Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-06-10
Telographio News.

OF religious intolerance has broken out n |
Roumelia, metropolitan province of the
Turkish empire in the South of Europe For
some time, the native Christians have mani.
tested spirit of fearful ypdictiveness against
tho jewish population, who have cndeavored
in vain to obtain from the Government some
protection against outrage and e&torton. A
secret movement has been in organization for
some time for the extcrniination of tho inof.
fensive Jews, and the deep and deadly hatred
OF the bigoted pnpulace has only been slum-
bering, awaiting vent for It's fury. On
Sunday last, by preconcertcd signal, the
Christian populace rose, and the fearful work
of butchery was inhuguratcd. At an early
hour, the houses of all the Jews were invaded,
and those Of the occupants who were unable
to escape were massacrcd in cold blood. The
fleeing lsraclites were pursued through the
town by an armed mob and murdered whero
ever caught. Men, women and children were
ruthlessly slain. Tho fury of the populacc,
inaamed with religious bigotry, only cxhaus.
principal towns, tho fearful work Of butchcry
prevailed, and thousands of men, women and
children of the rcpugnant class were butch
cred in cold blood The work of slaughter
still goes on in the interior, and nothing has
u
thortics to suppress it. The reigniMg Prince
is absent from tho province and advantage
was taken Of this to complete tho total cxter.
mination Of all the Jews from the province,
Prince Charles is hurrying home, aud encr-
getic measures will at once be taken by the
Sultan to suppress Tho religious cmatctc -
Meanwhile, the fury of tho mob continues
undated, finding fresh victims to gluc its in.
satinte frenzy.
WASHINGTON, Juno 2.-The President
nominated II. M. Wallace, Collector of the
Third South Carolina District vicc his father,
a. >. Wallace, recently seated in Congress.
The Presidents nominations for West Point
arc confined to the sons of soldiers aud sailors
Mono from the South. Tire Senate confirmed
Wallace as Collector of the Third South Jar
olina District.
Grant presented Spotted Tail with Gnc
pipe, silver match box, and box Of tobacco
Ned Cloud was not present. He had d friend
ly interview with Spotted Tail this morning,
and will, With his people meet tho Indian
Commissioner and the Secretary of the Intc-
rior in council to morrow. Spotted Tail and
his delegation had conference today at the
White House with the President and the Sec.
retary OF War Boutwell, and IIoar were
present, but did not take part in che confer
once. The Indians rcctcd the old story of
their wrongs, their wants, and their desire to
be at peace with the whites. The President
made speech assuring them Of the desire OF
this Government to have peace, and told thom
the whites were powerful, and would compel
it, if necessary, but hoped for thoroughly
amicablc relations between the nations
Spotted Tail said the Indians had kept
their promises, but the whites had not.
In tho House the Tax Bill was resumed,
and great diversity of opinion was expressed
in many five minute speeches. Schenck
closed the discussion. He said the Commit,
tee had proposed to rcdace the income tax BY
increasing the exemption to fifteen hundred
dollars, which would be reduction of nearly
six millions. Ills own opinion was, that was
about as much as could be safely done at this
&me, but he was not at all prepared to say
that "o,xt year, and year after, and SO on, these
reductions might not be continued C.catle.
men were not ~ be mislcd by supposipg that
all that was to be proposed by the Committee
of Ways and Means in Tie shape of reduction
of taxation was included in ,his Bill and he
had no objection ii, stating distinctly so that
there might be no misunderstanding, that he
had a section or two prepared 20 be offered at
the close of tho Bill, which would SO amend
by short provisions, the tariff, as to take off
some twenty three or twenty four millions
moro than this Bill would take off the Inter
| nal Revenue Bill. If the proposition to strike
out the income tax should prevail, he wanted
the gentlemen to remember that they would
not only strike out twenty FIVE millions of rev
cnue, loss Of which could not be afforded,
but would strike out the only provisions made
in the law, and the only ones, as some thought
that could be made in the law, fo. taxing in
come on United States bonds.
In conclusion Schencl moved the previous
question. The previous question was Sec
ondcd, and by agreement the vote on tho
sections in relation to the Income Tax, with
all the amendments, was postponed till to.
| morrow.
Beck offered an amendment to the forty.
| fourth section, tho effect of which would bo
to tax the interest Oh all Government bonds
five per cent. On division, tho Speaker
announced tho vote to be 90 to 65. Willard
demanded the yeas and nays, rcmarking that
this waa, to that extent, repudiution.
Allison moved an adjournment, which was
agreed to-03 to- So. The House then at
40, and amid much excitement, adjourned.
In the Senate the franking abolishmcnt
was resumed. A motion to place the Bill at
the foot of the calendar was defeated by 25
to 81 but passed over by 38 to 26.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-This mornings
Republican says the ironclad fleet lying oppo-
site New Orleans has been ordered to prepare
for sea, and their destination is supposed. to