New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-02

UNDERGROUND RArLRosp.-Wc have incidentally
lesrsed that fugitive slave rather t~o OF them
IA her with his child ?, years old passed throayh this
vi 'sGe on sabbath last, Tor Canada The immediate
cause Of this flight from Maryland the dread Of
being sepersed from his child. for which hrs m sser
Wa offered s2J. He himself appeared it is said 70
bsve suffered severely from the influence Of this pa
,rarchs institution brutal oyeTsser ving knocked
out an eye ard otherwise mu,ila.ed him. in q d. Of
drunken passion These evils he patiently endured,
but the dread Of being separated from his little son
winged his 6gbt from the land of bond sge to the home
of the oppressed. His oDly guide through his weary
night wandering was the north stsr-to the slave the
star of Beihlehen. From the facility with which
slaves navigate by TIE stars, We must suppose that
their masters teach them astronomy. This must be
seen to- snd Douglas must introduce q bill and have
the North Pole removed, and made 10 point down
south IL being. as il now STANDS, a decided Abo-
litionist southern Tier Times, Owego, Aug. 20.
NoRTsERS OPERAroRs FoR SoUrHyRs Corros
NILL.-Ne were not little surprised 10 hnd in he
report of The steamer Knoxville, which reached here
Yesterday from New-ioIk, 72 steersge passengers.
The arrival Of such a number 81 this season of the
year is altogether unusual: and considering the
posure Of this class OF persons Ia disease and their ne
cesstOus Circumstances We could but lament their
presence. Al mystery, however and regret, were
very dspelled by the intelligence that they
operates eDg ed for the Augusta COTTON factories
who go directly TO their destination. We understand
that they LETT in the last night. We informed
that the NewYo agents of the New-York and Sa-
vsBnsh Steamship Compsny have been directed not
10 sford storage passage TO persons wishing to
Ia this place, so lsng a. our present epidemic shall
prevail here Savannah Georgian, Aug. ~.
4 MURDER.-A. b. Mcfarland, manager of Clin.
ton Furnace ky., was Killed about ten miles from
Ironton the 2sth inst by Stephen Short collier
in the employ of the Furnace Company Mcfarland
had gore 10 the "coaiing where Short had job but
found him at whisky cabin near by, kept by an
Irishmsn named Shane. The latter was ordered OF
tie premises, two of Shorts boys discharged for
drunkenness and Short himself told that be must 90
unle.s he quit drinking. little while afterward,
as Mcfarland wos riding from the csaling past
Shane's be told Short 10 take his rifle and shoot
Mr. Mcfarland and TO shoot quick, OF he would
get out OF bis way. Short did shoot hitting him in
the small of bis back, and mortally woundng him,
so that he died without speaking after assistance
reached him. Short and Shane have both been ar
rested.
SOME SWoyR.-So dense has been the smoke at
times curing the past week. that navigation upon the
River ii. Lawrence has been seriously impeded. On
Saturday morning last it dense when the Bay
State csme Gown that she had slacken her speed,
ring her bell almost constantly, and actually feel her
way to The depot in doing which she missed her
course and grounded upon the bar where she lay all
day Sunday with the steamers >Ntw- York and Onta-
rio tug cling TO get ber off, Toward night the steamer
British Empire Capt ID. 5. Allen, arriving from Mon
tfoal came 10 the rescue, when all three took hold,
and with long and strong pull and pull altogether
drew her out OF the clay, IN which she was strongly
grounded No damage occurred, and the Bay State
took her departure last evening as If nothing had hap
paued Ogdensburg Republican Aug 2s