New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-18


regards Paris long before reached the American lie
ga,iSn; sefrespee,ing too in her Esery not blatant
went his way with chastened face and stless gait.
spoke with soldier of the Line. Yes, he had had
enough OF IT, Sacr6 They had nearly killed him. these
terrible Prussians and he very hungry When
would the gates open for food Food began to be with
me personal question. had nearly filed my wallet
with newspapers and only slowed away exgency
few slices Of ham. Did the geological
mlneralogca specimen make such sensation these
slices OF ham When at length reached my quarters
the servant asked permission to take the
pstefu out, and show 1t curiosity 10 their compan
Ions and after the ham eaten stray visitors n
attracted by the hdings and begged for look at the
chase odOrs which horsesh gives ont in cooking odours
which learned to appreciate at Metz. They perneate
the deserted British Embassy where, asserting priv
eges BritOn, stabbed my horse they linger In the
corridors OF the Grand Hotel and fight with the faint
The Grand Hotel is huge hospital. Half Paris
seems converted into hospitals If one may Judge by the
southern bombardment began; and then when the hos
pitfalls, embulances Orphanage and madhOuses on the
this side of the water Very touching is the ignorance
tothe outside world. 81 have three English pa
pers since September" said DIR. Gordon, our Medical
Commissioner. "Is Ireland quiet Is Mr.. Gladstone
still Prime Minister Is the Princess Louise married.
such samples Of the questions have had To answer
The Ignorance as to the condition OF the Prussans out
side AZ equally dense.
that the investing army had eaten for three days
and that IL Paris which granting terms rather
slams have half starved all through What have
they done for quarters Whether there not 900 at
treble in their boots the OF the Francstreurs
Whether they not by verin Whether
pinch for food is than ever pending the result OF
the negotiations for its supply The day before yesterday
visions In the Halle smashed all obstacles, and looted
the place. From one who has paid the prices
himself, and has the figures down in black and white
without eXaggeration have the following list: francs
for small shrveled cabbage franc for aleek 4 francs
for fowl As francs for rabbit (Which may be taken for
granted eats Is francs for pgeon ~ francs for q
nor form OfafO franz
cheese rs francs pound, when procurabe Meat other
assured that II offered down in bright shining gold
for verable beefsteak, should have claimant for
the money The last COW that changed hands Tor an
ambulance" fetched $50. Those left cannot now be
bought for money The bread is not bad, the
nothing else to do but wait outside bakers and
the butchers. saw huge thrOngs at both az rode
through Paris and chiefly women waiting silently the
cold What il must have come u when the Parisians
Last evening there looked in party that had been
permentng dining. They had eaten ostrich cat, dog,
rat, and mice. This seems 10 hardheared mode OF
extracting sensation ont Of the pinch Of the times
Far better to dine horse and give the price of dainty
vands to put bread into the mouths OF the poor suffer
ing and children. Yesterday neither bread nor
meat distributed in this reimbursement Those
who had no money have simply had to hunger The
sins for which Paris used to he famous, all belong TO
the past She has been hAlf-starved, halfbeaten
morality, ii may he that other than ply steal IN
Huences have led her to wash and be clean. You see
drunkenness, but far less than had looked for,
among whose clock, so 10 speak, has run down.
decent gloom is everywhere apparent Some assert that
the gloom much theatrical and assumed ~ had been
the previous vaorous seeming don't think SOL think
you the eating and burning into the hearts
Of these men-sent with unwonted silence; moody "a
they knew how To be before and the dOwncast
faces pass draw good augury from them for France
and Paris.
great and beautiful feature of the eege has been
the absence of crime. No MURDERS no robberes but
virtue in which, TO there something pathetic The
half-lit streets empty by ~ o'clock. The midnight
air is not tortured by the sound Of reyelers although
there are police TO keep order woke up between IL
ana l in the night, aud the silence made me for the
moment think my self back at Margency The trees on
the BOulevaTds have suffered less than L eX-
pected. In the Champs Elysees they are ut
am told shared the same fate. The scarcity OF
wood was terrible in these latter days People cannot
get their washing done for want of wood TO heat the cop
per SO far can earn the moral effect OF the bou,
bardment the population terrible. After the nst
dav OF defiance Government felt the pressure. VI.
Jules Simon told friend Of mine that the boniDardncnt
of 81 Denis had shortened the scige by week COmpe-
tent authorities estimate that Paris had she been 0bst
nate might have gone for another month, had the
pekes and pre- serves, and all the odds and ends now
sold exorbtant prices been taken and ratoned But
" what purpose