Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-09-02

mon, were standing near bTotnef Holland
aud myself, having in their hands a late
number of the Western Christian Advo-
cate, containing the report Of the MAORI.
ty OF the committee on slavery IN the Cen
eral Conference. | told them how thai
matter was adjusted, but all TO no purpose;
we were atolltionis;s still, and must pro-
mise no, to preach, or else be mobbed.
said would not do it. About this time
the mob began TO collect in front of the
door. | suppose there were from seven
ty-five to one hundred of them, some of
them from ! latte county, some from Ru-
ehanan, some from Savannah, and others
from the vicinity of Rochester Some
were armed with revolvers, others had
knives and clubs, while others had picked
up stones III the streets. One fellow cried
out, % if he had me out of the store that
he would soon kill me-" AT that remark
one fellow got me by the arm and drew
me to the door. Three others then calne
to his assistance, and seizing hold of each
arm and leg, they carried me to the mid
die Of the street, where they halted.
While this was transpiring, Bro. Hol-
land was shot, the ball striking him on
the chin, passing through and breaking
his neck. He expired IN about thirty min
utes. / afterwards understood that broth
er Stroek was shot also, the ball cutting
all his clothing, and grazing the skin on
his side. They also shot at Bro. Beatiie
and missed him; and he then knocked two
I or three of them down, and escaped at
the back door. These noble brethren
stood with me in the battle, till they were
driven from their posts.
| While In the street, the mob held con-
/ sultaton over me, as to the nature of the
punishment | should receive from them,
as the embodiment of civil power, and the
self-constituted guardians of society, for
thus attempting TO preach Jesus and the
/ resurrection under the banner of fire.
dom.
Some said, cut his - throat" CHI
i ers, scalp him." others, :" shoot him In
the head" AT last they concluded to tar
Inc. They then carried me across the
street, between another store and ware
house, to tar barrel which was sunk in
the ground and, throwing me down on
my back with considerable force, held me
there, while they consulted as to the man
ner in which the tar should be applied
Some said put him in head foremos'; 9TH
+ ers were for stripping me. One fellow
swore they could not agree, and he would
shoot me. He aimed revolver at my
/ head, but another wrested it from him,
exclaiming, +" don't shoot him. We will
give him what we think he dlsorves. AT
last they concluded 10 do the work without
stripping me. Alter searching me to see
whether was armed or not, and finding
| had no arms concealed about my per-
son, they commenced putting ON the tar
with bread paddle. After completely
saturating my nair, they gave my eyes,
ears, face and neck each plastering.
had on a black coat, satin vest, and hack
cloth pants. They tarrcd my cravat,
shirt bosom, and my clothes, down to nay
feet. They thtn 1t M up.
/ | was SO sore I could scarcely stand o.
my feet, but on! the agony of my eyes
they appeared like balls of fire, and
thought they would burst out of my head.
Although it was noon, and the sun was
beaming upon my head, l grop d my way
as al midnight. After | arose to my fe, t
1 one fellow said, g be has one minute 10
leave town. another said, 'he can have
! five minutes, and if he is not gone In that
time he shall be shot" | CROPPED my way
into the street. they following me with
their revolvers cooked, telling me to step
faster, at the peril of my life. was in
so much misery, knew not where | was
going. | could see objects. but could not
distinguish one from antt tler. BY the
time 1 had got across the street, between
Bro. Strock's sore and stable, the tar had
melted some, and could distinguish be-
tween males and females. Here were
the female members of my flock IN Ro-
+ chester, over whom | felt the Z" Holy
Ghost had made me an oyerseer, some
of whom had ventured out in the midst of
this mob to rescue their pastor from the
bloody clutches Some had tainted, 9TH
ers were CRYING and wringing their hands
in excessive grief | thought of the pa
triotic women of the revolution, and that
their daughters still lived to lend a help
! ing hand IN behalf of suffering humanity.
| found my horse III the yard with the bri-
die on, and with the assistance of one Of
the mob, got the saddle Oh, and started
/ 10 90 some place Oh my work as quickly
as possible TO get the tar washed out my OF
eyes The mob followed me, however.
4 a,id turned me back, and made me go Io-
I wards Savannah As passed out o. town
providentially met Bro. Chamberlin and
his wife, who were coming TO my meet
ing. (I hope he will write and tell you
how they served him. When came up
to them, they did not know me. After
told them what had been done, Bro. c.
asked me if l thought | could stand it 10
go 10 his father-in-law distance OF
twelve miles ! told him thought co Il
not endure such trip, 5ut was willing 10
try it. We rode as fast as we could, not
knowing that the mob was IN pursuit OF US
When we turned off from the main S;-
yannah road to go to Bro. MIliers, they
were not more than fifteen minutes be-
hind us. After riding 30 far III the hot
sun. In my condition, / was nearly dead
when we arrived, Lut through the atten-
tion of Bro. Chamberiin. aud my kind
r III ,t..ts-