The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-28
[Carreipondenes Of Me Cincinnati Gasete)
Iifo In Paris.-Tho Evorybodics and Evo.
rytliings OF the City.
PARr, May, 1867.
osH o'oLooK-ou1rros1En on mupL.nx.

PAnrs, Nay, 1867.
oNR o'cLooK-cHIFFoNIEn on MvDLAnK.
It lie ono o'clock in tho morning. Every cafe
] thoatro md ball hns boon closed up half M hour
There is a midnight c:cisu law hero no less pc.
renptory than New Yorls. Tho gas in lighioi In
tho streets, but not in tho dwellings,. Tho great
hotels oven must illuminate i'll Paris with candles
as tho city nokes barely enough gas Ter public lsep
Tho practical civilization OF PnrB is only grease
spot compared to tho full blaze OF our Western
cities Thcre arc no hydrants here 10 speak of.
Water must bo carried into your house from tho
public fountains. or served TO you by bLrrol wa
sS@ a. eF 80 U ush & Sr week
looms Ilarkly up in tho night, aud in the swift
river thcro arc darting fires where nil the miles Of
street and boat lan,ps fling their reflections Up
yontlcr in tho cottral pavilion there il ono window
nilnnc tho Empcrors. Whether for u Btatesmau's
his portal below YOU SEQ now and then tho iash OF
tho light upon. tho bayonot of tho Turcu that
guarls him. Through Tho dark gnr,lons arc other
guards revealed by their stool flashes. Now, all
alone, noisolcss like great creeping glow worm,
you $40 tho most wrelclIed man IN Paris steal up
tlG palace , o. tho most powerful; tho ch1onior
Tho chiif9nler Is tho Paris rag;;picker, from
chiffon, th: French word for rag or clout:l lie has
lamp drops to his foct; by it's ghnstly light ho dis
covers whntoyor in gutter, or ash-hoap is worth
his notice, and this fo tosscBs with a doxtorous
movement Of his iron hook into tho basket. The
motion il rapid, and tho hook 80 long and thin,
that you can with difficulty SEQ tho transfer Tho
lamp garcs ut tho chinonfer'R feet alone tho rcst
of his body Is only o hunchbuckod shadow md in
tho Light he ecoms to DO somo monster eating tho
| ofai OF tho highway.
49, There aIo sovon hundred chifloniolB in Paris.
They live, 10 main part, ON the lluc Monfietard,
tho suhurb OF tho students quarters, and If you
go thithcr OF morning, you will SEQ tlior wives
soy hHy s Sna ase5s ss I
Oak, p.euT Gacne,] and eycry Sunday night there
are several hundred of them here dancing tho
Iltnr y. -.
is CASTOR, the Hibon, or Owly CASTOR, who lives
in the Passage Of tho Patrnrehs. Ho ia Ri.ty :ayn
years old, one.eyed and bald ~ soiS,1satner i,
sT G tho ST. Seaa dora
clnims to hayo invented tho uancan, which is the
most shameless and popular ballroom dnnco OK
tant. love OF gaming and inheront worthless
ncsa ruined CASTOR at thirty-Gvo ho married. QUO
os iaG sTn ne 70 a 70 ad Ws
tho woman took her crook and basket aud perambu-
lated in tho night: She found diamond Of great
and This 80 excited tho cupidty OF CASTOR,
| that whom ho was conraleHcent no turned to mud.
larking himself and conxcd into tho aamo business
Thoy found no moro diamonds, but Gaston was
| shrowd enough to become tho common patron OF
oil hs eonrSras and is alleged to be well, Off Ho
probably becn into cvory succ, sewer and passage
undor tho city Of Paris. It is related that baron
OF Hewornso for tho metropolis, sont for Gaaton
somo time ago TO confirm % plan OF tho subtcr-
/ ranean bitches ho had ordered to be prepared.
the whole under world Of tho city, being absent siI
thousand miles Of filth. Hausamann gave % him a a
years pay OF policeman, and q pioneers decora-
tion. CASTOR is q wickod follow under all his
grotesqucnee5, and in the Rue Monffetard it il be-
loved that ho murdered Claude, tho ProyencauI,
who was his great rival in knowledge of under.
ground Paris. Claude was n poor incorporate
follow very lonely, and broken by tho doath or his
vito and tho descrion of his chiidron, and ho liter
/ nj in IN In rhn nnp ,I
tho FieuE Cheae ball ono night, to start by dif-
feront PASSAGE and meet him at daylight OF GER
ton ut tho ball as usual, and wook aftorwartl
CLAUDIO found dead at tho spot of nasignation,
almost devoured by rats. There Was no invcstiga.
Gon.
TWO o'cLooK-THE SIouT Tnoor.
When tho dull lamp of tho chifonicr has got
1 round tho corner, you hear tho tramp OF hoofs In
concert, and directly o company of mouutetl
guiaes out % in adsanco as FOR G sks hdsi viii viii
/ somo oLo ny. These policemen wear brnsH hol.
NETS, like Roman generals, with red horao tails
streaming out behind; carbinos arc slnng around
| them; thoy cnrry naked sabres. Riding along in
the night, thoy mako tho city SOON conquered
one, f9il Of eonspiring citizens. On tho opposite
| sweep an enemy from tho qunye, O squadron oi
regular cavalry is seen bearing nlong, their bar
oSSr So and f
9ehs farne. 30, in tho darkness supporting
columns move over tho whole capital; tho forty
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| neror quite darkencd, but in their guard-rooma
| tolegraphors and scntrics keep perpetual vigil:
four thousand policemen walk all night in cooked
hats and side-Bwords; wherever taper burns past
it's aeason, there is q cold eye In the street fixed
upon it. Sixty thousand men Of all arms arc dis
tribnted over Paris; and horses stand day and
night to pursue revolution crime. The strategic
lines OF tho town arc studied horo il Paris WAS
Richmond, and within every plnce of frequent re-
IN Seeee yo en beaSW
| school -mate-he to whom you arc FREQ 10 unbosom
every indignation and purpose Of your life, pur :
| chased by natural deceit or o troachorous political
regimen to. deliver you up for your thoughts as
romorselessly as for your deeds.
Said NJ. Virien, Of old, tho Prcfect of Police:
como from eyory clnss. Every day q hundred
offer themselves. Our mail is filed with yo!un-
teer letters betraying some friend or relative
Conscience is low-priced among my country
men."
The "Fclon's Biography" consiets OF 400 regis
ters and OF forty bookeascs filed with their sup
Elementary lcayes, making grand catalogue OF
French criminals and suspected people, containing
900, ,o0J names. This remarkable book Is Kept in
the Ruee do Harlay, on tho island Of tho city. 4
spy and policeman get the same average pay
about s2Go in gold q year, or rs cents day. A
French common soldier gets about two cents a
DAY; GisPtan ain In the & French army gets dollar
s12oo year. policeman is called q sdrgean de
| ue0e; q policeman in q country town is oallcd a
over lands, orchards and vineyards is called garde
chdmpetre; o policeman of tho army to watch
over tho troops, is called gems d'drme darf,ec: n
civil policeman, who adjusts differences Detwcon
boss and workmen, debtor and creditor iy called n
p'7td ho1npae, or honest man.
THREE o'cLooR-ETRE. !, s.
By three O'Clock, chifonior and troop forgotten,
wo shall have Walked into tho dcnser part OF old
PnrlB, behind the Church Of st. Gormain PAuor-
rois, which struck bell for tho massacre Of at.
bartholomew, and in this labyrinth Of revolutions
where overy house has been at somo timo n loop.
holed murderars haunt Cr Quilted sopulchre
thero is suddenly squirt Of smoke and flai1o from
the cellar Of factory. :
"Feu dc Tdi&e Flu de Pdide !" is shouted Iusti-
ly, and strnightway from sergeant to sergeant tho
cry passes, "Feu de Paite J" (sul1en blnze), Di.
roctly tho fromen Of Paris arc seen approaching.
They haye no cngipos, but nrc provided with
score Of common buckets. They wear q blue
jacket and waterproof boots and brooches OF rcd
and on their heads knobbed helmet Of overlap.
ping scales OF brass, worry clumsy and amphibious-
Iiko Tho houses OF Paris. aud, indeed, Of all
Western Europe, arc built of stono, presenting
htuo that is oombustibie and only thoir, contents
generally made Of brick tiles; the Ioists and beams
are OF iron, flled with cement and tho process OF
putting down q fire Is OF the rudost description.
All tho pasRers-by and spectators arc Impressed
into pasBers OF water. A doubln limo of sdppe,rs
and pompiers lsappors and punipers) Is formed,
ono limo OF which forwards the wator whom il Is
drawn from tho nearest fountain, and down tho
other line the buckets roturn. Most generally tho
fire burma out tho ttlo inHammablo matter that it
can roach whilo tho 1romon, with much ado and