Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-21


have failed or neglected or arc unable to arrest
and bring such parties to- trial, and to detain
them il, military confinement until such time
asa proper judicial tribunal may bercady and
willing to try them.
@ WASHINGTON, July 12.-Sccretary Den.
nison has resigned lie writes to tho Pres.
ident tit"t the call of the Philadelphia Con-
vcntion is antagonistic to the policy of the
party that nominated aud elected Lincoln, and
over tho Convention of which he presided
and he therefore wthdraws FROM the Cabinet
Rumors arc credited that other destinations
aro to follow
WASHINGTON, July 12.--In the Senate
the tariff bill came from the House. Crimes
moved to postpone its consideration until De.
ccnbcr, and after debate the motion was
agreed toz-ycas y, nays L. The Niagara
ship canal bill was up bu. not disposed Of
'5ln'the House a,motion to appoint commit
tee to Investigate why the minority report Of
the reconstruction committee was not publish
cd with the evidence taken by the majority
report OF the same committee, was laid on the
table by a decided vote.
WASHINGTON; july 13.--In the Senate
to day, Mr. Wilson offered resolution callin.
on the President for information as to the
shooting of twenty three Federal soldiers ut
Kingston, n. g., by order of Gems Hokc
ami Pickett, C"nfearratcs, in 1854. Mr.
johnson objected, aud it goes. over A,inint
resolution giving right of way to the Iniou
and Pacific Railroad through military rescr-
vatons W rs passed Senator Williams entered
motionto to reconsider the vote which defeat
cd the bill to re-anncx Alexandria County to
"a fho 49, ~ 4
duccd bill to admit Representatives from each
Southern State provided it ratiGcs the consti
tutional amendment recently passed. which
was ordered to be printed
In the House Mr.. Morrill, reported bill,
which is II partial revision of the tariff bill,
imposing duties on cigars. chcrouts, &c, of
two dollars and half per Mound, and ffty
per cent. ad valorcm, also three cents pcr
epounl OH cottnn. The bill WIS laid over
The contested c,sn OF Fuller vs. D.ws1n was
decided to,d,y, BY the Ilousc sustaining Daw-
son without division
New York Times" emphutcally denies tho
truth of the report, as published, of his re-
marks in the republican caurns of the Demo
cratic Convention called ut Rhode Island to
elect delegates to the Philadellha National
Convention.
General Grant has ord rcd cavalry to be,
sent to Loudon County, Va, as it is alleged
there have been outrnges on the freedmen,
and civil law has failed to punish the guilty
or protect the blacks
Two gentlemen from Missouri called on the
President yesterday and Informed lin of
deep laid scheme on the p,rt of the Radicals
t. carry the Missouri election by force Of arms,
it necessary. Secret lengues were organized
and the militia armed Arms were shipped
t" various portions of the State by Governor
Fletcher, for the purpose of influencing the
election. The President assured the gentle
men that as it was his duty to protect all citi-
zcns in the enjoyment Of ther rights as
such, it would only be necessary in case of
such outrages for the citizens to apply to him.
WASHINGTON, July l6.-Thc President
vetoed tho Freedmen Bureau bill a second
time, but Congress passed it over his veto
july 1.-THE resolution to cxpcl Rosscnu
was defeated. lie is to be, rcpri,uandcd by
the Speaker.
Brownlow reports the members of ihc Ton.
ncsscc Legislature refractory, aud calls ON the
Military for help The War Department re-
fuses to interfere.
a MAN must possess fire in hiniself before
no can kindlc up electricity that thrills the
grcat popular heart.