Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-03-07


opposition that may be brought out to defeat
the pacific, conciliatory measures he has so
happily inaugurated.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 26th, in the absence
of the Vice President, who has leave of ab'
sence, the Senate was called to order by Mr..
Gordon, the secretary. Mr.. Anthony offered a
resolution, that Mr.. T. w. Ferry be declared
President pro tenn. Mr.. Bayard moved as a
substitute, that the Senate proceed to elect by
ballot; lost; yeas %, nays %. Mr.. Wallace
moved to strike out Ferry and insert A. e.
Thurman, lost yeas %, nays 20. Mr.. Fer
ry was then elected with division, and took
the chair. The Senate then resumed the con-
sideration of the calendar and passed num-
ber of unimportant bills that were not OBJ
jected to. In the House, Mr.. Eden, of Lii.
nois, from the committee on war claims, re-
ported bill making appropriation for the
of claims reported allowed by the
commissioner of claims under the act of
March Sd, 1871. Ordered to be printed and
Mr.. Steele, Of North Carroll.
ma, from the committee on agriculture, re-
ported back the bill for the appointment
of commission to investigate the origin and
best means of destroying the army cotton
worm. 1t authorizes the Commissioner Of
Agriculture to appoint three persons, skilled
in natural science and in agriculture and in
cotton growing, to inquire and report upon
the above subject. Each is to receive sala-
ry of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and
the sum of ten thousand dollars is appropri-
ated. The bill was referred to the committee
of the whole. Chalmers, of Mississippi, hav-
ing obtained the floor, made a speech in an
swer to Hale and Garfield, and defended the
South from the charges made against her.
He endorsed the Presidents Southern poll.
cy, and declared it generally acceptable to
the people of the South. Butler, of Massa-
chusetts, made set speech in favor OF silver
reconciliation, and argued to show that it
was best for the interest of the whole country
that the silver bill should pass.
In the Senate on the 9th, Mr.. Merrimon,
of North Carolina, presented the memorial of
the New River Canal Company of North
suggesting the Importance of inland
water communication between the lakes of
the North and the Mississippi river by way of
the Erie canal, the Hudson river, and the
numerous sounds, rivers and short canals
along and near the Atlantic coast and the
Gulf of Mexico, and asking the Government
to purchase the free use of an inland canal
water route between Pamlico Sound, North
Carolina, and Charleston Harbor, South Car
olina. He presented similar petition from
the Wilmington Board Of Trade, and also In
troduced bill to authorize the Secretary OF
War to purchase from the New River Canal
Company, for military purposes, the free use OF
an inland canal and water route between
Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, and Charles
ton, South Carolina, paying for the same by
install lments, as the work is completed be-
tween certain navigable bodies of water. On
motion of Mr.. Merrimon, it was ordered that
the bill lie on the table for the present, and
ne gave notice that he would call it up on
some suitable occasion for the purpose of SUBJ
hitting remarks in regard thereto. In the
House, Mr.. Crittenden, of Missouri, offered
. resolution, which was referred to the judic'
ary committee, to inquire if the Union Pa
,i6c Railroad had invested funds in stock OF
other railroads, and if by so doing it had not
violated its charter. Mr.. Cook, of New
Y ork, from the military committee, reported
4 bill to review the court martial proceedings
in the case of ex-Surgeon Gen. Hammond,
u. S. A., and to place him on the retired list
# the finding of the court martial was found
TO be erroneous. Passed. The House then
went into committee Of the whole to pay pen.
,ions to soldiers of Mexican and prior wars,
and after discussion by Brogden, Davis and
Scales in favor of the bill, and by Sinnick-
son, Barchard, Townsend and MCGOWAN
against it, the committee rose, and the House,
at 4.50, adjourned.
In the Senate on the 2Sth, Mr.. Lamar sue
ceeded in having taken up the bill to author
ize a special term of the United States Cir
cult Court for the Southern District Of Mis-
sissippi, to be held at Scranton, jackson
county, for the trial of alleged depredators
upon the Government timber lands. Messrs.
Lamar, Eustis and Morgan eloquently advo
Gated the bill. Edmunds and Davis, of H.
linois, opposed it on technical grounds.
Blaine 6ercely attacked the policy of Secre-
tary Schurz. The bill was passed by vote
of thirty to fifteen. The veto message Of the
silver bill was passed over the veto by vote
of forty.six to nineteen. New England, New
York and New Jersey voted to sustain the
veto. Maryland, Delaware, South Carolina,
Mississippi, Oregon and California we're d.
vided, White, Baynard, Butler, Lamar,
Mitchell and Sargent voting against the bill.
The Senate adjourned until Monday. In the
House, after the reports from the committee
on naval affairs had been disposed of, a mes
sage was received from the President vetoing
the Silver Bill. After it had been read, Mr..
Stephens moved the passage of the bill over
the veto. Just before the roll was called,
Cox, of New York, remarked that the mes
sage was charge of fraud, by fraud, for
which he was called to order amid much ex-
citement on both Sides The bill was passed
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