Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 April 1871 — Page 4

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For Sale.

I1^ORSALK—A

room owr

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Ift:

HIUIM.U

A LCANT'*,

nicely furnished, new carp«t and new lurnltimv Kni|iUre ol J. H. Tyler, llox 1&, or of A, HhitWi Fosltr Bros,

^Olt \I K—Om- flrsl-cliiw Milch Cow,also li VOIIDK cow# WI ll first will, lor »aW* or exchange lor dry cow*. ulxo good pasture wltli running water and good lencing lor lliuiittl number of *tock.

Annlv. J. J. Kerr

el, 6 niUea fouih-t n*t of

city, or Utrough Po»lofflce-~Iiux SfcW. {41--1*'

"1 »R HA UK— Parlor Set*, at H*, W6 SO A

X* A. Fine Chamber Sets, full marble, §76 50. ui SI I- «jO. J. A K. W. lions, N*. ]1 and li!, S.i-ond street. -MKH.

T7U)R SAUK—A LOT—One hundred feet front—».i Fifth »tnvt, ..tiwiv.. .—v. Wil*on Will be sold tu lots of 35 feet front. To p«*r®ons wanting small home,' this Is spU-ndkl chance as 1 will talcs monthly |mviinnt* of small anioanwinex.

«WT M..MAHAX.

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HALE—Two desirable Houses and ijots, on'- situated on the corner of Thirteenth SUM! I'host nut streets, in Jewett Additlon the other on Fourth ftm-t, squares from Main alio oer.-s In Otter Creek township, miles from the cltv. For particulars Inquire Qf Mr*. H. BROW N, 79 ^orth Fourth street. SMI.

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iOH WALK—Twenty acres of timbered html on the Loekport roml, four or five mlb* from the city. Will *ell ihe whole tract on riiwonablc terms, or will sell the liinlKT. alone, of ten iu t.

170K

L. KI^SI^U» |»n!nco of Mu»k\

ilK HAI.E-GRKAT BARGAIN IN ICK. Fl"ht hundred tons of pure l.rystal lee turn he purchased at low 'rates and on

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cr.-.lit. Tin purchaser will lmvr .-very fricilitv for wmivtlnK successfully with rota ke vr."4 who arc? emti-HVorlng to establish a monopoly tu ice truth? lu Terre-Iiiiutc durinic the coinln« season. A rare chance offered to anyone desirous of malting inonev Applv to GKO. F. JF.NCKkHorto JOHN }.' WI U.I A MS, Ohio Struct, bet. Third and Fourth, Terre-IIaute, Intl.

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I"i(R SALE.—For wile at bargain 20 acres _P of Land, 4 miles South-east of Hiiut,- The most commanding bulIdiiiK site lu Vigo county. The land is peculiarly adai.I.1 to the cultivation of Vi Uetab or fruits, being dry, windy and productive. Terms oue-sixth cash, balance in flve annu-

''V'or^furtht particulars apply to Editor of

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S VI-K.—Fine Farm—The farm of the

late Hiram Smith, Sr., lying 3% miles sou tti-ti'it from the centre of the city, Is now ottered for Kile. This is one of the most desirable pieces of rural property In the county orH'itte. It lies partly uiK)ii the blull'aiid part Iv on tiie )rairie. The improvements are tlVht-rnte. The Iwatlon of tin- residence i'i of KnrpfiK'diiK beatity, commanding a view or the whole city and pnilrle. There are tw "'ehnols on th" yw, spletidl'' grove oY timber, and never failiuKstock wa(*r. The pr.n'hii.ser can have choice of huyintt ninety or one hundred and sixty ijertw. Terms ensv. Eiuniire at this olllo". i'J-tf.

HALF.—Choice building lots in Teel's sulMlivislon, corner of fitli and (Jullck Hireeis. Also lor exchange,farming lamls in Indiana and Illinois, for improved or uniniproVel city property. Apply to H. H. TEF.L. «st., opp. Court House.

10U SALE—Hix Houses and lot* all new with rooms ami cellars to eae. wll cistertis and wood sheds. Good location, each worth will sell all for So,.'**). or choice for $1,000 rush. 3H-tf: H.HOLMES.

I*iiandSAfrom

ill LE—House of seven rooms and lot of live acres on l'ralrieton road 1 i, tulles the court house, hni fruit tre«w, *W grape vI lies. Ureal bargain. Applv to

1?oUH.\TJ'T.EnHt

JEKKY VOIilS.

-Teutonla Hotel. Tlil« vnlu-

able property adjoining the Deining lllock on lie will be sold very low.

».j IIO: 18MJt

HOfIT5f)T A- BROWN, Attorney's.

70H HALE—Honso with Ave rooms, cellar, outlmusem, stnble, Ac. Lot 75 hy HI feet, ri. nly of trees ami shrubbery, trult, &c. l'rlce 9t,(MM, B. Holmes, Agent, J13 Main St.

HALE -Old papers, sulUible for WTapping paper,for mile HtoOecnta a liuudml at the Ail, otllce.

iiUt SALE-LOTH-Most desirable residenee lots in tins city. Five lots fronting on Sixth street. Ten lots fronting 011 Fourth street. Three Lots fronting 011

Third

Htrectj and know as the Farrington Property. These lots are the most desirable Residence si tin to be had In the city,and are dally brooming more valuable. For terms. Information, or plat of grnuiuV, apply to W. E. 11

ENDRICH.

Agent, oftlce over Prairie City

Hank, Heaeh's lUock. M-lt.

1/OR

HALE or Exchange—Clark House.— The pwprletor, hsirlng to retire from the Ijusltiess. otters his Hotel for sale or exchange for small Dwellings 111, or small Farm near tln'Citv. House is doing a good business or I* well"located for manufacturing purposes. E«-v term*. For nartieniars eii(|Uire of iVu. W. H. URIFFITH Prourletor.

Wanted.

A N E A to re Is bug In the reduction of prlcis on Furniture at J. A K. W. IUMW, Nos. 11 and 12, 2nd str.et. UKlt.

•\\T ANTED—Hv competent teachers, lltnHetl munlM-r of Students to leivrn the «r' of telegraphing -terms inodernte. Enquire at. room over Dr. Mulls ortlce. Atli St., first door from Main. .HMt^

\I ANTED

-EverylKxly to know that the

SATI UPAYEVRMNUM AII. has a larger renin lion than any newspaper published outside of Indlnnnpolis,

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this State. Also

tlmt It I* carefully and thoroughly rend In the hotnwof It* patrons, and that It Is the very le*t advertising medium In Western 1 ndlatm.

Lost.

OHT L-irge sums ot money are lost everj-

^week b.vpersons wh» should advertise In this column of the

Found.

I^OI'NIV-The plnee to buy Wilson's Hliuttie Sewing Machine—-upper and under ln«l, wnrmninl. Money snve*i by bayinir--only No. C«!l and sr* for youself. jTorth *nl *stnet. threo doors from Main. 41-2L J. A. UOSSETT.

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Printing.

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THE MAIL.

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KDITOH AND PUUPIUETOH.

Office, 142

Main

TEKKK-HAUTK.

Street.

APRIL 8, 1871.

SECOND EDITION. With Supplement.

THE rULI'IT OF TO-DA 1\ The pulpit of to-duj' is behind the age. The moral influence of the press is immense. Publishers have discovered thut success dope nils upon ho goodness of their ideas. At the bar, and in the forum, he who uses Christian arguments is most powerful. With an intelligent faith in a broad and benevolent Christianity, however, wo scruple not to assert that sacred oratory, taken as a whole, is not in consonance with the spirit of the times. The few splendid exceptions—the select number of religious teachers whoso weekly inllietions a long-sutiering public can tolerate—only sustain our argument as an example of contrasts. Of course wo do not look fortho attractive originality of oratorical genius in all who call themselves ministers of the Gospel but surely, the greater part of our Sunday oracles might at least be interesting, if not occasionally instructive. Christianity is entirely good, and its story need never be tedious or dull, yet how often is our intelligence insulted by the customary installments of commonplace exhortation? Zealous churchmen complain ot the ago because the people who yawn wearily in churchtime applaud eagerly that which is gay and frivolous. The age is not worseit is better. The intelligence of to-day will not feed upon the eireto dogmas and dreary platitudes of yesterday. It requires more of Truth and less of confused and inexplicable verbiage. Our preaching friends little dream how tormenting it is to poor, miserable, unrobed sinners, to bo compelled to give ear every seventh day to certain wearying homilies, after having fed all the week upon the wholesomo rhetoric of the press, or after having caught glimpses of a higher or betteir life

the

stage, or after having communed through winsome books with the master spirits who expend an honorable existence in the creation and advocacy of great ideas in politics, literature and science. What preacher has done so much for humanity as Charles Dickens, whoso shadow seldom darkened the portals of a church Whose lesson has been more noblo than that of Alice Cary, tho Universalist? Of how many ministers can we say, as of theso two, the world is better and mankind nob-l^l fluently enlar^yd tho mar'qft\ggL«af ler because they have lived? It may be trembitnadtff^ that the clergymen of to-day excel their ecclesiastical forefathers in piety, scholarship, and speech but still, tho pulpit compares unfavorably with contemporary Journalism and other systems of popular education. It would bo an unfortunate thing for the world if it were again dependent upon tho priesthood for its moral and Intellectual development nevertheless Gospol ministers ought to strive to be more entertaining in matter and manner of address. The t^ine has gono by when a progressive people can hearkon assentinglv to stereotyped dogmas adTiincod with studied unction, or pardon a presumptuous preacher his sins of willful dullness. We would prefer that tho church should be cheerftil, sunshiny, and pleaBant, where wo can hear something more than music that is elevating.and ennobling. It is a false, dangerous charity that gives the pulpit encouragement in bringing forth the usual common place sermonic composition, unrelieved by any alluring accompaniment of wellwrought argument, eloquent outburst of humanitarian paasion, deep touch of contagious pathos, spiritual glamour, or literary charm. The immunity of the pulpit from criticism is tho principal cause of its stupidity. Because it has been esteemed above criticism it has beeot*© lamentably impotent as coexisting f*rce with tho platform, the ncw*p.i|er, and the stage. Let the clergy have tho exceptional brotherly sympathy their peculiar situation demands, but not to the exclusion of that outspoken advice, that impartial faultfinding, though whose disciplinarian influence institutions and men reach a better state of perfection.

Men long for a deeper, broader, more earnest Christianity from the pulpit of to-Say. We want less of dogma, loss of ennt, l*s» of the flatulent phrases which havo boon hurled at our ears since childhood, and more pure religion, more lore for humanity, more liberality. Tl»e day has long since gone by when reasonable tnen lelieve that there is HIT •elect or royal road to Hearen. The Mussulman who honors God and loves his fellow man may rank much higher in tho Hereafter than the mitred bishop, attired in bin robes of cxclnaivenea*, who thanks lib God that he is not like other men.

Christianity is broader than creed. It is tbocwaenceof all goodn«estthroughout God's universe. What mockery that its temples here on earth should be given up,« a rule, to stupid, stale and unprofitable preaching!

TH last number of the HlOOtnfield TWfrww (OIIMI to as with one-fourth of a column of local matter, and UM balance of the sheet Is filled with a thrilling serial entitled, "Lswa of tha United states."

THE PERILS OF FRANCE. Tho insurrection of the Reds has not boon suppressed, though tho mobocrnts, so bravo and self-coufldent in tho preBenoo of tho do moralized National Guards, run like frightened sheep when confronted by regular troops. A reign of terror oxista in Paris and tho power of the Assembly is undisputed in the provinces. Outside of tho capital there was, from the first, little sympathy with the insurrection. A few Impracticable and infuriated malcontents,appealing to the passions of the mob, have rode triumphantly for three weeks upon tho wavo of popular Airy but tho storm has

nearly

spont itself and the leaders

will bo stranded high and dry. France is passing through a great peril. If she does not show virtue enough to suppress lawlessness and preserve order her humiliation will bo great indeed. We do not doubt that tho Versailles Assembly will ba, strong enough to reestablish its supremacy. But when this is accomplished, France will be brought faco to face with a greater peril than that from which she has just escaped. Tho suppression of tho Communists will be proclaimed us a triumph of the monarchists. The French people, so recently living in mortal dread of the inauguration of a new Ileign or Terror, may seok the protection ot a crowned ruler as the choice of two evils. Doing this thoy will forfeit their claim to tho respect and spmpathy of the friends of freedom throughout tho world they will lease their fair territory again for tho perpetuation of those abuses to which can be attributed all their troubles and misfortunes, and they will lose their standing, now nobly taken, among the forces of civilization. If they avoid this greater peril thoy will havo come out of the war with Germany honored, glorified and triumphant. If Franco chooses in these days tho straight, honest course which leads to ty Republic bused upon liberty and order, she will stand in a higher moral piano than Germany around whose brow has been twined tho blooidred laurels of military glory. Earth's rabble cheer the triumphs of war, but the angels above are made glad by tho successes of peace.

The holocaust of victims whose silent faces stared upon the heavens in the war just closed in France has opened highwaj-s through entire Europe to liberty. Though jjtho world from the deluged with blood, fruitful with fallen brward to, and had a ito—universal poace. jhe wheel of Progigher civilization. il*ough solid walls

beginning has bej and the fields n\ dead, it has lc singlo consun^ The steady roll ress is towards Its track has b^ ol humanity farrows: yearj chronieledits in sight, and nc banner of brotll

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,-liAUTE SATT7KPAY EVENING MAIL, APRIL 8. 1871.

Wihas followed its ^etchedness have

iffr3' "10 *s |p «lfT waves the white

__ t?y love. Who does tho auspi-

"brow

of peace! With grateful hearts we who aro roaping tho grand results that are tho developments of centuries of human courage and sufferings, should view the dawning of this new era. If it does not strengthen the bonds of our sympathy for tho down trodden, and lead us to throw our entire influence in favor of the universal rights of all men, wo are unworB of this sublime day in creation's history.

RECONSTRUCTION.

TUB result of Monday's elections prove conclusively tho wisdom of tho New York IPorMVt advico to tho Democratic party concerning its future policy. That party cannot attempt to undo reconstruction without meeting defeat overywhere. The reaction in New Hampsbiro was arrested in Connecticut and Rhode Island by the Intemperate speech of Blair, by the defiant attitude of the Ku Klux, and by tho belligerent utterances of tho Democratic press concerning reconstruction. It is very evidently the sentiment of the American people that tho southern question has been irrevocably settled, and that party writes defeat in advance upon its banners which attempts to undo reconstruction. Outsido of public sentiment the project to destroy reconstruction is utterly impracticable. This can only lie accomplished by an amendment to the constitution which can be brought about only by the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds ofthe States, or by joint resolution of both houses of Congress, two-thirds assenting, which amondmcnt must bo ratified by throe-fourths of tho States. If tho Democracy succeed in electing every new Senator in all but the most rabid Republican States they will have but twenty-four out of seventyfbur senators within the next four years. If every territory in the Union is admitted as a State with Democratic senators in the meantime, that party will still be in the minority. On the other hand, the most rabid negro-hater can hardly connt twvnty-flve out of thirty-seven States in the Union, the legislatures of which can lie relied upon to apply for a convention to destroy reconstruction and eveu if this could be done it t* not possible that threefourths of the States would ratify- such an amendment. Not a practical step can be taken toward the consummation so dear to the heart of Blair and Garrett Davis, for four years to oome. By the end of that time it will be as unpopular to attempt to disfranchise the negro as the infamous Know Nothing movement of 1854 became when the sober voice of the American people was heard.

A WKUTST school teacher of Massachusetts has had to pay $5,000 to a parent for whipping a child. No wonder that advices from down east inform tu that whaling is no longnr profitable.

progress of the northern PA CIF1C RAILROA D. The energy with which the building of this great thoroughfare is being pushed forward is an added guaranty of its early completion aud its wise management. We loarn from the financial agents of the Road, Messrs. Jay Cooke ife Co., that, at the present date, the grading is nearly finished for aflfl'miles, from Lake Superior, through Central Minnesota, ta the eastern bordor of Dakota trains are running over 130 miles of completed track, the Mississippi rivor is bridged at Brainord and once more joined to the Lakes by

rail,

and track-laying is lapidly progressing westward. By September next, trains will run to the Red river, and tho grading will probably be fur advanced toward the Groat Bend of tho Missouri rivor in Central Dakota.

In tho meantime work has been commenced tho present season on the Pacific coast, a large force of men is al

ready

employed in I ho valley of the Columbia river, in Washington Territory, and hereafter the work of construction will bo pushed both eastward and westward toward the centro with such rapidity as the best interests of the Road may justify.

Including its purchase of the St. Paul Pacific Road, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company has 413 Miles of Road now in operation, and before tho close of the present season the length of finished track will bo at least 560 miles. The new highway to the Pacific is being constructed at the lowest cost compatible with first-class work.

TIIK London Saturday Review is a paper beyond criticism. It transcends ordinary rules and is above mortal errors. It never admits into its columns communications of any kind from correspondents. As it cannot make any mistakes it of course never opens its columns to corrections. A lato number has some strange information, however. It seems that, according to tho Review, St. Louis is a State that St. Louis lias a legislature and that St. Louis is in Jeflerson city. Witness tho following extract: If we may take the leg-

Mature 0/St. Louis as an example, we should say that the result (woman suffrage) would bo arrived at very "soon, inasmuch as in that slate "a petition of 20,000 claiming tlie franchise was referred to the com"mittoe on foreign relations, which seems to us a cofitrivancc—or, as Mrs.

Woodhull would say, a 'dodge'—to evade trouble—some discussion. A "correspondent of Mrs. Woodhull's "newspaper informs her readers that tho 'leading spirits of the womensuffrage movement, 'm St. Louis as~ sembled at Jefferson City, presented a "memorial to the legislature and interviewed the governor."

A CORRESPONDENT, whose letter would be published but for the fact that its spelling and punctuation will not pass muster, dissents front our proposition that social equality grows not fro litical or civil equality. He thinks that the former is a necessary consequence of the latter. We can assure our correspondent that the corner roosters and saloon loafers, a fair proportion of whom vote the Democratic ticket, are not esteemed to be tho social equals of Mr. Voorhecs, or Col. Dowling, or of any decent members of that party, not withstanding that all men are equal before tho law. A man's social position depends entirely upon his decency, hisintelligence, his amiability,or congeniality. Tho law cannot develop or smother any of these attributes, hence it cannot make any man tho social equal of another.

THERE aro women who dread nothing so much as to bo called "strongminded." They would not for tho world bo suspected of knowing anything about politics, progress, or the overshnwdowing issues of tho day. They eagerly disclaim any knowl odgo higher than tho laws of harmony in dress, tho lightest literary twaddle, or the current gosssip of tho community. Thoso women may stick closely to their "sphere," but it is a very little and narrow sphere. How long will it bo until women aro prouder of being called "strongmindci" than of being reputed weakminded

The following cxtrnct is ftom a capital article on Woman Suffrage in tho Independent:

Am6ng tho women who dance the German, woman suffrage is in the la*t degree unnopulur, no doubt but tho women wno translate German will in the long run have most Influence, and their verdict seems tobequite the other a

MYsrsTfcR WASitm nxK hns sent to the President a fragment of shell which dropped within one square of his residence during the bombardment of Paris. What a hero is our Minister! He saved his life by a square-breadth escape.

TnKUE are different stories about the action of the Joint High Commission. One is that thesettlement arrived at will be eminently satisfactory to this country, and another account informs us that the American members have little hopes of being able to secure a treaty that will be acceptable to the Senate.

THE coal strikes in Pennsylvania have culminated in a terrible riot in which three workmen were murdered. Gov. Geary has called out the militia to enforce order.

Awojro the periodicals on our oxchange list are the Living Aof the Iron Age and the Qotdm Age, The Sautage hasn't come yet thought here Is something that looks a little like it in the Three Links, an Odd Fellows' paper.

City News.'

Mnbucrintian*.—The SATURDAY EVENISO MAII,

Is delivered to city Kubseribers at

TWENTY CKNTK N mouth, pnyuble at the end of every four weeks, or at TWO DOLLARS 11 year in advance. The MAIL will l» furnished by post, or at this ofllce, at the following rates: One Year, £!,U0 tSIx Months, $1,00 Three Months, 50 Cents—invariably in aiivanrtt

'IICH| Advertising.— We shall hereafter 141 ve special prominence to the notices under thi' head of Want«sl, For Sole, For Itent, I»st, Found. fcc. We will charge live cents a line for each insertion of such advertisements, and no notice will bo reckoned at less than five Hues. The circulation of th. MAIL i- uch that we can assure the public that it is carefully and regularly read

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the homes of njne out of ten reading persons in this city and its immediate vicinity.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Continental Btove— Ball.

Grand Opening—A. Johnson & Co. Dry Goods—Tuell, Itipley & Denting. Spring Goods—Warren, Hoberg & Co. Brown's Expectorant. Northern Pacific Railroad. Mattresses—E. D. Harvey. Southern Colony. Carpets—Ryce's Carpet Hall. ''Ball—Young Men's Amulet. 7-30 Gold Loan.

I/eeture—I. N. Coltrin. Opening—Warren, lloberg Co. Do you know—G. Ilolloway & Co. Boots—Clatfelt'-'r. Spring Dry Goods—W. S. Ityce & Co.

THE seedsmen are busy.

PORK occasions pimples.

THE grain fields look thrifty.

CLINTON wants a newspaper.

TITERE are only three regular cattle brokers in this county.

TIIE city used 1,384,000 cubic feet ot gas during the month of February.

THERE are eleven different Masonic lodges in this city.

SPRING has come and the trees are leaving.

THIS city has twenty-seven public buildings including various halls.

THE New York Mail says that TerroIlaute fashionables drink sassafras tea.

TRACK will be down on tho E. T. II, & C. Railway to Eugene in two weeks.

FIVE express trains now leave the eastern Depot at 4 o'clock i». sr.

SEVERAL now reapers havo already been taken out of the city by farmers in different parts of the county. 4

THE first teachers' meeting of the present term was held at tho Normal school building to day.

IT is estimated that at least two million brick will bo manufactured at the different jTards in the city during this season.

REAL ESTATE transfers in this city and county now consist principal^7 of exchanges.

KEITH «FC FAIRBANKS havo now on ils four thousand bushels of shelled corn. They shell and ship east about 1,500 bushels daily.

TUELL, RIPLEY FC DEMINO havo done the heaviest advertising during the past week ever known in this city. See their mammoth ad. in this issue.

TERRE-IIAUTE is famed for prcity girls. This is what New York drummers say, and what they don't know ain't worth knowing.

SIXTY engines are run regularly over the Vandalia line—twenty-fivo between here and St. Louis, and thirty-five Ixv tween here and Indianapolis.

THE new Richmond machine shops were opened on Tuesday. Soveral pieces of large machinery were moved in, and the work will now bo divided between the two shops.

THREE thousand four hundred dollars wortli of tickets were sold at tho ticket ofllce of tho Indianapolis it St. Louis Railro.nl during the month of •March.

EIOHT miles of side tracks and branches were laid on the T. 11. fc I. Railroad last year, making tho total of side tracks and branches laid thirtyeight and one-fourth mile*.

THE nmatenr theatrical troup© of this city are now engaged in rehearsing some very excellent entertainments with which our citizens will be favored in the course of a few months.

THE Terrc-llauto Micnncrchor will celebrate the 15th anniversasy of that organization in this city,

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tho 10th of

May. A grand festival is being prepared and ladies are expected to sing on that occasion^

THE Journnl brags about the acquisition of ten or twelve new weekly subscribers in a week. We received sixteen new mail subscriptions for this paper on Wednesday. These were all single subscriptions, not one being connected with a club.

THE talk about consolidation of revenue districts has blown over.

THE Pacific «fc Atlantic

legraph of

fice will be located in the basement room tinder the National State Bank.

THE new planing mill on North Second street is about completed and will be running in a few days.

THK Independent Club will favor the Greencastle people with the Cantata of the Haymakers next Friday night.

THE engineers completed the work of locating the North A South Railroad between Kockville and Brazil on Wednesday. The constructiojt of the road between these two points will commence about the 15th of this month.

THE Blast Furnanco will not be in running order again before the first of May,

WHY can't Terre-Haute have a public park where our toil-worn populaco can catch a glimpse of green folingo and repose under tho umbrageous shadows of sour apple trees

THE tteamer Vigo started south on Monday, laden with corn, and ran aground somewhere between this city and Hutsonyille, where It lay at last accounts.

THE following is a list of the officers of the Ainant Lodgo No. 350, I. O. O. F., installed at Clinton on Monday night by B. Holmes, D. D. G. M.,of this city: Newton Rogers, N. G., D. G. Modesitt, V. G., T. A. Kelly, Secretary, John S. Shepherd, Treasurer.

SUPERINTENDENT PEDDLE, in his annual report to the Directors of tho Terre-IIaute & Indianapolis Railroad Company, recommends that a suitable passenger depot should be erected in this city to accommodate all trains passing through here.

THERE aro eight iucorpated institutions in this city, vise: Terre-Hauto Draw Bridgo, Torre-llaute Furniture Company, Terre-Hauto Gas Light Company, Terre-IIaute Glass Company, Terrc-Haute Iron and Nail Works, Vigo Iron Company, tho Weaver, and Bigelow coal companies.

THE net transportation earnings of the Terre-Hauto & Indianapolis Railroad, for tho year 1870, were $459,465.05. Total receipts, ?1,171,526.53 aggregate expenditures, $871,314.00 total profits, $300,211.87. Tho capital stock is $1,988,150.00, and tho surplus account is $1, 095,523.30. .. 'V

THE steamer Zanesville accidentally ran against the limb of a treo on Monday, and both smoke stacks were knocked down. The damages amounted to about three hundred dollars. The steamer is now undergoing repairs and will be in running ordor again the first of next week.

THE stave factory ot Ten Brook «V Co., of ltockville, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night. Loss $12,000. It was insured to tho amount of $9,000. Mr. Hungerford was badly burned during the fire. James Meacham, in attempting to rcmovo a pilo of stavos, fell and broke his hand.

THE county Poor House now has lorty inmates. The number has materially decreased since tho working season opened. Seven insane persons aro now confined there—six women and

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man. There aro also two blind persons one of whom, George Harmon, has been confined in his bod for period of twelve years. ,j.

TWENTY babies, less than two years of age, aro now at tho County Poor House. They aro all bright and promising children, and one or moro will bo donated to respectable families who would like to take such a charge. There is also an unusually smart boy seven years old who is pining for a home moro congenial to his taste.

WE take tho following interesting statements from tho new city directory: Number of law firms in tho city, 30 number of physicians, IJ5 number ol millinery stores, 1.') number of dressmakers, 24 number of boarding houses, 30 number of barber shops, 14 number of saloons^Ol number of retail grocers, 122.

THE following figures show thtiJiumber of cigars manufactured and sold by the leading cigar dealers in this city during tho month of February: N. Katzenbach, 35,000 Fred Iliel, 34,000 Wm. Gcisert, 13,000 Henry Uchtman, 9,900 Chas. Wcidol, 9,000 reorge IIusfold, 0,100 Fred Grosjean,

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seph Moudy, 1,500 ... JI. Hoy roth, 1,000. Total, 111,500.

WE understand that tho corner roosters and other professional loafers ol' this city are preparing for an extensive series of amusements to bo given this season, in which game chickens will play the leading parts. Wo would suggest that they also add a few old-fash-ioned Spanish bull fights, and erect a soaped polo for greenhorns to amuse themselves by climbing.

Mit. JAMKS B. LYNE Informs us that D. R. Burbank, who committed suicide by throwing himself beneath the wheels of a Vandalia locomotive in Indianapolis yesterday, an account of which Is published in another column, was a very popular young man of Henderson. Kentucky, ami that ho was worth at lessl two hundred thousand dollars.

THE following statistics show the quantity of beer manufactured by the different brewers In this city during the month of February: Anton M$yer, 286% barrels C. A. Imbery Co., 102% barrels John Newkam, 471* barrels Ernest Blemel, barrels Chas. Wuest, 29J4 barrels Most* Easter, 12j barrels Henry Glick,ll^ barrels making a total of Mi4% barrels.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.—'Hie following licenses have been issued by the County Clerk since our last report:

Klisha T. Heady and Mary J. Itawley. Robert Khlvem and F-nvicia E. Oilman. Win. lllbler and C-athariue Keibber. M. Toft and Agnm Tipton. Napoleon 11. Rockwell and Mary Amero. John W. ROM and Luey A. Vent. Jacob Wood* and Harriet L. Merrin. eh Id Kenton and Martha Ferran. John Moon and Mary E. Milam. Wm. Thompson and Mary C. Hmltli. Walt William* and Charlotte F. Harrison. Tlndal A. 1 VU*r» and MelesKa Jarrea. Noah W. Tryon and Kiln J. McXabnev. Chariest Mmith and Eliza Carpenter. Adam E. Heidenrichand Marin M. Kumpe. Kltsh T. Heady and Maiy J. Rawley.