Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-02-19

on claims reported adversely on bill grant
ing pension to the widow of Gen. Custer.
By request, the bill was placed on the calen-
dar, and made the special order for Monday.
The bill directing the Postmaster General
to readjust the salaries of postmasters of the
third, fourth and fifth classes, in accordance
with section 8 of the Act of June IL, 1866,
was taken up and passed. Pending discus
sion of the bill directing payment to certain
States of per cent. of value of lands located
therein by military warrants, the Senate ad-
journed.
In the House, Mr.. O'Conner, of South Car
olina, from the committee on civil service re-
form, reported back bill to provide for the
ascertainment of claims against the United
States Ordered printed and recommtted.
The bill relating to the removal of cases from
State to Federal courts was discussed, after
which the House, in committee of the whole,
resumed the consideration of the revised rules.
In the Senate on the 18th, Mr.. Sanders in
troduced bill to abolish all duties on the
importation of salt Mr.. Ransom introduced
a bill for the erection of a public building at
Asheville, NC. The bill for the ascertain
ment of the amount of. land located on mill
tary warrants and for the payment of 3 per
centum of its value to the several States
named, was discussed until the hour Of ad-
journment.
In the House, Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia,
chairman of the committee on coinage, weights
and measures, reported back FIVE bills relative
to the metric system of coinage. Ordered
printed and referred to the committee of the
whole The FIVE bills provide as follows: l..
For the coinage of a metric gold coin to be
called "stella," of the value of four dollars.
2. For the coinage of goloid metric dollar,
two dollars and fractions of dollar, and also
for the coinage of the metric gold double ca
gle, eagle and half eagle, all of standard val
ue g. For the mintage of ingots Of metric
gold alloy, its deposit in the Treasury and
the issue of certificates therefor. 4. For the
making of ingots of fine gold and ingots of
fine silver of the value of one hundred dollars
each, for expectation, manufacturers, etc. 9th.
For the coinage of silver dollars and frac-
tions thereof, of full standard value, upon the
metric system. Also joint resolution, which
was passed, authorizing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to furnish the States, for the the use
of agricultural colleges, one set of standard
weights and measures. The House then
resumed consideration of the bill relating to
the removal of cases from State to Federal
courts. After short debate the morning
hour expired and the bill went over with
out action. The House then went into
committee of the whole on revision of rules,
and after lengthy debate over the 21st
rule, which provides that no legislation
shall be attached to appropriation bills by
the appropriation committee, the rule was
amended as follows: mo appropriation shall
he reported in any general appropriation bill,
or be in order as an amendment thereto, for
any expenditure not previously authorized by
law, unless in continuation Of appropriations
for such public works and objects as are al
ready in progress nor shall any provision in
any such bill or amendment thereto be in or
der, except that it shall be in order to reduce
the amounts Of money provided for by the
existing law and covered by the bill, and to
that extent only to change the law" AS thus
amended the rule was agreed to by vote Of
124 to 9.
In the House on the 18th, on motion of
Mr.. Forney. of Alabama, the Senate amend
ments to the Military Acadamy appropria-
ton bill were nonconcurred in. A bill ap
propriating $135,000 for the support of GER
tain Indian tribes was passed. A large mum.
Der of adverse reports were presented by the
committee on war claims and laid on the
table. A bill was passed removing the polit
ical disabilities of Sergt. P. P. Powell, who
had been a soldier in the Confederate army,
and authorizing his appointment as an officer
in the United States army. The House then
went into committee of the whole on the
private calendar and passed number of
bills Of private nature.
The Senate was not in session on the 18th,
and the House met for debate only. Mr..
Bright of Tennessee spoke on the subject
of funding the public debt. He attacked
the money oligarchy, which had for so long
a time dictated legislation, and to the rapaci-
ty of which there appears to be no bound or
bottom. He argued that the legal tender act
is perfectly constitutional, and quoted author
tiles in support Of his argument Finley, Of
Ohio, followed with speech in favor Of the
equalization of bounties. Hayes, Of Illinois,
discussed the financial question, and took the
ground that the people want no Congression-
al tinkering with the currency. Ballou, Of
Rhode Island, spoke in favor of the repeal
of the legal tender Act, and in defence of the
national bank system. Joyce of Vermont,
spoke in opposition to the reciprocity treaty
between Canada and the United States N.Y.
ers, of Indiana, spoke in favor Of the bill in
troduced by himself some time ago for the re-
tirement of national bank notes, and at 4
o'clock the House adjourned.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Lester cotton factory, in Greenvile
county, was recently sold under foreclosure Of
mortgage, and was purchased Ly O. P. Jack
son for s13,4OO
The notorious Sam Lee, of Sumter, was
in Camden last week and made Radical
speech. 1t is rumored that in every section
of the State, the Radicals are organizing for