The New York herald., 1870-10-06
TIE SITUATION IN PARIS.
TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW yosx HERALD.


Preparations Complete for n General At
tack-ihe Siege Guns nnd Mortars
Arrivcd--The City Ouiet--IIow the People
Live-Aspecs Of Paris-aIinisicriml Differ
ence-Au Parties United.
LONDON, Oct 8. 1870
correspondent teegraphs from Berlin the 9Th
OitcIal advlces from headquarters report that
preparations for regular attack the fortnca-
pe,ed The siege guns and inortars have arrived
and been placed in position for immediate opera
tons.
TUE CITY QUIET.
correspondent just from the German head
quarters at Versailles telegrayhs to-day from
Rouen, by way OF Bouloyne, that every
thing in Paris was perfectly quiet on The ID
1t is utterly untrue that there nave ever
been any disturbance Of the peace III that CITY, such
as seem TO have been IRON time to time reported
Nothing was ever heard OF them at Versailles, and
there were no indications of tn EN- IN the city.
HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE.
The police duty or The French captal is
now done by the armed citizens, and both
by the records OF the Prefecture and by the
unanimous voice or foreigners resident in the
city, there has never been period within the last
five years when cOmers of any SORT were so few
as since the closing III Of the investment The num-
Der OF foreigners remaining within tee cty is much
larger than would have been supposed probable A
number OF English and American gentlemen are re
siding there. as they say, ITO the great siege
out" Among these Mr.. Henry Laboucnere,
formerly a member OF Parliament ana owner OF the
London Datn Ne,cs Mr.. Harry Stone, the Amcrl-
can banker, who says the only really frightened
men ne has seen in Paris is bis concierge, Mr..
Eustes, of Louisiana, Mr.. lee Chiide, OF Maryland,
and Others. People dine ana drive about as il the
Prussians were in Berlin instead OF at ST. Denis
GENERAL ASPECT or THE cry.
Tee general as ect Of the city is graver than
usual but nothing can lead one to suspect that there
rs the least probability OF its surlenderng without
tremendous struggle, for which there is no lack
either or men, means. or OF resolutions
Imagine the resources Kingdom OF ten millions
Of souls concentrated III the hands OF an army five
hundred thousand strong, for the defence OF ar area
thirty miles IN circumference, and you will have the
best working notion Of Paris ~ 1t Is today.
MINISTERIAL DIFFERENCE or OPINION.
There was q difference between Troclu ana Roche.
fort on the one side, and Jules Favre on the other
about lhe organization of the war. jules ravre
wished to submit the whole question wheherfh war
should be continued TO popular vote. Gen. TrOchu
maintained, and Rochelort agreed with him. that to
DO this would be to expose The country to mlscon
strgction abroad and TO raise unnecessary excite
ment at home. They maintained that the presence
Of hostile armies on French soil was itself vote OF
the people for war, that no Frcnchmen could have
two op Mons as to the duty OF expelng those
armies and that II would be worse than trivial to
ask a question TO which there could be hut one
answer.
ALL PARTIES OMITTED TO DEFEND FRANCE.
Jules Favre freely acqulescci In this view OF the
case, and all classes OF the population are now
heartily as one In support OF the government IL
is. Even the most stubborn legi,imlss OF the Fau-
bourg ST. Germain are volunteering; their wives
ana daughters attend the hospitals Preparations
for electing members OF the National Assembly are
going on.