The New York herald., 1878-11-03
THE GREAT CITY In THE BLUES.
War In ISrael---The Lost
Tribes.
THE COUyTERMOVR ON THE BOSPHORUS
Literary and Sporting Gossip-Lord
Lorne and His Princess.
LONDON, Oct. Is, 1878.


seemingly with the shortening days Of the waning
fall Trade ana politics hang together TO certain
extent, but at any moment the one may give way to
the other as the leading element OF disturbance
agitation. Just now, in default OF particular nows.
good bad, from Northwestern India, trade is the
leading topic, tho failure OF the great Manchester
house Of Heugh Baliour Co. having given matters
fresh push downward and shut out another
large patch of blue sky somc of the radical papers
charge the whole prospect directly to tho govern
ment. Financial writers, they say, talk OF bank
turns, deposits securities, harvess prices of metals
material, but say nothing OF the principal
OF this depressed condition of thngs-nothng oil the
government, whose foreign pocy mas been disas-
rous to the nation; OF the millions has unnccessar
lily expended, Of tho credit 1t has benumbed the In
dustry It has paralyzed. OF tho mighty which
It might have prevented, OF the peace
insecure foundations It has assisted TO patch up, OF
the new war It is preparing against Aghanstan and
the consequent difficulties in Europe ana Asia that
will occasion. This is rather sweeping
dennaton but, in lessor degree 1t forms the whole
tenor OF the liberal prcsa ln the intervals between
the crash OF fallen banks and houses al home the
public arc hanging upon ncws from the distant
northwest frontier Of the Empress OF India's domin-
ions. The newspapers have sent of their squad OF
special correspondents. Captain Norman has gone
Tor the Times Mr. FORBES for the DAILY News, Mr..
Telegraph
PRESS CENSORSHIP
1t Is said that the government intends to impose q
censorship over all kilograms from lnda, each
sage to be countersgned by staff officer Until the
specials arrive at the front there will probably not be
mucn Of any Kind from the Indies, and what we
get now is not very trustworthy. The Fort of All
MusJid is being captured or turned In imagination
and expeditionary orce transferred from eud
and al the nv her he Of 0uch
Hamlet-"Swear by my sword ~
Ghost (benextnb b-'Sweart"
II 10 an English characteristic TO turn . regretful
eye 10 the past 10 dwell upon the saddest words In
their lang guage-'It might have BEEN" SO the Illus
trated journals come with ull page engravings
the great assembly, or "Durbar" OF 1859. whom the
splen ndorlovng Earl Mayo then Viceroy presented
the Ameer OF Aighanistau, who was present n
throned beside him, with his own sword. ~ accept
the sword, /" said the Amesr, "as q token OF peace
with England, against whom II never shall be
sheathed. When l look upon this sword It shall
mean to me peace with England" The sword is
now unsheathed anu the morse, loot and artillery OF
the Afghan ruler are confronting the British the
deadly pass whose memories seemed buried forever
THE RgvERsE OF THE MEDAL.
The coy Afghan, whose motto now Is ''On with the
old love, on VITA the new, IS now receiving, proo-
aoy with similar procsatons OF esteem, the gifts OF
| Russia, and John Bull Is torn with the pangs Of
| Jealousy. The Czar's own particular souvenir was
saure, beautifully set with brants aud sundry war
material Ia sweet thing in Gatins guns DOUBT, or
luck OF a battery oI Kruppsh win several unique
articles Of Circassan arr ;or tho serago were also
sent ''lhe seragi0l How Daughty--now shockiagf
We mover encouraged sucn bad naoits; we never lost
an opportunity Of giving him .ound moral
vice; OF expressing the hope that ali the
s A vsy true. mo- doSS Mr. IaHG; Su
but AT tho same time. as a man OF tho world when
you are NOT and apparently never VIII be, cannot
| but think that the Russian, OF whom you
terribly Jealous, knows better how TO treat-how TO
curry iavor with, II you hke-the Oriental ru .ers.
/ n.ia tnfn hat h,c
SION sin ASIA, ana who ono day will bo ground TO atoms
between you. And SO Alramon ana all the other
been we'll received, aud have no doubt doEe
all they could TO CRAFTY, hatcr and amuse
| Neville Chamberlain has had tho door slammed
his lace. The situation tnat ensues says ono OF tne
SO serious. .'wo proclaim TO snere All and all the
world That We shall smartiy chastise him Tor his IN
in--the Ameer quickly puts his troops IN motion and
nearly succeeds III chastising u.s. HIS readiness 20
advance upon tho Brtsn Lon. without waiting TIL
the BRUSH Lion advanced upon MN. hos caused
4 sudden In crease OF troops at Jumrood."
| LESSON OF PLEvSA.
J0nn Bull learns, TOO, ny way OF sncouragemen ent,
with heavy guns" IN the Knybsr Pass, ana is told
by his Scotch friends AZ home thar the lame OF the
i defence oil Pleyna has gone over all Mohammedan
covntres, anu Will act mmensely IN MAKING the Al
ghsns hght "Ihe Pathan may we'll argue thai II his
igionists, the Turks, did SO mucn against a
| 100, 10 Giaours on the low hills Of Bulgaria. ne him.
| self may do much more The insccessOie noun
tans OF Afghanistan against the much smaller forces
| OF his Angloindian onomy. Tnoss ngnsn people
who delientsd SO mucn in the defence OF
| Pievna may Ind The tables turned upsa them
their relatives IN very terrible manner.o
from Rustchuk says that the ms are
enrslng volunteers ior legion oi 5000 men 10 pro-
cced TO Afghanistan To fight the Engisn The CORE.
/ spoodenI OF the 1fpses who SENDS this news from
Bucharest, adds AS ;ne whole Of Bulgaria could
raise money enough to send corporars guard TO
sners ALI twill scarcely be necessary TO increase
the preparations Tor tho INVASION ot Afghsnstan In
consequence OF TINS warlike dsmonstrAsion south oil
| tho Danuoo."
| THE LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
It's strange, u true. that tho Hebrew Premier Of
England, in gong 10 war with the Aghans Is hgh.ng
| IN the Afghan nation have lost trbex
s.rne Afgnans says Mr.. Bcilew, In hts "Journai OF
Political Mission 10 Aahanistan In 1884," CONSIDER
themselves distinct race and style themselves tani
Israil,' and Their descent direct line IRON
saul Inc BcnJamtc King oi israeli Tney can adduce,
however, no auihent,c evidence In support Of their
claim 10 honorable lineage All tnsir records on
handed cown orally IRON generation TO gsnsratisn-
arc extremely vague and insongr ruous, and abound
ia fabulous and distorted accounts las compared win
scripture nistory) OF the dehverancc OF the lsrsees
| ot Egypt under Musa or Moses, OF the
ARK OF tbe Covenant, which they call 'Isout : sax,
| iua;' OF Their wars with tho Fiiistn,' 'Amal,ka.'
| 'Anak,' &c. These accounts, moreover, are so
| mixed UP with Mohammedan doctrines as at nrst
signt TO give tho whole an appearance OF hcon But
fact alone is insufficient, In the absence OF other
and evident proof Of a negative nature, to condemn
or deract IRON the justice VI thsr claim 20 so DIS
t,neuished an origin. It's natural that racs such
the Jews, who still adhere TO their ancient religion
In all It's integrity, should be proud OF their heh
cestry although this account they are the reved
| anu oppressed Of tho nations among whom they
dwelL But u 10 not natural that nation IKE The
| Aighans should claim common descent with tnem
uncss really IRON the same source seeing they have
from ther ancient religion, as Is proved
by their own tradilouai records we'll py several
pccuarites OF religious observance, all OF Jewish
| origin. Besides, what, may ask. do the Aighans
| gam by claiming a common descent VILE the jews,
whom they dsspsc and actest As tns worst nerstics
| AID inndeis, their very name being common term
| OF abuse among themf'i
In one OF SIR William Jones' wsrks also Is passage
| on this sutJccL which Is interestihg.-"We learn
sha fhA n oftar
Journey, came 10 country called Arsareth, where,
| we may suppose, they settled. Now the Afgnans
saId by the best Persian historians to be descended
from ths Jews. They have traditions among them
solves oil such Descent ana u Is even asserted that
their families are distinguished by the names OF jew
| ish tribes, although since their conversion to
| Islam they studiously conceal their origin. The
Pusato language, OF winch nave seen dictionary,
| has a manifest resemblance TO the Chadaic, and a
Il rllIu MIN al