Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-05
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dlateiy around the magnificent '.Double |
SPriDg, which boiled up with force sufi-
cient to turn mill wheel, in the vers GEN.
ire OF the ever green grove. Here pull
PIT had been raised and before it was the
inseparable altar for mourners. Beyond !
these at the distance of fifty PAGES, sue
cession of plank tables extended in the
form OF great circle, or the perimeter
OF polygou, completely enclosing the area
about the spring An odoriferous steam,
OF most delicious SAVIOR, difused itself
through the air this was from the pitz in
the adjacent prairie, where the fifty slaves
OF Peter Rrinson Eere engeqed in -l4cA.ssvif
Ing the 1s..as..----- de. ID
The grove itself sas literally alive, TEEN.
ing, swarming, running over with strange
figures IN the human shape, men, women,
aud children, in every variety of outlan-
dish costumes. All Shelby county was
there. The hunters had come, rifles in
hand, and dogs barking At their heels, the
rogues, refugees, and gamblers, with pis
tolls in their belts, and big knives peeping
from their shirt-bosoms; while here and
therO might be seen sprinkling of well
dressed planters, with their wives and
daughters.
The tumult was deafning, q tornado of
babbling tongues, talking, shouting, quar-
reling, betting, and cursing isr amusement
Suddenly cry arose "Coi. Watt Foe
man , Hurrah for Col Watt Foeman p
and the crowd parted to the right and left,
to let the lion Lyncher pass.
turned to the advancing load-star of all
eyes, and shuddered involuntarily at the
devilish countenance which met my glance;
and yet the features were not only youth
full, but eminently handsome; the hideous-
ness lay in the look, full of savage fire
ferocious, murderous. 1t was in the red
dish yellow eye balls with arrow pupils,
that seemed TO flash jets of lurid fame 10
the thin sneering lips with their everlast-
ing icy smile. As to the rest, he was tall,
athletic, very powerful man, His train,
dozen armed desperadoes, followed him.
Foeman spoke in voice. sharp, pier
cling, as the point of dagger: "Eh! Brin-
son, where is the new missionary? We
want to give him plumed coat ?''
"He 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"
81 cannot till the missionary comes; the
barbecue is his property"
A fearful light bLazed in -Eoeman' eyes.
as nc took three steps towards Brinson,
and fairly shouted, "Fetch the meat in.
stantly, or I'll ell your own stomach with
a dinner of lead and steel!'
'This was the ultin1at,tm of one whose
, authority was the only law, and the plan
ter obeyed without a murmur. The smo-
king viands were arranged on the tables,
by scores of slaves, and the throng prepar,
:, ed to commence the sumptuous meal, wheI
! voice pealed from the pulpit, loud as the
= blast of trumpet in battle, "Stay, gentle
~ men and ladies, till the giver of the barbe
" cue asks Gods blessing"
Every heart started, every eye was di
j.. rected to the speaker; and a whisperles
:, silence ensued, for all alike were struck b
, his remarkable appearance. He was al
= most giant in stature, though scarcel
- twenty years of age; his hair, dark as tn
ravens wing, flowed down his immens
shoulders in masses of natural ringlets. NOR
beautiful than any ever wreathed aroun
., the jeweled brow of queen by the lahore
: achievements of human art; his eyes, blac
- as midnight, beamed like stars over fac
pale as Parian marble, calm. passionles
u spiritual, and wearing singular, indefua
= bic expression, such as might have bee
!. shed by the light of dream from Par
disc, or the luminous shadow of an angel
- wing. The Heterogeneous crowd, hunter
- gamblers, homicides, gazed in mute a
y constituent.
:. The missionary prayed; but it SOU ndt
= like no other prayer ever addressed to Il
: throne of the Almighty. 1t contained l
lie encomiums on the splendor of the divil
Lo attributes no petition in the tone of col
mands no prisons for distant places, time
, or objects; and no implied instructions
- to the administration Of the government
- the universe. 1t related exclusively
-. the present people and the present hour /;
80 was the cry of a naked soul, and that sc
~. beggar for the bread and the water
ia heavenly life.
-, He ceased, and not till then did l becoI
NO conscious of weeping l looked arou
through my tears, and saw hundred fac
oro wet as with rain!
tho "Now, my friends, said the missionar
"partake of Gods gifts at the table, a
md then come and sit down and listen to
Gospel"
nos 1t would be impossible 10 describe t
ich smceU 'ouo Vi A'nune's III "uicn .nose S''
-; pie words were uttered, that made him
the instant five hundred friends. @
30 heart, however, in the assembly, was IN
rS dened by the evidence of the preacht
1 srr wonderful power. Col. Watt Foeman
;,s claimed in sneering voice MIR. T
~ Denton, your reverence has lied. J
me- promised US not only good barbecue,
me me better liquor Where is the liquor =
in "There!" answered the missionary,
lion tones of thunder, and pointing his mot
the less finger at the matchless poanie oPrl
sole gushing up in two strong columns, wit
sound like shout Of joy from the boz
exas of the earth. "There!' he repeated '
, in. look terrible as lightning, while his
took my actually trembled on his feet; "t
,uph is the liquor, which God, the Eternal, bl
,ene, for all his childrenl
2 to "Not in the simmcring still, over su
encil fires, choked with poisonous gases,
the surrounded With the stencil of sicke
,lic a. odors and rank corruption, doth your
gular er in heaven prepare the precious ess
of life--thc pure, cold water. But il