New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-09
INSIDE PARIS.

MtvoRALTY AND ARAGoS REsl0NAIloN 80,
CHAOTIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. iOi
A SORTIE -,
rRoN OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
pms Nov. 12.-BallOons, as our sole actuh
.rs ~ sending Of dispatches, have special attrac-
,on for rs The Government has voted sum OF WV
toonsblc one NJ Dupuy dc rOmc-to try by experiment
n plan for bringing back balloons into PARIS ~
difcuty to be overcome Is great, and the pay lS
,or,p,eDsurate but tho name Of the machine is gun
a par with the difficulty. ThePneumoheiieopngI,
ar,e eivcn 10 his Observation-Disclosures" -
hack by NJ. Dupuy de rome. Awaiting TINS "Ii o,d
we are reduced TO simple balloons for the u'4 tr+
simpler pigeons for the return -. st,tion
come back from the Orleans -. ,,ou-
o. po u,oporr, or the Niepce, 90 no' nv"
which. have dispatched p''ei -,
- ,-oot AGO sent two by the same mooe OF
.ororoo 7. was the first opportunity "hoi''" iuo "S
ar 1r,bors Godard's balloons. THESE Seh'ieIuo" n"'0
,r orl,o,s Railway station as a WORKSHOP hc'C "io
balloons I'm every stage Of CONSTRUCTION anu ,o 80
- 4; ,darl presiding, who themselves the most
80 ~ reir stlf Of work-people Every balloon Is
- 20 g, particular pattern, and notice it IS ronder
-, tbo base than that adopted by Nadar These buiBy
servants Of the public made up OF sections OF STOUT
calico colorcl and vanished before being placed IN tue
hands # the 900 nccdlewOmcn whose duty II is tose"
the srjn together This is not done by machine but by
t,rd che work being stronger. one Of the Messicurs
Goddard ruis ont the sections, all Of which are numbered
First como those which form the top Of the balloon ana
n 10 the vaye then in succession those Tor the sdes
diminishing almost 70 a peak where they are
united round circle OF wood large enough
IN admit easily a mans head, and under the
wood they are gathered and tied The -leSsieurs
Goddard employ large staff OF sailors to make the
corlace and weave the netting, the whole OF when Is
pitched 10 prevent the absorption OF moisture ana the
CONSEQUENT inconvenience of tension and contraction
which operate disadyautageOusy upon the balloon at
any great elevation AS the aerosta is PIT together
of oh and a a 81
when complete The sections hung up TO dry under
the roof Of the immense sheds Of the station and the
whole having been united and duly vanished the
balloon is conveyed to another she'd where il Is inflated
with wind by means Of an enormous bellows ana then
left 10 dra process requiring hours or days. according
90 the condition Of the atmosphere. Some hatdozen
balloons are always on hand ready to be dispatched at
fhe shortest notice Each costs about $1,000, including
the services the arOnaut At O'Clock every evening
the Messers GODDARD give instruction to the sailors or
the young men whose ambition is TO become
aGronauts, in the mysteries OF their profess
sion and now have quite q school, They
ascend and descend in captive balloon ana are
thus famarized with the of the gmdcropes valve
and anchor the MAN, the process Of construction Is
the same the Case du Nord, where Messrs Darols
& Yon-reccntly Nadar, Dartois YOn-are installed.
The only ference + IN the detail Of the work. The sew
ing is done there by machine and cheaper. The
varnish is applied when the balloon is completed and
the balloons are an Of color, cream white, those OF
Brothers GODDARD being deep otlegreen relieved
with stripes of red and orange. From both Associations
have received the most courteous treatment Both are
employed Nv the Government which regulates the de-
partures according to necessity Thus there is de-
pcndcnce upon them.
attended this morning with than ordinary in
teres al from the orleans Station, because
one OF the aGrosats-the Daguerre-borc of my last dis
patch for The TRIBUNE, and the other-the Nepcecon-
voyed away NJ. Dagrou the celebrated photographer,
who IL TO naugurate tho system Of postal photo
graphy HIS apparatus consisting Of series of cases Of
about three feet in length by one in width,
and about four inches thick, attached to the
outside OF the car, completely surrounding It,
Since September %, q balloons have left
Paris laden with letters, dispatches, and travellers
Some chartered by the POst-Ofice, Others
by the Telegraph Company two three by the Minister
of Public Works, and as many by private spectators
but all under Government control Every passenge
must be provided with passport and pass signed b.
GEN Trochu, Governor of Paris, by the Minister
the Interior and by the Minister fOr Foreign Affairs
The sole dependence Of the Government for replies to il
dispatches is the carricrpigeons taken away by tn
aJronauts Upward Of 200 Of these intelligent messen
gers have been thus carried away, but not than
have returned The Prssians are always on the look
out for our balloons If the wind be tOleraby strong
useless for the enemy 10 attempt TO pursue them but
SIT be light, the Uhans off in the direction OF tn
flight of atrial messengers and await their descent
or as soon as they within shot fire into them TIT
Door pigeons which the aGrOnauts let fly must eithe
find their way home or he shot II the weather be unfa
vorable they fly low, and become easy prey to The
lrussan lookout Some have reached Paris-sadly hurt
.poOr things. The chances of receiving replies TO dis
patches by these winged messengers many 10 ont
against return and when they succeed they can
bring Of any weight; 81 grains is an over
charge. In consequence the pigeOnelegrams very
imperfect.
TO Obvate the Inconvenience Of the present un
certain system, and TO meet the popular demand
from, flp avfnT fhq ont n
at0ry in this matter in others-has just de-
termined TO adopt mode Of communication with
the provinces, which it ought 10 have adopted
at first. II has selected ClermontFerrand Puy-
GtD6me) center of postal communication. All let
tiers in reply to those sent from Paris are 10 be sent
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, where they will be mcToscOpcally
photographed These photographs will he transmitted
to the central Administration in Paris and in due
forwarded the parties interested. There two cate
COries OF repesthe first by postal cards bearing four
questions to which the person addressed must reply sim
ply No. These letterdispatches purchasable at
The PosOice are TO be sold at cent each, and the
dispatch and reply to cost 20 cents. II correspond
wishes TO be lOquaciOus he may be the Of
10 per word but his loQuacity is limited 40
words including the address. All letters must be pre-
paid in full If friend wants TO send money 10 another
in distress, he forward a PoStOhlce order the
amount Of &C., maximum; price co cents and above
the usual charge for Post-Odice orders.
PARIS, Nov. 15-Last evening the Government pub
lished telegram from Tours, dated on the llth which
pacarded at O'Clock the walls Of the 20 tuGries
Uf Paris, and in every Other conspicuous position
IT was the news Of a vctory-according TO Gambetta
IT states that the 10TH Gen. Aurees de Paadines re-
took the City OF Orleans after contest which lasted
two days The French losses down at 1000 men
killed and wounded. But they took 200 prisoners and
che number Of these was augmented Two Prussan guns
also captured 20 cassOns Of ammunition and bag
gage and large number of wagons and vehicles laden
with provisions The action confined chiefly IN the
village OF Coumiers the 9th and the dash and spirit
Of the troops reported to have been remarkable not
wthstanding the bad weather" This telegram is pre-