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ELOQUENT EXTRACT.
The following i an extract from thi
,.p,erhf the Rev. Mr. Ungsworth, o
the Southern Methodist Conventioiyip
on the question nf a separation;
No; we must pait, and the soonei
the belter. L-K us with our new organ
iziiion, try to gel bark to pnmiiiv.
Meihoilinm. I speak not of in exier
nab, some of which never If gilinutely
belonged to it. but of its inward gra
res. I speak of its former zeal, which
ulowed with equal fervor amidst th
miasm of the low land swamps, ind,
the healthful hiet-zes of the mountain,
which led the Mtthodist preacher l
seek the lost slvep of the foltl of Chris,
whithersoever they wandered. I speak
of that Methodism that preached no
only on stated dayi, and at alated time
hut which preached at all times and
all places in the chapel, the hut th.
kiirhen, the grove, the wilderness i.
fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, par
cuts, children, masters, set vants whicl
never entered a house without a won
for the Lord, and never left tl withou,
praying a blessing upon it which plant
ed (he standard of ihe cross on the spo
which we occupy eie the elk and th'
bulhlo had U ft it which pushed on it
labors, at times, until exhausted natun
sunk under them.
When I thus speak of Methodism,
let me not be understood as claiminf
lor our ect all Hie religion that is i
the world. Far from h there is a
pure religion in the other churches a
in outs. I am no sectarian. If I pos
sess onechiistian viitue, it is love fo
nl' who love and serve the Lord Jt.su
Christ, but I con less I feel a kindling
emotion, allied to thejmoral by sublime,
when IconiempUle Methodism person
ified in such men as our Nolly, who
funeral obsequ'8 were performed by
himself, whose dhge was sounded b)
the winter winds, whose winding shec
was the snow drift, and whote monu
ment was the sturdy oak of th' forest
found by the woodsman trozen on ni'
knees, and buried in the attitude o
,o If ! ...Ml ..;.... K.i
prayer. Wi mysen i vm &"";""
of such men as these I might become t
fool in glorying, and all men would par
don me. Yes, were 1 to inscribe of
the tree the root of which wa9 his las'
pillow, The christian's best tnonxitnent.
every Chritun of every chmch wouh
c'neei fully inscribe under it Amen anf
arnen. To ihis kind of Methodism It
us tel back; let it be characteristic ol
Ihe Suutluen chinch, and then, if they
will, let lie Noilhren chuich is lake all
the rest.'
A SM ART HOY.
The New Yoik Sunday Mercury ha
a genius in his 'Nimrod,' whose bright
net's the editor develops in the following
lesson in calethism;
Well, Nimrod, how lonn were the
children of Isreal in tha wilderness?'
Tilllhey found their way out.'
Who was cast into ihe lions' denr'
Van Ambuigh.'
Who was compelled to seek refuge
in Ihe land of Nod?'
Governor Dorr.'
Wh?
Because he got up the King't ebe-
nrzer, and Providence wouldn't pro
led bin?'
Tim New York Tribune says, we were
told yesterday of a young lady from the in
terior of ibis State, who had just been mar
ried to her second husband; ahe is no 131
j ears old, and married her first husband
when ahe was H."
Troy (N- Y.; contains aboul 25,000 in
,.i.-....J ttiih 22 houses of relieioue wor-
liajiiain-, . - .
o, 19 clergymen, 25 physicuns, and (5
rill FESTIVAL AM) ITS
COXSEaUKXCES.
A SCIiNK IS NAVARRE.
It wag a fine afternoon in the spring of
1831. the biid were cheerfully singing on
lie trees, the flocks and herds con.ei.tedl
cropped the young herbage, and the air.was
nprfiimed with odours. ISot only d u Hit
f ee of nature hiigluly smile, but soim
festive ceremony was evidently aboul to br
pef.innetl in the village of ,in Navarre
Numbers of young girls were seated at their
cottage doors, weaving garlands of spring
hilHt several votilhs looked on
mid encouraged them. Hire and there ai
old man wrapped in a rusty-brown cioaK
i
ilmost as ancient as himself, siood observ
ng the juvenile groups, and on the threw
bold of a miserable hovel sal an old woman
singing a wild air, accompanied by un
couth gestures, but whether they betokened
. i.i i i
iov. oriel or anger, u wouiu navo uecn
iiffiVull for a stranger to determine.
At length the damsels rose, each bearing
in her band the blooming wreath she had
nlwined. and th whole party proceeded
... ... . -f .u.
ti) a small plaza or equate, in ironi ui wr
.hureh, where waving their chaplete grace
fully, they danced to the sound of large
tambourine, and a mountain-pipe, called
he gaeta, the tones of which strongly
rpspni hie ihose of the bairnipes. Nor was
he human voice wanting; the harsh and
liscordant chant of the beldame was again
heard, and by her side a lean rickety boy.
tbnul fourteen with wirv llaxen hair, un-
lecile look, and unmeaning grin, beat time
y clapping his hands. The dancers be
came more and more animated every mo
nent, the fine bait of the young women
which bad hitherto been plaited and arrang-
d with natural good taste, was by some
bidden process, allowed to fall loosely on
heir ahou ders. and at the sams momenv
?ach maiden placed a chaplet on her head,
he young men slinging larger garlands ac
oss their breasts, like the broad tibbons ol
-hival ric orders.
At the conclusion of the dunce, the greai
ates of the palace were thrown open, a
he eastern end the alter, resplendent from
he effect of numerous large wax candles
lad an imposing appearance. The cuia,or
iriest, habited in richly embroidered vest
nents, stood under the portico, and spread-
ng forth his hands bestowed a blessing
on ihe people, who knell reverentially to
ieceive it.
While this act of devotion was in pre
ijress, aloud creaking sound waf. heard, and
presently a small body of men were seen
lJvancing along the road which rur.s close
iy the equnre .Their heads were covered
with the flat cap called La Doina;they wore
ooarse brown cloth jarkeis, and loose white
linen Irowsers, their waists being encircled
vith broad red woolen saahes.below which
ir.d in front, were strapped iheir cananas
r cartridjje-pouehes, instead of shoea they
'ind alpargaias, or pempen sandals, Ihej
vere aimed with inuktl, and bayonet
witl.out scabbards were stuck in their belts
This vanguard was followed by four wains
ach drawn by two oxen, guided by
peasant beiring a long staff with a goad
one end. The oxen moved vei y slowly, tin
creaking noise being produced by the vu
luiions of the heavy wooden axleiree of tin
wains, which were followed by a mm
larger party, clothed and armed in the sum
manner as lhal in advance, the whole ht
ing commanded by an oflicer in uniform
I'hree of the bullock-cars conuiued earh
IIP w hronza mortar of moderate size, tin
fourth was laden with ammunition boxes.O
iheir arrival in the plaza, the escort uncov
p,p(I their heads, knelt and received tht
priest's benediction. The sssemblage tbei
rose, the lambourine and mountain pip
stiuck up, the old woman resumed her dis
cordanl song, the halfwitted urchin clappei
his lean hands more vehimenily than aver
ihe young men andmsideris moved toward
the wains with a solemn dancinp step, and
finally, the gills decorated the horns and
neck of the oxen with the wreaths they
had been gracefully waving during thi
anre, while ihe youths encircled ihe mor
tar with ihe larger gailanils.ihe whole isre
mony being performed wilh the utmost
enthusiasm omwhilo, the priest had
retired in th interior nf ihe church, hill
when all ihe arrangements were completed
the oxen adorned with iheir glowing
honors staiidimr natienllv in the sun. and
Bl
iiu murderous bionzn artillery decked tiil
weet peaceful flower be again came
forth, preceded by a youthful acid vie carry
ing a large silver cross, elevated on a stufl
ipparenily of Ihe same meial. Hy Iiu side
was another boy wearing a scailet cassock,
over which theie was a white then tunic
who he bore a silver censer, w hich, when thin
Utile procession had reached ihe wains, hi
brew up ir. ihe air and then drew it back
igain by its silver chain, making the whin
moke of the incense cloud over the inoi-
ars, and around the heads of the oxen, afiei
which the priest splinkled them with holy
water. 1 he instant ihe cercmo.iy wac
(ompleted, there was a general shouting
Viva Catlos Quint o! Viva la Ikligwnl
success to the new Mortars! Heath lo the
Cbristinos! Amidst these fcrveni cheers
he bullock cars moved on, escorted as be
fore, the young men accompanying them as
a guard of honor a little wy oeyon l the
limits of the village. On parting the loldiers
cried 'To Elizondo! to Elizondo! and
soon entering a mountain gorg, they disap.
The day after this scene there was consi
derable agitation in ihe villlage. Several
fathers of families who had been absent ac
ting as scouts to Don Carloa'army, or nthet
wise connected with it, relumed. They
broughl accounts, of the retreat of ihe Car-
chief, Zumalacarreguy, from before
Elizondo; and it wag whispered that the
morlsrs which had passed through on the
preceding day. and had been welcomed with
so much pomp, wire on their way back
I'he confusion occasioned by these reports
was al its height, when a stranger, covered
with dust, rushed into the plaza in breathlevt
haste. He was a fine well mule man o
aboul thirty, his features, through hand
some, bore a strong maik of cunning, and
ihe expiession of his large gray eyes, set it
a face ihe color of hich was only a ahadi
removed from black, was so pculiar, as i
render it painful to meet their g;ize. Tin
sirangci's costume was unlike that of the
Navarlese peasants. lie wore a jacket ol
latk blue velveteen, open, displaying i
waistcoat of the same material, adorned
with ihrce rows of large open-worked silvei
buttons, hanging loosely, his breeches o!
coarse daik cloth, with silver buttons down
he outer seams, he also wore a worsted
ash and hempen sandaU. Round Iih heml
was a cotton ahandkerchul ol luigln& var
legated color, tied behind with two lonf!
ends hanging down, above the handkerchief
appeared a conc'shaped black beaver bat,
with a narrow brim turned up all around
die front of the hat was orn-iinonit it with
iSree tarnished tinsel stars green, ruby
and yellow sluck on a trip ol nifty black
velvet. Mis thick neck was bare, and, Iron
onstanl exposure to the smi and weather
is dark as his face, lie w.is a giluiio, ot
Dipsy,
'I am sent by Zumalacarragny, mid the
man, 'to tell you thai the mort irs are on
heir way bsck.and they inuol be concealeo
tl this neighborhood, all, therefore, nius
unite in conveying mem to a place ut s.ue
y.The general's orders an, halevriy man
proceed instantly to meet ilium, they mos
,iot re-enter the village; your privileges
your lives even, depend on )our piompii-
ude and energy, the holy guns must b
ilaced in security.'
The appeal inel wilh a ready echo in th
ireael of every hearer, for the whole popu
aiion of the village had identified them
selves with the fate of the consecrated ar
illery All the men mum cutely sallied
fjrlh with Zumalacairegov'i messenger
Phey had nol proceeded Ut along the roai'
before the well-Known rredkic.g of the bu'
lock cara indicated that ihe objects they
had set forth to meet were approaching.
hey soon ippeared, bereM, however, ol
iheir gay adornments.
The gitano immediately addressed him.
self lo Ihe officer of the escort, and after a
brief parley three of tha village elders weru
summoned lo the consultation. Much an
imated discourse ensued, accompanied by
that lively gesticulation by which the
fyaniaids are characterized.
The tesull
was, that the wains were drawn along a by
road lo a. field, under the guidance of the
villagers, the gipsy and the encort following
On airiving ni tha centre of the field, the'and chidrer,,' said the general.
tixen were laker, out ol the wains. winch,
licit g lilted up, ihe mortar glided easily to
he (jro'iiid. The peasants had brought
with ihem the large hoes used by the bus
bjndmen of Navarre, and having dug
trenches of about lluee feet deep, the mor
tars, which only the day before had been
idorned with garlands, and sent with shouts
ud vivas to be employed agains; the
Ohriaiiuos. were now buried in lite earth
with solemn silence.
The oxen were again yoked to the wains.
iml led to tlio high road, whence they de
orrted in an opposite direction, the escort
took the shortest route to the mountains.
mil the villlagers hastened to regain their
homes. I he gipsy proceeded to the resi
fence of the cum, with whom he was closet
led lor some lime, he then wenl to llu
.unall vrnu or village inn. After his de
parture Ihe alcade was summoned lo at
tend the cura they held a long eonclusioi
whereof ihe alcade tisited ftvery house, am
made a communication ol solemn import n
its inmates.
'Towards ihe evening sevoial little group-
were assembled in the plaza, and before
the house door. They conversed sner
gelically, and on separating at nightfall,
iheir countenance and manner indicatec
thai a dt I'm te and decided resolution hail
been universally adopted upon some highh
loieren.itig and important matter.
I'he following morning, just as the mist
wete clearing away from the summits id
die neighboring mountains, Genera) Mim
entered ihe village, having marched duriiu
he greater pari of the night, lie had pre
viously caused the place lo be surroundu
'iy his troops, in order to prevent the escapi
f any ol the inhabitants. Attended by hi
4taff,he rodo to the plaza, whither the whoU
impulsion were summoned by the crai
Irum and dnwling voice of the pregouero
r public crier.
The people, who 0'ily two days befop
tad hastened to 'he same spot with dancine
nep and exulting eye, cheered by the lam
hounne and mountain pipe, now crept oni
ny one out of their dwelling with fcatfnllv
mxioiis looks, and wended their unwill
ing way towards the plaza.
Mina eyed liem sharply ac ihey emerg
d from the narrow avenues, but his weaih
.i-lieaien face did iml bmray any inward
-motion. By his side stood the cura,dres
d in a rusty black coxsaek, holding be
iweeii both hands Ins oHong shovel hut, A
pressing its sides wit'.iin the smallest pus
sihle compass. His countenance wa.
jhaM'y, iid his small jrrt black eyes peered
from beuoiii their half dosed lids, first ui
the villagers as Ihey glided into iho plazn
and then askance at the general, who had
ilready questioned him closely wim re
4;.id lo il.u mortars, which he had been ax
mi red ihe villtgetshad voluntarily assisted
in attempting to convey to llizondo tbei
in possession of Ihe queen's forces, and for
the purpose or bombarding it. He had ale
neard of ihe ceremony of decorating am'
i juicing over Ihe mortars, and of then
iubsequent concealment, with the coiintv
nice and aid of thecura's parishioner.
'The priest, however, pretended to hi
Dully ignorant of the mallei. 'Sunor
ieneral,' he said. 'the cura of will never
-.action lebullion agatnai his righlfol tover
igti.'
As soon as these words hid escaped hi.
ipf, a loud clapping of hands was heard
onmediarly behind him. Upon turning
ronn I, lbs cura perceived the idiot I ad, who
it.ughed in his face, and trailed bis half-
.hslocaied leis along, in Grotesque imitation!
of darn ing. I be cura looked affrighted;!
tha lunacies of his visa 17 e became suddenly
i i . fl .1 .
wmiraripfl: unci Ina ni tlaitried nrfl nnnn
the mcbin whose noisy movements seem
ed lo strike leiror lo his soul.
The plaza was now crowded with men,'
women and children; shortly afterwards an
tid-Ji-caUip apr-e.rid.foIIoweJ by&uflk'erV
guard. The foimer approached the genera
and reported thai, in pursuance of his orders
every house had been searched, and that, lo
ihe best of his knowledge, all the male in
habitants who remained in ihe village were
now presmil
'Let them he separated from the women
The order was nromntlv erernieil. ilm
me. i being drawn up in a line before Aina
ll was a strange, an onxious scene the
elderly men stood, like ancient Romans
wilh their cloaks thrown about them in
every variety of picturesque drapery, some
of Iheir younger companions were dressed
in brown woollen jackets, their snow-white
ahirl collars falling on their shouldors, oth
-rs in shorl blue smock-frocks, confined
irnund the waist by broad girdles of bright
mixed colors. All wore the picturesque
boina, but of varied hues blue, while oi
red.
The women fc children formed a gloomy
back-ground to this singular picture, they
were far more numerous than ihe men, one
or more of every family having joined the
Carlist party. The young girls who only
forty-eight hours before had been weaving
haplets with so much glee and energy.now
4iood motionless, some looking fixedly on
Mina; others, their hands clasped, and their
beautiful eyes raised towards heaven, ap
peated absorbed in prayer. The old wo
man, (Touched on the ground, plied her
kn ttir.g needless wilh greater diligence, hrr
lips moved rapidly, but no sound escaped
from them, and she had so placed herself
is to be able to peer through Ihe slight
separation between two of the men who
mod before her.
Mina'now advanced a few paces in front
of his staff ollicers, and thus addiessed the
i'lagers-
I know that two days ago, three mortars
passed through your village or, their way
o Elizondo, and that yesterday, they
vcre broughl back. I also know that they
tave been concealed in this vicinity with
.lie knowledge of the inhabit;iDls;where aie
bey?'
'Not a syllable was uttered ir. reply,
' 'Vhere are the guns?' cried Mina with a
ttud voice and irritated manner 'the mor
tars you decorated wilh garlands, because
von supposed they were shortly lo be used
gainst the queen's foiccsf'
The people continued silent.
Whilst this was going on the eyes of the
star!" cfficers am! Ihe troops being all fixed
on the general and the villagers the cura
had managed to tlide into a nairow alley
by the side of ihe church fat the hack of
which, by u strange oversight, no sentinel
had been placed, )then darting down a lane,
tie crossed a rivulet al the end, and plung
ed into a dell-covered with brushwood,
thence through paths well known lo him
lie bent Lis course towards a small town
about a league off, where he knew there
was a Carhsi garison.
Minn, finding be could not make any
impression on the determined people be
fore him turned sharply round wilh the in
lenti )ti of commanding (he cura to use
bis influence them to induce (Item to give
him ihe information he required; not see
ing him, he said, 'Whcie is the cura?
Search the church! Search his house!'
This being reported to Mina he ehrug
t;ed his shoulders and proceeded once more
o harrangue the multitude: 'Well,' said
tpe, 'you a)pciir resolved lo refuse giving
me the inforinxtiou 1 sk for; now, listen
to the voice of Mina who never premises
or threats in vain. I f; in one quarter of an
hour by ibis watch (diawiug it fiom his
pockety the place where the carlist mortars
ie hidden be nol divulged, I will deel
male the men now btfore me. Every tenth
man shall be instantly shot decide for
yourselves,'
It was a f' a i fid on irtpr nf An hnnr
, . ,
'
mother, wife sister, or one lo whom his
heart wss devoted, the only
' 1
individual
unoiiced by any of the women wa the
gip). He wai i sinner in the village
and belonged to a race for which Ihere
wag no y rnpaihy on ihe pari of the
Navarrese, although its meinheie were
t thai tarly period of ihe civil war em
ployed on important misnioni by
Carlist chieftains. He Hood alone wilh
hit arms folded, and waa apparently ina
stale of abstraction.
The drum waa beat -the quaMer of
m hour had elapsed: (he soldiers began
Rain lo separate the men from ihe wo
men. Jo Ihe contusion , the idiot ooy
repl up lo the gipsy, and roused him
from hit reverie by saying in a half
whisper, 'Ho, Sen or Cilauo! stand last
on the litre, and vou are safe.'
The itranger looked intently for an
nslant al the lad, who rubbed the palms
of his hands together, and glansed con
lidently towards the extremity of
he line of men now- almost formed.
Die gipsy cor.trived lo place himself (he
last.
Silence having been commanded and
blamed Mina said, 'This is the last mo-
ment confession or decimation.' Nu
newer, no sign.
'Sergeant, do your duly,' said ihe gen
rat.
Immediately a non-commissioned
officer began couiling along the line.
On arriving at Iho tenth man, he was
made to aland forth. The sergeant
hen went on reckoning in like manner
Four more were thus selected. Ihe
sergeant recommenced counting. There
eie but nine left, the gipsy being the
ninth. The rank was closed up again
nd five men were left standing about a
yard in Iront of the others. An officer
md eight soldiers now mniched into
the etnire to Ihe plaza; and the villager
who had the urunviable precedency in
this mournful selection, was led to the
general, who thus addressed him;
Reveal the hiding place, and you are
iafe. I should rejoice if your I fe could
ie spared.'
Senor, replied the prisoner, a fine
young man, I know it not.'
Mma rode to the front of (he linp
if villagers and said, 'Will any of you
confess, and save this youth?'
The mortars did nol passlhrough (he
village, on their return,' said the men.
IN ina then rode to the rear, aud ques
tioned the women.
General, general,' they all shrieked
together, 'we know nothing of (he mor
nr. Spare him, spare him, be merci
'ul, for the love of Uod!'
This reply this appeal for mercy
hsd scarcely been sent forth, ere a
young and beautiful woman rushed from
he group, and falling on her knees be
fore Miua, cxcjaJmed in imploring ac
cent, 'Spare, oh spare my broihei!
lie was all yesterday in the mountains
cutting wood, and did not return till af
ter nightfall.'
There is no remedy,' replied Mina,
'unless Ihe secret be disclosed.'
Five minutes after Mina's return to
the spot whore his staff were assembled
the young man was led to the wall of a
house fronting lbs plazi; his arms wero
pinioned, and a handkerchief was tied
over his face. He was then shot dead
by four soldiers; who all shot at one at
the same instant. Three more shared
i similar fate, after eveiy eneeavor aio
induce them or Ihe oilier villagers to
iive information concerning the mor-
ia,. I hev all met tlicir late wi:n
heroic calmness and dignity. The fifth
was an old man. His anxious eyes had
followed each of his fellow captives to
the. death station. 1 1 is own turn was
now al hand. There lay the bleeding
corpse of his young companions, and
he wsa interrogated as llity had been
previously lo Iheir execution. '1 call
God 10 witness,' cried Ihe aged man,
that I know nothing of the matter. I
confess lo hsv;ng been present when Ihe
mortar passed ll rough on Iheir way
to Elizondo, but I was not here when
they were broughl back.'
'Tis hue, 'us true,' shouted the peo
ple, forgetting, in ihefeaiful excitement
if ihe moment, that they werecondemn
,ng themselves by this declaration.
Then save ins life by confessing,
auswertd Mina.
We have nought to confess; Francis
ro is innocent,' was the univetsal reply,
10 which succeeded a sri.u'cbial silence.
" As ihe old man was Leing ronc'ueud
ra.