Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-03-28

the Southern States next week 10 look alter
mail routes. .'...'Three murderers were hang
ed at Bloomsbury, Pa, last Monday.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 18th, Edmonds, of
Vermont from the committee on the judicia-
ry, reported adversely on the House bill in
relation to certain legal disabilities of women,
and moved that the bill be indefinitely post
poned. The bill provides that any woman
who shall have been member of the bar of
the higher Court of any State or Territory or
District of Columbia for a period of three
years, may be admitted to practice in the Su-
preme Court of the United States. Mr.. Ed.
munds said that the ground of the adverse
report of the committee was that by the Law
of the land, as it has existed since the or
| ganizaton of the Government the Supreme
Court, as we'll as the other United States
| Courts, we're authorized to make their own
rules touching the admission of attorneys, 80
that there was no obstacle in law prohibiting
the admission of women to practice in the
United States Court. 1t depended entirely
upon the discretion of the Court. The COM
mittee on the judiciary thought this act
would make discrimination in favor of wo-
men, as it compelled the Court to admit We.
men to practice when it was not bound to ad-
init men, On motion of Mr.. Sergeant, of
California, the bill was placed Oh the cal
endar with the adverse report. The for.
ti6cations appropriation bill, as it came
from the House, appropriating s275,0OO for
fort6cations, was also passed. MIR. Thurman's 8
bill prohibiting members of Congress from
becoming sureties on certain bonds, also was
passed. Mr.. Butler of South Carolina. pre-
sented resolution of the Legislative Assem-
bly, of South Carolina, favoring the establish
ment of naval station at Port Royal S. G..
Referred to committee on naval affairs. In
the House. Mr.. Vance, of North Carolina, in
troduced the following: Whereas, by the act of
Congress, approved March Sd, 1877, the sum
1915 900, or so much thereof as may be ne
cessary, was appropriated to pay the amount
due mail contractors for mail service perform
ed in certain States of the South therein men,
toned in the years 1859, 1860, 1861, and be-
fore said States respectively engaged in the
war against the United States and whereas,
owing to the action of the treasury refusing to
pay said claims until all the contemplated
claims should be presented, said act has be-
come Intellectual ) and whereas, it was the true
intent and meaning of the act, approved Sd
March, 1877, that all claims due parties
therein mentioned, should be paid up to the
3lst of May, 1861, being the time when the
Confederate Government took complete charge
of mails within States mentioned and where
as, by said act it is provided "that any such
claims which have been paid by the Con-
federate States Government shall not be paid
again.; therefore, be it Resolved (the SEN
ate concurring), That the Secretary of the
Treasury be- and he is hereby required, out of
the said sum of s375,OOO appropriated by the
act of March g. 1877, to pay the amount due
to mail contractors for mail service performed
in the States mentioned in said act up to May
81, 1861, and up to the time when the Con-
federate States Government took charge Of
the mails within said States. The second
section prescribes the mode of payment, and
contains provision that any claims paid by
the Confederate Government shall not be
again paid.
In the Senate on the 10Th, Mr.. Matthews,
of Ohio, said he was directed by majority
of the committee on railroads to report back
two Senate bills in regard to the Texas Pa
ci6c Railroad-one introduced by Mr.. John
son, of Virginia, on the tenth of December,
and the other by Dorsey, of Arkansas, on
the twelfth of December last, with substi'
tute, and to recommend its passage. Placed
on the calendar. He also reported back from
the same committee, the Senate bill to au-
thorize the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany to extend its railroad from its present
terminus in Arizona, to point on the Rio
Grande, near Ell Paso, and to aid in building
the same, without amendment and without
recomm mmendation Placed on calendar. In
the House, most of the day was consumed IN
the general deficiency bill, but no action was
taken thereon.
In the Senate on the Goth, number Of Pc
titions were presented from Portland, Me-,
Hartford Conn, and elsewhere, remonstra'
ting against the revival of the income tax
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, presented petit
ton of the citizens of Alabama, favoring the
passage of law providing for the early con-
struction and completion of the Texas Pa
ci6c Railroad. Referred to the committee on
railroads. In presenting the petition, Mr.
Morgan said he dsapproved of the prayer o
the petitioners. A resolution of inquiry rela
tive to the surrender of the Cuban insur
gents, being objected to, was laid over. In
the House, Mr.. Money, of Mississippi, sta