The New York herald., 1871-01-22
Almost Total Cessation OF the
BOmbardment.
RuM0RS OF ARM|STlcE NEGOTIATIONS.
Expected Series of SOrties
from Paris.
More Big Guns for the Germans
Arriving.
EFFECT OF THE SMELLING In THE CITY.
TElEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

TELEGRAMs TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
LONDON, Jan. 21. 1871.
have received the following despatch from the
NEW YoRKsHERALD correspondent at Versailles,
dated January II. Your correspondent writes:-
LITTLB FIRING.
With the exception OF On occasional boom from
the guns in Fort Mont vaeren there has been CON-
plete silence along the French lines during the
past twenty.fOur hours. The German Bate
ries have also slackened their fire. Various
theories have been advanced to account for
this singular cessation Of the bombardment Some
insist that negotiations are pending. nag
OF truce came out from Paris yesterday Its object
is still secret. An answer was returned by 1t.
Yesterday it was rumored that the Germans had
agreed to four days. armistce, and this seems the
only plausible accounting for the almost total cessa
ton Of hosriliries.
THE GERMAN FIRE NOT SATISFACTORY
Counter rumors insist that the effect Of fire has
been unequal TO the anticipations Of the Germans
and that the batteries are being rearmed. gen.
be made tomorrow. IL will include st. Denis and
Fort Mont vaerien. Twenty-Five German batteries
are now In position available for the lombard
ment.
SORTIES EXPECTED.
1t Is said that General Trochu has decided to com.
mence OF sorties on the goth inst. which Will
be continued from day to day necessarily unless
Montrouge was quite active on the 15th and there
was great firing on the 10th from the forts on the
north side OF Paris Several minor sorties were made
on the 18th.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
Thirty unwounded Gardes Mobile have been
found frozen to death in the WOODS in front Of
Muzon. They had been cut or from their regiment
by the advance or the Sixth German corps
MORE BIG GUNS.
At this hour seven O'Clock P. M have just
learned that several large guns route for the In
vesting batteries have been stopped by the severity
OF the weather and some Of them overturned Some
very large ones. however, have certainly arrived.
PEACE ovERrUREs REJECTED.
Information just received makes 1t certain that
overtures OF some nature have been made by the
French. l have good reason to believe that they
have been rejected by the Germans and that the
bombardment, with increased severity will recon-
mence Immediately.
Peace Rumors-The Bombardment Slack.
ened-Efect OF the German Fire in Paris
Fifteen Killed Per Day-A just Complaint.
LONDON, Jan. 20, 1871.
Versailles despatch says 1t Is believed there that
negotiations looking to peace are pending.
THE BoMBARDMENT sLAcKENED.
The Versailles correspondent of the Telegraph re-
ports on the 10th rnat the Germans have twenty.
two batteries available for against Paris. For
the past three days, however, the bombardment has
slackened and for the past twenty -four hours has
totally ceas ed.
EFFECT OF THE FIRE IN PARIS
A balloon has landed In Belgium with advIces
from Paris to the 18th inst. The bombardment was
causing considerable damage; but the fires occa-
stoned by 1t were easily extinguished. Somelof the
muls for the grinding OF corn had been damaged,
and supplies Of meal were In consequence failing.
FIFTEEN KILLED PER DAY.
Advices from Paris Of the 18th state that the num-
Der Of deaths in the city from the bombardment is
estimated at fifteen per day.
A JUST COMPLAINT.
The Paris Slec,e condemns the inaction Of the
French navy in not ntercepting the German Ameri-
can steamers.
Locations of the German Batteries.
Elsewhere we publish an illustrated map OF Paris
and the environs, showing the positions of the
German batteries and the points within the city
reached by the projectiles from their guns. The
white tines issuing from the guns and terminating
in Paris in the forts indicate the range and course
Of the shells.
From the batteries al Sevres the range is little
over four miles 1900 metres,. The guns here throw
proectes across the Bots de Bouogne, crossing the
Champs Elysees at the Arc de Triomphe, and pass
ing the Hotel des Invaides to the Place de la Con-
corde Shells from here fall into the avenue of the
King of Rome and the Avenue Importance.
At Meudon the German guns are much closer than
at Sevres, the distance being less than four miles
$1,000 metres). From there Forts Issy and vanvres
are swept by shot and SHE'LL and Paris is bombarded
in the vicinity Of the Exposition Universee building
Hotel des Invalides and large section OF the city
| west OF the Luxembourg Palace.
The batteries at Clamart are about four miles and
quarter distant 4 200 metres) but the guns mount
ed are of very heavy callbre throwing projecriles
| weighing over two hundred pounds. From this
point the greatest execution is DONE Not only are