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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION.

Town-Talk.

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Will the quiet, dignified and gentle inanly Husks and Nubbins allow his rough but honest neighbor T. T. to pat him on the back If T. T. might venture to follow the promptings of bis less cul tivated and rather obstreperous nature he would step across the line into the •colum/. of Mr. Husk's and Nubbins, and give that worthy a hearty slap on the shoulder and say, Bully for you, old fellow.". But of course even T. T. knows enough of the proprieties of life to understand that that wouldn't do, wouldn't go dcwn with such a proper gentleman as his next door neighbor. But T. T* after a protracted season of practice with "prunes, prism and paper," would like to present bis compliments to Mr. H. A. Nubbins, Esq., and assure him that bis article on Geulus," which appeared in the columns of The Mall last week, was in all respeotn worthy of its author and if T. T. knew how to express his approval and appreciation of said article in any stronger language he cortainly would do £0. It was an awful strain upon T. T. to hold in and guide his pen through such a proper sentence as that, and he trusts the readers of Tho Mall, and especially Mr. H. A. Nubbins, Esq., will appreciate the effort. It requires more effort and prinolple for some men to be decent than for others to be the pinks of propriety. T. T. is one of the former class, when compared with Husks and Nubbins.

But about that article on "Genius." The last sentence is especially fine—fine in a good sense, respected H. A. N.— fine because so true and 30 pat. Here it is:

The genius that won't work is the kind of genius that the world is better «ff without than with."

If T. T. had written that he would have been charged with being personal. Probably a delegation from Wall would have waited upon Mr. Westfall and domanded the name of the author. There area set of fellows there, and they hang about other offices of lawyers who are not on Wall street, who have entered the legal profession, and seem to expeot to succeed by that kind of genius that will not work. They sit about the different offices with their feet on the tables, getting up to witness any interesting dog fight which may oocur in that olassical quarter, and joining In a dignified way in the crowds which gather about the men who get mad and jaw and swear at each other, but lack tho courage of the dogs to risk getting threshed in a flgbt. These geniuses march into the court room on court days with an owlish look of wisdom that makep ordinary mankind stand In awe, and deposit bundles of papers on the table— if the court aad spectator*! could examine tho contents of those bundles it would floor the dignity of the former and dispel the awe of the latter)—and take seats with an air of importance that would well become an ass with two more leg* than these possess. These are the happy possessors of "that Genius that will not work," the kind of genius that the world la better off without." These follows were too smart in their own estimation, as well as too la*y to earn their bread by the sweat of their brows. They were too smart, tow great geniuses to study hard and long in fitting themselves for the legal profession, and so slipped in easy. They are .still too smart, and laiy—the popular idea genius-to work, and by work make a respectable place lor themselves In this honorable and worthy profession. If T. T. had said as H. and N. did say, that" the kind of genius that will not work is the kind of genius that the world hi better off without," doubtleas a delegation of these loafing geniuses who hover about the Court House and Wall street, would have howled about The Mail office, demanding the name of the anonymous sneak who dared attack them. The only thing that would have prevented such a visit would hare been the effort It would have eoet* Possibly they would have been satisfied with sitting in their offices, and cuniag. That kind of genius curses easily.

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are lounging about town waiting for same situation or business suited to their abilities. T. T. has some sympathy with Tramps, as a class, because there are some of them, at least one in a thousand, who want work, and are not in fault for 1 being without it. But the class of geniuses which will not work because nothing suited to their taste or position or ability presents itself, is less entitled to respect ^tban the brood of tramps which infest society. In fact it would be a long stride in advance of tbesejgeniuses, who 'are living off parents and friends, waiting for something to turn up suited to their ability, would become tramps and set out in search of something, anything to do. Ther? are not a few [of these geniuses about our streets. They are well dressed, and willbe so long as their fathers, or mothers suppoit them, or they cafc get credit at the tailors. They smoke the best cigars, and will so long as their fathers work 'hard, or their mothers get along without new dresses in order to provide them with money. Pshaw! Out upon these fellows! Tramps are gentlemen and saints compared with them. The kind of Genius that will not work is the kind of genius that the world is better off without." Throw away the stump of your cigar young gentle—gentle men, and put so much of Husks and-Nubbins' good sense in a pipe and smoke it. It may help you to see yourselves as despicable as others see you to be. Thanks, good and wise Husks and Nubbins for that text. -n I 3 g""

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THE 'NE\VF SLFTFTLT TOWALFISS^TFLI SDTFFRRF. The letter of Senator Christiancy, of Michigan, to Mr. Hill, of Georgia, in warm commendation of the President's Southern policy, doubtless expresses the sentiments of a very large number of the best citizens, both North and South Mr. Christiancy has some faith in the honor and good faith ef the Southern people, and believes the better classes of tbem appreciate the fair, liberal, and non-partisan policy of the new adminis tration and will try to deserve the confidence it has placed in them. He says be has long been inclined to believe that kindness and magnanimity towards the people of the South and a generous confidence in their faith and patriotism will do more to disarm opposition, to secure the faithful administra tion of the laws, and to protect the equal rights of all, without distinction of race or oolor, than can ever bo accomplished l»y force or threats of force," and "that all that is necessary to bring about complete reconciliation and harmony between the people of the North and South is that the masses of both should fully understand and appreciate each others feelings and motives," etc.

It will be remembered that Mr. Christiancy deolared in the Senate, a good while ago, that upon all measures bearing upon the restoration of peace and harmony between the North and the South he would disregard party ties and act for what he believed to be the best interests of the country. He has lived up to his resolution and now begins to see some of the good results of such a policy.

The country needs more men of Senator Christianoy's stamp—men ia whose breasts there is a spirit of peace and magnanimity. The reign of bate has lasted too long already. Twelve years have passed since the close of the waryears of doubt, mistrust, malice and mutual misunderstanding. It is time this state of things should cease. The Southern people—or the great majority of them—want peace, prosperity and a restoration of the old trust and confl dence. When they laid down their arms they thought the war was ended and are utterly at a loss to understand the spirit of hatred and oppression which some leaoing politicians of the North, and notably onelnthia Stat©, haye manifested towards them. They are sick of political disquietude, business stagnation and wretched misgovernmeut. They recognize the feet that things are ne longer as th*y used to be, that the old system Is broken up and that they must conform to the new order of affairs. The people of the North ought to have some sympathy for them and make some allowance for the difference in education, habits and institutions under which they have always lived. It ought not Wbe expected by reasonable men that the dispositions and feelings of the people of the whole South could te radically changed in a few months or even years. The Southern people were overwhelmed and distracted by tho suddenness of the great change that came upon them, by the immensity of the calamity which they suffered. And unto this tall measure of suffering was added, as we are beginning to see more dearly in the light of reoent events the insulting system of carpetbaglsm and the elevation of ignorant and incompetent negroes to the chief places in the local governments. Men have been elected by ignorant negro legislatures to represent Southern States In the United States Senate who never lived in the

States they represented but merely spent a few weeks there in order to get acquainted with some of the ring that *was to secure their election. Worthless negroes, who could neither read nor write, have been converted into postmasters, to the inexpressible disgust of all respectable citizens. And se on throughout the whole list of public offices. Can it be wondered at that there has been trouble at times—serious and bloody conflicts between the whites and the blacks? The real wonder is that there were not more.

The southern people are sick beyond expression of all this. They are seeking for the better way. They want help and guidance. The policy of President Hayes will speedily break down the barriers between the North and South. Presently a tide of emigration from the East and the North will set in towards the South. That beautiful and fertile country cannot long lie stagnant and paralyzed. Northern thrift and energy will plant itself on those forsaken plantations and in those grass-grown streets and the sounds of industry and progress will be heard again. The country will take on anew phase of beauty, for the labor which will till its soil and people its mills and factories, will be the labor of freemen. Under the new regime there will be no section of the country that can offer such rich inducements to the emigrant as many portions of the South. Land is plenty and cheap. When properly tilled it will yield abundantly. It has not been the custom to raise general farm products in the South and the market price ofsuch products is much higher than in the North. Consequently general farming there must be exceedingly profitable. The people there there do not understand the system of general farming, of the rotation of crops, etc. They have raised sugar and cotton to the exclusion of everything else. That was profitable with slave labor but will be far less so now. In order that the South may become tbe rich, productive country she is capa'ble of becoming, various kinds of agricultural products must be raised, mills and factories must be built and her surface netted with railroads like the Northern states. When there is once an end of political excitement there and peace nnd good government prevail, northern capital and labor will flow into tbe South and arouse her people from the lethargy that has so long enveloped them. Then will the South enter upon anew and prosperous career.

DR. BEAD, as heretofore mentioned, a short time previous to his death, willed the bulk of his large property to his second wife. Now the children by his first wife—Mrs. Bayliss W. Hanna, KenC. and Jonathan T. Read have instituted suit to set aside these deeds, alleging that at the time the deeds were executed the Doctor was of unsound mind, that bis wif3 exercised a ureat and undue influence over the mind and conduct of the Doctor, who was old, infirm and greatly debilitated in body and mind and that she procured the deeds by means of persuasions, importunities, personal violence and threats of burning his property and protest is entered against the appointment of Mrs. Read, for the reason of her ignorance and that she is in the habit of using intoxicating liquors A strong array of counsel is engaged on both sides, and unless the case is compromised, the trial will be of a spicy and sensational character. to&JhgjlriiS

THE suit of Hulman & Cox against Mrs. Volger, commenced in the Circuit Court this week, and what promised to be an interesting case, was compromised before the trial proceeded far, by Mis, Volger deeding to H. AC. property valued at 91,000, and each party paying their own costs. It appears that while Mr. Volger was In their employ Hulman A Cox loaned him 91,000. They claim that he gave the money to his wife to be used hy her in purchasing property. Recently sb? wns divorced from him, and he is left without any property. Mrs. Volger claims that the money loaned him and his salary of 91,500 a year besides, was spent in riotous living and in the company of fast women, and that she bought her property with money made from her millinery business. If- she bad won the C8S3 it is stated that she would have sued Hulra+n Cox for damages done her business in closing her store and injuring her credit.

SOME parties interested themselves thin week in circulating papers soliciting subscriptions to pay attorneys for defending the cattle thieves. This is a new idea, and the presentation of the paper provoked many a smile from oar businessmen. Where persons charged with crime are unable to employ counsel, tbe court assigns counsel, at the expense of the eounty, and that ought to be sufficient in these cases.

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entertainments of the season was that at Asbury Chapel Thursday evening. The music was excellent, the entertainment superp. tho crowd immense, the enjoyment unbounded, and the droppings Into the treamay satisfactory.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 19,1877.

Our Mail Box.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

IDA—Give him no enooursgement his back teeth are false. ARTHUR—You win the bet. On entering the parlor where there are ladies It is customary for gentlemen to remove their hats.

HOUSEKEEPER—We cannot say how it would affect a Brussels carpet to clean it with soft soap and a scrubbing brush. You might try it, though, and send us the result.

YOUNO MAN—While we applaud your laudable ambition, we are obliged to confess that your name, "A Skinner, Esq.," is an insurmountable barrier to success in thelegal profession.

SUBSCRIBER—As in literature we shall find some things that are true, and some that are now, but very lew things that are true and new. So, also, life, we shall find some men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

SENSITIVE—There is a point beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue, and we think you fully arrived at that stage when she hinted something about "pin feathers'7 while you were caressing your mustache and you were certainly justified in cramming into your coat-tail pockets the mantel ornaments which you had presented her, and striding out of the room/

W. G. G.—There are bad men in all churches, just as there are wicked people in all classes of society. A particular church, therefore, cannot be charged with the transgressions of its members. But we must &ay that all material churches are burthened with a larger proportion of tbo wicked than those which are more spiritually constituted. Those who cling to the flesh mi^t l^e fleshy.

DISTRESSED HUSBAND—TO make a pickle just have your wife to think that a knowledge of housekeeping is degrading. Allow her to sit in the parlor aqd receive visits from young men with their hair parted in the middle. Permit her to read nothing but Mrs. Southworth's novels, and to find her greatest delight among her fast friends in tbe mazy waltz, and if you don't have a pickle we are mistaken.

BASHFUL BEN—We cannot help you out of your difficulty. In tbe matter of love and proposing, it would be hard to' lay down any formal rules. The heart is its own teacher, and if its impulses are true, your looks, words and actions will speak for themselves. Even av\ kwardnessis sometimes eloquent, and makes a deeper and more lasting impression, since it is proof of the sincerity of your passion, and tbe modesty and diffidence of real love. You had much better speak to heron the subject, as we are never in favor of doing such matters by writing, when they can be done in person. __________ !V:

Shows Show People,

Kate Claxton—of hotel and theatre fire notoriety—will give hor famous personation of Louise in tbe "Two Orphans," at the Opera House next Friday evening.

Kelly & Leon's minstrels come again next Saturday evening, and will give a matinee performance in the afternoon. They will present some new and novel features.

The coming dramatic event is that of tbe gifted Rose Eytinge in the great emotional character of "Sarah Multon," on the evening of the 6th of June. Says the Boston Courier:

Rose Eytinge has sustained the title role in tbe play of "Miss Sarah Multon," at tbe museum, in a powerful manner, and ably vindicated her claim to rank among the first of the emotional actresses cf tbe day. Her delineation of a woman's love for her children was closely copied from nature, and wasfnll of genuine and unaffected patbos. It spoke from the heart to the beart, and even when she gave way to the wildest frenzy of grief she exhibited a restraint that made her impersonation a smooth and harmonious one in spite of the somewhat wearying woe she was called upon to depict in each of the four acts.

Henry V." was played at Atlanta, recently, and one fiddler constituted tbe entire orchestra. "In tbe furious battle scenes," says the Constitution, "his bow flashed across tbo string like shining strokes of swords." The climax of tbe lone orchestra's performance is thus described "Then when tbe charge rested and the King stopped for breath, the fiddler stood by his post. The wounded groaned on the A string, begged for water en the catgut, and cursed their luck on theGcord. Andante and adagio, piano and pianissimo, all the confused, pathetic and terrible scenes of tbe fight were produced by the orchestra with painstaking labor, sudorific suAting and sublime skill. He oreeconded on the crescendo with descending crescendation, and on the diminuendo with diminishing diminution."

One of Edwin Forrest's dislikes, ssys Cells Logan in the entertaining sketches that she is publishing io the Sunday

Dispatch was the late John Seften, for many years msnsger of the Wslnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia. When Forre»t played there Mr. Sefton had to keep away from the theatre. He did nothing, and dtew his salary. He was heard to ssy that so far from Forrest's acting being an annoyance to him it was a positive boon, as it gave him a salaried holiday, which remark being repeated to the tragedian sent him Into rage, and to devising sckemos whereby he could stop Mr. Sefton's psy.

The orchestra for the Wagner festival In London is composed as follows: Twenty-four first and 24 second violins, 20 violas, 20 violoncellos, and 22 double basses, making a total of 110 strings 9 flutes, oboes, 2 English horns, 6 clarinets, 1 bass, clarinet, (^bassoons, 1 contra* fagotto, 8 horns, 6 trumpets, 4 trombones, 4 tubas, 1 contra basstuba, 2 pairs of kettledrums, 1 triangle, 1 pair of cymbals, 1 sidedrum, 1 glockenspiel and 6 harps total, 173. The first yiolins will be led by Wilbelmj.

Tbe Rochester Democrat says Kate Claxton and her husband, Dore Lyon, have become reconciled, and there will be MO dlvorcb after all. Kate has gone through many fires and Dore through bankruptcy and there's nothing like trouble to bring people together. Now may a little child lead them.

Mr. Lawrence Barrett, having completed his season of professional labor, has gone to his country home, at Cohasset, near Boston, for a four months vacation.

Mr. C. W. Couldock has won the hearty commendation of the critics of New York for his sdmirable personation of "Si. Hawkins" in "The Gilded Age.'? __________ v*

People and Things.-

The very best farm help in central New England gets only #18 a month. Gossip is the putting of two and two together and making five of them.

It is stated that 3,400,000 copies of the Moody and Sankey Gospel Hymns have been sold.

A Chicago librarian oomplalns that many clergyman are too deliberate" with borrowed books. .ViJ, u-!

A Buffalo man has been held in 9500 bail for opening his wifo's letters. This item is given for the information of husbands.

The Chicago Times thinks it has made a discovery. To find Hayes' policy," it says, find what Grkut's policy was, and take the opposite." '.'

God knows who was right," Is an inscription on a tomb In Virginia over the graves of two brothers who were killed fighting in the opposing armies of the late war.

A man was put up and sold at public auction to the highest bidder in St. Francois county, Missouri, recently. He was convicted of vagrancy, and the term for which he was sold was six months.

Frank Curtis, of New York, stoles gentleman's watch, went to a policeman and gave it up, acknowledged his crime at his trial, and when asked why be committed the theft declared it was solely to be away from his young wife, who made him very unhappy, and he could not escape her -tongue by any other means than imprisonment.

You nail down the edge of the carpet. Then you proceed to the other edge, draw it as tight as yen can, get around and sit down on it, and just because you can't draw yourself up another foot by tugging at the edge of the oonfounded thing you get excited and turn your finger nails over bsckward. There ought to be some philosophical way of getting through this ordeal, but we frankly say we haven't found it.

The -only equivalent in the Japanese language for the English word baptism or immersion is soaking. A ^ludricrous illustration of its application Is the following from tbe Baptist translation of the bible into Japanese, which that'good orthodox authority, the Alliance says greatly astonished tbe Jape: In those days came John the soaker, preaching tbe soaking of repentance. Repent and be soaked every one of you."

Last Sabbath, just as the last rays of the setting sun were crawling up out of sight, a worthy tramp came climbing out of tbe kitchen out on West Hill, with his hands full of bread and meat, and his pockets full of nspkin rings and spoons, and as he gazed upon tbe peaceful, holy sceoe, his beart melted, better feelings came over him, and as he emerged in the direction of tbe nearest pawn shop, he sang softly and tenderly,

Sweet Sabbath thieve."—Hawkeye. H. V. Redfield, the brilliant correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, is a teetotaler. He says that during his travels in the south, he is invited st least one hundred and fifty times a year to "take a drink.". He always firmly, but politely, begs to be excused, giving as his rosson that be never fndulges in spiritons or malt Uqoors, and he describes in a very amusing manner the effect of this announcement upon the average southern gentleman. First, he

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looks st the correspondent's feet, then slowly raises his eyes, taking in by degrees his whole person until he reaches the top of his head. Then his eyes are slowly depressed until they again rest upon the ground, when he steps back one or two paces, puts his hsnds on his hips, and after a moment's .pause, says, with a tone of great astonishment,

Well, I'll be damned 1" Boston Advertiser: A Baptist minister in Iowa, who wrote pleasant paragraphs about himself and sot them printed in the local paper, has been found'guilty "an attempt to gain reputation as a minister by means unworthy of a Christian." It was simply a blunder on the part of the paper to let the fact leak out. No one in whose breast is a full store of newspaper seoreta is at all shocked at su6h a disclosure. Modesty Is *not generally a failing of the whole range of ordinary people who get their names into print, rr

Feminitems.

ABOUT MEN AND NEWSPAPERS. Did you ever see a lawyer who did not think he could edit a newspaper?

Did you ever see a banker who could not express profound views as to bow a newspaper should be conducted?

Did you eversee a street oorner and ward meeting politician that could not name all the defects that any newspaper had, whose conductors did not appreciate as highly the virtues and attainments of said politician as said politician did himself.

Did you ever see a man unsuceessful in other pursuits who did not think be oould make money by "running" a newspaper? ,^1

Did you ever know one of the selfopinionated individuals who did not succeed in "running into the ground" the newspaper he undertook to manage?

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Did you ever see a man "who knew nothing about newspapers but oould tell when a paper was ably edited.

Did you ever know a dead weight on a newspaper who did not think he was the life and soul of it?

Did you ever know pGrSotiffwith dull axes to sharpen who had not a very poor opinion of the editor who would not turn tbe grindstone for theuuJU

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It is the woman who yanks her gait ./ ers off ith a bootjack who knows her rights, and knowing, dare tyaintaln.

A martial Rochester Mlfts is having her bathing dress this season cut with a gore, beoause she wants to wade in it.— Rochester Herald. "No," she replied and she blushed prettily as she slipped her number sixes back beneath her,4ress—"no, I do not wear so small a shoe as ones. My size is quite large—I weaf twos

Miss Franols E. Wlllai^l, of Chicago, spoke to an audience of 5,5Q0 in the Boston Tabernacle Sunday from the text, '•What Think Ye of ChrUtT" It is believed that this is one of the largest meetings ever sddressed by a woman.

Mrs. Harris, of Mattoon, Illinois, weighs one hundred pounds. A more remarkable thing in tbls connection is that Mrs. Harris has jus^t given birth to triplets, all boys. The, little Harrises weigh twenty pounds all told, i,

Brooklyn women seek a divorce on a very slight pretext. Mrs. Pratt, of that city, asks a legal separation from her husband because he flung a pitoher at her, hit her with a lighted kerosene lamp, drew a knife across her neck and & threatened to cut her throat, threw glass bottles at her, stuok a fork in her leg, poured hot tea over her, hit her in the baok with a bootjack, and refused to givo her money to go to a circus. Of course Pratt evinced a very niggardly and cruel disposition in refusing his wife circus funds, but don't let us judge him too hastily. Perhaps he was afraid the lions would get loose and tear Mrs. Prstt to pieces, or that she might elojle with tbe man who stands around pulling his mustache and swearing at the men putting up the circus tent.

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WE have been shown the programme of the Concert in preparation by the choir of the Congregational Church, and can say that it will be one ef the best musical entertainments ever gotten up in this city. It consists of the choicest music and will be 'rendered by some thirty voices, an orchestra of, eight instruments, besides organ and piano, all under the direction of Prof. Shide. The evening of the 29th has been fixed as tbe date, and tbe Congregational Church as the plaee.

MARRIAGE LICENSES. The following marriage lloenses have been issued since our last report

Herman F. Brittesbock and Grace Ippen. Austin Oould and Uollle ICcShea. Sir J. Winchester and Anna Grant.

Bargot to Eva Brant.

IT is said that the City Board of Equalisation, to meet shortly will try to get into the "true inwardness" of some suspiciously small returns of taxable* made by our merchants.

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