Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-10

MIR. Montgomery said he had no remarks
to make. The substitute was its best in
terpreter He had furnished copies to
the members, and was ready tosupply 9th
ers.
Mr. Quitman offered substitute for the
substitute, the same as the Senate bill, with
the omission of the dcclaratory clause that
the people have a right at all times to alter
or amend their constitution in such man
ner as they think proper
Mr. Humphrey Marshall wished toamend
the original Senate bill by striking out the
same clause proposed to be admitted in Mr..
Quitman's substitute.
Mr. Stephens refused to vi the floor
for that purpose, and demanded the prcvi-
Gus question.
Mr. Marshall wanted Mr. Stephens re-
fusol to be borne in mind and entered on
the record
Tha question. ygas tfseG tal;;a.. Gu Mr..
Quitman's substitute, which was nogatiYed
yeas ~, nays 160.
The question was then called upon Mr..
Montgomery's substitute, which was adopt
ed---ycas 120, nays II.
The announcement was greeted with APP
plousc from the gentlemen's gallery.
insisted on the enforcement of the rule.
Much confusion prevailed. The Speak
er reminded the applaudcrs that they were
not in the gallery of a theatre, and said if
the indccorum was repeated, the galleries
should be cleared
A voicc-''Except the ladies'"
Another-"C Certainly"
The House then proceeded to vote on the
Senate bill as amended by Mr. Montgom-
erys substitute, which was pOsscd--yeas
100, nays 112.
The House then Immediately adjourned
WASHINGTON, April 2.&SENATE.-AxN
Green moved that the IIonse amendments
to the Kansas bill be disagreed to- Soma
tors Bigler, Douglas and Pugh spoke on the
question The latter made an able legal
argument, showing the reasons why he
should change his vote and oppose the
House amendment. Mr.. Green's motion
was carried by vote of 80 yeas to % nays.
Messrs. Bates, Davis, Durkee, Reid,
Sumner and Toombs were absent.
Thcnays were Bell, Broderick, Cameron,
Chandler, Clark, Collamer Crittcnden,
Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Fessenden, Foote,
Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Sew
ard, Simmonds, Stuart, Trumbul, Wade
and Wilson-23 All the other members
voted yea.
Mr. Douglas made an Intellectual effort to
take up the Minnesota bill.
HoUsE.--Thc House was engaged
throughout the day debating the Dciicien-
cy bill. The Senatc's action on the Kan
sas bill had not been officially announced
when 1t udiuurned. aor
WASHINGTON, April 3-Thc Senate,
to-day, refused to concur in the House
amendments to the Kansas bill, and return
ed the bill to the House by majority of
nine.
In the House, the Deficiency bill was
discussed. Both Houses have adjourned
until Monday.
NEW YORK IN SACKCLoTu AND ASH
Es.--Never a city needed little religion
more than Now York The revival pro-
ceeds there Gas every thing else does at New
York, for time) with great ardour and
violence. One cannot but fear that they
are going to take their religion in one strong
dose and have done with it-iust as they
took Kossuth, or Bill Poole, or the Grand
Turk For the present, however, the pray
CT meetings daily at Burton's theatre, and
the circumstance of Edwin Forrest being
born again, on the Wednesday of last week,
about four o'clock in the afternoon, keeps
the town all alive The reporters of all tho
newspapers are kept busy writing down in
short hand the hymns which are sung at
prayer meetings; we'll known hymns of
DIR. Watts which the reporters mover heard
of before, but which to our christian read.
ers are well known. The pickpockets have
also gracious re-awakening and comfortable
season. Twonty-oue of them were taken
up in one day last week, and had their da-
gucrreotypes taken by the police artist
Some of those rascals had learned to sing
Ye gates lift mp your heads Ye doorsg'
aud led the psolmody as wcllas Dir. Cuyler.
THE Epidemic IN GEORGIA. The Ar
gusta Dispatch says that an epidemic has
been raging in Houston county for several
months, resembling pptrid sore throat;
some 1900 cases have occurred, and about
so have proved fatal 1t was at first treat
ed as putrid sore throat, and during tho
treatment the mortality was alarming final.
ly a few cases denoted erysipelatous fever
the treatment changed accordingly, and
the fatality was very much reduced. 1t
has now entirely disappeared, and the In.
fected districts are enjoying their usual de.
gree of health.
JOHN VAN BUREN -TftE STRAY DoUa-
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