The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-24
THE QIsBANDED VOLUNTEER AT CAMP
MEETING.

meeting IN Sc''oharie county, N. Y, hy "the
Disbanded Volunteer" appears in the New
York Sunday Times, which truly remarks
that it is one of the disLandcd's "palpablo
hits" 1t seems rather irreverent, to be suro.
but tile old fellow means all Ills covert 81.
tire for fanatcism and hypocrisy, not for.
genuine religion:
SAINT NIckAIAs lIorrEL, Aug. II.
Estdyturs of tie Sunday Timex.-I re-.
turnt yesterday from Skoharry county,
whar hev ben witnessing the extrordinery
and frantick carers of rclidjin turnt out to
grass. In uther wurds, I've ben to see thas
speclous Of the rooral elefant called n camp
meetln 1t was all moo to me, never hev;n
pardissipated in wun of these precclin and
pay'n bees afore. | pcrsoom, thar was
about five hundred sinners cn The camn
ground and mcbbee fifty or sixty saints, or
less, kwartered in tents and slanlics. The
sinners, as was informed by wun of tho
watchmcn Of the camp, had cum to be
born aGen, and the saints, spose, ATTENDED:
as kinder rcli,ljis uccooshcrs to assist in
that myrackalus opcraslin. The preachers,
as was material, ockvpide the best shantv on
the ground; and this hcikwartcrs Of holi.
mss was amply purwi,hincl TO stand a
weeks sege from the enemy AID Ill his
imT' Which was natesaI also, the labercr
be'n wurthy Of his hycr Skri,nmaginc
with Satan at ninety degrees of Fariuhcat
in the shade, is blazin wurk; and as thar
was four sarrpints six hims, two. Sans, and
'we"ty-two prairs got off doorin. the day
anu mite 1 was Oh the spot, line willin 10
admit that these hevinly bush filters airnt
thar grub and the collcckshuns, which was
treqatnt. The mummy, howsever, was for
the sa'va>tlin of the cannyballs of MadJy-
gascar. who is literlIy staryn for Bibles.
and hes resently ben compcl:es 10 cte two
m'ssh'pnerries in order parslsilly to crafty
thar pious appetights ontil the arrival Of n
caSo OF the bred of life. Tn coarse. on,ler
setcli suckenstances contribusl,ins was libraI.
and l hope when the savidgcs gets tho
Bibles and Testyments it may do cm
good.
Inc ruft pine stand. in the senter of tho
camp was fiIld doorin the hours of wursh;,
with individuals in black suites, white
chokers, and strait greesy hair All thar
faces pecred to hev ben sot arlcr the same
pattern-eyes thrown uppards, mouth COR
ners pulled down, and general expression
as ct they was onder the gallus, he'd bid
adoo to thar friends, and was goin to be
turnt off in the full expecktasllin of an
everlastin brile. They dident feel that wav.
line awar-kwite tho rcwarse: but anpeer.
inces is 80 dcseetfuls -
Well, these specimens of the salt of tha
alrth TUX 1t in turns to precch and pray and
sing, until ,hcyd all he'd shy at sin and
'n'ckety. Thar principal tro1 les was on
q"enchabie fire and brimstope, and the
varus modes of applyin the same to tile
squirmn poppylasllin of the lower reiins.
Sum was deskribed as swimmin on lickwiJ
combustablcs; sum as feedin yorashislv on
red not coles, and ben cverlostingly refused
drink OF water to cool off with: and
uthers rs be:n contilally surrounded with
tiames without bein consumed, like ono of
Herr'nGG's aalamanders. All tue time thia
was goin on, them as he'd cum to get relid-
jim, and was bound to hev it-spesbalIy the
wlmmIn on the frunt setes-kept screeclin
"Glory J" "IIalylooyerw And the hotter
the preecher heted Toft, and the more airu.
estly he declared that they were all bound
in that direcksl'in, the moro they yelled
"Gloryy' "Glory"
After gettiu throo this interestin part OF
h's discourse. tue minister genrally went in
for the new birth, upon witch the feemales
who he'd hollered "gory" and "llallylooyer'
over the fire and birthstone passidgea, began
to grone aud sithe, and pray to he delivered,
as Of they was in the gyatest agenpy. Sew.
raj drapt off tue benchis and was carrid in
kickin convulslins ipto thar tents and shan
ties, wh"r they afterwards received spiritual
consolashin from tue brethren. When thev
cum out Of tue ats. they were considered
as hevin experienced rslidjun, aud bein in
fair way fos the new birth.
Not bein trnbhled with enny aiu,tum. Of
the prevalin spiritual eppydsmick, ! KEEP.
my wether eye skinned, and watched what
was agoin on along the outskearts of ~. :.
camp, as well as in the inteeryur. While
so doom, seen a good many brethren and
alsters wandering of inter the bushes. whar
they sgmtimss remoned as much a. an
hour-prayla | persoom. Also wunst or
tw'cst lookt inter the sbanties wbsr youpr
wlnm'n just convinced of sin was recevin
se'idlAs instructions from the preachers. I
never se' setch brutl'erly luv-it was trulv
eddifyin. W.