkson, John Htcck, J. P. Henry, ll ich a rd Parker and J. E. Reese? are requested to meet at thc office of the C*Wrk:of the Court on Monday, August C, at 10 o'clock a. m. Tinniness of importance will rt quire a full at', eudauce. THK MfEDiE or MK. LANK.-There was considerable excitement on Sunday, io thia city, in consequence of the arrest of one of tho freedmen supposed to have been con? nected with ?lie murder of Air. Lane, of Newberry, ?ad the death of another, at thc hands ol one of our citizens. A jury Of inquest iras empanelled by Coroner Walker, which has been in session several^ times in the past two dayH. Wo expect to bc allie to givo full particulars in our next. W? PROVOST Cocirr.-The following cases were kried yesterday: The Unite.!. States rs. Israel Harris. Ch arge-Larceny. riead guilty. Sentence fifteen davis' imprisonment on bread and water. 77ir I'ntted 'Slates rs. Moses Johns an<l i Ve/v Jtrorm.^-Charge-Larceny-stealing old* iron. Head not guilty. Sentwnce riftc - dava'imprisonment or $10. Th* driteit States r*. WQttOm Meyers. < 'har,..- -Violating city ordinance by shoot? ing in il ie city. Case dismissed. The Coiled States vs. H'iliiam Pitts. Charge-Disorderly conduct on the streets. Sentence-Thirty "days to carry o thirty pound big during thc "day, from son-rise to ann-oct. taking one hour for dinner. 'Tuc Gritted States ns. Ellen. Williams. Charge-Larceny- stealing and disorderly conduct. Sentence-Fifteen dave* ixnjri son nient, two meate per day, on bread and -.vat cr. 77M; Catted States xs. William Young. Charge -Assault and battery. Sentence fifteen days' imprisonment on bread and water, and two meals per day. NEW AUVEHTIFKMKXTS. - -Attention is call? ed to the fii!l< wing advertisement?, which are published thia morning for the firwt time: JX T. Harvey-Horse?, Mules, Sec. J. L. Lumsden-More Good Things. Levin & Peixotto-Brahmin Ball. Thc Ststctf and tlie People. We rejoice especially in the pros? pect of the assembling of the Phila? delphia Convention, because that body must take issue with radicalism upon the 'preat question of the day, viz: The right of the Southern States to equality -with all the State's under the Constitution, and the addi? tional question which grows ont ol this-the rights of the people of tH"t States as constituting the States. That Convention, to be against radicalism, must assume, with Judge Curtis, that the States were entitled to their equal rights the moment the war was at an end; and they most take the further position that' the people of the States, being the bodies politic, mjtst attain to their rights without distinction or restriction different from what may be imposed on the people of all the States. They must do all this, and they must de? nounce test oaths as unconstitutional and tyrannical. Nothing short of this will separate them from radical? ism, with its odious doctrines and its oppressions. - \Ve have uever doubted, for a mo? ment, that the course of its pro? ceedings would inevitably terminate in this broad and clearly-defined dif? ference. The logic of events must lead them to this. If this be not the result, what is the use of a Conven? tion? What is the use of disputing at all with radicalism? If the test oath be proper and Constitutional, why, in God's name, let the radicals continue ia power? That is the very corner-stone of radicalism. It is the barrier that excludes from office and^ power all but ra?licals. It is the top root of radicalism. The Convention must reject it, or they will be nothing more nor less than a radical assem? blage. We have) no fear that the members of the Phil adelphi? Convention will not put nu impassable gulf between themselves and the radical party. We have no fear that they will not decide that the. moment tho war ended tho States were entitled to equality under the Constitution, and that the people of the States were necessarily included, without distinc? tion, in their full and unrestricted^ immunities and rights, equal wit#^ the people of all the States. No other doctrine is Constitutional-no other policy of restoration is practi? cable. The punishments and disa? bilities of radicalism are but prolong? ing tho war, widening the sectional breach, mid rendering the diet option and ruin of the Republic inevitable. [Richmond Dispatch. Thc New York Times states that the receiver of the Merchants' Na? tional bank of Washington has insti? tuted a snit in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Southern New York, against one of I tho National Banks of that city, for 1 the recovery of $209,000 of the se 1 cavity of the Merchants* National ! Bank.