Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-03-06


privileges and elections of the Senate having
reported that he was duly and lawfully elect
ed. He refers to the vote of Tuesday last by
which the Senate refused to consider his case
and says the action of certain Senators indi.
Gates that his right to the seat will not be
acted on at this session, and it will be useless
for him to return here next session to renew
the contest He, therefore, withdraws from
the contest, and says, in conclusion, that had
he been admitted he might have been able,
among other duties, to have rendered service
to the colored people of South Carolina, now
in need of assistance Read and laid on the
table. After passing number of private
bills, the Senate resumed the consideration OF
the bill making an appropriation for the pay,
ment of arreages Of pensions; but without
action adjourned until 8 o'clock, P. NJ, when
the bill was passed, with an amendment
making the law giving pensions to the soldiers
and sailors of the war Of 1872, applicable to
Mexican veterans. The sundry civil bill was
considered until three o'clock in the morning,
when a recess Was taken until 10 o'clock.
Among the amendments adopted we're For
the continuation of the public building at
Nashville, 100000, instead of $4,000; for
the completion of the public building at Raj
eigh, $4,000; increasing from $4,000 to
$4,000 the appropriation for military tele'
graph lines in Texas and the territories, for
the connection of military posts and stations
and for the better protection of immigration
and frontier settlements from depredations.
In the House, the post office appropriation
bill was discussed. A number of pension
bills were considered, and also bills for the
removal of political disabilities from num-
ber of persons.
On re-assembling, ON the 1st instant, the
Senate was engaged all day in considering
the sundry civil bill. Among the amend
ments adopted, was one giving D. T. Corbin,
late contestant for seat in the Senate, as
Senator from South Carolina, as the expenses
of such contest, $4,000.
The House proceedings were unimportant.
In the Senate on the 3rd, when motion to
reconsider the bill making an appropriation
to pay the arrears Of pensions was agreed to-
Hoar offered an amendment that no pension
shall ever be paid under this act to Jefferson
Davis, late President Of the o.called Confed
eracy. Hoar said the name in the proviso
had not been singled out by any selection Of
his own, or from any person who agreed with
him politically. The name had been select
ed by Davis himself by his own act, in a
marked and conspicuous character, by an at.
tack on the life of the country which educa-
ted him. That gentleman had never given
utterance to an expression of regret for such
attack, nor had he followed the example of
so many of his associates by asking Congress
to remove his political disabilities. He
spurned the clemency of the Republic to-day.
1t was now proposed to put the name of this
person, whose treason had never been repent
ed of, on the pension rolls of the country,
and to tax the loyal widows and orphans to
pay the pension. This was the occasion of
spirited debate, after which the amend
ment to exclude Mr.. Davis was agreed to
by vote of % to %. A vote was then
taken on the amendment Of Shields to pen
sion Mexican veterans, and by vote of 25
to 20 the amendment was defeated. The
original bill, paying arrears of pensions to
only Union soldiers in the late war, then
passed by vote of A to 3. The amend.
ments of the House to the census bill were
agreed to and the bill passed. In executive
session the bill making appropriations for the
payment of claims, reported by the Southern
claims commission, was passed.
The House was engaged during the day on
appropriation and deficiency bills.
After an all night session, Congress adjourn
ed yesterday morning The proceedings Of
the last hours Of the session were not charac-
terized by legislation Or other act of any i'm,
portance. In consequence of the failure Of
Congress to pass number Of appropriation
bills, the President has issued his proclama:
ton calling an extra session to assemble on
the 18th instant.