Franklort's population in addition to its
own pres", the Daily Yeoninn (D.) and
Weekly Houndabout (It.,) depend upon the
Cincinnati Enquirer and the Commercial
Olivette and the Louisville Courier-Journal
for the news of the da.
The State Penitentiary occupies a square,
surrounded by a high stone wall, three
blocks from "the Capitol, Some convicts,
as they are termed, may be seen
daily in the streets, in their striped suits,
diiving drays going upon inesas.'es, etc. As
several of them are sons, gentlemen, life
convicts, their gold stmN, jeweliy, etc., nre
in striking contrast to their garb and to the
inferior oidet of convicts. The color line is
stiickly observed in this institution.
Upon the onth west corner, diagonally
from the Penitentiary, is the Governor's
mansion, an unpictending two story
building, somewhat elevated nbove the streit
level and now occupied bv one, of whom all
democrats may feel proud, Pioctor Knott.
These tew lines, hurriedly indited, fail to
do justice to Frankloit, and yet it may
bring it before the notice of some who may
be ignorant of'tne capital ol a state whose
sons and daughters have brought Kentucky
prominently befoie the world and who
lietetutoie have associated it with horses
and blnegras. As to bluegrass, there is no
bluegrass il is a lovely green that glows
instead, and as to horses, those to be seen in
any citv, town, or villiage in New York will
more than compate favorably with the
in any pail of Kentucky.
