of the Fugitive Law, Gibson would have been in Slavery for life.

HENRY LONG, _New York, December, 1850_. Brought before
Commissioner Charles M. Hall, claimed as the fugitive slave
of John T. Smith of Russell County, Virginia. After five or
six days' proceedings, there being some doubt of the
Commissioner's legal right to act, the alleged fugitive,
Long, was taken before Judge Judson, District Judge of the
United States. The Castle Garden Union Safety Committee
retained Mr. George Wood in this case, as counsel for the
slave claimant. Long was surrendered by Judge Judson, and
taken to Richmond, Virginia. Judge J. was complimented by the
_Washington Union_ as "a clear-headed, competent, and
independent officer, who has borne himself with equal
discretion, liberality, and firmness. Such judges as he,"
continues the _Union_, "are invaluable in these times of
turmoil and agitation." At Richmond, Long was advertised to
be sold at public auction. On Saturday, January 18th, he was
sold, amid the jeers and scoffs of the spectators, for $750,
to David Clapton, of Georgia. The auctioneers (Pullam &
Slade), in commencing, said there was one condition of the
sale. Bonds must be given by the purchaser that this man
shall be carried South, and that he shall be kept South, and
sold, if sold again, to go South; and they declared their
intention to see the terms fully complied with. Long was
subsequently advertised for sale at Atlanta, Georgia.

_Near Coatsville, Chester County, Penn._ On a writ issued by
Commissioner Ingraham, Deputy Marshal Halzell and other
officers, with the claimant of an alleged fugitive, at night,