Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-12-17

freSlOenC during Tue late war aOOIlsHluS Iue
use of stamps on checks, drafts and other
promises for the payment of money; for the
payment of all accounts for services rendered
to the Government in the postal service Of
the United States prior to 1861; to authorize
free banking and to repeal all laws limiting
circulation under the national bank act; to
regulate elections in the States Of North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama
and Louisiana; and bill to amend the en-
forcement act, after which the House resolved
itself into committee of the whole and dis
cussed the bill for the improvement of the
currency and reduction of interest on the
funded debt.
In the Senate on the 9th, a petition was
presented from the Presidents of the Texas
Pacific and the Atlantic and Pacific railroads,
asking Congress to guarantee the payment OF
the interest on the gold-bearing construction
bonds of those companies, and bill was IN
troduced to carry out the object Of the peti-
ton. In the House, the committee on pub
lie lands was authorized to frame general
bill for the relief of all the people who suf-
fered from the grasshopper plague The
remainder of the session was devoted to Dis
trict of Columbia affairs.
In the Senate on the 10th, House bill
approprating $4,000 for the purchase of
scales for the use of the post office department
was passed. In the House, Mr.. Stowell, OF
Virginia, asked an investigation of the charge
made against him of ofsellng naval cadetship.
The bill for the improvement of the currency
&c., was considered in committee Of the whole.
An amendment was offered that greenbacks
shall not be legal tender for debts contract
ed after July l, 1875. Several members
spoke at considerable length on the bill.
The Senate was not in session on the 1lth.
In the House, the onl y bill introduced was
one for the relief Of settlers on the public
lands who suffered from grasshopper raids.
The bill, which passed, authorizes sufferers to
be absent from their lands without prejudice
to their titles.
In the Senate on the 18th, Mr.. Morton
presented a petition of the colored men of
Indiana, protesting against the recent decls'
ion of the Supreme Court of that State, claim
ing that by force of that decision, they are
deprived of the rights of citizenship, and their
children of the benefits of an education, and
asking that the proper law officers of the
Government be directed to appeal the case to
the Supreme Court of the United States; re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. Subse-
quently, Morton introduced joint resolution
directing the Attorney-General to take out
writ of error from the Supreme Court of In.
diana to the Supreme Court of the United
States-the Government to bear the expense,
as the petitioners were not able to bear it.
Mr.. Pratt introduced bill amendatory of an
Act granting pensions, so as to remove the
disability of those who, having participated
in the rebellion, have since enlisted in the
army of the United States and become disa-
bled, are entitled to pensions. In the House,
among the bills introduced, were the follow
ing: To reduce letter postage to one cent for
the relief of the Southern States by compro'
missing their debts paying for mail service
in the South prior to 1861; resolution to in
vestigate the legal and political condition of
the Southern States; resolution calling upon
the Secretary of War for number of troops in
Alabama, where stationed, and how rations
for the destitute of Alabama were distributed;
also for a select committee to investigate
Vicksburg affairs.