Another Slave Case

The Boston papers coifèöiï a deiaiïèd account of a case in vhich a slave, by the " nameofRobcrt Lucas, was taken frora the Óigate U. States, before C. J. Shaw, on habeas corpus. The claimant was Edward Fitzgerald purser of the fngate. Ho had been per' mitted by Mr. Upshur, vhen Secretary ' of the Navy, to take his slave with' him. The case was argued at lengih, by flollet for Fitzgerald, and by Sewall and í Merrill, for Lucas. C. J. Shaw -deefded, Ist. That slave by U. S. lawof 1837,-could not enlist in U. S. vessels. They had not capacity to' contract.'- -Iíigi tae agrcement of íheU. S. tff employ hisslave gave them no morepow. erover him Iban F had bimself. 3. That When the Trigate went out of' the lerritóry öF Virgimigéfilds W the U. S. power over Lucas ceased. 4. That Lucas, not being Jawfully mlisted, was entitledto his discharge. 5. That F. hy putting his síave ort board the vessel, consented that he should be carnea any wherc, and, therefore, that he should be brought to Boston. That this was not a case of cis major. 0. That this was not the ca.se of a fu-' gitive. That when a slave was here, not ns a runau-ay, 'out cnsually, there wasntf law to authorizé his restraint. 7. That for these reasons, he was en-' titled to Hs discharge v,-hich was decided1accordingly.- Bangor Gazelle. The Editor of the Cincinnati Adrorti.' ser says: "I am knowing to the fact that in 1835 of Senator Black, of rfiWiitopi, receivl" ng, under frank, the Waverly nov#s, n 3S volumes, weighing at least 35 pounüs, as public documents."