Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-06-21


d over with celestial flowers by Il
: mystic hand of reffaction. St
e al#aysitiis beautiful. That is Il
= blessed life water. No poison bubbI
on its brink; its form brings n,
e madness and murder, no blood staiI
a its liquid glass; pale widows an
e starving orphans weep not burnin
: tears in its clear depths; no drunkard
4 shriekiDg ghost frem the grave,curse
$ it in words Of eternal despair; spea
out,my friends,would you exchange
: for the demons drink, alcohol"
A shout like one roar of a tempes
: answered "NOr'
Critics never need to tell me agai
that back woodsmen are deaf to th
divine voice Of eloqueuce, for | saI
at that moment the missionary hell
i the heartof the multitude asitwere il
tee hollow of his hand ,andthe popula
feeling, in current so irresistabl'
that. even the duelIist, Watt Foeman
did not venture another interruption
during the meeting:
/ have just reviewed the repor
of:that singular speech in the forego
| ing sketch; but alas! / discover. that
| have utterly failed to convey the
full impression, as my reason and i'm
lagination receives it. The lang uagt
to be sure is the same-that / never
forget-bnt it lacks the spirit, TIE
tones of uputterable pathos, the Ca
dence Of mournful music, alternating
with crashes of. terrible power; it
Jacks the gesticulatiop, now graceful
Ias the play of golden willow in
The wind, and anon, violent as the
motion Of the mountain pine in the
huFricane;it lacks that pale face, wrap
ped in its dream of the spirit land,
and those uhfathomable eyes, flash
ing light such as never, beamed.
from sun or stars,and more than all it
lacks the magnetism of the soul that
seemed to diifuse itself among the
hearers, as a giewless stream of elec-
tpcity permeating the brain, like
some secret fire, melting all hearts,
and mastering every volitioD.
The Camp;Meeting continued,a
a revival attended it, such as never
before or since was witnessed in the
forest Of Texas. But unfortunately
onthe last dayof the exercises, news
arrived on the ground that a neigh |
boring farmerhad been murdered, ,and |
his wife and children carried away by |
The Indians. rs - s -
I: The young missionary spranginto
he pulpit and proposed the immedi-
ite organization Of a company to
pursue the savages. Thesuggestion
oeing adopted, the mover himself was
elected to head the party. After
several dsys Of hard riding, they
,vertook the barbarous enemy in the
,randprairie. The missionary charged /
oremostr Of bis troop, and having
,erformedprodigies of bravery, ,fell!-
lot by the hand Of the Indians-but
y shot FROM one of bis own horse
nenl is,atsf;ti- sslt 1a) ''s fl. l.
I need scarcely name the assassin;15
he reader viii have anticipated me.fII
NE incarnate .fien9 was Col Wattfi
7oeman, chief hangman Of the Shet
y. Lynchers, and ten years later a
,aster cook at the poisoned We'd :
ihgl ,.-os = "a, -.
Such is tho only fragment from /
he biography of a.wonderful genius,
he sole ray Of a dazzling lum:nary, s
nat rose and set iu the wilderness, a {
orn leaf from Paul, Denton's book
life. Peace, be with his ashes.1
Ie sleepsweliin the lone isle Of ever l
reens, surrounded by the evergreen Z
"a of the great prairie. Natures Q
eloved son inherits the eostliest
'm5-that last possession, the in Q
ienable Zee simple Of all timesl IL