The New York herald., 1871-01-04

tnelr homes. In the next great battle near
Paris, which we believe is imminent now that
the Seine is frozen over, this lack of spirit may
tell against the investing armies now threat
| ening the capital of France.
An Envious BIurt from tho Black Repub-
lican Trombone.
The chief wind instrument of the black
republican orchestra in this city, the Ir0m-
bone, seems to be giving itself a great deal of
uneasiness just now about the HERALD. This,
no doubt, in part arises from the HERALp's
recent brilliant news victories, an uninterrupted
series Of which has followed ever since we
fairly entered upon the business of reporting
the startling occurrences hourly taking place
in the great theatre of war in Europe. 1t is
true that at the outset the Trombone, having
little surplus cash on hand, made a spas
modic attempt to get up o sensation through
its special cable dispatches from Europe. 1t
was greatly aided in this effort by the fortu-
nate circumstance of its having an enterprsing
and accomplished correspondent in London,
who, however, seems to have exhausted the
black republican Tr0mb0nes funds Just about
the time the Emperor Napoleon surrende cred
his sword at Sedan. As on that occasion the
defeated Emperor said to the conquering King
William, Having no army at my command, l
lay down my sword at the feet Of your
Majesty" so the defeated Trombone, having
no more surplus funds to spare, lays down its
sword to the conquering HERALD, and has
been encountering Woerth, Gravelotte, a
Metz, a Strasbourg and numberless other
defeats ever since. 1t seems to have wrapped
itself into sort of Wilhelmsh6he Of lazy ease
and Indifference, with an impecunious money
chest, while the HERALD, like the Prussian
hosts, has been plunging on from one grand
victory to another in the field of enterprising
journalism.
This sudden cessation in newspaper enter
prise of the magnitude initiated by the black
republican Trombone, (begun, as some banking
houses and insurance companies begin their
impositions, by erecting extravagant and un-
necessary structures at the expense of divi-
dends due stockholders, may be ascribed to
variety Of causes, the most potent of which is,
probably, the necessity of reducing the expen-
ditures in order to appease the apprehensions
of the TrOnbones timid stockholders, no little
squeaking being heard in the joint stock or
chestra at the expense already incurred by the
cable war kilograms. On the reputation
earned for enterprise during couple Of weeks
at the beginning Of the war the Trombone,
with characteristic cupidity, has been strutting
and blowing ever since. 1t has been uttering
boast after boast at its lavish expenditure for
cable news, when the greatest portion of it has
been paid by its contemporaries.
In the meantime, the HERALD has estab-
lished permanent correspondents at all the
principal points at the seat of war, as well as
in the capital cities of Europe. 1t has been
permitted to enjoy private interviews with all
the great actors in the momentous drama now
which could never be enjoyed BY the black
republican Trombone for its name is as much
unknown in the armies as 1t is in the Cabinets
of Europe, while that of the NEW YORK
HERALD is talisman that opens alike the
castles of the distinguished and the mouths
Of empsrors, kings, grand dukes, cabi-
net ministers, marshals of the empire,
prominent prelates and both republi-
can and monarchcal leaders The HERALD
special cable dispatches ha We been the marvel
of newspaper enterprise of the day. They
have been transferred to the columns of Euro
pean journals just as our dispatches from the
seat of war in Abyssinia made the London
journals acknowledge the superior enterprise
of the HERALD. From the remarkable inter-
view with Napoleon at Wilhelmshohe to the
latest Information, including the battles in
Orleans, the sinking Of the English ships in
the Seine, the sorties of the French from
Paris, the recent operations near Havre, the
rumored removal of the Duke Of Mecklenburg,
the pending tremendous bombardment of the
capital of France, and numerous other i'm
portant events, is the New World and, no
doubt, large portion of the Old indebted to
the HERALD cable specials.
We have no objection to the black republi-
can Trombone taking advantage of our enter
prise and using our special dispatches, on the
terms agreed upon by the Associated Press,
corps of correspondents which we have estab-
lshed at immense personal cost all over Europe.
But while it uses them, and thus shares in the
benefits Of our enterprise at comparatively
meagre outlay to itself, we protest against its
envious blurtings at our continued and brilliant
victories in the field of news.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE BOMBAY We notice
that Captain Eyre, Of the steamer Bombay,
whose conduct at the time he ran into and
sunk the United States steamer Oneida caused
his suspension for the term of six months, has,
at the expiration Of the time, been notified by