The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-09-11
From the County Jail.

We give place to the following at
the request of a prisoner in the
county Jail;
Mr.. EDIToR:-The colored, to-
gether with the white prisoners
wish to return their sincere thanks
to Parsons Nixon and Boyd for
coming down to the Jail on last Sab
bath and singing and praying with
them. They made deep impress
sion on the prisoners. Parson Nix
on's talk was very solemn and
brought tears to many of the pris-
oner's eyes; he also went AROUND to
each one and exacted promise
from them to try and lead better
life and look to Jesus as their COM
torter and to support them in this
their hour of trouble and distress;
and his effort was net in vain. One
whose name 1 will not call is now
on the stool of repentance and ask
ing the Lord to comfort his troubled
heart and make him child of the
Lord; hope the Parson will call to
see US as often as possible. We are
also indebted to Mr.. II. Arrow
smith, the kind sheriff and excel
lent gentleman, for a treat to some
delicious watermelons, and he rolled
them in until the boys were all full.
In fact some of them had to unfas-
ten the top button, and looked more
like stuffed toads than men land
then stretch out and say amt he
bully sheriff. There are now %
prisoners confined in Jail. AS the
colored brother said in his sermon
Sunday or two ago, 'lots oh work
for deceitful lawyers and de hungry
jurymens." John Looney was arrest
ed on a capias from Lincoln count y
by Sheriff Arrow smith, but gave
bond for his appearance at the next
term of the court in that county.
Jim DAVIS, col, was arrested by
Mr.. VIM. Porter, police, for disturb
ing the quiet and peace while drunk,
of Miss Mary Parkes,' col, res
idence. Mr.. Cope. Whitfield came
to his relief and sent him home to
work. Ben Reynolds, white, was
brought from Lynnville by officer
Gilbreath and placed in Jail for gam
bling, but has given bond and gone
home to beat his opponent with a
hand on clubs, SO he said. Harvey
Gordon, col, was arrested and
brought to Jail from the Lynnville
neighborhood for gambling also.
John Chessly, COL, WAS arrested on
Big creek by deputy Sheriff
Vaughan for fighting; was carried
before ESQ. Parker; fine and cost
thirty dollars. Chessley did not
have the wherewith and was brought
to help Mr.. Rainey work the county
roads. Chessley says Charlie ran
him all over the upper end of Giles
county, round by Mt. Pleasant in
Maury county. James, Allen, Newt.
and Jack Engram got tired of board
ing with the sheriff and took a no.
ton last week that they would go
back up to see the folks at home
near Lynnville. They got some
pieces of plank and priced off piece
of iron that the inside door of the cell
shuts against making a very good
crowbar and went to work to prize
out one of the slabs in the back fthe
cell which had been started to be
priced out once before by a negro,
They went to work and made pretty
good speed; they would prize and
wedge. They did not know the
slabs were cast and while they were
prizlng the slab broke and fell. 1t
fell on Jim Allen and mashed him
so fat that the boys had to roll him
like wheat dough to get him IN the
right shape; they then went to work
to picking out brick from the wall
and made pretty good Roadway, go
ing about half through the wall,
when their light gave out and they
had to quit work. One of them
had a piece of plank about 10
inches long and 10 inches wide and
an inch thick and he pulled it to
pieces with his teeth getting spin
tiers to make light. His teeth have
been so sore ever since that he has
had to soak his bread before he can
eat it.
The boys say Mark Arrowsmith,
the jallor, looks too young to have
belonged to Sherman's army. bnt
he must have been there or had one
of Sherman's men to train him, for
he can see better and hear better
than anybody that was not with
Sherman, and he can find more pla
ces where saws, files, &c, could be
hid than any other man living, and
in fact thinks he fully understands
his business. A PRISONER.
Immense stock of Mems and Boys
ClothinO inst onened at