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Show (j KNEltAI, SlIEItMAM IKCLINE.S. iJeneral Sherman declines the New ' I'oik J It-raid's nomination fur the Presidency. The General, it would seem, doesn't even thank the IL.rald fjr its proposal to heap honors upuu 1 liirnr lie doesn't like politics, and has J no dcMro to Ixi mixed up with them, i In this Geueral Sherman shows his usual good sense ; fur painful as the ; avowal may be, the average American citizen generally steers clear of politics and ofiieo seeking, while the man of superior patriotism and virtue often ihuns both. The Irrald must hunt around for another candidate. |