Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-03-26

some extent, it having been brought to the
minds of the dwelers in that section that sim.
liar throes of the mountain occurred in 1872
which are represented as having been more
severe than the shocks of the past month.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
In the Senate, on the 18th, memorial
was presented, signed by business men of New
York, asking an increase in the volume Of
currency. A number of similar memorials
from various sections of the country were
also presented by different Senators. Mr.
Frelnghuysen announced that the civil rights
bill was ready to be reported from the judi,
ciary committee, and would be reported in a
few days. The Senate then took up the bill
to equaize the distribution Of national cur.
rency, which was discussed until the hour Of
adjournment In the House, number Of
bills we're introduced, after which the legsla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was discussed at length. The evening
session was devoted to debate on the railroad
transportation question.
In the Senate, on the 18th, at the hour Of
opening, a communication in the form of a
petition, was received, announcing that band
of praying women would soon visit the Cap
itol and requesting that a committee con-
sisting of Messrs. Carpenter, Chandler and
Sprague be appointed to receive them at the
bar of the Senate. The selection Of gentlemen
as designated to constitute the committee was
the occasion of much laughter in the Senate
chamber The petition was referred to the
committee on finance. The House amend.
ment reducing to $4,000 the appropriation
for the Improvement of the Capitol grounds
was concurred in. A number Of bills of no
general interest were introduced, and after
considering the bills on the private calendar,
and the passing of a number of relief bills,
the army appropriation bill was discussed
until the hour of adjournment. The House
met for debate only. The cheap transporta-
ton question was discussed by a number OF
members. In the evening, the session was
consumed in adopting amendments to the
bill to revise, consolidate and amend the
statutes of the United States.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Pratt, from
the committee on pensions, in reporting adj
versely on private bill to pay arrears Of
pensions, spoke of the fact that it was the
practice Of the Senate to refuse to sanction
such bills. 1t should be done, he thought,
by general bill. Mr.. Buckingham submit
ted resolution directing the Secretary of the
Interior to furnish list of all Indians taken
captive or. killed during the year 1873 and
thus far of 1874. A number Of House bills
we're passed without amendment. The army
appropriation bill was taken up and several
amendments proposed by the Senate commit
tee we're discussed In the House, the bill
supplementary to the act to provide for the
development of the mining resources Of the
United States was considered until the expl'
ration of the morning hour. In committee
of the whole the legislative appropriation bill
was discussed, and after lengthy debate on
the amendment looking to the reGnactment
of the mileage fee law, that paragraph, as re,
ported from the committee on appropriations
was passed.
In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Hagan, Of
California, submitted resolution instructing
the committee on foreign relations to advise
with the President to procure such modifica,
tions Of the Burlingame treaty as will pre-
vent the importations of Chinese females for
immoral purposes. The army appropriation
bill was taken up, and after several amend
ments were proposed and adopted, it passed
The fortifcation bill, appropriating s1,4O7,'
500, was also taken up and passed. The pro-
ceedings of the House we're unimportant.
On the 21st, the Senate was not in session
In the House, the day was devoted to the
consideration of bills affecting the District Of
Columbia
In the Senate, on the 23rd, memorial was
presented from the New York Cotton Ex'
change against imitation of the currency, and
in favor of resumption of specie payment
Several letters urged Congress to say whether
it would initiate, contract, or do nothing, say
ing the present uncertainty paralyzed the
spring business. The Committee on Finance
reported a new bill, as a substitute for the
one pending for redistribution of currency
1t provides for free banking, and limits the
legal tender circulation. 1t is a compromise
measure. Sherman, who reported the bill
said he gave adhesion to some of its provisions
with great reluctance The House passed, by
more than two.thirds majority, bill repor'
ted from the Committee of Ways and Means
fixing the limit of legal tender notes at $780,
100000. Amendments by two members oi
the committee, to fix the amount at $346, ,OOO,'
600, the present legal limit, and at 1882, 2,OOO,'
900, the amount actually in circulation, were
defeated by majorities considerably over two
thirds. The representatives from the New
England States and New York voted, for the
most part, against the bill. Those from Penn
sylvania, the West and South generally tol
it. Also, presented bill for the removal Of
the Kickapoo and other Indian tribes from
the borders of Texas and New Mexico to the
Indian Territory.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Strawberries arc selling in Charleston al
two dollars quart.
Samuel T. Norris has been appointed a
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