The Great West, or the garden of the world; its history, its wealth, its natural advantages, and its future: also comprising a complete guide to emigrants, with a full description of the different routes westward . cellent. The prisoners attend divine ser-vice on the Sabbath, and enjoy the pri\ileges of a Sab-bath school, and the use of an excellent library, com-prising several hundred volumes. They have Bibles intheir cells, unite in exercises of sacred music, and arepermitted, occasionally, to hear temperance addresses,<&c., in the chapeL Their labor yields to the state. THE GREAT WEST. 8
The Great West, or the garden of the world; its history, its wealth, its natural advantages, and its future: also comprising a complete guide to emigrants, with a full description of the different routes westward . cellent. The prisoners attend divine ser-vice on the Sabbath, and enjoy the pri\ileges of a Sab-bath school, and the use of an excellent library, com-prising several hundred volumes. They have Bibles intheir cells, unite in exercises of sacred music, and arepermitted, occasionally, to hear temperance addresses,<&c., in the chapeL Their labor yields to the state. THE GREAT WEST. 81 after defraying the expenses of the prison, a surplus of$16,000 or $18,000 annually. On the 10th of February, 1816, Columbus was in-corporated as a borough. Its present city charter wasgranted March 3, 1834. The mayor is elected for twoyears. Tlie city is divided mto five wards, each ofwhich elects four members of the city council, whohold their ofiices for four years, one in each ward beingelected annually. All other officers are elected an-nually. A new State House, surpassing in extent and archi-tectural beauty any similar edifice in the Union, wascompleted and dedicated at Columbus, January, THE GREAT WEST. 83 INDIANA. The history of the settlement of Indiana is nearlyidentical with that of its twin sister, Illinois, and ofmuch of the vast surrounding region formerly includedin the so called North-west Territory. The first per-manent occupancy of the country was effected in 1702,at a fertile spot on the eastern bank of the Wabash,about one hundred miles above its confluence with theOhio. To this place, which became a fortified tradingpost, its inhabitants afterwards gave the name of Vin-cennes. The original settlers were French soldiersfrom Canada, belonging to the army of Louis descendants remained an almost isolated com-munity, increasing very slowly in numbers for nearlyone hundred years ; and in the mean time, from habitsof constant intercourse with t
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