New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-23

bic dance-houses, saloons, pOlicy-shops,
and theatres during the past week.
Have they squeezed their Bibles dry
that they must needs go so low down in
quest of materiali 1t is very doubtful
whether sermons in yellow covers Will con-
tribute to the "edifcation of the body OF
| "Christ"
Tarbox has sold his political birthright with
out getting the mess of pottage for which
| his stomach yearned. He has lost his char
acter as a Democrat in his district and is
| compelled to withdraw from the Congress
sional contest. His transactions with Butler
were based upon the nterconvertible-bond-
currency principle. He gave bonds for his
services in the State canvass and in return
| he got the Widows promses-tO-pay redeema-
BILE in the Congressional district. Alack! he
discovers too late that fat currency OF this
sort is lrredeemable and worthless. The eau
cuses will not touch it. He is cut OF from
political trade "0m cause" he signs, peer
/ ing through his spectacles and scratching his
beefy chin, "does not need me as candl-
"date" Poor little Tarbox
While General Butler is solemnly assuring
the HOLSTERS that fiat" means let there
be-" his associates on the mob ticket, I'M
willing to " stay put" are mumbling in the
choice dialect of the Democracy, " Let her
"Iipw Mr.. Skillings, who was set up for
State Treasurer, announces that he will de-
cline the nomination; Mr. 0'Reilly, the can
dldate for State Auditor, also holds alOof !;
and the chances are that an Irish Communist
with jack-boOts and spurs will draw on the
lean and slippered pantalOOn of the venerable
Caleb Gushing. While the General is turning
Genesis bottom upward in order to find green
back texts between the lines, there is some
thing like an Exodus from the bondage of
the Worcester rabble and the leaders find
the waters of Marah very bitter. Moses is
needed at headquarters. Let him drop his
revival meetings In the Western wilderness
and resume the leadership of the Massachu-
sets tramps
The sagacity of the British rifemen in re-
naming at home this season has been vindi-
Gated by the splendid scores which have been
made at CreedmOOr. The Wimbledon Cup
was won in England by Major Fulton with
score of 1873 out of $50, and subsequently
carried off, at CreedmOOr, by Allen and Dud
ley Selph, with scores of 139 and 1877. This
year Frank Hyde has it with a Won
derful score-143 out of $50 at 1000
yards; while Sumner and Gray, with scores
of 142 and 141 respectively, repeat
Ailner's famous exploit of 10 consecutive
bulrs-eyes at the long range, and ten rflemen
run over FultOn's English score. When it
comes to team-shOotng, fours from Massa-
chusetts and New-YOrk make total score of
1851, which is 81 points ahead of the best
score made by the British eight in the Inter
national match. American rihemen are steadily
improving in their practice, and the interest in
what has become the manifest of our field
sports is rapidly increasing. Rifle shooting
has put life into our home guards and restored
their prestige. We are glad to see that our
New-YOrk regiments are taking the lead.
The arrival of an Envoy from Shere Ali,
Ameer of Afghanistan. at ConstantinOplc, to
urge the Porte to form an alliance with Rus
STA, is likely to occasion the liveliest anxiety
IN England and British India, where the neces-
sity of bringing the said Ameer into sub
lection to the Empress of India has
been the subject of general discussion.
Last July the Ameer gave great offence to the
Indian Government by the friendly manner in
which he welcomed General AbramOh, Rus
sian Envoy who came to establish amity, and
open regular trade between Russia and AZ
ghanistan. The military party in India, acting
in concert with the Imperial Government, have
answered this supposed menace by sending
Sir Neville Chamberlain, a blunt old soldier,
with an imposing cavalry escort TO Cabul,
where he is to demand that Shere Ali shall
become in effect a British vassal. If he re-
fuses, the Tory papers say he must be
brought to terms by force of arms. Sir
Neville Chamberlain has just been stopped on his
way to Cabul, which is about 200 miles from
the northern frontier of India. 1t is possible
that Shere Ali may yet yield to avoid war, but
the mission of his Envoy at StambOul indicates
a different purpose. Should hostihties break
out they may reawaken the disaffectiOn which
shoulders in British India, and be attended
with the graVest consequences.
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The United States owed, August L, 1866,