ten o'clock
Just as the ladies and gentlemen were assembling at the supper-table , the report of a pistol was heard in the direction of the Social Hall , which caused great uneasiness to the ladies , and took the gentlemen to that part of the cabin . However , nothing serious had occurred . A man at one of the tables where they were gambling had been seen attempting to conceal a card in his sleeve , and one of the party seized his pistol and fired ; but fortunately the barrel of the pistol was knocked up , just as it was about to be discharged , and the ball passed through the upper deck , instead of the man 's head , as intended . Order was soon restored ; all went on well the remainder of the night , and the next day , at ten o'clock , the boat arrived at New Orleans , and the passengers went to the hotels and the slaves to the market ! `` Our eyes are yet on Afric 's shores , Her thousand wrongs we still deplore ; We see the grim slave trader there ; We hear his fettered victim 's prayer ; And hasten to the sufferer 's aid , Forgetful of our own ` slave trade . ' `` The Ocean ` Pirate 's ' fiend-like form Shall sink beneath the vengeance-storm ; His heart of steel shall quake before The battle-din and havoc roar : The knave shall die , the Law hath said , While it protects our own ` slave trade . ' `` What earthly eye presumes to scan The wily Proteus-heart of man ?