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these with the Cannelton beds have been con- 

 sidered, heretofore, all there were in the State, 

 but coal has been traced all the way from Pine 

 Creek to the Ohio River, finding it cropping 

 out in a number of places, and the veins can 

 be reached at any point by mining. The coal- 

 region of the State, it is believed, covers 8,000 

 square miles, and a prominent geologist states 

 that he never met the same indications of iron 

 in the best mining districts of Pennsylvania as 

 he can show in a number of counties in the 

 State. 



A ton of Indiana hematite-ore that will yield 

 fifty per cent, can be reduced with one-third 

 less coal than a ton of Lake Superior ore, as 

 the flux will flow more easily, on account of the 

 lime in it. The rich deposit of the iron-ore 

 extends along the edge of the coal-fields from 

 Lodi, Parke County, to Martin County. The 

 surface indications in Martin are less than 

 jn Parke, Fountain, or Sullivan Counties, but 

 indicate a very rich deposit. 



Professor Cox, the geologist, reports that in 

 Vermillion County he discovered three seams 

 of coal, varying in thickness from four to seven 

 feet. Between Highland and Newport, one of 

 these seams he was unable to discover which, 

 not having time to trace it is from five to 

 seven feet in thickness, and the lower part, 

 being from thirty to thirty-six inches thick, is 

 pure block coal, of very fine quality. The 

 upper part is good caking coal, and will make 

 excellent fuel. These seams are all very acces- 

 sible, and can be reached either by shafts or 

 drifts. In the shales of the upper coal-meas- 

 ures are found bands of iron stone from three to 

 fifteen inches thick. There are large deposits 

 of this in the western part of the county, which 

 will be found of great value when used in con- 

 nection with other ores. A sm el ting-furnace, 

 called the Indiana Furnace, was in operation 

 here for a number of years, and was quite suc- 

 cessful for a time, smelting with charcoal. Now, 

 however, when other ores are so easily pro- 

 cured, this would not be rich enough to pay for 

 working alone. In connection with the coal 

 was also found fire-clay of fair quality. 



Dr. G. M. Levette, Prof. Cox's assistant, found 

 in Putnam County coal scattered about, but 

 not in any great quantities. Some of the 

 veins can be worked, however. One near Put- 

 namville has been operated for years, and the 

 proprietor exhibits letters, written by black- 

 smiths in Indianapolis, Cambridge City, and 

 other towns, before the railroad was built, or- 

 dering his coal. Dr. Levette found any quan- 

 tity of building-stone. On the farm of D. C. 

 Donahue, two miles from Greencastle, are large 

 deposits of sandstone, which, for the purpose 

 of making furnace-hearths, is unequalled. It 

 has been used at the Planet Furnace, near New 

 Harmony, and at several places in Ohio. The 

 stone is abundant in the county. 



The claims of the State against the United 

 States, for expenses incurred in the war, were 

 finally disposed of by the following report : 



The commissioners appointed under act of Con- 

 gress, March 29, 1867, to settle the Indiana war claims, 

 respectfully report that, pursuant to instructions from 

 the Secretary of War, they met at Indianapolis, March 

 10, 1869, and published and notified the Governor of 

 their readiness for business. 



The claims were presented by General W. II. II. 

 Terrell, Adjutant-General of the State ; and, on a 

 careful examination of the items, and the proofs and 

 vouchers to support them, the commissioners find 

 there is due the State of Indiana for war expenses, 

 under the act above mentioned, $481,178.24, as fol- 

 lows : 



Enrolling $5,543 04 



Equipping 4,884 15 



Arming 13,469 23 



Subsisting 18,318 23 



Transporting 7,581 88 



Paying 431,381 71 



Total $481,178 24 



The commissioners would say that the claims, before 

 they were presented, appear to have been carefully 

 examined by the Adjutant-General, and no claim was 

 presented except such as was fully sustained by 

 vouchers and testimony. , 



And, considering the length of time since making 

 the expenditures, the vouchers and proofs submitted 

 are regarded by the commissioners as fully sustaining 

 the allowances made. 



We herewith return and file all the papers, vouch- 

 ers, correspondence,evidence, and documents, relating 

 to our proceedings, or connected with the claims, as 

 per schedule hereto annexed, with the expression 

 of our high appreciation of the courtesy of Governor 

 Baker ; General Terrell, and other officers of the State, 

 in facilitating our labors. We also desire to tender 

 our thanks to our clerks, Messrs. Pray and Hayden, 

 and our messenger, Mr. Ottwell. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



W. R. KINNEY, 



J. H. BROADHEAD, 



ROBERT FLINT, 



Commissioners. 



On the 1st of October, during the trial of the 

 machinery at the State Fair, a steam-boiler 

 exploded, killing twenty and wounding more 

 than forty others. The cause of the accident 

 was a deficiency of water. 



On June 8th a Woman's State Suffrage Con- 

 vention assembled at Indianapolis, and the fol- 

 lowing resolutions were adopted : 



Whereas, The possession of any God-given faculty 

 presupposes the right to use that faculty ; and 



Whereas, Men and women have been endowed by 

 the Creator with the same mental and moral powers : 

 therefore 



fiesolved, That their right to use these mental* and 

 moral powers is equal, and that legal restrictions 

 are not only unnecessary, but wrong in principle. 



2. That one class in society cannot properly rep- 

 resent the interests of another, and that, to secure 

 justice to all, all must have a voice in making and 

 enforcing our laws. 



3. That wherever woman has taken her place side 

 by side with man, in the many avocations and pro- 

 fessions, she has shown herself his equal, and has 

 exerted a refining influence, and all have been made 

 better. 



4. That we will in all honorable ways labor to 

 remove all legal disabilities that now trammel the 

 efforts of women, and let capacity, inclination, and 

 circumstances, control their sphere of action, as with 

 men. 



5. That we feel justly proud of the action of our 

 representatives in Congress, who have taken position 

 in favor of the sixteenm amendment, for we feel that, 

 while our laws are being reconstructed so as to give 



