Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-24

following letter, (oI Wnlcn you last week II
published an abstract,) zane from an au- s.
thentic source; and seeing manifested in it e
a singular method Of preaching the gospel :
and converting heather, l will thank you to :
publish the letter itself, together with some /
thoughts which came into my mind while b
reading it. ]. HoLcoMB. f
LETTER FROM LIBERIA g
Last Saturday morning, about 4 o'clock, G
we were awakened in our town by the fir :
ing of a gun, about two miles from US. 9
And while we were musing on what it .
could mean, we were again alarmed by $
the voice Of several ofour people exclaim-
ing,-"War is come war is come y
Brother Sion Harris got out of bed i'm
mediately, and went out in town. But he
returned in about one minute, and told me
10 be out Of bed and load the guns, for war
was at hand. l Immediately arose, slipped
on my clothes, and was on my knees 10
ask God to help US. BY this time the en-
envy were within musket shot of the miss
ion house. Brother Harris went down
and gave them the FIRST shot, and was an
swered oy 10 ria muskets from the en-
envy while | was loading muskets in the
chamber. The natives came on the path
leading from Millsburg, across the creeks
near our house, and struck into my casava
Iatch, at the corner of the woods, and In
a straight direction towards the house.
They completely covered the casava patch.
1t now began 10 be a little light. The en-
gagement by this time was veil under
way, and increased rapidly. TOMS peo-
pie sailed down toward the lower gate,
and gave them a few shots, at which time
one Of his men received a slug through
his bowels, and Immediately CAM into my
chamber with his intestines in his hands.
And Notwithstanding Tom ana his
men retreated under the lee of the mission
house, yet they turned, as it were. the left
wing ofthe enemy, who soon fell into the
main body, directly back Of the mission
house. And in less than one minute,
they were running up and down the pick
offence, about three rods from the house, as
thlek as bees around a hive.
Brother Bennett Demory and brother
Harris were the only two who stood II
front, between the enemy and the house,
They both stoodt their ground and cut then
doGn like cutting grass. Mean
While brother Jarvis u. Nichols came int
he chamber where | was loading mus
kc,s. for we had r8 muskets in the cham
Der, which we knew would go at ever,
snap, and 100 ready made cartridges, am
"a keq Of powder besiae,) and poured
stream Of leaddown upon them from IN
window, as fast as two boys could han
Aim loaded mUsketS. In the midst oil a
This, the enemy broke through the ienc
and nouring into The yard ike bees. Broth
fHarris and Demory now retreated 10 II
door, in which both stood side by sid
about two rods from them, with two mus
ts aoice, throwing buckshot into the
hwsis hearts, and brains, like a tornad
Soon brother Nichols received a slug
his breast. at the window, which broug
him 10 the floor. He cried Out
DIV. gnn catch me-" The blood pour
firth freely. | then sent him into a b
room n ne lee part of the house.
had Given the enemy, who were not M
than 8 rods from the window wnere
Sood, as thick as they could stand LOAD
and firing, about 20 shots. BESIDE
This, the air was darkened with polso
arrows, Aying in every dlrectlon,
At this time, l. e., the fall oil memo!
stopped Immediately into hlstracks, hay
II muskels loaded, and renewed the
from the window. At this time the
was M; Goterah had got into the
with n considerable number OF his
growlinu like a mammoth lion, and
ING about on the ground, and sayln
his men,-a Come on. come on.
he soon fell q l~iIeless corpse, within
aud a half rods of the house ; suppos'
be from a shot by brother Harris,
then stood with Demory. A this I
was directly over their heads, taking
liberate aim at ftlies who STOOD IN
groups. about Eve or six rods iron
window T; at which time some one Q
enemy shot a nice tube out OF my
KEY and spoiled it. The ball or
went through the partition OF sister +
room, and after straightening her
went out The lee window
Three Of their slugs entered the
about s inches from the side OF the
k Of about 10 inches, in various dire
around the window where l stood.
spI ever, they so~onfounathe current too
=. aud The water toosdeep.
They laid hold of Goterah, thei
man, made him their tail, turne'
backs, and dragged him of, while
and Demory were pepperlng thel
with buckshot. While they were
:tf mo up their dead to tote of, nad
chance Of any to fire into the
But they soon slung their shattere'
and went OF as if the wicked one
them. Bot we were quite Eiliin