Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-01-19
From Washington.

qiWntit " Of G0yefnnent secur tics VII be re.
turned to this Sintfy by the next steam
The business community there 10 becoming
weary of slch inyestuents sines the threat
J$ensa inpeeo question u tskcs tangible
ahopes Il J. 81.
4. Stanton, lit is said, has been papaed as 9
witness before the H6use Judiciary Commit
tee the matter of 5iinpeach hment 81 tho Pres
ident. IS + SIS g't 81 ss:y.. st45
TKe President has Ho HonyfDated 'Senaa. Cow.
an, of Pennsylvania, MS hiinistor to Austrias
His term in tho Senate expires in Dlarch nextg
Associute Justice Field, !, TO dny, delivered,
tho opinion Of the United States $Snpre,ne
RCourt;in tho Missouri test onth case. 3. John.
sCu,nmi0s, ii Roman Catholic Priest, who VAS
indicted for prca ching aud steacliipg ith6Nt
taking the oatlr prescribed by the Constitution;
of that Suite, bong tile plaintiff Serrors ~
The eoprt decides that the test oath, in; this
;casc, is suueonstitutional, being in the alature
of punishment without trial, j, nnd Sin scliar4
acter ecs post s. and as ~ bill of altuinder.
Tho Judgment Of the court; below lis rov verscd,
with direoti0ns that 5the plaintiff shell depart
without delay, Associate j ustice Fold ssalso
delivered an opinion; of the court In tliciS
7,arte cases Of Garlandah Mari, who, having
taken apart iisethe rebellion, ask to be srend.
imttcd TO prctice The court huldtl,at asl
the statute imposes q punislIMcn hchin,,ys
not hare been punishable ut the time the of.
fence was committed 5itisfitl its natufe aness
post .facto law: Attorneys are not officers Of
the United States s-they are officers Of }hc,
court, 4and hold thGir Offices darjng good be-.
shavior.; The cours.is not the register Of the
;edicts Of, any other poyrer The applicants
iobtained a pardon fron{the President. which;
srelievcs from the consequences of offance, md
6mukes tho citizen, in the;ieye Of athelaw, What.
hoiwas before it was committed, Congre
cannot limit the prcrogatiye Ufgn,ercyT-cS -cSn4
not be fettored by Legislative restriction. Il
followed TINT the prayer Of the petitioner
must be granted, and MISC the petition of Mr..
Marr. The rule which requires attorneys to
take the test onth must be rcscindcd, and the
order is made deaccordingly. Associate Justice
for himself, Chief Jdstice Chase and
Associates tSwayne and Davis, road dissenting
epipion.rf Js
WASHINGTON, /, january 15.-In the Son.
nto, Mr.. Wiley presented q memorial for a
constitutional; amendment abolishing al inc
quality in political rights on account Of race
and color.
In the House, on motion of Mr.. Cobb, the
Committee oil Claims wus instructed to asccr-
tain and report the facts connected with the
capture Of Jefferson Davis, aud the conncc-
ton, Of the Fourth Michigan aud First Wis
consin Cavalry Regiments Herewith The
committee hls powcr.to send for persons and
papers. %
In tho House, the bill for admissiotfof Col.
orado was by 90 against az S. e
NEW YORK, Janaury IS "A Nashville
special to the Tribune says the Legislature
will undoubtedly pass, at an early dnya law
extending suffrage to the freedmen.
HARRISBURG. january 15.-Cnmeron was
elected United States Senator to-day. The
Democratic members voted for Cowan. s
Gay Samuel Downing, Of Saratoga cos5nty,
Now York, the last living soldier of the Rev
olutionary War, is threatened with visit from
q Congressional Committee. ,-%
&B- Virginia and Kentucky have almost
unanimously rejected the constitutional amcnd
ment. ns.tt'
psg- 4 newsboy of Torente, named Henry
Martin, has fallen heir to 100000 in Texans
His father was Il furnrer and a.resdent of
Rochester He was killed in tho first battle
of Bull Run. His mother was unable to sup.
port the famify, and sent Henry toa olarita,
BILE institutions from which he escaped. Tho
boys uncle settledin Texas some years ago
and accumulated large property, IIo wats
killed in the battle of Shiloh, fighting for the
Confeaeracy A relntiye had been searching
three months Ger the boy, 5
hsfs- Womenhnd: negroes were legal voters
in New jersey, from I716 to 1874. In18O2,
member of tho Legislature was eloctcd ina
close race, BY the votes of two negro women.
In 1874, tllesnow constitution Of the State
was adopted, which prohibitedwo,neh md ne.
groes from voting. ,s s. 3: q;
RE CSHTIPrT
" The sfollowing persons havo paid on their gu b.
soription 70 tho GouRIER. aa follows q. -.