Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-22

Committee of three to Investigate the
cause of difficulty between the Secretary Of
the Treasury and the Comptroller of the
Currency, and report to the House The
resolution was read twice, but at that stage
; was objected to, aud went over. A bill was
introduced aud referred to the-.Commitsee
on Post Office, to authorize the establish.
ment of ocean mail steamship service be-.
tween the ports of Charleston, South Caro-.
lima, and Liverpool. The Speaker proceed
ed to call committees for reports of a pri
vate character Several reports were made,
bat at the expiration of the morning hour
the business of the private calender was
exhausted, and the House resumed the con
siderstion of the Loan bill. The discussion
that followed was quite relief to the or.
dinary negro debates Of that body, as eviu.
cling disposition to spend at least one day
iu two weeks in the consideration of mat
ters appertaining to white men The de-.
bate was interesting, and was devoted to the
subject of an early resumption of specie
payments. The bill found warm advocates
in Mr.. Pike, of Maipe,. and Mr.. Went
worth, of Illinois, aud bitter opponent in
Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylvania Pending
its consideration the House took a recess
until half, past seven o'clock in the evening
During the evening session the cousidera.
tiou of the Loan bill was resumed, when
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, took the floor and
spoke at length in advocacy of the meas
ure. He was followed by Messrs. Darling,
Lynch, Baker, Laurence and others; when
finally vote was taken ou Mr. Stevens
substitute for the bill, which was rejected
by vote of seventy. three to sixty. The
question then recurred on the passage of the
bill which was rejected by vote of sixty.
eight to sixty.six, when pending a motion
to reconsider, the House adjourned.
1% A Washington cotrespond dent says ::
The history of the case of the Confederate
Admiral Semmes is briefly this: After his
arrest the matter was referred to the legal Of
6cer of the navy department for iuvestiga
tion The officers of the Kearsage and 9th.
ers were summoned to Washington and
their testimony obtained, and Col. Bolles,
solicitor and judge-advocate of the depart.
meut, prepared full statement of all the
facts for the information of the President.
The President was opposed to any trial of
rebel officers of either the army or navy by
military court, except for couduct in con.
travention of the rules Of war. 1t was pro
posed by the navy department to try
Semmes for destroying lighthouses; for
burning merchant vessels without bringing
them to port for adjudication by prize
court, for violating. his surrender te the
Kearsage, he having without exchange join
ed the army of General Johnston; and these
charges, it was recommended, should be
brought before a mixed court of military
and naval officers. The President referred
the document to the Attorney General for
an opinion upon the points of the case, and
decided that the parole of Semmes is bind.
ing upon the Government, and on this
decision Semmes is to be set at liberty
The Boston TraVeler, commenting ou the
ABOVE, says: awe have reason to believe,
on good authority, that the course adopted
in the case of Semmes indicates the policy
of the Government in the case Of Jefferson
Davis, though the. day of bis liberation
from prison may still be far distant. If,
however, after the legal restoration of peace
by the presidential proclamation, the su-
preme court decides to take up and try auy
indictment found against Mr. Davis in Vir.
ginia, there would probably be no interfer
ence upon the part Of the Executive