New-York tribune., 1870-10-20
THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
NEWS BY BALLOONS-THE CONDITION OF TIE
WORKS DEFENDING PARIS-A GENERAL AT
TACK EXPECTED SOON.

TOURS, Oct. 2.-Ihere nave leIt Iails siuVe
Thursday Sept % fewer than three balloons The two
first were tied together at the top and at the hacee
and smaller one placed between them, so as TO
keep them steady. They mounted by NJ GODDARD
apd by NJ Courn, an army contractor. Those gentle
men descended the same day, near Evreux ana arNeu
here the next evening saw one OF them, NJ Coui,ln
Sho givesi many particulars upon his journey ana e
state of Paris -
They started from La Viette and passed over Mon'
Valeren being then about feet above the gronh
1t was only after they had gone mile at least ooy
the fort that they could see the Prnsslahs 9ono
were fired at them, but without eject Ih'3 'no.
to 1000 feet and were for time becamed or ney
So over the Forest of ST. Gernain "heIo "',' ,
80, e,oa ., II was somewhere near Monies that they
,eo.n IN descend When they were nearing 'no o"i''
and indeed had cast anchor, and were poine 'n'
along the ground by low Wihd' 'heS sd" "'Cr ~
bor,emen riding upon them at great sl"eu' in''
thougbt they had uuuCdly fallen among rrusSAA"'
IT,, ,g.re very much relieved finding these horse
on were free cavalry Of NJ. Estancelin, who escorted
them 20 their destination ,
The eroneut saws the Prssans on the one side OF
tbe town while he entered the other He says that
the people of Paris are very calm and "raSS great
number of shops open and in short the appearance
of the Boulevards would be very different from or
dinary times IL tue KEPT of the National Guard Whioh
replace the ordinary hat did not remiud one Oi 'e star
things are He says the forts do very Goou "oih %
heavy guns systematically and successfully "eS'i0!
work attempted by the enemy AN0i' % V
i'm partcular where there is young man VINO las '0
come unite noted for his admirable aim lie points
heavy gun at Fort Auberyile which does the fluS',
Great injury The PruSSians on the "hOie' h"'0 ~
no real offensive movement, which lrrta'es III soie ~
tbe defenders of Paris who do not lose moment III
drilling and making themselves III Tor SOruos oi -" -
colo There must be- he says, nearly 6OOVO properly
armed men in Paris consisting OF 25O wei orga1ou p"
talions OF National Guards, and the rest mobiles anu
sd paris and the news he brought the authorities
there had greatly contributed 10 encourage 'ho """
The haction the Prnssans is believed to foG6ode ,
general attack IhS opinion Is ~ heep send
ing up during the latter days, in the shape Oi slha m
feSent cnlor,d balloons The French have negeCteu no
rcrautons The country round Paris Is lghtedby elec
iric lights from the forts every night. ., -
The postal service Is D! pal0Un % G anu tn edo n let
rrs nosted viii he sent by the big balloons mounted ny
more f6an four grammes. Beside these bigbaloons n
nerOus small free balloons Will ne cOntluualS oUs
nv which the pnhic will he at liberty TO send carries
poses open pieces of card upon one SIDE 4i when %
they write what they haze to say We li,e viii be
dispatched for 10 cents n" eommnnicatng with their
are NOT qSS different reports Of the baoo2StS it
t6e envirOne of Paris, excepting i'll certain spots Wele
large encanpments near, the Prnssian INES Oh IN
Vestment were quite free from soldiers, which proves
that they remain hid all day and no doubt Work al Sh
FAvRE SAYS He WAS INsULTED BY BISMARCK
ALLEGED PRUSsIAN ATROCITIES-TlIE GARDE
MOBILE MAKING THEIR TOILET.
PARIS, Sept. 27-With regard to Jules Fayres
recent mission here are a few facts of Importance Of
which can guarantee the authenticity. So far from re-
ce,ing him with the politeness and courtesy due to
man IA bis position NJ dc Bismarck was more than rude
His arrogant tone and manner made the most painful I'M
preston upon the Envoy of the Republican Government
The Intelligence by tee graph Of the occupation by the
Pssls of the frontier of ChatlOn the 18th reached
the Count while Jules Favre with him. Bismarck
ho,uished the telegram under the very nose OF jules
Fayre, cXclaiming, There You Here is another
victory pretend you going to defend Paris You
can't it, You can't resist Your soldiers have run
away. Theys sare Edcsertng the field. We must
have PARIS. We will have il, cost what 1t may.
II remain ten months before it, We will have it," !
confess that when informed OF this cbullitiOn OF
feeling, the very day after Jules Fayres return,
f strongly inclined to discrcdit it, that took ne
further notice Of it, But the facts perfectly accurate
received this assurance from a gentleman who hold
them from the original authority. Jules Favre was es
roteI by several officers to and fro from NJ Bismarck
quarters They manifested the greatest anxiety for
favorable result When left after the final Interview
they crowded around him exclaimng, "Wclli Wei
pcacel' 81 sorry 10 say" replied jules Favr'
that peace impossible upon the conditions proposed
II the knife The officer
made no effort 10 disguise their dsapppOint
mcnt. and said to him. seyerally, All, Monsieur, W
desire peace more than you do W away from
our families. We shall never see them again We shal
Gnd graves under your walls take God TO wit
hess tfpItu IdNit, liiL IL II not ilc ldull VI lu
Republic. We coLtcut to pay the penalty of tn
OF the Empire, but cannot coIsent TO be humil
iotel a- q nation, and reduced to a nothing"
We hayc Of asccrtainng rule, the dcgTe,
OF crcjcnce that may attach TO the narratives whicl
reach rs Of the acts Of the Prussians. but for the follow
iug fact v0uch upon the authority OF member o
the family the victim. The Prus>Jus eXacted Of ID,
hamlet Of Saint -Cyr-lEcoe, money payment Of 10000
francs. II Is small and poor village, and
the Mayor could not have rased-eyen had
ne tired under other circumstanccs-anytl thing
Ike such a sum. The attempt at this time
when scarcely any inhabitants remained, would have
been simple absUrdity. He told the Prussian, what
pradclment he in but they wOuld not listen to
Him. and a when the delay they had fixed had expired
the amount not forthcoming, they led him out and
Shot him. His wife died suddenly Of the shock. Most
0f the Garda Mobile their arrival were very poorly
thod and clothed Gradually they have been improved
in these particulars Many Of the empty shops, advcT-
ted 90 be let have been hired appropriated and
yeIted into workshops where hundreds OF to
he seen early and late, manufacturing trOwsers and
tunc- and k6ps, with the aid Of the sewing machine
twhO,e continual click and Whirr keep up active
competition with the click the Chasscpdis a. the
Garde Mobile drilled. few days ago distri-
button OF shoes, made fuuauned leather made the
Garde Mobile located I'm the neighborhOod Of the Boulc
ward HauscmaHn, Boulevard Uhrch which {. their
mastering place They lost nfting them on and
hundreds Of them might have been seen .ttingo on the
Keb changing their old >loes for the new
The lettO ones that too far gone do any further
service were discarded at and of Old loo.
and shoes were left on the pavement aud ia the for
The benefit OF whOmsOeyer chose to make collection
Two 0i hree days afterit il just siuce d-tIi-
button OF new trousers made same public way
preliminary measurement took place, and anon Of
went The old, and on went the new. 10 the immense
amusement Of the crowd assembled 10 see the di.ilu,
ton.
FRENCH SORIIEs-sINKING or A FRENCH GIN
BOAT-BALLOONS.
VERSAILLES, Sept. 30.-This morning thcre