The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-05

One Of our exchanges which leani
: to religious items, mentions that among
: the "nodel Christian Congressmen'
6 10 Robert Drank Vance, of the Noun
: : tain District. We endorse the remark,
) with this qualification, viz: Why
. shouldn't he be I, Since he was elected
to Represent the LAND of the Skies T.
Joking aside, it must be admitted
Gen. Vance makes a model Represen-
tative in more material and matter-of
fact respects. We notice that he filled
an whole page of the Record with bills
ore day last week. Place our danes!
There were Bills asking Pensions for
Nancy Franklin, Nancy AmmonA and
Nancy Ledford, ('1 sing . Song O.
Mamie o., Mamie o ~ Bills of Relief
for Mary E. Shelton, Eliza Estes, Emma
Jean Clark, Dovey Pace, and Mrs. Jane
Elder.
Bills for John Davis, John A. Pal
ner, John D. Street, John Fl. Sans,
John Brown, and last but not least 10y
half q tom Lieutenant Colonel John
A Faggg." Also Bills for Bill Payne,
Bill Buchanan. and Bill Penland. Also,
A. B. Sans, "a. Cooper, and others.
Then the Biblical contingent, compris-
ing Bills for Nathan Grip, Levi Jones,
Eli Jarrett, Ephrain Ammons, Hiram
Khea, Joseph Ward, Joseph Stubble-
field, Stephen Honeycut, Stephen Tip
ton, Daniel Freeman, Jeremier Buck
ner, Wesley Henslcy, James Tweed,
Daniel Gibbey, Robert Jones, Geo. w.
Hayes, f. b. Garland, w. B. Morrow,
ct. al.
These Bills must have required a
weeks steady writing to prepare them,
and we believe they were preceded by
100 or so others. Whether they will be
reached this session We cannot tell, as
they stand numbered from 5,465 to
5.49I on the House Docket.
1t may be well to remark that Gen.
Vance has nor bills than any other
member because he represents a District |
which had thousands of men in North
ern armies during the war; besides the
desertcrs, the escaped prisoners, the
kirkites, and the "Loyal' Tennes-
seeans who have drifted across the
borders ince the war. Thousands Of
this class served in the Yankee Ser
vice long enough to sntitle them to
q Pension, or Back Pay, or Damage"
and they are just now finding
out their Rights. We have no doubt
there are thousands Of ex-t.Yankees,"
both white and black, in various parts
Of North Carolina who are entitled to
Claims against the Government,
either for themselves, OK as heirs of SOL
diers who died leaving unpaid claims
wages, bounties, pensions, etc. As
this class is generally poor, ignorant,
and unacquainted with newspapers,
many OIL them are still in ignorance of
heir Rights. and we pen these remarks
N the hope of setting inquiries on foot
among the e~x-Loyalists.
For, while we detest their renegade
conduct during the war. we feel that
f they have since settled into good and
Industrious citizens they are entitled to
|. measure of amnesty aud r~econeilia-
ion !; and at all events they are entitled
% their pay: and the more money
brought into the State the sooner We
'hall attain a condition of prosperity
more nearly eQualing those States which
lave been draining the National Treas
Try for three-q quarters of a century,
while at the same time sneering at the
for her lack of wealth, fine cities,
md mammoth works of Government
(,
By the by, it is a curious circum-
that Cen. Vance has secured
and other favors. for scores,
t n2s hundreds, of the Kirkites who .
burned his Brigade wagon trains, and {
believe his " private dwelling, +,
'arns. etc, below A~sheville, during the :
var. /.
-Gen. w. r Cox presented four =
from North Carolina for new !;
nail routes. .
Maj. ~ShacKlefCrd was given in
Iefnite leave of absence on account Of
ickness at home. His mother in Jaw t
frs. Wallace, died at Kinston, last 5
'eek.
Maj. G. Dowd presented the peti- II
ions of JAS. T. Le-gr.nd and Others
nd A. &. Freeman aud Others, desir- b
'g the establishment Of new postal a
)AteS. n
Bills to erect Federal Bui ldings q
:. Q. Post Office, Revenue Office SOL y
harlotte, and Newborn have beeu q
by the Committee on Public e'
uildings, therefore we may count on q
lsir ultimat E erection. u
One hundred and sixty eight me M g.
srs OF the House have registered to y,
'eak on the tariff. ~