New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-07

Handman, Ieybold Sleld, Ernst NeDer, rredeTlck
Ditmar VIM kreuser, Charles FacakmoroOk' Jacob
Petry.
number Of the prisoners were Identified as hav
ing rescued prisoners and interfering with the officers
generally. q,
in the sum of 81, 500 each, TO answer.
One of them. William Romnger, on whose person
was found dirk knife th At fits the hole in the back
of the vest of Officer Mansfield committed with
out bail The rest of the party were held to await a
further hearing.
EXCITEMENT rS ALLEGHENY CIrY-FTE ALLEGED
SLAVES REscUED.-0n Monday Afternoon, shortly be-
fore the express train started for the west an omnibus
containing a colOred woman and four coored chill.
dren drove up to the depot, on Federalst., IN Ale
gheny City. A well dressed man stood behind on the
step Of the vehicle, and when the driver pulled up
before the station he accosted col0red waiter at
tached to the Allegheny House, and asked him II
he could have dinner for the Ave niggers the bus
The alter answered in the Affirmative, and the par
es were speedily transferred from the omnibus 10 the
hotel opposite where dinner wasimmediately ordered
for them Some persons standing in the vicinity OF
the depot saw the and children crossing to the
hotel and fancyng them slaves, he Immediately I'M
parted his suspicious to those around him. Appear
apces seemed to indicate that the man was right and
r. mort was soon circulated through the crowd that
the parties were slaves, and that the white man who
had charge of them MAS their master. The tram WAS
10 start in few minutes, and "a there was no time TO
be lost il was resolved TO learn from the woman her
self whether she was a slave not and the waiter
before alluded to, directed to nterrogae her on
the subject He accordingly proceeded to- the han
where the woman and her children were sitting, and
incurred of her il she a slave. She hesltated
before answering and at length replod that she was
not The waiter, seeing her somewhat confused re-
peated the question: conjurlng her at the same t,e %
by all that was sacred to tell him the truth. The
won an then acknowledged that she was slave, and
that her young master was then taking herself and
her children to Wisconsin, where he promised to
set them free. The waiter reported what she
| 4ba outsidQ whpreuDOn a
rush was made for the house, and in less time
than it takes US TO relate it, the woman and her
children seized by number OF men, hurried out
of the hotel, and conveyed TO place of refuge IN
distant mart of the city. She cried piteously AZ they
took her away, and mpOred those around her to per-
nit her 10 90 with heI MASTER they however paid no
attention TO her entreaties and carried her on IN VII
| umph In the meantime the alleged owner OF the
| woman was attending 10 his baggage, and the hrst
intmation he received of what was going on was from
the crowd outside the hotel He at once proceeded
70 the house, and endeavored to impress on those
around him the fact that the woman was free were
| slse her children. His name, he sad was Whliaih
| Homer, and he recently resided at Harrington, IN
| Farquar County, Virginia. The woman IN question,
| be alleged formerly belonged to Jennet Henderson,
Horners maiden aunt and at her death she passed to
Horners sister. The latter died some twelve months
ngo but previous To her death she gave the woman
and her children their freedom and bequeathed $500
| 10 be applied toward settling them in free State.
| Horser some time ago. took farm IN Wisconsin,
and he alleges that he was on his way thther, with
| the woman and her children, when the crowd inter
iered ana csrried them OIL lie appeared IN no wise
troubled BY the action Of the crowd and left on tle
| express train for Wisconsin. The impression wss
that Homer story was correct az aday or two ago
! man in bis employ arrived IN Allegheny City, having
! in charge valuable mare, which he was taking 10
his masters farm in Wisconsin. This isndlvidual gives
bis name a. Thomas Fl anklin, and maintains stouuy
n at the woman il free The alleged slave is about
thirty years of ege her children are All young Ihe
eldest not being over five years Old. They are very
fair and appear to be intelligent chiic rem for their
yeaIs. Pittsburgh Dispa'ch, Sept. 5.
Murder A most foul and unnatural murder was
perpetrated yesterday evening between the hours OF
& and clock, On Brook av., short distance be-
youd Bacons Quarter Branch. man named Charles
H. Abrams a shoemaker by trade is reported to have
npfumanly murdered his own wife. The facts. As fr
as VT have been enabled to gather them from common
report are briefly these Abrams VINO Is man some
what advanced In life has been addicted to irregular
/ habits for seyera years past. He has we believe
been before the Mayor Of this city once or twice for
dsofderly behavior Yesterday he was arraigned be
fore the County Court Of Henrco, upon the charge OF
bayipg created breach of the peace but was dis
charged On his way home he probably INDUCED his
appetite for strong drink, and beng notoriously
quarrelsome man when under the influence OF liquor
created difficulty upon reaching home with MS wife,
About O'Clock YESTERDAY afternoon ne inade an as
sault upon her ad only dessted in his attack upon
the Interference Of the neghbors who were attracted
10 the house by the shrieks and cries OF the poor
woman Somewhat later in the afternoon, say ABOUT
ocs&k he is supposed to have renewed the stIsek
I ard finally kicked ais wife down hight oi stars
The fall together with the she had previously
received ed her death. AZ soon as II had become
generally known in the neighborhOod that the poor
woman had been killed, number OF people assem-
bIed, snd Of those present informs US that tue
neiehLors spoke seriously Of lynching the supposed
murderer Better counsels, however. prevailed.
Abrams was taken into custody aud lodged in Henrco
County Jail, and this morning an inquest was held
over the remains Of the murdered woman
fRchmond Va Dspateh Sept. s.
BLOODY RIor-SEvERAL MEsWoUsDED.-On Sat
urday evening, about o'clock, bloody not, in
which about hundred men were engaged, occurred
about three miles from the city, on the Raleigh Road
among the Irish laborers employed in grading the
Memphis and Ohio Railroad. From the best informa-
ton we could gather, the Of the disturbance
was some trivial dispute between a 81. Louis faction
and Memphis faction in regard 10 precedence In taxi
ing meals They frat fought with sticks and what
ever other weapons they could lay their hands upon,
and the Memphis faction wes worsted. Some Of them
to the city and procured firearms aud returned
10 the scene Of cortict. In the hight which ensued
several Of the combetents were severely wounded,
but we have heard of no deaths German, who was
not in the fight at ALL but sleeping under tree
when the firing commenced was shot in the head, aud
il is presumed he will die II was impossible yester-
deyto obtain accurate idea Of the number wounded
but we think il is not far from fifteen.
Memphis CreDn.) whig. Aas ~
Murder AsD ARREST OF THE SUPPOSED MuR
DERER-On Tuesday last, near WarensvJle, OHIO,
two men named Hopkins and W uliam Dalton rsre
employed by farmer to cut wood in the forest Inc
men went to work together, Hopkins carrying gar
Ion OF whisky with him. Not returning ct the PlyP
tine. search was made for them, and it resulted "
finding the corpse Of Dalton In an orchard s1uo
tunce from the woods There were traces o. ns
ing been drawn to the orchard ana en snn .ans Oa
wrists were indented with the marksof sDpo. "a
the following Saturday evening Hopkins was srres;ea
at saloon In Cleveland. and from ms az h, - ~;
with the officer there appears bui IN n.o ,suns,;o,
being tas murderer. He vss ne's ''' '>'-