, 1870-12-26


; seen running aliya tn the Streets. Soldieta |
mack their lips on seeing eren 1 cur. OF how
ye1 lpw degree. They xxe less aouEht, how |
yer, than cats, because their meat il some-
fhat tough md dry Another peraon, After
peAkiog Of the aeplorah!e condition In 60
: As to myself, however, an IN perfect
leslth; am too healthy. In fact, Tor hxve Al
.normous appetite, and can very setiom folly
.atlafy it. I Ind friend this morning t,
ore2kfxat with me 1t tbs restaurAnt. OuE
faro consisted OF potstoes prepared IN hotsa
tallow, portion OF 1.ckass sansase about ~
for tessert, with bread and vine as much as
ue wanted. 1t VI. real feast. It Is l1ns
the potatoes tasted Itt!e Of tallow, the
sausage Hah / little rancid. and the bfe1d
eosna1hat eour but, aside from theaa little
uuplea: antnestes xtich We have become nc
eustomed to. We had capital breakfast" Il
appearE that many Of tha restaurants in Pltis
have had to be closed because the proprietosa
could net fuIui1h 1ny more meat. In the
rquare, before tho Hotel d. Vile, there is
ncw held regular rat market. whsrs the
little animals IRA coll alive for 50 to 50 cent
inca In the Rne Rocheehnent epacutator
in ysctnfis has hung out an immense row OF
dog., cats, and rats, and he xppeArs to be
dt inE coed hnsiness. It il stated thxtt there
are %, ,6e0, coo rats in Paris. The profee-
eional cooks h1ye found means to make very
delicate dishes out Of them. and sonae peopte
are so attached 10 them that It il thought that
AMONG the dtlicacies, and, perhaps, take the
place Of Wild game, whlch IA now becoming 40
sca1ce in Franoe. They are commonly cooked
in champagne, and are strongly aplcsd
The liceneo that waz gtren 4oon after the
begitnieg Of tbs :wse to tell nesAqaRers In
tbo s.rEeis, under certain distinctions. Is get-
ting the people into trouble, 10 that the po-
}SOr t,nr 1.~A IN fn1. f5n IN hand II
II known that. until recently, newspapers
could be sold only By subscription. the sub
sc1iption bong taken for not fesa than thtea
months. To purchase \ single copy Was i'm
roteiblc. unless one should SO to the Office OF
publication, and then one rarely succeedel.
little relieved, ard one can, By paying three or
four tunes the price {thste baing an iuamense
p.es Il. on thst sa'f tno9 sas n e'p IL " cfs M
There may be other places, but I
have not been able to find them. Also. II i
allowed 10 nawaboye. ii any can be found bold
CROUCH to undertake the business, to sell
thtm in the atreeta, under certain restraints.
Ono or two Of the mcst energetic journais
have published occasionally extra edi:ione
and ttlees have found some little sale. though
the official dispatches. avelaging ahout ten
!iEes, are the principal thing that is aold bore
pear, are hut little larger. Instead Of one
despatcl, they will sometimes contain two OF
three 20 that the whole extra newspaper Is
about az large ~ An ordinary advertisement
IN au american journal. But these little
tlitr, inaigLi6cant ~ they are, and being
told only n o1e etsest; foF the most psrt'
It will hardly be poasisle for an Amer.
lean to conceive OF the siliuees OF
tie objections made here to ALLOW
ing newspapers to bo sold in the
street. In an edore:s sent by tho President
ct tho Police to the editors OF tho different
1nnrnsls he excla,ms III perfect horr1r tlat,
'.hoys OF erory age offer copies Of neHspa.
rcr-. hy sheets, aud de.pntchss to any chance
i4-ssE-by, and oftea shout out aloud contents
nf their rapers: 10 that they evidently dis
tuYh the citizens on the Bttrete and thepeact
ot tho.e in private hnuses, where there are
rot iLttequentiS, SICK and wounded soldiers
Il wou'.s be ear !" 10 continues, - for me t:
u. sep to this bs u,er.ly enforcing Tux
s.,i.lt OF tho North German Gewerbs Ord
hung; Int, as tho war will likely toon come II
N erd. when there will be 10 rsettx
10 contiuue this nuisance, hsve thought fl
before taking any cirtct action IN the matte
10 aGtlre 81 myself to the publishers Of tb
/! .i,ne.ent ioufna}a. Suggesting that 1usydo Ii.
| rise cut their raMr* irfctPt cttvely to anybhd
t That wants to sell them in the etreetS, but Il
| tonhne the nsles tn per.ops nvsE Il years q
! sGc. One editor, in copying tho order. state
| las perfect concurrence therein, and takes III
! occasion to col.acmn the other e;iors VII
+! have kettcu cut extra ddttions. and prize
/ Llmrclf on the fact that his paper has neve
!: had a, y,hing to do either with extra edition
| or with the giving out Of ticSle numbers tAs
"thin euirLle OF extra newspapers ought nc
to to endured. &C.. DC"
While M this point ehal. make smother RI
max about the newspapers here. 1t Ia vel
1Town that they are very inferior, AMI Q
limited circulation. presume The Chic ~
Tn1BuSE has l1rger circulation than all tia
are Published in Berlin put together aud pc,
haps contains ~ great VARIETY Of readiu
matter A. Ill. 10: one is generally copy Z
aIother, tho eoispatches, local oe1a, &c-, bein
eponderce and {for the government papeu
At less:) the editorials in substance being I'll
, same ftE all. Yet. neither the publishers NJ
i editors arc 70 blame for shis lack uf entl.
rrise or variety. Fer, II auytlAuE appe.1s
: 4 newspaper dissasteful to The censoss Of u
press. ita publication is prohibited. II
+hould rsears their notic-, and so appe
lin r1iut nevertheless. the VIM
edition will be copti.eased, 40 til
III itheT editor nor correspondent eau ven:u
snsthins out OF tho ordinary channel. y
bear nearly every day that some editor b
been rrtete3, OF hia ieeue confscaied. Wh
flourish here ia, that almost nobody rsa
them. in tho American Eensc. Three or 70
+, families sometimes club taGsther to take
PAPER, but tho grcat majority OF families ta
! none. The people who wish to read 50 in
the tcet saioons and rettRurants, And, I
coldirgly, in every ono Of these Arc found t
. principal dailles ard weellies. (saloons !
atout the onty regullr Subscribers hero, 4
it il thought 10 be enough il one orlinsr
reads the paper every few dAys, or II he rea
:. one three or four days old. A. to war ne'
the ctsic:al derpatches are thought sufficient
keep tho people posted LOS, IN Ill. have
i. Feared eineo the beginning Of the wu).
: Eave talked with some very intelligent men
this eutject. who said thst, If there WIS a
: thing more in tha newspapers, ii would III
: 10 be false: that the tttrmau papers cont
: about al the news Of importance, snd "
: mora could ne ask?