The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-19
Bayonet Charges of tho National
Guard in Florence.
Political Rumors in Paris and Wild
Excitement on the BOurSe.
British Commerce and England's
Power OF Production.
OUR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FIR A N CO..
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TINE HERALD.

Political Cnnnrds from Biarritz-Thc Public
Mind Unhealthy and n Dangerous Excite.
acnt-The Great Issues which Hang Nm.
'poIeon,s Lifc-The Revolutionary Gronnss
Of tho City-HunfcipaI Improv enrents aud
the Arterini Sewerage Works-The Chum-
pngne Trade and supply. Z '''--...s.-
PARIS, Oct. T. 1857.
Tho various OF political personal dcscrp-
tion which have kept Paris long In state OF doubt
and dread came 70 . elimination on Wednesday last
and throw the city into such state OF confusion II
has not or felt for many day. Men up and
down tho streets with elongated eountenances each
consulting tho face Of all others he met, hoping
TO find either confirmation OIL denial OF the ter.
rite rumors that were flying, like docks Of canar,
over Paris At the Bourse, which the centre whore
all the terrible stories concentrated there great
fright Reases down sixty five confines and all
other government, securities fell in proportion and .
general desire for stampede seemed TO seize upon the
sellers The stories in circulation and to which thou
sands of people gave their firm belief OF the most
horrible description. The Emperor had suddenly be-
raving-stark mad, and obliged to be straight
jacketed and kept close prisoner the villa Eugenis
at Barritz. He had received apopectc stroke, and
was speeches. and dying. At the time General
Fieury, after an Interview with Bismarck, at Berlin
bad quilted him in anger Tho French feet all
ready to sail from Toulon for Cvita Vscoha and the
Romans were on the point OF rising.
These we're some OF the principal which occu.
pied the Bouse and spread through the city wednes-
day. The Aosi,eur took them much to heart that in
its issue OF Thursday morning, the following ap-
peared -" Rumors which have been fully contradiced
have been put in circulation Paris, particularly
on the Bourse to-day 1t is deporable that the public
credit can be Influenced by such man@uvres The gov
eminent Immediately requested tho judicial authorities
covering The authors OF these false statementsn
Tho CONSERVATION which pervaded Paris during Wed.
nesday, resulting from tho circulation Of these stories
N n alionv onIy pnpyn
on very small scale OF what will be witnessed whom
,no time somes-ss IN tho order Sr nature 4 mus.
bowl shall be broken; and. instead OF It's being
lssCent Tumor for stock lo6bng purposes the truth
IL dead" Hopes OF peace quiet, prosperity, all hang
with the French people from the dilapidated life Of
man OF sixty, the cords of which Liable any
be snapped asunder How different Is their system and
what different effect its workings have upon this
people, from ours The President OF tho United
States il shot down by the hand OF an ASSASSIN
bat ne With heavy :.
dies, everybody feels that there must DO CONFUSION
wo have faith IN our system but the French know that
theirs only good when administered by the strong
OF personal power. II Is terrible that the hopes OF
thirtysiH millions OF people should thus hang the
life OF one but so IL s Nobody has the slightest
faith that in OF his DEATH tho succession OF his dy
nasty would proceed in regular order Everybody
knows thai later there must DO revolution,
and thai Tor time at least all would be turmoil and
fusion. II might not como Immediately. All the pre-
cautions have long since been taken TO prevent and to
oppose il II occur, and blood would run like
the streets 10 carrying into effect the latter
The facilities for this much greater now than they
have ever boon before The little, narrow, crooked
streets in the heart OF the city, which the
tonists OF former times could barrcade in few
minutes by knocking over an omnibus and tearing up
few paving stones no longer exist but have place
and kept clear With difficulty by Of artillery.
Soldiers need no longer be shot at in their passage
Windows The splendid system Of sewerage which has
been perfected under the reign Of the present Emperor
10 something more Than system OF seweuagc-one by
OF which troops be rapidly transported from
one par Of Paris 10 another, unseen and unexposcd
few days since bad the curiosity 10 mako vsi, to
these subieuanean tunnels with which Paris under
mined, and through which the drainage OF the city In
made and It's waste and dirty water carried TO the
the wo descended spiral stone staircase
through trap door the church OF tho Madclane
and upon getting down some ntsen or twenty feet under
vnul! or tunnel Of solid masonry, about twelve feet
wide and the same in height In the centre ran a
muddy. turod stream. about ten feet width, and upon
sounding With my walking stick found II about three
main sewers, into which the little ones run. At
fached 70 the arch overhead the Telegraph wires
stream vas little trooir, or side walk about foot IN
width. Al the foot OF the stars whore descended
were several boats, into which va entered, and the
boatmen then pushed down tho turbd river which,
upon seeing, with its surroundings Of darkness light.
sned By the hickering lamps which threw CHASTITY
glare upon the boat and the unearthly-
looking bosmen, who live down in these vaults inme-
diaiey suggested TO me the sux-ihs river OF the
dead.
Oar Charons pushed US under the Rue Royae and che
Place DO eoncorde and here We were leave the boat
Rue do Rvoli Gomez Into the Place de Ia Concords at
The junction Of ,he Rue Royale We debsrked and seated
ourselves upon comfortable platform cars each hold
Ing sixteen persons Here the sewer which smptied
into the man one down which We had come BY boat
~H bat about sir feet wide The which We
we're placed ran upon rails fred upon the very edge OF
the water and we're poshed along s,s rapid rate b.
Of bad smell, the sewers being all thoroughly VENT.
Thus rode down under the Rue do Rvoi. pas,
disabling catarActs OF dirty water, and rolling floods OF
nth smp.ea ey thousands o. house drains into the
came 10 large light vault nearly twenty feet in width.
This was the main sever under the Boulevard scbssto
pol aud here train turned upon aturntable and
in few minutes We we're nj the end OF journey,
ana emerged upon the qus on the Place du ChAielet,
having occupied not quite an hour IN makns the trip
Now Of course the primary ooiec, Of these immense
subterranean canals and railways which extend be-
meath all Paris, IL drainage But will DO readily teen
what facilities they Afford FOR The transportation OF
troops, and 10 IS said that ths whole ssrde dc Paris
exercised In small squads in descending and mounting
In embarking In the bose and disembsrkiug to the
So that In case Of their being transported
VITA II in advance one Of the outlets. one Of the
principal stations for this net work Of subtsusuean
railway lines extending over Paris IN tho court yard OF
tho Tuieries, iaso witch I've thousand men could 10
thus made % rise OUT OF the ground in haf an hour after
ibe orders had boon sent Tor them by telegraph.
Besides What we hope Of course may be tne entirely
hassoqa rGnors, regarding the health Of tho Emperor,
ihers sre others OF more probable or a. least possible
nature relative 10 his policy some ministerial changes,
q Is senorallT believed viii soon occur which viii show
whas The fuiufe policy 81 France 4 10 BE- IN regard 10
Prussia The present Minister OF Foreign AHaifs the
Marquis ds Aolstsr, represents this matter nothing
Ligh political circle, believed that ia rll be by
she MARQUIS A. Iavales,e, tho eh>ass wc0ld have
mcst Important hguiGcalion, meaning the &C.
cep,ance, pure and simple, BY France o. the
u 13es and their possible c0nteqgencoa Sdould
the Marquis de h0aatler be replaced 6y " Drouyn de
Ihuys Il would mean an opposinon to Tie un1cation
OF Germany possible war Tor the 'resnnssa,l6uv o.
the left bank or ths Rhine Tho Emper9f IS supposed
10 be "haltipg beiwyt two opinions VITA stroog
tendency 20 the former few days will deastess,
Isiev our anxiety
am sorry to be obliged 10 be the bearer Or b.d rev, 10
the numerous drinkers OF champagne 10 the United
States have us been making little tour through the
ri ham
from Paris, and svsrywhere there 10 the same COM
plant There hss been litllo heat this summer lhst
tne gspes ripsasd TOO late and In addition 70 the fact
tnat there VIII be but about quarter OF crop, the
Wlne made viii be Of an exceeding poor quality.