Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-12-04
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.

The Forty.third Congress commenced the
long session last Monday. This is the first
Congress assembled under the new and in
creased apportionmcnt in the House of Rep
rcSrntatvc>, making the number Of members
l92. The administration holds 1913 seats,
giving it majority of 81. The opposition
will he in greater minority than in the last
Congress, IL it then numbered Ill members
out Of 243 and now there are but 81 Demo.
crat< and Liberals in Il total Of 292.
The Presidents message was not read in
either House ON Monday. The reports Of the
Secretary of War and the Secretary of the
Navy are quite lengthy, i'll consequence of the
recent Spanish complications. Approprla,
tiur,> tnra~h department are asked for.
In the Senate, Mr. Sumner introduced his
civil rights bill, and failed in the attempt to
put it on it, passage without reference to a
committee. Ic also desired to read a tclc.
uram which he had received from the trpub-
ican members of the Spanish C"rtcs, but ob,
irc,un> were raised. Several bills were i'll
troducrd-onc to make Italian p"nlroncs iel'
OILS, and another to provide for Il distribution
oflhe sum awarded to the nitcd States by the
Geneva tribunal of arbitration.
In the House Blaine w:lS reelected Speaker
The vote stood-Bainc, 1907 Wood, II
Cox, ,; Clvmcr, y. II. Stephens, !. About
titv members from the South took the antc.
JNam oath, while others took the "iron clad
oath. In drawing for seats, exceptions we're
madcin favor Of Mr.. Stephens, Of Georgia, and
Mr.. Dawes. Mr.. Stephens seat is directly in
front Of the Speaker, on the Democratic side
oflhc aisle. The courtesy to Mr.. Step hens
wa> uponlhc motion Of Mr. Platt, of Virginia
Butler, of Massachusetts, offered resolution
to admit to their seats Sypher, Sheldon and
pinchback, of Louisiana but without action
on it, the House, at hafpas I, adjourned.
EDITORIAL INkLlNGS.
The Southern Home
- Wcarc pleased to note 4 recent enlarge
mcnt and other improvements in this valued
cotrmporarv, published at Charlotte, y. G.,
bv Glen. ID. H. Hill, Editor, and Randolph
4. ShotwrIl, Associate Editor. Gen. Hill
wicIl$ an incisivc pen, which has q reputation
throughout the land, and the Southern Home
under his management, has been success
from the time it was first established.
Louisiana Affairs.
--- The Peoples Convention assembled in
New Orleans on the 18th ultimo. The Sos
sion WAS harmonious An address was pre-
pared, and the following resolution adopted
81" <Olr,d That our frllow-ciizcn<, Judge
John \. Campbell, Hon. Randall Hunt,
Robert II. Mari, IIoratio \. Ogden and
VIM. Is. Spencer, bc appointed committee,
ON the part Of the people of Louisiana, to re-
pair to Washington and present their memo
rial for relief from the kellogg uSurpation,
and the restoration Of Louisiana to her ri ghts
and liberties a> free State of the American
Union, ;,< guaranteed by the Constitution of
the United States"
Speeches were made by Gov Mcl:nry and
Others
Sous Of Temperance.
- The Grand Division Of the sons of
Temperance, met at Temperance Hall in Co.
lumbia, ON "Wednesday night Of last week, and
continued in session until Thursday nj ght
Gen. Kennedy, Oft Camdcn, presided. From the
Inion-NrId, we learn that "rcports were re.
ccivcd from the gran! worthy patriarch and
grand scribe, from which it appeared that
there arc >ixty.onc subordinate divisions in
the State, embracing membership of about
three thousand persons, or gain of nearly
one hundred per cent. during the past year
The funds of the order had increased in Il
greater ratio.
Mr.. Elllin, of Columbia, was elected grand
worthy patriarch for the ensuing year, and
was duly installed in Office Oliver Hewitt
was reelected grand scribe. Representatives
To- the National Division to meet at Ottawa,
provincrof ontario, in .Juncn next, were elected, ,
among them being Major u. b. Townsend,
GENERAL Kennedy, DR.. \. W. Cummings,
Oliver Hewitt, Thomas J. LaMottc, John +.
f.Ikn, and VI. Sell, of Charleston.
The order determined to mcmnrializc the
Legislature, asking Il modification of the H.
r.n>c law 50 as to hold vendors of ardent spir-
its liable for damages arising from the sale OF