New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-04
RUINS IN THE QUARTER DIES INyALIDEs
INJURIES TO TIE PANTHEON, LIBRARY or ST.
GENEVIEYE, AND OTHER PoINTS-BREAD DE-
sTROYED BY PRUssIAN AGENTS.

raInDdrtS tlat SIDE thS liOtdu''' wv ''''~'
of the guns in the PrIssan batteries could nc distinctly
seen reaching from MOntrouge TO MeDdOn and tho
reSoubt of BrimboriOn. Never sdch an Internal
din. Mont Valerien distinguished itself most paItcu-
lary. II it was the young lady christencd Valerie
whom saw mounted on her iron carriage on the sum
nit OF the fort when there the 26th Of Noyem
Der, who spoke yesterday to the Prrss.ans / can
compliment her upon the strength Of her voice. Ike
Johnny Gilpin," she "carries weight" without her
stand, she tips the scale at Is tuns. Her mouth
il "a centmeers width call it bore. She is mounted
upon a movable platform, and coughs out pFoJectles
weighing "a Kilograms EACH which her strong breath
propels the terraces OF Versailles and - GerDaln
They have pumped down upon these spots more thau
once the considerable establishment Of the non-natVe
intruders. Yesterday she was pounding Montretoul,
Garches and BrimborOn at rate and NIth aVlgor
which left nothing TO be desired She has stepsiser,
named Josephine at the battery Of the Point du Jour,
who was also sending iron compliments in tue same d.
rection and with equal viyaety. The fire cOntinu
GUS all along the line OF the forti1cations--as well -
from the forts OF Issy Vanves. and Monrouge-depart
ing from the Seine to the basons in the Of the last
named fort. 1 do not think such cannonadiEg has
been heard since the attack the forts commenced
Making the best OF my way toward the quarter OF tho
Invalids reached the abattoirs at Greneile. Shells
had fallen in the great courtyard Of the former building,
without dong much damage. The cupola remained
intact; but the a6dtt0rs rdded with holes some
distance further written notice posted WITHIN
the iron grated door OF butchers shop to the eject
that consequence of the bombardment, the dstriOu
ton of meat which should have place that day,
was postponed until next day-to-day. found the
Boulevard du Mont ParnasSe pretty lively With people,
but being within yards Of the Western Staion-hat
is the Left Bank Versailles Railway shell came
crashing through the roof wiha big bang and deemed
It prudent TO take another direction. The inhaD-
itants Of the quarter were removing their
goods in wheelbarrows, hand-carts, and trucks,
or by hand. In the Rue du Bae, on the right
coming down from the Rue de Seyres aud proceeding
toward the quay, stood small crowd opposite house.
No. lS, vender of furniture shell had burst small
hole the wall the door, and had splntered and
shattered the windows OF the house Immediately oppo-
Site houses in the very heart Of the Faubourg
ST. German. had been informed that the HOepboe de Ia
Charlie in the Rue Jacob had also been damaged, but
this report unfounded. need not 70 into details,
but may say generally that although the lower portions
of this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. nearest the ryer-hd been
damaged by the furious bombardment Of the previous
night and OF that day yesterday and circulation IN the
streets really dangerous. Iperceved no indications
of terror any OF the districts visited The dome OF
the Pantheon has hole in IL large enough to admit
small boy and Gordon Of National Guards prevents the
crowd from satonDg the southern and the western
sides The splendid aud rare library of st. GGn6yieye,
adjacent to the Ecole de Drot has not es-
capped the Prussian bombs. Every precauon has been
taken to preserve the building and It's contents nom
HARM but it has big pieces of its walls Clipped of and
holes its The shells were ialhg so lh'k
and fast in the Mouetard did not deem il prudent
70 pursue any further my peregrinatons southwark
On my way home learned that two shells had crossed
the OF the Seine where the Isle ST. Louis breaks the
river into two streams which unite again liiue lower
down. then again spread out to form the de IL
more joining at the western end OF the Ront Nei On
an inspection the spot did not find that the fact in
Dictated an extension Of the range Of the Pruan guns
for the Qual Bethune is the enemys batteries
AS the crow hies-than the Place St. Sulpce, and be-
lieve the limit of the Krupps has been attained
It is of course OF immense Importance to the Pins
SLAMS 70 gain few meters, and hence the cnacy
with which they endeayorng to erect batteries
at the spot known the Moulin Perre-the stone mill
which forms the OF triangle, having the forts OF
yanves and Issy the extreme points OF its base.
sOrtie against their works commenced here took place
week ago. and far succeeded that they partially
destroyed but have had foggy nights and days SINCE
and the Prussians neyeri IL Is believed that
taking the fog they Fave succeeded in plant
ing batteries at the Moulin dc Pierre In such case they
would be 200 meters Paris aud We may soon
expect be receiving their shells on the Place dc Ia Con
corde.
The result observations yesterday confirms tho
opinion have already expressed first that the material
damage and the loss of life trihng when the area
bombarded and the density Of it, population are taken
into account; and secondly that the moral effect, as
means Of reducing the population TO snOniSsonPoht'
has not been pro luced The only argument whch VIII
cause Paris to surrender is that which famine will bring
home 20 every one. We eating bread composed or
unboted wheat mixed with barley and oatmeal rice'
and haricot fecue. very brown, heavy, and not
well favored but sufeency can b. assured 10 sup
pv the population for month six weeks, not man,
woman or child will grumbe, provided the priyations
lead 10 satisfactory result The reports respecting 'o
aetual stock Of provisions on hand are exceed
ingly conflicting To-day there mas been ahother
dash at the bread-shops, and numerous families have
been compelled go away unprovided T1is deporabe
circumstance does result ronsa lack OF Bread or OF
the compound from which Is made but from the utter
want of system in the distribution OF this first element OF
HE am assured many hundred hlograms-weght
~ bread have been nshed out OF the river the Canal
de pOurege and the Canal do Ia marne cannot voueh
for the fact but the report runs and the atrocous
act attributed to Prusan agents still in this city who
r .aid 20 purchase bread wholesale create an
annarent scarcity and destroy IL by casting "upon
the The history Of the bread riots OF g2 unor
tunstey furnish precedents for this grave assertion.
for the monopolzer Foulon-in conjunction with
his partner. the Duke OF Orleans-were proved 70
have thrown into the river thousands OF bushels Of
wheat. at a moment when tho population were on the
eve OF starvation but still possessed the buying
-four at high rate. l not disposed TO believe In
facta coming irom "a upon which can re-
w." am OF the view that nc this very trying time In
Paris there hundreds of spectators the prva
lions its citizens undergoing and who would not
hesitate 20 adopt any of pncreasing their gains
Nevertheless mind that NJ de Bismarck relies
upon famine and rebellion aswo Of his principal agencies
for bringing about the fall this metropolis aud seeing
how coincident are the bombardment and the alleged
scarcity Of breadho latter caused by extraordinary
rsh upon the bakers storcstbcrc may be truth In the
popular assumption that Prissan agents really sry
ing by creating temporary bread panic, bring about
o rebellion against the present o ,yernment