The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-09-29
IN A STATE OFSiEGE.

IN I Dial vi ISiItI.
TIE EXPERIENCES Or AN AMERICAN LADY
Extracts of letter from an American
lady lately in Paris, dated
London, Sept. 1.-Gou may naturally
expect from me some news ofthc inva4od
or, rather, Of that small portion cf the
country which was under my owl eyes
| land even that, | am afraid, will be very
stale By the time it reaches you, so won
dertuIiy rapid have been the changes and
reverse of the French arms) To think of
| Paris being in a state Of siege; Paris the
great centre, the great light Of Europe and
civilization, the capital of the world,
whether 10 the arts of war or peace
Whether IN science, manufactures, or art,
she held position alike prominent. Her
revolutions conyulsed the world, her pros
perity influenced that of all civilized IA
tons, and her depressions Or her humilia
tons could bring corresponding evils upon
the rest Of Europe But, ali! the sight
presented to-day, how different; every
avenue to the capital being filled up by
long files of carts, trucks, hand bar7ows,
laden with the humble inhabitants of the
ueirhboring villages; with women and
children stuck on the TOP Of their poor
furniture, and their clothes tied up in
sheets, with truck here and there the
father Of the family driving few pigs,
couple Of cows, and in some instances geese.
Every gate is bockaded with the tide of
emigrants and Immigrants, crossing each
other all day long The rich are going and
the poor are coming in, and thus two eur
rents keep streaming, the opposite direc
tons, without interfering one with the
other, realizing, in an unexpected way, the
nh IN hot In d
supposed to present. The first to run, of
course, was the crowd Of butterfys, which
fiuttcr only in the sunshine so many swal-
lows that ''order their wings" like the
poets bird, and are of for other climes
when bad weather sets in; but which flock
Rof o" lefe ex SaSs wal was q'Htky oo'#Gd 6y
the governors order to every foreigner to
quit, not only Paris, but France, and |
shall not soon forget my journey to Calais,
on a dark and dismal night or sitting in
the driving rain, at O'Clock in the morn
ing, on the lonely, dirty pier, soaked to
the skin with the rain, my feet III
thin slippers completely sodlen, for my
passport to be examined by one of the sur>
lest Of officials, before we were allowed 10
enter the boat | have witnessed people
hurled in few days from the widest pitch
Of exultant national vanity and lust for
glory to the deepest, bitterness, most be-
widering humiliation. One day calling
upon its public singers to sing victorious
pieans, the crowd on the boulevard echoing
them, among flags and Examinations, until
far in the night; and waking, still fevered
with the over nights excitement, to hear
east, fallen and panic,stricken confessions
Of disaster following on disaster, till the
heart Of France, 50 light and buoyant on the
eve, was turned to stone.
The preparation for the defense Of Paris
are carried out with unsparing vigor The
Notifications have arisen almost as maiesti>
cally as Aladdin's palace, the beautiful
Bots da BouIogne being almost entirely
destroyed How distressing to see the cut,
ting down Of those splendid trees; loss
winch centuries cannot repair and one
month ago, If one had as much as touched
branch, he would have been imprisoned
| for vindai. All OF those lovely, pictur-
esque little villas on the outskirts of the
city are being demolished, with their ex-
qusite gardens, fountains, and flowers, the
admiration OF every one who came to
Paris; aud destroyed at their owners cost,
too Is not that piIlng Pellon upon Ossa?
The mania for seeing Prussian spies
everywhere is making the French crazy
with such daring and audacity that it
calls fol many precautions. \ Pru>sian
officer went all over the Notifications Of
Metz, in the disguise OF beggar woman,
selling matches. Every day, people are
/ being arrested as spies, and shot almost
without Judge or jury. The beautiful
Countess de Fortales, one OF the greatest
ornaments Of the imperial court, who in
conjunction with the princess de Ietternich
and the Duchess de Galltct, formed the
three graccs, has been arrested, is now in
Nincennes, and, it j. said, will certainly
be shot The mob Of Paris, in its present
mood is no joke. 1t is suih .ienJ for any
std Ut Arab to raise a shout Of 'PruSsian
spie, and point cut any decently dressed
person in the street, for the mob to rush
at tile victim, and, but for tho interference
Of the police, the supposed Prussian
would be torn in pieces. \ Frenchman Of
unblomished fame and patriotism, was
hunted down by the peasants in his own
park They dragged him to a horse-pond,
and having beaten him until his arms and
legs were broken, pilcI faggots over the
on the top OF sn omnibus, day or two
ago said lie dil not believe the Frussians
eat the hands of their prisoners; his
fellow travellers. Ia their fury, tossed HIM
to the pavement. breaking lis neck and
aud he was taken up dead. An! the
woysmcu On the Qualifications pIcaazei
man TO death for pYesuming that the
prusSjans bright &c; to Paris. \ gentleman
friend OF mine ran very narrow risk 4 few
nights ago. B-.ag 02t waking, and feel