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A SLAVE CAss....We mentioned the
other day, fsays the Louisville Jonrnal.l
that the captain OF the schooner Mobile,
from Georgia for New York, discovered a
slave saereled on board his vessel when
near The cnd Of bis lrip lie took the slave
Immediately into custody intending To take
him back 10 New Orleans. Ia New York
city the aholilionisls had the slave brought
before tho circuit court on wtil of habeas
corpus, and the court sci the slaYe at lbor.
". The Journal el Commerce says:


"Judge Edmonds took the ground that
the captain oflhe Mobile could not be view.
ed as in any aense the owned Of the shave,
or the agent u attorney of such owner that
the arrest aud imprisonment was without
authority, even under the laws Of Georgia.
because made without the jurisdiction of
Georgia. thai itregarded as an arrest un.
der the law of New York, while the con.
siiluIionally Of the law was very question.
able, yet the return showed nothing Of n
purpose on the part oi The respondent 10
pursue the course prescribed by thai law,
aal therefore il could mol be pleaded in
Justification Of conanemrnli that the act Of
Oh by Congress, even us set forth in tho
case oi friglY, evidently limited the feeov.
efy Of the slave 10 measures IN due process
oflaw, certainly 10 such as were In no way
violalise oI The public peace, aud finally.
that the act of the master IN this case being
wholly unauthorized, the boy mnsl be dis.
charged. A The Judge concluded his de.
eision, tho negro was brought Into the court
roam, (Which was densely crowded. even
at an early hour.) lrom which he retired
amid the reioicings af the people Of color.
aud well guarded by his iiirndi.n


The slave. afer his discharge, was re.
captured, aud lie was to have bis second
trial before Judge Edmonds on Wednesday
last.