Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01


balloon trip, and OF the situation OF affairs IL
Paris at the time he left.
NO PRUSSIANS NEAR PARIS.
He started from that ci,s at two O'Clock yes
terdsy afternoon. No Prussisrs were to be
seen near Paris. Complete silence reis ael
about the city. No people were q be seen on
roads leai'ng to the city, and no boats OF any
kind on TIE liver
ASTONISHING THE PRCSSIANS.
On nearing Nersai"es the PruSsiars we're o; -
served in great numbers in camp. T .q-er
cropped among them great numbers o.. TIE
proclamation OF the government off e. &. which
had been printed in the German Language ,or
that expires pun pose.
BULIE ELS COULDN'T REACH.
The Germans opened a sharp IRE ON th , hal
loon, but the range was too long, aud no damage
was done.
UPS AND DOWNS.
On arriving over Houdon fifteen miles )uth-
west of Nantes, the balloon began TO fan, and
T'sssnder wss obliged to throw out ballas,.
Fortunately, he had several packages OF news
papers, which answered the purpose, and he
was not obliged to throw over his letters or sac
rince anything valuable. The balloon then
rose rapidly, and was carried along ID a point
near Dreau, in the department of E-,e &,
Loire, many miles west Of the Prussian lines.
LANDING OF THE BALLooNATIC.
TIssander descended slowly until he came
within haling distance of few peasants. whom
he now saw for the first time They assured
him hat there was no danger of capture. a. no
Prussians had yet been seen IN the rel yhbo
hood. I'ssander therefore alighted on reach
ing an even spot fsvorsbls TO hts projec.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND IETrrpS
FROM PARIS.
The balloon was properly secured aud the
letters, 1000 in number, were placed in sacks
and taken to the post Office at Dreux. when
they Will be forwarded in all directions wher-
ever the lines Of communication are uni1te
rupted.
A special locomotive was placed at the com
mand Of Tissander, at Dreux, in which he
came forward to Tors with q large number OF
Dispatches to the COVE. .'nent.
100000 SOLDIERS IN PARIS.
Relative to matters in Paris, he says the ci,,
is admirably defended. More than SOC. .oel SOL
diers were behind the walls-all of them well
armed and disciplined. The firing ION tina
forts has been 50 accurate that the PrrsSIans
have been baffied in their attempts 70 ere.k
. stries.
THE CITY TRANQUIL.
The city - perfectly tranquil. Nearly ALI the
shops are open 90 usual The public SQUARES
are occupied by troops, which are there drilled
and exercised. The boulevards next {, the for
tifcations and the Champ de- NJ ars, in the west
ern part o. the city, have been given up TO bar
racks for the Garde Mobile
ETERNAL VIGILANCE rs THE PRICE OF
LIrEETY.
At ten O'Clock in the evening ALI eaf,, are
the night. The forts are supplied with electric
lights, which are found to be admirably adam
ted for guarding againsS surprise.
NO BUTTER NOR FRUIT IN PARIS
There is neither butter nor f.uit TO be had
anywhere in the city, and fresh meat " IN soon
be scarce. There is, however, no lack of salted
p-o sioT 5, and OF -four the supply is sufficient
tor six months.
PRUSSIAN MOVEMENTS.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-The Prussisns a-e an
preaching Msiutenon, in the department of
Eu-et-Loire. Connun'cat between that
place and Chs-tres and Epernon has been sud-
denly dest Dyed. The Civic Guard, which has
recently been doing duty at Marseilles, has been
disbanded. II is thought that the Prussians are
preparing for grand attack on Paris from the
north at Genne, .lFers.
PARIS To BE STARVED OUT.
The peasants who fed to Paris on the ap-
proach Of the Prussians from the east have
asked permission to return to Their homes. The
PrussIan General he's refused, on the ground
that his object lie to starve out the city.
GERMAN WOUNDED.
The town OF Tournan lie filed with German
wounded. Most of them par .icipated in the
late unsucce ssful attempt to capture Charenton.
Lyons is perfectly quiet.
A GENERAL ESCAPES FROM METZ.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Telegram ha. the fol-
lowing:
LoSDoE, Oct. 1.-General Bourbachi has es-
capped from Metz and arrived in England. He
immediately took q train to Hasting. to visit
the Empress. 1t is believed that he carries dis
patches for her from Bazaine.