The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-10-24

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IyclnrNr ON BOARD a SrEAMBoAT.-A |
Gentleman OF our acquaintance, re-
Gently from the crescent city, gave
ss the following particulars of an in
s;dent which occurred on board the
team boat General Brown, on her last
nm upwards from N. Orleans.
ooposlte Fort Adams, the boat was
hailed BY stranger on shore, who by
v,r;o,,s signs and tokens, manifested
an evident desire to become one of
the inhabitants of the floating palace.
The boat rounded to, and young
gentleman of graceful person and
handsome, manly features, clad in blue
cloth without baggage, stepped on
board, and again the gallant boat was
s,emming the strong current OF the
Mississippi. This new conner strut
ted into the clerks office with the
port Of Il high born, aristocratic spirit
and recorded upon the register the
name of William Henry Harrison.
iltwas soon buzzed about through the
boat that Gen. Harrison was on board
and there was general rush amongst
the passengers. cooks, cabin boys and
alors, to gaze upon the venerable
hero Of Tippecanoe. The youthful
. appearance of the new passenger how
lever, by no means correspondent With
the idea entertained of the person OF
the hero OF North Bend, and it was
generally acknowledged that Il fraud
had been practised by borrowing a
name. These disreputable surmises
reached our hero's ears, and with an
air Of infinite condesccnsion and kind
!, ness. he remarked to the assembled
! passengers
True, gentlemen, ! am not Gen
Harrison. OF course my age wouI,
negative such an opinion. My name
however, is William Henry Harrison
, mdI have the honor Of beng Gen
i Harrison's SON
Il The sentence was concluded b,
/ pacing the RICH, hand upon the region
Z Of the heart; and graciously saiutmE
he assemblage with Il most protoun'
and obsequious bow.
!. Things went on swimmingly witt
Mr.. William Henry Harrison. Tn
/ servants were particularly attentive
4. every passenger was anxious to OF
: tain a portion of his attention. the Ia
! dies gazed with admiration upon tn
" graceful scion Of so noble stock, il
,ef short he was the lion of the boat.
ii But alas; how tickle is the b|in
y goddess how transltory are earth
III honors! how uncertain are the plat
ID dts Of the crowd! At Natchez sev
i era' other passengers were added t.
the assembIage. They were 500
made acquainted with the suppose
i. iact, that no less a parsonage tina
;" William Henry Harrison was on boar
"Wl'liam Henry Harrison," excla
nea one OF the new corners with ev
lent surprise. s:Imposslble, sir!
), sneW that young gentleman. Whe'
the man who dared to assume tn;
naTep
o. The interrogation was forthwith co,
! Quoted to where our hero sat, the IL
nratlon Of a group of passengers an
excellent regalia in his mouth, and
Is sFeat volume Of Byron in his hand.
81 Are YOU the indiuidual who cal
amself William Henry Harrison, tt
Ien Of GEN. HARnlsoN, of that name
a aercey demanded the passenger.
Ayeslr,' responded ourhero, ha,
that honor
er,you are LIAR! an imposter.
:. usa schoolmate of young Harriso
iss dead. | saw him die. | bore h
=. Up rose the indignant son at the
,spssoachful words, fierce anger las
~ rom his dark eye, he drew himse
7 70 his full height, expanded |
fol- sead chest, clenched his agitat
aea, and spake thus:
for lou speak a foul lie, and | will (
Nsvlllain who denies my lineage
Irregular fight was about to cor
but the captain interfered. and il
aately two other passengers ste
f i@ forth, and certified that thu
ID aeW the, Harrison family. that Q
ro was not one Of them. that the $
Gener;ll Harrison had been burr
'ne years, and that of course tn
s m dealing with a rascal.
Inc tide was fairly against our
The mask was of, he was fai
,,;r aored. The boat was near War;
on, rasaad suddenly the engine was st
81 q boat was lowered, four jo
!. n'sfs seized the oars, our hero ,
sus' aboa I'd sans ceremonie. ]
i4s w We're O minous indeed. The w
we for an island Mr.. William H
~ HARRISON was set on terrairma,
go that desc late snot Of land. the 5