Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-09

died. Womble did not deny the part he took
in the matter, but pleaded ignorance. The
Jury acquitted him of the charge of murder
or being accessory to it. Both parties proved
good character up to, or within few months
of the occurrence.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the Both, among the bills
from the House called up, was the Senate
bill to repeal the bankrupt law, with amend.
ments thereto, and agreed to by the House.
Mr.. Merrimon moved to refer the bill to the
judiciary committee. Mr. Beck objected and
demanded the yeas and nays Mr.. Conkling
favored committee of reference. Finally,
after several amendments were voted down,
the bankrupt bill was laid aside, and the
Senate adjourned In the House, the bill for
the relief of the settlers on lands claimed by
the North and South Alabama railroads was
reported from the committee on public lands,
and after sharp debate was referred to the
committee of the whole. An appropriation
of S185,000 for the re-establishment of the
New Orleans mint, was voted down by com.
bnstion of members who want the establish
ment of branch mints in other localities. ~
In the Senate on the 1st instant, after de-
bate on the resolution offered several days
previously by Mr.. Blaine, declaring radical
change in the tariff at this time to be mex
pedient, the bill repeating the bankrupt law
was taken up. The reference of the bill was
earnestly supported by Senators Merrimon
and Ransom. During the debate, the North
Carolina Senators said The bankrupt law
has stood thirteen years, and certainly there
was doubt as to the proprety of it's repeal.
They spoke of the Homestead law of North
Carolina, and said the Supreme Court of the
United States had recently decided it to be of
40 good against old debts Should the bank
rupt law now be repealed, many persons in
their State would be turned out of their houses
without mercy. They favored the amend
ment of Mr.. Matthews, that those people
might have time to save their homesteads by
availing themselves of the bankrupt law. The
State could not give them relief, but the bank
rupt law could. Finally, the amendment pro-
posed by Mr. Matthews, fixing the date Of
the repeal at January 1st, 1879, was adopted
by vote of rs to %, and the bill was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee, in order
that some amendment to the phraseology to
the amended amendment mi ght be made, with
the understanding that it will be reported
back Immediately The session of the House
was consumed in the consideration of the leg.
isative appropriation bill, without final &C.
ton.
In the Senate on the End, Mr.. Thurman,
from the committee on the judiciary, reported
back the bill to repeal the bankrupt law with
an amendment perfecting the clause in re-
gard to the rights not to be affected by the
repeal of the law, and retaining the amend.
ment adopted on the previous day, providing
that the repeal of the law shall take effect
January 1st, 1879. Ordered that the amend
ment be printed and the bill laid over until
the following day. The resumption repeal
was discussed, after which the Senate ad.
iourned until Monday. In the House, bill
for ship canal from New Orleans to the
Gulf was passed. Also, bill fixing the SAL
aries of the naval officer and surveyor Of the
port at New Orleans. In the night session,
Mr.. Chalmers, of Mississippi, made lengthy
speech in behalf of the claims of the South
for Government aid in Southern improve.
ments.
In the House on the 3rd, Immediately af-
ter assembling, the legislative appropriation
bill was taken up for consideration in COM
mittee of the whole. The committee rose
and reported the bill to the House, but no &C.
ton was taken.
In the House on the 4th, Mr.. Gibson, of
Louisiana, offered an amendment to the leg.
islative appropriation bill, increasing the
item for the New Orleans Mint from $780,
900 to S1S5,OO0. The amendment was agreed
to, and the bill passed.
In the Senate on the 9Th, the bill repeal
ing the bankrupt law was discussed without
action. The bill repeating the resumption
act was resumed, and Gordon, of Georgia,
made lengthy speech favoring the repeal
In the House, Schleicher, of Texas, intro
duced bill to aid in the construction of the
Corpus Christi, San Diego and Rio Grande
Railroad The bill for permanent govern.
.uent for the District of Columbia occupied
the attention of the House for the rest of the
day, but no result was reached. Contrary to
expectation, there was no proposition offered
looking to all investigation Of the alleged
frauds in the Presidential election.
MERE-MENTION.
w. S. O'Brian, the wealthy California
banker, died in San Rafael last Thursday.
His estate is valued at from fifteen to twenty
million dollars '....'...Silver dollars of the
new coinage are now exchanged for green
backs at the sub.treasuries. '''''''''The South
ern Baptist Convention will convene in Nash
Vile, Tennessee, to-day. ''''''''Seventy'three
failures occurred in New York city during
the month of April, with liabilities amount
ing to s7,65S,726, ard assets of $2,752,-
653.'......The bill establishing the Mofett
liquor bell punch in Louisiana, has received
the signature of Governor Nichols and is
now law of the State. '''''''''We would eau
ton our readers to be on the lookout for a
new counterfeit $50 bill on the Union Nation
al Bank of New York. ''.'''''' Missouri has
more honorary commissioners at Paris than
any State in the Union, and not single ex-
I -. ,,,......Tko Gonorol Cnn forence of the
NJ. E. Church South, met in Atlanta, Ga, on