The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-05


which have followed the event.
THE POLICE ORDER.
PREFECTURE DE POLICE, CONTROLE GENERALLY
CABINET DU CONTROLEun GENERAL,
PARIS, lie 10 JUN, 1874
NJ Kremer, Rue Scribe No. 2, charge de la vente
du NEw YORK HERALD est prize de remettre
pr6cte au date du 81 NAL 1874, contenant un
article de RocheIOrt en- langue FRANCHISE Ia loi IN
eerdissant ia publication dun article parcel article
LIZ C0NTR0LEUR GENERAL.
TRANSLATION.
Mr.. Kremer, Rue Scribe No. 2, agent for the sale
OF the NEW y DIRK HERALD, is requested to give to
the bearer OF this the copies OF the Aforesaid Jour-
nal OF the date OF the 31st OF May, 1874. con tanning
letter of ROchefOrt IN the French language, the
law nterdicting the publication OF such an article
article Il OF the decree Oh the 17tn OF February
1852 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
THE AGENT OF THE POLICE.
He was not sergent de piNe. To the unwary he
looked, the contrary, like of the loungers in
the garden OF the Luxembourg who had lost his
way and pulled up Unexpectedly on the Boulevard
des Capucines. He had the shabby.genteel look
the slightly threadbare coat, the hat worn little
too long and the boots little down al the heels,
which are rather characteristic OF the Latin
Quarter. And he stroled along with a careful
assumption OF Indifference an ingenuousiy put on
look OF having nothing IN the world to do, well
calculated to impose upon the innocent and the
unsuspectlng. But he had the sharp, watchful
eyes and the il-concealed air OF authority which
the evilly disposed never mistake.
THE DEALER,
q woman, who keeps near the Place de y Opera,
has been there during all the palmy days of the
Empire, during the stormy times that preceded
its downfall, during the war with the Prus-
slams and the war OF the Commune
Her kiosk has several different times been con-
verted into kindung wood by the same ingenious
people, VINO look upon all things as vaiu-
able, according as they are capable OF being
turned into barricades. If she had six
pence for every paper that has been seized
at her kiosk she would, she says be rich
woman and able to retire upon her fortune. she
is one OF the froxg6es Of the Emperor, and ! saw
her weeping like a child the day the news came
of the death of Napoleon ILL., She knows all the
secret agents OF the police, all the nOnctardS even
employed by the Empire, and when she saw the
individual of whom have spoken saunterlng les-
urey towards her kiosk as though he might have
some hazy notion Of buying Petit Journal, she
only said to her ASSISTANT
81 wonder what these rascaly journalists have
been doing nOwY Here's another ten francs gone
sure.''
The individual comes up and says:-"Have you
any copies OF the NEW YORK HERALD, madame f''
..Aais out, monsieur" says the occupant, never
thinking for moment foreign paper would De
serzed "WL you take ones'
"Yes, will take all you have"
"COnlnaent? You seize foreign paper9"
eyes, certainly, when 1t contains sediti0us
articles in good French"
"But the HERALD is printed in English."'
''ls IL, thought Look here"
GA Lantarne !''-"PariS Submerg6 par lie
sang'-"Qulnze mile cadavres d'hOmmes de
femnes ct d'enfants jouchaent les trottors ct les
chaussees'-"peur. on exger de vaincus, mltra-
les, ePorges, bombardes lie sang frOld ct lie calme
qni ont 81 totalement manq9e aux vainq4surs..
ola Commission du coup de grace"-"Et cette
an
"Y0u call That English. do your
'.Oh, mon Dieui mad not seen it. LIE coQ1tn,
Le sceIerat-the villain the rascal, the cheat; how
dare he put anything In an American paperr'
Very good madame; you are let or this time,
kiosk will be shut up for fifteen days and you
viii be fined besides."
"But what are we to do How can we know what
paper he IS going to write for ?"
swell, you must look at every paper, and If you
see anything OF Rocherort's in 1t you must refuse
"Well, he has LETT America now so there Is no
danger OF his writing any more for the American
"inere is no telling what he will do. You must
! be on the LOOKOUT. He will be sending his In
cendiary writings across the frontler ny every
And after ordering ner to overhaul every little
box and bundle of papers in the kiosk above and
! below 10 make sure she was not hiding any away,
heuook the bundle OF seized papers under his arm
ana went 70 the next kiosk, where the same
front OF the Grand Hotel wnere the HERALD is
sold seized all that remained and carried them Oh.
| A NEW CLASS OF PATRONs
aft is very strange" said Mr.. Kremer, in the
ONCE of the american Register. "what run there
is on the HERALD this morning. They are nearly
! all gone already. The moss curious part Of 1t Is
| that instead OF Americans they are all Frenchmen
who ask for it. wonder what 1t meaus'
| Mr. Kremer was about TO look Ill the HERALD to
! see what it meant when the shabby genteel look
ing gentleman with the mustache and Imperial
and the sharp watchfu eyes entered and handed
ii am very sorry to trouble you, monsieur" ne
said, "but the orders are imperative. hope you
! have not many copies TO be SEIZED"
"No there are only three or tour LEFT, They are
nearly all sold. You have come little TOO late. 1
am very sorry"
Tne man expressed q good deal OF disappoint-
ment but there was nothing to be done for 1t !;
and taking the few copies that renamed. ne went
! OF 10 Galignans, where he likewise arrived too
late to seize more than three or four copies.
| THROUGH THE POST OFFICE
1t Is rather curious circumstances that while
books ike "Bradsnaw's Gutde' are often detained
! days and even weeks at the Prefecture OF Police
/ fO be examined for seditous matter, the HERALD,
which it az well known in advance contained
! Rocnelort's letter. should have passed smoothly
through the Post once without the slightest delay.
/ IL was not till most OF them had been sold That
! they commenced SEEING them. All the numbers
! that had arrived with this mail were seizsd, rom
the 3lst OF May to the ST OF June. inclusive. But
| the next day the numbers not containing the OBJ
! jeotonabie document were returned to their re-
speciive OWNERS GETTING sor.nn
"Cest eoGf," said one OF the Kiosk women, ~
sold two copies for ten francs, so lost nothing"
/ IL is TACT that the HERALD has been selling at
Ave francs copy since Its seizure, and 1t Is one OF
no slight Importance in view OF the present I'M
| settled condition OF
! FRENCH POLITICS.
AS long as papers containing RocheiortS articles
can he sold at five francs there Will he found pub
fishers willing to undertake them and means to
Get them over the frontier. II the imperial police
OF the Empire with its splendid discl pline, was
not able to extinguish the itrepressible Ldnterne,
how much less will the disOrganized dspirited,
discouraged police Of the Septennate be aole do
soY Rocneiort has only to take up his pen and
Napoleons WIN drop from 1t in stream, as long az
! he is outlawed
| AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE AND FRIEND.
learned the price at which the HERALD Ia SELL
ing only by accident l was walking along the
boulevard Montmartre the day after the SEIZURE,
when, passing cigar store, was surprised TO see
! girl come to the door and make sign to me to
enter. entered accordingly, somewhat aston
| ished, however, at such II proceeding, and tryinp
| to recollect wnere i had seen the face before
| which seemed to remember as In dream. the
| Young lady in question stood behind the counter
! and smilingly asked me n would take o cigar
evidently ENJOYING my puzzled look. ! took the