The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-10
Our Indiana correspondence.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. b. 1856.
Tn Weather in Indianapolis-Iog 7rade-lnms,ae Load
Of the Aaimats- Supply Of Pork for No York--P,ce of
Pigs in st. Louis-W the cash Sales for the West-
Railroad 7rGreSitaation and GroUth Of Indianapolis
Its TRADE and Importance.
After service at church, may be pardoned so
slight offence getting up letter to the HERALD
sudden change from the rain Of yesterday gives
today wind cold if it direct frsm the North
POLE and breathed any thing until it reached
the streets Of indianapolis.
But cold is the manifest destiny Of the hog riba
is not affected and the Of the Sabbath is dis
turbed by movement" in pork-yet on all fours. A
drove Of several hundred swine is passing my vim
dow, on their way to sone railroad train packing
house-not moving like those Who possessed OF devils,
rushed Into the but waddling along with all
their way to slaughter they are suggestive too liv
ing mmentary speculation in provisions Their size
and fatness and numbers prompt the inquiry how is it
Well, have desire to interfere with anybodys for
tunes. people have 'sone inso hogs' at 81 So hope
coming from Cresine to this place, met train after
train with these doomed passengers many Of the trains
sit railroad gave opportunity 70 count but
the number Of swine met in few hours railroad
mainly. suppose the city Of New York, though some
possibly yield up their bristles in Cleveland And
from all can earn this transit Of i've pork to your city
hhe!y TO 60 Oh ior some weeks yet, proSsoly until
In aOveltpg to sny branch Of business one not en-
t,rey posted may ipjure interests by statements
mace in coed faith ] therefore, cautious. Yet
there for believing that the whis
hogs already been contracted for in larre numbers
cannot be sustained. You aware that / have not
Ae most interest in the matter, way ano-
ther and will therefore erstand that wrise to
your eaders.
learn from st. Louis that prices there are already
giving From 80 and So 30 there has already
drop down TO 50 so; and even this rate. am in
formed packers not anxious to incur large
things exists and also at other important packing points
The Of this decline Is that the country found
10 be fuller Of hogs Than expected The prices offer
ed by packers in the early part the have led the
farmers to zen large portion of their stock and the
abundant corn crop has Afforded the material to put
them in inst rate condition. An experienced packer
with whom have conversed estimates the increased
weight last year at twenty per cent. He thinks,
TOO that the number OF hogs is much larger than
last year. that the pork crop greatly in ad
vance OF previous If this view Is correct,
our Western have to fear that the hogs
yet to be marketed nay be made TO of 1T coDsdera
bly, reduced figure. little panic among the packers IL
likely to run them down much below az they may
have been above the proper range.
In any event, the returns the West hogs alone,
will this ear be enormous The profits do not OF course
classes The meIchants win find increased demands for
goods and the Increased freight and passenger
busness and the builders OF houses mills and agricui
ura machinery increased demand for their and
products And the whole tbirg tends, in the end
greater diffusion of educational iacities leading, poss,
bly,, to higher ORDER OF civilization But this topic,
enough for the present. 1t will require separate et-
ter TO do scanty justice the actual progress
which The great West making in education morals,
manners, refinement and relgiona progress which
tisfes us that ali eady well up with Eastern
brethren, il not In advance.
You indebted for this hasy letter TO the fact that
our western roads do not trains Sundays. lean
not lea befe it'd TO- morning, when 20 st.
Louis by of Terre Hauie and Vincennes taxing the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad with its magnificent broad
gauge at vincepLes When in New York. the other
day, found that the ticket agents not selling
Through tickets by this route te ST. Louis. INFORM
that there is some difficulty in adjusting the
time tables. and delay OF few hours at Vim
cenhes Tie matter, an advised, will be arranged in
few days. As it Vs. those we'll posted prefer this route
st. Louis over other 1t takes them through in
less time and distance.
This literally City Of the Plain. The site is almost
dead level and the country In every direction Is of
similar character. Yet Indianapolis is already pace Of
consequences and seems to be rapidly growing Az the
STATE OF Indiana prospers, 80 Will her capital flourish 1t
is now the moet important city in the State, considering
Its political we'll material advantages resources
Railroads extend IN every dection-they radate from,
this as centre-so that when you look at map OF In
diana you are Ieminced Of the old fashioned spinning
wheel that your Grandmother used and feel hke putting
your finger upon Of the spokes and giving whiri
DO not think, however, Il at commerce will ever do
much for Indianapolis. Her trade can, comparatively
be but local But she wiz be, to extent, manu-
featuring centre, particularly machinery for rail-
roads, farms, mills, &C. The manufacture Of agricultural
implements and machines Il gstt ng TO be . large
business in the West. The Inventive genius Of tha
country has OF late years found It's account in pro-
vidDg the farmer with TO economist labor and
practically multiply his effective force; and the appetite
for Iabor-savng and wealth increasing machinery among
the eI grows by What it feeds lust az every-
thing else grows, or ought to.