Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-08-03
rine strength of sugars in determining duties.
This would leave the section to provide simply

rine strength OF sugars Ill determining duties.
This would leave the section to provide simply
that the sugar duty shall be what it was be.
fore the Is per cent. additional duty was put
Of SO to 25. =
The House proceedings we're unimportant.
The only business perfected was the adoption
of a concurrent resolution for printing 800, 600
copies Of the agricultural report.
The proceedings Of the Senate on the 26th
were devoted to the naval appropriation bill.
In the House, the conference committee on
the legislative appropriation bill having re-
ported that they were unable to agree, new
conference was ordered The floor was grant
ed to the committee on Indian affairs and the
debate on the first bill taken up, permitting
the sale Of part of the Omaha Indian reserva-
tion occupied the remainder of The day.
In the Senate on the 9th, Mr.. Williams Of
fered an amendment to be proposed to the
sundry civil appropriation bill, directing the
Attorney General to ascertain what would be
just and reasonable compensation for the
services rendered by Charles H. Reed in de-
fence of Charles J. Guiteau, and to make an
allowance therefor not exceeding S., 600. Re-
ferred The naval bill was then discussed un-
til adjournment.
The House disposed Of considerable business
of miner interest, after which the floor was
accorded to the committee on Indian affairs,
which called up the Senate bill granting the
right of way for railway and telegraph purpo-
ses to the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
road through the lands of the Choctaw and
Ohickasaw nations of Indians. The bill was
passed after some debate. The committee on
foreign affairs reported back the resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the Navy for
copies of all the correspondence with instruc-
tions to Rear Admiral Nicholson relative to
the extraordinary threat to open fire on the
city of Alexandria, Egypt, under certain con-
tingencies, and also to inform the House
whether he has been informed that American
sailors and officers have been performing po-
lice duty in Alexandria under the British Ad-
miral, Mr.. Williams, chairman of the COM
mittee, stated that the committee was in pos
session of all the information on the subject,
and asked that the resolution be tabled and
the documents containing the information
printed. So ordered. The House then ad-
journed.
In the Senate on the 2sth, the printing
committee reported the Senate resolution for
printing 5000 copies of the official report
of the International Cotton Exposition OF
1881, and it was passed. The Senate bill to
provide for the publication of the Tenth CEN
sus was passed. 1t provides for printing addi-
tioDal copies of the reports on population, ag-
riculture, manufactures and mechanics, fish
and fisheries, history of the national loan, and
compendium of census, and appropriates for
this purpose S67s, 900. 1t also provides for the
distribution of complete sets of these reports
to libraries and other public institutions
throughout the country, their allotment to
Congressman to be distributed by the Secreta-
ry of the Interior, each Senator to be entitled
to order fifteen, and each Representative ten
sets. The remainder of the day was devoted
to the naval appropriations bill.
The House, after transacting some miscella-
neous business, adjourned at -. IS P. NJ, until
Monday. .s
The Senate only was in session on Saturday,
and the entire day was devoted. to the naval
appr opriation bill.