The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-10


There was no time to lose. with daily diminished
ra.iops the besieged city saw plainly, painfully.
that ere an armlstice Of twenry.nve asys expired
famine would be marching with giant st:.,aes %
aid the Prussians in the work Of the reduction OF
the place.
GLOOMY PROSPECTS,.
Everything appears gloomy in Paris. There exists
but small hope for the French cause.
The rejection or the arnistice by Prussia Is re-
garded as a call TO arms by the French, and there
now no longer exists any chance Of early termi-
nation OF the struggle except by the advent Of
grim death to one OF the belligerents.
PRUssIAN GUNS.
The fall OF Toul, Strasbourg and Metz freed the
Prussian armies from service elsewhere
The pesiegers have received their heavy guns, and
General Moltke is eager 10 commence the lombard
ment.
now THEY ARE FED,
Notices have been posted IN the butcher shops OF
Paris stating that the rations for three days have
been reduced to aquarter Of pound OF meat per
head N
THE WEATHER.
Already there Is frost and winter Winds Fuel is
very scarce. One wouli have supposed that the
Prussians would be discouraged but this is not So
They know that now that the armistice has been
rejected they must fight it out to the end even II
not one single Prussian should ever return 10 his
country to tell the tale of the war before Paris and
Of the defea, OF the Kings army.
THE MARKETS.
The opinion which was expressed everywhere
during the past week Of the probability OF an armis-
tice being arranged produced an extraordinary
effect on the markets in the city. The peasants
who had taken refuge in Paris with such
live stock as they could bring with them,
becoming afraid that temporary cessation
OF hostilities would lower prices wandered through
the streets Offering live fowl and rabbits for SALE
could have bought three fowls for twenty francs
and rabbit for twelve francs. Now that the armis-
tice has been rejected the prices are mounting up
with extraordinary rapidly.
RIOTERS
The government organ gives the reason for the
late arrests Of rioters On Monday last, and since
that day, inhammatory notices were posted by the
Reds. 1t Is also true that on the lst Of November
q number OF radicals met IN an unfinished church
In compliance with q call by poster placards.
at which the government took alarm. This same
meeting was placarded the day previous in another
shape. When the "reds'' were holding high reyel
at the Hotel de Vile, and the radical billstIck.-
ers had lott part Of their work unfinished till the
following day. the late Project of Police resigned in
consequence of the arrests having Teen ordered.
He was Of opinion that FIRM easy disarmng of the
enaete men would have freed the city from all the
consequences OF the red movement.
M. Raoul Regault, successor Of Lagrange, the
celebrated chief OF political police, was arrested IN
consequence or that 3lst OF October he was the
bearer Of an order signed ''Blanqui,n commissioning
him to Place himseli at the head OF the National
Guard and take possession q the Hotel ae vme
FLoUREEs.
Several Journals assert tia. ...save Tiourens ns
been .tea. Others say he has escaped TO Tours
The latter is not an easy matter.
TROOPS.
The entire National Guard being Immediately mo-
bilized, all men between the ages OF twenty and
forty, married and single shall be Incorporated in
the regular army and al Others shall be retained
for rampant duty.
The Journal 0Gaciel will 10 morrow publish de-
cree enecting the change Immediately.
The French have made up their minds to meet the
worst and IN firht 10 the hitter end