Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-22

States, providing for the creation of a tribu-
nal for States for the decision of all contested
issues arising in the choice of electors for
President and Vice-President. Referred to
the select committee having that matter in
charge. Bruce, colored, of Mississippi, pre-
sented petition of colored residents of that
State, asking an appropriation of 100000 to
aid them in emigrating to Liberia In present.
ing the petition, he said the number and char
acter of the petitioners entitled their petition
to consideration, though he was not now
prepared to endorse their plan. The petition
was referred to the committee on commerce.
The army appropriation bill was passed as
amended, by allowing the army to be recruit
ed to the standard of $4,000 and striking out
the provision for four cavalry regiments on
the Rio Grande. In the House, the bill to
repeal the resumption act was debat ed all day,
but no vote was taken.
In the Senate on the 18th, Ingalls, intro
duced bill to repeal the act authorizing The
coinage Of the twenty cent silver piece Re-
ferred to the committee on finance. A reso-
luton was submitted and agreed to, directing
the Attorney General and the Secretary of
the Interior to communicate to the Senate the
instructions given to the agents and marshals
of the United States, in all the States and Ter
ritories touching the seizure of logs, lumber
and naval stores, suspected of having been
taken from the public lands of the United
States whether or not under the orders given
to said agents and marshals, large amounts of
property in the possession of citizens of the
United States, held under claim of valid title,
have been seized without warrant, supported
by oath or affirmation and particularly de-
scribing the property to be seized. In the
House, bills removing the political disabilities
of a number of persons were passed. A reso-
luton was offered by Mills, of Texas, and
adopted, instructing the military committee
to enquire as to the condition of the military
forces on the Texas frontier. A bill was re.
ported by Mr.. Waddell, of North Carolina,
from the post-ofice committee, to make avail
able Immediately, theappropriation heretofore
made to pay Southern mail contractors before
the war. Referred. The resumption act was
debated, and an evening session was held to
continue the debate.
The Senate was not in session on the 18th.
In the House, the Senate amendments to the
army appropriation bill were acted on. The
important amendments we're concurred in.
Fourteen Democratic members, Cncluding
FIVE from Texas) voted with the Republicans.
The bill now provides that cavalry regiments
may be recruited to one hundred men in each
company, and kept as near as practicable to
that number, and that sufficient force Of
cavalry shall be employed in the defence Of
the Mexican and Indian frontier of Texas;
and that nothing in the bill shall authorize
the recruiting of the army beyond $4,000
men. Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, introduced
bill for the financial relief of the country,
to facilitate return to specie payments with
out injuriously affecting the commercial busi-
ness and industry of the people. Referred to
committee on banking and currency. 1t
provides for the issue of three hundred and
fifty millions of exchequer bills with which
legal tender notes are to be redeemed, and for
the issue of three per cent. bonds, into which
the exchequer bills may be exchanged at par
The bills to be receivable for all debts, public
aud private. The bill appropriating $780,
900 for representation at the Paris Exhibi-
ton was discussed, but no action was taken
The judiciary committee of the House have
resolved to send for the court records in the
case of Congressman Smalls, of South Caro-
lima, recently convicted in the Court at Co.
lumbia, of felony.