Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-06-05
From Washington.

urcSS OF OutraSeS upon Anicrlcah 'cSsciS.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Re
lations. 's'o
A bill for. the Improvement of She harbor
+ of Chicago was taken up and discussed.
Next, the Fifteen Million loan. bill came
up, which was discussed until the hour of
| adjournment.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the District Of Columbia. sScv-
cral bills were discussed and referred. One
was passed, appropriating $4,000 per annum
| for Ave years, to an institutionfor tho Deaf
Dumb and the Blind. A bib lcgalizing the
Washington elections is now under discus
sion
| WAsurxeToS, May 27.--In the cScnatc, tho
bill regulating the payment of officers of the
| revenue service was rejected.
| The resolution for the removal of obstruc-
| tions in tho Potomac was adopted
/ The Iiarbor Improvement bill was consid-
| ercd,
The House passed the Civil Appropriation
! bill. also the appropriation of four millions of
dollars for collecting thsrcycnuo.
| The bill f0r executing the contract for semi
monthly California mail via Tcl,uantcpcc, was
| postponed for the present.
The lIouso Aaval,Appropriation bill pass
| Cd coDtains, among othcr items, twenty
I eight hundred thousand dollars Tor tho re-
| pairns'of vessels; thirteen hundred thous-
and dollars for the five steam sloops before
ordered; two hundred and eighty thousand
dollars. .for tue Norfolk Navy Yard, and two
hundrc;l thousand dollars for Pensacola, be-
| stluS others. t.e
WAsurxGTox, May 2S.-Thc Committee on
Foreign Relations in the Senate has made IL
strong report and resolpt' 'ns against the OUT
RACES upon our commerce in the Gulf. Tho
report endorses the measures taken by the
Executive to stop them.
The House passed. the Post i, Army and
Ocean Mail Appropriation bills,
WAsHfNGroN, May 27.-The business
in the Seuatc, to-day, was unimportant.
The House passed the Civil, Appropria-
ton and Revenue bills.
n communication from the President, oov-
ering the, correspondence respecting the
arrest of Con. Walker, was received
AreSolution to extend the session until
1 l30thJune was laid over.
Mr.. Mason, from the Committee on For
eign Relations, reported III effect, that Oft
| cial statements show succession of acts of
aggression by British cruisers in the Gulf,
so marked aud extraordinary, as to awaken
general indignation throughoutt the country.
Vessels pursuing lawful commerce have
been iutcrrogated and fired into. Fifteen
different cases, ia the harbor of Sagua La
Grandc alone, have been officially reported.
Each arrival brings more. The continued
and pcrseyering character fthese outrages,
continues the report, is such rs to require
US to arrest them at once, and end at once
and forever such indigniticS. The United
States though often invoked to do so, refu-
scs to recognize the right of police on the
hi5ir0vHs. ROrti,'J5 tirv-- -IyriuoiPiU tiru
the marine under their flag cannot be visi-
ted or questioned without itso consent,
the Committee rcitcrate this principle adj
mitting no reserve or qualifications, and to
be maintained at any cost, Indignant as
the American people arc and ought so be,
at these aggressions, yet this occurrence
will afford the opportunity to end them at
once and forever The Committee refrain
from recommending further legislation on
ly for the reason that the President has al
ready ordered all the available naval force
to the infested waters, with orders to pro.
tect omflag. The subject has been brought
to thenotice ofthe offending power through
proper channels, and nothing short of n
guarantee against the repetition of such acts
IN future, win satisfy the American people.
r. Mr.. Mason also reported resolutions in
effect, thatithe visitation of American ships
OH the high soas, is an infrpction of the SOW
ereignty of tho United Stntes; that tthese ag-
gressions domand such unequirocal explain
ations from Great Britain as to prevent
recurrence in future; that the committee
approve the action of the. Executive, and
are prepared to recommend such future
Legislation as circumstances may require
TheSenate discussed miscellaneous appro-
priations until the hour of adiouTnmcnt,
but no action taken.
i The House pa sed the postal oppfopria-
tion bill; also the army and ocean nail bills,
then went into committee ofthc Whole on
the Private Calendar.
The House passed eighty-ninc private
bills. s
WAsINGToN, May 90. .s--In the Senate,
to-day, the British aggressions in the Gulf
were warmly discussed. Senator Toonibs,
of Georgia, wanted the American steamers
to seizoand sink the British eunbopts Styx
and Buzzard. Ths appropriation Bills
were discussed.
ST.. LouIs, May ri "A despatch dated
Lcayenworth, 22d, says that Donipham
County gives about 450 majority for tho
Constitution. In several precincts the polls
were not opened, and not half the vote Of
the county was PEELED
The Democrat of thiscity publishes a
| lokka. f,o,,, M XNallo, Sft1,r eya,,;.ga. -.