The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-15

Uiu common chIlohllyt TOOK some WouuH
and attended But although my eyes wit
neksed this extraordinary scene, ! niny well
despair OF Ito undertaking 10 paint IL the
pen OF Homer o. the pencil or iiogaril were
alone adequate 10 tie sublimlly and bur
lesqde of tie complicated task. ! may ouly
BkeIch tic angular outlines,
A space had been cNared away lmmedi'
ntely around the magnificent Double Spring
which boiled up with force sufficient 10 turn
a mill wheel, 10 the very centre Of the ever
green grove, Here pulpit had been raised
aud before i was tho insoparahle altar foI
modrnen, Beyond these, AT tho distance Of
fifty PAGES, great succession Of plank tables
extended IN great circle, or tho perimeler
Of the polygoD, completely enclosing the hreh
about tho Hprag. An odOrilerous steam Of
mnAL delicate safor, diliIAed iizalf through
lhe niri'Ihs was from the pily "a the adjacent
prairie, where the ffy slay6R OF Petat Brin-
son were engoged IN cooking tho promised
bnrhncuc.
The grove itself wns literally alive, teem.
ing,swarung, running over with strange dg.
ures IN the human shape, men, women and
children IN every variety OF outlandisll cos
tune. Al Shelby county was There. The
! hunters had come, rfles'in hand, and dogs
barking nl their heels; tho fOguos, refugees,
and gamblers, with pistols la their belts; aud
while hero aud there might be seen sprink-
hing Of we'll dressed planters, with their wives
and daughters.
The Iumult whs donfening tornado OF
babbling tongues, talking, shouting, quhrrell-
ing, betting aud cursing for amusement. Sud.
denly a cry urosc, "COlonel Watt Foemnn -
llurrah- ior Col. Wan Ea1Innn.n Aud thc
crowd parted 10 the right aud lefi TO lot the
lion Lynchcr passN
turned TO the advancing lono star Of all
Dyes, aud ahuddered inyoluniarily at tho dow
| lish countennnce which met my glancuH,
aud yet the features were not only youthful
but cmncn,ly handsonle;tho hideousness lay
in the look, full of savage fire e--terooious mur-
derous. IL was in tho reddish-yellow eye
balls with arrowy pupils, that seemed to flnsh
Jets of lurid ilutne Ia thin, ,sneering lips, with
their everlasting icy suIile. As to tho rest,
lac was tall, athletic, very powerful n,hn.,--
His Iruin, dozen armed dospcradocs, fol
lowed him.
t-tuen,uf- rttoke-ia ~ ' ssIsa- sharp, -piasGing
M the point or n dagger E,h Brinson where
ia the new missionary we want TO give hin,
n pluncd coat"
lie has not yet arrived, y replied the plarl.
or.
"well suppose wo must wal, for him but
put the barbecue on the boards, ! am hungry
as a starved wolf"
~ cannot ill ;he missionary comes the
barbecue is his property"
A fearful light blHzod in Foeman's eyes, as
he took three steps toward Brnson, aud fair
| " shouted; "FeJch tho nient instantly, or I'll
hll your own siohach with dinner Of lead
and steel n
This was the uAimdilm OF one whose nu.
thoriiy wns the only law, aud the planter O.
beyed without nurinur.. The smoking vi.
auds were arranged on the tables by score
of slaves, aud the urong prepared to com
meuce n sumptuous neal, when voice peal.
cd from tlrs pulpit, loud as the blast Of a
trumpet in battlr;
"Stny gentlemen and ladies, till the givsr
of the barbecue asks Gods blessing -
Every heart started, every eve was direct.
cd 10 the speaker; and n whispcress silence
ensued,, for all alike were struck by his re-
murkabe Appearance lie was almost si-
ant ia stature, though scarcely twenty wears
ofnge: his hair dark rs the ravens wing,
flowed down his immense shoulders IN mass.
os of natural rnglets, moro beautiful than
any ever wrcnthed around the jcwced brow
! OF queen by labored achievements ofhu-
| man nrt; his eyes black as midnight, bcumcd
like stars ovcra face pale as Parian marble,
calm f,assieBless sPtFiiHal, and wearing siii-
! gular iudefinabio expression, such ns might
! have beon she'd 10y the light Of dream from
! Paradise, or the omIous shadow of an an.
! gels wing. The heterogeneous crowd, hunt
irts, gamblers, hutn'eides, gazcd in iuule as
touishmcnt.
| The missionary praych;but it sounded like
no other PRAYER ever addressed 10 the throne
of the Almighty. 1t contained no encomiums
on the splcndor Of the divine attributes; no
/ peitious in the tone Of commands, ,uo.orisons
! Tor distant places, times or objects; aud no
/ implied instructions ms TO the administration
rot tfru rovrrurretrt ut II -tt+tt+
exclusively 20 iha present people nnd the
present hour; IL was the cry of naked
soul, and that soul beggnr for tho bread
and wnter ofhenveuly life.
lie coasod and not ill then did become
conscious of weeping. looked around thro'
my tears, and saw hundred faccs wet ns
with rain.
nNow INV fIiends.r said then missionary;
"paTtaks of Coils gin at the liable, aud then
come aud sit down aud listen TO his Cos
/ pei"
It would bc impossible to describe tho
sweet tone Of kindness in which these simple
words were uttered, that made him on the
t instant FIVE -h,4HelEed- One heart,
however, in the assembly was maddened by
the evidences of the preachers wonderful
! powor. Col. Wait Fooman exclaimed in u
sncering voice: "Mr Paul Denton, your rove
/ renee has iieu. lou pToullseu US hol on'y
good burhcetie but better liquor. WlGre is
the liquor ?"
"There," answered the missionnry,in tones
of thunder, and pointing his murOuess fin
ger at tho matchless Double Springs,gushipg
up in two strong columns, with sound like
shout ofjoy from the bosom she earth
"Thete !" he repeated with look terrible ms
| lightning, while his enemy actually tremhled
on his feet: "there is the liquor which God,
| the Eternal. brcws for all his childron."
"Not in tie simmering still, over smoky