Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-03-09
Union.

llOnl he COmmCnCGu tnC contest. 1t
amounts to sixteen hundred dollars. Cornell
retains his seat
The new Wool Tariff is 12 cents per pound
on the best grades 10 on low grades, and 10
per cent ad 0atorcn, on both
The Judiciary Committee made report up
on the impeachment question. They say that
Mr. Ashley had submitted facts to them s,,s-
taining the charges; that the Committee had
worked without intermission, and that the in
vestigaton covers broad ground, but has not
yet approached completion; that sufficient cy
idencc has been gathered and placed in the
hands of clerk for the use Of a Committee Of
the next Congress to justify aud demand fur.
ther investigations
It is rumored that the minority report will
be submitted, to show that all the proof that
has been offered has been carefully examined;
that there is no evidence to sustain the charr
cs, and that these charges arc utterly without
foundation. That all tho proof which has
come before the Committee. which has worked
very industrionsly, deprecates any further in
vestIgation, aud tends foolishly to excite the
country.
!, General Dix has been confirmed as Minister
to France, and Hugh Ewing as Minister to
the Hague.
WASHINGTON, March 5.--!u the Senate,
several bills were presented one for re- or
gnn'zlng the Supreme Court. All were laid
on the table until the committees were ap.
pointed.
1t was announced that the President had
no communication to u,ke
The wool tariff goes into eff ct It one. h,t
the Senate Finance Comuittc. will re,wr, in
favor OF a suspension for ten days.
In the, House, an official enhancement
was made that the President had no comm.
nication to make.
IN drawing seats, Stevens AID Washburnc
were allowed to retain their old seats
Boynton was elected Chaplain. Among
the nominees was Parson Brow,low
toint committee of three from each
House was appointed to cYuali.c the pay of
employees
Inc Speaker announced that he would on
thursday appoint committees OH mileage and
credentials, but would hold other committees
subject to the order of the House.
PREPARING TO GO INT A TEnRIronY. =
n gentleman residing on f,r'u nmr Rich
mond, few days since, i, Y, It the p,ssa,.,
"t the tcrriiorializing bill re ;Srd tho Com.
missioner "t Agriculture, beg ding hin, to
send on about five hundred bushels of prairie
grass and ten buifalucs. Augusta Press.
RALEIGH, February ga resolution was
introduced in the House of Commons drcl,r.
ing North Carolina's acccptaucc of the C,n-
Sressonal reconstruction plan. There WI,
nluch excitement and an animated discussion.
Finally the resolution was referred TO tho
Sommittce on Federal Relations.
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aSS~ Elections will be he'd in New Uamn.
shire' on the I'd Tuesday in March: Con
ncctlrut, lst Monday in April; and Rhode
Island lst "Wednesday in April, for Cover
nors and members of Congress.
sss- The ATLANTA (Ga) Era" saws the to.
t"' number of tho destitute in that State reach.
e. htty thousand. VIII, have not the actual mc,ns
Hto Havana corresponlcncn STAKE. that tho
so'n iinSS for - cable between Cuba and F,r;
az nave been c!n2e,cl. anI tho cable will be
laid next N,vember suhn,rino ~ n,,,,,;,
',o') tett III n. 'va' IL .c varel while MAKING
300 feet "''' %
nsas- Some English gentlemen with ten mil
li"ns OF dollars cash capital, rerently arrived in
New York en- route to the cotton plantations.
where they prornSod to inyeat. But finding
politics 80 unsettled they concluded 10 return
nome and carry back their money
ssS- Six tons Of elementary school books were
purchased in Now York tho other ,lay for use
among the freedmen. What doluyc of loarn
ing
bay Emigration from Germany to the United
States. according to letters written from Berlin
ana alu''ich will become &C mplete torrent"
IA the spring advances. The troubles and dis.
appointments III Germany following the war IF
l"st year add greatly to the tide that is scttin.r
towards Americn.
There will be accommodations on tho Gr.,t
Eastern for $500 passengers, when .runnno
between New York and IIarve, in connection
with the Exhibition next summer.
An artist pa IN ted !; d,rr M natural tI,,t ~