Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-15


Eastern Magazine; - Very different was
the policy of the first settlers of New England
and their treatment of the Indians and how
little they understood the character of Will
liam Penn and his friends, may be learned
by the following copy of an original letter ot
Cotton Mather, recently discovered among
some old papers in a library of the Massa-
September We 1882, and is addressed to 'Ye
aged and beloved John Higginsou,'
There be now at sea shippe (fol
our friend Eslas Holdcraft, Of London
did advise me by the last packet that
it would sail some time In August
called ye Welcome, f. Greenwas, master
which has aboard a hundred or more
of ye heretics and malignants called Quakers,
with W. Penn, who is We scamp at We head
of them. Ye general court has accordingly
given secret orders to Master Malachi Huxett,
of ye brigg Purpose, to waylaye ye said w ell
come, as near ye coast of Codd as may be,
and make captIves Of ye said Penn and his
%Sngodly crew. SO that ye Los9 LIZ. s az cos..a
try WITH ye heather Workshops Of these PEG.
pie. Much spoil can be made by selling ye
whole lot to Barbados, where slaves fetch
good prices In rumme and sugar; and We
shall not only do ye Lord great service by
furnishing ye wicked, but shall make gain Tor
his ministers and people. Yours, in We
bowels of Christ, COTTON MATHER
William Penn did, indeed, sail IN ye
shippe Welcome, and a goodly number of
his friends with him, but the Lord did not
allow Master Huxett to waylaye him near ye
coast of Codd and captive ye said Penn and
his ungod!y crew." and the ministers and
people did not receive the great gayne' that
their sale In Barbados for rumme and sugar
would have produced
Potter the Printer.
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been turned back by the lately prevailing
fever, In his effort to make a lecturing tour
through the State, he will soon make another
start in the same direction. la hislecture on
Truth he pays the following tribute to the
preachers and doctors who fell at their posts
during the late epidemic: r IF if
were in nay power | would write in letters OF
FIRE across the heavens the names Of those
noble martyrs who fell at the post Of self
might there find d blaze of eternal light
which should lllumine their path to glory,
and point the lesson that mans first duty,
his highest privilege, his nobicst choice, his
opportunity to walk in the very footsteps of
Christ Himself, is to labor, and if need be,
die in the service of his tellow-man.
Without hope of promotion in this world,
with no shouts of conrades, clash of arms,
nor excitement of battle ringing IN their
ears, with no appeals to patriotism stirring
their hearts, with no incentive to follow the
example of those daring enough to charge
into the blazing breach that their names
might be spoken among men, they stand be-
tween the suffering and death, calmly
awaiting his str Ike, faithful to the end and
earnest IN their efforts to stay the work Of
the dread destroyer. OF such material are
true heroes made. Among such men are
martyrs found. Such men need nc
stored marble nor sculptured urn. Then
names are enshrined in the hearts OF those
who may well be proud to claim them as
once ow-citizens, and there is erected tc
| their memories a monument more enduring
! than brass, which shall stand until men cease
to pay tribute to real wotth, and their names
will i've as sacred words SO long as men have
a language. They reached the pinnacle OF
| glory with one step when they took the path
Of duty, though leading to the grave, and
stood facing the dark river, heroic In then
courage, sublime in their strength, with true
manly hearts swelling with sympathy for the
! afflicted, and with their spoless lives in their
hands, ready for the sacrifice in the name OF
! suffering humanity. Greater love hath &c
man than this; that man lay down his life
| for his friends ''1i