Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-02-27

pistols in their belts. and big knives peep.
| ing from their shirt bosoE1s; while here
and there might be seen sprinkling OF
well dressed planters, with their wives
and daughters.
The tumult was deafening; tornado OF
5abbiing tongues. talking. shouting. quar-
relling. betting. and cursing for amuse-
ment. Suddenly cry crosse Col. Wait
Foeman!" "Hurrah TOR Col. Watt Foe.
mani" And the crowd parted to the right
and left TO let the lion Lyncher pass.
turned 10 the advancing loadstar Of
all ewes. and shuddered involun,arily at
the devilish countenance which met my
glance: and yet the features were not on.
" youthful but en,inen.ly handsome; the
hideousness lay in the look. full Of saw
age fire ferocious. murierous. 1t was
IN the reddish yellow eycballs with ar.
rowy pupils. that seemed TO flash jets Of
lurid flame; in thin sneering lips with
their everlasting icy smile. As 10 the rest.
he was a tall. athletic. and very powerful
man His train. dozen armed dcsper
ADDE'S followed him.
Foeman spoke in voice sharp. pierre.
ing as the point Of dagger: "Eh! Brin-
son. whore is the new missionary! we
want to give him plumed coat"
"lie has not yet arrived" replied the
planter.
"Well suppose we must wait for him;
but put the barbecue on the boards; am
hungry as a starved wolf
- cannot till the missionary comes;
the barbecue is his property"
c,,r(,,I l;rbt hln1oH in Foam o1-rS
as he took three steps towards BrinsoD,
and fairly shouted. Fetch the meat in,
stantlv. or IN ill your own stomach with
dinner of lead and steel!
This was the mHimatnm Of one whose
authority was the only law, and the plan
ter obeved without murmur. The smo.
king viands were arranged on the tables
by a score Of slaves. and the throng pre-.
pared TO commence the sumptuous meal.
when a voice pcaled from the pulpit. loud
as the blast Of a trumpet in battle: 'Stay.
gentlemen and and ladies'. till the giver OF
the barbecue asks Gods blessing"
Every heart started. every eye was di-
rected to the speaker: and a whisperless
silence ensued. for all alike were struck
by his remarkable appearances. He was
almost giant in stature. though scarcely
twenty years Of age; his hair dark as the
ravens wing. flowed down his immense
shoulders in masses of natural ringlets,
more beautiful than any ever wreathed
around the jewcled brow Of a queen by
the labored achievements Of human art;
his eyes. black as midnight. beamed like
stars over a face pale as Parian marble.
calm. passionlcss. spiritual. and wearing
singular. indefnable expression. such
as might have been she'd by the light Of a
dream from Paradise, or the luminous
shadow Of an angels wing. The heter-
ogenious crowd, hunters, gamblers, hon.
icides. gazed in mute astonishment.
The missionary prayed, but it sounded
like no other prayer ever addressed TO the
throne of the Almighty. 1t contained no
encomiums on the splendor Of the divine
attributes; no petitions in the tone oi
commands; no prisons for distant places,
times or objects; and 10 implied instruc-
tions as 10 the administr alton Of the gov.
ernment Of the universe. 1t related ex.
clusively to the present people and the
present hour; it was the cry Of naked
soul, and that soul beggar for the bread
and water Of heavenly life.
/ He ceased. and TO, till then did | be
come conscious Of weeping. looked
around through my tears. and saw hun
dred faces wet as with rain!
Nov friends" said the missionary
..partake OF Gods gift at the table. anc
then come and sit down and listen to Hi.
Gospel"
1t would be impossible to describe the
sweet tone Of kindness in which these
simple words were uttered. that made him
on the instant five hundred friends. One
heart. however. in the assembly was mad
dened bv the evidences OF the preachers
wonderful power. Col. Watt Foeman ex
claimed in a sneering voice: "Mr. Pau
Denton. your reverence has lied. You
promised US not only good barbecue, bu
better liquor. Where is the liquor!'
"There!" answered the missionary. ir
tones of thunder. and pointing his mo-
tionless finger at the matchtess Double
Spring. gushing up in two strong columns
with sound like shout Of Joy from the
bosom of the earth; "ThereM" he repeat
ed with look terrible as lightning, while
his enemy actually trembled in his feet
''there is the liquor, which God; the Eter
nal. brews for all his children!
.Not in the simmering still, over smoky
fires. choked with poisonous gases, ane
surrounded with the stencil Of sickenin.
odors and rank corruption, doth you
Father in Heaven prepare the precious es
sence Of lfe-the pure, cold water. Blu
in the green glade and grassy dell. wher,
the red deer wanders. and the child love.
TO play. there God himself orews it, ant
down, low down in the deepest valleys
where the fountains murmur and the rill.
sing; and high up on the tall mountain
where the naked granite glitters like gole
in the sun. where the storm cloud broods
and the thunder storm crash; and ava,
far ou, on the wide. wild sea, where tn
hurricane howls music, and big waves rol
the chorus. sweeping the march Of God
there lie brews it, that beverage Of life