Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-02-03
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
In the Senate on the Oath, a number of peti-
tions frcm citizens of Ohio for theSouthern Pa
ci6c railroad were presented. The credentials
of Eustis, Senator from Louisiana, were refer
red to the committee on privileges and elections
The bill removing the political disabilities of
Gen. R. Hawkins, of Florida, passed. In
the House, several finance bills were intro
duced, and Rainey, of South Carolina, Of
fered resolution which was adopted, calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for full
and conf plete report from the Commissioner
of the Freedmen's Bank.
In the Senate on the 25th, petition was
presented, signed by a large number of wo-
men, asking that government be organized
in the District of Columbia to confer the right
of suffrage upon women. Additional petit
tions for the Southern Pacific railroad were
presented. In the House. the committee on
appropriations decided to reduce all salaries,
commencing with their own. The Centennial
bill was resumed and many eloquent speech
es were made before vote was taken. FL
nally, the bill passed the House by vote Of
146 to 13O. The bill appropriates s1,5OO,O0O
for defraying part of the expenses of the
Centennial exhibition. The members Of the
House were divided on the question-some
Northern Republicans as we'll as number
of Southern Democrats voting against it.
The bill goes to the Senate for concurrence.
In the Senate on the 26th, the committee
on claims reported adversely on seVeral
claims. The homestead bill was discussed
until the hour for executive session. In the
House, bill was introduced, providing that
all mailable matter of the third class, re-
ferred to in sections 1878 and 3,911 Of the
revised statutes may weig h notexceeding four
pounds, and that the postage thereon shall be
one cent for every two ounces or fraction
thereof. After general debate on military
appropriations, the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, more Southern
Pacific railroad petitions were presented. A
bill to confirm preemption and homestead en-
tries of public lands in certain cases, after a
long discussion, passed. In the House, the
committee on commerce reported adversely
on the bill creating Department Of Com
merce. The post-office committee reported a
bill forbidding the transmission of obscene
matter through the mail The objection was
made, but withdrawn, that the provisions were
too sweeping, as they would exclude newspa-
pers with certain advertisements. Another
objection was that it would exclude from the
papers the balance Of the Beecher trials.
The bill was recommitted. The main objec-
ton to the bill was that it gave too much
power to the local prejudices of post-masters.
The bill preventing employees Of the Govern
ment from acting as counsel for patents,
or claims, passed. The House went into COM
mittee of the whole on appropriations. Ad.
journed.
In the Senate on the 2Sth, the Centennial
appropriation bill was reported by the COM
mittee on appropriations without amendment.
Other business was unimportant. In the
House, the memorial of the Legislature Of
New Mexico, asking admission into the Union,
was presented. The debate on the bill reduc-
ing the appropriation for the Military Acade-
my at West Point was very bitter-the Re-
publicans objecting to the proposed reduction.
All the reductions proposed were passed with
out division or call of the yeas and nays.
1t is understood that the military committee
is opposed to reduction in either number or
pay of the army.
On the 10Th the Senate was not in session.
In the House there was general debate on
the finances and tariff.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Gen. John Bratton, of Fairfield, lost his
barn by fire last week.
-Col A. Baxter Springs of Fort Mill, in
York county, has removed to Charlotte
- Nearly all the papers in the State, and
particularly those of the up-country, are call
ing for the abolition of the fence law.
Hon. A. S. Wallace has been appointed
member of the Republican Congressional
Committee for South Carolina.
Gen. NJ. G. Hammond, a brother Of ex-
Governor Hammond, died at his residence in
Barnwell county, on Sunday of last week from
paralysis. His age was sixty-one years.
Mr.. Johns. Reynolds, of the Winnsboro'
Neaus, and formerly professor in the Kings
Mountain Military School, was on Monday OF
last week, admitted to practice law in the cir
cult and probate courts of this State.
"A Massachusetts, cooperative enterprise
has for an aim the occupation Of Spartanburg,
S. c., by thrifty folks from the overcrowded
manufacturing towns Of New England. The
plan provides for cotton and lumber mills,
and recruits are numerous.
In the case Of the State VS.. Hill, for as
sault and battery, tried in Fairfield, Judge
Mackey instructed the jury to acquit the
prisoner, but verdict of "guilty" was rem
dered. His Honor afterwards ordered this
verdict to be set aside, and a nolle prosequi to
be entered in the case.
"A rumor mas been in circulation for some
time that it is the intention Of Attorney-Gen-