Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-06-05
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On Friday, the 27t'ru7t, as We wert
busi!y engaged ia prepacing ous las
nunnber for the press, there came int
oar sanctum d stalWa.t specimen Of hu
manity; measuring some SIX feet !,
height, and breadth in proportion.
From his appearance, and before IL
had even spoken a word we knew tia
hard times were no strangers 10 him
anahard knocks common OCCURRENCE
with his physognomy-ior, among othe
stronss fraitsa bruised up eye was prom
inent on his weatherbeatcn mug.
He was dressed in a somewhat indie
pendent style, and his garments evinced
on the part Of the wcarcr st least, {
thorough contempt for the dictates o
fashion; they consisted Of q black pail
of pants, which might have seen better
days, a blue flannel shirt which coult
not we'll be worstcd, and a'gEazcd car
which certainly had seen hard service
After having made at a glance those
4 observations, we venturcd to ask the
hard looking customer what he wanted
He replied that As hours previous,
owing to a difficulty which he had had
on board Of a boat, he lad been put
ashore, and had come to this place,
neither Knowing nor caring where he
went; that he had called on rs to be al
I lowed the privilege of writing a letter
to his friends ii Illinois, from whom he
expected to obtain some money. :
We asked him what his means were,
and how he expected to live until hegot
an answerto his letter. He replied that
he thought he could find some place to
stay at, or something to do in this torn;
ESQ he called the New Road that
the captain Of the boat, who had put
him ashore owed him SOS, and that,
perhaps, Re might get it from him some
way and that would help him out.
He also told us that he was a sailor.
had. been two whaling voyages, and
many trips to sea in different parts Of
the world, etc.
When lie. said that, we felt a sort Of
sympathy for him, FOR We too have, one
upon a time followed the life on the
ocean waves' consequently, we gave him
such solid comforts as our means, per.
mitted, advised him to keep on, and
make his way to New Orleans where he
might get his. money from the boat
which owed him, aid babe him success.
We thought lie had gone according to
our directions, when Mr.. j. A Lebeau,
constable from Waterloo, came into our
office and Informed us that the mariner
aforesaid had been just brought to Jail
by him from Waterloo, on q warrant
issued BY the honorable Jules St Ger
main, committing him to prison to await
his trial before the District Court, on
the charge Of negro stealingl
|. We were somewhat surprised at this,
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We thought the fellow looked too
poor to be a thief, but Mr., Lebeau gave
Us a full and complete detail Of all the
ciiracumstances attending his attempt to
abduct a slave, for the purpose Of taking
hin 10 New Orleans, and there sell him
for his own benefit doubt; is barely pos
With CHS object in view, he stole
skin from q Dat boat, and, at night,
took the negro in, and was on his. way
the river with him, when the
proprietor Of the skiff overlook him
He was lying down in the bottom
the skitf, while the negro was pulling.
The negro o. being. hailed, said that he
was taking bis master down a little
Ways, that his master was lying down
d The bottom IF the boat. This being
suspicious, the fatboat-man
.ook the negre and bis pretended mas
ser before the magistrate. who disposed
them BY sending the negro to,lis real
master, and the white man tto, prison.
i Ihs. negro has since confessed thatA
The !. fellow I. = had told him that be, would
axe him 70 New. Orleans and sell him
Of $1,000 or more,of which he would !,
Eve Is HIM half with which he might make i
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