The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-09-08

Versdloh seemed 70 pe IN relation 20 The Ono eecu0n
that was to take place on tile next day. and great por
ton Of the passengers usually have. though did not
see any Thing like all the passengers that was board
ias got off said boat about daylight at Lawreuceburg
and agfeatp portion Of them werein bed when went
on board, as every place seemed to be crowded, apd
the greater portion Of those saw seemed to he more
like rnfans than otherwise And when ,hs buat stops
ped at Lawfenceburg to putme cut they sent me ashore
Ia the yaw and had to pass through the lower deck
logei TO the yaw and there appeared obA asFeat Ra-
NJ persons on deck, as we'll es 10 The cabin,
Aiier renanlng ins sLawrencebprg shhrl time pro-
badly one and halfhour left for Cucinna Ohio,
on board the steamboat Indiana, heTewe arrived a.
boW 10 o'clock nthe morning ofthe day ofths alec-
ton ln SAID s,aiet during which day in passing through
the city Of Cinclnnat saw several advertisements
sticking up different places purporIug want hands
10 go to the Green River ocks to work. 10 The number
Of one or two hundred hands, Tkis advertisement sa>
ted that they wished all the hands that would con:ude
to go TO be ready on the whalfon "Wednesday morning
the 4 4h Of October, reedy to 90 the mail boat for
which so much per month would be given: the amount
not recoleced On my arrival athe mail boat Gen.
Pike, next morning saw an unusual number Of per-
sons on board Of said boat Gen. Pike and also large
number on the wharf, and wharf boat, opposite the
said steamboat Gen. Pike ksaw a man nthe wharf,
with sheet Of paper in one hand, which appeared TO
contain number of names, and number of bank
bills in The other and seemed tc be settling with
number Of men on5the whaffbeiore the boat left and
the same man, with the aid Of anolher5 continued to-
settle and pay number Ofmen and boys, youths on
board of said boat. afer she left the wharf And aer
we had le the city ofCmcnnati, and proceeded down
stream some SIX eight miles Mr.. E. r. Calhoun. of
Missssipi and myself was in conversation OH politics
n ofthe day, and during which time gentleman by the
name of George Buell. of fLawrenceburg, came up to
us, in the cabin Of said boat and asked me h had no.
tirsd what was going on, on board of the boat 4 an-
swered that did not know ofany thing strange He
then aaked mefI had not observed man paying off
men on the boat ever snre she had left the shore.
answered had, before she left and since He asked
meilk knew what 1t meant. Itnld him supposed
that it was an individual who had boen 10 Cincinnati
to engage hands 10 go on the Green River locks He
Immediately informed me, that It was man paying off
persons for going to Cincinnati to vote for Pendlson.
lsaid to him. il can'tbe possible He replied, come
with me and Twill prove it toyou, OF will satisfy
you, do not recoect which. He then started as well
as recoect towards the crowd, when they We're as
sembIed at or near end Of the cabin of said boat
Il called or spoke 10 him to stop which he did, then
remarked to bin, Buell. and Mr. Calhoun and requested
them 10 e,can!lous, aDdws would find them out. A.
bout this tiuie the crowd appeared TO- move forward,
and assemble ngan the boiler deck, in front Of the
cabin. We three then proceeded near The crowd;
went up in the crowd and observed one man sitting on
the railing Of the boat and some ton or fifteen around
him. the ono sitting seemed to be making cslculatons,
and he asked one ofthe men how much did they owe
him, or how much was his bill; he replied Sunday
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the man remarked,
that was making the calculation that he ought uot
charge for Sunday as he could make any thing at
Louisville Sunday he remarked that he was 10 have
dollar per day, Sunday included, and board in the
ely ofCincnnat. Just at that time the man sitting
down, observed me looking on; and some Individual
who stood BY. holding sheet Of paper in his hand,
with large number names Oh the same and the 10.
divldual who sci on the rail. observed me looking on
the same; he Immediately snatcbed the per in the
Other mans hand, and tore the same in two, and res
marked at the same time, by God he did not want ev-
cry man TO see that paper. l ..,.' s, ,...,.
then wentto the clerk afthe boat who was
stranger that time to me; asked him how many
men were on board, that had been carried to Cincn.
nat to vote. He laughed, and remarked that he did
not know. asked him who settled for their passage.
lie pointed out TO me a man, rather an elderly looking
man. afterwards found out his name TO be William
Steward, from himself asked the clerk Of the boat
if he had list Of theil names He said yes, there
lay paper on his desk. asked him that we're the
one. He SAID yes. then took It liz my hand, and
then laid down sgan, as thought i would not be
prudent to open tas picked it up ofmY accord.
then went to several OF the men. and asked them
great many questions where they lived. They all
said, hat talked with, but two EXCEPTIONS that they
were citizens Of Louisville, KY. the other two lived
in Indiana, one in Jeer-onvilIe and The othCr in In-
dianapols. These men on board nf he Pike. with
but few EXCEPTIONS seemed 10 be set of cutthroats
and rufians. One oftIem were pointed out 10 me ,hy
one of the head Officers Of the boat who observed tha,
while he, the officer was atherng his face that fellow
stole his razor. And another one was pointed out to
TO me by whlg passeL ger who observed that he was
sold under the Vagrant aci al ST Louis Tor six bits.
then cae on an individual on board said boat Pike,
wbo belonged to the steamboat Mail. BY the name Of