Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-06-16
NUMBER 21S.
OrouiI.e Dai!g Rutte RetoTh.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE l6tb, 1851
The Pulpit and the Knife.
A HUNTED PREACHER.

HI t"O "'u q VI iCoO' thc p'p"l"-
ton Of Howard county, NJ IS uri, were
thrown into state Of extraord nary ex
citenenI by "A case that seem d holly
inndequa'c to the production of such
effects. esq ci fly IN lati ude stuar Il
50 far towards e setting sun. 1hc
phenomenon which attracted ouiv r>,i
attentlon vas neither more mr. les
than the appearance Of a new Method
ist Prsa, her, Il circuit-rider, as the
name coes in the Wes but one of a
remarkable person, and of powers that
the supersttious deemed almost super
natural.
He va. a youth who hard not seen
more than twenty Summers; OF about
the mcdium hcig t, although he looked
much taller from the slIghtneFs OF hls
make, apparently feeble and delcately
moulded as the form OF II woman, But
all his movements, even to the Hash OF
AIs eve or tn w,tturr Of his tingcr IN
gesticulatiun, were inf x,bly QuIck.
lie Was possessed OF the GraccS which
arr usually Supposed TO constitute t.m-
mi beauty. HIS slender fl h-urc was
II odI tor the arts OF sculpture and
painting. His iace was an admirable
oval, soft aud sweet in EXPIRE ss.on while
in a state of rcpose, although wien
aroused 10y any stro"e emotion, 1t conld
assume look OF sternness or OF pass
sicn abolutcly appalling. Ills eyes
were large, b aiming and piercing, 80
/ at when ON fire with sudden WRATH,
not m nv even of the bravcst w"a-d
feel al ease while cnc"unt,ring tbek
fierce flashes of lnrXpresslblc defiance.
:or they plainly dared IL ,mugs, not
aving out death itself. One dr"w-
back must be made from the requ site
character Of tn IS pc trait /, has coa1 lex.
ION alt,g ther losl color VIII n not lllu.
minated by some excitement capable
OF pouring the blond tr"m tee heart IN
boiling to rcuts. His features, II ~
true, dad not have the unnatural aud
subdued hue of I'll health, but rather
that transI aren't pa'cn"sS, 80 rare ana
dehcatc, cJaIch indicates Lofty tlcGgh,s
such as wandering through eternity
persev .ring and studiuus vIglls over
the rlys of the midnight lamp, and ln-
tinlt longin IS, such as no human lam
gnIge can hope t. expr SIS, Tor the ideaI
o.. all, the im,nc ase, the unknown, t'c
fathomless mystery which We seek tor
/ eve but never find.
| shall not forget, even should my
life be protract d for ayes, the hrst
time that h d an opportunity # see
lag and hearing this Western prodigy.
1t was at the town of Fayes e, IN the
county previously mentioned. The
large cour, -nouso was US d IS a place
of Temporary worship, aud long te o'e
the appointed hoar, II had been CT wd-
ed to Its utmost capacity, wbile hun
dreds, unable to gain ADM ssloM, hung
round the doors and windows, deter
'ninch to &c, a gllmps.', "F c"trh at
least tone Of the woadtrtul orator,
whose fame was on every body tongue.
Several preachers we on the plat
form, aud among the dense throng
arose the low Maraer. made up OF
Thousand ger whasperS--'which Is hl-
hs:' |Whlch is he = And the gen
eral eomcIus oil OF those who never law
the object ef their curiosity app ared
10 b., that a finely formed, middle
aged persuu, With ID ruddy complexion
ami shlnIag bald head, was the man.
Thts inf renee grew stronger when the
md.,idsal d scrlbed arose, gave out
hymn, and kneeI'ng, uttered an extem-
poraneous prayer Of consIde' able flu-
ency and unbounded ftrver. Howev-
er, upon the whole, the congregation
fel, a Keen disappointment. Inc enort
did no, in any degree correspond WIN
the grandeur of their preconcelVed
idea. Nor was this at all strange, as
the performer in this case happened 10
be only the Elder in charge OF sne o,s-
trict and such clerical ofhcers IN 'ne
Method st denomination are genera'y
chosen Win reference 10 their s'eady
and solid talents for government ana
their unimpeachablo orthodoxy "as<
Ico,TISuED IN OUR NExI.