Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-30
From Washington.


WAsHINGToN, juno 20-Thc Secretary
Of the Treasury in communication to the
House, expresses an opinion b,.sed upon his
observation of the operation of the law Of 49,
81, that an additional enactment authorizipp
the resumption by the Southern States, respcc.
lively, Of the remainder OF tho direct tax due
from each would, in view of the present i'm
rovcrishrd condition of their people, prevent
tnuch hardship in individual eases, aud save
from conGscation the property of many pcr
sons, against whom the Government has no
grounds OF complaint, willie DO public ilt-
tcrcst would be iniuriousy affected by the
change. lie states that should this poicy be
adopted, the collection Of taxes under the prc.
sent system might and ought to be dscontin.
u'd unti-an opportunity for the assumption be
offered, whether the amount realized from re.
sacs of property bid in for the Government,
shOuld or should not, be allowed to tho States
respectively in computing the taxes still due,
is Il question well deserving of consideration,
which is submitted without comment
The Senate refused to take up the House
resolution fixing Il day Of final adjournment.
1t engaged in the tax bill and adopted the
amendment nf two cents por pound ON cotton
WASHINGTON, juno, 2l.-The Senate was
engaged in the consolidation tax bill, and made
very good progress on the measure
The House ccnnludad the consideration Of
the new army bill which was then passed,
yeas Y, nays H.. 1t provides fora maximum
Of $4,000 men.
The Navy Department has received dis,
patches from the United Statcs Steamer Van
dcrbilt, dated Acapulco, Mexico, May, 3Oth.
1866, sitting their arrival there on the goth
inst, after n passage Of eight and a half days
from Panama The town is occupied by the
French, with single vessel the Lucifcr, cnr.
rylng guns, lying at anchor before it. The
shores of the bay arc bclcagured by the libc,
rails, 80 that the Cocoanut Groves within can.
non shot of the town cannot safely be an.
preached. The Consular Agent desires the
protection of the American flag in giving
coal to the Mona,lanoc The Commodore states
that after coaling, he will probably proceed to
San Francisco, touching ut Magdulne 10 trans
fer coal from the Vanderbilt to tho Monad-
anoc.
The Radicals have agreed to delay the ad,
jourment Of Congcss hoping that Tennessee
will ratify the constitutional amendment in
time to be admitted this session They arc
anxious to admit one State before the fall cleo
tions.
The New Army Bill was passed by the
House o.day. Itprohibits anybody who served
in the civil or military service Of the Con
fedcracy, or Of any insurrcctionary State, from
entering tho United States army.
AUGUSTA, June 10 A Freedmcn's Con
venten meets here in July, and delegates
have been elected from all parts Of the State
The object of Che meeting is to mcmoriaiiz,
Congress in regard to the right of sunrae,
and trial by jury of their own color Geo
Pitts and Henderson Beck, of Griffin, have
been elected by large majority of colorcc
people MS anti. Bureau men At meeting d
tho colored people both these delegates dc
nounccd the Bureau as misohievous and Gre
auvc of disturbances between the races. The,
ARE willing to trust the laws of the State and
their old masters and friends for Justice. Tho
Bureau agent at Griffin is represented to have
said with on oath that he would not allow the
negroes to speak disrcspectfuly of his Blu
rcau, and arrested tho delegates, who were af
forwards released by civil authority.
WAsHINaroN, June 23.--In the Senate, 9
joint resolution was passed. providing for or
official history of the rebellion. authorizing
tho Secretary Of War to appoint some oompe
tentp person to writc it, atasalary not exceeding
$4,000 per year. II
Coon LUCK is nothing moro than unyield
ing WILL inccssant labor, contempt for an
easily won celebrity, immense learning, and
,thatpaticnce, which Button says, is the whole
df.Ssn'u=, but which certainly is the half oft