d, and there can be no rebutting evidence brought forward, there was an array of witnesses introduced to prove that Fred possessed an unblemished character.
A Confederate Colonel had employed him for some time, and never knew in his life a more faithful, obedient servant.
This testimony to his virtues so much affected the prisoner that he burst into tears and wept copiously till the rendition of the Mayor's decision, and he was ordered back to the criminals' box.
Sydenham, slave of John Purcell, was charged with resisting officer Wm. S. Jenkins on Monday afternoon, while in the discharge of his official duty as superintendent of dog catching.
The prisoner's dog was unfortunate enough to become entangled in the meshes of a large not which the negro attendants were carrying with them, which so much excited his compassion that he immediately rushed in, and, raising the horrid trap, set the animal at liberty.
For this offence he was taken in custody by Mr. Jenkins, but offered so
