The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-05-26
THE KINGDOM OF sAxoNY.
Extract Of letter to the Editor of the feo
YORK Ecsniag Post, dated

Extract Of letter to the Editor of the feio
York EosniHg Post, dated
DRESDEN, March LIST, 1880.
After very gratifying tour through the man
ufacturing part of Saxony, where met with
very industrious, thrifty, and frugal people, 1
arrived at Dresden, the capital of the kingdom,
and the Florence of Germany, city deserved
ly celebrated for its beautiful scenery, embel-
lished by that noble river the Elbe, for the re-
fined state Of its society, and the splendid pro-
auctions Of art with which it is adorned. 1t Is
with perfect justice that Russell, in his T0ar IN
Germany, speaking of the kingdom of Saxony,
observes that in the arts and elegancles OF lite,
as ~ industry, it acknowledges no superior.
There is certainly no other nation in Europe,
which, in proportion to its geographical extent,
has risen, through the care of its government,
and the ingenuity, industry, and perseverance,
of its inhabitants, to such an eminence in
commercial point of view.
The kingdom of Saxony exercises decided
moral influence in Germany, an influence which
1t owes to the generous and enlightened prin-
cples of liberal government to the progress
it's citizens have made in literature and the arts
ofindustry, and to the affiuent condition of its
population. Il is an acknowledged fact that no
whore in Europe are primary schools SO hume
rsus and well conducted as in this really happy
country. In no part of the continent are bet
ter opportunities afforded for thorough educa-
tien. Its high schools, its academies of art,
where instructions are given in painting and
sculpture, its renowned university at Leipzig,
its institutions for gratuitous instruction in the
exact and physical sciences, &c. &c, give IL
decided pre- -eminence. have even met with
school for shepherds, a fact which, by the bye,
may not be uninteresting to American farmers.
The government of Saxony has not been in
attentive to the means which promote the COM
mcrcial prosperity of nation. 1t cherishes
the industry and enterprise of its subjects, BY
distributing annually large sums for the i'm
proveinent of manufactures and agriculture,
and for the opening Of new channels through
which the exports of the country may find
market. The trade of the kingdom, which Is
mostly founded on raw produce and domestic
fabrics and manufactures, is very important,
particularly when we take into consideration
that il is founded Exclusively on the basis of
metallic circulation. Almost every branch of
manufacture is carried on in Saxony TO a very
great extent, and though no maritime state, its
valuable export trade is comparatively Of great
importance. The articles exported consist prin-
cipally of manufactures of linen, cotton and
wool, glass, mineral products, &c. Of these,
and numerous others, large quantities are ship
ped to the United States In some branches Of
industry Saxony is without an equal in regard
to the superiority of the material and workman
ship. The manufactures of twisted woOllen
yarn and damask table linen are of acknowl-
edged superiority. The Electoral wool is the
finest in the world and of this millions pounds
are exported to England, In other branches
Saxony has no competitor as respects the cheap
ness of the articles, of which, export articles
to the United States, cotton hosiery and yellow
nankeens are the most prominent. have been
told by credible persons, well informed on this
subject, that the whole export trade of Saxony
gifts own produce amounts to about ten mil
lions of Saxon dollars of which two millions
go to the United States, besides the exporta-
tons to Mexico and South America by the much
preferred way of the United States. On the
other hand, the United States find an extensive
market in Saxony for their tobacco, rice, and
cotton. The imports from the United States
into the kingdom are estimated at not much
short of one million. and large proportion of
this is raw cotton, employed for manufacturing
purposes.
The city of Leipzig is the center of COM
merce for SaxonY. The celebrated fairs held
the manufacturers Of England, France Italy,
and other countries bring their goods and where
immense sums are put in circulation by sales
and purchases, besides facilitating the internal
intercourse of Germany, exchange the products
ofthe North with those of the South Of Europe
and are the medium of commerce between the
West and South Of Europe, and the Continent
Of Asia.
Saxon dollaT-seventy- cents of our
money.