Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-07
r,e Texas Camp-me e,ing.


dered Efforts of like kind perfectly hopeiess' Id
deed, the meridian at this period, was MOST uu
to re iaious and mor.l enterprise. Inc
country hor lerieg on the Sabine, hao oeep occu-
pied rather than settled by class OF aa'enau
almost as wild the savagea they hau nca.c'y
exp He'd end the beasts of prey which sun oispu-
ted their domain Of primeval for' SIS. rro'efsloh
al gamblers. r. fugees from every isn"' h' "
false CON- thieves, robbers and murderer, ih''r
snersed among the race of uneducafed hunters ana
~ rdsmen made ND the strange social miscel any, |
yi,hout courts or prisons, churches or schoos,
or even the shadow of civil authority, or snoordi-
nstior; a sort of urprincipied pahoe'houiu.h'
where fierce passians sat enthroned, waving i0s
bloody scepter, the bowie'ki liz! 1t no que az:
cuse me of exagger ration for the sake oil oramalc
effect: I am speaking now of Shell county, the
home Of the yrchers the rribi- locale, "h Re,
ten wears Liter, forty persons were poisoned 10
death at a marriage supper.
Il will be obvious, that in such a community,
vsrv few uld be disposed to patroniz. camps
meetings; ard, accordingly, dozen different trials
at various times had never collected hundred
hearers on a single occasion. But even these were
not allowed worsi p 10 peace; uniformly the hrst
day or night, band OF armed "esperadoes, neao-
cd nv the notorious Watt Foemsn, CHIEF Judge
and executioner Of the Shelby Lynchtrs, broke In
the altar scattered tie mourners, or ascenoed the
pulpit and threatened the preachers TO gratui-
tous robe of tar and feathers. Hence all prudent
eyangelists soon learned to shun the left bank OF
the Sabine, as II IL mao Oteu ss' SO"o'sS-
demons and two whole years elapsed without any
new attempt to erect the cross in so periious
field.
At length, however. an advertisement appeared
promising another fort in behalf OF the "ospei'
The notice was unique. RECT hack~ooos cur
osty both as its nor and MODE OF puo'ic'''oh'
Let me give it ucrbatin ct Hterdttm:
BARBECUE cAMP-MEETING.
sThere will be a camp-meetin , to commerce
Il al. at a
Spring Grove, near P ter Brinson's, in the county
OF Shelby.
"The exercise will open with splendii barbe'
| cne The prepara,ions are being made 10 suit
all tastes there will be good biroecue, better IL
ouors and the b. ST. of Gospel
PAUL DENTON, Missionary, NJ. F. c."
| September l, 1885
This singular document was nailed to the door
of every public house and grocery; II WIS att"cheo
to the largest at the intersections OF all cross
roads and principal trails; ana even the rine
hunt r. thems, Ives found it in remote deils OF the
| mountains, miles away from the smoke OF human
| hsbtaton.
| At fist many regarded the matter as hoax
| nayed off by some wi keh wsg, in rijicue OF pop
MAR credulity But this ny pothesis as negatIvet
nv the stat ments of Peter Brinson, proprietor o
| the Double Spring Grove" who Informed all IN
! oursrs that she had bee employ ed and paid by
strang r, calling himself a Methodist Missionary
| 20 provide AN ample barbecue, at the perlod an
| pl4c- advertised.
"But the liquor, the better liquor; are you t
furnish the LIQUOR too?" was the iuvarable question
| of each visitor.
| "The missionary said he would attend to tina
| himself" said Brinson.
.sHe must be a precious original" WAS the gen
eraI reminder; proposition which most OF then
afterward had au opportunity to verify exp rim d
tally.
7 need hardly add that an intense exrtement re
suited The rumor took wings and d on tn
| wind turn d to a storm, storm OF xtgE raton
every echo increas d in its sound, till nothing els
| copH h, heard hut the Barbecue Camp Meet
| inpn IT, became the focus Of thought, the sta
nile Of dreams And thus the unknown preache
had insured one thing in advaT Ca conerega
ton embracing the entire population of the coun
try which likely the sole purpose oil MS strate
| gem. a.
| time and nv Imagination being irhamed by tn
common curiosity, took some trouble anu attend
ed But although my eyes witnessed the extra
or mary seen p, | may well desp OF the underta
king to paint l.; the pen OF Homer or tne penc'
| Hogarth were alone adequate to the suhHmlty an
burI.soue of such a complicated task. may onl
| sketch the angular outlines.
A mace had been cleared away immediatel
aroun the ma ricent Double Spring, who
boiled I'D with sufficient force to turn a mli-wnee
in the very centre of the evergreen grove. bel
a pulpit had been rai-ed, and before 1t was u
ms parable altar for mourners. b. yond these
the distance of fifty PAGES, succession OF plan
tables extended in the form OF q great circle,
r the perimeter of a pol ygon, completely ehciosl'
= the area about the spring. AID odoriero4s -trra
, of The most dt lclous SAVIOR dfused itself throus
q | the air. This was from the pits OF the nae
o prairie, where the fifty slives of Peter hrins'
a were engaged in cooking the promised barbecue
" Ibe grove itself lit. rally alive, 'eehih
swarmipe running with strange ngures
Il human shape, men, women and Gnu ireh:
Shelby county was thera The hunters hih COZ
q rifles in hand and dogs birkiGg at their heels,
l. roeues refugees and gan blers, with pistols
i their belts aud big kaves ping from tHeir 81
as bosoms. while here and therr might be seen
l. sprnkng OF well-dressed planters WIN the'' WV
D. and daughters.
i The tumult was jeafenng, a tornado OF babbl'
u tongues talking shouting, quarr' lin :, betting,
e. cursng for amusement. Suddenly cry arc
20 "Colon,l Watt FoemaIl Hurrah for Colonel w
!, Fo mail" and the crowd rt,d rlg' ana lett,
let the lion Lyncber oass.
turned to the advancing load-star OF all ey
;" and shuddered iuvoluntirily at the Satanic coun
:, nance that met my glsnc', aud yet the ieatu
" were not only youthful. bat emin-ntv handsoT
10 the hid. ousn, lay in the look OF savae" hre;
nc rocious muraerous IL was 10 tie reddish yen
er, sye-b,Il5 with srrowy pupil, that 3d. med TO
IN, its of iurid dime; in the thin sneering lips
err their everlasting icy smise. AZ TO the rest, he
on til. athletic, very powerful man. His train
TO- doz n armed de, peradors. followed him
TAT point OF a dagger: En- bfihsoh' "ner'
new mis- ionary? We want to give him plur
cir | coat"
q. ale has not vt arrived, replied the planter
"u Gwen, | suppose we must wait for ini; but
''o the barbecue ON the boards; l am as hungry d
10" starved Wolf
ma 81 cannot till the missionary comes; the bal
IN cue is his property"
ISL A fearful light blaztd in Foeman's eyes as
To took three steps toward Brnson and fairly shot
Fetch me the meat instantly, or I'll fill YOUR
his stomscn with a dinn.r of lead and STEEL"
IAN This was the ,aitinat,Gm OF one whose autho
ing was the only law, and the planter obeyed will
the a murm1r. The smoking viaDds we're arrau
an on the tA6ie by a score OF shves, AMI the thr
hat prepared to commence the -umptuous meal, y
~ a voice peaed from the pulpit. loud as the bla
RI trumpet in battle, Stay, gentir men and Lac
till the 2iyer of tn barbecue asks Gods bless
sc Every ear started, every eye was directed to
nc sp-aker and a whisprIle silence ensued. for
De alike w. re struck by his mary, lous spprsra
ere He was almost giant in stature though scar
lrse 81 years OF age his hair, dark the ms v
the flowed down his immense shoulds rs in masse
ult natural ringl t. more beautiful than any
ec- VT athed around the weled brow of quee
The the laboreh achie gemt nts of human art; his
ain black as midnight. besmed like stars over a
cen as pale Pariau MARBLE calm, passionless, 81
,hic ual aud wearing singular ind, fnable expres
Of such as might have been shed by the ght
dream from paradise, or the luminous shsdo'
La 50 IL" sS,o,,;.;d. a1s.t -
ishment.
oh- The iouary prayed but il sounded Tx
peo- other prayer ever adorv ssed To the throne O
ION. Almighty. IL CONTAINED encomiums on
Mr.. spl pdor of Divine attributes; 10 D ttions 10
set tone oil con mauds, no prisons for distant pl
ard times, o jet; no implied instructions as &c