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A CHEIP President.
Candidate who Promises 10 do tbs Work
for Yictuals and Clothes.

tandidnie VINO PROMISES 10 do tbs Work
for Victuals and Clothes.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Here is
where you get your cheap and yet valuable Presi-
dent from for the next term. l hereby oner my
self AS a candidate for the Presidency and il
nominated, elected. and inauguratcd, will, to
the best OF my ability, seeking all necessary
aid, endeayor TO discharge faithfully the func-
tons of the Presidential ONCE, simply Tor good
vlctuals and clothes for myself and family
wife and three children. The remainder of the
salary that you have hitherto given to your Pres
idents eau go toward paying the national debt
You can sell the White House, and let the
money 90 toward paving the national debt, ex-
cept about 81 ,jOO, with which you can put me up
q good plain board cabin, near the Cap
itol, with few doors and windows, a
floor, and good shingle roof You need not
mind about the ceiling. ! want II near the Capt.
toll so that can look at those Congressman, and
hear their speeches.
You can dispense In my case with all door
Keepers and servants. My wife and children all
know how to work, and so do |, and We are will
ling and able to do our own work | myself can
sweep out. make beds, empty the swl pail, put
on the coffee pot and tea kettle, and wash, and
put over the potatOcs boiling, and make my
sen generally useful when not Otherwise en-
American citl2cus, what We want In these day =
at the head of the Government Is rigid econo-
my purity honesty truthiulness, fidelity, sim
pllcity. humility, skin, and great franAuess
onet myself To be elected only for one term,
and If elected will accept Of no presents, nor
allow my family to, from any one, unless they
are given purely from disinterestcd motives, and
signed 10y 70 respectable people, certifying thai
they are thus given, and that nothing in return
Is desired or expected; Yours truly,
BENJAMlN III. WATKINS
Inc uneducatcd, unsophlstlcatod, simple son Of
carpenter JIG New street, Newark, New Jer-
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burned Dcaihbyn Metcor.

FFF-TF I17TIFT
An Intelligent black boy was trudging
along highway AZ night In the vicinity Of Pal
esune. Texas There was "A negro woman Riding
horse In the same direction the bOy was going.
The intelligent Ill OK Toy reanuoared In Palos-
tine that uignt out OF breath Hnd as pale he
uld get. lie said DC saw ball OF Dire come out
Of tho skv and strike the woman and set her
aplaze. he horse ran one way with the oman
at c on his back, aud he ran back to town To tell
the people what h Il happened. The people
went TO look alter further particulars OF this Gu
rous incident. They found the woman lying
on the ground, with ~ her clothing burned of,
but with life enough In her to tell that she had
heen struck In the breast 10y IA Oal Of fire. he
horse was found with his name singed, and the
woman died the next day. The people think
she was hit by meteor.
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MIR. LOUIS j. JENNINGS.
What the Citizens OF New York owe to an
Able nnd COurnacOus EDITOR.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
departure of Mr.. Jennings from the editorship
OF tho Tunes, an event you have more than once
alluded to, seems To me an occasion for some
expression " opinion on the part of the citizens
Of New-York.
MIR. Jennings has made the Times what II Ii {;
but that concerns chiefly the proprietor. what
the citizens OF New York should not forget Is
what he has done for them in the breaking up OF
the Tammany Ring, and In the stern advocacy of
purity in the conduct OF public offairs. Nothing
has been attained in these directions during the
last few years that Mr. Jennings has not greatly
helped 10 secure.
Every tax payer, Therefore has cause 10 thank
HIN. Nay, every American has reason to DO
away the advcnturers who, by criminal corrup-
tion, have tended to cast shadow not only
upon American honor, but upon American insti-
tutions. IL Is not 10 be doubted that Mr. Jen-
nings will In some way still continue TO work
for the same good cause, But the present occasion
Is one which should not be allowed to slip, and
New York will honor itself by putting in some
tangible form the thanks which 10 assurcdly
owes to such man. Republicans are not
necessarily ungrateful, and American repub-
Leans are not usually slow to recognize true
merit in the labors OF their public men. am
therefore suggesting nothing which, think, can
be deemed unreasonable
If this proposition meet your approval let two
or three ot our leading citizens, irrespective Of
party, take this matter In hand. and there can
be no doubt that the feelings Of Justice and
gratitude for which ourpcoIle are distinguished
will soon lead 10 realization Of the wishes Of
all who recognize tho Importance Of purity in
public administration. MEMO.
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"rovalty. which cannot reply. or this
the church, he could only praise the temper
THE SPREAD or ATHEISM.
In one point, however, II was wrong not the
rank and nle alone were " In Opcn Wutnv OF
o. ofound dissatsfactiOn;" upper-class people are
no LONGER churchmen save in name, much less
are they Christians Atheism Is everywhere,
worst because IL believes only in money. he
lievcs not IN higher God, not even, alas IN
higher man. " Let US eat and drink, Tor to-
morrow we die" Is the creed OF high aud low
TO-DAY In England. Morality IL endanRered by
the removal of tina sanctions Of the church. Hut
true religion will outive the.church, VIII rise up
out 90 the very tOmO OF atheism. Men cannot be
men without a God. All forms Of dissent from
n pure faith IN Him (of whica forms of dissent
Roman & tnulicsm and Anglicmism are the
chi q are provocative " tina rebellion OF the
soul called a hcisn. Millinery and chandlery aud
mysticism, these are the stones that he leadlng
churches Of to-day Offer to the people starving
for bread Of the soul The fiid truth s OF God
are crystalised into Rlittering poisons-and
on.
There T. evidently little new about all this
squire theism," save the fact that IL II 80 much
more openly and widely preached In England
than II used to be. IL strikes me a. somewhat
vague amt vastly Sentimental way of looking at
the problem Of life, and that Its deity In q Kind
OF cross between Rousseau's 81 tre supreme"
born according to John Morley at Les Char
mettes, and that tribal deity OF the llirming-
ham League" OF whom Matthew Arnold draws
such a diverting picture. ABADDoN.
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forward, untramm elled by persecution, the spirit
Of Christianity was TO Rrapple with the spirit Of
slavery through q period Of fifteen centuries,
until its triumph should he finally achieved In
Europe and the Western world within the mem
orv Of living men. We take leave Of our author
Impressed With the conviction that II the sub
scauent and more extended portions OF his
task are executed with equal fidelity, he Will
have accomplished a work In some sort monu-
mental. We may say at all events that such
comprehensive and laborious research has
hardly been paraleled by any EnRlishman, un-
less by Buckle, since Gibuon raDsacked tho
byzantine archives.
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To an Old Apple Womnn.

Ten me, tell me, gloomy matron,
Blessed with fortitude unending,
Do you ever have patron
For the wares that you are vending
II you've friends who make their pauses
At your iruit stand with penny,
Then, from undiscovered causes,
Ihaye never witnessed anyl
Daily do pass your block, there,
Ana seems puzzling riddle
why your plent' Gus apple-stock, there,
Keeps its postures pyramidal.
IL It, order never fractured
Though observed by strolrng massesr
Was your tony manufactured
From pre-Adamlte molassesP
And your cocoanut confections,
why do boys-a fact surprising
Find their white ana rosy sections
Always so unappetiEing7
OT does even the merest dullard
Know them, a. by intuition,
Sugar fossils, vari-colored,
In Unbelievable condition.
Solemn dame, good luck betlde you,
sitting here so grim ana sphinIlike,
watching ali that Is beside You
with an eye so very lYnx.likei
May you, In the years to be, ma'am.
Cease to wear that mlen OF mourner,
And exist until you see, ma'am,
Some one patroniEe your oorneri
Then, when this event, long-waited,
Tardy time At last shall render.
May your ancient breath be Dated
In novel style aud tenderi
Nay you not, with anguish bitter,
Vanish irUm mundane existence,
showing anuquated sitter.
The conventional resistancei
Rather, full Of tranquil patience
Not with death weak words 70 handy,
Nay you, BY serene Rradations.
Like your immemorial candy,
Free from ali unpleasant warning,
Harden. fraction after fraction,
And be found, some future morning,
ma state Of petrifactioni
Huau HowAAI
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NEwBuRoH, N. Y, FEB. 25.-Columbian Hose
Company No one of the Oldest as well as one Of the
best compapies here. The foreman Ia Hug NJ. Hays,
Sha OF e1'Chet Lnglnesr Archie Hays Tue
Sny or ths brace Of onieers Their Their
pineu Welght IL hye hu ldred aud tlr,V-six pounua
navs weighing TWO lundred and nny.srvcn ana Lewis
tNo hundTed ana tevenynme. IL IL OF the rarest
lkhtn In hevburgh uesa two giauts TO front Of
tneD COMPANY running 10 = ore,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-01

THE MEXIcAN REVOLUTION is assum-
ing an aspect still more and more seri-
Gus. The revolt is spreading through
nearly all the different States. What
can be assigned as the imme date cause
of the disturbance it is difficult to deter
mine. In some of the more important
cities the troops have revolted, and have
driven away the civil magistrates and
executive officers. Forced loans have
been in several instances resorted to,
and large sums collected. The foreign
ers resident in the country generally
favor the revolution; not because they
expect any gain or improvement there
from, but because they expect that af.
fairs will assume such critical charac-
ter that the United states will interpose,
and eventually establish protectorate
over Mexico, in order to prevent blood.
shed, crime, and public outrage upon
peaceable citizens. And it is even pos
sible that to that complexion things may
come at last.
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The Cars APPLICATION.

From the numerous accounts given in
European journals in reference to the
temporary abdication. :. Of ALEXANDER,
Gear Of Russia, 1T is plain that such a
step is seriously contemplated. The
special cause leading to this is whis.
pered only in bated breath out Of tender
consideration for the feelings Of royalty.
But the melancholy fact is, in plain
speech, that the Gar has become In
sane.. That he has long been suffering
from illness has been well known, and
ahat this illness has been tending TO- the
overthrow of his reason has been more
Khan mistrusted. And now his physi.
CLANS are urging his retirement from his
Imperial duties, as the only hope Of his
recovery. Insanity has been soEepeat-
edly manifested in the Imperial family
OF Russia that IL may we'll be regarded
as q hereditary taint. And that the
mental strain incident to the govern
ment OF such an immense Empire wonld
tend to develop thisAereditary tendency
there can. be no question. IN
The Cars son ALTxANDER, the" Gar
owitz,v or heir apparent. VIII become
Regent OF the Empire, In case Of bis fas
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+ WE are glad to notice, in looking
through our large concourse of ex-
changes, that the papers on both sides
ioI party politics are warning their party
,office-holders to stand back and let the
people themselves attend to their Ma.
tional Conventions. Professional poll.
ticians, whose ''slates" are always made
up in the interest of each other, will be
invited to take curb.stone tickets when
it comes to making up Presidential tick.
cts for the people to support. The peo
Pile themselves intend to take hand in
thai business this year. And it is quite
| time that they should.
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WE LEARN from an exchange paper
but without being able to youch for its
accuracy, that the Cleveland people are
drawing things pretty strong in some
respects. From what we can gather, it
seems that they have formed there 9
secret organization known as the "OrdeI
of the American Union" Enough has
transpired to signify that the "Order'
is Anti-Catholic, and that it looks also
to political action. The Sunday Voice,
of the Goth, says, ..,.l
'The result of this meeting was resolution
to stand by Blaine for the Presidency, since he
Is pledged to the purposes OF the organization
1t was agreed also thar no member of the Or
der should employ, in any capacity, the serv-
ices of a Roman Catholic if lie could possibly
obtain other help. The Order has trebled itt
numbers since last fall and is growing te
powerful proportions" ;.......-
Such organizalions generally do grow
rapidly at the outset, but they finally
dwindle down to ''original nothingness."
We take no stock in any secret political
organizations. Ii their cause is just, it
need not be secret; if it is not just, II
should not be at all. ... .-
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IT is understood in political circles
that certain Democrats have a torpedo
in preparation, filled with some politi-
cal dynamite wherewith to blow BRIs-
rows chances of election into kingdom
come, in case he should be nominated at
the Cincinnati Convention. This SIN
fernal machine" is to be kept well un.
der cover until the nomination is made.
Then, if Bristow be the man, his oppo-
nents expect to send him s'higher mol
"a kite" at one single explosion. What
this bombshell is filled with has not yet
transpired, Greek fire, perhaps; OF the
Chinese Cha naung, that kill more by
stink thanby concussion. Nevertheless
we have read of the engineer being
hoisted "by his own petard." So, looI
outl ttt g-4 M,
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: In summing up the proceedings OF tht
Pennsylvania Republican State Conven

In summing up the proceedings OF the
Pennsylvania Republican State Conyen-
tion, the N. Y. Times says:
"Whnever may he PennsyNania's, choice
after Hartranft. it is generally conoeded that
there are three candidates for the REesIdency
who will not get its support on any terms
These are Conkling, Morton and Bristow, anu
Whether the friends of these oaRdidatos regret
the fact or net, they may as well take it. into
account. 1t seems a curious compound OF po-
Ii ical conviction or prejudice which is equally
fatal to the,acceptance OF any one OF three can
didates differing SO widely in, character and
personal claims as those we have mentioned."
The candidates above named being
thus disposed Of, SO far as Pennsylvania
is concerned, it may become interesting
to inquire as to who next? There re-
main only HAYES and BLAINE as prom.
inent candidates on the Republican
slate. There can be little question but
that, in choice as between these two
pennsylvania would be almost unani.
nous in the preference for HAYES. Witt
Ohio and Pennsylvania thus united or
him, Governor HAYES would be the
strongest candidate the Republicans
could put in nomination. =
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7----------
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

Jesse Lee, the founder of Methodism
in New England, is to have monument
over his grave in Baltimore. h..
The Methodist Board of Bishops has
appointed April % as day Of fasting
and special prayer for the General Con
ference which meets May 4.
1t has been decided to postpone the
meeting OF the Worlds Conference OF
till next year. 1t was to
have met in Edinburg July 4, 1875.
1t is stated that DR., Won Dollinger is
engaged in preparing for publication
Trent which have never been published.
. A Reformed Episcopal Church was
dedicated in Baltimore, Narch Is, by
Bishop Cummins.v Rev. Mr.. Postle-
thwaite, the pastor, also took part in
the services. t-t'
Cardinal Cullen in his ,Lenten Pas.
teral announces that all Roman Catho-
lies who join the Freemasons, the Good
Templars, or the Fenians, will. be ex.
communicated. -lt ~ o.!
Rev. DIR. Thomson, author OF the Land
and the. Book, will retire, it is said, from
missionary life in Syria, and spend the
rest OF his life in America. 1t is under
stood he has several literary projects on
hand. ""'
| Private letters from Japan speak with
enthusiasm OF the harmony and co.
operation which prevail among the mis-
sionaries in that country. The week, ot
prayer was observed with unusual Ter.
yor. .,. .t,4 ..., u
The proposition to erecta centennial
monument to Bishop White, the first
ProtestantEp Episcopal Bishop OF Pennsyl.
| yania, has met with much favor in that
/ Church. !iAcommittee has beenlformed
| to receive subscriptions. The statue IL
| to be placed in the Centennial Grounds
The Commission OF the Free ChurcI
| General Assembly Of Scotland have sen,
a letter to Rev. Or. Ingram, oil INST, whit
has completed his hundredth year. Tn,
iietter recognizes him as father of tn,
lFree Church, and as the oldest ministe
in the British Isles. -
Il A. novel idea has been putin practic
lby the Third Unitarian Church of Chi
lcago. "A kindergarten Sunday mornin,
Iseryice has bebn provided for chiIdrei
4 between the ages Of three and sever
i years. This is Intended to enable par
i ents to attend the morning service VIII
could not ordinarily leave their chill
dren. G9i2 At uiNEi PA &
| a writer in the Church journal say
| there are coIored parishes In the Die
ceses Protestant Epfse6pal) Of Cor
Inecticut, Western New YORK, Nes
York, New lJerseyy Penhsylyania,. Pitts
i burg, IN Maryland, Virginia, North Care
| Lima, Georgia and MISSOURI. which az
. > =
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THIS is the way the Chicago Post-Gn9.
Mail Ga double-headed paper without
parting its name in the middle) counts
its unmatched chickens from very added
eggs:
''lt Is said that if Washburne succeeds in be-
coming President, j. Russell Jones will follow
him as Minister TO France and Joseph Dfedll
go into the Cabinet as Secretary of the Treas
uryl while, United States Marshal Campbell,
father r7in-laW of Gen. Babcoek, will stand a
| FAIR show as Minister to England. The editor
Of the Chicago journal, under this so-ealled
Galena-Medill ring arrangement, is to be the
nominee for Lieutenant Governor, with the
glbernatorial revers4on, if Washburne pulls
through at CINCINNATI"
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OM1NoUs.-During the session of the
Vermont Republican Convention, sena.
tor Edmunds sent on from Washington
a resolution commencing President
Grant, and thanking him especially fol
declining third term. But, alas! the
resolution got no nearer to the Conven.
tion than to be placed before the Com
mittee on Resolutions, who quietly
strangled the Senator's little offspring
and buried it under the table. 1t never
saw daylight.
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~ -. A e T.. =
FROM an article in the Moscow Gazette
{ official paper), 1t appears that the En-
peror Of Russia has spoken pretty plain
ly to Austria about her interference In
favor of Turkey in the troubles.with Her.
zegovina. The Czar has intimated to
seryia that she will be protected in case
ofany military interference on the part
OF Austria; and advises her tokeep quiet
for the present. and await the s'solutiop
of the Eastern Question" 1t Is evident
that the Gear considers the opening Of
the whole Eastern Question inevitable,
and has solicited the cooperation o.
England in its determination. There il
a great storm rising in that quarter oi
the world.
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of the gas company monopolies. Where
ever the gas monepelies are thus openly
and boldly encountered, they have
adopted the tactics Of saying-"Yes, We
wilTreuuce the price little, provided
our contracts are extended for ten
years or twenty years." They are evil
IDENTIFY afraid to wait for the termination
of present contracts, but aim to "hedge''
against the day of judgment that must
come when their contracts expire. We
look for a decline in the price of gas
stocks before long.
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FURTHER PROOF.
FACTS WILL TELL,

III. r. STEVENS, ESQ.,: Dear sir-Allow me to
say word in favor OF Yegetipe. During the
past year have suffered from q complication
Of diseases. l lay in bed from The 8d, of No
vember until the middle OF the following June,
and on an average did tsit mp two HOURS
week; l had eight Of The pest physicians in the
State, but got no help, and constantly grew
worse. They agreed that had heart disease,
phthiss, pyacmia and kidney complaint, and
could never be any better. | was reduced In
weight fifty pounds, which is much, for am
naturally thin.
In June, finding was failing under the
treatment of the physicians, commenced The
use Of Vegetine, through the earnest persua-
sion Of friends, and, / am happy to stale, with
good results. I have gained ten pounds in
weight, and can sit up all day, walk half a
mile and ride six
i am greatly encouraged, and shall continue
using the Vegetine ii can get it. am O poor
man, but for the truth OF this statement | re-
fer to any man in Gjifstown or vicinity.
Yours, very thankfully,
,.o....; = .--Iy A. j. BURBECK,
AUGUST /, 1876. Goffstown, N f.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
mhe9-2tW&S ~.
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The TARIFF problem seems to remain
an open question before the Republicans
in their several State Conventions. Ver-
mont uttered not a word upon the SUBJ
ject. Ohio speaks for a s'revenue tariff,
with incidental protection to American
industry" Pennsylvania. after de.
nouncing the Democratic ''free-trade
tariff" declares that "the remedy for
our suffering is in higher, not lower
tariff" The questions of tariff or nc
tariff, Of high tariff or low tariff, of free.
trade tariff or protective tariff, are bones
of contention that all parties have
gnawed at ever since the foundation Of
the government down to the present
time; and our national policy in that re.
gard is just as far. from final settlement
as it was one hundred years ago. Upon
this subject, no two parties have ever
agreed together, nor have the people Of
any one party ever agreed among them.
selves. 1t is the QaGStio ve&atG Of Ameri-
can politics. '''
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SATURDAY. APRIL I
A MAN named Bell has turned up in

A MAN named Bell has turned up in
Washington, and is testiiyipg to mar
yeleus things in a marvellous manner.
From perusal of his testimony, and TAX
ingnis own story as criterion, we con-
cluae that he has a few grains of truth
mixed with few bushels of falsehood;
and that he himself can scarcely
tell just where the truth ends and the
falsehoods begin. But a greater Jumble
of facts, and fancies, Of deyiltries and
incongrulties, one could hardly find in
the writings of Baron Munchausen.
That Bell has cracked sound.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-01

THE eloquence of Bickham at the State
Convention consisted in his ssfolded
arms" That species Of oratory from
him evidently gratitied his audience
much more than his frenzied outburst oi
"winged words" It was very impres.
sive indeed; SO much SO that report
thereof had this reading [roars Of laugh
terri -..
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-01

AS TO Gen. Grants third term aspira.
tions the N. Y. Times thus sums up the
'situation" ..'
seen. Grant can neither be served nor in
prospects for denomination. The logic Of
circumstances has very thoroughly disposed Of
them" r.l
That is about all that can be said on
that subject. u as&,.