Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-12-27
standing Committees sf the senate.


Sass, Mangunl Phelps, and Douglass.
On Financc.-Dfessrs. Hunter, chairman; Bright,
Pearce, Benton, and Ewing.
On Commerce--RIessrs Hamlin, chairman; Soue,#
Davis OF Massachusetts, Dodge, of Wisconsin and
Bell
On Manufactures Sebastin chairman );
Clemens. Clark, Jones, and Upham.
On Agriculture Sturgeon, chairman );
Turney Spruance. Walker and Chase
On Military Affairs-Messrs Davis, of Mississip-
pi, chairman Borland. Greene, Shields and Dawson
On the Militia-Messrs Houston, chairman
Dodge of Wisconsin, Morton, Clemens, and Spru-
ance.
On Naval Affairs.--Messrs Yulee, chairman; Ma
son. Badger Miller. and Gwin.
On Public Lands.-Messrs. Felch, chairman Win
throp. Shields, Fremont, and Smith.
On Private Land Claims.-NIessrs. Downs, chair
man; Whitcomb, Davis, of Massachusetts,, Baldwin,
and Chase.
On Indian Affairs -Messrs. Achison, chairman !;
Sebastian Bell, Rusk and Wales.
On Clams.-Messrs. Norris chairman; Whtcomb,
Underwood, Baldwin, and Pratt
On the Judiciary -8fessrs Butler, chairman; Ber-
rien, Bradbury, Dawson, and Dayton.
On Revolutionary Claims.-Messrs. Walker, chair
man Upham, Dodge, of Iowa, { oper and Chase
On the Post Office and Post Roads.-Messrs. Rusk,
chairman; Bright, Upham. Soule, and Morton.
On Roads and Canas.-Messrs. Bright chairman;
Atchison, Greene, Pratt, and Spruance.
On Pensions.-Messrs. Jones, chairman Phelps,
Dayton, Hale and Borland.
On the District Of Columbia.-Messrs. Mason,
chairman; Yulce, Miller, Shields, and Berrien.
On Patents and the Patent Ofice.-Messrs Tur-
ner, chairman Norris, W ales,. " hitcomb Dawson.
On Retrenchment-Me Bradbury, chairman
Houston Mangum, Felch, and Clarke.
On Observation-Disclosures. Douglass chairman; I'm
derwood, Houston, Cooper and Seward.
To audit and control the contingent expenses of
the Senate.--AIessrs. Dodge, Of Iowa. chairman !;
Walker and Badger.
On Public Buildings-Nessrs Hunter chairman;
Davis, of Mississippi, and Clarke.
On Printing.--Alessrs. Borland, chairman; Ham
lin, and Smith.
On Engrossed BiIls.--Messrs. Jones, chairman !;
Sebastian and Hale
On the Library Pearce, chairman; Ma
son, and Davis, of Mississippi
On Enrolled Bills-Elessrs Badger chairman
and Winthrop.
Mr. Cass said that his name had been announced
as member of the Committee Foreign Relations.
He asked that he be excused from serving that
committee
The question was then taken, and Mr.. Cass was
excused.
The President appointed Mr. Mason to fill the va
cancy in the Committee Foreign Relations, caus-
ed by the resignation of Mr.. Cass.
A Coon Hunt in Il Fency Country.
JONES PINEvILLE.
'Tis really astonishin what monstrous sight of
mischief is in Pint of rum IF one of 'em was to be
would be found to contain all manner of devilmcnt
that ever entered the he'd of man, from cussin and
stealth up to murder and whippin his own mother
md nonsence enuff to turn all the in the world
'ut of their senses. If mans got any badness in
lin, it bring it out Jest sassafras tea does the
Measles if he's good for nothin sort of Teller,
without no bad traits in pertickeler, it'll bring out
I'll his greenness It affects different people in diff
erent ways-it makes some men monstrous brave
md full of fight, and some it makes towards; some
w. oh,
rable; and it has different effect different
peoples eyes-some it makes see double and some
t makes so blind that they can't tell themselves
rom side of bacon. One of the worst eases
If rum foolery that I've heard of for long time,
uck place in Pineville last fall
Bill swoony end Tom .Culpepper is the two great
Est old coveys in settlement for huntin The
fact is, they don't do much of any thing else, and
when they can't ketch nothin, you may depend coons
is scace Well one night they had every thing
reddy for reglar hunt, but owing to some ex-
ira good fortin, Tom had got ocket-pistol as
he called it, of regar old Jimmaky, to keep off
the rumatics After takin good startin horn
they went out on their hunt with their ite-wood
torch blazin, and the dogs barkin and yelpin
like forty thousand. Every now and then stop
pin to wait for the dogs, they would drink one
anohers health, till they begun to feel very COM
Portable, and cbatted away bout one thing and an
other, thout mindin much which way they was
gwine. Bimeby they cum to fence. Well, over
they got thOut much difficulty.
:;Whos fence is this ~ seq Bill.
"'Tant no NATTER SEE Tom lets take suthn to
drink
After takin a drink they went on, wonderin what
on yearth had cum to it terrible muddy
branch After pullin through the briers and gettin
on together side they tuck another drink and after
gwine little ways they cum to another branch, and
a lite further they cum to another fence-a mon
strous high one this time
.Whar upon yearth is we got to, Culpepper @
seq Bill Il never seed sich heap of branches and
fences in these parts.
"Mhy, scz Tom, It's all old Sturlin's doins-you
know he's always bildin fences and maxim Internal
improvements, as lie calls EN-. But never mind
we's through EN- now"
"The devil we is sez Bill here's the alfredest
tall fence YETI
Shore enuff, thar they was, right agin another
fence. BY this time they begun to be considerable
bic high fence-Tom drapped the last piece of the
torch, and thar they was in the dark.
CHOW you is done it, SEE Bill
Tom know i he had, but he thought twas no use
to gricve over split milk, SEE be, "Never mind
old hoss-cum ahed and I'll take you OUT and the
next mint kslS}aSb he went into the water.
Bill hung On to the fence with both hands like he
thought it was scwin round to throw him off
Helow, Tom,' seq he, where in the world is you
got to o.
Here is sez Tom, spoutin the water out of his
mouth, and coffin like he'd swallowed something
" Look out,-thar's another branch here"
Name O sense, whar is we 2" seq Bill. If this
is mt a fency country, dad fetch my buttons
Yes, and branchy one too" seq Tom; . ant
the highest and deepest and thickest that eyel
seed in my born days.
:" Which way is you Z" SEE Bill
Here, rite over the branch"
The next mint in Bill went, up to his middle il
the branch.
"Cum ahed,' SEE Tom, q and let's go home"
Cum thunder! in SIGH place as this, whar {
man haint more'n got his cote tail unhitched from
fence fore he's over head and ears in the waterh