For the Arkansas Intelligencer.
THE ROBBER SAVED.
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Rev. Mr.. c., of the Methodist Church,
e Of those plain, honest. minded, upright,
ic,-dealing men wio, feeling an ardent love
'as.as-r.a in t.,,west, left their homes in
: States, and came to Kentucky and Ten.
70 dispense the bread Of life, in those 70.
hich were then uncultivated wilds, still
to so'ne extent by the Indians. Tha,
through which the beautiful CumberIa nd
} navy course and on whose banks now
2 "city of rocks" GalIatin, ClurksvilIe,
rmerable villages, was then only settled
~ iga, orh1ads, and these settlements
e~ und lar between"


had chosen home for his family in a
ettled neighborhood in East Tennessee,
ttended the field of his operations far into
!. Tho life, the trials, and the sufferings
lnerant minister, ure not, even now, in
able; but if compared with those scenes
ore everyday occurrences with Mr.. c.,
thers who were his contemporaries, and
ioneers, they lose oil their importance, in
difficulty and danger, and appear unwor.
termed trials. Often did Mr.. c. sleep
pg.cabins, on hard beds, and set down to
hre, mode up of fresh venison, without
salt, and which the new settler had taken


morning in the deep forest hard by.


pdians had sold their possessions, and
q bsen proclaimed; bat many parties
lurking about, stealing horses, and some-
uniting more serious depredations.-


were frequent by white men, many of


fed from justice in Virginia or the Ca
I'd had settled themselves in Tennessee,
have since done in Arkansas, and are


in Texas. 1t was, therefore. not lit.
10 to travel alone, in places least fire..
ind especially along the passes and gaps
|rland mountain. One morning Mr.. C.
ng down a declvitv Of the mountain,
ace which led across from one settle.
mother, when suddenly a stout young


a rife in his hand, sprang forth, from


huge rock, and presenting his rifle


Of Mr.. c. his money. Mr.. c. refining
70, stopped, at tho ssme time regarding


with discriminating v lew for which
'ery remarkable. After a moments
&C. said "young man, tell me, what
ht you to this? | cannot think that you
'ht to rob, by your father. Have you
better raised +!


me your money!" replied the robber,
your money in an instant or you are a
J." sE f.r
is your first attempt, young man; you
deny it. You never robbed before. ls
rue2"
, the young mans countsnance changed,
only throwing down his gun, he gave
Hood of tears. and acknowledged that
sen better raised: His father and mo.


religious: he had been dedicated to God
'aptism, and had been taugh. the princi.
hristianity, and this was indeed his first