Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-06-20

| eo", h"m I've ldtest ulscOverteS OF en-
mistry, and the best established truth
of all physical science, that matter i
not that gross, disg 'ctiny thing wbicf
the atneistic philosophers and some su.
Pers'ltious theologians would have u,
to believe. bu, that all its aspects O
responsiveness, If sw etness, Of sub i'm
ity and Of terror dep~ud upon the ar
ra"cment of its atoms and the compo
sition os its elements.
As the speaker went on advancing
into the heart of his subject, the pale
MSS gradually left his face, which a.
last gl"wed like frey furnace, and
the az're Of his EYES turned to red,
and literally lishtened around h.m, and
ashe closed tho fi,s branch of his sub.
ject, describing the bcatitud-. to be en-
joyed in the new heaven and earth,
the final home of the ,ints in light. a
general aud irrepressIbIe shout O. en-
ihusiasm broke fort among the faithful
He then commenced the seco n di
vision of hi discourse, with the singu-
lar remark that a.,houg it was declar-
ed that all things shou d be m ,de new,
there was no iutima:i that all persons
should be made new. but that an oppo-
site inference mi ght be deduced from
the tier and spirit of the text And
Notwithstanding as every intel ,gent
re der will at once perceive, that hi.
was a ianc,ed aud far
fe ched play upon mere words, the
orator made it foundation 70 the
most spp~llng denunciaiin against
sinners PEI haps ever heard from tn
pnlp.t He painted the different cas
ses of offenders against the divine law
in colors SO black as to justify, with
out a figure, the epithet of inf rnal.
And hee also his eloquencc provei
ia lure. or som.,hing worse, for Instead
of wooing sinners AMI herciics into The
rms OF orthodoxy, his bittrr invective
flied their hea Is with hostility an
re.enge. H. made, that one dav, a,
leas, FIVE hundred i.npiacable enemie..
Afterwards, travelling around his cir
cult, ne pursued the sa e unwavering
coarse, throwing the whole country in
to fermeDt, and creating with every
sermon host Of friends and enem,e :,
the latter, however, usually predomin>
a'ing both IN vehemence and numbers.
At length he gave mortal off nee to
Jonas Sne d, wealthy l."ter IT
Howard county, aud man OF great
pc sonaI pcpia arity. although it was
well known hat his wrath was deaily
. the ,oi, o, o; the a'tlssnake. The
ifi ulty a ose in this manner
jim Snred, no:withs an!ing lis
MANY v..r,ues--and h.. rea " y 's>ed
many, VS. an occasional gambler, as
d, .Img ne sid fthe uiaJo II, OF
t he relig s Of t e country He VS.
also a uuel s., whenever the code OF
ho, or, as recognized in that re-. ion.
called upon him, with i's 'mprrious
rules, to pr. fer cr acc pt the gage Of
bloody battle. He had been engaged
10 s veral encounters of the kind, and
fortune always had declared in his ia
sor. The young preacher, 5 aborD
Ellis, was IN The habit of denouncine
all games Of chance, as W II as tie play
ers wno participated in them, in "ios
avage way, while h S buse OF d .ellsts
and d"-llirg wa, terrible. if not actu-
allv fendish in ITS ferocity. MAJOR
Sneed had been long whiting IN er
these lace ations, when on SUNDAY he
at nded church in the towa IF old
Franklin. situated on the bank Of the
Missouri river nearly opposit' to Boon
Vile. While TIL Ser ~on W being
delivered, goadcd to desperation by
so re whitening sarc,s,n az inst his Pc
culi ces, he ej culated one word of
involuntary re ort. Thi- brought down
upon hi. devoted head rebuke. the
most terrible ever Illuminated from the
lie 1T in a protestant land.
The ,nfuriatc dueli-t instantly left
the assembly, and waiting at the door
until the min ter cam out, he it
tempted to .indl ate ms honor by in-
flicting personal chastlse nj Mt on the
other. But the bystanders int rfereh
and prevented any serious combat at
the time.
On the next day, which happened I
be Christmas S aborn Z lis had an ap-
pointment to trild forth al a place in
the co nty, aboat SIX niles fro" the
town of Franklin, and directly on thu
road to the unity seat The ex rcis-
es commenced at four O'Clock in the
aftrrnoon, and did mo- close till neatly
sunset. As soon as the service w.s
ended. the preacher let, the house, wi b
thu intention of riding on TO Fas e'tt
that night. His surp is- and astonish
meut, then, may W Il be i'm 'gined
when, on passing through the door, be
found Major Sneed and about one hun
dred of his friends waiting TO receive
him In most ungracious manner
Il demand full apology said ths
Major, IN stern, overbearing tone
'ior all the insults that you have vfer
ed me-
Ellis answered, without changing
cou"tenance, or showing any extcrna
ssmp., ms of emotion
If have really inSulted YOU, l vii
apologize in tie must satisfactory m ar
uer.'
Dad you not, on yesterday, proclaim
me gambler and a murderer ev..
from The pulpit' And do you nc