Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-19

Mr. Lovejoy-" Holding fellow beings
in bondage"
Mr. Cochrane, of n. y, moved SO TO
amend that the clause should read, " for
the safe keeping of free prisoners"
Other amendments of triaing nature
were considered.
Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, rising to
an amendment, said the gentleman from
Illinois was u disgrace to the House,
Loud cries of order, ordcrl
Mr. s." Ipronouncc him a DISGRACE
to the nation. j have no doubt his father
was engaged in stealing slaves from Africa. j"
Mr. Phelps. l call the gentleman to
order"
The Chair.-'' Order must he restored
to order"
Mr.. Giddings.-" Let him proceed"
Order was finally restored, and, ON mo.
tion of Mr.. Phelps, the committee rose and
reported the bill to the House.
WAsmiNGToN, Feb. "a report is credit.
ted that General Denver intends to resign
t!le othec OF Indian Commissioner and return
to California.
at the Democratic caucus tonight about
seventy members we're present They mas.
scd resolution in favor ola reissue of 'Trens
ury hotcs Tor two years; that the appropria-
ton bills ought to he noted on as sneedilv
as possible, and that the expenditures should
VIC III accordancc with an economical admin
istration of the Government.
WAsuiNGToN. Feb. The Senate discuss.
CIT and passed the bill appropriating lands to
Agricultural Colleges in the L. S., 10y u vote
of25 to %.
The Washington City Railway bill was re-
sumcd until Adjournment.
The House passed the Senate resolutions
which referred to the States of Gcorgia and
tennessee. concerning the amounts expended
lii the Indian war.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1l.-Senate.-M
luleo, from the Post Pfiice Committee, re-
ported bill for the transportation of mails
to Havana, Key West ald Charleston.
Ihe bill to negotiute tn purchase of Gu
pa, was postponed, and the debate on Mr..
Biglcr's revenue resolutions resumed.
Mr. Ciingman made powerful speech
in reply to Mr.. Biglcr lie thought that
Pennsylvania was asaskingrclicf at the expencc
OF the rest ofthc country.
MIR. Simmons followed
Mr. Footc moved to amend the Cuba
blIl, that no money be paid till the treaty
bcratiied
MIR. Pugh followed, in favor of acouisi-
ton
NO action. 1t is the general impression
that the Cuba bill will pass the Senate but
that Its defeat is certain in the IIouser
llorsE.-Thc Oregon bill, as passed by
the Senate, was reported back by the Ter
rltorlal Committee, and discussed till recess.
The Oregon bill was made spccial Or
der for Saturday.
DIAnoLlcAL MuRpER.-Wc were shock
cd to hear report yesterday to the effect
that Geo. H. Miller, teller in the branch of
the nlon Bank at jackson, Tenn, had
been Killed Thursday night, and the bank
robbed OF largo amount of money. IL
seems that tho deceased slept in room in
the banking house, adjoining the vault, and
that william, or Williams, acquainted will,
the affairs of the institution, consummntcd
their plans for the murder of the teller and
the robbery OF the vault, which plans were
but too faithfully carried cut. We have
but few details OF the diabolical transaction.
and know nothing of the particulars of Mr.
Nliller's death beyond the fact that the in.
strument used by the murdcrers was the
cancclllng hammer belonging to the bank,
ana the fatal wound was inflicted upon the
head of the deceased, who, when found.
was4uitc dead and wcltering in his own
gore 1t is remarkable that the diaboical
deed did not become public until about
noon yesterday, whom the intelligence was
ut once transmitted TO this city by tclc-
graph. Mr. Mcknight, the cashier of the
branch at Jackson, was in this city at the
time, having visited Memphis for funds
lie left by the first train for Jackson YES
tcrday, with $4,000 for the use of his
branch, and it is fortunate that that large
balance was not in the vaults of tho bank
when the robbery was committed. The
funds of the Jackson branch were unusu-
ally low at the time, and it is therefore to
be inferred that the amount stolen was not
large, and that the loss will by no means
cmbarrass the affairs of the bank. The de-
ceased was young gentleman of rare tai
ents, finely educated as a lawyer, and very
generally admired for his amiablc qualities.
.IIc3was son of Mr.. G. p Miller, of Rip
ley, Miss, and .rclatcl TO John NJ. Car
mack, Esq, and Mr.. w. b. Miller, of this
cjty.--lhsmPhis .4caluaczr.
TAxEs AND TAX CoM,ussIoNs.-.l
correspondent of the Abbeyile Banner
writes:
There are forty-six Tax Collectors in the
State, ono (thc Tax Collector of Charles
ton) receives, as commissions, four percent. |