Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-01
The New Regimc.-How the Pcni
tertiary Works..

General Joel A. Battle, Superintendent
and John Chumbley, Warden of the Peni
Tertiary, have fitted up an office at thai
institution for their mutual use, from
which they have in full view the two pas.
sage-ways into the penitentiary, and also
the road, giving them complete surveillance
over both the interior and exterior of the
building. All the books of the Peniten-
tiary, or at least those concerning the con-
victs, are kept III their Office, to which re-
ference can be made for any information
that may be desired.
The same rigid but humane discipline
which has heretofore characterized the
government of the institution is maintain
ed.
The ~lessees are Messrs. W. II. Cherry,
Thomas O'Conner, Hiram a. Partee, and
r.. +. Loorcy.
W. b. Elliott has been appointed pur-
chasing agent for the prison, John e.
Bauman, Superintendent of the mechani-
cal departments of the Penitentiary, hav-
ing the general management of all the
labor; Frank Boench. shipping clerk and
Morrison, booh-keeper. Jesse Thomas
is engaged in winding up the accounts for
the old management for the State, and is
collecting all dues.
The ~lessees have not been enabled as
yet to get fully to work, but it is thought
that everything will be working smoothly
within the next week.
The hemp department is one of the
largest in the institution, 102 c%onvicts be-
ing engaged therein consisting of 81 spin
ners, IL hackers, Ii weavers, 3 bobbin
boys, 4 shop tenders, 2 beamers and 1
roller.
As it has been somewhat difficult here
tofore to find employment for the female
convicts, the @lcssecs have determined that
they shall be taught to spin hemp. Nine
have been already set at this work, and
the rest of the twenty in prison are to be
gradually initiated. When all these con-
victs get to thoroughly understand their
work, 125 yards of bagging will be daily
turned out to each loom, or a total of 1,750
yards. Morgan & McGrath, of Licking
ton, Kentucky, furnish the hemp, which
is manufactured by the @lessees at 81 cents
per yard. j. \. Hewlett is the superin-
tendent of this department. I
John Howell superintends the foundry
department., and has thirty men under
his charge, of whom two are skilled
moulders. From 5000 to G,000 pounds
of hollow ware are daily turned out.
w. a. WLittemorc is the foreman of
the blacksmith shop, with Is men under
his charge. They work 0 FORCES.
Seventeen men are employed in the
machine shop, which is superintendent by
james Howard, a guard.
John Il. Petty, who has 20 men under
his control. superintends the department
in which is done all the turning, morticing
and cutting of lumber preparatory to its
being used for manufacturing purposes.
Mat. Allen controls the wagon, pillow
and wood department., and has "a men.
The cabinet department is conducted by
j. C. Carr, with 20men. Safes, wardrobes,
bedsteads and cedar chests are the princi-1
pal articles manufactured in this depart
ment.
John Allen is foreman of the stone
works, and has Is men cutting stone for
the walls of the Capitol.
James d. Woods has charge of the con-
victs who daily work upon the Capitol
grounds.
There are now 125 ~conyicts at the Sewa-
nee and CT at the Battle Creek coal mlnes, !