Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-09-29
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
lc0tFs'.ondshes OF ths Iadlsna AnerIsan ]
VASE fNoroH, d. c., SEPT. 22, 1865


Brockviiic, and u short stay there, TO.
vealed To me n plentiful condition Of
crops never before known in the West
Through oil the fertile Valleys in Ohio,
including tho Mad River, the Muskin-
gum and the TWO Miamis, the corn crop
Is very abundant. The same may be
said OF the big bottoms at the junction
Of the White Water and the groa' Nj.
ami, and also of the crops on the White
Water as far up rs Laurel. Ii the
gratifying to know that the great yield
Of corn will fully make up for any def
cheney. Nearly all the corn. too, 10 NJ
ready out Of the reach of frost.
THERE'S q great breadth Of land sown
TO buckwheat, and the yield in every
case will be greater than perhaps ever
known before. The sorghum crop is
very heavy. Along the coarse Of the
little Mani, where great deal il plant.
cd, and where il has grown most Iuxu
riantly, a storm has swept over 1t and
thrown II SO badly that the producer
will have great trouble in bisding and
preparing il for tho manafac DRY. L.
would be well for sorghum raisers to-
took cut for this calamity, and strip Vie
cane ct blades much earlier than has
been tho custom. know from expert
encs that after being once thrown by
storm tho cane ia materially Injured,
besides the labor Of blading and cutting
~ more than doubled.
There need be no fears on tho pat OF
producers that tho great yield of corn
will bring prices very low. The ds6
cheney Of the wheat crop will Great,
some more demand for corp. and bis ier
that, there is great part rf the desc
lated South that must be supplied with
bread. principally tom the North, for
two or three years yet 10 come. The
breaking up Of The Ia Dor systein Of the
SOU !, so II, c,s the iormvr pfoducs re-,
hat IL will he spine time before the,
learn to work thoms' Ives or learn that
hey ,houIj pay those Who work Ter
ID IN. Until lhcsc icts ms are learto,,
the home supply will moi b. equal 20
the demand, aud part. ut least, Of the
bread nnd mcst consuldod must be tup.
pIi' d from the North, Where VIC long
since leutnej The good old ID, motratiC
doctrine tina, every tub NEST siaid on
,is own bottom"
wonder if the Democracy pr, poac
"a riahd n the bottom the Chicago coon.
sis put 10 their tub last August, VIZ
That The war is a f.ilure, 4 p
Permit mo 10 volunteer tome advice
10 those who oUnicia late u trip Eas
having come over tho ropts, and there.
fore knowing of what speak. Starting
irom Br0okyllle would AdvIsv every
body 10 tnke the night buss, " they can
moi gc' any other way 10 ~. ltIs con.
duoivo 10 good habits, and 20 comforts
sie to start ut balf.past 2 A. NJ. 10 reach
Harrison. n distance u Is miles, by Z
cloak. By lhIs arra' G ,ment you wbIrl
along ut tho rate Of pb,ut four miles
hour. That 10 . gre,t impeachment ~
tho old style of travel by canal frcigh,
packets. They scarcely ever made over
three milos M hour. bat with very
careful horses. tho cansI-bont has the
advantage Of safety. But tho days oi
canal boating are gone. and The present
means OF transportation We hope 10 soou
TO bu succeeded by the means Of riding
on n rail-.
At Harrison, of course wc re-ship On
run into the City by the nice car on ,h,
Harrison branch OF the !. 4 q. Rad.
Al Cincinnati, every body from pbou,
Brookville, and everybody else who
wants q good place TO atop, and good
eating while he stops, with very reason
able bills, goes 10 the Indiana House. =
| mover know any one 10 stop NJ lhal
House, and not thereafter become reg
ular customer. 1
Whoever from lhore 10 bound Eut
should leave the City by the 10 T. NJ
train on the Little Miami II r., which
train runs on the Central Ohio, aLc
reaches the Ohio River at 10 A. III. n. x,
day, where you cross and make immc
diute connection with the Baltimore anC
Ohio K r for Baltimore or Washing tor
City the next morning by 0 o'clock -
By this route you make either Of these
critics in thirty six hours from Cincin
natl
The advantages Of this route Eas
arc numerous. In the fret place, til,
cars all tho way are strictly first. class
and every attention is given by the en-
pIoyees of tho road to mako the passag,
pleasant 10 the passengers. The ugly
habit that some roads have fallen into
Of keeping no water in the cars, bu
per ,,itling the selling of soda and lem
on drinss to thirsty passengers. doe
not now prev..il on this route, though
it did on the Little Miami carly in lh'
Summer. 1t is IA bad Arrangement, AM
the example of the Iittie Miami u
abandoning it should DO followed by oil
respectable roads.
IN the SECOND place, this is the short
est and cheapest reliable route from
Cincinnati, or the West, to the oities Q
Baltimore or Washington, and of cours
all persons travelling for pleasure o
sightseeing wish to visit these c:i.5