Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-30
The Murkrille Gnqairer.
YORKVELLE, s. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 80, 1877
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the 2lst, Mr. Ferry, o
Michigan, said he was instructed by the ma
iority of the committee on finance to report
back the House bill to forbid the further re
tirement of U. S. legal tender notes without
amendment, and to recommend it's passage
He gave notice that he would call it up fol
consideration tomorrow. Placed on the cal
endar. The bill placing Gen. Shields on the
list of retired officers, with the rank and pay
of dier-General, was resumed. After q
long debate Mr.. Thurman moved to strike
out all after the enacting clause and insert 8
provision placing Gen. Shields name on the
pension list at one hundred dollars per month
Rejected, yeas 81, nays 81. The question
then recurred on the bill as amended, placing
Shields on the retired list with the rank Of
Brigadier. General, and Grant with the rank
of General, and it was rejected. Yeas 30
nays 34 The House was engaged all day
in committee of the whole on the army ap'
preparation bill.
In the Senate on the 22nd, Mr.. Davis, Of
West Virginia, called up the resolution sub
mitted by him few days ago, authorizing
the select committee appointed to investigate
the finance reports, books and accounts of the
Treasury Department, to continue its investl'
CATION and sit during the recess of the Senate
which led to an extended discussion. A bill
was reported to the Senate, from the commit
tee on Indian Affairs, authorizing the East
ern Band of Cherokee Indians to bring suit
in the Court of Claims against the Cherokee
Nation and provides for a judicial controver'
sy pending since 1885. The claim is for a
pro rata share of moneys arising from sale,
by the Western Nation. of land and other
property which the Eastern band maintained
belonged to the whole people of Cherokees
The Eastern band are authorized to employ
one or more attorneys by contract, subject to
the approval of the Chief Justice of Court OF
Claims, to prosecute the suit, and directs the
Secretary of the Interior to pay incidental
expenses. The bill provides that the United
States shall be made party to this suit and
be represented by the Attorney.General. Sen
ator Lamar made lengthy speech on the
Southern Pacific Railroad bill. In the House,
Mr.. Harrison, of Illinois, offered as a ques
ton of privilege resolution extending the
Potter investigation to Oregon and South
Carolina, and declaring it is not the intention
of the House, through such Investigations, to
annul or attempt to annul the decision of the
Presidential question as made in the forty.
fourth Congress. The vote resulted yeas II,
nays so. The question of no quorum was
raised on the Democratic side. When Mr..
Harrison withdrew his resolution, Mr.. Will
son, of West Virginia, moved to extend the
power of the investigation committee to any
State where there may be we'll grounded allie,
CATION of fraud. Mr.. Cox, of New York,
moved to refer Mr.. Wilson's resolution to the
Potter Committee, which was defeated by a
vote of 115 to 80, and Mr.. Wilson's resolu-
ton was then adopted without division.
In the Senate on the 23rd. no business of
special public Importance was transacted.
Mr.. Window, of Minnesota, from the CON-
mittee on appropriations, reported on the
legislative, judicial and executive appropria'
ton bill, with several amendments. Placed
on the calendar. In the House, Buffers bill
to supercede all newspaper advertising for
the Government by the publication of an Of:
fetal advertiser, passed by vote of 1O9 to
II. The bill provides that the advertising
sheet shall be published weekly, sent to sub
scrbers free through the mail, and distribu
ted free of cost to every public library, to the
clerks of district courts, county clerks, &c.
Printing to be done by the public printer.
In the Senate on the Oath, Mr.. Edmunds,
of Vermont, from the select committee to
take into consideration the state Of the law
respecting the ascertaining and declaration
of the result of election of President and
Vice President of the United States, said that
he was directed by the committee to make a
report in part in favor of the bill to amend
sundry provisions of Chapter 1, Title 3, of
the Revised Statutes of the United States, re-
lating to the Presidential elections, and to
provide for and regulate the counting of
votes for President and Vice President, and
the decision of questions arising therefrom.
The bill was placed on the calendar and Mr..
Edmunds gave notice that he would ask the
attention of the Senate to its consideration
one day next week. The bill to appoint an
additional circuit judge in the second judicial
district, comprising New York, Vermont and
Connecticut, was passed. Mr. Morgan, of
Alabama, submitted an amendment to the
legislative appropriation bill appropriating
$4,000 for the purpose of investigating the
history and habits of the insects injurious to
the cotton plant, and the best means of pre-
venting or destroying the same. Referred to
committee on appropriations Mr.. Burnside,
of Rhode Island, from the committee on edu-
cation and labor, reported adversely on the
House joint resolution to provide for the en-
forcement of the eighthour law, and also
from the same committee adversely on the
Senate bill to regulate hours of labor. The
pending bill allowing The Eastern band of
Cherokees to sue in the court Of claims for
their share of the Cherokee funds, involves
the distribution of from 100000 to S1,000,-
900 among some 1900 Cherokees located in
North Carolina. The Government holds
some s5,0OO,OOO belonging to the Cherokee
Nation, the bulk of which is located in the
Indian Territory. Those who moved claimed
that those who remained forfeited their rights
to the tribal proportion. In the House, Mr.
Elan, of Louisiana, from the committee on
Pacific railroads, reported bill repeating