The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-11-13
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THE HoosrER MFTRoPorIs.-The HERALD.
in common with all good citizens who take .
take a pride In the many evidences Of prospect
" that mark the present aspect q afairs in In
dianapoIis, and are fun Of promise for more
glorious future. cannot allow the occasion Of
IT. douning new dress 20 pass without speak
ing IL mini about the city whose interests II
shall be IT. highest object 20 advocate. and In
whose future II will share common pr0speri-
o. or a common adversely. There l. time
Ia the life Of every human being. when he l.
passing through the transition state from youth
10 strong manhood. when II j. difficult with
absolute certainty 20 define his status, for he
Is neither hoy nor man, but partly the one
and partly the other. He is man in embryo
"a human chrayslis. A city, like an individ-
nal, has its different phases Of existence, child
hood, youth, maturity and decadence. Indian
apoIis has passed through the first two phases
ofits existence. IL was village; II l. so no
longer. II was once 4 country town, but II
has passed through that era, and gone beyond
II. Its row city, with all the advantages
with all the eyidences-with all the conditions
town, aping the manners and habits Of city,
but n de facto city. II Is not q hybrid, or a
cross between town and n city, but II Is n
city, pure and simple, integral, fixed, perfect.
Three score thousand people have n home
within it. limits. Every profession and every
calling In life Il represented here. Its attor-
neys have q reputation and n standing respect
ed and honored wherever that science which
called "the pride Of the human intellect" has
n dwelling place. It's statesmen figure con-
spIcuously In the councils Of the nation. and
have much to do with the enactment Of the
laws that govern, in justice and mildness, thir
~ millions Of people. IL physicians occupy an
honorable place In the medical profession, and
are among the most sillful of the disciples Of the
healing art Its diyines are second TO none for
their orthodoxy or their scholastic attachments
it, educational advantages are Of superior
order. In the northeastern part Of the city.
in It's "forest home, Is the University, one Of
the chief ornaments Of the city, with an ac-
eomplished board and faculty. Here, too, is
the centre OF our excellent system Of public
schools, organized by the late accomplished
Superintendent, Hon. Samuel l.. Rugg, than
whom there l. no superior In the State, for the
position he occupied; blending as he does, q
rare administrative capacity with extensive
LEARNING. Scminaries and Academies, pub
lie and select schools are here in profusion, and
In such degree Of excellence as 10 warrant
the fact that the interests Of the rising genera
ton arc not being neglected. Then We have
our public buildings for humane and benevo-
lent purposes-the Institutions for the blind,
the deaf and dumb, the orphans and the in
sane-not less so be praised for their architec-
tural splendor than for their efficiency. AS a
railroad center indianapolis Is unriyalled.
Nine railroads center here, putting US In com
munieation with every quarter Of our country.
Our Post Office building Is not less TO be spoken
Of for its imposing appearance as a whole, than
for the perfection Of its details. The street
railroads OF the city are, comparatively, more
extensive than In any other city In the United
States, and are noted for their elegant ears and
smooth aud substantial lines. Nor are their
Managers to be excelled elsewhere, for their
enterprise or their accommodation. In respect
70 newspapers. the great disseminators Of in
formation, indianapolis Is fully up with the
Herald and Journal, and numberlcss other
dailies. weeklies and monthly journals,-po-
litical, educational, ecclesiastical and
agricultural. In respect - amusements,
We have the Metropolitan Theatre and
the Museum, by which our people and the
stranger whovisits the city can be treated to
legitimate evenings entertainment. An ex-
tenslye Masonic Temple and Opera House"
Is In process Of erection, which. when CON-
pleted. will rival any establishment of the kind
In the West. We have not space 70 mentiCn
other and smaller establishments under thi.
head. We have more than dozen banks.
with an aggregate capital Of many millions.
An extensive wholesale trade il done by our
merchants all over the West, North and South.
and 20 a considerable extent Eastward. We
have our Chamber Of Commerce, and our Board
OF Health. We have our Rolling Mill, and our
Union Depot, where all our railroads converge
facilitating the convenience of the traveller in
q manner unequaled by any other city we
know Of. We have our wide streets, spoken
Of for their beauty by all visitors from abroad.
We have our fine residences and our public
grounds. We have our numberless wholesale
ness. We have our Insurance Companies.
home and foreign. We have our Telegraph
Companies--the Western Union" and " Uni
ted States"--our hotels and our churches. We
have White river flowing hard by the city.
whose susceptibility Of navigation has lately
been demonstrated by the indianapolis and
White River Steamboat Company; and finally,
we have various other features too numerous
20 mention here. all q which go 10 prove Ind-
annapolis city, and all Of which indicate
clearly her coming glory and prosperity. The
day Of it, fullest prosperity is long way in
the future. and as for its decadence," long
way of may II be, and TO the future chronicler
10 we leave the unpleasant task. The HERALD
has no heart for such theme, and " sufficient
unto the day Is the evil thereof"
PERsoSAI.--Among the arrivals in the city
on Saturday, we notice the following: Gen.
W. Q. Gresham, of New Albany; Col. ID. W. C..
Thomas. Of Gorydon; W. W. Higgins, of La
porte; Jason Il. Brown, Of Jackson; Francis
4. Griffith, Of Lagrange; h. VI. Hord, Of Shell
by samuel III. Buskirk, Of Monroe; James
Barker. Of Pike; W. A. Bonham, of Blackboard
G.. :. Brown, Of Wells; Homer Corbin, of Mar
shall; W. \. Cullen, Of Rush; Z. G.. English
Of Scott; G.. w. Finch, OF yanderburg; Bay
less W. Hannah, Of Nigo; Leander McClurg,
Of Clinton; +. b. Moves, Of steuben; j. ID.
Williams, Of Knox; John r. CofTroth, Of Hunt
lngton; VI. A. o. Packard, Of Marshall, and
Il. G. Fuller, Of Warrick.
COUNTERFTITER ARRESTED.-Am man named
jenkins riding sorrel mare with one white
hind foot, was arrested az Nineennes the Other
dag, for passing or attempting 10 pass counter
felt money. A lot Of i've dollar counterfeit
grcenbaeks were found ON him. After an ex-
animation before the Mayor, he was held 10
answer in $500 bail.
The accused had a copy of the Lafayette
Courier in bis pocket, and there was other eyl-
denee Of his having hailed from this city. Who
has lost a sorrel mare:-LGfdAefte Courier.
The man AT our elbow says that the evidence
upon which Jenkins was convicted was the
fact that he had copy OF the Courier in his