Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-07-07


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Dear render, 'tis always q sourc,
Of pleasure 10 reason from cause tc
effect, but We sometimes reverse the
process and after witnessing certain
strange phenomsns, We undertake
TO ascertain the cause The mind
Is naturally an inquiring institution
We had nm uncommohly allow voy
Sgc--this may In part be attributed
20 several causes, but We wish to
cite up tho principal csuse, II IL
true that We had, as Capt. Fowler
remarked. tho strongest current
against US that he had contended
with this year; then again We had
" stiff wind striking us directly
across our stsr.board bow, which
with a rough mcrcile,s sea, kept
continually beating ua Oh. Again,
we had but little freight, and being
comparatively light, were high out
If water, this kept our wheels much
out Of water and gave the wind
rtrongcr hold. But, dear reader,
as We are your friend, You must
-'hear us for our cause and believe
40 you hear. Our cause is your
cause and We have not yet given
you the true cause, the great NOV
ing cause that caused the ~. G.
Harris" now commanded by the
best Captain sailing on the Gulf, to
be forty.eight hours between Gal
weston and New Orleans. Well
then, just listen you shall have it
A. J. HAMILTON, the Ajax Of Texas,
ahc Great Provisional" with sever.
nj little PROFESSIONALS, was on board
Was not that cause enough to keep
'Galvestonians from shipping freight?
Cause enough to create head winds
;and strong adverse currents? Aye!
20 stir up the indignant wrath Of
Nil gods and sodd"sses and mon
stcrs generally of the mighty deep?
Ills said that even sharks in com
mon sympathy followed the ship
Whom night, dark, starlcss, moon.
less night spread her sable mantle
over the ship, which was being toss.
ed like feather upon the pitiless
wave. as each terrific blast howled
through the rigging, dire fear seiz.
ed upon the passengers, and they
were about to come Jonah over the
'"Great Provisional" when some
pious reconstructed rebel said, "let
us pray for him! p Now lot as tell
you
HOW THE SHIP WAS SAVED.
Reader, we are writing history,
and we believe we have an idea Of
what ought to constitute one Of its
cardinal virtues, impartial truth.
Then listen. you remember, the
Good Book does not speak very
highly of faith without works. 1t
was not only necessary to pray for
the "Great Provisional" but it
was necessary to labor for his con-
version from those radical sins
which wero sinking the ship. For.
-tunately for all on board the right
man was found for the task who set
to work with will. As they ap-
preached each other with a bottle
between them, containing the ia
vorite spiritual inspiration Of the
"Great Provisional" hope at once
revived within us. As they pro-
ceeded to fill up, (although we stood
at a respectful distance and said
nothing) we could not help think
ing of Dow Juniors favorite quota.
ton:
"Com., hsrs's GLASS;
70 the Owl and the ASS,
The smblens of WELDON and patience 20 true"
For the readers benefit we pre-.
sumo we ought to add that our mis-.
sionary on this great occasion was
no less a parsonage than the distin'
guished Federal Judge, whom the
lamented General Sam Houston once
honorcd with a speech in tho U. s.
Senate, Judge W., Of Galveston
But whatever the Judges sins may
have been in the past there is no
dnuht huf tbav have been fnllv
atoned for by the effort he made