Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-06-21
attend to that himself" replied Brin-

oo' - st<ss5 it
Gle must be a precious original
was the general rejoiner. A propo.
ton which most Of them afterwar,
T. had an opportunity to verify expel
j.. mentally. s4.
ST. | need hardly add that an inteni
}. excitement resulted. The rumor toe
d wing; flew on the wind; turned to
a storm of e1aggeration, every echo il
!. creased its sound, TIL nothing els
|, could be heard but sshe Barbecu
i Canp-Meeting;" it became the focu
: of thought, the staple of Dreams
And thus the unknown preacher ha
; insured one thing in advance, coz
,I gregation embracing the entire popu
llation Of the country, which was like
ly the sole purpose Of his stratagem
I was travelling in that part of Tex
as at the time, and imagination beins
! inaamed by common curiosity, I toof
! some trouble and attended. But al
though my eyes witnessed the extra.
ordinary scene, | may we'll despair O.
undertaking to paint 1.-THE pen o.
Homeyor the pencil of Hog garth, were
alone adequate to the sublimity and
burlesque of the complicated task. ]
may onlv sketch the angular out
lines.
A space had been cleared away i'm
mediately around the magnificent
'Dubeis Springs" which boiled upwith
force sufficient to turn a mil-Wheel, in
the very centre Of the, evergreen
grove. Here a pulpit had been
raised, and before it was the insepara-
BILE altar for mourners. Between these,
at the distance of, forty PAGES, a sue
cessiou of plank tables extended in
the form Of a great circle, or the peri
meter Of polygon, completely clo-
sing the area about the spring. An
odoriferous steam of most delicious
SAVIOR, di1used itself through the air;
this was from the pits in the adjacent
prairie, where the fifty slaves of Pc
ter Brinson were engaged in cooking
the promised barbecue. !.
The grove itself was literally alive,
teeming, swarming, running over, with
strange figures in human shape, men,.
women, and children. ia every vgrie-
ty of Outlandish costume. All Shell
by county was there. The hunters
had come, rifles in hand, and dogs
at their heels; the rogue, ref
ugees and gamblers, with pistols in
their belts, and big knives peeping |
from their shirt bosoms; while here
and there might be seen sprinkling
Of well dressed planters with their |
wives and daughters. o+i
The tumult was deafening, tor
nado of babbhng tongues, talking,
shooting, qualreling, betting and curs-
ng for amusement. Suddenly cry
lrose, "Col Watt Foeman! Hairah
or Col. Watt. Foeman!" and the crowd
sarted to the right and left, to let the
ion Lyncher pass. X! eH38 o11 4
/ turned to the advancing load-star
If all eyes, and shuddered invofrmta-
lily at the .devilish countenance whichf
net my glance; and yet the features
gere not only youthful but eminentlyI
handsome; the hideonsness lay in theI
ook, full of savage sfme--ferocions,
1t was inreddish yellow 4
sye-balls, with narrow pupils, that
to flash jet of lurid flames; in
he thin sneering lips with their ever / b
asting icy smiles. AS to test, he was
all, athletic, and a very powerful man.
His train, a dozen armed desperadees,
olloWed him, : z@l4 sse.1 70
Foeman spoke in voice sharp, {
,iercing as point of a dagger: ''Eh! !
3iinson, where is the new missiona-i
y? we want to give. him plumed I
oat!'a.sgag ys,t .aa : q pP .fsF Is
toaHe has not yet arrived" !" replied Ea
he, planter. ea 9ge 8.iI .Aar.f II
Swell, 1 suppose we must wait for Is
i'm; put up the bMbecue1Ton the J
cards; 4 am as hungry as a astarved IN
Tolf9 f9sEas saaI. =. .I1.'olsIr.t s..5 It
~ cannot till the missionary comes; II
he barbecue is his PROPERTY i. 10
: A fearful light blazed in Eoeman's s
yes, as he took, three steps towards il
'rinson, and fairly shouted; sFeteh5 t
be meat instantly, or I'll fill your g
toll;Ech with dinner of lead and v
beello II 5ad Isc3 - n
/. This was the Iltimatanfs Of ohe1il
hoseauthority WAS the only law and S
ne planter obeyed without a mur- S
lur. The smoking yiands were arr v
lnged on the table, by a score, offs