Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-16
From Washington.

ef{Douglass was before the Ways aud Means
Committee He urged in favor of uniform
tobacco tax. os in the interest of both tho Go.
velnment and manufacturer.
The Naval Committee agreed to report bill
mfSerially increasing the beligerent strength Of
thsstisvy: .Dg3Sn n el tl'S'
Tketeis not a word Of truth in tho recent
puattoations that Ghere has been an cstrangc-
ment between Secretary Fish and General
Slckles. On the contrary, the best feelings
exists between these gentlemen.
the Senate, pension bill appropriating
SSo,OO0,OOO was passed. Chandler offered
resolution as to whether any United States
Senator had received a lawyers fec from the
Treasury Department; adopted. Amnesty
was resumed. Carpenters substitute for
Summers amendments which was supplement
tal5to the civil rights bill, was rejected, BY !?
to Ss5. Sherman moved to strike out the
seventh section of Summers amendment,
which repeas or annuls all laws, whether
State OF national, which discriminates against
race or color by the use of the word "white"
After como discussion. Mr.. Sumner, at the
request Of friends of the bill, consented that
the eseotion should be struck out Marian OBJ.
jeotsd to striking out the section without
voto.
Thd'fIouse voted to-day on the amend.
ments to tho educational bill. Two impor.
tant amendments were adopted One, on
motion Of Goodrich, Of New York, to dstrib.
ute the fund on the basis of illitcracy,
and the other, on motion Of Hereford of
West Virginia, to tho effect that the free
schools contemplated in the bill need not
necessarily be mixed schools. The last was
adopted by vote of Id yeas to 80 nays.
The Republicans, in order to get rid Of this
lass;amendment, then turned in favor of one
of the substitutes, which is not amendublc,
and question was Mt that stage when tho
flopse adjourned. The final vote will be ta-
ken.tO morrow.
The position taken by gentlemen closely
conpected with the administration of the gov.
era nent is that, the British High Comns-
siol srs perfectly understood the views of the
Az 2%iean High Commissioners, in the nego.
atFs.sssk+t. t.o treaty Of Washington, both from
its terms and the assertions in the protocol !;
and that, therefore, our Government is
altogether justified in presenting the case as
it has-clamins consequential damages in
case the board of arbitrators shall not
award gross sum, in satisfaction of the 80
called Alabama claims. This Government is
willing to stand by the decision of the arb.
traitors 1t is known that though the British
Commissioners had full powers, they frc.
qucnty consulted their home Government
and acted IN full accordance with its wishes
in whatever they did 1t is officially asserted
that if the claim for consequential damages
had not been presented. aud was not to bc
passed upon, there might be u complaint by
the people Of the United States that provi.
sion was made for partial settlement only of
the difference between the two countries. Suoh
claim was, therefore, presented, FIR full set.
tlcment in the interests of pence. and to pro
cIude future disputes. This Government has
not yet received the text of the letter from
Lord Granville to Gen. Schenck, and
therefore cannot take official action upon it,
There is no probability whatever that our
Government will withdraw any part of the
case, but will leave the British Government
to pursue its own course, or the tribunal of
arbitrators to act in the premises according to
the treaty stipulatons. Nor is it likely that
our counsel will take any action in order to
accompodute the British Government
WAsuINeToN. February 8 The Commit
tee of,Ways and Means to-day had confer
epce on the subject of spirits and tobacco
Although they have not positively come to a
conclusion, there is probability that they will
agree upon n Uniform tax of twenty four cents
on tobacco and 80 amend the law az to con.
solidate distillcrs stamps, and provide for the
renewal OF present obstrnctions so as to faoil.
itate expectation ofspirits.
Amnesty was resumed the vote striking
out the seventh section of Summers amend.
ment falled. 25 to 33. r
Trumbull said he would vote against every
amendment, thus, upon the final issue, leaving
the bill as obnoxious as possible. The amend
ment erasing illusions to churches passed by
vote of 80 to %. The amendment strik
ing out tho clause regarding jurors failed by
"a vote of II to 42. Adjourned.
HOUSE The education bill finally passed.
Private dispatches state positively that the
Governor Of Florida il to be impeached
The educational bill which passed the
House to day was originally introduced by
Mr.. Pierce of Massachusetts, Chairman Of
the Committee on Education and Labor. 1t
conseorntes the public lands to public oduoa.
tion. One half the proceeds Of the salos of
public lands are distributed annually among
the different States during the first ten years,
upon the basis Of ilitemcy, as shown by the
present census. The othor halfis to be invest
ed, and the interest used for educational pur
poses. No State loses its share Of tho fund
by legal enaotments forbidding mixed schools.
After ten years the distributing will be upon
tho basis Of population, instead Of iliteracy
SournERN MANUFAorURss.- Tho Colum
bus (Ga.) inquirer snys: sour cotton manu-
factories are crowded with orders. A large
merchant told us, the othor dey, it wis with