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


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PUBLIC BUILDINGS INJURED IN PARIS,
THE EFFECT OF THE FIRE INsIGNIFICANr-vIsI
TO THE PANTHEON, LUXEMBOURG GARDENS,
AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.
IFROA OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
PARIS. Jan. 6.-I went TO the Pantheon yes
terlay and to the Church Of st. Etenne de Mont The
Pantheon ia by rights the Church of Saint Geneveve-
Che patron saint Paris and all who call upon this SAINT
for snecor ock thther and to the Deghborng Church
of st. Etienne du Mont where abe has chapel The sd
OF January devoted in the calendar to Saint
and this day, accordingly begins her accustomed
u<uoatn-that is the nine days Of prayer addressed to
her To her holy shrine all true believers flock 10 pray
for Paris in this her time OF need The churches are
filled with anxious creatures who down upon their
fnees to the beloved Saint. "0h Saint Geneveve OF
Paris" they pray, "our good patroness, protect ne
Saint Genevieve Paris salvation and our guardian
have pity upon us Oh Saint Genevieve of Paris, thou
that with thy prayers dst city from the hordes
of Ata save us new from hOrdes OF his deseendant
While the people still praying we can hear the noise
Of shell bursting close ct hand. The bombardment OF
Paris OF something that hooks like bombardment has
commenced. Strange irony. We are on the rack for
news from the FreDoh province, and the only news
which Frenchman takes the trouble 10 send into us
concerns the fertility Of his black On the third day
OF the year people rush 10 the special churches OF
Paris pray the patron saint of the city Does the
blessed Genevieve heart II she docs at least she does
the German cannon for on the NTH DAY OF the
year the shells begin TO fan upon the devoted city Inc
formidable Prussan batteries the south opened zee
iay on the Forts OF ley vanves and Montrouge and
IN degree also assaulted the portion Of Paris on the left
bank of the seine The practical results OF the cannon
sde are Emall enoughi but the attack was very
violent, and the roar was terrine The Prus-
stan shells are Of great stEe-many OF tDem
"a inches IN length. But their effect 10 80 little In
aud 70 fheir
many people cannot help believing the eaDnOnade to be
AmeFe fent 10 mask other ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO
conceal the withdrawal of troops from Paris IT, as We
gather from German papers 1t was intended 70 have
psychological effect the result would certainly not be
REGARDED by the enemy satisfactory When the
Prsans recovered their first shock OF surprise at the
bombardment, they regarded IL very much as they
would an exhibition of fireworks. They gathered TO
every high place and coCn Of vantage where they could
zee the pyroteehnical display and watched with curious
lterest for every explosion. With difference, how
ever whenever bomb suspicouslynear, they fell
tat on their faces with a ludicFous consentancity
The Parisians are wonderfully obedient 20 rules
and recpes For every situation in life they have re-
cipe And as they have been informed that when
shell bursts upon them the best chance Of escape is TO
fall upon their bellies down they go whenever there
appears the slightest symptom OF danger Nothing can
be laugLsble You hear. or you fancy you hear
wldzz IN the air. Instantly the Parisians-men and
vomen-pick out the eeanest places and Aprswl the
ground OF they will learn, long, 70 be less
sager 10 fall down but when first begins 70 obey
one takes II in its widest and foows II abeo-
iutely. When the people are moro accustomed TO the
Ihes they wiz learn to distinguish the cases where the
rule lie absolutely necessary and where it 10 supernOus
Fur the present. they s obedience within range of
the shells and kiss the earth with aerty which will
doubt be effectively reproduced in the comedes
taloes and burlesques Of many years 70 come.
Perhaps II the Prussians had begun bombarding the
south Of Paris and the forts to the south people might
have ready to believe in their serious intcn
ton Of reducing the city by this means But they began
by eIpendng enormous weight Of shot and shell on
the forts Of the east at very long range where the can
Donace sheer waste Of munitions IL calculated
that from the nth December TO the LIST Of January 900
proeces hurled upon the forts Of the easHnisy
ROsny, and Eogent Men who have been
present at SebastOpOl and at Charleston, in tho
days Of the most furious bOmbsrdment declare
that never have they seen anything 30 hot as
the attack upon the forts Yet the whole
eight days Of attack upon them have produced but 100
wounded and 90 killed, while the effect upon the walls
hes been almost mperceptible. II could scarcely be
otherwise considering tho distance Of the PTussan bat
tering that SIDE They established at Raincy,
GSgny and Hoisy le Grand. The batteries at Raincy,
the most powerful OF any, 400 metres from the fort
Of kosny $500 from that of Noisy 5000 from that Of No
gent The other batteries arc still more distant At
these ranges the most powerful projectiles have
But feeble effect on the works; and there is such
lapse Of time between the Fash Of the gan and the
arrival OF its missile that have plenty OF time get
under cover. On the whole the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
nooted and long eIpected-has hitherto turned Out
failure.
The noise is tremendous, and the expenditure must
DC ENORMOUS but tho results are as good iustra-
ton a. one could find OF the old story Of the mountain
and the mouse. NJ Bismarck in one Of his circulars
talks OF The waste Of munitions OF the forts Of Paris In
helr continued firing People here could not understand
IT, and would not believe IT, They may understand and
beeVe II now, seeing how comparatively ineffective has
boeh the prodgOus cannOnsde opened the south OF
faTs-lheneeuVe' meaD Of course upon the forts for
vans itself has not yet been seriously bombarded Per
aJs NIFTY shells have burst upon the left bank OF the
tine, some breaking az far a. the Gardens NJ
Tie LuIemburs. But, probably, number Of
these were mere trial shots others may have
been the result OF mistake and a very few NAV
have been sent by way Of warning Paris ia warned but
sn Paris will not give up, and its only fear Is that Gen
JrOchu-since lie can do so httle-may coptenplate
surrender The General has 10 proclaim as no doc. ~
night all Tue walls that the people must not he INHALED
by the deInagOguss who deDO1ncc him ~ traitor for
be win not esptuate. The Governor OF Paris win mot
capitUate :" these his words But the Parisan ,bo
f. one Of the most suspicious creatures the world a
Why does he cay that the Governor will not canitn
latet Why not say-that Paris will not capitula,e
Does he that he personally will not sign "A snrren.
DER but viii leave that duty 10 othersP OF course
tns higher criticism, but 1t shows the anxiety Of the
people 70 resist 10 the utternost They viii resist far