Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-05

WitherSpOOn issued temporary ln]unctlOn
restraining the use of the road until the
matter could be heard before Judge Aldrich
at Chambers in Barnwell. The case has
been recently argued before Judge Aldrich,
who has decided that a county cannot be
sued on an action brought for damages for
tresspass, but he continued the injunction
until regular appointed commissioners have
ascertained the actual compensation due
Mrs. Twiggs for the land.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Blair presented
a resolution of the General Conference of the
(Northern) NJ. E. Church, then sitting at
Philadelphia, favoring the passage by Con-
gress of the Educational Bill recently passed
by the Senate. Senator ingalls, reported
from the committee on the Judiciary, a sub
stitute for the joint resolution introduced by
Senator Jackson proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States IN
relation to the terms of Office of the Presi-
dent and Vice-President. The amendment
provided for in the substitute is as follows:
PARTICLE 2-Executive powers shall be vest
ed in the President of the United States of
America The President and Vice-President
hereafter elected shall hold their office for the
term of six years, but the President shall not be
re-eligibe, nor shall the Vice President be ELI
gible to the Office of President if he shall have
exercised the same in case of vacancy therein"
The Utah bill came up for the regular
order, and Hoar proceeded to speak in ad-
vocacy of the bill. After speaking for some
time he yielded to enable the Mexican pen
sion bill to be taken up. The principle
changes made by the Senate Pensions Com
mittee in the bill as itcame from the House
of Representatives, are, first, in striking out
the clause that limits Widows pensions to
- Il mo orrin6 haf
the soldiers discharge from the army, and
permitting the payment or the pension to
all Mexican soldiers widows who have not
remarked and, second, limiting the bene-
fits of the act to persons who are dependent
in whole or in part upon their own labor or
assistance from others for support. Mitch
ell, Chairman of the committee on Pen
sons, explained the effect of the amend
ments and said that if every soldier should
be pensioned for service without regard to
disabilities, the application OF the rule to
the surviving soldiers OF the late Eva war
would involve the country in an expen-
diture of about 500, 900 annually. His
opinion was that every man owed mil
itary duty to his country. The estimat-
ed number of Mexican soldiers now sur
viving was $4,000, and the bill gave a
pension to all who had served even one
day He thought that those who did not
need pension ought not to ask it. After
debate, and without action the matter
went over. Brown offered the following
amendment to the Utah bill: 'That vol
untary sexual intercourse of married
person with one of the opposite sex not the
husband or wife of such married person
shall be the cause and the only cause of ab-
solute divorce from the bond of marriage in
the District of Columbia or in the Territories
of The United States and any other places
subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
United States but the courts may in cases
at common law grant divorces from bed and
board in said District or Territories or other
places subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the United States" Adjourned.
In the House, after an introduction of a
number of bills under the call of States,
Turner of Georgia, called up the Ohio con-
tested election of Wallace VS.. Mckinley.
The majority report unseats Mckinley and
declares Wallace to be entitled to the seat,
while the minority resolutions confirm the
right of the sitting member. Belford,. of
Colorado, introduced a bill appropriating
$500, 900 for the erection of home for dis
abled soldiers of the Confederate army at
Fredericksburg, Va. Referred. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the Utah bill
was discussed, Browns amendment provid-
ing that voluntary sexual intercourse OF q
married person with one of the opposite sex,
not the husband or wife of such married
person, should be cause, and the only cause
of absolute divorce from the bond Of mar
riage in the District of Columbia, the Ter
ritories and other places subject to the juris-
diction of the United States being the SUBJ
jject under debate.
In the House, a joint resolution appropri-
ating 100000 for the relief of the sufferers
by the overflow of the Mississippi river and
its tributaries was passed.
In the Senate, on the 2Sth, the Mexican
pensions bill was discussed, nearly the entire
dav being devoted to it.
In the House, the session was devoted to
the consideration of the legislative appro-
priation bill.
In the Senate, on the Goth, an amendment
reducing the appropriation by the House
resolution for the sufferers in Louisiana by
the overflow of the Mississippi was agreed
to. The resolution as amended appro-
PIRATES $4,000. The conference report on
the agricultural bill was agreed to, and
the District of Columbia appropriation bill
was passed. After executive session the
Senate adjourned until Monday.
The session of the House was devoted to
consideration of the legislative appropria-
tion bill.
In the House, on the 31st, on motion of
Mr.. Poland bill was passed restoring the
law of 1867, in the matter Of appeals from
circuit courts to the United States Supreme
Court in hd6edS corpus cases. This law was
repealed a few years ago, while the Near
die case was pending before the Supreme
Court. The District of Columbia appropri-
alton bill with the Senate amendments was
referred to the Committee on Appropria-
tions. The regular order having been de-
manded, the House proceeded to the con-
sderation of business reported from the
Committee on Indian Affairs.