Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-18

Brinson were engaged in cooking the prom
: is d barbecue. t -sEt''7' z'''-a45 .47r'.
8 The grove itself was literally alive
teeming, swarming, running over will
strange figures in the human. shape, men
women and children. Sh eiby county wa
there. The hunters had come, rifles ii
hand, and dogs barking at their heeis;s tn,
rogues, refugees and gambIers, with pistol.
in their belts and big knives peeping from
i their shirt bosoms, while here aud there
might be seen sprink;ing of weil-dressec
planters with their wives and daughters.
The tumult was deafenng, a tornado ol
babling tongues, talking, shouting, quar-
1 reling, betting and cursiug Cor amusement.
Suddenly a cry arose: Colonel Watt Foe
manla Hurrah for Colonel Watt Foemnn!,
--and the crowd parted right and left, tc
let the lion Lyncher pass. y Ssa. ''e A',.
| turned TO the advancing load-star oi
all eyes. and shuddered Involuntary at the
develish countenance that met nv glance;
and vet, the features were not only youth
ful but eminently handsome; the hideous
ness lay in the look full! Of savage fire
ferocious, murderous. 1t in the red
dish yellow eye-bnlls ith,garrowy pupils
that seemed to flash jets oflurid fame; in
the thin sneering lips with their everlasting
icy smile. As 10 the rest, he wns tall,
athletic, very powerful man. His train, a
dezen armed desperadoes followed him. .sois
/ Foeman spoke in a voice, sharp, pierre
/ ing, MS the point Of q dagger; "Eh Brinson,
where is the new missionnry1 @ We wan,
to give him plumed coat'' s,.. e,..r
"He has not yet arrived replied the
planter. q. '''' 7..'
! "Well, | suppose we must wai, for him,
but put the barbecue ON the b,ards; | am
as hungry us n starved wolf.'' z.. .-s-s. -
81 cannot till the missionary comes; the
barbecue is his property
A fearful ligh. blazed in Foeman's eyes,
rs he took three steps towards Brinson, and
fairly shouted, Fetch me the ne1t instant.
ly, or III fill your own stomach with a
dinner of lead and steel!' = Il us.
This was the ultinaatum of one whose
authority was the only law, and the plan
] ter obeyed without n murinur. The smok
ing viands were arranged on the tables, by
a score Of slaves, and tie throng prepared
to commence the sumpluous meal, when
voice pealed from the pulpi, loud as the
blast Of a trunpet in battle, "Slay gsntl ..
men and ladies', till the giver Of the barbe.
cue asks Gods blessingp' -'34 10 $3.50
| Every ear started, every eye was direc.
ted to the speaker, and whisperless silence
ensued, for all alike were struck with hi,
remarkable appearance. lie was .alnos,
giant in stature, though scarcely twenty
years ofage; his hair dark as the ravens
wing. n,wed down his immense shoulders
! in masses Of natural ringlets, more ,beau,i-
full than any ever wren,hed around the
jsweled brow Of queen by the fabored
achievements Of human art; his ey es black
as midnight. beamed like stars overa face
as pale as Parian marble, calm passionate.
less, spiritual, and wearing singular in.
de6nable expression, such as might have
been shed by the light Of dream from
Paradise, or the luminous shadow of an an.
gels wing. The heterogeneous crowd,
hunters, gamblers, homicides, gazed in
/ mute astonishment. ..ss..sg 90 s.ig
/ The missionary prayed, but it sounded
like no other prayers ever addressed to the
throne Of the Almighty. 1t contained no
encomiums on the spIendor of the attri.
butes; no petitions in the tone of COM
mands; no prisons for distant places, times
or objects; and no implied instruction as 10
the administration Of the government oi
the Universe 1t felated exclusively to the
present people and the present hour: i,
was the cry of the naked soul. and ,ha,
soul was q beggar for The bread and water
of heavenly life. --.-.. -
He ceased, and not till then did be.
come conscious Of weeping. | looked u
round through my tears, and saw q hun.
dred faces wet as with rain!
"Now, my friends, partake of God g
gifts a, the table, and then come and si,
down and listen to His Gospel" I'd ,'s :
1t would be impossible to describe the
sweet tone Of kindness in which these sim
pie words were uttered, that made him on
the instant five hundred friends. One
heart, however, in the assembly was mad.
dened by the evidences of the preacher .
wonderful power. Col. Watt Foeman
exclaimed in sneering voice: aMr. Paul
Denton, your reverence has lied. You
promised US not only good barbecue, but
better liquor. Where is your liquer?"f 81
sThere!" answered the missionary, in
tones of thunder, and pointing his. motion
less finger at the Double Spring, gushing
up in two strong columns, with a sound
like shout Of joy from the bosom Of the
earth. @There!" he repeated with "a look
terrible as lightning, while his enemy a ctu-
ally trembled at bis feet 3tbere is the llq-
uor, which God the Eternal brews for all
his childrenl g. fss.s .sas s.'f ses 5z5e
sNo. in the simmering still, over smoke
ing fires, choked with poisonous gasses, and
surrounded with the stencil of sickening
! odors and rank corruption, doth your, Fa-
ther in Heaven prepare the precious essence
Of life, the pure cold water. But in the
green glade and grassy deil, where the red
deer wanders and the child loves to play,
there God himself brews it; and down, low
down in the deepest valleys, where the
fountains murmur and the rills sing; and
high upon the mountain tops where the ma
ked granite glitters like gold in the sun.