The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-08-12
Exciting Adventure of a B0s-
ton Man on a Mississippi
Steamboat.


Exciting Adventure of a BOs-
ton Man on a Mississippi
Steamboat.
A correspondent Of the Boston
Traveller writes:
At Helena, Arkansas, the Boston
man stopped and took another
boat for Fort Pillow. On the boat
was a mulatto man who had been
an orderly sergeant in the Federal
army and gave the Boston man a
great deal of information about the
battle of Port Hudson. The mate
abused all of the men and was
constantly pulling them about and
cursing them in the most disgust
ing manner. At last, for some
neglect of duty or failure to com.
prehend his commands, the mate
got exceedingly angry with the
mulatto, and, seizing a window
sash filled with glass an eighth of an
inch thick, raised it to strike the
mulatto. The latter lodged the
blow and ran up the gangway, and
backing into the corner near the
Boston man, entreated the mate
not to strike him "wid dat glass. v
The mate rushed at him like a de.
mon, and with one stroke smashed
the sash and glass over the offend.
ing mans head, cutting huge cash
es in his cheeks and forehead, and
rendering HIM for the moment
senseless. The mate again lifted
the remnant of tho sash over his
head for another blow, when tho
Boston man caught the sash from
behind, saying at the same time
coolly
Don't you strike that mar
again"
"Who in the devil are you ?" al
most screamed the angry man.
mo matter; don't you strike
that man again"
"By -, Ill shoot HI out C
you, -" said the mate, pulling
out his revolver and shaking it il
the face of the Boston man.
"You know, sir, that you dar,
not shoot me-" said the latter
coolIy, $50 put up your revolver.
BY this time q crowd had gath
cred around, "shoot him." "shoo
him." echoed on every side. TIL
Boston man learned attorwar,
that there was not q northern mai
on the boat.
"Shoot him, by -, or l will,
exclaimed q little short man OF
one side of the crowd.
Lets all have hack at him,
said another, and in an instant n
less than twelve pistols or revolv
ers were displayed.
"He's o cussed Yankee. | kno'
his phiz He's down here preach
in insurrection among the niggar'
Shoot him, mate, or wo will"
80 no, so ho," sneered the Yam
kee, "things have changed sine
the war, somewhat | guess. Now
gentlemen, l see it takes twelv
Southernors TO shoot ono unarme
Yankee" -
This set them on fire, and on
burly fellow cooked his revolver
saying, "if the mate was a d
coward, be was not afraid to shoe
any Yankee in the country"
Just then a lady, who was ev
IDENTIFY of northern birth, came II
to the crowd, and putting out bot
her index fingers toward then
made an awful scowl, and exclain
cd: ... ...
rs h-a.m.e, s,h>a me on you
Twelve stout men attack an ur
armed man with revolvors! Shane
shame"
All of the party, including th
mate, began to look sheepish, an
as the captain came rushing to I'll
spot, they skunk away. The mat
however, muttcrcd something
bout "seeing bis man" again.
Tho lady had disappeared in tt
meantime, otherwise your Bosto
man might have been induced
marry her on the spot.
When the excitement had somt
what abated. the captain asked tt
Boston man what was tho matte
1t was explained to him, togott
er with the Information that a con
plant would be lodged against tt
assailants at the next landing
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