The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-11-15
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griphy 81 Peter Cartwright Il both
ebaracteristic of the Determination Of
Tire iAaif and anasiag: 7 2 Y
UaF Inst anartly meeting was a
camp-maeti!g. Me hld Il great many
tents and large furnsout for d new
c0natty. anriperinps there never wlls
Il giyater colloetionof rabsle and POW
dies, They c;iale drunk. and armed
with diT'ss, and clubs, ard knives and
larse-whis, and swnre they would
break up the meeting. After inter-
pptipg Us very mnvh on saturday
night, they collected early on Sunday
m0Faiag, detesfpined ora generalrint.
at ! O'Clock was appointed to preach.
About the time ! was half through
my discourse two very tine-dressed
you1g men marched into the eougre-
gstioa with ieaded whips. and bats on,
and rose up aud stood in the midst Of
Tile latlits and began to laugh aud talk.
They were lieal' The stand. and | re-
CRESTED them to tiesist and get off the
seats but they cllrsetl me aud told me
to MUD ,ny OWL business, aAd said
taey wonid not Get down. stopped
trying to preach, and called fora mag
istrate. There were two at hand, but
| slw they We're both afraid. 1 order
ed them to take these Into CUSTODY
They said they could not do 1t, told
them, hi left the stand. 10 command
pie to takeailelps alMI would apsit Ut
tlR risk Of my life. ! adyaaHad to-
ward them. They ordered me to
stand oil, Int advanced. O9e Of
tien mmtle d pass lit my head witillfs
whin Int closed III With him aad
ierked him OH The seat A regular
scnI,la enStiSd, The congregation by
this time were all ii coumotion. /
heard the magistrate give genera! or
dgrs, commanding AL friends Of oNh'f
r. aid in suppressing tle riot. III the
saIifie threw my prisoner down, and
held lihn fast; he tried his best to Get
Ip9se; told hintohe quiet orl would
ponAl him. Tie mob rose. and rushed
on III the rescue of tile two prisoners,
ibr they had taken the other yotlig
man also. An old siiA lsulsksll sllas.-
istrale clnaup tonne aud ordtfoa rNe
ID 3et 10y i,risn8rr go. K tod him I
Sl4nttl,1 NM fFts S4s-hI,a III / fIifl slft Ila
Would EIlopE me tl9W1n, ! told him to
CRACK AWAY. Then one OF elyfi'iends,.
1T my request took hold Of MY Ptison-
ef, and the drunken Justice lnade a
pass at ME; but parried tile stroke
and seized him BY the collar and the
hair Of the head and fetching hun d
sudden jerk forward brought him to
the gronnd and jusaped on hiin. |
tp,d him to be qRiet ori would pound
him well. The mob then rushcd to
the scene they kllocktd down seven
magistrates, aud several preachers and
others. give uptpy drunken prison.
rr to another, and threw myself Iii
front Of The friends Of order. Just At
this moment the riHglcailer ot the mob
tnnd | met : he made three passes at
Rle, intending to knQeG me dowu. The
last time he struck at me, by the force
OF his own effort he threw the side oi'
his f,ee toward me. 1t sec,ntd Mt that
monmnt | had not power to resist
temptation, and struck lihna Sudden
blow In the burr of the eur, and drop
ped him 10 the earth. JUST lit that the
friends OF order rn~hed by hundreds
Oh the mob, knocked them down III
every direction. Ina few minutes TIC
place became too strait for the mob.
aitl they wheeled aud fled in every
direction but we secured about thirty
prisoners. marched them Oh, Il, vacant
tents. aud )ais them iuiIder guard till
Monday morning. when they were
tried and every laalI MAS ihHdat0 the
utmost limit of the law"