The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-19
congressional

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Senator Ransom returned to his seat,
.fter several days absence Ia North
Carolina on account OF lekness II
In House, Gen. w. R. Cox was one
of the first to tackle the tariff he
form question, and made = set speech
on Wednesday last, which will have
wide circulation.
Mai. Clement Dowd presented the
netition of the Charlotte Chamber OF
commerce" largely composed OF Bank
Presidents, Directors, and. cotton
ers) praying the re chartering of the
National Banks, the repeal of tax on
Capital, Bank Deposites, &C., &c. we
have no objection to the re chartering
ofthe Banks, if tffeir Charters be amend
ed to prohibit Corners on public
business but we should be glad to see
a tax laid on idle capital that would
have a tendency to induce some OF our
millionaires to get up OF from their
padded seats, and invest a lew thous
ands in factories, railroads, machlne
shops, newspapers, and other sources
of public prosperity. progress; and veil
bell 2. The Wilmington Board OF
Trade adopted resolutions similar to
those of the Charlotte Board. /,
Gen. Vance presented a long list OF
hills. for relief of heirs of W. P. Craig !;
Also Rachel Frisbee, widow Of Ely
Frisbee: also, the widow of Robert j.
R;rchield also j. G.. Cooper; also
aaron Buchanan; also Mitchell E.
| Robertson also Warren Sans (of lst
n. G.. Vols, in Mexican war; etc.
When the amendment to the POstai
Kill irving s35. 900 to furnish cancellnig
stamns. to amount of IS for each fourth
| class count postofhce came up, Mr..
Springer opposed it warmly, saying
there was no need to waste 1885, OO;
that the country postmasters need MOI
be in such hurryas not to properly u
Gel the letters with a pen, etc, zen
Vance explained that he offered the
amendment at the request OF the SUI
p%erintendent of the Postal Blank
Agency, and gave his reasons. Mr.
Springer hoped it wouldn't pass; but
it did. by 81 to 6.
GOOD JOKE ON BULLY POPE.
The ex-Rebel readers Of the Furme'
and Mechanic cannot have forgotten
the loud Dragging, fussy-and.feather,
Yankee General, who in taking com
mand of the Army OF the Potomac an
nounced that his Headquarters were
''in the Saddle" and that instead o
ditching in the mud, like General Nc
Clellan, he intended to see nothing blu
the hind quarters of the Retreatlnl
Rebels. One month later, he was run
ming ~bareheaded, and on foot, from hi
/, Headauarter, to escape from the bayo
nets of Stone-Fence Jackson am
Massa Bob-up Lee.
In Congress, Mr.. Maginnis, of Michi
gan, referring to ''Bully" Pope's des
patch about the danger Of IN lndlal
outbreak, said :.
When | read in the newspapers tn
other day a highly sensational dispatc|
in regard to the condition OF thes
Cheyennes, and an intlmatiOn tina
Providence would alone be responsible
for the dire result if the writer did nc
organize a raid upon the surroundin
herds of white mems cattle, to suppl
them with beef, it did seem timed t
create a sensation. AS there may b
: under the Retiring bill a vacant plac
among the heterogeneous, it seemed t
me that a great deal was being mad
| out of a small matter, in order that a
aspiring brigadier might make a lat
+ but timely record on the Indian que'
I ton. Happily. a vacancy is rarely in
: NOT 90 MIN lnnJustlcee.J the author :
that dispatch never lacked the ability t
gather a heavy crop Of laurels from th
most barren of fields. As | read tn
swelling sentences, the sensational state
ments. the patriotic appeals to Heaver
was reminded of the swelling pronun
clamentos which came from the sam
officer during the war, and | r~ecalle,
the utterances oc that wounded an,
suffering soldier who, lying on his pal
let, was listening to the consultations o
the Bible as read by the hospital chap
lain: When the reverend gentlemen
read the inspiring narrative of Samson.
destruction of the Philistines with the
a w-bone Of an ass, the dying hero
turning his glance, said, "Chaplain,
look at the bottom, and see if that is
not signed by John Pope" Laugh
ter.