The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1874-04-01
Great Excitement--BaId
Mountain.

On. CO. Erposipr writes "from
near the volcanb region" under
date of thes19th:-
For the; last twenty days, the
greatest excitement has prevailed,
to distance OF Rn miles around
the vicinity of Bad Mountain, sit
uated between Cooked Creek, in
Mcdowell County, and Broad Riv-
er-the mountain also extending
into Rutherford Sounty-that por-
ton ofthe rangs.within Mcdowell
is more generally called Stone
mountain. Thesrst signs Of alarm
in this locality nere witnessed on
, the 10th day OF February, about l
o'clock in the eysning. This con-
sisted in what SLe people call
terrible lumbeIing," "the earth
seeming to gutter to a frightful
; extent. Some parties describe it
as terrible thunder, gradually dy-I
ing away in the distance; others
describe the noiss as the roaring OF !
heavy artillery iR the distance
And on the 18th of February tive
gentlemen were on the highest 6
point of Bald mountain, at what is g
known as Harris riew-which is 1
said to be next to Mt. Mitchell in /
height. On that day, the gentle '
men heard this strange noise. One {
OF the gentlemen says it first re-
minded him of the falling of heavy s
timber, and presented strange c
combination Of sounds and i'm
press.oas: Partiss living on the t
mountain-sides land at the foot il
heard the sanE. All think the t
noise was within the mountain. d
One man says, khen he was on n
one side of the nteuntain, the ter /
rible noise was j the direction Of e
the mountain; apd when on the t.
opposite the sarE 3 indications were o
observed. I'll, bel satisfied that i!
tie noise proce is alone from this 4
mountain. Bt on the 2sd of Ii
February. tie oise had reached n
such point as g become terrible. c.
Among the pers4n 4ns living on this
mountain are M Camp, Johnson n
Elliott, Noah Eltiott, Widow Nam R
cy, George Morgn, james Gilbert g
and others. statement Of +
all these pa'tS; IS q sdid perhaps fifty p
others, tbeM ~ koa was actually "
tie !.AeGST$S1 GTS1 49, sas insss any, Z
friigghHnl 1 II rec Zig Z
on horseb;aree Is l#,ese became S,
fearSul:y ed. 1T is said d
that the eattlG fTe become alarm O.
ed and w;,1dITs1 Com their usual g
range. y
Such was thl arln, that about !
y o'clock at nj 4, on the 22d, the n
people for miles eround began to
assemble at the Fuse Of a man by p
the name of Crp. And Camp 4
having gone te e wood-pile for
wood, became Harmed that he 81
fell upon his kn3r, and began to u
pray aloud. soon, the terri c!
bic "quaking" he mountain was O
such that the gFiaf crowd now as-
sembled eugase4 in prayer. At ST
day-break, olAonday morning IL
the 25th ulfI 4eorge Logan, b
colored Baptl sacnes55was sent ii
Lfor in great e3nd SO inpa, fs
tient 20 EIis arrival, that b
pdSe., crowd met him on Il
the roassSsA sng him to. come ii
and pray T. ach. The thus fl
assembled rema;nedin these p
devotions1 rec days, when c.
they mov6t.,sssYort distance to
vacant hou&e I'D property of tHar-
ris Elliott, IN, the third day
Billy Log,;na asite man and Bap- o
tist preaehegs::ss sent for, who Ia
came immeg@ Onthe Sd day Il
Of March, II. Lumley, the s.
Methodist mil lsaer ia charge Of h
the Broad Rft atsssen, was i'm t;
portuned to end and preach, tt
who promRt!S |,t Eplied with the, their
ing in crowd gn and TWEEN ie
| children, al: ehting the most II
terrible state; ear, despair and W
penitence. day Mr.. Lum- {"
/ lev preacheS Use was liter Ct
ally packes es,eacher barely v
having roE Istand; SO great RI
was the dep hear, that many "
I rushed ufaS efde of the walls et
and crowded ;o' the joist above,
only portion { the upper story te
having a floor lhe portion hay ,
inc the foorlEll thus form "
inc a sort offhllery; and many a
not being abletsenter the house, a,
crowded their lads in the door Il
, and all aroundtLe house, mani Il
J. testing the moi intense interest. le
}. When the 81 was made for p
6 mourncrs, lhsAple rushed from II
"a "a all parts OF louse, and from tt
al Al outside (,,1 Of th3 Esse with almost o.
frantic yclls, T. fell upon the
floor and upa each other, all rt
praying and Duplicating in the n n
most heartf; 1gonizing man IL
ner eyer 4 s|Fsi. on earth o!
EThess Tn seel S5!S S.:a!.sd inees- s. s.