New-York tribune., 1870-10-03

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when everv department though so loudy Va""''u .,
its complete efficiency, proves TO be conPo' rnIu
The War Department is perhaps 'no .,..,,I NOT
sums have been carried into account ~" .o aoa an
Forthcoming, and regiments OF soiu'',' oodod y.ar
| ,bo var lists whose pay has been uuiy roooiuou y
-, - Inn, the skeletons Of which alone ehistou'
Tnormous amounts also figure for substitutes Whose
names were duly registered but whose deht'y h' no'0
been demonstrated. -, ..,..., 81,
Tho secret service budget secret that the names OF
s rc,pents have be accepted upon the aith OF the
otnre OF the individual charged with Its distribution
In fact to 20 into the details of the wholesale system OF
fraud which practced under the EMPIRE Wouiu Fo
ouire a volume Of considerable size The new Govern
ment has set vigorously 10 work TO cleanse the oid ON
ciaI Augean stable 1t is making clean sweep OF tno
whole body appointing its own men TO n the VACANT
offices 1t may be supposed its task is one OF extreme
difficulty and exposes 1t to much obloquy on the part OF
certain section disappointed OF place ana authority, W
whom reference has Just been made The stern kepup
Of '92 had to encounter the assaults OF the sans
cuottes and their rule only finally checked by tne
massacre Of the sections in the streets OF Paris by the
young general who soon after made each Oh MS VIC
tories a step TO the Imperial throne
The streets Of Paris present singular aspect The re-
QUESTION for water with which to fill the moats ana tho
absence OF that organized body OF men whose useful
duty was and clean the streets ana Keep the
gardens trm has brought upon Paris the plague
of dust. These men were nearly all Germans and tho
rest have been drafted for military service. little
wind now whirls up clouds OF puverized ragstone'
which fills the eyes, the ears tho nose, and the mouth,
the clothes and gives one the appearance OF
having been rolled In a 1Ourbln. 1t is quite new fea-
ture in this city of cleanliness II is now almost de-
serted city Acting upon the injunction of Gen. Trochu
and the Preec OF Police, everybody has quilted 1t who
was not bound to 1t by absolute tic. Entire rowsof
houses are closed and the shutters fastened giving these
residences the appearance OF houses OF mourning Vast
OF shops the bouevards and elsewhere have
put up their shutters From the majority Of the jew
elers' windows the stock in trade exposed
for show has disappeared. Tho Palas Royal
suggests the idea that all its shOpkeepers are
bankrupts Nothing can be mournful than the
pearance OF the bystreets The boulevards and tho
main arteries Of the city alone retain semDance OF tno
old life and activity OF this gay metropolis but even hero
the aspect changed The crowds Of elegantly dressed
people replaced by masses OF men In every variety OF
military costume, prominent among which are the blouse
and the KEPT Of the rural mobiles who, within the last
few days. have Ocked into Paris by the thousand anu
are reveing in the luXures to be purchased Tor ono
fifty per day plus the gratous hospitality OF the
Parasians. The rosycheeked babies and their plump
nurses disappeared from the garden Of the Tuie-
res, and other public gardens. The palace OF the
Tueries been converted into the central establish
ment of the International Society for the Succor OF
the Wounded. It's beautiful garden Is camp
appropriated to the OF what remains OF
the French artillery service. Tho terraces
are studded with tents Its alleys are strewn with
where the horses MUNICH their provendr tethered
to the ground among the statues well known to tour
iss The basins and fountains drinking pools The
smiths forge and the anvil here and there in use for
the repair adjustment Of wagOn-whees, tires, and
other parts Of the edpeces There Is end OF groups
OF soldiers employed in manufacturing the potauJeu
from miscellaneous collection or materials not known
to Soyer The garden gates closed against the pub
lc but the nqusitive enjoy the spectacle from outside
gazing upon it as upon lions feeding The Champ dc
Mars presents similar scene, only on much larger
scale. am told that 10000 are there encamped Day
yesterday, when IL, earthwOrks were being
raised around It, the intention being to convert 1t
into an intTenched camp. From the nights OF Troca
dero opposite the scene is sngularly interesting
The nights OF Monmartre are being mounted with heavy
steel guns which will carry to distance OF 5000 meters
nearly five lles-throwing their balls over the forts
of these monsrous pieces Of artillery was drawn by
horses far the foot OF the nights where 1t was
found necessary attach IL to drag them to the
top captive balloon is also stationed here, whence the
aeronauts TO signal the approach OF the Prussans
This balloon stationed the Place de st. Pierre and Is
completely sheltered by the h and, in case Of siege
operations, will probably render important services
The cables fastened to trucks and are from iO to 800
| meters long from which elevation the whole Of
| the environs on the north OF Paris are yisi-
Bile. A powerful electrical apparatus communicates
by means OF wires with the aeronaut In the
car surmounted by telescope, is movable reflector
equaites of the earth below, and indeed upon every
popt 80 that even isolated individuals strayng about
can be distinctly AS as the aeronaut perceyes
anything suspicious, he fixes his light upon it, and the
point indicated becomes target for the arterss Tho
movements OF the enemy and his "Reminiscences are thus
50 to speak, followed step by step, but 1t Is more espe-
cay for the establishment OF parallels that ths ouo
| Of illumination will become extremely useful
At Yincennes a distribution Of ChassepOts has been
made to the first company Of the St. Hubert Shapshoo
ers o corps composed entirely OF young men OF good
family all crack shots. This first company consists OF
$50 men their mission to act scouts within the zone
OF the forts. They left Paris the 10th, having com
pete war equipment purchased by themselves. They
have ambuances cantniees and the following Is their
Device OF the first, back the last The various corps
Of scouts free corps and harpshooters who leave Paris
on special service within few miles OF the capital arc
under strict unctOn not to eat the grapes TO be found
in abundance in the vineyards their route, ndu
gence extremely dangerous 10 men harassed by fatigue
They are eponed the grapes for the Prssans
The Prefec of Police has seized $4,000 needeguns, for
infantry and cavalry use with the ammunition belong
ing 10 them.
The Prefect Of Police has ordered the immediate closing
Of all the theates and the directors are compelled TO re-
move from the stage all scenery whatsoever and from
the interior all the curtains and furniture which might,
in case Of fire, increase the cOn1agration. FOryeght
hours is the limit given for the execution OF this order
They being converted into hospitals for the
wounded, and lodgings for the mobiles. The wrecks or
MacMahon's corps arriving in Paris. or the 14th
Foot Artillery the effective OF which 90 men, 40 only
have come back with their muskes the 3D. 9th and 10th
Regiments OF Horse Artillery have in from Douay.
OF these three officers only and battery remain.
A vast number Of mtraeuses are being constructed
by private enterprise the auspices OF the Govern
ment.
III the cemeteries In the interior OF Paris wh,ch had
been closed are TO be again thrown open.