All the western states and territories . iven throughthe wilderness to Sandusky. Capt. Orr was taken to Detroit, where he lay in thehospital for several months, and, with the remnant who lived, was exchanged, inthe spring of 1783. South Bend, the county seat of St. Joseph, is on the jMiehigan Southern andNorthern Indiana Railroad, 85 miles easterly from Chicago; also on St. Jo-seph River, which furnishes, by means of a dam at this point, a vast waterpower. It has some 30 stores, G churches, 2 Catholic Female Seminaries,and in 1860, 4,013 inhabitants. Michigan City is on Lake Michigan, in La Po
All the western states and territories . iven throughthe wilderness to Sandusky. Capt. Orr was taken to Detroit, where he lay in thehospital for several months, and, with the remnant who lived, was exchanged, inthe spring of 1783. South Bend, the county seat of St. Joseph, is on the jMiehigan Southern andNorthern Indiana Railroad, 85 miles easterly from Chicago; also on St. Jo-seph River, which furnishes, by means of a dam at this point, a vast waterpower. It has some 30 stores, G churches, 2 Catholic Female Seminaries,and in 1860, 4,013 inhabitants. Michigan City is on Lake Michigan, in La Porte county, 54 miles by rail-road from Chicago, and 154 from Indianapolis. It has communication bythe Michigan Central, and New Albany and Salem Railroads, and the lakewith all parts of the country. It is noted for the manufacture of railroadcars, and has about 4,000 inhabitants. Lnportc, the county seat of Laportexounty, in the north-western part ofthe state, is at the junction of the Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago, with the INDIANA. 191. University of Indiana, Bloojungton. Michigan Southern and Northern Eaih-oads, 58 miles from Chicago, on thenorthern margin of the beautiful and fertile Door Prairie, so named from anIndian chief It was first organized as a city in 1853, is a very flourishingDusiness place, and has 9 churches and 6,000 inhabitants. Jiloomingfon, the county seat of Monroe county, is on the line of the NewAlbany and Salem liailroad, 96 miles north from New Albany. It was laid out in 1818, by BenjaminPark, agent for the county com-missioners. Its public build-ings are substantial, and thepublic square pleasantly orna-mented with shade trees andshrubbery. It is noted as aplace of education. It has twoiemale seminaries, and is theseat of the Sta/e Uiiicersliij,founded in 1835. Greencuslle,capital of the neighboring coun-ty of Putnam, 40 miles by rail-road weot of Indianapolis, isthe seat of the Indiana AsburijUinversif)/, founded in 1837, and which is not excelled by
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