Named Entity Results, Maria S. Turpin

er of religious tracts, entitled "The Last Enemy," in his pocket, which he could not have read to much purpose, or he would have kept an enemy from getting in his mouth to steal away his brains. The Mayor yesterday required him to give security to keep the peace. Edward W. Kelly, the man charged with drawing a pistol upon B. Catogni and demanding his money, was to have been examined yesterday, but the Mayor further continued the case to give him a chance to procure witnesses. Maria S. Turpin charges James H. and Caroline Phillips and Ann Overty, white persons, and Patsy and China, slaves, with assaulting and beating her; but with a view to ascertaining all the facts of such a remarkable case, the Mayor postponed the investigation until to-day. A fine of $5 was imposed upon Edward Walls for keeping his bar-room open on Sunday. James, slave of Francis Price, was convicted of stealing a comfort, a pair of boots and a pair of shoes from J. H. Walker, and sent down for

Mayor's Court. --The most prominent case brought to the notice of the Mayor yesterday was that of James H. Phillips, Caroline Phillips, and Ann Overby, and two negro women named Patsy and China, arraigned for an assault upon Maria S. Turpin. It illustrated the difficulties and perils which beset a multiplied number of families dwelling together beneath the same roof. The matter in controversy was a door, which Mrs. Turpin was accused of having broken open. The rencontre took place on SMrs. Turpin was accused of having broken open. The rencontre took place on Sunday, and notwithstanding the disparity of numbers, Mrs. T. stood her ground manfully. The Mayor, after a long and patient investigation, held the parties to bail in $150 for their appearance at the Hustings Court. Simon Greenberry, a withered Israelite, who peddles small wares in the First Market, was arrested for making an unprovoked assault upon a lad named Emmit Taylor. The boy told a straightforward story; after which, the Mayor asked Greenberry if he had anything to say. "Yesh," he

A House Divided against itself. --The readers of this column will call to mind the affair of the Commonwealth against Phillips, investigated by the Mayor a few days since, wherein five members of the family of James H. Phillips were held to ball on the charge of making an assault upon Mrs. Maria S. Turpin, the matron of a family residing beneath the same roof with the "Phillips. " To the great regret of those who love to bask in the soft sunshine of peace, the difficulty has been renewed, and on yesterday John Turpin appeared before the Mayor to answer a charge of threatening to assault and beat James H. Phillips. Mr. Turpin is a member of the Jackson Guard, and has just returned from the toils of a campaign in Western Virginia to find the glory of war observed by the darkness of a domestic tempest. The threat, according to the testimony of Mr. Phillips, was conveyed in language more forcible than refined; that is, he heard a strong and manly voice in Turpin's apartments vowing