New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-31

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for longer periodbut think may say with toler
BILE certainty that Paris good for the lat Of March
In beyond all expectation, and confess surprised
but it Is than members Of the Government have
again and again predicted in hearing for many weeks
past acknowledge 20 have had my doubts thought
they were too sangune, and have been anxious 10
understate the truth. But now what do find 1t is
the eth Of January-that is exactly q fortnight from
the forteh day. the 10th OF January 20 which croakers
assert with dogmatism which shuts all discussion that
the endurance OF Paris extend. 70 TO men who
ought TO be the best informed in Paris cannot mention
Names but they ought TO know. say TO them, GLOW
ionei am told that the 10th Of January your last
day. You surrender. Tell truly" The reply
IL: "1 tell You truly stand out till March"
"And there no chance eapuation In tho present
month"; "Not the least in the world from famine. We
badly on, hut endure. Who lie 1t that gives
you the goth OF January the last dayT
81 cannot tell you bat ! do not mind telling
you tsthat those who put your day at the 10th
January declare that il you hold out till March the
Prussians will be knocked up high kite" He re-
Piled: at perfectly certain that hold out TIL
March Ihave always told you We can go well Into
March But say tho LIST Of March; IL lie enough" The
seems almost too good to be true but viii state to
you privately my authority and you judge for your
self to its crcdibility.
In conclusion, let mention that the thaw has com
menced To-day has been lovely Winters day-almost
The poor wounded soldiers hObble out clutches
watching play of the shes bursting upon Paris and
upon the fors able TO sit for hour abench,
vbyious Of the season, which has been deadly cold
JAN a-Tho bombardment still goes on, but with
efec-mOral or physical-so small that any description
of il would almost like bravado. That there have
been Deaths and that there has been destruction II is I'm
possible 20 deny and death aud destruction are always
witness But for the object which the Prus
slams have in view. the progous cannonade with which
Paris has been visited might as well have been saivo OF
champagne bottles The only practical result OF the
bombardment which l ind 10 one Jest tie
| more for the little boys OF Paris. When they
| zee . q particularly well dressed
| say q glorious In furs that argue extra
ordinary OF his person, they cry out, "Fat natl
shell-a sheli-d plat ccntreI Down on your faces"
The man, gorgeous in fur, falls fiat the gromd-per
baps the gutterand the Partisan urchn reoices with
exceeding great Joy. The effect OF the re In the
Fort Yanves which las had 10 bear the chief assault
| has been insignificant yet In Paris, on the south
bank Of the Seine draw line like that we see IN
maps of physical geography where we are told that here
s the line which limits the cultivation Of the vine, and
here the line beyond which not heard the of the
nghtiB gale 1t ia the line 70 which the Prussan
shells carried They have burst upon the gardens
of the Luxembourg the Invsdes. upon the Obser
vatoBy upon the boulevard, and street which take their
from the hottest Of all hot plaoes-thc Boulevard
| dEnfer.
But most Of all they seem 10 converge the Pantheon,
for IL appears that the Prussians have idea that
| there is a powder magazine in the Panthe0n-only
hundreds and Of men praying TO Sante
Gencvieve TO Paris-though the blessed virgin OF
Nanterre seems hear them not In this quarter OF
the townhouse "a celebrated painter lie working 1t DIS
easel; shell punges hts study, destroys his pic
lures, but does him bodily harm. cab goes along
streets in the lazy fashion peculiar to French cabs
II contains lsdies and If the coachman had been
little active II need he recorded that one
killed. and the other only frightened. Frightened
People may well be frightened such personal OK
periences butPars nevertheless lie comparatively in
different, and the psychological moment IL not come
nor Is at hand So much life has been destroyed that
few lives less can mako no great diherencei
and 60 much property-vaiuaple property-begins
to be deserted, for II lie dangerous. cantiniere
is in her bed. sound asleep, and dreaming
doubtless Of her gallant regiment shell Kills
her In her sleep dozen people are drinking In a
cabaret; comes a shell to scatter them. mother Is
.ittng table with her two daughters shell smashee
into room, but does them harm. In house hard
by IL burst babies in their cradle; the mother
PUSHES In terTorstricken and swoons with Joy TO find
that her babes unhur In one Of the houses some
soldiers cooking their dinners shell comes tumbng
into the pot the dinner Ia dsspated but the soldiers
are untouched We have become seasoned to suffering
hardened and like the dyers hand subdued 10 what 1t
works in,