Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-01
From Washington

ate, the reconstruction bill was read second
time. Doolittlc spoke in opposition. The Cot
ton Tax Conference Committee reportcd,
agrcoingto the House bill, with an amend.
mont cxempting cotton from import duties
after .April |. The Scnato'coucurrcd. Doc.
little resumed, andeduring his speech said that
when Latoum, a, Roman province, rcyoltcd,
aud the revolt was suppressed, the question,
arose in tho Roman Senate, what shall be done
with Latoum and the people Of l4atoum?-
There were some who cried disfranchisc thcm
Others said confscatc their property; thorc
were none who said subject thcm in vassalagc
to their slaves butold Camillus in thatspccch
which revealed his greatness and made his
name immortal, said Senators, make them
your fellow citizens and thus add tc the power
and glory Of Romc." Dooittlo added "Lu
this high place this Senate Of tho great re-
public Of the world out of the growth Of tho
civilization of all ages, cannot wo, Senators,
rise to tho height Of that great argu.ncnt /?
TrumbulI followed, when the Scnatc adjourn
ed, in honor of Hamilton, of Ohio.
The Reconstruction Committees this morn.
ing, agreed to report the following bill
Bcit enacted, &c. That the appellate jurisS
diction of the Suprmc Court of the United
States shalt not oxtond to any act donc, or
which shall be done, or to any proceedings
l"had, or which shall be had, under aud by vir.
tue of an Act cnttle'l an Act to provide for
the more efficient government of the rebel
States, approved March 2, 1867, or the scvo.
raj Acts supplementary thereto and all such
cases now pending in said Court, either by
,, appeal or otherwise. from any proceeding had
in the premises i'll my District or Circuit
Court Of tho Unitcd States, shall bosdis,niss
cd by said Supreme Court, and no record of
any proceedings had, or which might be had,
under either Of the District Commanders un.
der either of tho Acts, shall be removed to
o. reviewed in any other tribunal either upon
haocas coypns, Qao oarre"to, or in othcr man.
| ner whatever.
The vote upon the bill is understood to
have been yoas-Stcvens, Bingham, Paine,
boutwell, and Bcaman, Republicans; nays
Hulburd, Republican; Brooks and Beck
Democrats. The Presidents message to the
Senate, declares that the bill striking white
from the District Ordinances, failed by reason
OF the adjournment of Congress
WASHINGTON, january 24.--In the House,
the bill forbi1ling certain payments to South
ern claimants was discussed, and tho House
disagreed to the Conference Committees re.
port on tho cotton tax, and appo.r u new
Committee, Tho death Of Mr.. Hisc was an
nouncod, and tho House adjourned.
In the Senate, Edmunds and johnson tool,
issue with the Presidents opinion, relative 20
the bill striking "white" from the district or
dinanccs. The message was referred to the
judiciary Committee. Tho Senate adhered
to its amendments to the deficiency bill, sfor-
bidding appropriations forthe Quartcrmaster,s
department. being expended for reconstruc.
ton, or any other purpose. Gen. Howard
was called on for elaborate reports regarding
abandoned lands and othcr relative matters.
a joint resolution, authorizing the distribu.
ton of dcssicatcd meats and vegetables not
neeled by tho army to sufferers in the South.
passed Thn reconstruction bill .gns resumed.
Morton spoke, and Nyc' will follow The ar
gamcnt will.probably last ten days.
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TIE CoNvENrIoN.-Th Charleston
News" speaks as follows of the present as.
poet of tho Conventions r. S@
a crisis has evidently arrived in tho pol.
icy of tho Convention. Heretofore, its tonc
has bccn comparatively conciliatory md mod
crate. Hereafter, the negroes are likely to
form compact solid body of voters in ono
direction. The real animus of their action
their hate for the land holdor--was yesterday
developed to tho full, and no man not NON.
bcr OF the Convention could observe the dis.
play of feeling, illconccivcd as it was, with.
out seeing trouble in the not distant future.
Some supposed that the body would bo
moderate; that South Carolina would be ohle
to boast a more Intelligent and better disposed
array of delegates than any other. .robclious'
State; but the bubble has burst. Negro
shrcwdncss is likely t, triumph in the Con.
vcntion, and the whirlwind set in motion bv
tho white leaders is fast progressing bovond
their control. The oxcitomcnt yesterday, az
tor the Convention adjourned, was vcry eroat.