The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-16
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NOTES OF THE WAR.
Marshal Mac MahOn's Report.
Food supply of Paris.
New York Fallen Building Disaster.
The Walleck-Fechter Quarrel.
Mtc., ETC.. Etc.s ETC., EtOs
The Walleck-Fechter Quarrel.
NOTES OF THE WAR;

Marshal NnoNIabOp's Repcrt-rbe Food Sup
ply of Pnris-The French Navy-BaiioOn
Voynsers Lost.
The foreign mails by the Batavia contain the
following stories and incidents of the war
WHAT MARSHAL MACMAHoN SAYS.
The Weser Gazette says that Marshal Mac
Nahon has written O report of the catastrophe
at Sedan, which will shortly be published, in
which he absolves the Emperor of all blame.
He acknowledges that the Emperor left him
always complete freedom of action, and that he
(the Marshal) always intended to march upon
Paris with his army. He made in consequence
his movement on Rheims instead of going direct
to Sedan, but at last he found himself compelled
to obey the repeated orders of the Empress,
who was influenced by Rouher and Palikao.
These orders were given in positive manner,
and distinctly proved that the Empress placed
the dynastic question above the national one.
THE FOOD SUPPLY FOR PARIS.
The following is from Paris letter of the 25th
ult, published in the London Food Journdl:-
Bread is at present plentiful and cheap, thanks
to the stock on hand of flolr and corn, and the
regulation of the authorities. As to dairy pro-
duce, eggs are worth half franc each, aud
very difficult TO procure; cheese is quite un
known; milk is almost as rare; butter-fresh
butter-is worth about IS. pound, and we'll
known restaurant keeper paid 39Of. for 20
pounds last week. The Government has been
able, TO some extent, to supply the place of but
ter in cooking, by. means of carefully refined
suet and fat; but the quantity is far below the
demand, and the price high. The want
of milk is sserious annoyance. Paris
ordinarily consumes between 5000 600 and
100000 ltres of milk per day; but since the
investment there can scarcely have been a
twentieth part of that quantity produced within
the walls The scarcity is well shown by the
fact that the price of the small tins of preserved
milk of The Apglo-Swss Company are now
worth, in the shops, more than ST. each; indeed
dealer asked me Of. 75c., and said that he had
only three tins left. Vegetables for time were
necessarily scarce and dear; but since the circle
h..,. .,lnr ,oaI-
the enemy three sides of the town, numbers
of men aud boys have been sent out to gather
all that they could find, and the quantity must
have been very large.
Ham, 6s. Sd per h.; Lyons sausage, 12s. a
goose, 20s; fowl 15s; pair of pigeons, 10s.;
turkey, 52s. Cd; rabbit 15s.; a carp 205. an
eel, 15s.; plate of gudgeons, 5s; IL eggs, 3s.
10d.; a cabbage, 15d.; a cguIhower, 20d. q bunch
of carrots, D.; pound of harcots, As. The
last wholesale dealing in eggs was fortnight
since, and the price 3OOf. per 1000; they are
worth nearly double that price now When
we approach deicacies the prices are fabulous.
Choice preserved meats are worth almost any
money. Veal and ham pdtes, If. to psf; pates
de t0de 9rds, 45f.; turkey with forcemeat,
55f.; and so on.
The scarcity of provisions tells heavily on the
poor, but the Government is doing all in its
power in the way of assistance. 1t has placed
consider able sums OF money aud supplies at the
disposition of tbe twenty Mares, and has es-
tablished a number of new economic kitchens
which distribute more than 1000 portions 0i
food daily.
INSTRUMENTATION OF TUE FRENCH NAVY.
In the Frenca navy there appears to be as
little subordlnaton as in the army. The Sieck
publishes the letter of officer on board the
Refine Blanche, which INDUCES in the severes
expressions towards his captain for having
neglected to capture German ships which came
q IN sight. The Steele not only regards this cri
,tcism by naval lieutenant of his superior a.
quite a matter of course. but remarks tha
among the French captains there are still many
who hold further resistance to the enemy use
less, and have expressed an opinion that thI
members of the Government ought all TO be shot
BALLOON voYAGERs LOST.
The crews of two Plymouth fishing sloop
which, with number of others, were fishihg
about eight miles south of the EddYstOne Light
house on Tuesday night, November 20, weri
startled by the sudden appearance of lsrg,
aerial visitor lowering few yards above mast
head. The fishermen soon discovered that i
wasS balloon carrying lights and containing il
its car some three or four persons. The
1ogdaears, who had probably mistaken thj
boats lights for those of a town, shouted
something which was unintelligible TO those be
low. Then, apparently becoming conscious o
unstable foundation beneath, the aeronauts
threw cut a quantity of sand, which caused the
balloon to shoot rapidly up. The wind at tn,
time was E.S. e., and the fishermen saw thI
lights for some distance going down Channel
II is probable that the balloon was started frou
PaTie, and that the wind drove IL to thew n. w.
the Eddystone bearing In that direction fron
the beleagaered city, a06 being distant aboR
three hundred miles 'as the crow flies" Thi
balloon, ifat continued it's track in the direction
IL was then proceeding In, would pass eveFWes
Cornwall, and the south OF Ireland. But il /
only too probable that in the darkness the lau,
would be miesed, and that in the wide Atlant
the unfortunate travellers have already found