New-York tribune., 1885-03-19

The Mayor OF NseeHng mas announced tnas clln'E
he or the gamblers of that city must leave the
town. The gamblers, not TO be outdono III
courtesy. have offered 10 elect him Sheriff of the
county Mt the next election If he will leave them
alone. II will now be in order for the convicts Of
Sing Sing 10 offer the warden n foreign mission If
he will let them loose, to promise Governor Hill
their honest support the next election II he Will
uardon them The gamblers of Wheeling seem to
be n political power. Was it the proper manage
ment of this element which made West Virginia
Democratic in the last electionf
II Henry Watterson could see Mr.. Tilden now We
have no doubt he would lind the old gentleman in
condition to jump over the moon. Manning.
Whitney. FaIrchild. Miller Hay and Durham are
sufficient to make his cup of JOY run clear over
One reason why the food supplies of the British
metropolis are obtained so largely from the Conti
nent or from this country is that local ireghts IN
Great Britain arc high. At a meeting of thelEast
Kent Chamber,of Agriculture statements were made
which evoked bitter comments upon the policy OF
English railways ton of cheese was transported
from the United States to London for % shllings,
while q ton Of cheese from Chester to London costs
40 shilings @ pence, Potatoes from France were
TRANSPORTED to London for 30 shillngs per ton,
while from Penzance the charge was 40 shlllings.
Hons were transported from Flushing, Holland, to
London for 20 sbillings, but from Faversham the
charge was 80 shillsngs. Comparing these British
charges with those of which many people complain
40 bitterly in this country will be seen that after
all American railroads serve the public at very Iea
sonable rates.
r. as reported, the President has requested
Minister Foster to remain at Madrid because he
can he of more service to the United States, in view
of his experience and ability. than new ambassa-
dor. no has set himself an example which If per-
sistently followed will go far to remove the fear
that his Administration will be failure
The marrow in ex-Congressman Phil. Thompson's
homes froze stiff when he heard Of Judge Durham's
appointment AZ First Controller of the Treasury.
II was an even harder blow than his failure to
secure the Internal Revenue Commissionership.
There is an old antagonsm between the men, Judge
Durham, afer being in Congress for eight years.
was defeated for denomination by Thompson. Last
fall both were defeated for tho Democratic
nomination by James B. McCreery, who was
alacted. IL Is clearly bad spell of weather for
Thompson.
aDeistarianlsmp the new religion formulated by
Mr. Marvin Fosdick OF Kalamazoo. Mich, seems to
have struck out new path in its religious vocabu-
larry. Its congregations when 1t gets them will be
known ms "polimons it's preachers are to be
called denzees." church service is doktL"
g Dotem means to preach "lokan " is a sermon
pote Is God; stian is O church building, and
the salary of the denzee " is known as valoon."
Mr.. Fosdck has also adopted new chronology and
n new method of spelling to go with his religion.
AS for his religion itself. it is based largely on the
moral law as revealed by the conscience, and re-
pudiates all the distinctive doctrines of Christ
anity, such as baptism. prayer the Bible, andehrist
The author states that the Deistarian religion Is
the best religion for this f and good as any for
the life to come. lie publishes call for donzees,"
but mono who use tobacco or intoxicating liquors,