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other articles. Edward claimed all the property in the stable as his, except the whiskey, which he said had been left there by a negro who intended to have sent it to Fredericksburg Sunday morning, but missed the train. He stated that Mr. C C Burnett stood master for him, and that he carried on, on his own account, the business of hauling on the streets. Mr. Hicks carried the negro and a good part of the plunder before the Mayor, when Mr. Peter Webster, Government Wagon master, identified tdentified the barrel of whiskey as one of two that were stolen from his bar room one night last winter. All the marks on the barrel, its guage, and the amount of liquor contained in it, corresponded exactly with those of the barrel lost by Mr Scammel. Mr. Claiborne C Burnett, the party whom the negro claims stands master for him, not being present, the case was continued and the negro committed to jail. The horse and mule claimed by the negro man were committed to the custody of the police.