The New York herald., 1870-09-23

NEW 1Ol
the city have remarked rush OF hundred Of per.
sons towards different centres where they deem II
possible 70 obtain permission to get 0ut Their cour
age has given way In face Of the chances Of Prus
sian bombardment. At the very latest moment
hundreds OF applications made 10 United States
Minister Washburne for passports TO leave. Hun
dreds OF Frenchmen, who, never being outside OF
France In their lives. now pretend that they are
naturalized citizens Of the American Union. They
win certainly be unable to produce their "papers"
TH1 FOOD SUPPLY.
Paris Ia provsloned for four months. The authori-
ties have issued "appeAl" the Inhabitants, In
care and frugaty In the use Of their household sup
Plies from the very present moment
'Ao THE EXECUTIVE.
General Trochu Is working indefatigably Yester-
day he was confined 70 the house by slight indisposi
tion.
IN THE STREETS.
The city has been In almost total darkness during
the past two nights but the people are adopting
measures to light the streets by means OF oil lamps
here ana there.
Heaven only knows when may have an oppor-
tunity to communicate with the HERALD again.
Reports from the Front Of Paris.
LONDON Sept %, 1870
King William reports to Queen Augusta that the
investment Of Paris Is now complete.
The line OF communication between London and
Paris has bean reopened, Notwithstanding ea
The private secretary OF Et.enne Arago, Mayor Of
Paris, has been arrested as q frussian spy.
The bronze statuary In Paris has been melted up
to supply the besieged with cannon.
n. de Ia Gueronniere has been arrested and sent
to prison at St Pierre. Marseilles, from front
of Paris.
All communication between Paris and Tours has
been cut. The members Of the provisional govern
Lyons and Paris are not In POLITICAL accordance.
The great cities Of France refuse to bs pound by
the action Of the capital II It cspitulates.
Tho system Of GOverumcns-A Complicated
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LONDON Sept "a, 1870
Advices have Uttered In here from Paris report the
French governmental situation as being very com
plicated. The statements may be summed up thus:-
It IL impossible TO separate now the political from
the military question; for, understanding one you
must understand the other. There are two different
powers In Paris one oncial the provisional govern
ment, which satisfies nobody but Is accepted and
tolerated by everybody.
The second is the Central Republican Committee
composed OF four delegates from each arrondisse-
ment, or eighty delegates in all. These four dele
gates seec,ed from twenty five delegates elected
by the people in every arrondissemenk They are In
constant communication with the population during
the day through the twenty0ne delegates remaining
In the ACCOMPLISHMENTS, and at night BY the public
meetings.
special committee Of nve remain In permanency
DAY and night.
At the sitting OF the Assembly these eighty DELE
gates constitute the Commune Of Paris.
The International Association Of WorKingmen has
been the cradle Of that powerful organization
which is Objectionable to the bourgeois and source
Of fear to the government but has the deepest roet
In the hearts Of the people.
The workmgmen sent yesterday message to the
government asking for immediate measures as fol-
lows:- n
Frst-To transfer the police from the central gov
eminent t0zne municipalities, the election Of the
miaaistracH the anrogatIon os every law or decree
press, meeting or association.
Second-!The appropriation of the necessaries OF
life wherever to be found, and their distribution
those in need, proportionay to the amount Of pro-
Visions tue probable duration Of the siege and the
% SAssdOrRe i@meSiate 'sa appropriation Of al, the
comm0d0tl0n OF the defenders OF the city.
Fouy1h--A levy en- naasse Of all Frenchmen, with
out exception.
FJvh9The immediate despatch Of general COM
missiOners to the departments to raise the popula
tlou &1A scnd item to the defence of Paris.
The government refused yesterday to yield to
these demands. To-day q delegation of 100 men,
bers comprising the eighty members Of the Central
Committee and two special delegates from each
arrondssement will again present them, and II the
government persists in its refusal the people
themselves will come peacefully, but en- nsasse,
tonight.
At Lyons the workmen have constituted an inde-
pendent government for the defence OF France. As
am going there Will be able to tell you more in q
couple Of days. The first success Of the) Prussians
will overthrow the provisional as Sedan overthrow
the imperial government. Then the people will
certainly take better care Of themselves than their
masters have.