Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-06-18
OruuiI,e DQi,Q Eutte Rrgor0.
The Pulpit and the Knife.
A HUNTED PREACHER.


called upon him, with i's Imp"rious
rules, to PR fer + &C 1T tn gage Of
hl odY battle He had been engaged
IN 5 raj encounters of the kud, al
tornn- always had declared in his Ia
,or. The Young preacher, ; ahoru
/ Ellis, was ~ the habit OF denouuciuc
all games of chance, ., V Il as tlc pay.
ers opntcipatsa in them, in a mo-,
savage way, whllc h., au~e o, d.,it>t-
ami a",lli wa ttrihlt, if 10 actu-
all, flemish IN IT'S tcr"c'ry Mayor
5 eed had been log W It ii . an or
these lace aionS, wh on Suuda> he
at need hurch - the town + old
Fraukll ,i.lated on te buk o. the
Missouri river nearly opro>jt to Boom
vile. Wine III sr on W ; being
delivered. golded to desperation by
80 withctIug Na'ct>m agtln>i "l> pc
cuii rv COS, he culrt,d one word o.
i,volunta ort. TIN brought down
upon III devoted hcaI bthr. the
most Ter Ib,,'cr Illuminated ir m tie
pu}pit-at t. t in pro c2tlut land.
T,c mturlatc durh,t Instantly lef'
the a-se By, AMI wlliing Al t.t to r
until mia ter cam oat, he It-
t - ptcd t. ,judl ate MS hon II by III
ficr NJ person hast >c Mt on the
OF cr. Br the bystAn ers INT rtercd
and prevented auN e,ll0us combat a.
the lime.
Ga u" next day. Vhirh happened to
be- Christmas, 5 abo II + lis had a APP
polutmcnt 10 III forth a. plac' in
III" co nty, abo / SIX N les t,on the
to.'n Of franNla, aud irrcry on the
ioal 20 trc AN y ~ t. ! ne eX ci.-
e. c m II ned al four o'c och IN The
a; ra"o i, and ii no close I'll nearly
sluSe.. \ soon as the service = 3
ended. the peach rl"Otle nous, vi b
III inl.n IN of rI ~ on TO Fa>e t.
th ni4nt Iii ZIP is nd a~;oni>h-
meut, then may W Il b, I'M 4ined
VIII n, on passing th or.h th doc he
founi VI jo 5 &c and about on hna-
Dire, + uI> tr!oud~ ~ ltlu- 70 cel>c
il IN N " >t uu-rac.o : uA"ucr,
4 J,m al fill po.oEy,' ID the
Najer, N stern, owe bparin! tone,
70 Ill the Insults that you have oIer-
ed IN,
tlIis answered, with ut c1an1iIq
Gu Ieuance, or >hpWing any extern Il
symp ms OF emDtlo -
II have 'etlIy in ulte | Nou, will
ne IN the most sat.s ictory mae
n r.
I'd you no , on yesterday, proclaim
M gambler aad mutderer cv'n
from he pu'p.t; AMI do yo' no;
rm th' an insult Of the 9r '>rst clar.
acttr = asked >n Cd, IA accents tre-
m4Ious vi;h ,uppr SD rage.
| do Mt rah the tru - an 'n~nlt,'
exclu cl I'll Is with hrslin- eyes, ,nl
a Egtt nervous mot on ct he right
hud as # ht, too, was b coming cX-
cited
Then yon ill oot apolog z';'
i have no'hin- to u ne tor an
>werei tae preacher a> his ri .bt nd
WAS raised oNjy. anl t. All nppt1r-
nc inyoluntrily. aud 4ili i un Ter
h,, vest
Then | will AXE ID a.o.,ry ont Of
your hr1en t un r,A -. = 81. =
ne 4 cw j. ho's wMp .trH nl~ h"o' aul
BEGAN the brutI WORK b ~" nt.ou.
But the dueli.t h,d on !tf,c to
srrk one blow or before he c"uld
comp s. the second, Ellis drew from
I lis b ,on a loul, l.ubI -edg i dagger,
I'D piuug d it up I" the oanllc il his
ncmy', hea t The !"tt fell and
/ expired without uttcrIng "A 4r"ani
> We the ra-cal Shoot the hypo-
cr.te : with varioa] other men,clng
excanlati H. cri hrtriends Of Snoed.
And a ooz n knives fl W from their
ca bards, and the yong minister
heard the clicking of sore Of pistol
locks nearly all around him. Not an
instant WIS 10 be lost With the
speed Of thr nd, ne fl d in an o1lique
du cction to whore his bore vas st
ened. Sc Eel the b,i lie, and sprngng
into the saddle at bound, ,purred The
II bl animal "a his utmost sp"ed, and