Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-04-07
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, mare Cd ho ouP.o"o
| Count has decided that shares in National
Banks are taxable by State authority.
A'large crowd awaited the veto of the Civil
until tomorrow, or next day.
Senator Eos, is i'll, and lying in very crit
icat condition.
The Senate today was engaged in the dis
cussion of Resolution, offered by Mr.. Sum
ner, to amend She journal Of Friday by striking
out tho vote of Senator Stockton, Of Now Jcr-
scy, on his right to n seat and refused, by u
vote of twenty two to eighteen, to refer tho
question again to. the Judiciary Committee.
Nv. Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, made speech declaring MIR.
Stockton legally entitled to his scat. The
question is still pending.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The Senate,
day, unscated Mr.. Stockton, of New jersey,
Democrat, by one (l) majority. The prcsent
Republican Legislature of that State will,
therefore, elect ono Of their own party.
In the House OF Representatives, q report
was made from tue Reconstruction Committee,
covering the evidence of General Ice, who
says, so far as he knows, the desire Of tho pco-
pie of the South is. for restoration of civil
government, and they look upon the policy Of
the President as the one which would restore.
it, N
The President has transmitted to the Sen
ate his veto message on the civil rights bill,
the various provisions of which are subjected
to a rigid examipaton, and the reasons for
disapproval given iu detailA Hc says the bill
intcrvcncs between capitaf ant labor, and at
tcmpts to settle questions Of political economy,
through the agency OF numerous officials,
whose interest it will be to fcrmcnt discord
between the two races-for, as the breach wi
dcns, their employment wis continue, and
when it is closed their occupation will be gone.
The. bill also trenches on the rights Of the
States, and would have centralzing ten
dcnty.
ton, to protect the freedmen, and will cheer
necessary for that purpose, whichnccords with
the provisions of the Federal Constitution
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Scnutor Fuote
died in this city this morning
WAsnINGroN; April l.-rhc Wisconsin
Asscssihly, by votoofvyery iscpnb,ioan<aien
Der but one, instructed their SrVators'to vote
for the Civil Rights Bill, Notwithstanding the,
| veto.
TIE New JOHNSON PAREI The Nation
al Union Club have, through Hon. Grce,A
Clay Smith, chairman pro fcns, who has been
| a consistent Republican, issued 4 call for the
Union people, without regard to pary or loca-
tion, to meet at City Hall III Washington, on
Saturday right for The purpose Of endorsing
and sustaining President johnson in his bold
and determined purpose to maintain, in its
puiaty, the Constitution of she United States
against all opposition.
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A4,~ The "New York Tribune" says that,
the taxes in the country arc heavier than arc
or ever were borne by any other 100000
of people on earth. Adding our State and
municipal to our national taxes, and they
aVount to not penny less than $50 each per
annum for the whole American ptoplo
NEW YonK, March 20.-Informaton has
been received Of ~ secret convention between
Napoleon and Maximiian, concluded at the
city of Mexico OH the 10Th September last,
fixing the pay aud positions Of the French
agents of Mexico for five years from the above
date.
A:y- At the Superior Court Of Orange
County, North Carolina, held last week by
Judge Gillian, nine negroes and two white
tpcn were whipped for larceny. Mr. Settle
appeared for the State. Negro testimony was