William Christmas sworn. Says that about a month ago the master of the negro Amos, Mr. John McRae, called Amos from a house where he was engaged in repairing a chimney and asked him some questions about his impudence and misconduct and told him he would have him corrected for it, and ordered the driver to take Amos' coat off and give him a switching. Amos then ran off and jumped into the river which was quite near. I saw him after he got into the river and told him to come out but he made me no answer. After swimming some fifty yards he sunk down and was seen no more until yesterday, the 14th inst' Am confident that the body now before the jury is that of the slave Amos. Wm. Christmas