New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-22

~. Victor Huso's speech.
H. The TesterA papeb publish in detail the
4 5ellowins Sispateh,s Of which we,have had Q
suynstsis yby telegraph srass mpFs~
s1ssssi ~ svsesa otf3e Kew York Heradlf
sssYARIs. fSepteniber GA profound peace
has come over the city. This peace is Oc-
casioned by feeling Of isolation. We now
first realize the fact that we are cut of
almost entirely from the outside world, and
dependent ON our own efforts for our future
i. fhte. 1t is believed if the present mail gets
through. it must be the last. 1t is probably
], the last that win be permitted To leave the
capital. The only hustle now is that coca
Stoned by the tread OF troops passing from
one mart to another. The last vestige Of
old Paris, full Of gayety, life and dissipa-
7 4i0n, has vanished. Earnest work and con
tempt of death must be the lot OF all who
remain inside the walls of Paris. Htii !
The people are terribly calm. There is no
hsuntward evidence Of fear. no bravadO or
flourish. Everywhere the spirit of patriot
sss ismibreaks ont audibly it takes the appear
: aucc of ferceness and desperation. Last
xenight Ipassed through the office of the Flee
teur Libre, the semi-Official organ of the
o. government. The compOsit0rs, while wait
~ ing for copy, stand in line p1acticing man
s.luGf cxerciseG 1; passed through large
:, portiOn of the CITY without o single police
81 inan visihle, vet order and tranquility were
nener more perfect The only change, which
i painful enough, i that of the streets,
Il from their fWlner marked cleanliness
Garbage is unremOved md sidewalks un-
i. eWept. Things more lnolnentOtis occupy
the attention. Life and death are in the
!, balance. The blow may fall at any mo-
ment., Ldined last, night with Victor Hugo
and family. His two sons, with their young
wives, were present.
The illusqbus xsser, a reply to some re-
marks, said many striking and startling
,3hiags. He, said he had come, to Paris to
:. ,ahare the, perils Qf its Citizens He had no
public role to fn. !. His poor presence in the
ra+ppayts might be, useful. He would go
daily unarnaed, and stimulate by words the
I ardor IT the patriotic defenders Of the city.
He regarded the attack on Paris as absurd,
NJ well as cruel. The war was begun again:
= The Emperor Napoleon now is a prisoner
and the. King of Prussia sends to him his
retinues of servants, and to lis, who never
provoked the war, b0mbshells Never was
there an act 30 atrocious or ridiculous in
e history II don't know" continued he, as
n cloud overspread his face, 'what part
drama closes, but Paris has the choice.of a
determined defense andcowardly surrender
If it should, though it seems impossible,
decide upon the latter course l can only re-
turn IN exile to my Did retreat at Guernsey
If it elects the former ! trust to see every
quarter OF fstrlS, one H1ter CNc OtNer, DIOWn
Is atoms, and the enemy corps after corps,
- battalion utter battalion, in the same grave
with nv 'rseolute fellow.citizens." As he
p- uttered these sentiments in eloquent, thrill
ING Language, in voice of measured gravity
locked at the faces of the ladies at the
table,. They. were grave and solemn. but
serene, and not the faintest trace of dread
of such fearful catastrophe. I'm that way
said Hugo. Paris must perish. While-the
spectacle may horrify the world, it will be
followed by a iresurrection OF the democracy
of France and Germany, who will avenge
the terrible catastrophe" This Is only a
fair specimen Of the spirit prevailing here.
Thslloisting of the red flag at Lyons, IN
defiance of the government, creates pam
- and aneasiness.s Severe measures VIII be
taken against tho offenders. The names OF
the editors who left Paris are to be im0llsh-
ed. The work,nen Of the city form sixty
six battalions, comprising eighty Thousand
men, are among the most resOlute defenG-
I I ers Of the city,, and are determined on a
war of determination. Visitors to Paris
! VIA remember COttes restaurant, On the
corner of Rue ROyale and Rue, st. HOnOfe.
As left the Place de Ia Concorde. q crowd
was gazing at the closed shutters of the
restaurant, On which was written in large
letters in chalk: "Closed in consequence
~ Of robbery-forty centimes eight sous for
small loaf, worth two sous; one franc sew
been done. Closed by order of the SOW
ereiyn people till the end of the wars
ID The total value of the oysters sold annu-
ally in the New York market is estimated
at q. 600 900, Wholesalers prices. About
$1,000 600 Of this sum Is sold and CONSUMED
IN Nav Ybrk md the neighbOring cities,