New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-01

JsIer. In the mean time we hope the nor pTfs0He!'
will bear their honors With proper meekness, ana JOIN
tier friends down here in good spirts-dS soon as
! they can get oatf
Fro. The Ci4einnati Commercial. Maya
| Our readers are aware that recently an attempt
| waa made by the United States Deputy Marshas ana
| Kcpfuckians TO arrest at q place between Crbana
and Springfield, fugitive slave named ADDISON, VINO
returned their fire and came so near killing one or TWO
| that they deemed 1t expedient to beat retreat
Returning TO this city, warrant was got out for the
ar1est of man named Hide at whose house Addison
was found, and against whom the charge was prefer
red Of aiding fugitive slave, contrary to the prOyis
| ions Of the Fugitive Slave law.
| Armed with this warrant, and determined at the
same time to earn if possible, the 81 900 reward Of
ferred for the return of Addison 10 Slavery United
States Deputy Marshal b. y. Churchill started for the
scene Of action few days since, and took with him.
we are rightly informed, posse consisting OF
Policeman Thomas Mera, J. Derrell, John Bunker,
Jacob Starr, George Keys and - Carly The
suits Of the campaign have not fully TRANSFERRED but
is rumored that on reaching the Hide farm, neither
Mr. Hide nor Addison 10 be found, and the posse
arrested Mr. Hides SOP, young man, and started to
bring him to this city for trial OIL the charge Of aiding
the fugitive.
Dispatches Were at once sent to Springfield to inter
cept them but anticipating this they got off the cars
some distance from that town; but the friends of Mr..
Hide suspected this maneuver, and habeas corpus
having been got out the Sheriff OF CLARK County &C
companied by large body Of volunteers started to
cut off Their retreat and came up with the United
States posse and their prisoner at JlmtOwn which Is
about miles from SpIlugheld.
RumOr saws that by this time majority OF the posse
were decidedly under the influence Of liquor and were
by no means so orderly as they should have been.
However this may be, the Sheriff attempted to serve
the habeas cOrbus that had been placed in his hands
but knocked down, and several reyolvers hred at
him with intent to take his life This drove back the
Shenfi party and Mr.. Churchill and bis men tired to
get away but the news Of the affair spread ike Wild
fire and the story gained volume it went until was
said that fifteen more persons were being car
RED off and that battle had taken place between the
United States and State officers. The population of
Clark GREEN'S and Champaign Counties is largely com
posed of Presbyterans who regard the Fugitive Slave
law with abboence and soon numbers rallied to res
the prisoners aud arrest the assaants Of the Sher-
ifs posse o,,.u,
AtSprDgfed it supposed that Churchill and
bis men had got safely off and Geographic dispatch
sent to this city to have the whole party arrested
for assault with intent to kill the Sheriff. They had
not however, effected their escape, as they were
closely pursued, and at short distance from Jmtown
were hemmed in by a large body of pursuers. Some
of MI Churchills men concluded 1t was best to get
out of the scrape and slipped away and after walking
ali night and part of yesterday in the mud ard rain,
reached station Of the Little Miami road, and came
thence to the city.
Starr, but these gentlemen, when inteTogated on
reaching the city, soutly denied having been on the
slave hunt or knowing anything about the affair at
Jimtown. deputy United States Marshal stated last
evening that these individuals part of Mr.. Church
ills party and certainly their appearance justified the
belief that they had been on a hlhbuserlng expedl-
ton as q more jaded, souyoOkng pair of gentlemen
we have never seen. Mr.. Bunker was an Important
witness in the Gregory murder trial, yesterday, and
was notified not to absent himself but did go and VIII
be at once prosecuted for so doing.
Whether Churchill, like XenOphon, will immortalize
himself by successful retreat or whether he VIII sue
cumb TO numbers, is yet hidden in futurity. Our &C
count cleaned from rumors and unwilling infOrmans,
may be inaccurate in of its details but we pre-
sumo that in its features it is correct statement
of the war, and the latest known position of parties
AT late hour last night we met gentleman, VINO
seemed pretty well posted relative to the Affair." and he
stated that United States Deputy Marshal Churchill
and bis posse took with them warrants for MIR. Hide,
his and four other persons, but only succeeded IN
capturing five of the persons they sought.
They were followed by the Sheriff of Green county
with writ Of babeas corpus. When he attemptedto
serve il they assaulted and fired at him. but were
forced to give up The prisoners were examined under
the habeas corpus and discharged, and then Mr..
Churchill and four of his men were arrested Oh war
rant and taken back TO Springfield to answer the
charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Two
Of the posse effected their escape. Those taken to
Springfield not being able to give bail, are now locked
W :" '"'' From The x.nia (O) News, Maya
Another of those miserable cases of slave catching
with its usually unpleasant concomitants, has been
brewing in our vicinity. In order that 1t may be un
derstood we begin the story at the beginning. On
last Tuesday a week the United States Deputy Mar
shall and assistants undertook to arrest fugitive slave
named Addison, who had been residing in the neigh
boIhood of MechanicsbIrg, Champaign County, Tor
some six months past The result of their valian.
efforts is given as follows by The Ur6dHa citizen:
Quite early in the morning, the party composed
Of five Kentuckians and the two Deputy Marshals,
made a descent upon the cabin of MIR. Hyde, about
one mile from the burgh, where the cOlOred man Add
son resided. Making known the object OF their visit,
and reading their warrant Mr.. Hyde told them that
Addison there, and lnterposed no objection TO his
arrest. -
Addison in the mean time had taken refuge in the
loft Of the cabin through helc barely sufficient to
admit his huge body, lie being remarkably large
Il, -. nnco Of lp Kentucky gentle
men mounted the ladder, with a dCuble-baTeled gun
in hand to ascend to the loft. He had scarcely got
his head and shoulders through the hole when Addi-
son fired upon him, the ball striking the gun IN front
of the Kentuckians breast and glanced off, which
saved his life. This reception caused the chvalrous
Kentuckian to descend the ladder good deal faster
than be went up and finding that he was not Killed,
fred up the hole through the roof and retreaed from
the house BY this time the courage OF the party had
fairly oozed out at the ends of their fingers and NO
further attempt was made to ascend the loft.
"In the mean time Mr. Hyde sent his little gHl to
nepl bers 10 inform him of what going on The
party tried to deter the girl from going, but she dehed
their threats and went on. Word soon went to town.
and in q short time quite crowd came out 10 the res
enc The brapcadocio spirit of the slave-catchers
properly resented, and finding that they had GOT into
the wrong diggngs TO catch fugtives the whole party
left in double quick time.
Addison the fugitive has been living in the neigh
borhood for six months. He got off at Mechanics
burg being unable TO go further for want OF funds
Finding employment, no concluded 10 remain lhete
until he made enough to send Tor MS vile ana chl-
dren who were still in Kentucky, but free. Some
time since his wife written TO. II was supposed
that the letter was intercepted and by that means his
master came TO the knowledge of his whereabouts
But the matter was not TO be ended here The dis
appointed hunters after human chatels returned ID
Ctcinnati and obtained warrant from the United
States District Court for the arrest of four men by the
names of Hyde, Gurtridge and two Taylors, ON the
charge of aiding in the escape of the fugitive and on
last "Wednesday Marshal Churchill of Cincinnati ar
800 tha ncrti.s ahnYe named in Champaign County