Major C.was in the midst of a trial when we entered, and we did not learn fully the nature of the case then pending.

We were immediately invited within the bar, whence we had a fair view of all that passed.
There were several complaints made and tried, during our stay.

We give a brief account of them, as they will serve as specimens of the cases usually brought before the special magistrates.
I.The first was a complaint made by a colored lady, apparently not more than twenty, against a colored girl--her domestic apprentice.

The charge was insolence, and disobedience of orders.

The complainant said that the girl was exceedingly insolent--no one could imagine how insolent she had been--it was beyond endurance.