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ANOTHER SLAVE sTEALER CoNvICTED.-The Rev. Mir. FaIrbank, the companion of Miss Web Ster, in the penitentiary, has been tried al Lex Ingion, Ky, and convicted. The correspondent o the Louisville Courier states, that when arraigned he plead not gully to the several indictments found against him; hut after the jury empanneled and sworn, that plea was withdrawn, and the plea ol guilty entered, by rhe desire of the prisoner, who threw himself entirely upon the mercy of the jury Being allowed to make address 10 ihe jury in his behalf, he did so, with more modesy and in bet

 ter taste than could, perhaps, have been expected.- He xvowed himself an aboIitionist, but plead the

 force of education to palliate the enormity of his of

 fence, which he declared was more plain him on reflection than heretofore. He also said, that were he again free, he would neither countenance aid the escape of slaves, since he was convinced that although the condition of some might be ameliorat- ed, many were happier as they are, and that such a course only tended to increase the misery and dis content of those who Jeff behind If these were his sincere views--a little Kentucky jail discipline might act iavorably on a few more Northern fana- tics. The jury sentenced him to five years' con6ne- in ihe penenliary each of the three indict- ments, making fjfeen years in all.-tNew Orleans Crescent City.