PiCASiNKr SpiciTnroKa,—A number of year* ago * free black man of Washington fttiwjcl sufficient money lo purchase a black woman iJy her he ha* since railed a family of Mix or seven children. As by the law of Urn District, the uhild follows tho condition of thk mother, of course then children arc his slaves. Ho has; iherefure. filed bis claim and asked payment from th« doreru-meot, Tabling bia ••picaiiltties’' 300 each,— Button iV#T.