New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-09

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race al his life and be retired with the rest after
Joining in the concluding hymn ard prayer, with SEEM
, ingy jealous devotion and deep outward sympathy
Amid the excitement and the darkness, the villains
mask 40 cunningly adjusted and his address sdni-
rably carried out, were unobserved and unsupported
Yet this sefstyed Mr.. Brown, WHO had, by some e1-
traordraIy means obtained knowledge OF the pass
words, and who was now thoroughly ADVISED OF the
plans of Nappos friends while OF the same time, he
lad arranged everything 10 tally with his own future
purposes, other than the Willy anu heaI'ieSs
/ rogue-Ralph Taskem, of Tennessee
But his dupes knew nothing at al OF this lney
conferred with him in good faith believing the stranger
TO be true steel 10 the cause; he therefore had
them of singular disadvantage, AMI be went iorth in
stanter TO profit by it. 80
| At davGredk on the following morning everything
had been put in readiness for Nappos departure and
the route really chosen for his retreat was over the
/ MilDam road and thence TO Dedham, where the
little party puposed TO take the regular mail coach ID
Providence. This plan would give Iaskem az east
twelve hours start upon the false scheme announce
to the committee the previous night, ana Wou De
alsuficient for bis purpose OF escape Al tnat hour
the guard would not be 30 likely I'd DE on the aiett
and the difference in the route was something IN his
| favor. -
moned, and everything having been previously pre-
pared in anticipation of whatever magnesium up a. 'he
last moment, Nappo hurried out of hi cell, thrus,
| into the vehicle at the prison door, laskem jumped
in behind him, two officers in the service OF tne ontea
States Government followed quickly upon his heels,
and at the word away rolled the hack al raplu ta'e
! toward the Western avenue
.Whar YOU gwine D. shouted Nappo, a. he was
| hastily pressed forward into the carriage. Wot you
! gwine to do wild meW
Hush your nose!' yelled Taskem, throwing aside
all further disguise, and drawing dou6le-barreied
pistol from lis coat pocket. "Yer my lawful property
a0lr an I've mind to knock yer dam head IN Ter
givin' me the trouble yer have, ready wen get
yer whar yer bOng look out, d yer hear II tedcn
yer that il amt such pooty work to be runnn round
after dam mis- able Niger yer may cal late IN TINS
country SLet yer internal ugly jaw up, now, or Il
break hole in yer cussed tAck sku, 'hatoueu'e va"
! smashed for yer fifteen year ago.!
This ebulltion suficed to quiet poor Nappo enectu
ay for he had not forgotten his early education among
his class Of gentlemen where the first ten years OF BIZ
life had been passed though he kept all this scrupu-
lously to himself But, as be came out OF the JAIL
! ,rio 81 the guard discovered the movement
The bulk of the watchers, unfortunately, were two
| miles awayl The lire of Washington street was well
nroyded for the most of the friends having been sta
iioned IN that direction secretly but around the old
Cout-House and along the bill over when they rSdy
intended TO pass the raSe of Taskem dproylded Tor
and hut few of Nappos friends were in sight there
But the alarm was instantly given. The three ne
| croes who discovered what TRANSPORTING instantly
cave ont the signal agreed upon, and the eariyising
residents of Common and Beacon and Park streets
were suddenly startled by the shout OF Duroc! Du
,oc Duroc - from the lungs of half score OF men,
Who dashed madly along the streets apparently IN hot
pursuit of some person or other, who was fleeing oetore
| them. , ,.r e.. A.,
| A. the co,ored men mounted the hill fronting the
STATE. Uouse from tie eastward, carnage move III
SIGHT from above Somerset street, and the cry OF u
roc here he comes Duroc Duroc grew more IRE,
| ouent and more emphatic. dozen stout men dashed
toward the flying vehicle, sezing the horses ny 'ne
heads and at once auesing the progress OF the car
| rage. - H. ,o;,L
By this time sundry white men, too, from the neigh
borro houses had turned out to see what caused the
distnrbauce and as the vehicle stopped, they ran
! 10 tie spot to ascertain what going on. Iaskem
spranr out of the carriage, pistol i'll hand, ana Nappo
was instantly dragged from the vehicle by tue STOUT
hands of brace OF bis friends. me NJ .ba
earth and the officers followed his example ny grouuu-
| ing more and at the same moment retaklng NapPo
| from the hands OF his friends. ,.
| The rescuers were in earnest, however, ana again
| tbcv seized poor Nappo while severe struggle was
Going ON between the remainder of the blacks and such
white stragglers CHANGED 10 come up, all OF whom
were summary ordered IN the name Oh Tue Jaw 10
aid the officers III maintaining the STATUTE anu III Sc
| The fight was animated, and some unpleasant blow,
passed-the suffering negro-ugtlve receiving his ai
share of hard knocks from friends anu oes, au 'no
| excited melee.
| For an instant Nappo was tnumphantly dragged to
the side OF the street in the arms OF MS crazy ouI
wellmeanng friends Then he as suddenly IPund nun,
| carnage. Now he upon the ground, with the
heels of twenty enraged men tramplng furousy over
his BODY Then he dragged to his feet suddenly
| showed forward headlOng-then grasped from behind
| and thrown from side to sde-pOw here, now there
but in spite of his best efforts to be heard could eect
| nothing whatever. -
| Mr.. Ralph Taskem was handled without gloves! On
every side be met with Bullets and blows Ills pistol
was unloaded as il happened. The weapon was
wrested from his hand he left the carnage andirom
time to time as be forward to assist IN securing
| Nappo he was severely beaten by the rude crowd
But he fought valiany, aud with zeal worthy pet-
| ter cause.
Meantime, poor Nappo could be seem torn first in
one direction and then in the opposite, bleeding and
shouting, and weeping, until at last, scarcely single
rag of clothing left upon him, save his SHOES ana
stockings, violent had been the struggle Vi WHICH NC
| was personally the object.
| Taskem and the officers, assisted by the dnyer anu
such persons chose TO fan in upon their -ue' were
anxious to force Nappo back into the carnage Inc
fugitive srends were equally DESTROYS that he should
be got out of their hands, ana that be should De al
| forded the opportunity to flee, which he would nave
done right gladly had be been able to effect this very
| desirable object.
| But they struggled in vain; and Nappo, worn out
with the rough usage he had received and completely
beaten out aud exhausted with pulling, and hauling,
and rampng found himself suddenly pressed forward
and entering the carriage once more with laskem anu
the two deputies behind him, he reslgnedhimsef to bus
fate as the horses again dashed away at a mad galop
! down Beaver street, followed by few colored men
who shouted and ran themselves out OF BREATH toward
the Mill-Dam road, and then returned, painting win
rage and excitement aud the violence OF the unnatural
| exercise and al to no good purpose.
The work relates many incidents which certainly
have the air of romance though it is claimed In the
preface TO be simple record Of facts, from the ex-
perience Of an eyewitness. Apart from its pecu-
liar features as an Anti-Slavery novel, it has many
forcible illustrations of the evils OF lnebriety, and
might perhaps be classed among the volumes OF the
Temperance library.
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