We take the following particulars of a slave case in Alexandria,
Virginia, from the News of June 24:
John Hunter, a citizen of Prince George county, in the State of
Maryland, applied to Lewis McKenzie, a justice of the peace of
Alexandria county, Virginia, for a warrant to arrest certain slaves
of his, supposed to be in this city. Having taken and subscribed the
following oath, required before the magistrate would grant a warrant:
_State of Virginia, Alexandria County:_ I, John Hunter, of the county
of Prince George, in the State of Maryland, do solemnly swear that
I am a true and loyal citizen of the United States, and that I will
support the constitution thereof as the supreme law of the land; and
that I will, to the extent of my abilities, uphold and maintain it.
I will, to the utmost of my power, give information of every danger
which may threaten it, so help me God.