The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-17 00:00:00

rrit sToritnlttroort otsrrevrtt.

the long night la over, and that dsylight last last brkaklniZ-
There was a rumour lest evening that the enacted battle
had begun, that it had been ragtag for two days roiled the
walls of the beleaguered capital, arid that no reverse had hezu
sustsined by the French army. Gatubetta's despatch, sent
from Tours at ti p.m., was received at Bayonne during the
night, and confirmed the truth of the rumour. The deepatch
was at once sent to be printed before it was posted up at the
II tel de Ville. At an early hour this morning dozens
of newsvendors paraded the streets loudly shooting Out
the news. NumerL us groups gathered round them, sod
in a few minutes the whole stock of copies was exhausted.
The vendors could rot supply the demand. Thu despatches
eta torn from them, and in telt-defence they had to take
p isition with their baoks to pillars or walls and make their
diatribution. Their pockets wore soon Oiled with sous. Not
one fourth were supplied and the fortunate possessor of
one despatch hal to 'Tree Monett to the centre of a crowd,
mount a doorstop, a chair or a bench, or a man's shoulders,
aol read as loud 03 he could the previous tidings. There
was then a Tu.h at the printing office its passages and
staircase were In all instant filled with people, who nearly
tore each other's costa elf with eagerness to get first served.
he peones were hard at work, and ea the copies were struck
off thsy were thrown among the crowd from above, who
eagerly so. ambled for them. In an hour or so the demand
ceased, is the despatch was posted at the Shale. GAM-
ettp.'s prvelamation addressed "to the Praects, Soh Pre.
kelt, Governor-fietieral of Algeria aridGvnerals commanding
Dlvidone and Sub-Divlsiono," ends with " rive to Illotbtique
one of ind,anrable," and one or two of the groups wno were
tearing the pm, from each other, or trying to get near the
reader of it, echoed the cry with more or less energy. I need
not eay with that Intense anxiety the sequel is awaited. If
the conclutlen of this atten.pt Trochu mooed., I verily
beleoo that the women Mid children will rise against their
detested enemy.

HOW ItE COT INTO PARIS

The Main Zeitteng of December re eves the following
extract from a item-post letter receive t from a Wiesbadener.
dattd Vtrohay, November 28 An officer of hussars pro-
posed to get into Paris, and managed to do iota the follow-
ing wise. lie dressed himself in the ordinary garb of a
peasant, and by the aid of a moustache ti to q.t. on,
coupled with a perfect knowledge of the French tongue,
managed to slip through our outposta. When he hid tweed
the outermost lines, our forepost lost no time in having a
shot at him, but of course in the air. The French, on the
other hand, naturally concluded that he was a countryman.
By the aid of a plansible tale he soon found himself within
the walls of Path. out he Came in the greatest glee that he
had succeeded In evading the algilance of the French out-
posts. Ile was the bearer of interesting tidings ft, m Parts,
not the least Important of which was that In the labora-
tories there was no more saltpetre with which to make gun-
powder."

AN EXTRACT FROM A DIARY,

The following is the copy of some lines found In a blank
page of S letter from his cousin on a Saxon soldier unwed
Masan., of the 106,h Rogiment

'' Order of the Da; of our 2r00p4 fore Patti.

" 4 cm—Selae from the Part,lan ;belle

"5 am -billiare;ll-ffTe7 a-171We; .oTet-ranitth.
am -Godsend of a wrack mattress. contents grate-
fully received and appropriated to the manufacture of
tobacco.
" 7 to Sam -11tinger.
'9 am.-It otlng for potatoes.
"10 a m -Potato hunt fruitless.
.. • ..

11 I—t
" alidday.—Dtener, consisting of delicious grape., pota-
toee, and crust of breast Music, supplied by a CalalollllLie
from Paris. Exquisite red wine.
"1 p.m—Outpost duty.
"2 p.m.—Balloon hunting.
"3 p.m—Hunt of a carder pigeon—.
Pigeon, it thou beest carrier, thy chance is not big,
But caught, in any case, thoul's hop the twig.
"4 p.m.—We catch two sparrows and a cat that waa
watching them.
"5 p.m —Drying walnut leaves fpr our next pipeful.
6 p.tu.—Vesper h)mn by the c ,nnon of all the forte.
"7 p ni.—Hunger. Supper, hunger over again.
S p m.—lllurnlnat ion by the electric sun from the forts.
"3 p m —Shop. Hunger. Shells all round. Hunger and
hunger again.'

THE BILL OF FARE IN PARIS !

A few recent items from Parte are not without interest.
Mr. Richard Wallace, the heir of the late Marquis of Bert.
ford, who had previously given 300,, ker. for an ambulance,
has presented 200,C0 I. for the supply of fuel to the inhabi-
tants. Gas has disappeared from the shops, and the various
device. to which tradesmen have resorted instead of it pro-
duce a curiae effect. The bill of fare In the first week in
December was as follows :—Monday, salt pore; Tuesday,
codfish; Wednesday, preserved meat; Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, fresh meat. On the 20th ult., some women
fro. Belleville mustered before the Hotel de Ville and
demanded the release of Red Republican prisoners. They
received a polite refusal, and two of them were arrested.
During the sortie of the 30th, a carrier pigeon arrived in
Parts with °Metal despatches and 250 private messages. The
lyceum. ad colleges now present a singular appearance,
the profeuors wearing the National Guard uniform instead
of the classical toga.

quiCkly, and qiatealy. aura Mal an hour rater Gaits arrival
they had picketed their horses, having fully satisfied them-
selves that they might calmly wait the arrival of the main
body of their comrades.
:c aurally, all wu excitement. Flap of every nation
under Mason lined from the window.. People seemed to
think that every nationality bet that of Fiance would be
exempt from billets, lost people were griavuusly disap-
pointed. AU these on whom the lot fell had to receive their
soldier guests. The houses of the English were, apparently,
at a premium—perhaps • delicate Compliment to the pro-
verbial hospitality of our country.
At midday the detachment marchei Le. First came •
batten ..n of the Line, small but compact men, apparently
harlene,l Mb, ru,h workbur order IL9 lobe able to go any-
where onto anything. They came along with an can, steady
swing, headed by their baud. Their band discoursed music
which, it must be confessed, was 110 t the most eloqueut;
perhaps the discord of war had bloated even the sweet
atralus of Fatherland. After them came a squadron of
Cuirassier., then the officer in command, and finally some
hundred Üblans. An hour after their entry the town was
quiet, the men lounging about as if they were perfectly at
home.
The inhal Manta of the place were at tint in great fear—a
dread in which the English participated. Not content with
the English hag wme houses had notices in German to say
that they were Eighth dwellings or English property. One
of our worthy chaplains ,we have three resident here) had
inscribed over his portal that he was "Papellare' of the Eng-
-11.11 at Dieppe, and he is reported to have taken his stand
at his gate clad in full academicals to overawe the advanc-
ing :tentous. .

oil such precautions were needless. A more quiet or
better behaved set of men never entered a town. 140 requi-
sitions were made ; nothing was required at the hands of
the officials but • little wine, brandy, and tobacco. No
damage was done lint an overhaullug of the castle and the
ireeking of some 1,500 old flint guns—a needle.. trouble, for
they could have damaged no one but the men who might be
rash enough to fire them,
. .

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A little before eight on Saturday morning the troops
marched out, taking the road for Paris, and so ended the
much dreaded but innocuous occupation of Dieppe.

-of.

Chcuevieres aUI 11.1.ttal was established for the wounded _-
December 2nd during the light. The French shelled the
village, which was a Prussian military post. The houses
were in flames. The hospitals caught, and the miserable
wounded men had to undergo a horrible ordeal before they
could be transported to safer quarters in the rear, which
should have been done at firstto Ormesson cud Leon "