The south-western., 1870-09-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

New York, Sept 1.-THE Times special from Lon
don says that Minister Washburne advises Americans
remaining in Paris during the siege to remain In their
houses, but be sure to keep the American flag flying
from the roofs or windows of their houses The
Americans take the siege cooly. @.f
The journal Official publishes decree this morning
fixing the price Of butchers meat. The best is to be
sold at twenty-one sous per pound.
The project of police has issued orders that all wines
and provisions found in all imperial palaces shall be
distributed to ambuanees. -ssE. T.
more hopeful feeling prevails in Paris to-day from
the announcement that Lord Lyous has gone to the
Prussan headquarters and that the election for Con
sttuona Assembly will take place the I'd instead
of the 18th October.
Arrivals from Paris describes the French as cage
for peace.
The Herald special from London II, says: Ou
special correspondent with the French feet writes tina
the sailors express much satisfaction at the prospec
of the raising of the blockade aad of their return t.
some point where active service will be possible
When the feet left Cherbourg, the Minister of Marin
made to Admiral Williamoz positive promise tha
alone should several iron clad ships follow at bre
intervals but what of the first Importance, tha
the feet of transports would speedily join him, con
veying forces of thirty thousand forty thousant
troops for land operations. This promise has beer
broken in both instances, and the fleet left to its owl
unaded resources; which has been barely self suffi
cient to maintain the blockade of the enemy's ports
Such services tedious and unsatisfactory Our sit
uaton is dangerous. -...1.
In waters Astounding in hidden reefs and shoals we
have no friendly lights to give warning in night nc
buoys to serve as marks by day, while we are com
peled constantly to guard against surprises from the
enemy, with small means are forbidden to attack
fortresses and could not do SO with the slightest pros
pect of success as the heavy iron clads draw from
twenty three twenty eight feet water, with the
ception of the Rochambeau, which combines formid
able armament with comparatively small draught but
little be done with single ship, must have
ships of mail but to what purpose could they attack
forts commanding entrances which are situated SO
high that it would be almost impossible to elevate
guns sufficiently to effect any thing while ships would
be subjected to destructive downward fire, escaping
which, they would encounter more formidable obsa-
cles in bays which filed with torpedoes and made
unnavigable by sinking vessels connected with chain
cables having only narrow and tortuous channels,
through which only smaller crafts manage pick their
way9 Under such circumstances it would be madness
to attempt to penetrate far enough to lombard towns
by few wooden and iron vessels. 1t would be a
piece of senseless temerity and probably result in
another German triumph, hence, a complete and dis
asrous failure OF the French fleet in the hour of dan
ger, Notwithstanding its heavy cost to the country
There should have been no fleet there, four
times as powerful.
The steamer City of Brooklyn took out one hundred
and fifty recruits for France.
The disease among the troops at Governors Island
S iDallSndnt pililous, not yellow lever lneFe mas
been twenty seven cases and nine deaths. No new
within three days. ..a. gE4g
Baron Sewer, who figured here before the war; was
killed at Metz ID. g.. ....
The French steamer Lafayette was detained here
for supplies for the French army
The brig r. G. Berry, from Havana, lost her cap
tain from cholera and seaman from yellow fever.
Two of fever aboard.
New YORK. Sept. l9-Cabes from private sources
LONDON, Sept 19.-Reported armistice unfounded
peace prospects unimproved.
Special kilograms has been two hours fight
ing ten miles from Paris. The French were beaten
but inflicted much damage
Favre's CIRCULAR is generally approved
BALTIMORE, Sept. 19-The Grand Lodge of the
l. 90 + is in session. Twenty four Grand Lodges
and twenty-three Encanipments are represented