Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-05-21
HILLSDALE, MAY 81, 1850.

sleeping in the glacier; dancing ~ the hail
shower; folding its bright snow cuf'alns -otl-
ly about the winiry world: and wavlng The
many colored ira, that ser 'ph's zone OF il'e
sky, whose warp is the rain drop of earth.
whose roof is the sunbeam at heaven, all
chequered o'er with celestial tiowers, by the
mystic hand or reiiaciion. Sui always Il u
beauiilll--lhal blessed lite water! n 10 pot
son bubbles on its brink; its foam bii0gs not
madness aud murder; no blood stains is IL
quid glass; pale widows aud starving orphans
weep not burning tears in lis clear depths
no drunkarc's shrieklng ghos, from 'he grave
curses il 10 the words OF e,ernal despair!---
Speak out my friends would you exchange Il
for the demons drink. aichoho?
a shout like the roar vi tempest aoJser.
cd Mo-
Critics need never tell me agsin ,haI back
woodsmen are deaf tie dIvlue voice IL eto.
quence; for saw, at that raumrni. The mis-
sionsfy held the hearts of the mulilind-, as
il were. 10 the hollow of his iiand; and the
popular feeling rsn in a cunent so irresisu
BILE, that even the duelist. Wat Foeman, dai .
ed not venture anolher Interruption during
the meeting.
have just reviewed my report of this sin-
las. l discovered that lave uuetly faded
10 convey the impression - my reason and
Imagination received il. The language "a
be sure. is lhere--that never could forget
but il lacks the spIIiI; The tunes of Gnutler.
able pa,hos, the cadences Of mournfu music.
alternating with crashes Of terrible power: il
lacks The gesnculaIiOn, DOW graceful as lhe
play of the golden willow la tue wind, and
anon violent as the motion of the mvuntsiii
pine Ia the hurricane.
1t Jacks that pale face. wrapped 10 its dream
Of the spiritual land. and those unlatbonable
eyes, flashing a light as never beamed from
sun or STARS; ard more thar Ill! il lacks the
magnetism Of the mighty soul that seemed
TO d lu5e itself among Tie hearers. az . view
less stream of electricity, permentlug the
bralh, like some seere, f,e, melting al hearts
and mastering every yOlnion.
The Camp meeting continued aud ievi-
ual attended IL, such as never before. or sine G
was witnessed in the forests OF Texas. BuI
unfortunately on The last day of the exerc;
ses news arrived on lhe ground, that neigh.
boing farmer had been murdered, and hi.
wife and children carried away prisoners by
lbe Indians.
The young missionary sprang inIn the pull
pil and proposed the immediate organ'zsrlod
OF a company to pursue the savagcs. The
suggestion beiug adopted, the mover himself
was elected to head the parry. After several
days of hard riding. they ,yet,ook the bar.
barOus enemy on the grand pranie. The
missionary charged foremost Of his troop. aud
having performed prodIgies OF bravery, fell
not by the hand OF The lpdisn--bu, by shol
from one OF his own hotsemen
| need scarcely name the ASSASSIN; The ,ea.
der will have anticipated me. The iucarnats
fend was Col. Walt Foemsn, chief hangman
Of Shelby LyUchers, aud ten years ialer, mas.
tel cock AT the Poisoned Wedding.
Such is the only fragment Of the biogra-
ply of ID wonderful genius; he sole twinkling
ray OF dszzling Inminasy, that rose aud SET
in the Wilderness tom leaf from Paul
Dentcns book of life. Peace be wilh his
ashes. He sleeps veil IN he lone isle Of ey-
eIgreens, surrounded BY HE evergreen sea OF
the great prairie. N4iUies beloved son IN
berIts her cUsliest tomb--lha; last possess
iou The inalenable iee-sIInple of all time.