Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-29
NOTES FROM INDIANA.
A Tennesseean's observations in the
HOOsier State.

Disaster to the Crops from Rain-PO-
HtieaI Feeling at the CapitaI-Ths
State MueeGm-GOV. Hendricks In.
teFVieWed.
In conversstiopvWit Col. KillebreW,
since his return from Indiana, We made
notes of some interesting facts pertaining
to the capital of that State and the country
aud crops along the railway intervening
from Louisville. The agricultural, geolO-
sical and industrial E1useuIh at 1ndianap-
oils, Is no doubt the best in the Mississippi
Valley. 1t occupies six rooms in the
State-hOuse and constitutes one of the
chief objects of interest in the city. II
had more than one hundred visitors during
the day on which the Colonel inspected it.
The object of his investigations was to
acquaint himself with its details prepare
tory to the location Of the Tennessee Bureau
Of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines at the
Capitol in this city. The Indiana museum
is in charge Of State GeolOgist Cox, who,
by his energy, real and knowledge in the
prosecution Of his work, aided by the Co
operative efforts Of the people, has collected
specimens from every county in the State
the result being thing of pride to the en-
tire commonwealth. Prof. Cox is the
author of some Of the best reports in his
line published in this country.
In fourteen years the population of In
dianapOlis has increased from 10000 to
100000. Real estate about the centre of
the city, worth in 1860 $3.50 per foot, is now
held at $, 2jO PEI foot. Fourteen railroads
centre there. One Of the most
notable features Of the place is
the numerous rolling mills and
manufacturing establishments, daily
sending up clouds of black smoke equalled
in few places outside of Pittsburg. The
city has a banking capital of s., 5j5, 900;
capital of chartered manufacturing cOmpa-
mes S5,5OO,OOO, exclusive Of the capital Of
the Building Association amounting to ST..
100000; 20 public schools; II private
schools; Al public buildings; public
Libraries, and SIS streets aud avenues. The
number of new buildings erected in 1875
was 1000.
Between Louisville and Indianapolis
great destruction to the crops is being
wrought by the floods. Several streams,
particularly the Muskatatuck, are over
flowed on both sides, covering plantations
with water. In some cOTnfelds the water
was up to the shoot on the stalks. The
oat crop is ruined; of hay little has been
cut; wheat badly injured.
The country is 2 vast fiat almost the
whole way, with scarcely hill to be seen.
Compared to Tennessee, il is much III
feriOr in respect to picturesqueness, pro-
duCtiveness and Improvements. The farms
are poorly cultivated, and little taste is dis
played about the faTm-hOuses. The fences
are low and lily kept up. Obviously moth
ing is contemplated in the improvements
but utility, 'the beautiful" being left out
Of view altogether. Yet this land is worth
from so to 500 per acre. Better lands, in
point Of fertility, drainage, variety of pro-
ducts and attractiyeness, can be bought in
Tennessee for 80 per acre. In that low
country il is found necessary to under
drain the soil extensively. TIL Ousands Of
dollars are thus spent TO do what nature
has done for Tennessee.
In regard to Indiana politics, Col. Kill
Hebrew says: 81 found the people nightly
aroused on the subject. The Democrats
are full of the Ohio canvass, and in the
strongest sympathy with the financial
plank. Gov. Hendricks expressed himself
as very hopeful of Gov. Aliens reelection,
and of the success of his party in the next
Presidential campaign. l found him every
inch a Democrat, and all right on the
Southern question. He asked good many
questions about Tennessee and the South,
and predicted that every Southern State
would 90 Democratic in 1876. Gov. Hen
bricks was the only Northern Governor
who attended the Mecklenburg Centen-
NAL. The South would lose nothing if
the Presidential nomination should fall to
his lot"