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INDIANA. 



such disqualifications; but the Senate having 

 passed a bill, originating with itself, making all 

 colored persons competent witnesses, except 

 such as have come or may hereafter come into 

 the State, in contravention of the Constitution, 

 the House was induced to accept the latter rather 

 than run the risk of no bill whatever passing. 



From the report of the State Auditor, dated 

 August 10, 1865, it appears that the net amount 

 apportioned to the several counties of the State, 

 under the act creating a fund for the relief of 

 soldiers' families, was $1,648,017.99, and the 

 actual amount apportioned to 203,724 benefi- 

 ciaries was $8.08 each, making the total sum of 

 $1,646,089.92. This apportionment is made on 

 the following basis : 



The total valuation of the real and personal 



property in the State, as returned in 



1864, was $516,305,999.00 



Which, at 80 cents on each $100 valuation, 



will yield 1.550,417.99 



Polls, at $1 each 197,600.00 



Total receipts, should the tax bo collected, $1,743,017.99 

 Deduct Governor's Military Contingent 

 Fund 100,000.00 



Net amount to be apportioned 1,648,017.99 



Actual amount apportioned to 203,724 ben- 

 eficiaries, at $8.03 each 1,646,089.92 



Remainder $1,928.07 



In making the apportionment each mother, 

 wife, or widow, is counted as four ; each moth- 

 erless child as two, and all other children as one, 

 and the number in each county is the aggregate 

 of those thus estimated. Each child, therefore, 

 if none of the enumerated had " otherwise suffi- 

 cient means for their comfortable support," 

 would be entitled to receive 67 cents per month ; 

 each motherless child, $1.34 per month ; and 

 each mother, wife, or widow, $2.70 per month. 



The number of troops furnished by Indiana 

 during the war amounted to 195,147; reduced 

 to a three years' standard the aggregate would 

 reach 152,283. Governor Morton places the 

 total number at over two hundred thousand, 

 although he gives no figures. In November, 

 there were still in the service twenty-one regi- 

 ments of Indiana troops, viz. : eighteen of in- 

 fantry and three of cavalry. 



By the laws of Indiana, the common school 

 revenue is required to be apportioned semi- 

 annually among the several counties of the State. 

 The apportionment for April, 1865, showed 

 that $(571,794.07 were divided among 566,333 

 children between the ages of 5 and 21, making 

 the distributive share to each $1.18. The re- 

 port of the succeeding August showed a total 

 eum of $171,245.43 distributed among 552,233 

 children. The special session of 1865 passed 

 an act providing for a State normal school, the 

 location of which has not yet been determined ; 

 and also for the establishment of an agricultural 

 college at Bloomington. An attempt to provide 

 for schools for colored children by general tax- 

 ation proved unsuccessful, the Senate, by a vote 

 of 34 to 5, declaring that it was opposed to tax- 

 ing white men's property for the benefit of 

 negroes' children. 



INSUEANCE. 



In August, a Harbor Convention was held at 

 Michigan City, with reference to the enlarge- 

 ment and improvement of the harbor at that 

 place. The estimated cost of the improvement 

 is $300,000, about half of which has been pledged 

 by private subscription. Measures were adopt- 

 ed to apply to Congress for aid in completing 

 the work, on the *score that it was a national 

 undertaking. 



In May, 1865, sentence of death, in accordance 

 with the finding of a general court-martial, was 

 pronounced against William A. Bowles, Stephen 

 Horsey, and Lambden P. Mulligan, citizens of 

 Indiana, who had been found guilty of treason- 

 able designs against the Government during the 

 war. A respite was obtained for them, but 

 before it was granted an application for a writ 

 of habeas corpus had been made in the United 

 States Circuit Court sitting in Indianapolis. In 

 consequence of a division of opinion, the matter 

 was certified to the Supreme Court at "Washing- 

 ton, where it now awaits a decision. They 

 were subsequently pardoned by the President. 



The elections in Indiana, in 1865, were for 

 local officers only, and resulted generally in 

 favor of the Kepublicans. In the latter part of 

 the year, Governor Morton left the country for 

 the benefit of his health, turning over the gov- 

 ernment to Lieut.-Governor Conrad Baker. 



INDIANS. (See TERRITORIES, U. S.) 



INDIUM. To the notice already given of 

 this new metal (ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA, 1863), 

 it may here be added that MM. Reich and 

 Eichter, in continuing their researches, have 

 succeeded beyond question in effecting its sepa- 

 ration, and have examined it and some of its 

 compounds. Having obtained the metal by 

 reducing it from its oxide upon charcoal by, 

 means of the blow-pipe, they find it soft and 

 ductile, white, not easily tarnished, resembling 

 tin in appearance, but melting at about the 

 same point with lead, and marking with even a 

 clearer trace than the latter on paper. Its ox- 

 ide resembles that of thorium ; and its chloride 

 gives the blue line of great intensity. Indium 

 is found also in the zinc obtained from the 

 Freiburg ores. One account met with makes 

 the specific gravity of indium 7.277, and its 

 equivalent 37.07. According to Dr. C. Wink- 

 ler, the specific gravity is 7.362, and the equiv- 

 alent (probably) 35.9. 



INSUEANCE. The general results of the 

 Fire Insurance business throughout the State 

 of New York, and in the country at large, for 

 the year 1865, have not been favorable. Tho 

 Life Insurance business has become much larger 

 than in former years, and more profitable. 



Five new Life Insurance Companies have 

 recently been organized in the State of NCVT 

 York: 1. Tho New York State Life Insurance 

 Company, of Syracuse, with a capital of $100,- 

 000. 2. The American Popular Life Insurance 

 Company, of New York City. 3. Tho Provid^t 

 Savings and Life Insurance Company, of New 

 York. 4. The Atlantic Mutual Life Insurance 

 Company, of Albany, with a capital of $200,000. 



