Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-27

Congress Of the United States. Ihe Reconstruc-
ton acts are declared political in their character
the propriety or validity Of which no judicial tri
bunal is competent to question; and the Supreme
Court of the United States is hereby prohibited
from taking jurisdiction of any case growing out Of
the execution of said acts in either of said States,
until such States shall be represented. etc. And
cases from such States now pending before that
Court shall be dismissed, and all acts authorizing
an appeal, writ of error, habeas corpus, or other
proceeding to, bring before said court for review
any case, civil or criminal arising out Of the exc
cution of said Reconstruction acts, are hereby re-
pealed. y r.....y -. BIZ. .....,.. .... -. ..,
A bill has passed the Senate, increasing the pen:
sions of the Revolution and war of 1872. 1t ap-
propriates 100000. ....
Mr.. Wilson introduceda bill to restore Alabama.
After the usual preamble it says: . -.
Resolved, That the Constitution Of Alabama Is
hereby declared to be in conformity with. the pro-
visions of the act to provide for the more efficient
government Of the rebel States, passed March I'd,
1867 and whenever the legislature elected under
the same constitution shall raty the 4th article to
the Constitution of the United States proposed by
the Thirtyninth Congress, the said State shall be
admitted to representation 10 Congress IN accord
ance with the laws Of the United States. ..r.
Thad. Stevens opposes special legislation for the
admission of Alabama. He says that if anything
of the SOFT is necessary, there might as well be
wholesae-letting In Of oil the Southern States at
once. = -. ..' ~ -.....- 70.
The Senate Military Committee passed resolu,
ton respectfully returning Sherman brevet nomi
nation, with adisapproval of the proposed grade.
A bill has been introduced in the House, and
ordered to be printed, removing ex-Gov. Holden'i
disabilities. .- ....:...
In the House, Mr.. Bingham introduced the fol
lowing, which was referred to the Committee on
Reconstruction: Whereas large majority OF the
votes given at an election held on the 5th Of Feb,
ruary 1868, were for the constitution presented by
the convention Of the people Of the State Of Ala
bama and, whereas, certain combinations Of citi-
zens in said State refused to vote, with the intent
thereby to defeat the efforts of the friends Of the
Union to restore the said State to its proper rea
ton to the Union therefore, be it enacted, &C.,
that the legislature elect under the new constitu-
ton of Alabama be convened ut the capital of said
State, as soon as practicable by order of the Uni
ted States military commander within the said State
of Alabama, and that upon the ratification by the
said legislature of the fourteenth article Of the Con-
stitution of the United States, proposed by the
thirty-ninth Congress, and the establishment by
law of impartial suffrage within said State as au-
thorized by the said constitution of Alabama, the
said State shall be admitted to representation in
the Congress of the United States in accordance
IL IL. Z. 20 sko5
In the House, on Saturday last, Thad. Stevens
reported the following resolution:
"Resolred That Andrew johnson, President Of
the United States, be impeached of high crimes
and misdemeanors in Office. ="
A general debate ensued, and the House ad-
journed at halfpdst 6ve to halfpastseven o'clock.
The vote on the resolution was to have been taken
on Monday last. .-....