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

~, h"m s'c i6test oisCOVeTieS Oh cQ.'-
mistry, and the best established truth,
Of all physical science, that matter i.
not that gross, disg lcting thing which
the atneistic philosophers and some 81.
Pers'itious theologians would have u.
to believe. but that all its aspects Of
responsiveness, ..f Nv 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 a frey furnace, and
the az're of his EYES turned to red,
and literally lishtened around him, and
ashe closed tho fi,s branch of his sub.
ject, describing the beautiful. to be en-
joyed in the new heaven and earth,
the final hom. of the s,ints 10 light, q
general and irrepress,bIe shout o en-
thusiasm broke fort among the faithful
He then commenced the secC n di
vision of hi discourse, with the siugu-
lar remark that a.,houg it was deciar-
ell that all things shou d be m ade new,
there was 10 iutima;i n that all persons
should be made new. but that an oppo-
site inference mi sht be deduced from
the tier and spirit of the text And
notwithstanding as every intel lgent
re der will at once perceive, that hi
was a ianc,ed aud far
fe cned play upon mere words, the
orator mad. it a foundation 70 the
most spill ug denuucia'in against
sinners pc, haps ever heard from tn
pulpit He painted the different cas
ses of offenders against the divine law
in colors so black as to justify, with
out figure, the epithet of inf rnal.
And he'e also his eloquencc provei
ia lure. or som.,hing worse, for Instead
Of wooiog sinners AMI herciics into the
rms OF orthodoxy, his bitt'r invective
flied their hea Is with hostility an
revenge. H. made, that one dav, at
leas, FIVE bundled i.nplacable enemie..
Afterwards, travelling around his cir
cult, he pursued The sa e unwavering
course, throwing the whole country in
10 ferment, and creating with every
sermon hist Of friends and enem,e :,
th,. latter, however, usually pTedomin>
al:ng both IN vehemence and numbers.
At length he gave mortal off nee to
Jonas Sne d, a wealthy Il."ter #
Howard county. and a man OF great
pc sonal p,Pi arity. although 1t was
well known hat his wrath was dearly
. the ,oi on O. the ra tl-snake. The
ifh ulty ose in this manner:
jim Snred, no;wlths an!ing lis
many v.rlues--and h" rea " pa sSed
many, VS. an occasional gambler, as
ds,Imgt ne sid f the uiaJo IA, OF
he i relig Of e country He VS.
also a ouel s., whenever the code OF
no. or, as recos nlzed in that re-. ion.
called upon him, with i's 'mp'rious
rules, to pr.ffcr cr acc 1T til- gage of
bloody battle He had been engaged
N s veral encounters of the kind, and
fortune always had declared in his ia
.or. The young preacher, 5 aborn
Ellis, was IN he habit of denouncing
all games Of chance, as II as TIE play
ers wuo participated in them, in NOS
avage way, while h S buse of d 'el'sts
ami d"-lli.,g wa. terrible. if not ac,u-
allv fiendish in ITS ferocity. MAJOR
Sneed had been long whiting IN er
these lace atoms, when on SUNDAY he
at nded church in the iowa If old
Franklin. situated on the b.rk OF the
Missouri river nearly opposit to Boon
Vile. While TIL Ser ON being
delivered, goadcd to desperation by
so re whitening sarcasm az inst his Pc
Gull ces, he ii culated "ne word of
involuntary re ort. This brought down
upon hi. devoted head rebuke. the
most terrible ever Illuminated from the
pulpit-at lie 1T in a pro- estaut land
The ,nfuriatc dueli-t instantly left
the assembly, aud waiting at tue door
until the min ter cam oat, he II
tempted to ,indi ate ms honor by IN
fictIng personal chast'se u, Mt on the
other. But the bystanders int rfered
and prevented any serious combat at
the time.
On the next day, which happene ed
be Christmas, S aborn Z lis had an ap-
pointment to hid forth a; place in
The CO nty, aboat SIX niles FROM the
town of Franklin, and directly on tn
road to the unity seat. The ex rcis-
es commenced At four O'Clock in tbs
afternoon, and did mo- close till neal,
sunset. As soon as the service va
ended. the preacher lei, the house, wi
thu intention of riding on TO Fa' eft,
that night. His surp is- and astonish
meut, then, may " Il be i'm 'gine'
when, on passing through the door, b
found Major Sneed and about one hun
dred of his friends waiting TO receive
him In a most ungracions manner.
Il demand full apology said tn
Major, IN stern, overbearing tone
'ior all the insults that you have offer
ed me-
Ellis answered, without changing
counteuance, or showing any extcrna
ssmps' ms of emotion
If have really insulted You, l wi
apologize in the must satisfactory m II
ner.'
| Dad you not, on yesterday, proc'si'
me a gambler aud murderer eve
| from the pulpit And do you N