The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-04-03
NO26.
A Strange Story and Tragodv.

We End ia the Nashville Gazette, Of
! Friday March 30th. tho following 40.
count Of one Of the mos, remarkable and
impressive Of the bloody dramas peculiar
10 the peculiar Institution. Ills awkard.
(ly told, but for tragic interest, for start.
ling incident, beats anything Ia Uncle
| Tom. In IL the stmngeness OF truth.
lsurpassilg that Of fiotioul Is strikinpl}
manifest ~
A tragical affair occurred on the Nash.
villo and Chattanooga Railroad on Mon.
day last, Ia the neighborhood Of Bridge
port, thu particulars Of which. az Ear as
we have been able 10 learn, are AZ
follows Two negroes belonging 20 MT
Jones Of the Union Hall. lett tha. hotel
on Sunday and were attempting to effect
an escape. One Of them was bright
mulatto, who IL seems, endeavored 10
pass himself of as a white; the other il
was underslood was TO act as his servant.
With these preliminaries they embarked
for Antioch the 6fst depot On the rail.
road, and At that place the would.be
white man purchased ticket fot hirAself
aud valet, who had at first no difficulty in
carrying out theirproposed plans. On arri-
wing ~ the station. where ii Is oustoma.
ny to get dinner the white fugitive follow
cd the rest Of the passengers 10 the table.
and as far as the eating was concerned,
played his part remarkably well. but did
not appear to possess the urbanhy, or in.
other words the sudDifer in modo. which
is peculiar TO a majority Of the white race.
aud instead Of making himself free and
easy IN his hew calling, he attracted the
attention Of bis companions, who soon b, :
gan TO look at him with ad eye Of suspi-
eiou. r ..H If.. ln rHfnPda
Remark followed remark, until. by1
chance, gentleman from this city was
interrogated rs to the mysterious person.
agei who oonourred in the opinion expires
SOD by others, that he was every dark !"
but no more than gentleman of his ac
quantanoe, who, during the Mexican
war, was sold rs u negro for large sum
and at the same time gave the particulars
OF tho trade which is remembered by the
first regiment Of Tennessee Volunteers,
and created so much sport at the expense
of one of our Jolly towusmen.
This changed the conversation, and no |
more was said about the individual until
all were again seated 90 the cars, going
az the rate of twenty miles an hour. The |
gentleman from this city had occasion TO |
pass through the cars and as he approach.
sd the man who had been tho subject Of |
so much remark be recognised an old
familiar face, and immediately collered |
him, asking him whore he intended 20. |
ing. This simple remark draws our story
70 a close, for so soon as the question was
put, tho negro who had pistol concealed
under his blanket, discharged il, the con
tents Of which were lodged in his side.
Not receiving his death instantly, he then
took dirk from his bosom, and out his
throat. and ia q few minutes, he who at
hst was supposed to be dark-skin white !
man was a dead negro. The other negro
was taken in charge who explained every
thing, and was tied and brought back to |
this city. Thus ends this strange event
ful chapter.' /
The Nashville Banner gives addition.
al particulars, Il says OF the runaways;
ltappears that they intended 70 get on
the night train too .Chattanoonga, bat ar
rived moment too late. They took the
track or foot, and proceeding few miles, \
secretsd themselves until Monday night
in a thicket. They then appeared at An
tioch when the night train came along, |
and the yellow man purchased tickets for
himself aud servant for Cbattanoonga.
The trick was not detectedAIeyi passed
as a white man, and took his supper at
the same table with the other passengers,
ordered food for his servant at a sidetable. |
The attention Of Mr.. Charles Fox, mer-
chant Of this city, who was on board, on
his way to New York, was attracted to
Levi, and after little scrutiny he reoog-
nized him, though disguised in fine
sUit Of clothes. Mr.. Fox, on Tuesday
morning before reaching Chaltanoonga,
questioned Levi. aud becoming satisfied
that he was a runaway, and oollared
him and intimated that be was prison
er Levi was wrapped ia blanket, and
he managed to draw pistol from his
bToast without the movement being no
Iced, and turning the muzzle upon his
abdomen fred aid fell upon bis sent. Mr..
Fox aud other passengers fed inan oppo-
site direction, under the impression that
he was firing at them. and when they
turned back he had drawn a bowie knife
aud cut his throat and was aoorpse.
r0nt Of the mJuGn OF Bahies,n
aE etc.
To the Charleston Mercury we ind the
following sagacious observation:
Pride Of opinion aud arrogance Of judg-
ment Ia s judiciary, coupled with how
ever much ingenuity and even learning
is . dangerous thing 70 the community
when il leads q usurpation
The remark was called forth BY q re-
cent decision Of tho Supreme Court Of
South Carolina, in a win case a simi-
lar comment ina Black Republican sheet
upon the deeiaionin she bred Scott case
IS stigmatized by the Bordsr-rufiah jour
nails as no better than hat TREASON.
Another sentence in the Same para
graph is pertinent 70 the Judgment IN the
Dred Scot case;
A court which will not respect its own
decisions, but IS liable 10 alter thoss with
avarv nav oeeasion or change of iudG68,