Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-12-07
From Washington.

TO sustain tho impeachment and conllscahon
projects.
WAsn1NaroN, November 2o.-A mono
rial from Delaware was presented, tavorlng
equal suffrage. Dunbar, cdtorof the New
York Globe" having purgcd contempt, was
Chander offered a resolution, .
decariug strict neutrality in the pending quar-
Objected, and the resolution lies over Nor,
rili introduced bill directing tho Secretary
O.. .!., Treasury to redeem legal trndcr notes
with coin, and directing him to sell each year,
after paying Interest on the debt, any gold in |
the Treasury over $75 ,000 ,O0O-rcociving in
pay national bank notes and compound inter
est notes aud requiring all national banks |
which have not equal to 10 per ccnt, OF their
capital in specie, to hold interest on their
bonds on and after July l. 1869 Morrill,
stated that he would press the bill at carly
day, saying Congress must gmpplc the financial
difficulties at once, and ascertain the true con-
dition of tho financial disturbances. Nd
ourncd to Monday.
The House WAS not in session.
The Senate, in the executive session Of three
hours, confirmed Horace Greeley as Minister
to Austria, and a. G. Hunt as Governor OF
Uv,ui iuu.
WAsulNGroN, Dec 2.-Tn the Senate, the
repeal of the cotton tax waa referred. The
the repeal of the cotton and tobacco tax was
presented IL o'clock arriving, the com
! mcnccmcnt Of tho second session was an
| nounccd, and committee appointed to in
| form the President. Adjourned.
In the House, the judiciary Committee
were instructed to inquire whether the House
had right to accept or reject terms Of treaty
like that acquiring Russian Amcrcn. Nari
Gus petitions and resolutions, &C., requesting
the repeal of the cotton tax, were introduced
and referred to the Committee Of Ways and
Means. II o'clock arriving, tho second an
nual session was proclaimed. 14G members
were present. A Committee was appo'ntc |
to inform the President. The Committee
subsequently reported that the President
would communicate H., message at noon to.
morrow. Adjourned.
WAsnINnroN, )cccmbcr . Congress or
ganizcd at IL o clock.
Greedy publishes card declaring that he
was not officially notified Of his appointment
to Austria; therefore he neither accepts nor
declines, but DOM intend leaving his country
pending the Presidential election.
Incrnalrcvc receipts to-day s2,2ll 900
Gen OrdsScpnrts that in majority Of the
Counties of his District there arc very few
men who can take the test oath, aud these arc
not disposed to defy public opinion by acc vt
ing o!it unless supported by Il military force
afterwards The will of the coorcd people
may be in favor Of supporting loyal Office hold.
crs, but their intelligence is not sufficient to
enable them to combine for the execution of
their will All their combinations arc now
conducted by white men, under the protcc
ton Of the military. If the protection is
wuu'u m,"u,au a;v.. s.,~.,..,A>'y. osu,tn,,liu,
Southern people, now cxaspcratod at wha
they deem the frccdmcn's pre- .clnpton, would
not be very gentle towards them. So, tho
d df,prescncc of larger military force will be re
}. mcHietd ntHed TOR some time, to maintain the freed
IVY the right of suffrage.
o,ua nNNGroN, December 3--Internal rev
. Tbo tnla,Ss to day l,2+6,OO0.
f o'clock vcstrr3,}hh Offices in this city, from S
transm,;;,"a : 1n Morning to this morning
:. ,on ,'.' ~; '"'o0<words Of newspaper mat
WAsllNuroN, Dee s." 81, ,,o ca ~,
Presidents message WAS read r.nr .'>
'l"n OF unlmpo:ant business adio..nol'
IN the House, Mr. Stevens renew, i;
n'il Tor schools in tic District, which WAS ="
infrcd. The Reconstruction Committee wa
"irecicd to inquire IS to the cxpc,iicncy of iii
-, ''7 ''A''H i"tt!i!:c objected, saying on:
'c%as under dc$potisrn was enough. Steven,
asked leave to Introduce resolution rc,,,ri
lnS The census Of the conquered ,crritnr;n.
witi' vlcw to facilitate the admission of IN,
Southern STATES, but ohiection being made. i,
was Withdrawn. The Election Committee re-
ported Beck, Jones, Grover ana Knot wor,
sworn; Irimblc, Brown and Young we're cy.
cludcd. ~
schenck, from the Committee Of Wavs and
Means, reported bill that all cotton raised in
inc United States after the year 1867, he OK
empt from tax. Schcnck refused an nmcnI.
mcnt, making the same law apply to SUGAR. =
ochcnck proceeded to explain why it was not
made to apply to cotton raised this year: one
h'th was already on the market, and a very
largc portion had passed from the hands Of
thc producers; the growers would, therefore
aefl"c little benefit. The Committee believed
1t would be impolitic and incxpcdicnt. Brook
moved substitute, that the tax be abolished
ana thht no American manufactured cotton
goods shall be entitled to the benefit RI t}n
existing drawback, unless shippcd within
ninety days of tho passage of this Act. 4
general debate ensiod. Butler opposed the
repeal; Logan, Blaine, Mullen Garfield and
Allison favored Schcnck's bill; Barnes and
Pl'c favored Brooks substitute. Without
closing tho debate the House adjourned.
MoNTGoMEnY, November 20.--Gcncral
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