The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-31
The subioinod letter has been sent to SOW
eral candidates for office in this city.

this year.
The subioined letter has been sent to SOW
eral candidates for Office in this city:
NV Yoss oct - le7-
Won, s.. ,.uN would oh..s, nv uiormms mc where and
Lows s,nns,ere for 1nr srs
We know Of no such man as this and no man
is authorized 90 address such letters To any one.
ScnLrstyGEL is fraud whoever he may be.
II is aprctty serious fact that in this city
az N"w YORK there ar" To-day 2uj32 crown-up
men and women who can mother read uorwrtc.
Il is SIN moro serious fact that. while u per
ccniago # favored lads and misscs are getting
q smattrring Of ih" higher English branches
at the expense Of the whole body Of taxpayer.
thousands Of little ones are to-day growing ny
In ignorance because there is 10 room tor them
in the public schools This mus; be- amended.
The air UP town was full uf politics last
evening The windows o, the several head
quarters were bright; tho workers slipped mto
gct orders and slipped oui 20 execute them; tho
leaders held weighty consultations there was
IN unwontcd crowd and stir on the streets lead
ing toward the Cooper Union and toward the
Ing brick WIgwam on Fourteenth street, there
was the usual display Of rockets in
front q tn" latter: and after the meet
ings began the eloQuoncc Of tho hoarso
orators who address, d the throngs outside was
interrupted AZ inter ais by the cheers and
stamping within lst with the braying Of
the brass bands. the La hts the Kings fireworks.
and the general excitement. the boys who
should have been IN bed enjoyed the evening
very much.
Tammany Hall was well filled. rs was 10 be
expected. AL the means al the command 81 q
rich and experienced organization had been
used 10 make the meeting Ing affair On
the other hand the peoples meeting
in the Cooper Union had scarcely been
advertised at all. Yet the people packed the
great hall and thousands 81 them unable to got
ia stood for hours in the night air and under
the open sky. cheering every allusion To the ap-
preaching downfall - the one man power IN
New York city.
But going ~ meetings AMI cheering correct
sentiments viii not DO thu business. Voting will.
There IT, no doubt that marriage advcr-
tisomcnis offer to poetic enterprise a nold soc
ond only in extent and interest 10 that afforded
10y announcements Il a more melancholy char
acter We have frequently pointed out this
fact 20 q. WASHINGTON CHuDs A. NJ and
urged him 10 turn his attention without delay
to epthalamic verse. We believe that II he
should exert portion Of his to- IN this di-
| rection. nov only would the ncomc II the
P,bic Lo'ige ho greatly increased hut we'd
dings themselves would gam an additional
charm, and mairimony become moro popular.
Another Pennsylvania editor has already
caught at the idea We copy tho following lines
from the marriage notices printed in the
NciuVlfd H,pR hcdn Of last week
| BROWN-MoGrIKE-A Ucck,ohcrsvilc on the 18Th
M ny Ne Re, MN,p. w l,rrs nEovS oi Forest
CO.. ANvif. uou has leuus,
TN, o ,l4 ioi iI s n11 10 r,, i' y.
Is JAMS bnoNA from for.stvllc.
The hr't commandment don't iorrct
m'wH.r anil muiupy.
Say how Is that Tor high
The last stan2a particularly in the last line
! shows lack Of dignity unworthy Of poetica
| composition Of a high order We do not, how
| ever, present this poom ~ a model Of lis kind
indeed, 1t would be impertnent to present any
model 10 CHILDs. A. M.-hut merely as II
faint indication Of what could be accomplished
by n master like him.
An English paper recently pictured Lord
LirToN as facing tho'Amoer Of Atghanistan
with one hand behind him and the other OK
tended for an apology. The hit of the FdH
| MdN Gd<eite was generally applauded by Torios
and Liberals alike
Yesterday the cable brought the news that the
| English Home Governments not content with
| the Ameor's twico-rotarated defiance. has sent
athrd message. setting forth explicitly tho
consequences Of II refusal TO admit the British
mission This enforced parlcyng Is very dis
tasteful to the Anglo-lndi military authori-
tics. and we neod not point oM the remarkable
contrast between Lord lYTToN's mode Of pro-
cedure and that Of Give and WELLESLEY under
similar circumstances, 1t is certain that the
present tactics would nevcr havo succeeded
with SURAJAH DowLAH and TYDER ALI
In the general clamOr of pOlltiCs and Of
elections il is agreeable to find n distinguished
political journal like tho Washington Iost pay
| ing u little attention to a subject OF purely Hs-
thetic interest THE sun says our estnomod
contemporary, is cndoayoring to establish tho
reputation of Mr. T.. r. WATERS of tho Boston
Advertiser as the handsomest man in America"
The Post is somewhat mistaken in this aver
ment. Tho claim Of Mr. WATERS to the palm OF
personal beauty has never been advocated by
us, but by esteemed correspondents who have
written in our columns. Wo hasten to add
however the declaration Of our belief that this
claim is well founded. We havo no doubt that
Mr.. WATERS IL tho abandonment man In the