New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-26

authority to be out of sympathy with the fire.
eaters and devoted alone to building up
the material prosperity of their section.
Mr. Beecher's attack Upon the Bible Society
and the existing version of the Scriptures has
provoked replies from the pulpit and in prl-
waite, some of which are stated elsewhere
The history of the revision of lS47. which the
Society abandoned, Is given in talk Win
the Rev. DR.. Couant. Mr.. Beecher's action Is
referred to by the Rev. DR.. Porter. who evil
dcEtly has a high respect for the apiitleS
and character of the Plymouth pastor, as Dor
dering upon q a crime for which no tears can
"make atonement."
General Roberts who recently reported his
oops as suffering from oyerwOTk, cold ana
exposure, adopts a more confident tone, ac-
cordine to the last dispatches. Some OF his
troops have been skirmlshing between Cabul
and Shirpur and he feels confident that as
soon as General Coughs forces come up
he will I've able TO retake the Bala
Hissar. and with it the entire Afghan capital.
There are signs, however. that General
Roberts is over sanguine, If not completely
asiray in regard TO the strength and
rpOse of the Afghans. He betrayed
over-c0ntidence in being unprepared for the
general attack which led to his retreat from
Csbul, and he was undoubtedly wong when
he informed General Cough that there were
no hostile Afghans between Jagdallak
and CabIl TO impede his march, for
that officer WIS attacked as soon. as
he set out and further fighting took
place on Tuesday. AS General Cough
is now safely at Shirpur. General Rob-
erts may make the threatened attack on the
Afghans, but if the latter are not weaker than
Is supposed it Is not clear how force of
about 1000 men can turn the scale OF VIC
tory.
The disturbance at Bangor yesterday-if it
can be called such-is an indication of the
strength of the popular resentment in Maine
ut the frauds committed by Governor
Garceon and his colleagues. The story
is fully told In our dispatches. Evil
IDENTITY the people of Bangor were so
indignant that 1t simply needed an appar-
ent threat of the possibility of further out
rage and wrong to kinde their anger into
sudden fame. The right of the State officials
totransfer armsand ammunition belonging TO the
be questioned, but the attempt TO do this in
an irregular way in Bangor, created al excite
ment which, as our dispatches state, has not
been equalled since Sumter fired upon
The wagons bearing the munitions of war
were stopped by an excited crowd, who de-
manded to know the authority on which the
removal was being made. The Adjutant-
Generals clerk. who then appeared, could
show no written order and could only claim
to have had n verbal order from Governor
Garcelon. Upon the Mayors suggestion that
the police force of the city would hardly be "a
safe conduct for the wagons IN the existing
agitation, the clerk ordered them back, and the
ammunition was returned to its place. The
aft 1T proves nothing except that the people
of Maine have had their patience tried to the
last point. and may naturally give way
to an excusable resentment. Meanwhile. when
Governor Garcelon next has occasion to move
munitions of war In time of peace. let him
give his subordlnates written orders.