The Daily Union

An Abortive Attempt at Abduction.—We saw yesterday a rather queer sight at the jail in this city. It was nothing less than a strapping negro man, whose complexion is a daguerreotype of night itself, dressed up in woman's clothes. He was in one apartment, while in another we saw his travelling companion - a not very pretty but decent enough looking white woman. The account which the negro man gives of himself is, that he belongs to a Mr. McCauley, in Orange county, North Carolina; that he was induced by the white woman to leave his master and accompany her as far as Washington in the dress of a woman; that they had succeeded in getting as far as the junction of the Richmond and Fredericksburg and Louisa roads, when they were informed that the negro could go no further without a pass. As the negro had no pass, the couple had to retrace their steps in the return train to Richmond, and thence travelled on through this place to Gaston, where the conductor, suspecting something wrong, prevented their going further, and brought them to this place and lodged them in jail. The negro, who says his name is Abraham, seems to be quite intelligent, and by no means dejected at the failure of his attempt to elope. [Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer]