The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-03-26
The Quakine Maintain

has prevailed Tor distance OF twenty-five
miles around and in the vicinity of Bald
Mountain This mountain is situated be-
tween Crooked Greek. in Mcdowell coun-
tv, and Broad river. the mountain also ex-
tending into Rutherford county. That
portion of the range within Mcdowell
county is generally called Stone Mountain
The first signs Of disturbance in this locali-
ty were witnessed on the 10th of February
This consisted i'll what people call Il terri
bic numbering, The earth seemed to quiz
er to a triGhttUl extent. Some parties de-
scribed it Us terrible thunder. gradually
dying away i'll the distance, and others as
the roaring 81 heavy artillery IN the dis
lance On February 18th two gentlemen
| on the highest point of Bald Mountain,
known Is Harris View which is said to
be next to Mount Mitchell in height, heard
this strange noise. One OF them says that
it at first reminded him Of the falling OF
heavy timber, and presented strange
combination OF sounds and impressions
Parties living on the mountain-sides and
at the base heard the same noises All
think that the noise was in the mountain
One man says that when he was on one side
of the mountain the terrible noise was in
on the other side the same indications We're
observed. All feel satisfied that the noise
proceeded alone from the mountain. On
| the Pod OF February the noise had become
perfectly terrible Among the persons liv-
| ing on tins mountain are Mr. Camp, John
ston Elliott. Noah Elliott, widow Manly,
George Morgen, James Gilbert and others.
From the statements of all these parties,
and OF perhaps fifty others, the mountain
was actually shaking. The moving was
rs if the entire mountain was giving away
The tableH are and furniture in the house
| all rocked and lolted with irighttul force
| II is said the cattle here became alarmed
and have wandered from their usual range
Such was the alarm that at about Il
! . clock on the night of the 22d ultimo the
! people tor miles around began to assem-
| BILE at the house OF Mr.. Camp. Camp,
| having gone to the woodple for wood,
| became 50 alarmed that he fell upon his
| knees and began TO pray aloud. Very
soon the terrible quaking of the mountain
was such that a great crowd now assem-
bled and engaged in PRAYER. At daybreak
on Monday morning George Logan, a
colOred preacher, was sent for III great
| haste, and SO impatient We're they for his
arrival that a portion of the crowd met
| him on the road besceching him to come
| and pray and preach The people thus
assembled remained in these devotions
| three days when they moved a short dis
| tancc to a vacant house, the property OF
| Harris Elliott On the third day Billy
| Logan. a white man and Baptist preach
| er. was semi for and came Immediately
| On March Sd. j. NJ Lumly, a Methodist
minister in charge Of the Broad River
mission, was importuned to attend and
| preach, and he promptly complied From
| an eyewitness the scenes are described
/ as most extraordinary The people came
| tiocking in crowds of fifteen and twenty,
| including men. women and children, all
presenting the most terrible state OF fear,
| despair and penitence. On the day Mr.
| Lumly preached the house was literally
| filled. the preacher barely having room
to stand 50 great was the rush to heal
| that many climbed up the side Of the walls
and crowded on the IOiStS above. only a
! portion Of the upper story having a floor,
! and many, not being able TO enter the
/ house. crowded their heads in the door
and all around the house, manitesting the
most intense interest When the call was
| made ior moulners the people rushed from
! all parts Of the house and from outside
with almost frantic Wells and fell upon
the floor and upon each other, all praying
and supplicating in the most heartfelt and
agoni2ing manner. These exercises con-
| tinued almost necessarily for sixteen
| day and nights During this time
| the people all lived in common. No
attention was given to labor OF property
The cattle, horses and hogs We're turned
| into the woods, and the entire people
| within range Of this awful excitement
| have concluded that they have but a few
dayz longer to live About a hundred
| have made professions Of religion The
| closing scenes OF this strange meeting are
| represented as most wonderful During
most of this interval Of sixteen days the
mountain had continued at intervals tc
| present the same alarming impressions
but having prayed, shouted and agonized
for this long period they separated with
| the promise that All would remain and
| die if necessary Ii is said that the awe
| stricken countenanceS and the melan-
| choly demeanor Of this vast crowd on
breaking up at the close of the devotions
are beyond description. A letter was re-
ceiyed in this city to-day by a gentleman
whose mother resides neal Bald Mountain
| stating that mean the summit of that peak
an area of nearly an acre was agitatel by
| subterranean upheayals from which smoke
! and yapor issued