Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-01-06
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PARIS, Goth day Of Blockadel Nov. 27.
Among the many notable peculiarities
of this siege there is perhaps none more
remarkable than the quality and abundance
Of food, considering that there are full g.
DOC, 600 OF US eating into our stock now
for more than two months. Salt meat
from the government stores was substitut-
ed this last week for the first time for fresh:
and so are TO alternate as long asthe latter
holds out. How long that will be we shall
know better in few days, when the horse,
mule and donkey census is taEea. OF
COWS five days ago there were 4217 that
arc to be kept for milk, and 1920 to go 10
the slaughter. Nor has OK beef quite dis
appeared. Dogs, cats and rats (there is u
shop for the sale of this small game in the
| street next -mjne) help little. Rabbits
at s. to 81; hens S. so to So; geese IS, to
| $40. DC, are fanoY prices, but also help
/ the rich q little BreGa-tho e8seniial-
coffee, chocolate, wine, are at old prices;
sugar Il TITLE, and Said oil somewhat high
| Ell than last year this time. We can hold
out until New Years Day. without much
hardship; till mid January cheeriully If an
occasional victory over the enemy, about
Us here or in the provinces, keeps US IN
heart; till February glorioualy, ii we fesl
assured of driving hlG Oft b that time. -
The recovery Of Orleans was az helpful as
a month 4 Feyietua,!ing, Continuous bet
ter news from the departments since tnen
keep up OuT-stirits. We no longer jtel So
alone, 50 dest r;cu If France, as wo did
during that oppressive silence that lasted
| from the 26th Of October 10 Noycmbcr Il
The thou8ande, (yes, Thousands of private
phOtOmicroecopl kilograms from all parts
,f-ry IL
| have done more, perhaps, 10 lis Hp Out
peoples hearts than ti,o official reports
| from Tours.
it was q mistake Oh the part a fhis
government not to publish immediately
on the rupture Of negotiations Il simple
statement Of what its condition Of reyic-
| tualling really was; not so much tor the
sake OF getting it before the fore lc7l world
! as soon aa Blsmarck'e cunning misrepre-
sensations, for letting Parisiane-a
much more interested and moe important
party know the truth IL 4 matter %
deeply concerning them. II would lave
saved great deal Of discussion, The ten
dencY of which was to weaker tie au-
| thority of government, to distract atten-
ton from The main business Of defenc~,
the renovation Of tho patrio ic files. Bn5
Bismarck himself put all night again. His
circular of Noven Der ST. reached govern
| Versailles,) on the 2Ist, and vas printed IN
| the Journa Oificel, 81 the % Certainly
no TREND OF cur cause has written more
| Efficiently for II. since FavIe's report OF
| his interview with Bismarck ut FerrieSes j
doa'u recall any French document, speech
or article that has had g. finer tonic effect
on our people than this Prussian State
| paper. II hls special Object had been "a
encourage Paris 20 proiopg resistance.
a il "a h.;
doubt even if Steiner t0ne-more
brutaliy-would have helped if. Int,
! however, he has kindly ADDED since. Hi
treatment Of ANAL aid lie SouTd 1t Vel-
saiilts, and OF tue wrecked balloon p45een-
gers, works admirably. On such matters
there can be 20 difference Of opiDiop, or
of feeling, except III degree Of intensity.
! Has Bismarck lost his cunning, or has his
shrewdness been overrated, that bo iosis' ?
SO on com pacting and strengthening us s
| Why tell France, more than two n ,nths
ago, that :" the authority repre- enteG by
| that minister woulG D6 overtbroED by
! the people If Paris were net taken II few
days (queiQueS .j0urS-70 Of them 50 i2c J
No doubt he thought 1T. bat why say il !?
The utterance OF the prophecy was an-
peal to the vanity, pride AMI good sense o.
the ParGians to prevent ats tnldi!meut; had
he held his peace, the Manifestation
| October had been more serious.
| MONDAY, November ga friend asked
me to BAN and cabbage fortnight ago.
An invitation to dinner in these times il
more than {: compliment. Louis Blanc
has let notice be given that he is collecting
material and making studies for history
| of the siege. &. Blanc has been reap
pointed to the BeauX Arts, an office he
held under the Republic of 184S, and
which has never been so we'll filled since.
I am keeping for you clean copies, as fast
as they are published, of the Puiileries
| Papers. The last two numbers are manly
| filled with kilograms from the Pope, Ea-
genie, ministers, generals, &c, between
the opening of the campaign and the 4th
of September. Even after what you
already know of the heedlesSness with
which tho war was entered on, of the in
capacity with which it WAS conducted up
TO Sedan, aud Of the lying that clothed all
surprise you. a gentleman engaged in the
horse census told me to-day that we have
abont Is, 600 edible horses %, 600 If traffic
in vehicles is given up. This is, of course,
exclusive Of the cavalry aud artillery ami
| mails. There is a great movement OF troops
to-day. Ducrot is to make great attem pt
to morrow with 1900 men, IL my in
formant is right. am most afraid OF the
want of discipline of our troop8-merc
fighting courage they don't lack.
Madame Jumel, known as the widow Of
Aaron Burr, died in 1865, in New York,
L l. IL