Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-03-19


permit while down in the city. We ex-
perienced some difficulty in securing
admittance. To make the best of il
we talked spanish to the gate
keeper, and finally seducing him with
a dime, found ourself inside. This
cemetery contains $50 acres, about
one-third of which is laid off in lots.
During the war $3.50 Union soldiers
were buried here. to whose memory
q fine monument has been erected.
Beneath the sod of this cemetery lie
all that IS mortal of Ex-senator Guth.
rie, Gen. Lowell n. Rossesn; Gen.
LeFevre and George D. Prentice.
To the memory of the first named,
his daughters, Mary, Sarah and Au-
gusta, have erected 3 shaft about
twenty-five feet high, made out of
Aberdeen (Scotland) granite, at q
cost of $1,000. The graves of
Gems. Rosseau and LeFevre are IN
marked, and found with extreme diff
fculty. 1t was only after the second
attempt that we found
PREsTIcE's GRAVE.
Here, a great man sleeps. The
mighty editor is gathered to his
fathers. The poet, the man, lies be-
meath the grass at N feet. Nothing
is to he seer which marks his grave.
Near the head lies a circle cut ont Oft
board. and by it an old silver goblet.
To his left lie the remains of his
wife, and to her left their son Court
land, who died in 1862. lies buried.
On the right of the father is the new
ly-made grave OF Clarence, the last
son Of the lamented editor. He was
recently thrown from a buggy near
Louisville and killed. Az the feet of
the four are stones erected TO the
memory of the two Benhams, Court
land and William, relatives of the
family. While on all sides are to be
seen vaults, shafts. monuments, etc !.
of the finest Parian marble, erected
without regard to expense, to pre-
serve the memory of men who could
only beast of wealth, George D
Prentice, who labored a lifetime for
Louisville. whose talents were ac-
knowledged by a world, sleeps IN
known in marble or granite. How
soon mankind forgets.
JEFFERsoEvILLE PESiTENTIARY
The guide showed us through.
There are between four hundred and
five hundred conyicts. We saw none
whose faces showed them to be hard
ened. We were also surprised at
the privileges extended them. In
nearly all the shops the prisoners
converse with each other, and every
Saturday night tobacco is issued to
them. They have not abolished the
striped clothing.
CINCINNATI
presents its usual appearance, dusty
and smoky. At the Constitutional
Convention we saw Messrs. McCoR-
MICK, NEAL and RUSSELL They re-
port progress, and are unable to say
when the work will be finished.
West delivered a ludicrous
speech in favor Of continuing the sys
TEN of two days work on the roads,
while we were there. The ladies' of
the city were out in the temperance
crusade. They do most of their
work in couples. Over the Rhine
they were not well received by the
Germans. Other than this their re
ception has been courteous, and have
met with considerable success. At
PORTSMOUTH
we saw the only drunk man during
our round. He had so much under
his shirt that he was unable to propel
q Jug, to which he stuck like CooPER
% ANDY O'NElL. We didn't see
.oorER. but supposed him to be ont
1t the lnfrmary examining the
death trap" 10
IRoNToN
met our old friend A. O. MAUcK,
formerly of this county. He was in
business all over-that is, flour all
He informed us tn at he is get
rich. We "stuck a PIN at this.
. stroll up Third street convinced
us that business is rather dull in
Ironton; but few persons we're on
the street, and scarcely q wagon or
After loading on City tons Of
pig iron we left for dear, old CALI
polls, where we arrived Sunday morn
ing.
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