The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-09-06
JUDGE LYNCH IN LAWN.

Possessing the fine Imagination you do,
dear reader conceive yourself upon a bril-
liant Sunday morning in The spring, in the
center OF the vast cypress swamp, west of the
Mississippi river You are one Of large
camp # omigrants from east Of the Father of
Waters on your way, with two households
composing the camp, 10 a new home on the
banks rt The White river
b. deliberate in acccding to this magma
ton, since, if YOU do, it makes you a member
q church, Tor the camp is not only ancigh.
bOrhooa attoat Il future town upon White riy.
e. in n" air. it is also regularly organized
church, pastors officers, members and I'll.
In that large wagon with the close covering,
Otto the right, is particularly large and
Ecw trunk containing the pulpit cushions,
COMMUNICATIVE and font, the huge gilt
Eiblc the church records and all the lesser
volume, for the pSalmody and the Sabbath
school Of the building for worship, which, BY
;hc b. viii be the very first structure erected
when This church itinCraut shall have reach
cd its selected resting place
Look around you! ii the wood, are ma
lures churches, these gigantic live oak, and
espresso which environ The closely clustered,
tents and wagons of the camp, with their
Jlbf u'e..pcking overhead, draped in great
hammers ~, han@ing moss of The peculiar gray
Of an old mans beard, make up to day It ca
tcdrli Eor il the dim religious, lighl want
Ing, Sc ocl,y /, the hanging mos, and the
c!iagc above and around
Nor Us a.Hol worship lacking. The men
end wum.. in their Sunday dcmcanor and
clothing o. Gated in scmi.circc, Of which
rude pulpit is The center, upon.thc hi"hbot-
TONED gl'. brought along for this very
l"rgos. baby being carefully hushcd up
or H. W"... bosom there, an aged woman
lerc. q "a.trheadcd patriarch supporting
lis ,ijr p, he sits upon the hOrn-handicd top
Of his cane, HI, right Land followed behind
Us ear, llIH. 'r may lose none Of the sermon
--thc,". w.t. other, of every aye, make up the
c1ngroga,.', one more solemn and deeply
sariou, meet nowhere else in the world This
sunday mol-n-
Brcgih'e,n ,Olcmnliy even, for the vcncr
able pastor lust closing u SERMON upon the
divine Ce.utnd from creation to slay the
il.icle., md Immediately before him, be.
sjIc som. eng object supported 10y horse
trough u".o. each end, and covered with q
Guilt OF white Marscilcs, sits the murderer
already c.-armncd Ia die, and 10 be hung a,
SION q, ''a ucnCdiCtiUn is pronounced! The
t.,., Nr,r- Imply these: John Armstrong
. sandy Aasgd. nugC iimbcd, rCSolutc Scotch
.hmau pillar of thi, church, and born lead
rr among ucn was the gcttcr-up of this move
81 The church from its WORKOUT grounds il
i,.rth Caro-. ua to the new and fertile Location
elected ~ him-clt after years of careful cN
aI.iua, luI uUt west, sent out by the churcl
IT, that purpose. rs the leader of the party
iIyavr .0Cs "a few hours in advance of The
camp. along the military road upon which
a.-I arr .,5fncging through the swamp, t,
..i,cta camping spot for each night Now
..'v last Nondav. they stayed in Memphis
90, or as. MAKING the las, purchase bcior
ing civilization behind and plungin,
'Jay.. almost ~ new H. If created tn
scar haID.. Al that date Memphis swarmc
"a dc-,c tiocS. flying from the older state
.fillin- 20 to Texas If they could ayoi
g. One ~ these, Beauty Harmon by nam
.rsaC" a Memphis upon John Armslr"n
ST. lr making his purchases, Tor Armsiron
= 'rcgurrr OF the colony "a well ~ ever
flag r.,". sees him in possession OF larl
..3,, osov- him upon his lonely ride IN a
...-c. shoot, him from behind upon th
.sa'; El~s Ca with his plumber only To
.i-n t.nl ,nd captured by the young me
.ctIc ,.. .Hy, ior escape i impossible in >u6
A.. -Esu., .lu ;urnin. off to the right or u
fTol lie cmbankment for the miiihl
si .hr =. TIE same, and the horses ui u
-,1cr- s re- lrc-hes, and ileeie,,. And :
.-..c &C.. murderer sis but very tar fro
silent
Nov Impossible for the camp Ia Ia
'ile d. e-iriBsI /, guarded back Ia civil
-.t'ou .ong trial ,arried for, almost G
p e.e,-e from the log Jail there Viii
-ss,tus .-.s' Besides, the whole colo!
80 wholly satisfied that no jury can be iOui
=, ls~ "a Memphis which will not be
hung -y Whatever the evidence. even
:. Zoe "a. scluil tie murderer. leaving hi
ir'c '-l 'iier vengeance upon them