The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-03-13

OAA1O %O1A -
o, thou muse, that didst guide the
mighty mind of the immortal Milton
and madest his pen to glide smoothly
through labyrinthian paths of intricate
language; and thou other must that
didst enthuse with thy descriptive elo-
quence the magic pen of the famous he
70 SUIT LovengOOd; and ali thou other
muses. that dOst know anything about
your business, attend us while we re-
late.-ARcieRt POft.
The moon was sailing high on silver
clouds and had lulled with her soft
beams all nature to repose, when two
forms, unseen by mortal ears and un-
heard by mortal eyes, crept softly into a
hole in the ground. Where that hole in
the ground was it matters not, but suffi-
eient for our purpose to know that it
communicated by an unknown channel
with the rotunda of the ST. Charles.
which the same is in rear of the Odd
Fellows Hall. These forms that disap-
peared were Policemen Richardson and
Martin, and the time at which they dis
appeared was one o'clock Sunday morn
ing. They remained in the murky hole
until is O'clock Sunday evening, when
they emerged, and the sequel shows
what they saw and heard. Tuesday
morning at o'clock, all hands having
been notified, the assembly convened
before Esq. Alternately. VIM. Sykes,
Hiram Carter. Lewis Patterson, George
Gibbs, Eli Bowers and Riley Douthet
answered the rollcall, innocent as lambs
Policemen Richardson and Martin, be-
ing sworn, testified in substance thuSly:
The lark hailed the dawn with a shrill
cry of gladness and the bright orb of day
came on apace, and almost simultane-
ously the show commenced. Hiram
Powers and VIM. Sykes were the fortu-
nate owners of jug full of rot-gut, two
broken glasses, a pound of black sugar
in a glass jar artistically bespanglcd
with fly-bIow, a table and a shelf. Four
bottomless chairs arranged around a
three-legged table vanished with lamp
grease contained the manly forms of Eli
Bowers, Lewis Patterson, George Gibbs
and Riley Douthet. A pack of cards
picked up in Gen. WashingtOn's camp
after the battle of the Nile were dexter
Ously handled by the gay gamble-iers in
a game of grab-squabble for the drinks.
All day long this scene continued, in
terspersed with language appropriate to
the occasion, often chuckling over the
advantage they had taken of the police,
for whom they were too smart this time.
At the end Of each game the drinks were
ordered, the loser always paying ten
cents glass for all hands, the host new
ee forgetting to drink himself. With
his brawny hand the accommodating
host would grab handful of sugar and
sling it in the tunbler with slug of
long-range bust-head, one man drink
ing at a time. As these facts were dis
closed CONSERVATION settled upon the IA
ces of the assembly. These things are
true, but how did the police know itI
Surely, the walls hive ears and the door
posts speak with tongues; or else ghost
has revealed these things-Or better
still, these men a PROPHETS. Twas then
the lofty crest Of the venerable Lewis
was seen to raise and silence dropped
upon all as he thus discoursed: "Mr.
! Squire, dem things is all as true's preach
in, but if desc men will jes splain how
dey knows it, III pay my fine and be
satisfied" The Court "splained'' as fol-
lows: Hiram Crter, tippling without
license, SIS, gambling, $40; VIM. Sykes,
tipping, SIS; Ell Bowers, Lewis Patter-
son, George Gibbs, Riley Douthet, Hi
ram Carter, gambling, $40 each, and
costs in each case.
Toab MADDEN and John Benton, two
gay and festke young Americas, came
to grief Saturday night. They were
caught by ouromnipresent police cast
ing pebbles at the domicil of one Mollie
Malone, (the SINE that is famous in cir
cles of color, doubtless thinking to rock
the inmates tosleep mother. John sur
rendered, butTo-ab run. Richardson's
shelala overh,uled him, however, and
lac was forced towards the jail. He re-
sisted at first and had to be hauled by
the collar, bur after being dragged on
his nose through a mudholc he got up
and walked inely. Finding resistance
to be vain, ne tried entreaty, offering
John Arch clear deed to all his real
estate in the city if he would not put
him in jaH But in he went, and there
he stayednntil he was bailed out Sunday
evening. Esq. Pearcy fixed his fine al
$40 and Bottoms at SO, and costs.
Total fines, sos; total costs, $40 :25.-
Grand tota, 1924 :05.