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


nd nsgh 5misds and that the party
guilty thereof on consiction, shall bo sfned
not exceeding $5 900, 5and Imprisoned not OK,
iceeding two years. The billrepeals oil parts
Of the Reconstruction Acts, inconsistent with
tho above provisions, Stevens voted against,
tho bill in committee, asserting that it. was
intondcd to elect Grant.
M WASHINGTON, January 13.--In the Sem
ato, bill authorizing tho sale of Harper:s
iFerry, was INTRODUCED also reducing tho
federal army Tho judiciary Committee
has ,heep required to report bill regulating.
Impeachment trials. Information from the
President, regarding Burlingame's Chinese
mission, has been demanded. The Secretary
Of the Navy has been asked whether thore
are not surplus funds on. hand, which could
be advantageously conveyed into the Treas-.
arry. A bill amending the Constitution, so as
to provide tribunal to adjudicato differences
between the Government ind the States, was
taken up, but tho Senate won't into executive
session, aud adjourned.
LII IuC llOuScj UIlS
fishing u bureau for Che relief of freedmen /;
defining bclligcrcntrig hts Of the United States;
requiring two.tlirds Of the Supreme Court to
pronounce laws Unconstitutional; for tllo pas.
sage Of atariif bll ,es lspon US possible; con
strYcting a railroad. bridge across the, Ohio, at
'Paduoah; to fund the national debt; pro.
tccting American oitizo1s abroad; declaring
the. fourteenth article, The speaker sut.uit-
tod Il communication from tho war depart
ment, asking transportation South for certain
provisions. The rules were suspended -116
to for tho introduction of un additional
reconstruction bill. Photographed Saturday,
The bill will be debated tomorrow and We'd.
ncsday, when vote will be taken. Tho mi.
nority arc pledged to make no dilatory mo-
tions. A bill was introduced and passed, ma
king five Judges of tho Supreme Court quo
rum; requiring two thirds of full bench to
make valid any action infringing directly or
Indirectly the laws of Congress and should
the District Courts decision affect in any way
the constitutionalty or validity of the laws,
said decision shall be certified to by the Su-
prone Court; and unless two thirds If full
bench concur, said decision shall stand re-
vised The vote stood 116 to 80. Adjourn.
ed. ~
The Senate today, after executive session
pissed tho resolution reported from the Com.
mittec on Military Affairs, declaring the rea
sons of the President for removing Stanton
from the War Department insufficient, and
that they do not, therefore, concur in the act
of suspension. The vote on the passage of
the resolution stood yeas 35, nays6 6.
Senator Thaycr will introduce bill, to-:
morrow, to reduce the number of Major.G Gene-
rals to four ana of Brigadier-G Generals to nine.
The object of which is to legislate ont Of
commission Maj. Gen. Hancock and Brig,
Gen. Rousseau.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lin tho Senate, a
petition was presented for an appropriation to
charter vessel and buy provision for the suf.
tcring poor in Sweden. A resolution prov-
ding for gradually reducing the army; bills
removing political disabilities fvom Patton !;
amending the Act for the safety OF travellers
by steamers &C., reducing the number of Ma.
jor and Brigadicr.G restoring lands
confscated;by States lately in rebellion, and
Davis amendment to the Constitution, provi.
ding a tribunal to determine Constitutional
questions, were discussed, when anti.contrac-
ton was resumed and discussed to adjourn.
maut; .,'