Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-01-10
A Mas.LERrrn MIRACLE.

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mcnt csncerning the doctrines ard prophecies
al that arch deceYer Miller. For months, the
Miaaieht Cry, followed BY the Morning Howl,
nad the MONDAY Yell, had circulated through
the village aoe surrounding counties to an es.
zen, not even eeualied by d.. Duncan's cele-
bra,ed Coon Speech, Men, disposed Of their
property fer little or nothing. The women
we're pale and ghostly from watching and pray
ing, and in fact, the whole population, or at least
those who believed in the coming ascension,
imked as it they we're about half over an at.
t,ck of the cbils and fe,.r. There wore,
however, some choice sp,rits,' wlsc. notwith-
standing the popularity Of ihe deheion would
r,a enlist under the bsaners OF the ascensiopst
aud among these wse wild harum scarum
blade from Down EaA,' by the name Of Cape
Sjawbam. Now Cape was as hard a case as
Won would meet on fourth of July in Texas,
alwoys alive for fun and sport Of any and every
description, and strong dsbeliever 10 Miller.
ism. -
Tie night Of the third ct April was agreed
upon out west here, tor the grand exhibition OF
'erouni and lofty tumbling,'" and about ten o.
clock of the said night, numbers Of Millerites
assembled on the outskirts o. the town, on
intIc e,nnence, upon which the proprietors had
lowed few trees to stand. In the crowd,
snd the only representative Of his race present,
free negro, by the name of Sam, about as
u.ly, black woOy descendant Of Ham, as
ever baked his shins over kitchen fire.
Sans head was small b,by and arms very,
long, and his legs bore a remarkable resem.
blance to pair Of hams; in fact, put Sam on a
i,orse, his legs clasped round it's neck, his head
towards the tail, and his arms caspcd round the
animals hams, and at ten PAGES of you would
swear thai he was an old set OF patent gearing.
The leader of the Meritcs, owing to an an.
cicnt grudge he bore him, hated Sam .like
sucke. and had done all in his powe to prevent
his admittance among the elect but all to no
purpose. Sam would creep in at every meet.
ing; to night here he was again, dressed in
white robe of cheap cotton, secured TO his body
by a belt, and shouting and praying as loud as
The best.
Now, on the morning of the third, Cabe had,
with deal OF perseverance, and more trouble,
managed to throw a half inch hemp rope over
tie branch ofan oak which stretched it's long arm
directly OVER the spot where the Milleries
would assemble one end no had secured to
the body OF the tree and the other 10 stump some
distance of. About ten o'clock, when the ex-
c',rmcnt was getting about sixty pounds to the
square inch Cabc, wrapped in an old sheet,
walked into the crowd, and proceeded to fasten
10 az secure manner as possible, the end of the
rope to the back part of the belt which confined
Sans rope succeeded and sloped TO join some
"t his companions who had the end. The few
stars in the sky threw a dim light over the
scene, and in few moments the voice of Sam
was heard, exclaiming, Got Almight Use
guin up! Who-o oh = and sure enough Sam
MAS seen mounting into the 'ethcra blue; : his
ascent was, however, checked when he had
cleared terra frma few feet. Glory cried
one, IIalelujah" " another, and slrieks and yels
made the night hideous. some tainted, others
prayed, and not a few dropped their robes and
slid, Now whether ii was owing to the light.
ness of his head or the length and weight Of his
heels, or both, Sans position was not pleasant
ono; the belt to which Cape's cord was attach.
eJ was bound exactly round his centre of gravi.
~. and Sam swung like pair Of scales. head
up and heeis down. heels MP and head down, at
the same time sweeping over the crowd like
pendufun, which motion we accelerated by his
rta ,,f hop .ol,
,ng. At length he becspe alarmed, he wouldn't
gv up aud We couldn't come down 'l.or
Massy,' cried he, js, tuke um poor nigger to
un bosum, or LEI uta down agin, easy, easy, Cor
Almighty LIEF um down ugin, please um Lord.
and dis niger will 60 straight TO um bed
Ugh.u-h'-and Sans teeth chartered with af.
fright and he kicked Bgain more vigorously
than before, bringing his head directly down
ward, aud his heels up, when woman shricking
cot. oh Brs'her Sam. take me with YOU
sprung at his head as he swept by her, and
caught him by the wool. bringing him up oil
s'andiag Gosh: Sisser.' cried Sam, lief 20
nm poor nlggers hair.'--Cabe gave another
pull at the rope. but the additional weight Was
too much, the belt gave way, and down came
Sam, his bullet head taking the leader of the
saints feeler' just between the eyes. Gosh \.
Is down egin = cried the bewildered Sam, Ga.
'hering himself up, 4 is, bress de Lord but
was nearly dar-i seed de gates! The leader
wiped his ovcrfowing proboscis. took Sam BY
the nape ofthe neck. led him TO the edge Of the
crowd, and giving him kick "a Ia pos,eriori,'