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On Friday night of last week five slaves belonging to Mr. M. Giltner of Hunter's Bottom, Ky., left for the North. A skiff belonging to the family was caught at Madison the next morning, and the presumption is that the Negroes took the under-ground for Canada. A free Negro named Edmund Prince, who formerly raided at this place, was seen on the opposite side of the river during the preceding evening, as he has long been suspected of being connected with the under-ground railway, considerable anxiety was manifested to secure him. A few days since, Edmond came to this place, as he has been in the habit of doing occasionally. A warrant was issued for his arrest, to test the point whether of not he was a citizen of Indiana. The case came up in Police Court, before Judge Tharp, On Thursday, when the Negro was dismissed, no evidence being adduced to prove that he was a resident of Indiana. As Edmund formerly belong to the family of Gen. Butler, who appeared for him, expressed a desire that the Negro should remain in the court room until the suspicions and charges against him for aiding slaves out of State, be cleared up. Mr. Giltner stated what the rumors and charges were. A warrant was immediately issued, and in default of bail to appear and answer the charges on Wednesday next, Edmund was committed to jail.
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