Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-09

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was rejected by the Senate A motion to
restrict the issue of fractional currency to
forty millions was also lost. Pending further
discussion, the Senate adjourned. In the
House, Rainey, colored member from South
Carolina presented a memorial from the Re
publican central committee of South Caro-
lima, as a counter statement to the petition
presented in the House by Mr.. Dawes. The
committee say the statements made by the
taxpayers are inaccurate and untrue, and
charge that the difficulties complained of are
due to the action of the petitioners in resist
ing reconstruction. They admit an increase
in the debt of the State, and charge that cor
ruption in the Legislature rests as we'll upon
Democrats as Republicans, and allege that
the signers of the memorial Of the taxpayers
are prominent politicians of the old regime
After Il lengthy discussion, the House passed
the Senate bill supplementary to the act to
develop the mining resources Of the United
States. The consideration of the currency
bill occupied the remainder of the day, with
no results.
In the Senate, on the 2nd, Mr.. Ramsay,
from the committee on post-offices, reported
the bill for the transmission of correspondence
by telegraph. The finance bill was again
under consideration. The amendment Of Mr..
Merrimon, offered several days ago, providing
for forty-sx millions of additional bank circu-
lation, thus placing the entire paper circula-
ton of the country at s4OO,0O0,O00, divided
equally between the government issues and
the banks, was adopted by vote of 39 to 10.
Several other amendments were offered and
severally rejected. The House was mainly
occupied in discussing the currency bill.
In the Senate, on the 3rd, Mr.. Gordon
presented petition of Georgia planters ask
ing an increase of United States notes. The
bill to provide for the redemption and reissue
of United States notes was taken up, but, on
motion of Mr.. Sherman, was laid over until
Monday. y good deal of discussion ensued
on motion to refer the bill and amendments
to the committee on commerce. The House
was engaged on private bills.
On the 18th, the Senate was not in session.
In the House a number of private bills were
considered, when the currency bill was taken
up and discussed until adjournment.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Grange reports the killing of mad
dog in Rock Hill on Sunday of last week.
Green peas are abundant in Charleston
at twenty-five cents per quart.
Governor Moses has appointed Robert
Mills, of Chester county, a notary public
Governor Moses has appointed William
A. Bolt trial justice for Union county.
At the recent examination to fill the
State scholarships in the University, Nelson
G. Davies was admitted from York county.
Arrangements are being made for imme-
diately beginning the survey of the Spartan
burg and Asheville Railroad.
1t is said that there is colored school
teacher on one of the islands adjacent to
Charleston who can neither read nor write.
Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, has
gone to Washington to take charge Of the
Grangers' Bureau of statistics.
President Grant has nominated Cyrus H.
Baldwin, of Columbia, to be assistant United
States Treasurer at Charleston.
The Mills House, in Charleston, was sold
at public auction ON Thursday last and pur-
chased by G.. w. Williams for S27, 100.
The town council of Marion, at its last
meeting, instructed the marshal to arrest and
imprison any one using profane or indecent
language on the streets.
A rumor is current in Columbia that
within the next six weeks, the Federal troops
now stationed in this State will be sent to the
plains
The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad has prohibited news.boys from SELL
ing newspapers on the passenger trains OF the
road, as heretofore.
Some ten or twelve mandamus cases are
pending against county treasurer Shatfer, of
WATERFORD, to show cause why he has refused
to take the bills of the Bank of the State in
payment Of taxes.
"Many Republicans" believing in the
principle of rotation in office, in communi-
cation to the Columbia Union-Herald, present
the name of Judge Thompson Cooke as being
the most suitable person to represent the
Fourth Congressional District in the next
Congress.
The Columbia Phenir says that Secretary
Of State Hayne declines to commission ap.
pointees of Gov Moses to positions as audi
tors and treasurers, on the ground that the
law recently passed entitled can act to reduce
all acts and parts of acts relating to the as
sessment and taxation of property to one act
and to amend the same," virtually takes the
appointing power out of his hands.
Last week county treasurer Smith, white,
of Fairfield, was arrested and lodged in Jail
on the charge of embezzling county funds
His defalcation is put down at about $4,000
County treasurer Humbert, colored, of Or
angeburg, was also arrested and lodged in
Jail, but was afterward released on bail. He
is charged with being defauter to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Plato Durham announces that he has de-
termined to become candidate for Congress.
"A paper mill near Wilmington is pro-
iected, and rice straw is the material to be
used.
The post.office at Lilesville, Anson coun-
ty, has been closed by special agent Long, of