New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-08

and it requires thlrty-hve kilogrammos ef
powder for each discharge.
General Branchitsck has been spoo;ntaS
military governor at Versailles
The Bavarians about Bitsche, which place
they are besieging, occupy wooden huts m
stead of tents.
A dreadful earthquake occurred in CoIo-
bia. Many lives were lost, and several vii
lagos entirely destroyed.
General La MarmOra leaves Florence foe
Rome on Monday.
Especial to the Now York TlmeaI
LONDON, October 7.-Letters from Paris,
dated October 3, state that the Socialists
opposition is still at work, and growing.
They now demand the cOnfscatiOn of the
property Of all who left Paris, for the benefit
OF the national defenders, and the ,seque0-
tration of the property of all accomplices
In the Bonaparsist usurpation. The gov
ernment has been weak enough to yield in
some cases. The question Of food begins to
be serious. Already the club men arc
urging the people on, saying the provisions
belong te the people, and Paris had no right
to take them.
Five thousand beeves and five thousand
sheep are killed daily, which is, perhaps.
enough for all if . just distribution WAS
made, but unfortunately money buys best
in quality and quantity, and little or none
is left for the poor. Groceries have been
closed by the people for raising prices-
There is no forage for horses, which are b.
ing killed for meat.
Charcoal and wood have nearly failed,
which is q serious thing for the people, still
the city may hold out some weeks longer
without much suffering from famine if tho
proper organization is made. The govern
ment has fixed the price of meat and mado
requisition for all -four and wheat in tho
city. DR.. Swinburne describes the wounds
~
are of larger size than any other used by
contending armies.
Our Rome correspondent, under date OF
the third instant, describes the scenes atten-
dant upon the vote on the plebiscite. H0
says he visited most of the polling places
during the day and can give testimony -
an eye witness that q better and fairer plan
than that adopted by the Municipal COun-
ell could not be desired. Every class of tho
population voted except the priests and
those associated with them. At one polling
place an object Of particular curiosity and
applause was monk with his capuchin
habit decorated with the national cOl0rs,
going with the rest to deposit his vote for
liberty. He was the sole representative
wearing the livery of religion and church.
l have seen the carnival in its best days, but
ing such will, hilarity and spontaneous joy.
The material damage done in the city by
the Italian assault, was that done to the
walls at Porta Ria, the Scalara, gate and
windows of the palace Of. La Trau. Tho
Brazilian buildings and the covering of the
Scala Sunta received no injuries. Tho
large palace of the Villa Bonaparte was
burned BY flying missiles, which entered
the roof The process of changinamfh0
names of the streets has begun, and asl
arms are fast disappearing from the public
buildings.
Especial to the New York Tribune.l
LONDON, October Louis Blanc has
written letter to the English people, which
appears in the official journal of Saturday
last. He says the siege of Paris is mon
strOus phenomenon, which will be the scaIs-
die of history. Civilization is prisoner in
Paris. The King of Prussia is the Atilla IT
English people, but not for pity, for Repuls-
ican France has the right to the sympathies
of all. He then describes the war, which,
he says, is Pan-Germanism gone mad
Prussia ought to have stopped the war after
the capitulation of Sedan, when the Empire
had disappeared, and the Republic had been
proclaimed. He quotes from an article in
the Daily News of September 7, saying that
the Republican party is in nOwise RESPONSE
BILE for the present war, etc. He dares any
one to deny that since September their
party has represented the aspirations and
genius of France. 1t is not true that tho
French nation has this terrible conflict upon
its conscience.
The King of Prussia is desperate gam
bier but the bloody game Of battle may turn
against him.
Blanc concludes: 'If the English people
understand that our course is that of tho
whole world, being that Of justice, it is fOr
it to act--tO ponder on what concerns it.
In consequence of leaving the rights of CON
quest undecided, q nation, which by its in
difference now sanctions the saturnalia of
force, risks experiencing them, and deserves
to do So It is the business of the
English people to look to it-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 to conquer with it,"
The Iribunc's special correspondent,
| writing from Berlin under date of the sixth,
says: The following circular from Bis
marck, dated Ferrieres, October I,
says: From reports in the public
| cation Of the French government in
| Tours have officially announced that tho
undersigned had declared to M. Favre that
Prussia would continue the war to reduce
France to the position of o power OF second
rank, although such expressions would
only be intended to influence
circle unacquainted with the language
used in International negotiation and igno-
rant of the geography OF France. Still tho
circumstance that this official announcer
ment bears the signature of Messrs. Gro
mieux, Glais- -BazQire and Fourich0D-gen
tlcmen belonging to the government Of .
| great European power, induces me to r.-
quest your Excellency to put it in the proper
| light in your official Intercourse.
In my interview with NJ. Favre, the ques-
ton of the condition of peace was mot
formally considered. At his repeated re-
quest communicated to the French Minis
| ter in general outlines the same views
which formed the principal topic of the cir
cular, dated Meaux, September Is.
| Demands exceeding those therein con-
tanned have never yet In any way been
made by me. The cessiOn of Strasburg and
| Metz which we seek in territorial cOnncc-
ton, implies reduction of the French ter
| ritOry equal in area to the increase through
| Savoy and Nice, the population of which
provinces, obtained from Italy, was about.
| 10000
When it is considered that France, ac-
| cording to the census of 1866, numbers 49,,
| 100000 of inhabitants. without Algiers, and
| $4,000. 900 with Algiers, who is now furnish
| ing an essential part OF the French war
forces. it is palpable that a decrease Of 750,-
| 900 changes nothing in the importance Of
France as against foreign countries, which
will leave to this great empire the Same
elements of power, possession whereof in
the Oriental and Italian wars enabled it to-
exercise so decisive an influence on the dcs-
| tiny of Europe These few points will suf-
| flee to successfully oppose the logic Of
| events.
| To the exaggeration of the proclamation
| Of the twenty-tOurth Of last month, L
would add that in my communication with
NJ. Favre expressly directed attention to
these views, and need not assure your Ex-
cellency that refrain Fl rom every offensive