New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-10-01
r. Oma Indiana.
OCTAII.

10 The Editor n the Ns.o NhionaI Err:
believe Indianapolis is not represente d
on your list of correspondents. 1 therefore
trust 1t is no intrusion on my part to presen t
to you my humble name asking permission to
contribute to your columns an occasional
brief chit-chat concerning matters here
away.
This, though an interior city, is a point al
which an extensive and growing manufactu.
ring business is carried on. 1t is also thirty
ing railroad centre and withall contains no
uncomfortable colored population.
The exact number of colored people inbab.
ltants am not able to give, but Judge there
are between three and four thousand. They
constitute an Industrious and thrifty class, the
majority owning their homes. They support
three churches, and since the fall of 60 have
enjoyed the use of the Public School fund,
in having established for them separate
schools.
Ihe schools appear to be the prominent
feature. There are at present three school
buildings for the accommodation of colored
children. Two of these schools are taught by
colored teachers. The largest building a
house containing eight rooms has at its head
Mr. Robert b. Bagby, recent graduate Of
Oberlin College. Mr.. Bagby brings with
him that peculiarly refined and cultivated
air for which Oberlin students are every
where proverbial. Although a stranger here
he has already attracted to himself quite a
number OF warm friends. lie seems to
possess keenness of sagacity physical and
intellectual vigor and an earnestness of pur-
pose which cannot fail to insure his success.
The other school presided over by colored
teachers has as Head Assistant Mrs. II,
Ford Douglass who has occupied the position
ever since the establishment of colored
schools now entering into the sixth year.
In politics the colored people keep pace with
those of other cities. The leaders are men
ofintelligence and activity. apparently well
versed in political lore. The Republican
State Central Committee, is composed of a
wide awake viglant set Of men, who stand
boldly out upon the watchtowers keeping
guard over the interests of the great party
which they represent. While on a re-
cent visit to the State, Hon. p. b. S. Pinch.
back addressed a number of meetings in DIFF.
ferent Localities. He made his opening
speech in this city at Masonic Hall on the
night of the 18th instant. and was greeted
by an audience so large that numbers were
not able to obtain an entrance. Senator
Morton occupied the same platform on the
following Saturday night taking for his text
the situation in the South. From exordiunl
to peroration the Senator's speech was one
wide sweeping, scatbing arraignment of the
rebels of the South, and the democracy of the
North. Senator Morton stands well.poised
upon the highest possible republican ground
denouncing in the most defiant, caustic
terms the perpetrators of the inhuman outrag.
es in the Southern States. Would there were
more Mortons.
And now Mr.. Editor the time allotted me
from other duties, having expired will con
clude this my Introductory. lam also some
what fastened in closing by the remem
brace of the old and we'll known truth, the
any good will become bad when carried tot
far. CREsIDA.