The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-08

last night from Paris by the ordinary courier
and VIII forward them by the next steamer. The
following Is extract from the latest date, October
8. . letter OF Colonel En-
SOCIALISTS AT WORK.
The Socialist opposition IL still at work and grow
ing holder. They now demand the confiscation OF
the property OF all whe left Paris, for the benefit OF
the national defenders and the sequestration OF the
property of all accompliccs In this Bonapartist
usurpation The government mas been weak enough
to yield In some points to these men. They also
demand the destruction OF the Column vendome and
all monuments pertaining to the Bonapartes.
THE QUESTION OF FOOD.
Inc question OF food begins to be serious and food
riots are feared. Already the club men are urging
tne people on, saying that the provisions belong to
the people and that Paris had right to take tnen
Five thousand beeves and four thousand sheep are
Killed daily. which Is perhaps enough for all
u Just distribution was made, but, unfortunately
money buys the best IN quality and quantity and
little or none IS left for the poor. Many groceries
nave been closed by the people for raising the prccs
There is no forage for the horses, which being
Killed or meat. Charcoal and wood have nearly
failed' which Is serious thing for the poor Sr
the CITY may hold out some weeks longer without
much suffering from famine II the proper organize
uon Is made. The government has fixed the price
OF meat and has made requlsltlon for all the rour
and wheat In the city.
THE FOOD AND MUNITIONS SUPPLY.
The Paris correspondent OF the London Times
writes TO the evening edition OF that journal that the
supplies Of meat are vanishing. Breadsturs are
plenty and are stored In convenient places. There
Is also plenty Of guns, ammunition, &c.
WOUNDS INFLICTED BY THE NEEDLE GUN-THE
AMBULANCEs
Cnaol ;nn tNx IN
correspondent, ON the Sd inst says that DR.. SWIM.
bgrne describes ,he wounds OF needle guns as ter.
Tible. Tue balls are Of larger size than any
other used by contcnding armies. The
ambulance went further into the Prussan
lines than into those OF the French after
the last battle. 1t was fortunate tnar
the party fell into the hands OF intelligent Prussan
regiments or they would not have escaped in safety.
The officers tod Rev. Mr. Lamson that If by chance
he had fallen In with Posen regiments, composed or
ignoranc fellows, they would not answer what the
consequences might have been. They were treated
WITH The greatest courtesy
THE GENERAL SITUATION.
The forts are manned with sailors, who conscien-
t0usy fire of their cannon. position has been
lost Two s0rlics, consisting OF troops aud armed
peasants, have been driven back. The National
Guard does duty on the ramparts and drirs III The
streets.
PARTISAN ROASTING AND HOPES.
Behind their pits, their troops, their or pea
SAINTS, and their ramparts they boast OF what they
will do The Parisians appear to rely upon every
thing except their valor. one day 1t is the Army
or the Lore; another day, some mechanical ma
chiuc; another day discussions among the Prussan
generals and another day, the Intervention OF Rus
STA and Austria.
ABsURDITITs AND OUTRAGEs.
| Meantime the clubs denounce the generals. club
orators make absurd speeches. The Mayor changes
the names OF streets and nscribes "Libe,t5 egate
etJ1'dt1raitd' on the public buildings The journals
Of all colors with only one or two exceptions, are
ln.d with lies ana bombast and the people
believe the one and admire the other Tie Minister
Of The Interior placards the walls with idle procla-
nations and arrests OF Bonapartists. Innocent
neutrals are mobbed as Prussian spies. The only
prisoners we are French soldiers on their way
to be shot FOR cowardice. Nothing Is really done
Prussans to raise the siege, although the
! defenders exceed IN number the peslegers
LOUIS BLANC APPEALS TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
LOUIS Blanc has written letter to the English
people, which appears in the official journal OF Sat
! nrriay last. Ho says the siege OF Paris is a mon
! strous phenomenon, which viii be the scandal o
| history Civilization is prisoner IN PARIS. Tn,
King of Prussia is the Atta or the nineteenth cen
fury. lie appeals TO the English people, hui
! not for pity, for republican France has q right
| to the sympathics OF ALL He then describes The
| war. which he says ~ pau-Germanism gone mad
The King OF Prussia ought to have stopped tie war
! after the capitulation OF Sedan, when the empire
| had disappeared and the republic proclaimed. He
quotes from an article In the daily Ne,cs OF Sep
TENDER T. saying the republican party is In no wise
responsible for the present war, &C., and he darcs
| any TO deny that since September 4 their
party represented the aspirations and genius OF
France II Is not true that the French nation has
this terrible conflict upon Its conscience. The King
OF Prussia Is desperate gambler, but the bloody
| game OF bat lie may turn against INN. NJ. Louis
Blanc concludes: lr the English people understand
that Is that OF the whole world, being that
| OF justice. 1t Is for IL to act, to ponder
on what concerns IL, the consequences OF
leaving the rights OF conquest unbrid!ed. nation
which by it's indifference sanctions the saturnalia
OF force risks experiencing them, and deserves to
do so. 1t Is the business OF the English people to
| look to 1t. Ours is to prove TO the world that our
cause Is just and, this being understood to die for
the right (Which never dies) or conquer with IL.
THE BESIEGlNG ARMY.
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