Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-05-19
[voL. mo. IS.
From WASHINGTON.

sohemies now pelorc congress Tor depicting
the Treasury and adding to the burden of tbe
national debt, have disquictcd Secretary Nc
Culloch and some other prudent fnanccrs
The efforts which were to be made towards
the ultimate extinction Of the debt were based
upon the supposition of rctrenchment and econ
omy, and peace internal and external. The
Bounty Bill before Congress will require four
or five hundred million but it is popularity
seeking and wooing measure for members who
care only to secure their reelection.
The Pacific Railroad Bill, now before the
House, calls for sixty nine MILLIONS to begin
with and hundreds of millions may not suffice
to complete it. This first instalmcnt, as Mr.
Washburne declared in the House. takes off
the whole amount which was to be saved to
the people by the proposed reduction of the
amount of the internal revenue The propos-
ed Ship Canal and new Frccdmcn's Bureau.
and Provost Marshal Bureau, and Thousand
other projects, call for countless millions. An
these expenditures a.e to be met without ref
erence to such condition of things in tfe
eleven Southern States, as will enable them
to contribute as largely as they did formerly
to the public revenue. This is crazy Con-
grcss. At any rate, it appears to be reckless
of consequences. If it cannot carry the next
Presidential election, it must sink into insip-
nlticance, and it will fight for the maintenance
of its present and future powers, at the hazard
of every interest of the country.
WASHINGTON, MAY 8.-The Senate spent
considerable time, this morning, in the dis
cussion of Joint resolution for preventing the
introduction Of the elsolera, The legislative an
preparation bill was reported.
The House was engaged, to-day, in the dis
cussion of the constitutional amendment re-.
ported by the Reconstruction Committee, that
being the special order for tho day. The
House refused to postpone the special order
and allow the consideration of the tax bin. bv
vote of 80 against 81. Mr.. Stevens led
OFT IN support Of the Committees report He
said that only nineteen loyal States were wan
ted to ratify the amendment and he repudi-
ated the idea that the views Of the States
lately in rebellion should be considered in it's
adoption. Several speeches, each of about
thirty minutes duration, were made on tho
subject; showing decided differences of opin-
ion among the radicals ON the Committce's S re-
port
MEMPHIS, May 2.-Somc negroes in South
Memphis fired on citizen this morning.
wonndng him and @nite woman. The sher
lff, with posse, attempted to disarm tho
negroes, but they fled to the fort, firing as they
ran. They were driven from the fort this
evening, and sought the woods. During the
excitement, seven negroes and one citizen
were killed and few houses we're burned,
The military have been under arms all day.
Up to this time, fifteen back and four white
men have been killed.
MEMPHIS, May 3.--Abont thirty houses
occupied by colored people, and all the school
houses in South Memphis, we're pulled down
or burned last night. Ten negroes were kill
cd during the day. Everything is quiet this
morning. The negroes fed to the woods last
night, but are now returning.
SUFFERING AMONG TIE NEGRoEs AT
CHATTANooGA.--Ihc report of the superin-
tcndent of the freedmen at Chattanooga, who
has been pushing his Investigations and mn
king preparations for the advent of cholera,
presents horrible picture Of the soualor and
and ,wrctchcdncss among the freedmen in that
city.
lie first examined cellar which contained
the body of what was once a human being,
now in the last st'tgo ofdccomposition. From
its appearance death must have occurred a
week ago.
The second hoycl contained a woman DIVING
with smallpox, without attendance or NOR
sci of food. in the house. He found woman
blind with ago and her daughter sick with
smallpox aud in a simular destitute condition.
The report abounds with similar instances
OF DOVorty. sickness and snf fforin,, tN