All the western states and territories . pt. Spencers company, noticedabove. His name is most honorably identified with the history of the was a senator in congress from 1832 to 1839, and chairman of the Com-mitte of Indian Affairs, an office for which he was peculiarly well qualified,having been, for many years, Indian agent, and well acquainted with mostof the Indian tribes. He was a warm hearted man, and possessed uncommonforce of character: he was one of the original projectors of the Wabash andErie Canal, and also one of the founders of Logansport, where he died in1839. The reade
All the western states and territories . pt. Spencers company, noticedabove. His name is most honorably identified with the history of the was a senator in congress from 1832 to 1839, and chairman of the Com-mitte of Indian Affairs, an office for which he was peculiarly well qualified,having been, for many years, Indian agent, and well acquainted with mostof the Indian tribes. He was a warm hearted man, and possessed uncommonforce of character: he was one of the original projectors of the Wabash andErie Canal, and also one of the founders of Logansport, where he died in1839. The reader will notice the building on the right of the view. This is theBattle Ground Institute, under the charge of Rev. E. H. Staley. It is aflourishing seminary for both sexes. A number of small neat houses standabove it, erected, some of them, by the parents of the children, many of thelatter brothers and sisters, who here live together, obtaining, away fromtheir homes, a double education, that of house keeping, with that derivedfrom South-eastern vieiv of Madison. As seen from the Kontucky siilo of the Ohio, near Milton ferry. The terminus of the Kailroad is seenon the left, the Court House on the right. Madison, the county seat of Jefferson county, is situated 8G miles Indianapolis, 50 above Louisville, and 100 below Cincinnati. It is lo-cated in a beautiful and picturesque valley, which, with the hills on the Ken-tucky shore and those of Indiana, and the bold curve and broad sweep ofthe Ohio River, affords a panorama rarely equaled. The valley in which thecity is situated, is nearly three miles long, which is inclosed on the north bysteep and rugged hills about 400 feet high. This place has very superioradvantages for trade, and the navigation is usually open in ordinary quantities of breadstuffs are exported, and a large amount of capitalis employed in founderies, machine shops, etc., and the establishments for INDIANA. 187 packing pork are very
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