Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-06-18

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bare this .niursemehi "lr shrmo
a. iagrc rsnne This curious i'lie
attracted che aticnii1n ~ M jed
ains, ant hr eNahineii the o0Hienis
uf the iorumrni with moFs than
common interest II 10 tie familiar
and qu'ini Handwriting ~ the Rev
ercnd Cotton Malher. aud il siiress
1 "A 10 70 aged and beloved NT,
lohn ilissinsOn" IL hears date
--Srpiember " 18th, l0s2, and
r-als lhas. llcoid spelling II ,he
original being followed 10 tho let
I tor;
There bce now at sea & shippe
/ flor our friend Mr.. Esaias llolrr0n
IT london lil adyi,e no hy the
last packet that il Wade sail some
time ia Augustlealled ye Welcome,
[ u Greenaway, master, which has
falnard aR hundred ar more 0f Ne
herellos nni maiignanis called
Qnakers with W, Femme who is ye
Chief Srampo at ye heddo of them
| 40 Gcnorald Court has, accordingly,
given secret orders to Master Mala,
oli AnNeit Of We brig propose 10
waylnye sc said Welcome slylio as
near 80 coast of COddo as may be
and mako captive yo said Penne
his nngodlio GROVE SO that ye Lord
may be gloriied aud not Knocked on
on ye soil Of this now oountrie with
We heather worshippe Of those poo
plo. Much spOyle can 100 made BY
selling ye whole lotto TO Barbadoes
were slaves fetch goodo prices IN
rummo and sugar aud shall not on
| Is do yc Lord SroGt service by pun.
ishing yo wicked but We shall make
great gayno for his ministers and
! people. Master IIuxctt fools hope.
iul and will set down tho newes
he brings when his shippo comes
back.
"Yours in yo bowels Of Christ,
"CoTToN MATTER.
Master liuNctt missed his reckon
ling, and Penn sailed secure within
the capcs of tho Delaware. But /,
is curious 10 reflect on tho narrow
chance by which the founder of this
Commonwealth escaped the fate OF
many Of his religious brethren who
were cast ashore ON the relentless
coast of Massachusetts. 1T is strange
to fancy the wise lawgivcr, cndear-
cd TO tho hearts Of a great people
and n postcrity by his wisdom, 81.
gacity and benevolcnce, lioeing SUI
gar in Barbados under the lash OF
a Yankee overseer orctushing cane
into rum TO thaw the granite giz.
yards which Mather and his thoo.
logical brethren carried about in.
stead of hearts. All! how the an.
cient Cotton must have mourned
for the marketable Quakcrs and the
refreshing "rumme'' which came
not. 1t is delightful to think how
he never got a bit Of the "spoylc
which his dcvilish old soul held in
delicious anticipation-how brother
lligginson watched fondly for his
hogshead and dreamed Of swallow.
ing his half score Of horctcs and
pious punches. They would have
made n "rum cretur" of the Great
Founder, in literal sense, if they
had got him, but thanks to the good
steering of"R. Grcenaway, master, u
they didn't gdhim.
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