Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-18

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Congress aud sent to,the Presid 9 }. \.
s BE Il enacted etc., That from and after this
date, no distilled spirits shall be withdrawn
or removed from anysNafshouse, for the pur.
poses Of transportation, reotidoation, change
of package, exportation, or for any other pur,
pose whatever until The fdllStax ON suoh spir.
its shall have been paid; and:all .Aots, and
parts Of Acts inconsistent with the provisions
hereof are hereby repealed. 81, !
An official letter from Con. Howard states
that tho Bureau disbursements from january
l, 1856, to January |, 1868, wore IS $780,.
600, ,'and the amount on hand IS, 1856, 900. 1
Tho proceedings in tho Supreme Court is
attracting intense interest. The impressions
that tho Bench will decide adversely to the
constitutionoiity Of tho demonstrations Acts
gains ground Judge Black moved that
day be appointed for hearing &C partc Me-
.Cardlc, but Mr.. Sttnberry objected to arguing
the case on behalf Of tho Government, .bd-
cause he had written an opinion sustaining
the,othcr side. Tho mates was deferred, up:.
on Stapbqrysr susstgsestiap, Antih ,sha .GpXeyas
mcnt could arranFeH 'appearby seaie oth5r
counsel. AZ This case is. thatef Cpl. MoCatdle,
the editor Of a Visksburg paper, wholwas IN :.
prisou& by order Of a military commander.
A decision is looked for at an carly day, y,.;and
the Impression is pretty general that writ
will be granted which would virtually set
aside the law. a second case involves the
constitutionality of the law by which Congtess
authorized the sale Of captured property, a, d
directed the proceeds to be paid into tho
Treasury, at the same time providing that tho
olimants might, ut the cndo two years. bring
suit for recovery through the Court of Claims.
The c'se comes up through the action of the
owner Of lot of cotton who brought suit d.
rectly against the officer making the seizure.
This latter person pleads the law as his de-
fence What is known as tho Virginia cdse
affects the mode in which Congress. an9pfo.i
coed in ratifying the contract' between; o3tliG'
States. Itcomcs into court on motion of the
parties residingin Virginia, and claiming tiat
the cession of the Counties Of Berkley and
Jefferson to West Virginia is not valid,
although, ratified by Congress. The Statetof
West Virginia provided for receiving thMe
Counties upon the consent of Virginia boihg
given. This consent was obtained, and Con.
gress was asked to ratify the contract, but be,
fore the action Of the body was consummattd,
Virginia withdrew her consent; but Cohgrtsss
paid no attention to this action, and proceeded
to ratify theagteement.' Virginia clainsahat
such action was unconstitutional and cehes
now before the Supreme Courtto to test it,. y,,
Thefollowing States have adopted the Conssi-,
tutiona Amendment known tho fourteeutts
article; New Hampshire, Connecticut, Ten.
acssce, New jersey, Oregon, Vermont, New
York, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, KanSas,
Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, Wis
consin, Michigan, Massachusetts, and Nebras.
ka. Z "
internal revenue receipts tod W s5GS,000
WASHINGTON, january lin the Sen
ate, Mrs. Jessie Fremonts petition, for resto.
ration Of property i'll San francisco, taken'by
military authorities, was presented. Mr.
Sumner presented a petition from the negroes
of Fulton and Fuller Counties, Georgia, set-
ting forth their miserable condition, and ask
ing relief. Sumner introduced rcsoiuGion
relative to tho Constitutional Amendment.
which was referred to the Judiciary Coma,it..
tee. .
The House devoted the day entirely to
speeches.
The Agricultureal Department. has promul-
gated tho following: The returns relative to
cotton, indicate fully 20 per cent. aggregate
increase over the crop Of last year. Tho ac-
tual crop Of 1866, as sold and shipped, ma.
king dug allowance for receipts Of the previous
crop and amount not sent forward, on the lst
of September, 1867, was nearly 100000
bales; while the estimate of this department.
in October, 1866, was 1885, 900 bales. The
t 'ta estimates, made in. view of all tic de-
partment data, as well as outside information,
is placed at 2,340(a 400 bales, Y
The House Committee on Reconstruction.
this afternoon, agreed upon bill, to ,be re-
ported on Monday "deSalah4iS9g that tkolSS afe
no. civil governments in the lately, rebellious
States, and the provisional governments shall
not he recoVnized ns Wild or leonl eithor h,