Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-11

tendant or defendants are non-resldents OF
the State in which said suits are pending"
The amendments offered by the minority of
the committee on judiciary, making, the min.
imum amount involved in a suit FIVE hun
dred dollars, in order that the United States
Circuit Courts may have original Jurisdiction,
instead of two thousand dollars as proposed
by the bill, was rejected. An amendment
offered by the minority, allowing the United
States Circuit Courts to take original cogni-
zance of "a suit Of a civil nature arising under
the patent and copy right laws between a
corporation and citizen of the State in which
the corporation was carrying on its business,
was agreed to without division. The minor
ity amendment striking out the clause pro.
hibiting United States Circuit Courts from
taking original cognizance of any suit between
q corporation or citizen ofa State, except in
cases arising under the patent and copyright
laws and in like cases which said Courts are
authorized to take original cognizance of, or
suits between citizens of State, was rejected
yeas, 6S; nays 167. The minority amend
ment was adopted providing that this act
shall not affect Jurisdiction over the disposl-
tion of any suit removed from the Court of
any State or any suit commenced in any
United States Court before the passage hereof.
The bill was then passed, yeas, 1853; nays,
rs. Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, from the
committee on agriculture, reported bill
making the Department of Agriculture an
executive department of the Government.
Pending action thereon, the morning hour ex.
pired. The House then, by vote Of 127 to
l02, refused to take up the special order,
which was the political assessments bill, and
went into the committee of the whole on the
public calendar. Mr.. Wood, of New York,
proceeded to address the committee on the
Funding bill, and at the conclusion of his re-
marks the committee rose Mr.. Gillette, Of
Iowa, asked and obtained leave to have print
ed the bill TO provide for the payment of the
public debt, which he said he would offer as
a substitute for the Wood Funding bill. The
House then took recess until 1880, p. m.
The evening session was mainly devoted to
discussion, in committee of the whole, of the
pension laws and the consideration of pri-
vate pension bills. The committee r"se at
1915, and reported fourteen pension bills to
the House. The bills were passed, and the
House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Butler, Of
South Carolina, from the committee on terri
tories, reported bill to establish a territorial
government for the territory Of Alaska. Mr.:
Harris, of Tennessee, presented q memorial
of the Cotton Exchange and fifty leading
firms of Memphis, praying that the mail ser i.
vice may not be reduced, but maintained by
proper appropriations. :Mr. Maxey, of Texas,
from the committee on post offices and post
roads reported, with amendment, the Senate
bill to designate, classify, and fix the salaries
of persons in railway service in Alaska. al.
80, a communication from the Secretary Of
the Treasury, transmitting information rs To
amounts paid for star postal service, etc. Mr.
Logan, of Illinois, continued his argument
against the passage of the Fitz John Porter
bill. He pointed out on the maps the rela.
tive positions of the various forces on the field,
and said it was evident that there was no OBJ
struction in the front of Porter to prevent
his pushing forward to strike Jackson's
right before Longstreet could come up, as
Pope intended should be done. Mr.. Logan
praised Popes plan, in this instance, and eu-
logized Pope as one of the ablest officers in
the army. The Confederate Generals reports
show that the Confederates were deceived by
Pope's strategy, into throwing their. forces to
the left of Jackson's command, thus lesuing
jackson open to Porters attack, and it was
only Porter's refusal to obey Pope that caused
the stratagem to fail. Te pass this bill would
be to condone great crime, establish dan
gerous precedent and be an injustice to the
officers whose promotion in the army would
be delayed by Porter's reinstatement In
the House, Mr.. Carlisle, of Kentucky, in
troduced bill fixing tho duties on sugars
as follows: On all grades not above No. l3
D. S. in color, 24O-lO0 cents per pound above
No. 13 and not above No. 16, 275 100 cents
per pound. All over No. 16, 4 cents per
pound, providing that nothing herein con
tained shall be construed to alter or amend
the act of August 18th, 1875, to carry into
effect the convention between the United
States and the King of the Hawaiian Island
Referred. Mr.. Cox, of New York, intro
duced bill to increase the efficiency OF the
Life Saving Service to authorize the estah'
lishment Of two additional stations on the
North Carolina coast and six houses of refuge
on the east coast of Florida. The bill pro-
vides for a pension of fifteen dollars per
month to the widows Of officers and twelve
dollars per month to the widows Of members
of the crew who may lose their lives in the
service, or from wounds or sickness contracted
in the discharge of their duties. Adjourned
until Monday.
In ths Senate on the 7th, the Vice Presi.
dent presented a communication from the
Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy
of letter from the commissioner on pensions,
submitting revised estimate of the de6cien-
cies of army and navy pensions for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1880. The secretary
earnestly recommended an appropriation in
accordance with the estimate. The bill for
the relief of Fitz John Porter was taken up,
and Senator Carpenter addressed the Senate,
taking strong grounds against annulling the
sentence of the court martial. He charged
Gen. Porter with being responsible for sacri.
6cing the lives of no less than 100000 Union
soldiers, by his failure to obey the orders Of
his superior officer. At the conclusion OF
Carpenters speech, Bayard obtained the floor,
but yielded to motion for an executive ses'
sion, and when the doors were reopened the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
MERE.MENTION.
The Presidential election occurs this year
on Tuesday, 2ud of November. .'''''''''The ne.
groes of Kansas have perfected an organiza-
tion to discourage further emigration from
the South 1.-THE present equipment of
the Cincinnati Southern Road is 40 locomo-
tives, % passenger coaches, 2 smoking cars,
10 baggage cars, 25 caboose cars, 500 box
cars, 200 stock cars, 200 coal cars, and 200
fiat cars. Reports from various counties
in Virginia say the wheat crop, which at one