The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-11
THE CREIM OF THE VAR NEWS.
How Paris stands the Siege.

dated as late as October 8, says:
The police duty of the French capital is now
dnne hv tbe armed citizens, and both by the
records of the Prefecture and by the unaui-
nous voice of foreigners resident In the city,
there has never been period within the last
| five wears when crimes OF any sort were so
few rs since the closing in Of the investment.
The nnmher of foreigners remaining. within
| the city Is much larger than would have been
sunrosed nrobable. A number Of English and
American gentlemen are residing there, as
thew saw. no see the great siege out" Among
| these are Mr. Henry Laoouchere, former
" a member of Parliament, and owner
Of the London Daily News; Mr. Harry
Stone, the American banker, who says the
onIv really frightened man he has seen In Paris
Ia his own concierge, Mr.. Eustis, Of Louisiana;
M Lee Chllde. of Maryland, and others.
peonie dine and drive out as If the Prussians
were in Yerli1 instead of at st. Denis. The
general aspect Of the city Is EraVer than usual
| 6IC nothing can lead one to believe that there
Is the least probability OF It's surrenderlng
without tremendous struggle, for which there
Is no lack either of men, OF means, or Of reso-
| intion. Imagine the resources OF kingdom
| ot Ten millions of souls concentrated In the
hands of an army five hundred thousand
strong. for the defence Of an area thirty miles
in circumference, ani you will have the best
working notion of Paris as it is to-day. There
was difference between Trochu and Roche
fort on the one side, ana Jules Favre
Of Of the war. Jules Favre wished to SUBJ
| NIT the whole question whether the war
should be continued to popular vote. Gen-
eral Trochu maintained, and Rochefort agreed
with him. that to do this would be to expose
the country to mlsconstruction ABROAD, and TO
raise unnecessary excitement at home. They
maintained that the presence of hostile armies
rotlt n V0t1 na0nl6
for war: that no Frenchman could have two
oninions as to the duty Of eEDeling those
armies. and that 1t would be worse than trivial
to ask q question to which there could oe but
one answer. Jules Favre finally acquiesced in
this view OF the case, and all classes OF the
population are now heartily ut one In support
of the government as IL Is; Even tiie most
stubborn Legltimists of the Fanbourg st. Ger
main are volunteering. Their wives and
daughters attend the hospitals Rochefort has
published notice begging citizens not to con-
struct private barricades. There must be unity
In the system Of interior detences.
The Provision Question at Paris.
A late Paris dispatch to the New York Tri-
bune says
The system adopted by the authorities makes
butcher receives each morning cerCaln
amount of meat, calculated upon MS average
sales. Against the meat he Issues bills In the
evening to his.customers, who, upon presen-
tation OF q ticket the next morning, receive the
amount for which they lave recorded them
selves at the tariff Of the week. When tlckets
have been Issued BY the butcher, equivalent 10
the meat which he is to receive, ne issues no
more. Yesterday decree was promulgate
ordering all persons having flour put aside
to give It up to the government at current
nrices. TO he distributed to the bakers as the
meat is to the butchers. The meat supply is
NOT equal to the demand, many persons are
unable TO obtain tickets; restaurants can
not get enough for their customers. Work ls
at a stand STILL The Garde Mobile and
National Guards, who apply IN Jorma paaperaS,
receive 20 cents per diem. At present prices,
II is ifrpossible for even q single man to pur-
chase Sufficient nutrlment for this sum. It
was s,Inposed that the peasants Invited to
take reflire in Paris would have brought more
than enough food with them Tor themselves
and their families; but they preferred 10 bring
old beds and furniture. Besides stores OF
| -four and numerous sheep, we have 2, 000, 900
| nonnds of horsenesh; still the misery among
those who have no money 10 buy food, unless
The government boldly faces the question, will
he vary great. Everything except beef mutt
ior and bread is at a "tancy price, Ham
| costs M lhe rate of about G3 cents per pound;
caulitlower, 80 cents per head; salt and butter.
| So cents per pound; fat chicken, 81; q thin
one, 81; rabbit, 81 20; duck, 81 SO;a fat
noose 81. Rents, too, are yeXed question;
in n few days those OF October will be due; but
few can nav them. 1t is proposed to allow no
| landlord TO ssleyy," either before the close OF
the siege or before December.
| General Trochu Confident that Paris
can Hold Oat Two Months.
The ability of Paris to resist siege Is thus
estimated by Paris correspondent OF the Lon
don Daily News, writing September Is:
You. in England, appear 10 consider it q
| Corruone conclusion that Paris Will be unable
to resist an attack This is BY no means the
opinion here among competent authorities. l
| ful of being able to hold out for two months,
and he is the very reverse of q sansulne dispo-
| sItion. Had the German forces been able to
invest this city within ten days of the capitu-
| latiOn of Sedan. they would have entered 1t
almost without firing shot. Now, however,
+! time has been given to the new government to
obtain men, arms and ammunition; they have,
| too, considerably strengthened the ioraaca-
| tious, Surely an entrenched camp, surrounds
| ed by solid forts, with more than 100000 arm
eI men within il, with sailors to handle the
| pnns. with no lack OF provisions, with good
General Mt their head, and everything that art
| can desire to tend the wounded, ought to be
able to resist 300, 900 aSsailants. Inc southern
earthworks OF Sebastopol protected the north
ern portion of the town even from lombard
ment, and why are we to suppose that the iorts
and the long walls around Paris will not
do the same for her +? The Provincial
Mobiles who crowd the streets have
now had almost three weeks hard
drilling. They are not boys, put men In
the flower of their age After few engage
ments before the forts, they will make as good
soldiers as the peasants OF Bavaria or OF Pome-
rama. It Is ielt tnat II the city can only hold
| out for six weeks, the approach o! winter ana
the uncertainty Of their communications VIII
oblige the Prussans TO RAISE tne siege, anu
then that they will be ready 10 conclude peace
| on honorable terms. Surrey tne Salu Is WoiIh
the risk, and the French are risnI not 10 SUD-
nit to tie dismemberment oLtne'r country oe.
fore they have played TINS iasI ~ caro-. II our
army had been defeated, ana II trench army
| were camped before Lonoon, haraly tilhh
that we should agree 10 ceue lreiItnu 10 Ihe
hnrna in mind that France is not exhausted
now &c che was in 1914. Her resources are
no,nn"r,tiu.lv untouched. She has men and
money in abundance; 500, 900 invaders are on
her snil and she has nearly 100000 oil men
canable of bearing arms. TO conquer the EN-
pire was a comparatively easy task, because,
even In the last extremity. the emperor anu
and his Ministers would only entrllst arms 10
Tmperinists: but 10 conquer the natlon count
Rismarck will find, 10 use the nonely ian-
| guage OF Mr. Lincoln, q very dig Joo.
csrn,,n Republican Protest Against
the Annexation OF Alsace """ Hoi
raine.