Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17

poTleu 1ue poslal appropriation oii "as
passed, after which Mr.. Pugh moved the
amendment reported from the committee, ap-
one million dollars to establish
lines of American iron steamers. A point of
order was raised that the amendment was
in violation of the rule which prohibits gen.
eral legislation in appropriation bills. After
a long discussion, the Senate, without decid.
ing the point Of order, adjourned.
In the House, the river and harbor appro-
pria,ion bill occupied nearly the entire ses.
sion of the day.
In the Senate on the 18th, number of
bills and joint resolutions were introduced
and referred, among them the following: By
Mr.. Hoar, resolution instructing the Judi
cary Committee to consider and report wheth.
er the assembling at the seat of Government
of large bodies Of organized and armed troops
will not, under the command of officers of
the United States or any National authority,
be likely to prove in the future dangerous in
practice, and whether any legislation or opin-
ion by Congress on the subject be desirable.
After some discussion the resolution was laid
aside without action Mr.. Dawes spoke on
the Ponca Indian question, and Mr.. Wallace
made a long argument in support of the Con-
stitutional amendment proposed by him, pro-
viding for district system of voting in
Presidential elections and for the choice Of
President by the plurality of direct popu.
lar vote At the conclusion of Mr.. Wallace's
remarks, the consideration of the postal ap
preparations bill was resumed, pending which
the Senate adjourned.
After disposing of some miscellaneous bus
iness, the House, at 1890, went into commit
tee of the whole on the private calendar. At
415 the committee rose and two dozen or
more pension bills were passed, when the
House adjourned
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Tie Future Greatness Of the South.
- Mr.. Edward Atkinson, in charge Of
the cotton production department Of the cen
sus bureau, being asked by correspondent
what opinion he formed Of the South in his
late tour through it, replied as follows:
81 only confirmed the opinion | had long
had. Let line be drawn from a point on
the Ohio river on the western edge Of the
blue grass region, around the Western bor-
der Of that district to Chattanooga, Tenn.
thence around the southern end of the Apa-
lachian chain by way of Atlanta, Ga. thence
northerly Oh the eastern ed ge of the Pied.
mont region to Virginia; thence by way of
Lynchburg to Harper's Ferry, and thence
by way of the Potomac and Ohio to the
point of beginning, and you have included
an area equal to that Of France, and nearly
double that Of Great Britain. 1t is not too
much to say that in all agricultural and
mineral resources it exceeds Great Britain
and France combined, and is possessed of the
finest climate to be found east of the Rocky
Mountains. The blue grass section alone
could raise enough wheat without manure to
feed Great Britain. 1t is a grand section,
but has been until lately railway desert, oc-
cupied over half its area by sparse popula-
tion clad in hOmespun garments. The curse
of slavery having been removed from it and
capital pouring under general invitation and
inducement, its future fills US with amaze.
ment. The cotton exposition will, we hope,
give an impetus to development in the South
and systematize and improve the vast ener-
gies now working within it,
railroad Accidents.
- Railroad accidents, for which this win.
ter is notable, seem still to be the order of
the day. On Thursday night last, about 9
o'clock, the whole of the trestle-two miles
in length-of the Charleston and Savannah
Railway, near the Savannah river, fell in
with freight train on it. The particulars
of the occurrence are as follows:
The freight train which left Savannah at
halfp { o'clock, fell through the trestle
near the Savannah river, on the South Caro-
lima side The accident is supposed to have
been caused by the breaking of an axle of
one of the frei ght cars, which knocked one Of
the benches of the trestlework out of place.
This weakened the connecting benches and
caused the collapse of about two miles Of
trestling, which sank quietly into the swamp
with the engine and train Of cars still upon
the track. No one was hurt, and the cars
escaped with little einjury. Five hundred hands
have been put to work repairing the damages,
and it is expected to have the trestle rebuilt
by the 1st of March, In the meantime ar
rangements have been made for promptly
forwarding passengers.
On the same day, an embankment ffty-feet
high and sixty in length OF the Spartanburg
and Asheville Road, TWO miles south Of Salu.
da, was washed away. This will be repaired
by trestle, which is now building, and trains
will run regularly in few days.
On Friday, the eastern bound trains on the
Airline Road were delayed several hours
by a land slide near Tocoa, and another near
Mt Airy, and on the following morning, the
western bound passenger train of the same
road ran into slide near Clifton. six miles
east Of Spartanburg. No one was seriously in.
jured by either accident, but considerable de-
lay resulted.
The Inauguration.
- The following, from Washington cor
respondent, will give some idea of the prepa-
rations and grand sights which will meet the
view of visitors who attend the inaugural
ceremonies in Washington on the 4th of
March:
With the exception of about $4,000, which
was to be expended for fire. works, the money
necessary for carrying out the plans Of the
inaugural committee has all been subscribed.
From advices received by the committee, the
inaugural promises to he grand success, and