Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-03-02
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the 21st, many petitions
were presented to repeal the bankrupt act.
The West Point appropriation bill passed
with few triAing amendments. Several petit
tions for aid to the Southern Pacific Railroad
we're presented Also, petition from a num-
Der of the soldiers of the Seminole war ask
ing for pensions. Adjourned until Wednes-
day. In the House, number of private
bills we're introduced. Also, bill to restore
to the market the public lands in Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. The bill
to re.organize the judiciary, passed by vote
of 143 to 1O2. Its principal feature estab.
fishes terms of the U. S. Circuit Court in
which only civil cases, involving sums of
$4,000 or more, will be heard. The House
then adjourned to Wednesday.
In the Senate on the 23rd, petition was
presented from number of the leading New
York merchants against the repeal of the
bankrupt law, and suggesting certain amend
ments thereto Mr.. Morton presented petit
ton from $4,000 women and $4,000 voters,
praying, among other things, the requirement
of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors of
civil and military officers. In the House, Mr..
Banning introduced a bill providing for the
gradual reduction of the army to 10000, and
merging the quartermaster and subsistence
departments. A bill removing the political
disabilities of Daniel T. Chandler was passed
and goes to the President. A bill to prevent
useless slaughter of bu6aloes in the territories
passed. The House then went into commit.
tee on pensions, and without action adjourned.
In the Senate on the 24th, the House bill to
reorganize the judiciary was read and referred
to the committee on the judiciary. Mr.. Ham
ilton introduced bill granting certain rights
to the Central Texas and Ell Paso Road to
provide through line between the cities of
Lower Mississippi and the Gulf and the Pa
ci6c Ocean. Mr.. Edmunds, from the judi
ciary committee, reported adversely on the
petition of Stephen D. Lee for removal ofpo-
litical disabilities. Mr.. Edmunds said Mr..
Lee had not presented petition signed by
himself to the committee, but only letter
addressed to the President of the United
States, in July, 1865. The committee would
act upon his personal petition when received
Eulogies on Mr.. Starkweather were pro-
nounced and the Senate adjourned. In the
House, the committee on pensions reported q
bill granting pensions to soldiers of the Mex
icau, Florida and Black Hawk wars. The
bill to protect the revenue, providing that any
officer who shall receive more than his salary
for work done, be fined and imprisoned, passed.
The bill to provide for building custom
house at Memphis, after long debate over
the amount, was finally agreed to at S4O,OOO;
but before passing the bill, the death of Mr..
Starkweather was announced and eulogies de-
livered, and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 25th, Mr.. Conkling
presented resolutions of the New York Leg
islature against granting subsidy for the
Southern Pacific Railroad. The bill provi-
ding for the re-funding of the public debt
passed. 1t provides for the issue Of $780,
100000 four and half per cent. bonds, pay
able at the pleasure of the United States af-