Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-12-21
washington Gossip and Rumors.


The admission ofthe members from Tenf
nessee to occupy seats on the floor of the
House IS merely a CONCESSION made BY the
Radicals. Their hostility towards all the
Southern members is as bitter as ever, and
their determination to keep them out is un.
altered. ,-- ..
Itis also understood in republican party
circles that the credentials and other papers
of Southern Senators and Representatives
are to be referred to the joint select COM
mittee to sleep until the end of the session.
It is said that the latest dispatches re-
ceived at the State Department from Great
Britain, are of the most belligerent cbarac.
ter, and that there is no probability that
England will recede from her position in
the Alabama case
Among the visitors at the Executive
mansion on Wednesday, was G. a. TreD;
holm, of the late Confederate States Treas.
ury.
In the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday our
relations with England, which have now as.
sumed serious if not an alarming aspect,
were discussed at length. 1t is understood
that the President has directed Mr.. Seward
to prepare an ultimatum to be presented to
the English Government, and in the event
of not being complied with, our Minister is
to ask for his passport, and return home.
Julian, of Indiana, introduced a bill into
the United States House of Representatives
to amend the con6scation law SO as to forfeit
real estate beyond the,life- time of the own.
er, in case of treason. -..... ..
A great deal is said in certain quarters
of disintegration of the Republican par.
ty, collision between the Executive and
Congress, &c., but it so happens that all
this chat originates with the opposition ele'
ment, while the leaders of the Republican
party to man pronounce in favor of har'
mony and .good-feeling. If we were to see
them quarreling with each other publicly
and angrily, then we might have something
tangible to base such conclusions upon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA The Coufede
rate. bond resolution in the Senate wal
drawn up, T understand, because of The
fact that has recently transpired, that large
purchases of these bonds had been made or
the supposition that the United States woult
some day or other assume their payment, ii
full or In part The basis of this belief,
am told, is founded on the impression aut
opinion of infuentiallegal talent; that as |
receiver Of the assets of the Confederac,
the United States is responsible for the liza
bilities thereof. The Judiciary Committee
will consider the resolution at an early day
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-The question
as to whether the Presidents pardon restores
the recipient to all his political and civil
rights was argued to-day before the Supreme
Court of the United States, and will be
continued next Friday.
"It is runored in well informed Orioles
that the President will withdraw the Pro.
yisional Governors of the several States al
soon as the constitutional Amendment il
adopted, the freedmen given the right to tes
tify, and the rebel debt and the acts of Sc
cession declared null and void. The mill
tary force will then be withdrawn, and the
Freedmen's Bureau also withdrawn as soor
as the proper spirit is. shown to give the
freedmen fair trial. That be then cou
siders the work Of reconstruction complete
and that be cannot but recognize them al
States upon equal footing with the North
ern States that war will be declared at ar