Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-06-01

snip toNArQs me father Of the accused, Wnl
had been his intimate personal friend for many
years. he decided on the latter; be woule
take no fee One Of bis friends understand!
fered to him. II he had accepted it, the cas-
would have been the common one Of profes
sional services rendered for reward; and no
body would have thought it wrong. But if i
would have been right to yield to Mr.. Wardi
wishes and defend his SON for money, could i
be wrong to defend him for fnendshipl W.
think not"
The people of Louisville, like ourself
do not by any means justify Matt. F
Ward in killing W. 81. G. Butler, but a:
he begs suspension of opinion unit
the evidence can be brought forth, we
are charitable enough to grant his re.
quest.
Our old friend JAS. 8. SPEED, Esq,
we found still presiding over the desti-
nies of the city in the position of Mayor,
having survived the blood hound excite
ment, and better man can no where be
found. He is practical, thorough-going
and one of the most useful men in the
city. We had the pleasure once of con-
tributing our aid to send him to the Leg
islature, where he acquitted himself
with honor and to the satisfaction of his
constituents.
In passing Walkers Exchange, on
Third street, our attention was attracted
by huge monster of the deep, in the
shape of ''green sea turtle" the
weight of which was 300 pounds. This
rather excited our curiosity and we en-
tered, determined to see the sights il
any were to be seen. We found ourseli
in one of the bandsomest and finest es-
adjustments of the kind in the country.
Everything was neat, clean and elegant,
the room large. spacious and airy; the
walls are painted in panel-work, beauti-
full French engrayings of dead game
decorating the centre of each panel
The floor is of encaustic tile, species
of &frman mosaic work, the first in
tn ID in Louisville, which very near
II embles marble. In the rear of
this is an eating-room, where can be had
everything you wish in the eating line.
1t makes US hungry to think of it
Should any of our friends visit Louis
vile they must by all means visit
'Walker of Walkers"
We were astonished at the improve
ments that have been made the past
year, in the way of building. Quite a
number of rows of mammoth business
houses have gone up since we were there
last, and Louisville can now be pro-
nounced emphatically thriving CITY,
1t is useless for us to attempt an emu
meration of these improvements. The
people have go-aheaditiveness that is
only equalled by the residents of the
Queen City. Every branch of bu-
siness appeared to be thriving, notwith-
standing the money market was tight, as
we were informed by our friend, G. W.
MoNsARRAr, who ought to know, as he
is engaged in the money business. We
saw quite a number of fast men, fast
horses and big dogs, it requiring the
latter to make up the trio. Take Louis
vile all in all she is one of the cities, and
develish ''hard to beat"
During our stay in Louisville we took
a jant upon the railroad cars to Frank
fort, to see lady that many days ago
watched over our infancy, whom we
reverence and call MOTHER. 1t was our
first "ride upon the rails" and the way
our hair stood upon its own hook we
will leave you to imagine, but shall
not describe. Frankfort is a beauti-
full city, with a population of about
5000 inhabitants, and almost surrounded
by hills. visited the Capitol, rather
an antiquated building, where we got
sight of full length portrait of the old
Pioneer of Kentucky, DANIEL Boone.
He is represented in his favorite haunt.
the dense forest, and looks as though he
was ready to drop another of the cop
per skins. From this we visited the
penitentiary, where almost every branch
of mechanical business is carried on,
from weaving up to ithographic print
ing, which is quite drawback to me-
chanics. They turn out good, substan-
tial work, but probably at such prices,
that no mechanic can compete with
them, hence the scarcity of this useful
class in that city. We saw the great
bigamist DIR. Haines, the man who has
six living wives,-he scrutinized our
better half like wolf and looked as if
willing to contend with us for the prize
we could see nothing in him to ad-
mire, but much to condemn. Fair
banks, the niger thief, is confined
there, but as we forgot to have him