Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-20

IVY N"Sic hol IcauS 10 report on lmpGach-
ment.:
MI, Boutwell, offered a concurrent rcsolu-
ton 10 adjourn to October next. This clio
tied warm debate, which was interrupted by
the announcement Of Denaison's death.
Afer the delivery OF euogies on tho dc.
ccascitho House adjourned
InNhc Senate the consideration of the .Ju.
dietary Committees Reconstruction Bill was
resumed
Anamcndmcnt giving commantlcr. power
to Gil vacancies by appointing citizens or dc.
tailed soldiers, was adopted by a vote of yeas
20, nays l5
The following was added to the sixth sec
ton
Whether holding such Office at the time
of tho rebellion or before"
Dennison's death was announced and culo
gics pronounced and the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 11.-In the Senate,
Howard withdrew his amendment, which spcc-
ilicd certain classes entitled to register, with
the remark: that as there was large share of
judicial power left in the hands of district
commanders, it would, perhaps, be as we'll to
leave them to determine the matter The
fouyfh section was amended by adding, that
any person appointed by district commander
maybe removed by him Drake introduced
an amendment, demanding some additional
guarantees preliminary to the admission of
representatives. but it was ruled out of order.
Drake appealed from the Chair The Senate
sustained the Chair by 81 to 13. Buckalcw
Offered his amendment making the vote for
congressman cumulative, and giving each
clcctor ms many votes as there were Congress.
sional Districts in the State, and allowing him
to cast all his votes for one candidate or di-
vide them at pleasure; which was ruled out
of ordcr-22 to T. The Senate continues in
session, and will probably not adjourn until
vote is obtained
IN the House, after unimportant business,
the consideration OF the concurrent resolution
Of adjournment was resumed. Elaborate ar
gunlc,its with regard to impeachment ensucd.
FinallN Stevens moved the previous question
tee Sordered to report partially this session.
The dcsnnnd for tho previous question was
not sustained. Wilson moved that the com
mittee be ordered to report at the next scs-
sionS and that it be allowed to print 500
copies Of tho report. There was a demand
for the previous question, which was sustained,
and the resolution passed. Stevens then said
he abandoned the matter, and moved that the
resolution lie on the table The House adj
journcd to meet Mt S o'clock this evening
Az 8 o'clock, the Senate passed the bill and
adjourned
MustorRolls of the Confederate Army.
The New York Tribune" publishes an
abstract from documents which fell into the
hands Of the United States mt the downfall Of
the Confedcracy, of the returns of all the
Confederate armies, from their organization in
the summer of 1861 down to the spring of
1865. 1t appears from these documents that
the number of Confederate troops at the east
and the west was throughout nearly equal,
and that, with the exception of September,
1868, when Longstrect, with his corps, was
sent from Virginia to Tennessee no considc-
rablc body of soldiers was ever transferred
from one army to the other. The greatest
number on the Confederate mustcr-rols at any
one time was $50 900, and this was when cv-
cry male from II to so was enrolled in the ar
my. The greatest number present for duty
at any one time in the whole Confcdcracy,
and that for only brief period, was 100000.
There were not three periods of a month when
they had 250,000 AT only three periods did
the army Of Northern Virginia, under Lee,
number 100000 men fit for duty
In October, 1861, when Mcclellan con-
fronted Johnston at Manassas, tho actual force
of Johnston was less than 10000, and in De-
ccmber, only $4,000. Wheuih Aprib 1862,
Mcclellan landed on tho Peninsula Magru-
dor had $4,000 men; and when Mcclellan
assailcd Yorktown the Confcdcratcs liads on
the whole Peninsula less than 10000. when
he reached the Chckahominy tho Confcde-
rates had at Richmond but 700, increased
az the close Of May to about ct, 900 electives.
On tho Goth of June, when Tee began his
movement against Mcclellan, the Confcderatcs
numbered little more than 100000 effective
men. When after tho battlt Of Gettysburg,
Meade reached tho Rappahannock, l'ec had
II 900 men. The Confcdcracy was at it's
highest point of military efficiency in the ear
ly summer of 1868, when the movement into
Pennsylvania was commenced Evory able
bodied man, except those in the workshops
and civil departments, was enrolled seven
out Of ten were actually present, and six out
of ten wore "prescnt for duty" When the
Confederate army, in April, 1865, withdrew
from Petersburg, it is supposed not to- have
numbered, all told, $4,000 men.
THE 'STltEET RAILwAY.--On Friday, Juno
2S, tho street cars carried four thousand threo
hundred passengers which is the c'largcst mum.
bor of persons that have ridden on tic road
since it was first opened. Tho fullnumbcr of
.os , were running, and the road gave every