The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-25
me AiIFay On the Clipper No. q.

daying Deen present as a passenger on
this Roble PACKET, al tho lime Of the bloody
aafsy On Monday last, We have taken
pains ioprepare d full statement.
Asthe boat was leaving the wharf.boat
at Cincinnati, we observed some half dozen
drunken young men, pushing and sparring
on the whartiboa,, but all apparently in
good hnmor. Just as the boat backed Out,
they scrambled on board, one dragging a
small dog, and went back into the deck
room. Soon aftcr the bont gotunder way,
a man rushed into the cabin, with his bach
covered with blood, which was then gush-
ing through his shirt, and cried out They
are stabbing us down on deck He was
very plalo and weak, and appeared TO be
iainting. Apillow was procured, and the
man was laid down OH the cabin floor. In
momont another came up, also stabbed,
and bleeding terribly. Ele was also laid
on the floor. Then came another, and
another; and il was finally ascertained
that throe had been dangerously stabbed.
two severely cut and one slightly, on The
arm. Five were cut in the side or back
and one Mr.. Patrick Nancy also had cut
across one eyebrow, and both cut and
blow from some weapon, below the other
eye. Meanwhile Capt. Deyol had
gone into the room, collected his mon, and
prepared to arrest the stabbing party
The boat was then landed at Fulton. and
Capt. D. went up to procure an officer to
arrest the ruffians, and have them iEpris-
oned. No officer could be found, willing to
serve, and Capt. d. found it necessary to
return on board and secure the lives of the
deck passengersby putting the gang ashore.
Four were pointed out whose names we as
certaincd 10 be Bill Kane, Charged with
slabbihg the mate Of the Asia, at house
Of i'll fame here) Jim Little, But. Leonard,
and Bill Blakely,--alI 'Piusburg boys as
they styled themselves. They were at
once put ashore, and appeared 10 be oil
very drunk. One of them, the first put
off, went ashore with his bagof bread, &C.,
and after staggering tor some minutes
came back to the boat and waded into the
river, when Kane, his comrade, hit him on
the back Of the head with a wrench, and
tumbled him into the water. He got up,
md probably d'sliking such company, wad.
died to The edge of the bank, and after
much hard scrumbling got to the top, and
ran eff out of sight. The other three
we're now thrown off the boat, by which
time many of the Faltonites had collected
on the shore, when Kane commenced sto-
ming the constable Of the town. In this
game he was decidedly worsted, however,
for the constable hit him heavy blow
on the back with a stone, and soon brought
him to terms. The boat then backed out.
leaving the rufiians ard the Fultonites in
some sort Of ludcrous parley-the citizens
declining close quarters--and we saw no
more Of them. The wounded men were
then attended to, the Captain assigning
them berths in the cabin, and intending
to procure further medical attendance at
New Richmond. Soon afterwards, it was
reported that the leader OF the stabbing
gang was still on board, and Capt. Devol
determined to have justice done him, at
New Richmond.
a He lnnded at that place, procured an
officer, and took the accused from I bunk
in the deck room, where he was actually
sleeping beside a coarse.looking Dutch
woman. A large bowie and dirk-knife
were found on him. He was taken before
magistrate, who held the scales Of JUS
tice in shoc-maker's shop, and after
very ludicrous examination, the prisoner
was identified as one of the active stabbcrs.
He was also taken before the wounded
men in the boat, but they would not say
positively whether he haG stabbed them,
as they had been struck from behind. He
was then taken ashore, and required to give
bail in $4OO, or go TO prison. We did not
learn whether he found bail, ns the ply
sician had finished dressing the wounded
men, and Capt. Devol having lost some
four hours Of lime, was compelled to leave.
The prisoner refused TO give his name, but
We ascertained il 10 be Ham Yeager, also
Of this city. The hoat being now purged
Of oil the gang, the remainder of tho trip
was as quiet rs could be desired. The
wounded men improved rapidly, and when
we saw them last evening were all entire
ly out of danger, except one james Har-
per Of Allegheny city, who will also re-
cover, it is hoped. Dennis M'Quaide, of
Williamsport, was horribly stabbed, and
must have bled nearly half n gallon. Pat.
rick Nancy also bled terribly. He owns
coal-bank above the third dam on the
Monongahela. John savage of Williams
port, was severely cut; as also Adam Wall,
Of Elizabeth.
We did moi learn the name of the Young
man stabbed in the arm. Besides these,
Mans Mason, Of Manchester, haG both
eyes bluckened in the ufroy. ard several
Of The stabbing gang had cuts or bruises in
the face or hands.
We learned that the gang commenced
the ARRAY by assaulting young ship car
penterof Elizabethtown, who had not Civ
en- them the slightest offence; and when
demonstrated with, made an attack first on
MIR. Nancy, and then on all others not Of
their Crowd Nancy says he was stab
bed in tho face, while struggling with
Yeager, but not by Ycuger. After he let
Yeoger go, the latter gave him the stab in
the side.