The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24

below the brutes. would that my death
could wipe out your fearful crimes.
Then ND rose the white haired Jalr,
with blazing eyes. and a voice which
age has not yet weakened, and In his
fierce anger, it sounded like the roar OF
a lion. why weep and lament like
women? Up and be doing, Avenge
your polluted land Let the last man,
woman and child of this accursed tribe
be swept away, Men do not unite to
commit a crime like this until every
vestige of every thing good has been
removed from the influences around
Them. Their ONE must be destroy
ed. Mercy to such a race is mercy TO
the crocodile. No such deed as this
could could be committed where even
one pure oma wields the influence of
wife and mother. We have long known
these wretched Benjaminites to be
stepped in guilt. but not, oh my God,
not such wickedness "a this. They are
one and all, morally and spiritually
dead-dead as that poor severed hand
which lies at your feet, and if their
brute lives are spared, this spiritual
death will spread to all Of us
Then followed the wise Rabbi,
Azem. We do not know whether III
Beniamite brethren are spiritually dead
until we see what action they will take
in this matter. They have a right at
least to be heard. But our first duty
is to call "a national council. Let the
Seventy be found in their places at
Mizpah tomorrow They then dis
persed, and within every household [
passed on my way here to-day, | saw
signs of mourning. Every man in
Israel looks as if he had had a death in
his own family. Now, Beor what took
place with the party you followed?'
They Went to the city of Beersheba,
where the elders of Simeon sat in
council as they always do at the new
noon. TLsy entered the council cham
Der just as you describe the others to
have done in Hebron. and when they |
uncovered the tray they had borne, not
"a hand, but IA CHASTITY head was revealed
to view. The eyes wide open, the
beautiful features struck into marble
with the convulsive agony of
death still upon them,-the small
white teeth clinched between the open
llps--the long, curling, glossy hair
with blood. A wild cutlery
burst from the body of men usually 50
grave and dignified. Rabbi lothian
was the first to speak. His tone was
and trembling, Explain, my
brethren he said. The bearers told
the fearful tale. There sat the young
chief, Ambez, whose motheris a daugh-
.er Of a Benjamite. As he listened his
face grew as pale almost as that of the
lead upon the tray. lothian is re-
lowned for his meekness and gentle
less. But he tore out his grey hair in
landfuls as he cried, God has forsaken
God has forSaken us, We are a
oSt people We are given over to
destruction,
The whole land is astir a portion of
he murdered woman's body has been
ent to every tribe i'm Israel the
evenly are assembling in Mizpah:-let
is 60 there and see what will be done
}y the time they reached Mizpah, it
vas dark, but the city which was situa-
ed on a hill, was illuminated with
ountlesS lights for not only the senate
f seventy. but the armies of Israel were
ssembling. Every highway leading to
he city was filled with marching troops.
hey came in perfect order, foot to foot.
nd breast to breast, but not a sound
as heard except the steady, measured ,
cad Of hundreds of thousands of feet.
Now Beoz' said Azur you asked
no was going TO make a fuss about the /,
fe of a miserable female slave. They {
ok like they meant to make some |
ling of a fuss, do they not?" |
"Oh Azur,' replied Beor, Il was |
rong when | doubted whether this :
eople were the people of the most !
Oh God. What a grand, a splendid /
enc this is. See with what practiced ;
ovement they wheel into their ap- ;,
'inted places around the tabernacle. O
BOX, from this point, you can see the 5