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The New York herald., 1875-12-29
Our Cable Lattara.

1t is impossible to please everybody even
with cable dispatches. Our brilliant con-
temporary, the Sun, objects to point in the
admirable London letter which we gave on
Sunday, with it's accounts of the life and
thought of the great capital on Christmas
Day. 1t fills us with sorrow of the most
poignant kind, sort of ''divine despair
when we fail to please the Sun, and this
perhaps, arises from the fact that we have
unconsciously taken the opinions of that
journal as standard by which all things in
the world should be measured and adjusted.
And now we are in a dilemma between our
amiable censor and what seems to us fair
play with our readers. Shall we scold our
correspondent in London who gave
by cable letter more full and graphic than
most journals commonly get by mail? Shall
we tell him that the Sun objects to his
poetry and that he must not send any more
or shall we for once venture to doubt the in
fallibility of our contemporary? 1t is note
worthy that our neighbor, the great champion
of rectitude in all the channels of human ac.
tivity has advised US to be dishonest with
our readers. This was perhaps done in.
moment of forgetfulness ; but there are
points on which the Mentors should not for
get themselves. By this Mentor we are ad-
vised that certain passage in our Christmas
letter could have been obtained more
cheaply at the Astor Library than BY cable.
AS to that our contemporary doubtless
knows, and we accept the fact as a result Of
his practice and experience; but we do not
make up our dispatches in that way. We
would even advise our contemporary that it
would be better on the whole for him to give
up that plan than for US to take to it; and we
could meet with more satisfaction to our
selves on the ground Of the amplest distribu-
ton Of the news than on that Of the smallest
cheating of the public. Our plan is
to tell a correspondent when the occasion
seems worth while to send us his
letter by cable instead of sending it by post
We do not tell him to put in poetry nor to
leave it out. We do not even tell him to
leave out all that the editor of the Sun would
not consider sufficiently important to send
by cable; for he might refer to the file to get
the SUMS views Of what is important and he
would find that nothing has happened in
Europe since that paper has been in exist
ence that its editor thought worth special
despatch. Our plan suits us and seems to
suit our readers, and we shall adhere to it
unless, when our contemporary begins to use
the cable, it should hit upon some plan that
we thought preferable, and then we shall
pay it the compliment of imitation. But
we shall never accept its proposition to print
the contents Of the Astor Library and pre-
tend that it comes to us by cable.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
Colonel Joyce's Novel.

Elsewhere we give some instalments from
the novel, in which, as Colonel Joyce in
formed our correspondent in the interview
published yesterday, he intends to embody
the facts of his autobiography. Like certain
of the famous fctions ofthe past generation,
it is to be a novel founded on facts, and
some of them very unpleasant facts for the
author. Certainly if Colonel Joyce should
60 through the ups and downs of his career,
and write his life with fidelity and in q style
no worse than these specimens, he would
make valuable contribution to the materials
for social history. 1t would be book of the
sort that Defoe deemed the ideal fiction, for
all his efforts as an author were
aimed to give to his narratives an air of that
reality that this story would intrinsically
possess Should the story end with Joyces
release from prison by the Presidents pardon
it would also be a contribution to our politi-
cal history, though the price of the pardon
might be some suppressions in the narrative.
Evidently that is the way Joyce aims to end
his story. He has disclosures to make, and
the price of his silence can be safely guessed
at in Washington. 1t would be pity if q
pardon should give him motive for silence.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
An Unquiet Queen.

Some days ago we chronicled the outlines
of the intrigue on foot between Madrid and
Paris, with the object Of securing for the ex-
Queen Isabella the privilege of residence in
Spain. At that time the elements opposed
to Isabellas return had the upper hand; but
it seems that she adheres to her purpose
with that obstinacy which universally char
acterizes the conduct Of the Bourbons in the
pursuit Of some policy sure to end in calam-
ity to themselves. AS it is, Isabella lives
in Paris, with her son on the Spanish throne,
SO that she has family relation to tho
Spanish Treasury, but she insists upon
a voyage to Spain that may end in
the expulsion Of her son from the throne and
her own return to Paris and precarious in
come If Alfonso has, as reported, become
himself the advocate Of his mothers return
TO Spain, and is prepared to defy the Minis
try on point on which they are so sure of
the support of the country, it can only be
concluded that his head is, like oil the other
heads Of his family, of the kind that would
be no loss to anybody but the owner. 1t is
to be hoped that wiser counsels will prevail
and that the King divided between filial
love and his duty as sovereign, will yet see
that even the hope to fulfil his obligations as
son must turn on the retention Of his
throne and that he cannot retain this Elsa
bella returns, for her return means another
, GanArilla government
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PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Greeks are shy OF Russia
Deep snow prevails throughout Europe
Bermuda's fort defences are to be improved
Trade Unionism has reached New South Wales
The English regiment at jamaica is be instructed
IN field operations.
Victor Hugo is engaged writing a new tragedy for
Rossi to play this winter in Paris
Secretary Bnstows studies at Princeton. HIS
daughter studies in Paris.
Mrs General Sherman will go to Texas with her son
for the benefit OF his health
Olive Logan thinks she will not lecture "Buttcr,"
because she does not consider 1T pat
Mr.. Gladstone does not English converts in
spected for the discovery Of unwilling inmates
A sportsman thinks that because be hooked a trou.
three times within half hour that hsh has no feeling
In the jaw.
lone English fell dead Of heart disease and
her three little children remained alone In the room
with her body for four days One died Of starvation
The Chicago Tribune thinks that the North viii soon
ind a new large trade with the negroes OF the South
with the Chinese the Pacific slope aud With our
Mexican and Cuban neighbors
General Mcclellan, rumor says, will shortly bc ap-
pointed position in the service OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, with the title OF general
superintendent or manager
Georgia papers, among them the Augusta Sentinel
insist that Tweed in Savannah, sailed in the
City Of Dallas for Nassau Two New York detectives
have been investigating the case in Savannah
Herr Wagner "once scandazcd TO high de-
gree" by q Prussian Ambassador advising him TO
arrange his 'TAEnhauser" for tho Prussan Kine,s
favorite military oand TO interest His Majesty in
wagnerian music
Russian Admiral Possiet says that the system or
transporting convicts 10 Siberia IA = failure; arsI
because the punishment, physically, too severe TO
work moral reform; and second because the presence
Of criminals tends to degrade the sberans
The coldest winters record IN the United States
within the past 100 years those $780, 1886 and
1853 In 1850 the Delaware RIVER bay OF New York
and Long Island Sound completely bound as
to be crossed with horses and seghs The coolest year
that Of 1916 which there was ice every month
OF the year
Mr. Kerr's friends say that his best work In the
position Of committees has escaped general notice and
that is in the arrangement OF the committees on ex
pendtures In the departments BY the rule or
tho House creating them they given the power to
examine the payment Of all accounts and as 10 the
suGciency OF vouchers, to moneys expended
strictly according TO appropriations They are also
charged with reporting all abuees the departments TO
the House. and all retrenchment which they think
proper having due reOard 70 the efficiency OF the ser
vlo@
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THE WAR IN MALAcoA is substantially at
an end, the English having succeeded in re-
ducinQ the natives to subjection. With
Russia pressing them on the one hand and
England grinding them on the other the
moor Asiatics have no chance to maintain
their ancient institutions, and II IS not i'm
possible that the next quarter Of century
will witness greater revolutions IN the East
than were accomplished in the three-quartsrs
which preceded ik
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

THE BOARD or APPoRT1oNsEET yesterday
disposed Of the budget for 1876, and SO one
annual vexation is practically at an end.
There was however, very spicy debate on
the transfer Of unexpended balances, which
Comptroller Green asserts have no existence
in fact. The Comptrollers reasoning seems
logical enough, but his views receive very
little favor from kha BOARD.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
Joint Intervention in Cuba.

Accordingto the cable dispatches which we
printthis morning joint intervention in regard
to Cuba is one Of the possibilities of the near
future. England, which has interests in the
West Indies nearly as great as our own, is
ready for the movement, and the other
Powers approve, though unwilling to take
the initiative. This much being assured
the rest is certain. While we should not
welcome Intervention emanating from
ourselves alone, however apparent
its necessity. we shall hail it with
pleasure if it has the cooperation Of
other Powers. Such policy cannot
fail to bring the struggle in Cuba to a close;
and it is certainly to the best interests Of
the island and even of Spain that this dis
honoring war should be ended Joint inter-
vention is the only method by which this re-
suit can be obtained, and it is gratifying,
especially in view Of the rumors to the con-
trary, that President Grants negotiations
have succeeded. We now begin to under
stand the meaning of the great uneasiness at
the Spanish capital when the Presidents
Message was promulgated, and with the Co
operation Of the great Powers We can see the
end of the Cuban struggle.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

Ex-PREsIDEST THEIRS is not sure whether
he will prefer a seat in the Senate or the
Chamber Of Deputies, and so he reserves the
right to choose between them in case he is
elected to both. Apparently he ought TO be
able to make his choice now as well as after
the elections.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

AUDITOR THAYER has been suspended by
Governor Tilden upon the recommendation Of
the Canal Investigating Commission. Oper-
ations such as those in which he was en-
Gagged would undermine and vitiate the
public service in any country, and in view Of
the case against him no other course was
olIowable
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY. Stocks were
fairly active and higher. Gold ended at 113,
after sales at 112 "a 112 7-8 Money on
call was easy at 6 and per cent Invest
ment and government securities were in fair
demand
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS and
after january l, 1875, the daily and weekly
editions Of the New York HERALD will be
rent free Of postage.
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Harvard Refuses 40 Withdraw rvsn
tho Rowing Association.

The hot fire all along the alumni line has
proved too severe for the Harvard under
graduates, and, as will be seen in our
dispatches in another column, she will
cast her vote in the coming convention on
January 4 to remain in the association.
As is well known, the exact contrary course
has for days been imminent; but mean
while both here and in Boston her gradu-
ates have been quietly working, and the
unanimity with which they oppose any
thing that squints at withdrawal or at
anything else than fighting it out in the
good old fashion, and with which they
have been expressing themselves in
very distinct protest, is both gratifying and
healthy, and pretty conclusive proof that
they may be always safely trusted to see to
it that no harm comes to the good name of
our oldest university. One Of them-one Of
the '6S men who sign the letter elsewhere
is, we think, Mr.. Loring, the captain and
stroke of the famous four who rowed Oxford.
He tells the youngsters pretty plainly that
they will never amount to much till they do
far more hard work, and that they do not
yet know how to sit shell. The letter of
another is very entertaining, and he frees
himself most happily when he says that 'the
modern Harvard undergraduate has become
so ihbued with the elective idea that he
seems to think that he can choose between
honor and dishonor." Her thus remaining
in the association is not to interfere with her
race with Yale or any other private match she
may care to make. BY thus acting as her
friends hoped she would she will put her
rivals, who feared for the life of the associa-
ton, again at their ease, and the preparations
to meet the English and Irish crews will go
forward with renewed energy. Yale is now
the only institution which has withdrawn
from the association, and it does not look as
though any other is likely to.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

DURING THE RECESS the speculative polit-
clans at Washington are always busy map
ping out the work of Congress, but previous
to Presidential election in forecasting the
policy and candidates of the canvass Our
letter this morning foreshadows the work Of
the present session, both in its Legislative
and political aspects, as the gossips of tho
capital would arrange it. If these rumors
have any foundation in fact it will be seen
that the reduction of the army is to be car
dinal point of democratic policy. There
could be no more serious blunder. Re
trenchment and reform must take another
direction to meet with favor from the coun-
try, as the people are not disposed to dis
pense with the services of tried military
leaders or to leave the frontiers at the mercy
of Indian or Mexican marauders The dan
ger of the next few months is that Of third
term while the currency question is the real
political issue of the hour.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

L1BERA1ITY TowARD THE Press is evinced
in the recent action Of the French Assembly,
and this, more than anything else, shows the
stability of the Republic.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

A SINGULAR STORY of an insane testator
and crazy guardian is related by Surrogate
Hutchings in decision which is published
in another column.
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TRIPLE S III L + T.
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER %. 1875.

From orr reports this morning the probabilities
are that the ,oeather to-day soA be lca'mer and
partly cloudy, aoith rain or fog.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29
Castelar, and the spanish Republic.


We note an interesting conversation be-
tween a newspaper correspondent and Cas-
telar ex-President Of the Spanish Republic.
CASTELAR, regards the situation of Spain as
more critical and dangerous than ever. The
strifes of the Alfonsist leaders recall to him
the situation during the latter period of the
reign of Amadeus. He sees no remedy for
these evils except-what is impossible in the
condition of Spanish affairs--the closest
union of all the monarchists and "a complete
oblivion of all personal interests and ambi-
tons" He believes that the Republic must
inevitably arrive for Spain but that ''it will
be brought about by the errors and private
ambitions of those who most detest the Re-
public" Those who look carefully at the
condition of Spanish affairs must see the force
of these criticisms of Castelar, The voice of
Spain is for republic. The Republic has
been prevented by two conspiracies, the first
under Prim, the second under Serrano. The
difficulty about consolidating monarchy in a
country like Spain is like the difficulty in
France. In Spain there are two or we might
say three, monarchical parties, for the Duke of
Montpensier has never abandoned his heredi-
tary ambition for the crown.
With the carlists, the Alfonsists and
the Montpensierists intriguing and quar-
relling among themselves it is i'm
possible for any monarchy to sur
vive, especially when the King is not q
man of force and courage, like Don Carlos,
but a boy not yet out of his teens, who only
yesterday was studying his school books and
playing with tops and velocipedes at Jesuit
school in England 1t is just possible that
great man like Philip IL or Charles V. might
mould the discordant monarchical elements
Of Spain. But the young men of Spain are
republicans. Spain, sluggish and reluctant
to accept any new ideas, has been steadily
giving way before the advance of liberalism
The young men, the men who come into life
to-day and who are to control Spain to-mor-
row, are liberals. We have the same senti-
ments growing up in Spain that we had
in our country between 1850 and 1860.
The youths then reaching manhood grew up
with the repuDlcan ahtl-slaVery sentiment
They took upon themselves the burden Of
the war and fought it to victory. We see a
process like this in Spain. The danger to
monarchical governments in Europe to-day
is the spread Of enlightened ideas among the
rising generation. CASTELAR,, himself young
man. represents the strength of this party.
He leads Young Spain. Our hope is that
when the Republic becomes inevitable
the monarchists and soldiers of Spain will
initiate the wisdom of the conservative re
publicans Of France and avoid revolution
by accepting democracy.
The New York herald., 1875-12-29

-a-r..4y uges snUuru De Iost ny an eruption
OF Vesuvius, the warning having 50 long pre-
ceded the possible belching forth Of the ele-
ments. and with an extension Of the princi-
pies and machinery Of our Signal Service all
over the world that foresight against the
evil effects Of the hurricane, which is now
impossible, will become q matter Of nero
routine
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
COIOggEuN

AAuSEahhIS This AfILRNOON AND EIENAG
COLOSSEUM
Thirty fourth street and SIEGE OF
PARIS. Open rt IN 7. NJ 10 T. NJ. and from ~ + a.
u 10 T.. NJ.
wAILACK's THEATRE,
FooR YoUNG MAN, at 8 r NJ closes at 10 As r NJ Mr..
Iohn Gilbert.
PARTISAN VARIETIES
Sixteenth street, Broadway.-yAKIETY, at s T. NJ.
GERMANIA THEATRE,
fourteenth sreet-coMTEssE HELENE, atsP. NJ.
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Rashins'on street Brookiyn.-hENkf ~ atsP. N. Mr..
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Matinee at :. T.. NJ.
BOWERY THEATRE
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COLOSSEUM.
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rooR YOUNG MAN, at 8 +. NJ. closes at 10 40 r NJ Mr.
lOhn Gilbert.
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