The New York Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1870, Page 4

4 THE GREAT SIEGE. Paris as It Exists Within the Prussian Environment. How the People Livo, Move and Have Their Boing. Socialism, Love, Symptoms of Siarvation aud Plans of Getting Out. CENSUS OF THE CITY POPULATION, The Prussian Position Quts!Ze and Life in the German Camp. By the European mall at this port we have tho following series of<pecial letters from Parls—for- warded from the city by balloon mail to Tourz— which come in very interesting illustration of the social condition as it exists im the besleged city, as also of the military prospects of the Prussian besiegers, the latter communication having been dated by a special HenaLp writer at Meudon and the headquarters of the Prussian arnics. ‘That Volntilo Girl Called “Paris”—Her Rest- less Sensuality—A Relic of the Empire— Hostility ef a French Countess to Deme- eracy—An Odd Adventuro—Must Imperalism be Restored *—Beanx. Paris, Oct. 16, 1870, Parts should be pitied, not punished. She 1s like @ beautiful giri—one of fine figure, superb bust, ex- quisite teeth and languid expression—Parts has been petted to death. She has been the darling of Europe and America and both continents have Nattered her until the head of Paris has been com- pletely reversed. All the world came to see Paris, to admire her. Isit, then, strange that her vanity showd exceed her reason? Then there remains more to betold—Paris became immoral Sho justi- fied her immorality; she increased and muitipiied it. She sighed for revelry and set her Heart upon the wildest pleasures, Now who comes to Paris? The cold, phiegmatic, philosophical German comes and encircles Paris about her waist with the sirong arm, not of adulation, but of retribution, As the grip tightens Paris becomes black in the face aud gloomy in the heart; but she does not lose her languor; she does not forget her indulgence; she does not yield uy those sweet mor- sels of ler fancy, which have been the terror of bold ecciesiasticism. She 1s gay still, and she yet suys, “fam the flower of the earth.” Paris has been loved and adored, not so much fer herself as for the profics she yields to her exhibitors, Giddy and light hearted, sie has typitied her nationality until every . NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. ee ture admiration for her beauty and cloverness, who emphasis of @ protracted pressure; aud tii halt laughing, half earcest, hal! familiar and tovally cap- thy woinan drew closer aud proceeded with anmation, “You know France, Monsieur, and so do I, You know Magia you bate seen tiuperial Paris ang when bo.t—tt wes the best forme. Thad my stending in seourity, my wealth. Now how ts it? I ‘My title is gone-earned by a lost hus- band for his heroism in war, My soctety ts gone— the siege, the republic has driven it away; I have no security, and, except as you saw me this inorning, L hard), re venture into the streets, 1 dare not question Frenchmen; 80 1 have brought you here, You will tell me, I know (i assented), what is the repubite doing? Itis cageavoring to ruln those who lived im geatie life under the empire. I was one. was ambitious and influcutial What I I did for my friends, You say justly had great’ power; but” even you it Now, if you were more comintital, more eager, I would éulist you. No per Bon, you know, ever falls but he attempts to recover, Tam agoing to try and recover, ‘fnis stupidity ts Insatlerable. Wuatis the situation? ene inquire? taking somewuat Lupaticutly, as ler eyes gloamed with ¢ “The sit “it isp madame, and I want to ex»! She then described at leugth the v i to the renublic—and we closed (he conversaiton politique without many aagry differences, On other subjecis—on art, music, history, literature—! found her a De siw niiar With maby mascul.ne subjects. A.ter an improvised lunch J lett tats lovely woman, having pever spent three more agrovable and de- lightiul hours in my He. PARIS BRAUX. As {have been writing in this lotter all about the other sex pardon me if J allude to the beaux. They do not like the republic; they can no eraer be cour- uers under the dazzling lights of the Talieries; in- tienes with ladies of quality are over, ahd the occil- pesos of the gentleman of leisure has vanished, France was a iruitful pasture for tuese and 4 ch as vias Is iva wouder that they lament tuetr best loved f society, my have none. 1 uation ts desperate for France Ptacs for Gettlag Cut and Mopes of Geitiag In—Science iu Aid of the Besiexed. TouRS, Oct. 27, 1870, THE FLYING MAOIINE, An ingenious Frenchman, who nas been a student in the complexities of the atmosphere for many years, has invented a fying machine by which men can fy out of Parts, This plan is regarded by all as not valy correct in principle, but we adapted to a practical application. It consists of two spiral wings, of much the same contcal configurations as the point of ascrew, both of which move on spin- dies, and are operated py atraadie. The man who occupies the machine is seated ina chair, and to either side are the aforesaid wings. A direct revo- lution of these propellers gives an upward move- ment; a reversed revolution a downward move- ment. The fiyer, desiring to rise, takes the chair, puts the apparatus in motion, and finds himself rising on an easy ascent tll he reaches the lofttest point desirable. Then, by modifying the app!ica- tion of the treadle he goes im any horizontal divec- tion, turning tn a circle with marvellous (facility. In going down all danger is avoided by employing a canvas cover, regulated in ascending and descend- ing, which in going up is a sort of protection, but which in golog down acts as a parachute, The authorities also believe that this machine will prove one of the happy means of populating the air with persons of too elevated notions to reside in Faria during the siege, A SCHEME FOR OPENING M#XTPMNAL COMMUNICATION, But I bave not done with the little Ingenutites with which the slege is fraught, I have seena gentleman one says, by common consent, and I quote it forthe | here who made @ plan for getting papers, de- ten thousand and cighty-seventh time, “France is Paris. Paris is the Boulevard des Italiens’’—sig- Nificant of the necessities of men and the weak- nesses of women, if this be so, ‘The stege has not altered Paris. True, it bas maae ber downcast, regretful, passive, but her effeminate fickleness remains; her rash, impulsive, self-confl- dent nature has not been stunned, though the Prussian arm still tighteus about her waist, and sie lies prostrate, succored only by ner internal nu- trition. She still parts her lips to the kiss of her ‘dolatrous men. She stili holds out her arms te the embrace of her devoted gallant. She still laughs archly, sighs systematically, regrets hesitatingly, reproaches ardently and sips furiously. Poor Paris! she 18 attractive, and I, too, still worship at her shrine; but in @ fit of jealousy she provoked a for- mer lover, Prussia, and he now stands in the attitude of revenge. I would be the defender of Paris, for to me she has been more than o@ pleasaut hour, more than a bewildering scene, But Paris is feminine; Prussia is masculine; Paris a play- ful, deceitful girl; Prussia a strong, determined man. We, who are the lovers of Paris, have ex- pected the chivairous princes of Europe to assist to defend her; but, it seems, they say sho is not vir- tuous, and they should not be generous. Whe knows but what Paris muy not rise to the imperial courage of Joan of Arc? Who Knows but that sho may crip- ple thatarm which encircles her waist? Who knows that she may not declare and maintain, “I have beea weak and foolish; Ican also be brave and earnest.” So Lleave this coming woman to that world which has flattered and caressed her, assuring all that she ig not yet imbecile from indulgence, or power tess by years of sin. A FEMALE RELIC OF THE EMPIRE. Iwas waiking yesterday morning down the Boule- vard Malesherbes, one of the fnest highways of Paris. It was eleven o’clocx, and the day was most beautiful, soft, balmy, sunny and sweet. I it bi sted, aud wader the stimulating in. nue! oi the da’ I was extremely at lay ease. A carriage rolled down over the watered asphalt road. coutaiuing a lady apparently twenty-five years of age, dark, elegant in figure, and withal belng distingué. Limagined she was an o!d acquaintance, bul was notsure. But I ventured to lft my hat and incline my body with a modesty unknown stuce the Middlo Ages. I was, of course, doing this upon a hazard, though I kuew that adversity and the siege of Paris had Restros ed many of the cold formalties ofsoucteiy, aad that possibly 1t might be answered, whether or net, and so on. The carriage drew up abreast, and as the lady noted my salutation she re- sponded with w graceful ued, and soon, to my won- der, tho carriage was stepped by her order, and she Moiioned me to the vucaut place beside her, giving al the same time an order to the driver. Her idea- tity 1 at once saw I nad mistaken; that her position, evident ata glance, was somethiug nigh. i tes Anericain ?” sie said pleasantly, lreplied affirmatively. “You are very impudent,” she continued, in good English, aud somewhat pop halantly. 1, of course, male ai) due apologies, referred to the necessily of being on good tern with every one and then ailuded to so singular a meeting, to so happy an «cquaimtance and to the bope thar it wouid be mutually pleasing in thé fuiurd, In the mean- time the carriage had turned up the avenue Fried- land and sped on towards the avenue l’Imperatrice. our conversation coatiuued ina pleasant fow and presently ran into the leaping streamlet of the hour—tite siege of Paris. ‘Then she became grave, serious and bigh-tempered, Nothing satisfied her in the deiences, hovhing seemed to please ber, and in ‘tus way she talked Ull the carriage drew up before an imposing mansion near the avenue I’ Imperairice, Which I shail not further locaixze, Sne invited me to enter; 1 readily consented. Wo passed into an elegunt saloon in the catreso/. Hitherto there had been no exchange of cards, names or identities, I begged her to accept my card. she took tt, “And | am,” said she, slightly coloving, “le Com. ‘ease of G- ae I bowed; but not so much to her quality as to her Dbeauty—sometimes simple and engaging, at other moments austere but unctuous, J expressed my sur- prise at being domiciled inthe house of a lady of such disiiaction, whose name I beard and read of In connection with the most influential Sees ot Eu- rope. She requested me to make myself perfectly au Jatt, because she had a sb Tr parpo:e in invit- me to mat house. ei at Lope’ Rit a aa moments, and presently returned, haying thrown ot her riding garmncnie. Sho soreater in a rich black silk dress, eluborately bi led, cut with a Pompa- dour waist, She was mogt lovely woman, in the very height of her beauty, i in outline, yet in every moyernent gi ‘ul and fascinating, At her solicitation I followed her, and we entered another saloon, furnished in scarlet and satin, where a cheer- ‘al fire was burning in the grate. The apartment ‘as sumptuously decorated. A large and splen- didiy executed portralt of the Empress Eugénie hang upon the southern wall, while opposite was a Picture of the lamehted Marie Antoinette, Statu- ettes and park scenes were dix 4 somewhat in- chair, Sir ed for the the house, stating that it was in time of war, “So you are an American?” “Gertainly.”? “And i are an admirer of this republic—this re- public of Jules Favre and Rochefort’ she demand- ed peremptorily, “as an American I always almire true democ- racy,” I repiied courteousiy. “No, but,”” said she, “do you like this French re- bite “That's @ hard question to answer on a short notice.” Growing natured she said, “What .2 your honest opinion; wiil this republic stand :"* “That will depend ou the virtue of the people.” «But the people are imperialists.” “Then I suppose if they remain so it must be an empire?" “You relieve me,” she said playfully. “Of wuat anxiety,’ I inguired audaciously. “You're . Ican trust you.” We bands, and ber small jowelled fingers ead delicate river and sent down to Paris by the tide, spatches and letters into the city through the Seine, It was this:— Re made two hemispheres of tin, each of the saine dimenstons and one foot im diameter, ‘rhe exterior or convex surface was painted grecn, ‘The papers were to.be inserted im one hemisphere, ‘then the other nicely ftied by the prepared. joint and carefully cemented. of such an exact weight as to sink just below the surface, and painted, as before stated, green or just The globe, now firm-and made the color of the water, was to be deposited in’ the Of course no one, not even & Prussian, would distinguish an object so completely disguised, and when the metal Tuailbag arrived at a given poms it was to be stopped by anet, Unhappily the Prassians had piaeed one across the river at Choisy le Rot, WE OFFER OUR. SERVICES. Thousands propose mans. every day. Gne man offered his services to detect the nationality of any man brought before him. He-asserteu his ability to tellany man by his dialect. Tue government de- clined nis patriotic self-denial, A WONDERFUL RSCONNOITRING BALLOON. The French have their wits at work. They are Inventors as well as Warriors. A grand balloon 1s tn process of construction for the purpose of hover- ing over the suburbs aud reviewing the operations or ie Prussians, The idea of the concern 1s very unique. The body, or inflated bag, 1s made of silk, in the shape of a fish, and when it rides in tho air it has a similar position to thatofa fish in undisturbed water. An engine, with boilers, 13 attached, of very ingenious patiern, and these together only weigh about 160 pounds. The balloon ts #0 consiracted with the car and attachments that twelve persous can ascend at once ana still be at perfect liberty. A novel apparatus propels. the monster through tie alr, and steering gear regulates the motions, deter- mines the direction and modifies either the ascent or descent. Desiring to rise the manager goes up an imc) ned plane, the same as & sh would in trying to make the surface; and likewise in going down the movements are reversed. The builder conceives that he will be able to bring tne valloon to a state of rest; sail it elther against the wind or at a very acute angle with its direction, and that he can main- tuin any given position at 1b Great contide:ce 13 expressed in the witimate success of his project. Surely, ballooning loses nothing by war Uf all else loses. Part eS City Population Statistics—People in Paris Voiers=Wouen as a rolitical Element=-The social Condition—Mevement to Restore the Oricans Princes—The Newspapers ef the City. Panis, Oct. 13, 1870, Paris is growing wan; her camps are thinning out; her resources are daily diminishing. Prepared for three months of investinent, she will soon show signs of coming exhaustion should not her exter- nal communication be opened and peace be restored, Its well therefore to make an Inventory of her gross resources a8 they stand now, after one week of slege; in other words, to analyze her precise con- dition and ascertain her actual strength. Paris has been credited with a population of 2,000,000 of peo- ple. Of these itis estimated that 700,000 have fed the city, because of the expected entrée of the Prus- sians, In this estimate are embraced all foreignera, all the rich, tnose naturally cowards, end the large exodus of women and children, The figures taken 4; You see democratic 1a RE ch se. What do you | think? What do I think? Imperial Paris was the | | action of the government, Spocutation is unknown io meats aud all neocasities wus fer, 1 cau imagine how tb would be were Now York or London to stand a provracted siege. Ab the firsi intimation of such @ disaster provisions ply, and undoubtedly thore would soon b@ @ “bread gold room’ during the war. This 000,000 peopie comprises all ongagod in the industries of Varls— day iaborers, arti-ens, Inpidartes, clerks, servants and smali shopkeepers in the lower Guarters of Paris. Much of tnia business has stopped, and it will be observed that they belong to @ Class Which does not enter into the mil.tary cstablishment ct ail, ‘The men, comprising 2.0,000, are either disabled by ago, disease, malformation or accident from eater- ing tho Garde Nationale, Their daily existence, in which they desire nothiag from the government, save tn tie few Instances of tobacco stores, and by {is oMclal alms, must be preccrious and become more diMeult to support day by day. IT mention these facts to show tiat D.smarek, when he felts Paris with jon, has selecied that weapon which will cause the grearost dissalisfacuon in this population of 609,002, Byery man knows that these Imumovabies ave neither solay mihiary succcss; ¢xpend their time in gossip, ta aiseussion, in taiking of that which they cannot underst and in Clasemimating doctrines dau- gerous, tf siupid, to the peace of Paria. Over 200,000 idierd must talk; they must review the labors of those who work and fight for them, and, being cssent ally uneducated, they must be ex. tremely at war with common genase, From this ole: ment wil spring all social commotions in aris, Led on by bad and designing men they form s compact whole which might be cailea “revolution,” ‘lot,’ “@ la guiltotne.” It is not enough to put bread in their mouths ané reinforce this operation by asur- ing them that safety aud security mean their patriot. ism and quietude. They demand that the bread shall be of such and such a quality, and tuat “ints is a free country,” and they will do as they severally Please. Now, 1 doubt not that these men are good by intention, but they are bad upou thelr own show- ing, and here Paris fears, but docs not yet trembie, Nearly 100 years has not obliterated the Place dela Reveiution, suough it is now kuown by another name; and the common Parisians know this well, and it ts deeply impressed upon their dramatic natures. Go even higher than the working classes aud you fad that a sanguinary disposition forms a part of the French chiracter, The journals cry out “Deata to the Prass{ans,” and exhaust all their ingenulty in suggesting sehenes for the barbarous destruction of life. French novel- ists no longer introduce @ murder or a duel asa horror, bus only as a passing episode in reaching some iuxurious and, therefore, to them, herote end, Here revolutions tell us that Parisians would sooner muliluie and savagely destroy benind their barrl- cades ivan to go out inthe open ‘cid and exchange @ murderous fre wilh the victurlous invader, From itis I conciude that the Parisians had sooner fight thelr own people than measure swords with other nationalities, Let me say that the feeling of distrust cows day by day, aud thus a man knows when le eats his dinuer tiat he ts biting into the core of wa revolution aad himeclf assisting in the tn- ternai overthrow of society in Paris, lam sorry to write asIdo; but facts are facts, and [ am not following my sympathies, but writing atruth which, sad enough to say, has been fre- quently proved in French history. These 200,000 men whom | have parucwlarized will not wans allies should they come to want—200,000 women will sup- port them, aud women have always been strong and stalwart behind the barricades. The Parisians can fight well from the windows, the roofs of houses, and with their chairs aud crockery. It will be no- uced that children.form only one-tliwd of this estl- mate of 600,000, Even that, perhaps, is too large, | would be held for arise; speculators would mult | room” in New York, aa there was founded “ine | ‘8 nor necessary to our | 7 ‘The young men ave ardent and mostly democratic, | end ibe siudenis slout with one voice, Vive la 1é- | pusdque.” Now of the 69,009 volors of Paris there fre 310,000 in the army, the Garde Nationales, and the rest gr sonyiored allover Paris, From various BONE: Ae Judge Paiis to be divided politteatly as Fottowe—thac 1s, In trae sentiment, not always openly expresse a | Bloderaie republicans and followers of Jules Favre aud aupbortars oi thelr government, $00,000 Imperiatists, alierenis of the Emperor 2 200,090 Sodiailsts (ved re sublicens).. ° 2098 . 300 + 28,000 | Ai sacenene dvacann’ MNO made upon the aohral unrestraized prefercuces of the people; but £ do eo by aby means that a municipal or goi- jon af this tide would give a poll of 000 votes to the naperiaiists. Ib would be morally Impossible bow, Bat walt a year. Jules Favre and ty have @ majority, end will always, every- tuing eise being equal, hive a majority in Parts, for he is popular, upright, caudid and ontspokon—a great Mun, true statesinan, Siould, however, bis | ministry make @ Mustake, the suddenness with ha political royuiution can sweep over Vari overiwrn his supremacy, for he has violeu and unsertipulous enciates. “If a pease be mado which docs not sathiiy that in tho Frenchman's native Wluch says “we Can whip any cou orld,” thea t would nob place mudca coi he ability of ent ov erelse | their oficial arives. Napoleonism cannot come out whice Of SUCCO45 ab tne iMAMedL- ate close ui v Paris, a3 a whole, Is pitterl Opposed to il: but whore, with his NnmMense wealt he buys one alter enoter of the Paris press ana y sounds journais in the interest of bis a siynaaty, corrupt, wily men, and trics co regaiu hi3 lost throne in & moment of popular depression, the third Napoleon will cer- tuiuly be w formicablé man, People here opeuiy t his abiliiies and his value to France, Tradesmen are often jinperlailsts because Napoleon beautified Paris aud mado it the nucleus of ali the tourisis of the world, Mapoloon assisis them to live on other peoples, 2nd they are sensible enough to admire him for that. One other element is now in Parts—the Orleans supporters, ‘They are tradi. tlonal adherents of that du.uncl dynasty; but they are making way and in seerct are la} plans. I have nouced singular evidences of thelr handiwork tn various particulars, Large yellow handoills announce the “Life of Louls Philippe,” in which the author reconnta the ivustrions events of his reign, Louis Phuippe's lortifications, undoubtedly tie blessed boon of Paris, are extolied in connection with M. Thiers; and J, A. Dallave has wiitten an elaborate “Histoire de Ja Restauration,” reciting the horrors of the inva- sion of 1814, This, also, asa yellow color, When. ever I see this Jeaious tint on the cover of a recent publication I think ‘one more diamond in the crown of the Count of Paris.’ Perhaps the very name of tais scion of & withered royalty may be haticd by Lac Parisians as @ Rappy omen that Le should be master of the only ground that cannot be overrun by Prussians. Asi write 1 learn also that this Prince mercoes at the head of & small ariny from Bordeaux, in order to repel the invader and get access 10 the capital. ‘fhe worst fer #rance would be the predominance of the hot-lieaded sovlalisis. 16 is not so bad—ther theory, thew avswact deiinttion of government—but those fratitics of the human heart, Jong known to ations, as to men,-make their schemes ivok worse viiotic, Ab this tune “the reds” are C Mrance; they vitalize oppesitions; streagtien aisseusions, when thelr energies should be devoted to the uatonal defeuse. Prefess- do good, to trumpet principles, to deciaim the latest revolutions of aunan government, they ave enemies to the only republic which France has cujoyed for bweuly Years, But Jor tiem there would be no chance of overthrowing Juies Favre and its coadutors; and but for them the republic must stand. if it fall, it falls because of tae inade- quate seuse ef men wio Will not take a portion beceuse they cannot have all, The com- munists or “reds are but £0,000 _ strong here and can only feed upon the reverses of France: have been in ineir meetings and have listened to their addressos, and, though always sincere, they relist the sentimenis not of men of mature xperl- enco but of agitators oi unreasonableiury. Tueir cry is “Vive (a commune!’ then “Vive la Répud- luque/” One longs to rise in thelr assemblies and explain the practical republican institutions of tne United States, How they survive ouly because they are mild and temperate in forma and pure aad virtu- ous inspirli; how Fourterism and all its miserable, social auxiilaries have tailed, exciiing the disgust of our peopie for their hjdeous crimes and the popu- jar scorn for the violence of their progenitors, But M every prominent republican in the United States were to proclann these truths and expose the fal- lacy of communism, i doubt if they could tniuence @ party unimpassionable save by monstrous isms. ‘Larbulence is a characteristic of their imeotings, and pariiamentary law thus recetved more chari- though it may seem strange to the American mund.. French women are not as [ruliful as our own. Per- nicious habits have loug tnfluenced reproduction in France, and few in the lower classes.care to multi ply their kind, in fine society the desire tor off- spring exceeds the capacity tohave them. ‘Lhis war has shown that this fact has been a great weakness to France. Where you see one old couple ip New York you see twenty here, and what frightful in- roads Nave thus been mude in the material prosper- ity of France, even in this past generation! Ger- many preseata.auother aspect. A woman Is proud to be ® mother, and she 1s proud to be the mother of soldiers. Let France siep the crimeof intauticide, for it 1s only auotuer torm of nauonal suickic. Over twenty thousand I have set down as perl- patetic beggars, bat | am not sure that after all they deserve to be rated low in the svale of soli-enjoy- mient. The beggars of Paris are very clever, and are, 1n Mos! cases, aiways in funds. ‘ney are fat ag Michigan hogs, aud the professionals hever want a very respec: High art in this business is one of tin @ good beggar here you must be as ciever as to pe a good banker, For several nights I have taken my seat in front of the Caie Riche, and noied the Curiosities of the pedestrians on the Boulevard. A miserably clad wretch cores up and solicits alms. He has a sick wife and turee starving children, picks up the sous and passeson. Nex! she has a sick nusband aud three ¢hiid: pockety more than an honest woman can earn in tWwebty-fur hours. Nexta little boy; he has a sik mower and two little starving sisters. He likewise reaps a harvest, Next @ littie gurl; she has a sick father and two starving lide brothers, She sips the cash into her pocket and disuppears, Then cripples, and ihosc really worthy oi sympathy, and thus it is, One out of ten deserves; the otner nine are swindlers. Begging in Paris pays largely on the capital invested. There are 30,000 fed by the government. They come under the purview o/the regular charities aud are n0La dangerous Class, ause, generaily Linbe- cile, they Can never be @ source of terror, ‘There are 160,000 men here not under arms, but who are exenipted for various reasons. They are the eleganta, the foreigners stili hore, and the priest- hood; the remalader are at work iu the iortiiica- tions, aud do not enter into the useless classes be- fore described, Cabmen are not in the ariny; neither are shopkeepers, Wito are necessary to the distribu- Uon of food; butchers and the colateral brauches of business. The government employés are mostly in the army, and perform their duties while wearing their uniforms as the Garde Nationale. A great many are employed in the ambulances as nurses and. to assist generally in the care of the wounded, Artisans, Dut not in large forco, are at work on am- Taunition, cannon, mitrallleuses aud Chassepots, and sappers and miners tind orders as fast as they can supply them. Owners of heavy trucks have founa it proiltabie to dispose of their stock, for every vehicle of at large, therefore, show the following facts:— Population at the tiwe of Prussian approach, 2,000,000, Souls gone out, Souls come tn, Germans (sent out)......-..-. 40,000 English, American and ail other nationalies save French. ++ Royalisis and Imperiaiists.. .. French, mostly women and children, to seek security, and people of wealth. 4 Gene to the war, all told People driven in from the sub- urbs.. 200,000 Soldiers 139,000 TOURS. ..0ceseee seen ees reve ee900,000 330,090 Total depertures............570,008 ‘This leaves 1,430,000 souls in Paris, Who comprise the following classes, which inciude women and cntldren:— 1—Mlitar 400,000 troops under arm 100,000 troops not under E 60,000 unliormed boys not un 2—Citizens, 60,000 enjoying wealth above 2,000,009 franca, + . 0 i ig Weal io 100,600 worth & competency. . 600,000 with whom existence is a hard 20,000 peggara ° |, 80,000 fed by the goverume TOL. seseesceeeerere eens HOW THEY Live. There aro several classes who now lead various kinds of daily life during our besieged condition, «441,430,000 but all suffer privation. The topmost of society still gormandize, and can well afford to do so, because the luxuries have not by any means all disappeared, nor has their price materially advanved. But the hundred thousand I have named as possessing a competency are beginning to be sorely pressed for those necessities which are fast disappearing from the markets, Their money holds out, and would hold; but if thetr means consist of lands, real estate and territory out of Paris, it is almost worthless now, though mortgages can be executed as usual, Over 600,000 of the citizens of Paris know not in the moining how to obtain Work to earn their day’s bread. It is this great proponderating element of our population which, Intellizent, earnest and honest, must still have enough whereon to live. It ig to the credit of the people that prices have not palin received, ing mgmmens of prema | gove up, aud bls ls dup in @ large measure ty Wo | pell-leolaYyon rom the carruntians of the this kind is loaded down Wita 1unitions of war and supplles for the army. None but military courts are in session, And civil advocates are leit withouta prac Hes. Doctors have always an army of patients, and they will have in sinful Paris unul the eternal day. ‘This war has falien twhtly upon the merciants, In Paris this class never accumulates much stock and credit is little practised. Hence nowhere did the siege Mud a plethora of merchandt.e. Were we to be besieged slx months Ido not know what the exe quisiles would do for the new coat every week. Kvl- dences of & commercial spirit have not all disap- table courtesy 1n & democratic mesting of the Sixth ward. The Socialists have not tho polish and ele- gance of Wend@ell Phillips, either In utterance or address, They are inceherently proceeding from a demonstration tn its imcipiency to a conclusion that belongs to enother course of logic. if & man would start on the railvoad from New York to Chicago, and could by some unseen process arrive in twenty minutes at Cairo, in Egypt, this evolution would Mlustrate tie progressive rcasoning of a red republl- cau’s address, The truth is they desire agitatlon— nomatier how, when or what. Confined too long by the empire, their projects found fruition only in, thelr own bra.ns. Now their intellectual fog has been keeping Paris dark for days. This undoubtedly was to have been expected, but hardiy when Paris is. besieged. It woull have been a@ nice thing, uf at a time when Washington was in danger a deputation had waited upon President Lincoln and demanded that he should, withont a , order an election in Woshington to deterimme whe! he should continue President of the Unived states. Puts { the “reds” desire, They ant the muuL 1 elections, Give them those and they will want tree love; give them free iove and they will demand the equai division of property. Is MW sirange that Paris fects insecure at tals lacMment, When she has as insidious enemics within as she las powerful foes witnout? HOW THE PARISIANS ACCEPT THE WAR NEWS, Now let me touch upon French feeling and sentt- Ment regardig tie daily news of the war, The French are not an apt population to receive reverse With equantinity; hence une necessity of the most mendacious assertions of that 1 wtely legged ani- mai, the Parisian press. It fecds the pesplo oa trash— on such words as /u gloire, and those tragip sentiments, alas | so much misunderstood, ‘“Liverte, Jraierntie, egualie.” Let an American sit down alter breaklast aud peruse the Parisian press, He finds a leader tull of fire and eloquence, but it is the same fire and eloquence which mislead and do not instruct, What the Parisians need now ig reason, You need to convince them that 500,000 men of the flnest army i the Worid are be- fove their gates; tiiai it 18 no longer one Frenchman to two Prussians, but that, man for man, the Prus- sians have the prestige of victory, skilful generals and submissive, weil-disciplined soldiery. A man who Would ihus talk outspokealy is regarded as a spy. Hels thought to be a Prussian sympathizer, and I doubt very much if even the most acute oili- cialis would forgive such 4 one. In some cases the ofMicers are positively discontteous; but | am glad to say that this 1s not the rue. On more than one oc- cagion I have found @ brutal spirtt in an officer oaly because, perhaps, 1 was nota citizen of France. Poriaps much of this should be forgoiten and for- given because France 1s oppressed by terrible re- verses.. ‘The press 18 alinost unanimous in its support of the government, and under such an in- fineace it counseis moderation, though it priuts the deliberations of the communisis, In a paper like La Liberté of Girardin there are twelve col- umns daily on the siege, but nothing scarcely about other maiters, There are no full descriptions, aa there would be in the New York press, a: e daiky bulletin of war is confined to two “sitckfuls,” on the exterior position. ‘They are signed “Smidt.”? Many able articles haye appeared since the sieze begun, but none more caudid and sensitive than those of Victor Consideratt, a French-American. He ex- presses the situation thus:—‘The French are lous in the fleld but poitroons in ideas. It is the fashion to address letters te the press, but none think of taking this liberty ualess they are prominent men. Of course these communications all urge resistance, ENTERPRISE OF NEWSPAPERS IN PARIS. There {s comparatively noue. The foreign corres- pondents are always 10 possession of information sometimes days before it 13 known to any paper in poared. On the boulevards prints of Trochu, Jules favre, Gambetta, Uhrich and Bazaine can be had forfive centimes. Indecent pictures, sleeve buttons of doubtful morality, old books, reauis of music, hot waiiles and molasses, articles of wear, such as Car- digan jackets, boots, slives, pocketbooks, canes and these, you can buy on the sidewalk for “reduced prices on account of the war.”” And thus this population, now over 1,400,000 souls, is disposed in the face of the Prassinn army—cer- tainly a remarkable ensemble for Paris. Now let us examine Paris, aa it 18 divided in political senti- ment, and see what sre the elements at work in javor of and in opposition to tue: present govern- ment. There are 500,000 voters here, and who, as Citizens of the republic, are entitled ‘to a voice in all governmental matters. Exercising all the funce tions of citizenship, they have a right, as in the Uniied States, to declare for whom they think tae best man and for what they regard ag the correct principle, But before classily.ng it should be ree lnembered that 500,000 women and the 400,000 chil- dren here—for this is about the proportion, many of the latter being near maturity—have a very consider- able influence upon the public mind. Seven-eighths of the women are for royalty and imperialism, because, poor creatures, they are fond of show, fond of the glitter of the imperial equipage, dead in love with the slateliness and splendors of crowns ani coronets. They are delighted with court balls; they lixe imperial séte days; they always want to be bewildered by gold and diamonds and fascinated with rich laces and choice fabrics, This is the female sentiment at heart. “Why,” said one to me, ‘what will we do for pleasure now, under the homely, modest re- publi! Give me Lie ai) mo those grand éccs,” she ran on, wildly, “and I will give up what ou Gall freedom—all. But give me back my old, jarlivg Paris.” Women—I was going to say “to a man'’—van never live without & spectacular gov- ernment in varis. There must be thrones to suit them, transfermation scenes und what not. Then their position without court scandals. How de- Ploravle ! Just think of It, now. What would Paris do if it were pot enjoying the private correspond. ence of the Imperial faintiy—the most sacred letters passing between husband and wife? THE MALE ELEMENT—POLITICAL PROCLIVITIES. Happily for the republic Paris 1s not all women, thou Ono might think It was by walking up and down tho Boulevards, Among the fomaies are thou- sands who are Orleanists, and who fight for the re- storation of that exiled family, Many ladies once high in wealth and position would liluminate a standing in society they have never lost, save by Tulleried, the city. You read something under the caption of Ysontry. At Bras (no/¢MMicer on duty ratsed objec- | Hons, on seeing such a phalanx of civilians tntrud- |. Ing so coolly into tho front lincs; but tho sight of our “grosses hauptquarticn passes removed all ait ficulties, and he sent ua, at all événts, % stige fur. ther on—viz., to the colonel commanding the ling of outposts, This high officer was fouad asleep, but @ ; Very amJable and intelligent Heutenant, Herr von | Setilitz, adjutant of the Seventh reghaent (King’s Own), came dowa where we wore, and, on inspect: ing the documents, said, of course, we might go | anywhere, While the patrol, which, for our better guidance, he had ordered, was getting ready he escorted Us to a ilitle breastwork on the left of Meu- dou, from which we obtained only a moderate and uuited view of the Parisian panorama. THR GRAND SIRGZ PANORAMA, : The earthwork was one of those primitive struc tures erected hastily by the French, but not held by thom, The Prassians have made tt far more defen- sible and mounted on it two sham cannon ianutic- tured ont of tin, aud cnilsiened it the “Jager Schanze”’ and the “Bastion Sandrath,’ 1t having been hitherto iield by the rifemen, who act as & regiment of sharpshooiers, of the Fifth corps, we same which received so gallantly the equally ‘The second urmoe was in deference to the commandint, Sandrath, of the Seventh regiment. While the artist took a rough sketch of the bastion, surmounted by the red and white ensign of Prussia, Von Seldiitz told us of the severe losses of bis regt- ment duriug this caupalya. They were in reserve at Sodan, but at Welsscaburg tt had lost nine buu- dred and odd men ont of three thousand, with a third of its ofiicers among the casualities, The rain, which had been threatening ail the morning, at this siage of our progress began to patter down heavily; 80 we gladly accepted the invitation of our military escort to enter his warlike quarters and to taste of his stook of red wine. GOOD LIVING AND AMUSEMENT. By the way, according to our wariaring at home, this scems very funny to continually come across Pruasians—-ofMicers and soldicrs—arrayed in fine villas and hovnobbing over wine, champagne most frequentiy—tor they have really been after the cel- lars of all France with a sharp stick. While in- dulging in our libations of the refreshing and inno- cent beverage oitered (by right of conquest) and smoking the intolerable cigars of the French régie— they are goiug rapidly and there 13 no longer an Im- perial government to manufacture them—Seldiitz exhibited to us ail that remained of the regiment flag, the upper part of the staff (which had been shot into thres pieces), with its attendant stringers, Two of these he told us had been granted for gal- lantry at Nachod in 1814, and two for the campaign of 1806. No fewer than six oficers had becn killed or wounded wiule bearing alofi the flag at the bat- tle of Wetssonburg. Of course a sketch had to be made on the spot of the precious relic, At the end of our refreshments we were on such amicable relations that our military friend proposed cards all eround—not piquet, but visiting—and a final bumper of tne innocuous red was then and there drunk to the health of our respective nauons. Perhaps neutral visitors were doing ag much at tho French outposts over the Seine. PRINCE NAPOLEON'S SUMMER RETREAT, ‘This operation being over we wero ushered under the escort of our patrol of two soldicrs into the pic- turesque avenues of Meuron, one of the summer @wellinga of the late Prince Plon-Plon. A short walk led us straight up to the entrance of the pal- ace, a sgqaare butlding of no architectural merits worth noticing. Tho pickets squatted under the garden trees got afoul immediately of our passes, to see, you know, “if you are all right.” The pick- ets Kept their grip hold of us while the passes went into the palace for examination by the officers. We profited of the leisure moments to examine the em- bankments in course of construction for the recep- tion of the heavy siege guns which are to be on hand ready for the bombardment; for whether the latter be among provable things or not, the Prussians are Clearly of opinion that big guus are handy things to have in one’s military house, We observed, also, that the capital “N,’’ surmounted by the imperial crown, had been effaced trom the facade of the palace. The republican army had thought its removal indispensable before removing itself without the possible grasp of tie Prussians. Having passed under the covered way of the embankment mentioned we were accosted by @ jolly old warrior, who tniroduced himseif as Captain Lacke, in command of the garrison, and in- sisted on our following him intoa spacious room immediately on the right of the entrance. Here we were pleasantly greeted by a large party of ofiicers, Amidst the dia of conversation, carried on profusely in German, French and Engiish, the present writer found himself seated ina chair, with green velvet, white and gold trimmings, next to the sec. ond officer in command, Captain Von Shkopf—an agreeable nelghbor—who entertained the company with stories In regard to the visit of our (absent) host, Plon-Plon, when at the court of Berlin. More drink, We had hoped to wind up with ‘“I'vench cof- fee,” but Curacoa was the thing we had to swallow, and Von Shkopf thought proper to apologize for it by assuring us that had we been a litile eariler on the scene he could have oifered four different wines, the contents of the imperial cellar. Whilo thus engaged, quietly slttiag in tao hand- some room, hung with grecn tapestry, gilt cornices, the sulle @ manger of Plon-Plon, admiring the damask sofas and velvet coveriets which the officers had appropriated to themscives as beds, We were ever and auon reminded by tho crash of a shell, either right or lett, that we really had searcely any business to be “boozing” in such company in @ Napoleoule or republican diving room. But the shells produced iittle effect. They came and weat unsung, if not unheard. The oficers are so accustomed to them that tneir only curiosity in gars to them is to know on what side they burst. This much #sceriained, they jollily resume pipes and coffee or wines. We had not only heard that the chuteau had been burned down, but that the oificers Witile in all kinds of daily functions had been man- gled by the French boits, It wus a surprise to find and see things taken so casy, We then commenced our tour of the castle, but 1¢ was made in almost darkness. ‘The fire had all along been so heavy that to deceive the French every aberture looking 10- wards thelr gums had been closed up. Mattresses and sandbags now took the place of crimson curtains and Venetian blinds, Every shatter was closed. Not for a peep at heaven itself dared one show one’s nose out of any window of the chateau of Meudon. Boom! boom ! said the shells, and we took the warning. The corridors which not long since must havo echoed to the dainty tread of comely maids of honor or the most dapper of court knights were now silent and growing dusty, lined only occasionally with the kKnapsacks and heavy accoutrements of tie Army of the Rbine—the real one. Every door was seaied; every room conskiered in any Way safe had been made over to the intruding soldiers of the Prussian royal guard, Nor were signs wanting of the ravages that had come over the fair abode; here and there a door had been obligingly but violently opened for us to its widest extent, completely gone, hinges and gil; the damask chairs had been despolled of their Jarge head lines and you behold only that which ou previously knew through private channels, Thod id judge that tuere are thir.y papers now in Paris, and thetr sate is immense—the best being La vérudé, La Liberté, Journal des Débats and Le Temps, ‘There are others also of equal importance, but those named seem by common consent to haye the majority of readers. ‘The Journal Oficie dc la Republique Francaise publishes nothing that is not uaranteed by the government; hence those who jook for a reliable ganar read it and no other, The press iu general bas but one falling—it does not print the wrath, Paris Sketched from the Outside=The Topo- graphical Situntion—Artistic Review—Amid au Oceasioual Fire—Priace Napoleou’s Sum- mer ;itetreat—Civilians aud a Prussian Sentry—Explorations Under DiMiculties, HEADQUARTERS OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMIES, VERSAILLES, Oct, 21, 1870, Mendon Is about as hot a point as can bo found on the beslegers’ Hines; there one gets a good view of tho city and surrounding country, of a princely chateau, of the enemy’s doings, together with a lively sound of his shells and bullets, An artist for an illustrated paper, who was happily cognizant of the short cuts that penetrated up to the late princely Tésxdence, volunteered to give us the benefit of his knowledge. Our party censisted of two foreign of ficers, Who have becn serving through the campaign pondent—all cf us being anxlous to make the ex- ploration of a spot which just now 1s rather shorn of visitors, excepting the military. We started at eloven 4, M., driving as far as Chaville, half way be- tween Versailles and Sevres, At Chaville the route turned off io Meudon, a steep ascent, 60 our vehicle became useless and we had to march forward on foot up the hill leading to a cluster of pretty villas and houses yclept “Meudon.” ON POST AND VIGILANT, We had not, of courso, proceeded far ero we were Wade to hears sonorous ‘‘paly” from the Prugia a coverings for being made into night cravats for the shivering soldiers; a bust of the Hmperor had been despolled of its nose, but in this respect he had fared no Worse than a marble yan close by; & marble Venus had received additions unintended by the sculptor, and which, though true to nature, were neither esthetically correct nor morally proper. Our inspection of the interior goncluded, Wwe proceeded in our investigations, but not before wé were again made to dripk of the red vintage of la belle France, sy in the poesosslon and keeping of our Prussian pul’ A 100K AT PARIS, Afterwards we again started, and having again Made over, or “respectfully referred”? with many salutations and ceremonies by tho obliging Captain Scnkopf to another ofiicer, we are senton by hiro with a patrol in the direction of Bas Meudon, whence we are to enjoy @ tull view of Paris. The senior of the three men composing our patrol enters into the Job set Ce eee of showing us the sights with great zest, He takes us straight intoa charming villa by the wayalde, from the top reom of which we command Paris. ‘ine Seine appears to be within a stone’s throw of us, with its many bridges, istan‘ts, curves. On our right lies the dark outline of Ment Valérien; in front of us that eterval gilt dome of the oteldes Invalides, the double turrets of Notre Dame, the round tower of St. Sulpice, the Arc de Triomphe. Wesee but a short way from us @ French Pontoon bridge, with an opening in its middle to ahow free passaxe of the gunboats, one of which was descried in the act of blowing of steam. Fur- ther on, again, & handsome railway bridge, over Which, While we are sitting, we see pass two trains heavily laden, bearing wounded to the city and men and munitions to tne front, Of the as amateur spectators, the artist and your corres-*| moving world in Paris of course nothing could be spied; but the forts are just in front, as well as the earthworks, from behind which the French shooters and chasseurs, with their long range rifles, annoy continually the Prussian pickets, wao are under strict orders not to return the fire, We enjoyed the birdseye view of the scene so long that we were only accidcutally apprised that the hour was five P.M. We beat @ retreat, and were landed by our atrol at Another advanced post, morely to pass on nd be further handed over to @ second party, which, whilo escorting us, grumbled not litde ac our strange fancy for moving about the advanced posts under @ heavy rain. From post to post we nally reached the polat where we had fallen in with tho amiable Horr von Seiditts and partaken of his Ted wins, Hore wncther gilicer atrouaiy adyWwed UA Sc eo ear mengencmmteg Not to tramp back to Vereniiles in the dark, e9 1 Would not only be hard marching, Dub a per tasks for even wiih & pativi, “whic T aim quite Toady Lo give, you aro sire th be arrested at overy ‘ore and headquarters, bo 6 betiveon ‘They bay ‘prnctons to shoot cvery one wit ba wer Gor aire “40 the or the | Stallone. Pott a Bub OF pavoneied. ih A you roy ct the dale or th gat will culy arrive , bread; u can do T shall be Golighted to and anyiuing el:o vial oflcer’ i tempting under thé circumstances’ and ay “ee Ye hot heallate to pags a night at, os room, gome whisk: Jvow I can give you & #1 Versaliies.” ‘The jo ao, but don't attempt tring, Which are mere matter of expored position. Following our the ago’ of “his house,’’ te us red wine, hot whiskey, brown b: Our sleeping ior, the floor of whieh Was our bed. cage at suck an euienaus to we had soon thrust upon ‘ead ond butter. was next to one pled by & party of the Li Telograph; they gave us a couple of Pans F ied having inuch to spare in ine wey of covering, Karly next moraiag we awoke to find that our next dodr neighbors of King Witham’s Field ‘felograph Com. pasy were performing on thelr lollets in our rooi, gone of us having been walked Qpon through mis: take in the misty light of early dawn, or, to spenk more correctly, We ourscives Were mM the dressing rovin of (hese men Of hgitaing. At about eight A.M. Mout Valérien opened firo heavily, of Wich operauion We gbiained a splendid view from the window, It bad eome six or seveu guns at work, eid it was interesting to watch the discharge of euch shot wud to listen to the bursing of the shes in the woods between us and the jortress, Returuing homewards, we passed through Bellevue, a collection of villas and houses situated on the highroad between 8.vres and Meudon, bus only after @ serics of duckings and dodgings and ancaking tirouga sundiy garden shrubberies, ere we came artes s EDATT, AE the most advanced post of the invadlag army, etrict orders had been given not ww show a fiuger, we bad to be content with peeping througa the loophole ar- ranged for the waich of tue sentry, and the view su obtained was necessarily circumscribed. We could, however, pialuly mako out the Frenchmen on tie other side, A few ballets whizzed over the little bub in which the sentry stood in compliment to our vistt, We retired Irom the tugecure locality, using the same precautions as for advance; arrested, now- ever, aud carried up bofore the headquarters of the advance posts and made over formally as ver civile tole to tho sergeant major on duty, "the men evi+ dently thought we were a great catch, aud crowded avound to look at us as only soldiers on a campaiga know how ww crowd around. One maa, evident very much disappointed at the discovery, recoguized us ‘us the party whoin he Had allowed to pass on post tie day previous, and the ofticur, being called out irom @ couch of repose, iminediately Bp logizea for any detention and allowed us haut oe pavé back to Versailles. Never wero a more civ set Of gentlemen than these same German oflicers, who, } um free to coniess, have treated me wilh marked courtesy, and who seem amiable to all ox- cept their cuemics in battie array, BURNSIDE’S PAPERS AND GENERAL SHERIDAN, Goneral Buraside leaves this morning for Brussels, after having passed Lato Paris twice and brought us out batches of the French papers—a treat for tue the headquarters folks of every tk. He is now making up a wail bag for all woo wish to send olf leivers with more speed than the Heid post uses, Jiis bag is already dubbed tho “Through U.S. matiy? Hots adored by the gentlemen oi the press here, ir- respecuve of nationality, aud ali the more go as he is expected to return again shortly from belgium with other letters and other papers. Gencral Sheri- dan leaves in company with alm, but he wul not re- turn, regarding the war as virtually over and the siege tov slow and dull a business jor hii to witness, as he prefers to get a knowledge of Kuropeau things in general before returning home next spring. tte expects to siop a few days to cutiit im Brussels and then pass the month of November in ltaly. He is accompanted by General Forsyth, of his stail. Count Bismarck paid him a visit of adieu last might at the Hotel de Keservoiss, witere ‘No. #9" has been quite & rendezvous of visitors, Curious and newspaperdoin, All the correspondents of the Snglish papers, from Bull Run Russell down to the smailest try, have been very chatty and cultivating towards the amcrican generals, finding them such energetic aud perspica- cious news gatherers. General Sheridan received all the papers (@ rare thing here since the sole and unique Union Liverale stopped i(3 issues)irom our Ministers at Brusscia and Kerlin, as well as from the headquarters stai; but he could never manage to keep tuew on als table, 80 much was he begged fortuem. He told ine to-day thai during the campaign he had been most royally treated by the Prussians, and that the King, Crown Prince, Moltke and Bismarck could not have been more cordial and kind to hin. He dined fre- uenuy with King Willlam. The General says the ‘rench lave all his sympathies, but they are making @U present such a poor Out of things that be regards the slege of Paris as the most comical and laughable farce he ever came across. “1 have been dis pointed with the French,” said le; ‘so has te whole world, for that matter.” It is easy toaccount for their lauure, They have been weakened so by centraization that they have accepted to lay all on the shoulders of the empire as a scapegoat; but still, viewed abstractly, te spectacie ol a nation of 40,000,000 not being able to move a peg or turn & wheel to rid themselves of the iivaders is the most laugiabiec one he ever saw, read of or expects to 800, Figut! why, 1 would tight til my boots fell “Little Phil’? bas made a goud tmpression among these German people in arms, He 13 a fa- vorite with all who mect bim, and doubtiess it has been gratifying to bim to fiud that his name and fame ure not unknown inauy part of Murope. tie says the initiating direction of his hand may be needed by next February ,in the west, where lis command extends over 8} large a cvuntry, and therefore ho 1s now of opinion tuat be will return in that month, As regards the Indians, he says all the trouble is about taming them, there belug two Kinda of indians, the tame and the savages, 4 distinction no one lays stress on, and yet it is the gist of the Whole Indian question, Tue reason of tuts is that there are veriain speculators who, in order to pocket the Money (Some five mlilions yearly appro- priated by Congress), must keop the public th the dark, and theretsre are not disposed to cut at the root of theevil. The Ludian, in his wild state, thinks it a great honor to scalp a inun, and if they were around here they would delight to take the scalps of the cavalrymen, fach of them has so many queues as badges of houor— ew" for stealing a horse or taking Oi a man’s hair, That is their ap. preciation of the acme of bra aud honor, They niust bo tauicd; but ta the tame stute they never can amouut to much, He visited all the famous poinis in this neigiburhood, He says that the o.d palace here snouid have been built at St. Germatn, where the view and situation are go much better; but, then, such vast piles, iu his opinion, never will be builf again anywhere, ‘ro buiid this one a nation was taxed and iupoverished. Nowadays, an individual may build a fine palace, but he docs so from his owu earnings, not fram the pockets of others, ‘The more @ wan in this age spends his earnings and makes the money circulate the better citizen he 18 for the State and among his fellows. Only individaal hoarding or building of these unprofitabie piles out of money filched from the people’s pockets 13 a wrong. { must close, for General 8. sends word that his “through mail closes immediaiely;” after soven @iclock “no lotler will be received.” Pitty sioge uns are NOW up at the front, but uot yei in battery. They ave from 18-pounders to 60-pounders, and yet on thelr high carriages, Starvation, however, aiter ail, seems to be the true cue for Paris, No succor 8 expected for it irom elther Gambetta or Garibaldi, both of whom at latest accounts wero as ‘Tours, Day before yesterday, at ten A. M., Oricans ‘Was stormed by the German troops, and the Freuch Urew away their arms and ted precipitately. Slight bloodshed and few prisoners. ‘The aifair is only important as a sign—the army of the Loire has thus becn deicated FOREIGN ITEWS. ‘The Austrian Lloya, of Trieste, will resume the regular service between ‘Trieste and Bombay, via the Suez Canal. Ten lodges of Freemasons in Parls have issued a sentence of excommunication agatnst the King of Prussia and Crown Prince. The Homo Secretary of England, in a letter to the Liverpool coroner, says the gevernment will proba- bly legislate soon on the subject of boiler explosions. ‘The good citizens of Chester, England, are to have 8 piéviscite taken on the question of abolishing their horse race meeting. The prime mover in this direc- tion is the Dean of Chester, who publishes @ pam- phiet singularly moderate in its tone, craving & calm, dispassionate consideration of the subject. The Jewish community in Rome was fully aware of the improvement in its condition which wouid result from tue annexation of Rome and the Pontt- feat provinces to the kingdom of Italy, and the ribute of gratitude from the Ghetto to General Ca- ferns. for transmission to the King formed one of the moat eloquent addresses presouted in Rome, Mr. B. Huntsman, the lessee of the Sheticld and Tinsley Collteries, England, Lag given up his interest in the .ormer to their pyre the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Huntsman, some time ago, had a soverostruggle with his men, who were backed up by the gn Yorkshire Miners’ Assoclation. ‘The struggle led several criminal prosecutions, The loss of money oa both sides was chormous. reed tte At Muscat Syed Toorkeo had not rele efforts to re-estabilan himself, “He had made ne tompt to lana at Soor, and bad been reventet iy Colonel Pelly, the British restdent. He ta proce ing imland—further north on. the Oman ae a wards Boraymee, where tho Wahabeg Ameer 31 a the Chief of Abutabaoe were also threatenlug Azan: -Ghas. ape English paper tt 18 the fallen, says an rigut’ to aaention that at a Bible society meeting a heater the Rev. Donald Fraser, who represented tie parent assooiacion, sald that the Emperor ve leon, “while he sat en the throne of France, Ried cortainly a most cordial triend to all the agen! the society. In the i one remarkable way, ehce whatever reason, he facilitated their move i: throughout France, protected thom Labi Ay ie “fy of small persecutiow®, end never shui ea meer’ Oo tta correspondent gives iondon Timea atta a eM interestiny kote of what 18 now termed “Young Bengal’’:—Nothing in all India, says the writer, 18 more puzzling to an Englishman than the nt and Corte | of thought of tis subtle, inquir- in intriguing, doubting, mocking, and yet ossen- tially cbitk-lke Bengaiee mind. Nowhere is there @ body of young men more ra for education, and nowhere is there a body of young men who have lald tt down more cloarly—settied it moro dvils nitely--that one of the drat duties of Life la to ‘et