New-York tribune., 1867-08-19
NEW-YOKK DAILY TRIBUNE,
cOLORED CAMP-MEETING At FLUSHING.


The heavy rains of the past week have inter
feicd seriously With the proceedings at the eampmeeiIng
Flushing and mp saturday night last but few tents
had been erected and meetings held The place sc
leCed for tins gathering IL pleasant grove Of OAK aPe'
and chestnut trees situated about mile and half sast
Of the village and the Flushing Cemetery. Tie
lush has been cleared away upon circle about 100
2V let in diameter preachers stand, built of rough
Do Ices been erected upon side, and the tents ahd
oItslinehl Sg0hs have been placed around the crcum
rst meeting AT lie aad % was held on Saturday evening
in cap sronn S9 n 3 sounded and the few people
hoy MT IAndin OF Hempsead q the theme livery
the correctness OF its delivery AID ebompTSd I'm i
ing descriptions ef tho Celestial City and s nhabtans
th nnd and tbe d INN, Of the tents and
illuminated by the light OF burning tar dspos mere mere
walls around tho grove, sending up dense columns OF
smoke and just revealing the forms Of tho audience The
exercises Of the evening closed with singing mum
Of camp meeting melodies OF which the refrain
They loot Ike all a mastering around,
All arSned and dressed u Uniform.
They ook like Of war
which was sung with peculiar zest At tabOut O'Clock the
visitors camp retired the fires burned more ana more
dimly the booths closed, the lamps were eXtin-
gushed IN the tents and silence ana darkness reighe
At early hour on Sunday morning tho camp was an
astir for the clear skies ana baly ar gave reason W
expect many arrivals during s m nay yycTY I econ Tcc and
loads of lumber speedily converted into
oysters sarsanarilla foot-beer &c Every train from
New York brought out it's load of passengers bonu LOT
camp meeting and at 0t o'clock, when the ls, serves re
of fhe day were held three hundred had col
lected upon the grounds Two sermons were pIcacneu
the forenoon each from the text Joel VI l. BLOW Se to
trumpet in zion, ana squnu IN ulan @ ~ Thgo 10y ~ Trans
tain" The first was BY the Rev VIM Jonlisoi ~ o i - | 80
Meadow, and the second by the RoV refer ha"AiS Vi
sunday WAS the first day of the present gathering on
which the state of the weather permitted tle lu carry nv
ing out Of the assigned programme, and although tbe
trees and ground stI wet from the preceding rains
the bright sunshine and fresh breezes tempted every
body 10 get out DOORS and many Of these especially
IN the neiglborlood OF Flushing, bent their
steady stream of people in vehicles and foot
m SS were A on s E L. SH
the meeting ostcnsby one OF colored people ana ana
was gotten mp and managed by hcn nj least fOurihs
of the audience whites f both sexes and all ages
and classes There were qplet country people, aWeets
| coornd people proposed 10 do. There were
neatly dressed ana enthusiastic young ladies' from
ground 10 meet each other and do little socabe visit
ing. devoid OF the inconvenience OF ceIemnOus cais
There were Joyous young bucks who evidently came to
see the young ladies' and. peTadventure, 10 be seen OF
them There anxious mammals who came TO !ook
after their charming daughters, and shield Them
| from the dangerous influences OF the aboye-men
toned gorgeous young gentleman. There were stad
| papas who came because thclr wives anu
daughters wanted TO There were sociabe Germans
in families and groups OF families, who had He'd tI1n TIE
again enjoy their cherished lager, SHdays In the
old time, under the shade OF oycrhangrg trees ana
brcathed upon the fresh brceZes, tOrOur reporter
writes with rcgre-not only in the vicinity OF the camp
ground ground Itself, not lager alOhc
but ale, and possibly even stronger oe'cIds,S ~ ~
| tanned and drank without let or hndefance
There was another class not large In numbers hut tur.
bulent ana dsordery enough 10 demand ctte mtas ol
restoring their IrOpcnses than seemed 10 exist hrc-h
Of roughs and roNdes, mostly nom NeW-l ok ana
Brooklyn who evidently came to the meeting because
they thought 1t would be good place TO have a
yicousncss without danger OF the unpleasant
which ,hn aIb the cr61oan i2O" district 1qC
Many Of these roughs came on the ground already lA
TALLY intoxicated, and during Their entire stay coh'lhueq
cd sfim
brutality from the facilities too freely offered on every
side The result several fights during ihe afternoon
and an almost uuntermed chorus Of singing Shouting
dispuiug and pulane and obscene cAclannons, during
oi t latter part of the afternoon The ro gous services
were two or thce times disturbed by fights aud quarres
occurring in their immediate vicinity, ana u i lropape
taken place let it be noticed that these disturbcrs Of
the peace were, with OF two exceptions, white mem
who evidently came there with iho intention ana ue!,
TO make disturbance. The conductors and managers of
the meeting only censurabc II at all IN allowing tne
sale OF intoxicating liquors on the ground anu ~
Omtng 10 provide sufficient means OF restrain
s sb Sng r9ys SeSaP eana S5de yy ESp The sres
majority of the colored people on the ground evidently
IN the ci6s exercises which they did with tho feyor
and eaucstncs characteristic ~ The race on such occa
respectful attention to the service and some Of
them seemed 20 partako wish crnestness ana socnhy
During the Sunday afternoon services which were quite
lengthy discOufses were delivered hy tho Ecy "iah
JoII.6n OF WIllamsburch. the Rev G.. u. Laudn OF
Uc,npst.ad and The Rev Voss Neal of Baltimore. The
Ni Jc ~ Pr,so f ScvYork which fe upon the audi
cnce Ike surprise startling the most thoughtful aud
winning the attention Of the most iuHttenNc Sht dd
been announced 90 open the services o thcutcuO"n but
al tic appointed time shc had not arrived ana the cAer
ci.es pf5ceCdcd without her A. last, near the
hour Tor closing tho services, she came. ana
though apparently at fret unwilling. tue solicitation 81
The other preachers OF the stand stepped forward 10 ad
dress the audience. The text sc selected was very
common one among tho Mcthodists; Behold stand an
the door and knock; II any man Will hear me ana VIII
open the door, VIII surely come in. Shr commenced
low tone voice, scarcely audbt, which che excused
saving she weary and faint but "a she became IN
sprcd with her WORK, her voice became stronger ana
higher until She reached the shouting ptc, common
to preachers Of that discrimination which she sustained
sometimes for almost incredible time, without taxing
breath and with ucuCy Of words almost 40 surprising
The discourse was indcscnbahc, penetrating, tOiclbe
grotesquc, pathetic startling by turns, ana always
earnest Her gestures OF which she used many were
equally characteristics generally very appropriate some
times picturCsqucly graceful always iorcblt hcl IAN
guage was generally well chosen although eyidcntyen
urcly uucducatcd, and containing many sOcclsms OF
grammar, and occasionally some almost udlcious
INSTRUMENTATION, which however, are scarcely hOtlcru
in the effect which her strong sentences ana quantity tA
celeut figures created The effect she produced on lhe
audience was noticeable, and when hlc had concluded
with really touching personal appeal 10 each Of her
hearers and a climax which alone benedlcon aud
PRAYER there for moment dead silence ana thch
an audible long drawn breath a. II edch pcr,oh was
slowly recovering consciousness and aWakhs 10 per
ccptiOn Of their own personality.