New-York tribune., 1870-09-24

are clOsed more soldiers are out and fewer Woineh'
People grow solemn-a strange thing for Pans. AT
10 p. m. the cafes vigorously closed-another
strange thing-and by IL the bOulevards are de-
serted. Ambulances with wounded soldiers are con-
tinualy passing and we hear grim rumors Of houses
and whole streets being mined, ready to send assii
ing Prussians into the air. Carriages passing the
line Of the Notifications forbidden to go on
walk for fear Of occasioning explosions.
| CAUTION AGAINST SPIES.
The dread Of spies has not yet died out. One OF
the least pleasant features of the siege is that each
man looks at his neighbor with suspicion. My for-
tune has been better than that of most correspondents
Of journals. Instead Of being arrested as spy, L
have only been warned not to my opera-glass IN
public.
| PROTECTION FOR FOREIGNERS.
Yesterday morning the most curious sign OF the
siege was the number of foreign flags flying about
Paris. went to the English Embassy; there was
the Union Jack flying over the gateway In the
| Faubourg st. Honore; and that there might De no
mistake, great blackboard was put up to inform
the public that "This is the English En- bassyj
also a similar board on the garden side
facing the Champs Elysees. And siml-
ary all the foreign embassies have their flags flying.
Every foreign resident in Paris hangs out the flag OF
| his nation. The number of flags with stars and
stripes that meet one in every street gives viyid
idea of the regard in which the French capital Is
held by Americans.
! The English flags are much fewer. 1t is supposed
| that all houses covered with such hags
will be respected by both belligerents. The
red cross flags Of the Society for the wounded
are also very frequent. II any one sets up private
ambulance in his house-that is, allots one or two
beds to the wouuded-he may hang out the red cross
flag. Among all the flags the American is the
| favorite and Mr.. Washburne is perhaps, the most
| popular man in Paris.
DEMANDS OF THE RED aEPUBIIcANs"
After ALL what we most fear just now is the enemy
inside Paris The continuous attacks on the Govern
ment are if possible more bitter that we are all
shut up together. Some of the Red Republican
organs-the Rerel, for instance-insist that there
shall be no peace on any terms that the war must
go on at all hazards till victory is They also
insist upon a complete change being made in the
public offices, so that the whole Of the admin
istrative body employed under the Empire,
rank and file, as well as the heads OF
departments, shall give place to new men.
The Government is embarrassed by these attacks.
II is of supreme Importance that peace should be;
attained yet here in Paris are these people who de-
clare that peace shall not be made on any terms
who reproach Ministers bitterly for entertaining
questions of peace. These very men begin TO cry
ont for an equal division of food among the citizen
These are the people to be feared The members of
the Provisional Government doing the best that
they are able to; but the Red Republicans are every
day more loudly venting their dissatisfaction,
threatening seriously TO hamper the Government.
Ii may happen that before long time Paris may re-
gard the entry of the Prussans o. lesser evil than
the uncertainties of their own Government
We are doing well enough about provisions and
fypa he
present at 90 cents per pound there is scarcity of
animal food, and the supply of bread is unlimited
As to wine the Prussians outside may envy us;
water runs free. The city seems TO be unusually
healthy; the smallpox has disappeared, OF at
least there is nothing heard about it, People have
already forgotten that IN the midst OF war.
We are waiting with no little anxiety the return of
Favre from the Prussian headquarters; but the we'll
informed have slight hopes of his success.
THE zoUAvEs IN DISGRACE.
Another correspondent in Paris writes: The fight
of Yesterday at Chatllon is anything but satisfac-
tory 1t appears that originally Trochu, having re-
viewed his forces determined TO defend Paris with
out the help of an army outside He made up his
mind to give up all beyond the line Of the forts.
Suddenly Ducrot came, having escaped from Sedan
in the guise Of peasant. Here was General fit 10
be intrusted with command outside Of Paris. Du-
crot should have an army of $1,000 men TO de-
fend certain nights Well, it was tested
yesterday, and the most important incident
of the day is the fight Of the zouaves-the boasted
zouaves-withOut firing shot. They ran into Paris
amid execratlons and hootings. They have been
placed under arrest in great numbers and il is pro-
posed to make an example of them in the Champs de
Mars The young Garde Mobile did better; they
stood thir ground But the result Of all is that the
army of Ducrot has returned behind the forts and
Gen Trochu falls back upon mis- original project Of
defending Paris by itself.
PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE.
The following is from another correspondent in
Paris under date of the 10Th. The Champs Elysees
are lined with cavalry aud infantry. Flying artil-
lery is near all the gates Demlunes are erected be-
fore the gates the sides lined with boards COW
cred with spikes the crests with rows of stakes to
which wires are fastened In front Of the fortifca
tions the zone is clear for a few hundred yards be-
yond that houses and trees afford shelter enough TO
the enemy. The guns on the eaoeHte are chiefly
light.
THE PRUssIASs CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
Americans as well as all others now here will leave
for Tours if the bombardment begins. The courier
of THE TRIBUNE reports conversations with members
of the Prussian staff who laugh at the notion of Paris
enduring a long siege. They declare that they know
it's vulnerable points and force a surrender, if
permitted within short time. Versailles and st.
Germain were taken without a show Of resistance.
40 FURTHER EGREss FROM PARIS.
The courier made his way out Of Paris, but was
! repeatedly turned back by Prussian patrols. He
finally passed the picket on the ST. Germain road,
and reached headquarters, where he received noti-
! fcation from Blumenthal. the chief of the Crown
Princes staff, that he the last person who would
/ be allowed TO pass. He asked, with curiosity,
/ how he passed through the lines and told that he
could not return without the personal permission of
the Crown Prince King William himself. The
/ Prussans mean TO enforce Bsmarck's intimation TO
a,,hassias-tbat no communication whatevar will