The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-28

lated in the night. She found q diamond Of great
value at the cleaning out Of the Pont Neuf canal,
and this so excited the cupditY OF CASTOR
that when he was convalesceut he turned to mud
larking himself, and coaxed into the same business
several Of the broken down bellies he had known
They found no more diamonds, but CASTOR was
shrewd enough to become the common patron OF
all his converts, and is alleged to be well off He
is quite character in his district, and he has
probably been into every suice, sewer and passage
under the city Of Paris. It is related that Baron
Haussma1n, who has projected grander system
Of sewerage for the metropolis, sent tor CASTOR
some time ago to confirm plan of the subter-
rlnean bitches he had ordered to be prepared.
The veteran rag-picker took the map and explored
the whole under world Of the city, being absent six
months, and travelling and retracing nearly
thousand miles of filth. Hsussmann gave him
wears nav Of policeman and pioneers decora-
ton. CASTOR is wicked fellow under all his
protesqueness, and in the Rue Monhetard 1t Is be-
lieved that he murdered Claude the Proyencaux,
who was his great rival in a knowledge OF under
ground Paris Claude was q poor intemperate
fellow very lonely, and broken by the death OF his
wife and the desertion OF his chl1ren, and he liter
ally lived in the sewers. He challenged Gastcn at
the Vle,r Chene ball one night to start by q df-
ferent passage and meet him at daylight at o cer-
tain cdrrefour or cross place. The next night Gas
ton was at the ball as usual and week aftorward
Claude was found dead OF the spot of assignation,
slmost devoured by rats. There was no lnVesusa-
don.
TWO o'cLocK-THE NIGHT TROOP.
When the dull lamp of the obifonier has got
round the corner, you hear the tramp OF hoofs In
concert, and directly company OF mounted
policemen come sweeping up the srGss WIFI WIFI
some eLe ny. These policemen wear brass he.-
NETS, like Roman generals, with red horse tails
streaming out behind; carbines are slung around
them; they carry naked a saOres hdng a,ong N
one, full Of conspiring citizens. On the opposite
side of the river as If riding down concertedly to
sweep an enemy from the quays, squadron OF
regular cavalry is seen bearing along, their bar,
streams over the Seine, answered back by the
oert Garnae So, in the darkness supporting
columns move over the whole capital; the forty
great barracks Of the city and its dependencies are
never quite darkened, but in their guard d-rooms
telegraphers and sentries keep perpetual vigil;
four thousand policemen walk all night in cooked
hats and side-swords; wherever taper burns past
its season, there is cold eye In the street fixed
upon it. Sixty thousand men OF all arms are Gus,
tributed over Paris, and horses stand day and
night to pursue revolution or crime The strategic
lines of the town are studied here as il Paris was
Richmond, and within every place Of frequent re-
sort the n'ouchard or spy, a9des5no lntrodueed n1
school-mate-he to whom you are tree to unbosom
every indignation and purpose Of your life, pur.
chased by natural deceit or treaeherSus political
remorselessly as for your deeds.
Said N. Vivien, Of old, the Prefect Of Police:
ssThere is no lack of candidates for spies They
come from every class. Every day q hundred
offer themselves. Our mail is filed with yolun-
teer letters betraying somo friend or relative.
Conscience is low-priced among my country
men,"
The "Felon's Biography" consists Of 400 regis
ters and of forty bookcases filled with their sup
Elementary leaves, making grand catalogue Of
French criminals and suspected people, containing
8OO. .OOO names. This remarkable book is kept in
the Rue de Harlay, on the island Of the city. A
spy and policeman get the same average pay
about $3.50 in gold year. s or t g cents So aay
day; q captain in the French army gets dollar
and half day. French police magistrate gets
$1,000 year. A policeman is called a, Sargent de
oeQe; policeman IN GoSa country town Is % called
over lands, orchards and vineyards is called garde
champetre; policeman Of the army, to watch
over the troops, is called gems darTme da,Tnee; o
civil policeman, who adjusts differences between
boss and workmen, debtor and creditor, is called
pr1id honz,e, or honest man.
THREE oCLoCK-FRE.
By three O'Clock, chifonier and troop forgotten,
we shall have walked into the denser part of old
Paris, behind the Church of st. German PAuer-
rois, which struck bell for the massacre Of st.
Bartholomew and iii tt is labyrinth Of revolutions,
where every house has been at some time loop
holed murderer's haunt or gutted sepulchre,
there is suddenly squirt Of smoke and fame from
The cellar Of o factory.
s.Feu de Patle Ftu de PaiAe :" is shouted lusti-
ly and straightway from sergeant to sergeant the
cry passes, "Feu de Pdlle :" Sudden blaze). Di-
rectty the hremen of Paris are soen approaching.
They have no engines, but are provided with
score Of common buckets. They wear blue
Jacket and water-pro boots and breeches OF red,
ping scales OF BRASS very clumsy and amphibious-
like. The houses Of Paris, and, indeed, OF all
Western Europe, are built Of stone, presenting
little that is oombustib!e, and only their contents
are ever endangered. Their successive floors are
generally made Of brick tiles; the joists and beams
are Of iron filed with cement and the process OF
putting down fire is Of the rudest description.
ALI the passers-by and spectators are impressed
into passers Of water. A double line Of sappeurs
one line Of which forwards the water when it is
drawn from the nearest fountain, and down the |
other line the buckets return. Most generally the
fire burns out the little infammable matter that 1t
can reach, while tho iremen, with much ado and
ardor, deluge the building. Over oil the din you
hear speaking trumpet cry:
Sergeant Of the brigade, order posse to csn
up reinforcements."
Empress those idlers with their hands in their
pockets"
"PrivateI silence those weeping women!"
"Chef de Corps Shall we not confscate the
contents Of this wine shop to the uses OF our gal
liant commando"
"Forwardl the reserve and fall back battal-
lion!"
So, with the voice Of hundred diluted steam
engines, the most wretched fire department in
Christendom proceeds with its work, and when the
fire is done all the sappeurs and pompiers go to
the barrack with military stride.
FOUR o'cLocE-THE ABATToIRs.
While there are the night scenes in the heart |
Of the city, away out on the hills of the suburbs
the butchers of cattle and sheep getting ready
for market. There are but eight butcher sho-s in
Paris, and three Of these are long distance from
the city proper. The five principal ones stand on
the outer boundaries Of Paris; they are owned by
the city, and rented to the sevetal DutSners VINO
night, to permit none Of their employees to be
seen upon the public streets in the garments OF
the slaughter house, and to transport all the meat
to market between midnight and sunrise. The |
cattle markets proper are at Polssy and sceau1,
days walk from Paris each; the drover is not COM
PEELED, therefore, to pay the octroi, or municipal
tax; this is paid by the butcher when he passes |
the city gates or at the dbo6Or when he kills. In
the great butchery of Montmartre, the largest IN |
the world there are nine streets, slxty-four boil
irclosing four hundred COWS at once, with abun-
dant shade and fodder; two artesian wells supply |
ZOO 900 quarts Of water day; there are trlperles,
machineries for curing calves head, and sleeps
feet and tongues, almost as perfect as your hog
killing methods in Cincinnati, and so superb is
the drainage that outside Of The a6oAor not drop
Of blood is ever seen upon the sidewalk or in the
cutters, nor is the hot summer made stencil by
by the breezes from the shambles. These butche-
ries were projected by the first Napoleon, and fin
OThe horse-butchers is new institution here,
and it has, until OF late been established in the |
a6attoar Of La Vllette, just outside of Paris.
About forty horses are killed day, knocked in the
quarters, shins and ribs in no time. The pei
formance is perfectly legal, and government en-
courages the consumption Of tho horse
On the third afternoon which succeeded,