Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-02
rne Morals and sufrerings ofParis.

The Morals ana SuHerhhBs u E"FAs'
10 show what affairs were coming to
in Paris and how high timeit was that
peace should come, we reproduce from q
letter from a Paris correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Gazette this: .
+" But il is not only and not chiefiy. the
perishing classes that are perismng
Multitudes Of well-to-do people are sadly
pinched for money, therefore for food.
And must not fail 10 bear my testi-
mony to the silent patience with which
many persons in the midst OF this wicked
and adulterous generation carry the bur-
den of their privations. There are 'ele-
cant ladies reduced to one small room,
one small fire, and one small meal day.
They have no money, and they are too
bigh-spirted to ask for it, Suffer they
must to beg they are ashamed. They
eat their scop of horse, or 90 without 1t,
without complaint. They are rich and
destitute. Meanwhile the destitute are
rich, for there are environments, provi-
ded by the mairies, where the poor mans
ticket brings q dish of--nobody knows
what For the first time in my life | see
beggars receive, withoutseontemptously
returning, bitof bread, They snatch
il away, and put il away with lively ex-
pressions of gratitude and delight. fill
my pockets with sous biscuits, and drop
them into many a glad hand and empty
stomach. Every day bringsits additions
OF anecnng scenes. a woman u lh;I;,n.
age, ana unmistakaDie resPeeInaDii,sy,
when see under ven, Wnich sue nlts lol
a moment pegs me ior the lose u sne
virgin Tor enough 10 keep ner III Iioin-
ing she says win tears, ! .danA you
from my nearL drops ner ven enu
lost In the endless, strange anu inI',ey
stream that nows along tne solnper pou
leyards;; A young woman purs.s my
tears when she Is told the Doucner,e Is
exhausted, ana her ucke. Is USELESS,
AND three htsle ones ~ n1lne' S,en on I'm
loss OF IT, U uoo 90 .ne iron e"'eiS
into the sour OF the pau Guy. -:
Ana TINS from heu hepupiican cur
torlal on Christmas mas a., - M;
" God OF Onris1Mas, uou u p. ona,s
nans, Oh Dutcners' Na In.,,. anu : us
ant, OF Donaparte, Vn uiiilai, u nuS
ia, OF Eugene, OF Nlc.oIia' u i:aDe',a,
God OF the Ehgnsn, Oh lne I russians 10
OF the frencn, Oh 1evourers - anu ueS noI us
GOD oil armies OF GoaPs ." GU, uou "
massacres ana Dutcheries, Vi SnS oS
and hrupps, oil Austeri az anu oauOMa,
oil Jena ana mS.erIGo, uou u cInGiIs
and OF ioTee' ol NaPoieon anu I pI;i;o'
oil rus IA ana OF porgla, VI nmPpe
II ana oil lar'ure, u pi:mareA ~. dau y
veuili9t, uoa OF ;ne universe, ta,T H.
what my reign VI n'ne.ee" J I H.,
come TO- LEI lhH feign uep snaIl O Uor .I'
u return oet'er - Lnt y. A. "en ,;o tl
whiie 70 ne porn q lanp " u,e 'iu..,ni
10 ger ciueihea ~ o.ust " i L.. -;san
wen, u y os 'lue sa: '" fs.La.G 1
ron lne 9eau, n;ila. 100, a. 49,
ma another sirsiI; .eIi''U N Ano"S Sun
OF them IN tn1 ; u .ha ,nnnah &c the
II not, ~ DaeA my .n' n.. ~
immaculate ~ uiuel - a.A ~ ".
world 10 save US aga,n, Ains, IVpes,
priests anu s Th ~ oaSs ~ "
preach again iny uosIe; eJsne ~ ea;. dnu
augmented no longer sLs.ns gacH nsa' .La
70 u9u nor 70 o,esaI mna. oeiono " VIZ
people, saying lnis 'iine INA. IaI uoso