The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-16

TIE sat.asaen q he PsniasntiaFy.
nWSve hundrsd and ninety one Of 'em,
or raaher hundred and ninety, for 70 sent
one Of Yesterday said the gate keeper q
the Fort Msdison PsniteatiaEy 70 ne on 80
urday last in response 70 my query = = ne
pumber Of convicts therein. / had taken :
run No 70 that pretty little town The evening
b.fore. and tia. morning finding that Dr..
Saith. bu.;nsss, ~ one Of tbs CONTRACTOR for
=. con,;c, labor, called him for fsw mo-
n.,.. to The workshops Of the Penitsntiary,
+ embraced the opportunity his courtssy of
f.red and accompanied him, and ~as rads
mora sensible Of his kindess BY being shown
through the different departments.
The hundred and ninety Of EN- of the
courteous eate-keeper's reply, or the greater
mart Of them, were busily At work ~ No en-
tered, principally engaged in making agr'cui-
tural implements, though in one department
some very pretty cane-botsomed chairs were
in different stages Of manufacture. In order,
cleanliness, and apparent mildness, thu prs
ON discicline here is fayorably comparable
With any that have seen. Indeed, the ~
.embl.nce of these workshops in operation,
n any large, well disciplined manufac-
,nr;na establishment, is much closer than the
popular idea of prison houses would suppose.
Il will not do, however, to stay too long.
The silence Of the men is too unnatural, and
after awhile the suggestive sameness Sf the
look upon every face becomes oppressive.
You cannot call it 40 expression, it Is rather
. want Of expression; = dull atolid look found
upon every convict's face, bespeaking more
Of the place than The individual.
There are many objects Of interest here TO
the visitor that probably would not be so to
the reader. Twelve are here for life-ten
men, one boy and one woman. Ihewoman,
the only female convict here, is sixty years OF
.ge. and has already been three years here.
She WINS convicted Of the murder OF her hus-
band in Jackson county, and like oil dark
deede done by women, there is seeming
mystery aronud the transaction. She was
convicted upon her own confession, and ru-
NOR now charitsbly hints that this confession
was maternal sacrifice.
A large, fine looking man, about thirty 'hve'
sitting at the trip hammer beating out steel
tines, invariably attracts the visitors atten-
ton by his fine physical appearance. "hss
in for life, also murdered his wife"
The negro that entered Mr.. Dukes house,
Of this city, ia seen pounding away here,
,killful workman, and very DESTROYS OF at
tracing visitors attention. He claims, it il
reported, that his numerous larcenies arc
done upoa thieving principle, and, IN TACT,
no sooner has he served out one term than
new offer Sc brings him back again.
The wooden shed, stretching actoss the
yard, 10 used temporarily as an eating house
until the one destroyed by IRE, few day.
since, can be replaced.
To describe Fl. Mad;souto keokukians would
be carrying Goals IN Newcastle, indeed
| But it is safe and mild assertion, tha., afte
| A visit within these prison walls, the view o
| that pretty town, with its single church spire
| IN seen from one Of those bills that back 1t
With the broad river, and farther on, the bel
Of Illinois bluffs stretching before it, IS wortl
| n aecond look