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IMPORTANT DECISION or THE FEDEn-
AL CouRT.-Wc learn from undoubted
authority, that most important de-
cision has been made BY the Federal
Court at Jacson, Judge GnoLsos pre-.
siding, in the case of"IIickman 7s.Rosc,
by which the doctrin is established, that
all contracts tor nsgroes brought into The
STATE Of Mississippi, and sold GAS mER-
cHANDlzR," sa5ss9uent 10 Ike first dag Or
May, in The gear 1883, are illegal, and
az sach, are NULL AND VOID. This
decision must, Of necessity, have IN i'm.
portant bearing, on Mississippi debts
to Northern negro traders, to the a.
mount of at least t7ro millions ofdoliqrs.


This decision is based on the second
section Of the article under the head OF
'Slavcs," in the amended constitution
Of the State, in these words:


"Sec. 2. The introduction of slaves
into this State as merchandise or for sale,
shall be prohibited from and after the
first day Of MAY eighteen hundred and
thirty three: Providcd, That the actual
settler or scttlersshall not be prohibited
from purchasing slaves in any State
in this Union, and bringing them into
this State for their own individual use,
until the year eighteen hundred and
forty iye.'.


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