The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-24
The Landing Of Black POmp and
Cargo Of Horses.

he scene would remind you Of your first
buffalo hunt; and when the wind is fresh
and the waves run high it possesses some
thing of the sublime confusion of a STAN.
pede." The anchorage is half a mile
from shore. The horses are taken to the
ships side, one end of a long cord at
tached, TO their necks, the other thrown
TO the waterman alongside, when they
are tossed overheard, drawn to the stern
of & boat, and towed to land. The hors.
es come up from their plunge stark mad
and disposed to mischief. The widest
ragamufin race of watermen throng a.
bout the ship, eager for the prizes as
they are tossed to them. Between the
shouting. laughing. racing and fighting of
the boatmen, and the efforts Of the hor-
SEES to break away from them, The confu-
sion becomes laughable in the extreme.
Occasionally an animal slips his halter,
when the chase is up, and fifty boats af-
ter him or the inslant--a man in the bow
of each, using his long cord as a lasso,
now throwing at the head of the horse,
now at the head of some boalman, who
is outstripping him, and equally conten-
ted if he throttles the man or halters the
horse.
There wa a little incident while the
Galveston was unladen of her horses yes.
terday that would have pleased you
Young Col b. had a fine charger on
board, OF which he had told wonderful
stories during he passage; and as both
the Colonel and his horse had become ia
%vorites among the passengers, all assem-
bled on the upper guard to see Black
Pomp tossed overheard. He was a no
bic fellow, black as a coal and fierce as
an Arab. He dashed the sailors and ost-
lers about at a fearful rate. and seemed
indignant at the idea of being tossed in.
TO the sea in so rude a manner. But at
last, looking up to his master as much as
to ask ifit must be done, and seeming to
understand that it must, he dashed two
hostlers to the deck with a swing Of his
head, kicked an old tar into the scuppers,
aud rearing violently, cleared the waist
at a bound, and plunged head formost in
to the sea-.
He came to the surface of the water,
the %fiercest living thing you ever saw
His eyes cleaned with living FIRE, and he
seemed determined to walk upon the
water. One old boatman approached
timidly to take his halter, but u gnash Of
his teeth sent the old man tumbliug into
the stern ofhls boat, and the horse struck
off resolutely for the shore, with the
whole shoal of boats at his heels. 1t was
a desperate chase; a musquito feet of
watermen against Black Pomp, the char
ger. some ofthe men tire W their lassos at
his head, with The precision Of practiced
hunters; but the horse seemed to know
his danger, and carried his head too low
to be noosed. For a time the issue was
doubtful. But all the boats were at last
distanced, excep. one, that kept its place
close to the animals launches. He tried
his rear batteries upon the enemy, but
could not elevate his heels to do much
execution, and struggled forward the
more desperately.
The chase had become exciting. The
;. boatmen that had been run off the track
began to crafty their grand passion, ant
lay bets up the result; the rabble of boys
on the beach yelled like so many young
!. devils. and Col. B. cheered On his steed
from the ship with the genuine soldier:
a., enthusiasm. The horse evidently heart
his voice at times, and would turn hi.
:, head to look at him. The noble ami
NAL carried with him the sympathies o
=, every ne. The drop of an Our would
have been hailed with q general shout
, But the boatmeu gained upon him. Thu
, bowman's hand was almost upon hismant
= and every body had given him up to thu
halter, when rearing half his body from
, the water, Black Pomp turned upon the
boat, and struck hera blow in the bow
! with his fore foot, that made the timber
!, crack again. The waterman drew bacl
. and gave up the chase; the crowd oflook
ers on sent up a shout to the victor tina
startled the buzzards from their %restin,
places on the most distant spire of tn,
: city, and Pomp swan to the shore un
molested. Hepranced about in the sur
y for a few minutes, evidently proud of hi
s victory, and then, like a well trained wa
! horse, walked up quietly to his master
:, servant, and gave his head to the birdie
y Black Pomp has become the lion of tn
:, camp Letter fIOm an Officer.
!. Emigration TO Liberia.