The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-24
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LATEST PEN PICTURE ES, DISPATCH.
ED By .ERIaL MESSENGERS.

LATEST PEN PICTURES, DISPATCH-
ED By -ERIAL MESSENGERS
The Question Of Food and the Distribu-
tion or supp1ies-story of the Pigeon
Express-fhe Hopes OF Trochu-Re-
viving the Spirits Of the Besieged.
A fresh supply OF letters from Paris cores
pondcnts reaches US by way Of London. The
latest date is October so. We select from the cor
respondence received interesting passages:
TIE FOOD QUESTION
Is still the impor ant one of the day, and the prob
lem Of distribution has not yet been solv d In q
satisfactory manner. The poor are still October
2l) forced to form queues .oelors me municlpal
stalls receiving their quota offresh meat only after
/ long hours OF waiting. Either the municipality
should open more stalls or return to the nrst
system OF allowing the butcherS to make III: dstrl-
! button In every quarter stalls are opened for
the sae of horse meat but 1t has not yet come into
general favor. The poor Will not buy IL through
feeling OF Jealousy Of the ricn as mucn as any ,
thing. ssThe rich want the beef, and They W 'nld
nut n, on with the hOrsen s the cry, and 1t is In
vain chat tile papers publish stories or rich fami.
| lies Which are reduced to the use OF this meat.
A stall has been opened just across the street.
and so far appearance goes she .na mea Is ee He
sant, UuS. ~a.u hnnarv hefore eating IT, nave had
fonr o doyS nT iIfe when Twas very glad to eat
mule meat, but 81 long as there is bread and veg
4 etnbles shoulI pass the horse. It may be all
/ imaoina,ion bnt il ia hard to swallow O piece Of
this ,n,sat withont having the reproachiu eyes o,
same T.ithrnI animal fastened upon your face
Despite the attempts to make II popular do not
think horse meat will ever be eaten ex-
cent as last resort. To overcome the repug.
| nance OF the poor 1t Is proposed 10 open shops
where the meat will be sold ready cooked. One
cannot hrio aop in annearaice the meat s far
urnnn,os ioass % 30 noer -o' - "pp
superior u 'eei.
REDUCTION OF RAT1oNs.
To-day fOctober 2e) the ration OF fresh meat has
been considerabIy reduced, each person receiving
onIv ahont haIf n nopnd for two days. This is the
ration OF beef, l6,tton or pork only, for horse
meat ae and asses can still be bought at will. Don.
sev steaks nav Command Il very high price, and
the hest narts OF tbe horse are SO dear that the au
thoriiies viii soon have TO ration the poor with
that meat. 1t is evident that the consumption Of
horse has greatly increased within week: and
one gees long trains before the stalls Wnere morse
is sold as one formerly saw them before the other
shops. This is doubtless due TO the dll-
| Is q great deal In habltude or custom.
One must confess that the repugnance to
horse flesh il an idea merely, and this repug-
raIivS TSs innEeve seemed to serve as step.
niny.stona IN this end. FOR donkey-neat weut on
pns,I aoS ~ ,ban thera was none those who had
eafen t. took To- horse without difficulty To-day
.ho ~, corn on%s,e INV windows has dsp6sea
VIZ Se .a ou'InS.y op@pTs @ to dontavs the heads and
", nSo iuo nu,sra un unaHia to.ni0ht THE oen
s aione ~ horHa s ,u consiersbly nroionp
eIai USE VI Is ,hat ~ tha "riiinarr ration
tne SIEGE Mus wi" 1ls', ,,,nn ~ for oISbt navs
tnere remains prel anu Ilu..ou doI ton J e haIIs
only pue as tne latlon nus Desr e. onutsn,
anu as one nan III Th % VIE @ rsoot for tTentT. .ronr
ssora eae ,,'i ,,ov. sS, '"'' WIZ ei'' -
HOPES.
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InaI ls, nelleYe, lew uass Snnae ~ ho rooI1
tn.aueu I t, uy that 10 he bnnes ro have some
M i9l an ~ 10 I,h"pt IN ohont ,wejve
M artean avs That he is confident of success is
oan y, ~, rsgnarr ,vhicb he madr this mornIup TO
on American r,ing ont Of rte CITY. "it Is not
n au nv tnSIn s,n Iare ), remarSed the gene
WI r, 'ne r, m"ntb evarvho6v can leave
Who tS, W. Wishrsn And why shoIld he not succeedP
ho narnano have oav. three hundred th0usand
sn Of tba fImhest Gcure before Paris. One hum
u a. onsan Cs uHe no et,cheI to meet the
enemv wtthHut, M. Indeed. the oiflcal statements
ore irne cnncernmg mar arTiny and General Trp.
chm has 95O oo9 able bodied men under his
cnmmand wilhmt counting the National Guards
,,hn con 40 ramnarr duty. At ali events,
rhn n trial M mnst te m ,fe and no one can predict
the rcsn,t ar one moment feel a ray OF hope:
ut another, I despair OF victory over tnat
strong. steady, victorious army witnout dne
very s.g.s U e not nnI cnmnrssSed 1ins NJ that
giancS ~ shT nt ~ 40 mo draod the day when the
agea niuG, ,t ,,Mst come One Iooks In vain for
hnna In rho n ce of Trochu in the sullen counte-
Nance ~ of Rochefort. or In the weak and smIrkng
aalr.comnlsisance NJ Jules Fayre Gambetts has
o hrO,v which onc can look upon, aud an eve OF
dre while the calm dignity Of Keratry's face
Commands respect: bht / nope 1t Will not be o1en-
sIve 10 the French IL say that d finer group or
heads than those given In the portraits Of the Ger
man chiels were never placed In Paris windows.
veccr,prps NEEDED.
'EusfADhh' ~
Thus far there has been no lack IN necessary
vegetables. although the price has been raised
little. Potatoes are still abundant, anu tolay
the very finest Of cauinowers nave oeen onered
for sale Oh the streats. buncn 01 enicory, iarge
enough for a comlortable saiaa, Is sun soiu !oI
1--WE or six sous 1t seems tnat no lne serlp Vi ana
covered 10y the lire OF the lorss thele yeI Ieln4lus
large quantity OF vegetables ungatnereu. Last
week the Government sent out lew nunureu
boys, guarded by the soiulers' 10 ulg potdloes,
and fUrty cart loads were brought IN. NOW tne
Minister uf the Interior issues decree organlz
Ing abody uf citizens for tile purpose OF gathering
the vegetables In the envlrons OF paris. Eacn
man thus engaged WIN receive ons e. IraaC per
diem, or seventy-dve centilnes, Win me prViiege
OF certain amount OF Vege.aoe, aas iris I his
Is ordered to protect ,ne rder e and y Vii onbtess
,S. mU. -, snnn,u M fresh yegetabes for many
DAYS tu come.
nv PIGEON EXPRESS,
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communication WIN nc nrn,in rann ~ rHLs
has now been es'AoIlsleu mI't .ole, , ao'e
ty, THANKS 10 leW men wiz, toa SUM- as ea pas.
have had fancy for carrler'plgeon'. ihese Dirus
have been brcd WIN great cale, anI ouiy Jew
have been trled in DrnSH ~ ne"o oro I y, .ne s Ua
tilly races. But thelr inslnc.s are t aus uustt' Ell
ing. Contrary 10 the 2euetat supposlt'o !, luo