The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-01 00:00:00

GERMAN RAILROADS.

The German Railroads open to the public at the
commencement of the present year comprised a length
of 255 German or about 1,147 English miles. The
railroads themselves are 23 in number, of which four
are as yet wholly situated within the Austrian, ten
within the Prussian, and two within the Bavarian
teryitory. During the year 1843, the individuals who
travelled by these railroads amounted in number to
8,088,067, a number equal to one-fifth of the entire
population of Germany.
The quantity of merchandise transported in 1843 is
calculated at 12,000,000 cwt. The gross receipts for
travellers and goods during the same time were
921,9461. (11,063,353 florins), and the net receipts,
on an average are said to pay four per cent. to the
shareholders. The following table will show the
number of persons travelling on each railroad during
the month of December, and during the whole of the
year 1843:-
In Dvc. 1848. In all 1843.
Linz and Budweis
Linz and Gmunden 6,299 132,118
The Ferdinand North Line 46,491 661,926
Vienna and Gloggnitz 35,362 1,179,245
Munich and Augsburg
Nuremberg and Furth
Frankfort and Wisbaden
Karlsruhe and Mannheim 54,181 • 791,568
Hamburgh and Bergedorf 10,154 198,322
Berlin and Anhalt
Berlin and Frankfort 15,165 246,879
Berlin and Potsdam 26,916 454,862
Berlin and Stettin 18,850 229,964
Breslau and Oppeln (not yet pub-
lished).
Breslau and Freiburg 14,037 36,103
Leipsic and Altenburg 9,342 165,373
Leipsic and Dresden 24,104 404,198
Magdeburg and Leipsic 58,010 620,626
Magdeburg and Halberstadt 13,709 111,894
Brunswick and Oschersleben 27,521 338,730
Hanover awl Lehrte (not yet pub-
lished).
Dusseldorf and Elberfeld t 16,373 268,252
Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle 19,415 285,929
The first in the above list, the Linz and Budweis
line, is remarkable as having been the first railroad
in Europe constructed for the conveyance of pas-
sengers. It connects the interior of Bohemia with
the Danube, and, being carried across the mountains,
is seldom used during the winter months, when the
mountains are covered with snow. This accounts for
there having been no passengers during December.
The trains are drawn by horses, the railroad is of a
very inferior construction, is in a very neglected
state, and will fall into comparative disuse when the
railroad f'rom Vienna to Prague, now in construction,
has been completed.
The works on a new Hanoverian railroad-from
Harburg to Luneburg-commenced on the 19th inst.,
on which day the first stroke of the spade was struck
by the Government Counsellor Von lloppenstedt, and
the event celebrated with great festivity.

DEBTS OF THE UNITED STATES
IN 1844.
Debt. Interest.
- Dollars. Dollars.
Maine
Massachusetts
Nei, York 23,847,166 1,377,260
Pennsylvania
Maryland 16,386,657 1,113,580
Virginia 5,963,861 283,226
South Carolina 3,495,164 209,709
North Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky 3,964,500 232,270
Tennessee
Ohio ' 18,688,321 1,519,467
Louisiana 20,558,000 1,818,444
Indiana 11,943,914 597,196
Mississippi
Illinois
Alabama 9,834,005 590,040
Missouri
Arkansas . 3,500,000 210,000
Michigan
Florida
District of Columbia
United States Government debt 26,644,648 1,598,679

Dollars 234,005,648 13,079,792