Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-09-29
s. Z. INDIANA CONFERENCE.
lcorrespondsnce of the Indiana American.


MADISON, IND, Sept 81. 1865.
Ed. American. - The steamer General
Lyle is large. fne boat, but was
crowded intentionally, as great
many persons could get no rooms, and
a great many had to eat at the second
table. The former conld be borne; the
latter must have been B9<e.thougb By
strategy did not try it.
found Madison looking for Us, and
Hon, A. b. Line and myself have q
room in one of the finest homes in the
city The old Senator seems at horae
among The preachers and 10 is absz.
dantly able to do justice 30 yoaag chick
ens.
The session Of Con sereH has been
thus Gar pleasant. and ,As< x is rap
IDLY fnishing up. We Willie ready to
adjourn by Sunday, as far as the gen.
eral business is concerned. but the ordi.
nation of Deacons and Elders will be
attended 30 on Sunday. and the Confer.
ence will adjourn on Monday morning.
The list Of appointments is, / pro
sumo, about finished, and the preachers
are again arranged for another year
cahsot aov SAP who will preach for the
people of krookville, us , am net in the
secrets of the Cabinei. kney that
several Of the njnisters would like to
lise there, If it feIf TO their lot. The
people viii know before this sees day
light who will be theln Pastor, us hope
to, have the appointments for your mex,
issue.
Madison is looking older than. when
| saw it last, and but few improvements
seem to be in progress. The railroads
north of here have killed this venora-
bic city. The Conference. however, j.
finely entertained. Drs. Durbin. Reid.
Bowman aud other eloquent minisi ers
have been here, and some of them still
remain B1shor Norris is old and fee.
bic, but he is able 10 keciS things Nov
ing rapidly.
VIII be able. probably. to send you
tUr ssy some sscoant of the collections
wiihin cSe boGnds of the Esa,Ssyencr
this year. ~ n general thing !ip oil
Ieotivns have been good, aud the sala
ries of tho preachers were generail,
paid Snd, lu'wever. buI very few
who have been ssbIs to live .i4hin si,eir
sales!cs. 4 number ha Re tsld mo tha,
they are IL debt, aad Others say that
they are rapSdly asing up. whGi mems
'he) bad collected before entering the
ministry
Durpg HE year. Either Ravens. W.
q. Rsnsd,li aud 4 Wright have died.
They were good men andllruc. A, few
young men. will enter the Gonicroaee
ihis sc.sson
The kiuerurnap meetngs wAt 10
heI,i 10. sighr, AMI. we aspect good
time. as Dr BOWMAN viii. deliver an
address, anu rOsas.of lhn Visiting bssihs
rva viii also tax . part in the exercises
II ls generally known fis lhc coming
Year will be ,he Gems enary Of american
NJ 'b"di,m and'lt ~ proposed 10 raise
sl000 ~ this State for he cqu-e OF
Eiucnt,on No IN thought that about ~
per cent. Of tb,s san witl 30 gwen 10
our Biblical Institutes out Of tho s, lie,
obo.t so per cent Ia A-bnry Uniycr-
sl;yl ano 80 per ocnt be distributed be
tween Moore's Eli and BrookviIIc II
40. The College ut D-ooky:llo will be
placed out OF reach of feas or special
tr6uCIe. IL can be done, and II lightly
Managed IL it1U be done.
A fine report comes from the L iuca
tional enterpris.'s of the Conference.
Asbury University is slmost crowded
with young men, ana .Nocrcs liiIl en-
rolls over 300 students. The cost ir
greater nj Greencastle, and sGme great
DR. at Moore's Hill THAN at BroIkvil's,
HHt somehow fhs people take price IN
building up their Colleges. Moore's
Fill ID abort AZ l,rgc Ms Fairfield, tho
not as good q town, yet il ID full of en-
terprise. They are now Beginning 10
enlarge and improve, for the College
brings them IL, tbonsantss Of doiiatsr per
year, and in all Of their Church reports
they exceed Brookville. Families of
tho best grade are moving there to edu.
cate their children. The power to add
wealth and intelligence TO town is in |
Tho hands of the citizens Of that town,
md Greencastlc and Moore's Hill IN.
ierstand this. They make their Col
eye q power; they make il their Col
ege, as IL is vastly TO their interest TO
10 so. The College at indianapolis is
'0H and running over. How is II OF
5rookville? Persons here are inquiring
# me the chance for obtaining homes
or themselves in Brooksille. They are
uch persons as would be splendid citi.
ens, and such as would do honor to any
community. But this does NOT pertain
irecily to the Conference.
Mr. and Mrs Osborne were here, and
i'd some fine singing. The beauty of
! was, the people understood IL. II was
nti operate. Mrs. Osborne has n
dice of silvery sweetness. Its tones are
= pure az II BIRDS, and almost as strong
q bugle's Such singing does solne
God.
Since writing the above, the report Of
10 Indiana Conference has been read.
! appears that New A lbany raises $780,
90 Tor "a Female College, and il will be
pened in the Spring Bedford, a town
bout the size of BrookvilIe, offered
30 900 for Female College such M
,at ut Brookville. The Conferences de-
ded ip favor Of NewA lbany, sad they