Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-02-18
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-, WAs,suISoToN, Al, February l4,.-3 p., M
n fEhes Ways and~A cans CQlninittee cons;da.oa !
Fl t19sextendiag Of ftfs whiskeys bonds IN t tSps.
p9lh,herco Bf No@ drlcans, pfoscntsd hSnsS -
|srai srHs ssyphef faY'IlsIa cAaayo Of tho susur
Ia ~ 4
i & ~ the Honse, tho nsmSfinl Of Tie N,,w
vncans oha'nhsf ot UbaSIsssee, regafd;r ;ro
1ne susnr tnr,if, was presented. by Schenok'
Inu ~" Iy'er'ea Dack to thu committee Variona
u:sao.ty US: oaIis were presented, upon which
tno yens a,id nays Wcro cnlled n rcsolnt;onn
that Washington aud Georgetown shnnjJ
sappgft 'ul, tI'rlr psppyrs .without Federal aid.
~, 81 the lteuss, resolution was introduced
aso.ns ''..ua thpt tho business interests Of t6e
couefry redutres anlincrease In the, svoInn,o
Of currency, and instructfinv tbo rJn;Y,;.n
and, Currency to renort no 800
as possible a bill Increasing the
least 5D,0ou,ooo. notion tos ssISy stahlS ,,;s ~
Meoa.yy iasS y ssss sSs' = p pp 81
Logan spoke 10 favor of the rcoorniiti;on1 oe
the bsliiGefcney offCubuyt AgesulatioS w.s 10
adopted requesting the President to inforn,
tho House whether aii ofdurikaif boon ,;v.m
70 clearthe' docks ut Now York, forathe 'snnr.
pose OF repairing tho Spanish war vessels
aqd u So by wha. authority. Tie appropria. appppUi,
tlon piil' wasi resumed, when the House ,al. i
Ile ~ Judiciary Comuitteo reported favorx,
iebly on Strong aud Brady by no{maioriiW Wf
NO iasnq actlqn. l9e plan oftryihg tho contesteT
election cases 6y drawing a2coliinittoe offiry
from the House, wis dyfeated; on the mn,;n1
to suspend the iulcs-vote 7S voas !. 10I
mays. ' "o''2' '33tl' SY'. 4YHS
In tho Senate, the President transmitted /.
report Of tho War, regarding Georgia.. Il
:, II the senate, communication from tho
Secretary Of Wars>>dpon affairs III 6Gaots;a'f
with the credvfti,ls Of tho Senators elect
tlill aud Miller, were referred to the Judicin.
ry Committee. ra, w. .7
The Secretary Of the Treasury was directed
to report whether tho public iUteicst would
not bc subservcd by removing the branch Of.
the mint from New Orlcnus to New York. n
a blll was introduced to acutorce the tif-
teenth amendment by granting suffrage nt
State aud County elections, and punishi,Ig ta.
fusal or neglect to assess aud collect tax
where its payments is II qualification of an
elector Mississippi was considered without
uennite @ action, when.a motion to postpone it
resulted in the negative, by the vo:e Of the
VIce.President. Adjourned - a, sletu
iWAAsHHlINairoN, 4, II s'i February IL This morn
lag's Sun has the following special: I"
The PRESIDENT to day pronounced all re-
ports which have Represented hi,uias express
ing any opinion Oh the merits of the Georgia
Situations, tor/or against eithereontehding del.
cgatlon now here, as. simply untrue. lie
reiterated what he has before declared, that
IT. was question the Senatorial
part OF it-tlat belonged entirely to Con-
gress, and he did not propose 10 interfere
with It; and confessed lis surprise that gcn.
tlemen should seek an Interview with hiu, on
the matter, and then 60 away aud misrepro
sent him.
III the Senate, Shernan offered n rcsolu-
ton recting the sympathy Of the United
States with the people Of Cuba and all Amer.
loan colonies III their efforts to secure luuu-
pcndcncc from, Europenn powers, 1t decar.
"s that the United States will recognizes the
eS's~'ncc of state of war between, the king
uo''' 0, soain and the colony OF Cuba, wagcd
on thespart &c Cuba, waged II the part of Gu
oa TO esSaoi'sltMs Independence, and the Uu-
tea States VIII otSt.ve strict neutrality be.
tween the bcligerent pnrt..s. 'ns il their duty
under the law ofn,lions. Ai<,r a brief dis
c',ssiOn the re .oluton was rcf.r..l T., thc
Committee on Foreign Relations. NIL
The bill to abolish the fi.nking priviloro
and the Mississippi bill were considered, hut
not disposed of, n motion to postppne the lat
ter for one day being dcfcatrl Ly one vote.
The bull for the sale of lands on the sea
isl"ndsn Beaufort county, South Carolina,
was reported.
In the House, Howard was incrrogotcd
about the cost of tho Frccdmon's Bureau
since its organization
The death of Hopkins WAS announced. ~
It'll and Miller, the Georgia Senator's, are
here, ready to present their claims ut the pro-
per time. Should the Legislature elect
Others Hill and Miller will contest
RICHMOND, February ll.-Gcorgc Rye, of
Shenandoah, Was elected State lTreasurer, by
ll0 out of l57 votes. Rye is 'nnntive Of
Sbcnandonh, and in that county cast his vote
for Hale, Fremont aud Lincoln for President.
he was Secretary Of Sthtc under the lconsti-
S'tional convention. The, conservative mem
Der who nominated him explained that it
was dose as all indicntion,that.V Virginia inten.
oeq 70 forget past pnrty differences, y,
9eO~ TheIstahsSics of thS Methodist Epis.
copal Church in the. United States show
"ful" membership of l ,OG0,2e0 ,lahd pro.
bationary ono Of 194,8a)-total 1895. .ll5.
During the last year there were 37. .O65 adult
baptisms and 46,207 infant. q h II I'd ~