Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-04

After the evidence had been heard in the
case of d. WoodsOn accused Of dis0rderly
condnct) that individual inquired: Judge,
are you gOin' to allow me TO say anything"
.sYes,7 responded the Judge.
.IIow much time II You give me?' he
asked.
"Half an hour, if you want it," was the
reply, and thereupon Mr.. WOOdsOn 'opened
his mouth and spake,' giving graphic re-
cital of the circumstances which led to his
arrest. He claimed that he had been rob
bed Of his watch by one of the women con-
nected with North College street saloon,
and that, in consequence thereof, he felt
warranted in raising the IrUInpus he dido
discovering his loss. He was willing to adj
nit that he had violated the law, but felt
that he was ''mOre sinned against than sin
Ming" The mind of the court grasped all
the details Of the case at once, and MIR.
WoOdson was released upon the payment OF
ten dollar fine.
Emma Evans and Mary Jackson, a couple
of lively maidens Of color, were arrested
Tuesday night under somewhat peculiar
circumstances. They were sitting on the
steps of a house on Cedar street between
Church and Summer, with a white youth
sitting between them, and on this young
man they were lavishing the wealth Oftheir
affections. Emma would kiss him i'll
very hearty manner. and then Mary would
follow suit. Then Emma would kiss him
again, and Mary would do likewise, the
object ftheirtender and affectionate demon
| STATIONS seeming to be very well pleased
with the 'ssituation." 1t was a pretty
scene, and no one but a prosy, matter-Of-
fact policeman would have had the heart
to put an end to it. The damsels were
taken to the lookup, but the young
man skedaddled, and up to
the hour of our going to press
| has not left his name at this office for pub
| lication-certainly a strange oversight upon
his part. The girls were fined five dollars
each, yesterday morning. Evans paid her
| fine. but Jackson waltzed off to the work
| house.
Jennie Robertson, Sallie Miller, Ann
Phillips, and Martha COpaSs, arrested on
| the charge Of having INDUCED in profane
| and vulgar language atthe Magnolia saloon
| the night previous, aided in preventing the
| city from becoming bankrupt by cOntribu-
! ting the sum of two dollars and a half each
| towards defraying running expenses. Ten
| dollars in current funds will suffice to keep
the city afloat, financially, for at least an
hour, and for this contribution let us be
| duly thankful.
Julia Bracken resides at the Worlhouse
now. She endeavOred to avoid catching
cold Tuesday by frequent whetting other
whistle, but unfortunately her zeal eXcelled
| her Judgment, and she fell.
Il is barely possible that in lettering
around dram shops, streets and alleys, and
in neglecting to apply herself to some use
| ful calling, Eliza Jones has some COM
mendable and praiseworthy object in view,
but if this be the case she failed to make it
| known when she was interviewed with re-
gard to this matter by Judge Duling yes
| terday. If Eliza were allowed one dollar
per diem for toiling at the WOrkhouse, ten
days would glide into the understandable
dead past before we see her familiar face
upon our streets again. But she gets only
seyenty-five cents per day for her labor.