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POLITICS IN THE NETRoPoLIs-Aoopf an
s.NKEy DARING oUTRAGEs THE RIFLE
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Nxw YORK, Aug. 80, 1879.

POLITICS IN THE NETRoPoLIs-Aoopf an
sANKEY - DARING oUTRAGE -Thk AhAA
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Nrw York, Aug. 80, 1875.
POLITICS.
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times.
The political cauldron is boiling and ouo-
bling fereely, particularly among the
Democracy. Governor Tilden is laying the
ropes for the Democratic Presidential nom
nation. and New York will furnish dozen
other candidates, who are quietly knocking
down his pins as fast as he sets them up
The foxy old Tilden is riding, just now, the
reform hobby, his speciality being shy az
the canal swindlers. He has unearthed
immense frauds, and has caused proceedings
to be instituted against them, and it does
look as though some of the thieves would
be brought to justice.
But, remember always. that the zeal Tor
reform that is generated by the heat tor
further promotion is very likely to die in
smudpe as soon as the object is attained.
If Mr.. Tilden had only taken decent part
in the initiatory movement on the Tweed
ring.--if he had always been watchful CT
the interests of his city and State, If he had
always used his undeniably great influence
in the right direction,-we could have more
faith in his reformatory ideas at this time.
But. unfortunately. Sam. Tilden knew oil
the frauds that Tweed and his associates
were perpetrating years before ever ne
opened his mouth indeed, he did not open
his mouth at all, until compelled to by an
outraged public sentiment, which the mag
ri6cent work of the Netp York Times called
into activity. have healthy distrust Oh
Democratic reform and Democratic reform
ers. They never wake till they are com
PEELED to, and they let 90 the moment Vigl-
lance is in the least slackened. New York
CITY !. under Democratic rule, and it Is
as badly governed as in its worst days
Tilden's charge on the canal ring Will
amount to Just as much as did the reforms
in the city. Bot, on the strength OF It, he
may carry off the empty honor of a Demo-
cratic nomination for the Presidency.
FRUIT
comes pouring into the city in greater guam
titles than ever. Peaches are arriving at
the rate of from seventy to one hundred and
twenty thousand baskets per day-a much
greater quantity than can be consumed in
the city 1t is delightful-for everybody but
the grower and merchandise be able to buy,
on any street corner, beautiful, luscious
peaches. great, large, sweet, juicy beauties,
for a cent, or more frequently two for cent.
And then the melons, berries, and other
fruits We are living very well in New
York, now, thank you
In consequence of the plethora of peaches,
shippers are sending them in large guam
titles to the West. where, this year, the
crop is a failure. They use a new refrigera-
tor car, and hurry them through on the
express trains. Chicago is the objective
point for a train or two per day. One steam
ship has also sailed for England loaded with
peaches, her hold having been turned into
great refrigerator, for the purpose.
MOODY AND sANKEY,
the reyiyalists, commence their labors in
this country, in Brooklyn, in October. Their
selection of place for a beginning is singu-
larly appropriate, for what city in the
world needs downright, hard work, in the
way of evangelizatiOn, as does Brooklyn 1t
is not decided yet whether a building will
be erected for them or one already up be
altered for the purpose. Talmage's taber-
nacle is large enough, but Talmage consi-
ders himself as much of an evangelist as
any Moody ever born, and he probably
would object to their using it. After rem
oyating Brooklyn, they propose to tackle
New York, thus giving themselves the
seyerest test possible.
DARING OUTRAGEs.