New-York tribune., 1870-09-20
TRIBUNE WAR LETTERS.
PARIS ALARMED.
THE FRIGHTENED vIsITORS-CESsATioNof of INNpE
DESERTED STREETS.
IrnoM ouR spECIAL CORRBsrONDENTI

rur FRIGHTENED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TRADE
DESERTED STREETS.
TFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
PARIS. Sept. fittings are coming 10
crisis John Bull IS packing up as fast as ever nc can
and aying from the city, which until so recently sul'eo
40 ournand propcnsitics and other less innocent
recreatons You see him grow pale as he did when ne
disappeared from Brussels and was so cleverly mum
bugged by Mr. Rawdon Crawey. And indeed he mght
complain of dullness and set it off agansta eharge VI
mere cowardice He might depore the miSerapIr'
drenehng weather, the deserted Bouevards the queiu
ous or savage looks with which he is constantly asSs
Is il not startling to learn that the Prussians are p
posed TO be within two days of the gates ana 'n'V
great victorious army has already sent us tohcn' "
march In the hurried, battered, and soleu uVoP' -
eeem to arrive In crowds, instead OF making ,o
somewhat dignihed ny strict array ana "arnno ",
Alarming placards posted on every posi- anu 90 ,o
say one suggestive OF relieffor the Wouhueu' no' VI
wounded afar off, but Of those who may Pos'p'
-. -, -, 10 crirnled and manned before or upon
the lines and Notifications that encirce Their own u"e
ipgs Then we read orders concerning tho ProoS VI
food and begin 10 speculate upon the poSsiplues vi
having 10 solve disaTeeabc problems OF amman eeono-
~ The authorities will not allow shopkeepers to store
proyons in order 10 make profit out OF the season OF
trial Bot I expect the majority of shopkeepers Will
close their establishments There is not, think heavy
trade in either gloves perfumes at the present mo-
ment 7 can read I look up from my manuscript
sGrand EntresOl aveo boutique sur le Boulevart a
lou6r" The inscription is repeated with slight yarla-
tons in every street Flowers for your buttonhoe, Tor
your dinner epergne are not in high demandtherefore
boutique lou6r The more fashionable taiors who had
the Imperial insignia their doors have put up their
shutters Military caps and coats sell briskly The
Garde Mobile the FTancstireur lays in his uniform by
degrees. He commences with the head, takes on his
ordinary coat and girdles himself with big SASH II
treur with belt If Mobile. In day or so he is COM
plcely equipped, and very vain OF his raiment thnK
a Frenchman is much at home in his uniform as an
Englishman is in a drcssingjacket and slippers.
The comparative silence and desertion Of the streets,
morning, nOon and night, is 10 Inc ineomprehenslDie'
After ALL every deduction made there must be 100000
people in Paris. What has become OF themf Last
evening was foot for several hours drifting and
ounginc every direction. stood of the bridges
al 10 O'Clock and there sound to he heard
save the gurgling and OF the Seine, the occa-
sona groan of floating bath the water the chime OF
hell, and the nOte very thin and distant, OF trumpet
call No Marseillase, no "Vive la Republque" Not
that the people are not willing to shout 1--WE Ia
Repsbique," but, in truth, they are IN no
humor for impracucable enthusiasm. The buncombe
in fact is now monopoized by the journals The clever
representatives Of the craft who at this grave hour
intrusted with the interests Of France, might make an
appeal to the gentlemen Of the nkpot who are perform
ing hystcrca epgTams in the newspapers. This is surely
not period for cOnvusive literary exercises In patriot
OF irrational character. am gau however, VO
record that the merymen of the press have retired
within their booths and no longer endeavor TO tickle their
spectators by gross carcatures which continue to perpe
trate Partisan ignorance The idea that the Prussian
are 70 man brutes, wolves, robbers, murderers; that
the Prussan soldiers fire into ambulanees and page the
houses of the peasany in the wantOnness of con
quest not believed in spite of The Figaro sketches, and
the stl more recent representations which have beeI
Haunting from the KiOsks.
Hark harkl the dogs do bark and you know, as they
have in the nursery the animals supposed to indi
cate sudden influx Of paupers. The dogs Of war have
been slipped upon US, and the beggars have come to
town with vengeance. We have not only plentiful
supply of useless mouths thrust upon us but consider
able quantity of useless legs and useless arms and a
1cted bodies There are police to interfere with
these gentry and the exraditOn order directed against
them appears have served only to the resources
of Paris a city Of impoverished and unsghtiy Grip
pies There has been since Sunday, learn mportan
exodus OF court avOres and court triners, who held
the hope Of coup detdt in favor OF the Empress Tha
we were close to q wicked atrOeiOus attempt OF tn
kind believe now, although did not put faith in tn
different rumors with which the air agitated on th
now historical Fourth Of September. The Empire wa
superbly appointed and upholstered with elegant fri
bles Of both sexes. The Empire was splendid thOug
rOOn and whatever happens to Paris 1t is the feeling
the intelligent classes that the city and the natio
is well rid Of the eorrupng despOtism which enervate
denOrazed, and all but reduced il beyond hope OF
demptiOn TO a helpless reliance the abilities Of
single