The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-03
NEW YORK. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST g. 1874

The ministers had addressed circular letters to
the political chiefs, inviting them TO adopt the ne-
cessary measures for tie election Of deputies The
electoral lists were 10 be closed on the Sd of
August, and publicly posted up the l0th, during
Is days. The elections will, we have already
stated, commence on the 80 OF September, and the
general scrutiny will take place the i4h. Ac-
cordng to the Gazette the amount Of nauonal pro-
perry sold since Jane is 304l 1896 reals upwards Of
100000 sterling. The entire property hitherto sold
had produced 2ls,s2o 6s7 reals.
Italy
The Gazette d'Augsburgh Of the 10Th, contains a
long communication, giving all account OF the plans
formed by The Italian coDsplrators; one part Of
which, that relative TO Naples, has recently fail
ed in calabria. The main point explained, Is that
grand conspiracy exists, which had It's agents at
Vienna, Paris, and London, principally the latter,
for uniting all the different states OF Italy into one
great government-whethe royal or republican
was left for future consideration. The Pope and
the church were TO be dismanted, the King OF Ma
pies sent adrlft, The severn dukedoms dispensed
with, and the King OF Lombardy freed from Aus.
Italy was 10 be established The frs, attempts al
revolution were TO be made at Bologna aud at Ca
labria; but both failed, because the persons who
had undertaken to advance money IN England de
clined TO fulfil their engagements
A correspondent writes on the 4th inst from Bo-
legna IA third sentence has been pronounced
by the court-martal upon more OF the persons com
promised in The political events Of hi province IN
been sent under seal to Rome, and IFS conrma-
lion is daily expected It comprises about 40 per
sons, several of whom belong TO the higher classes
Of society We are Informed that there are some
condemned to death. but that they are all OUT OF
justice, and sentenced IN default OF appearance
Germany.
The German Customs Union has Just decided
thai from September lst the entrance duties on iron
castings and rough iron work shall be augmented
This determination will principally affect The iron
RI de of uoand nd Rrlpium The entrance duty
| sugar also been raised from September Isl tor
three years, in the following manner :-torelgh
white sugar. sugar CANDY, &c IL flor. 80 kreutzeIs
he quintal soft sugar. II flor; and II refined with
in the Jurisdiction of the Union, flor. kreut the
quintal. Beet-root destined for sugar manufacur
to be subjected to duty OF 81 kreut. the quina
the ground that 20 qnntas OF beet-root are equal
TO one of raw sugar = G1lgnant.
AUSTRIAN TARIFF.-The S,cabian Mercury, June
| %, contains a letter from Vienna, which says:-
1T Is stated that the change OF tariff determined
on in favor of tree trade with foreign countries,
TO be put in force on November l. OF the presen'
year. Eighteen articles will, it is said undergo a
reduction IN the entrance dues. Coffee, amongsI
The rest, which at present pays tweniy.one hoIins
The qulnia, will be admitted at twelve forms, bur
| The duty on refined sugar will be augmented -
Raw cotton is to enter freely. Foreign linens VIII
pay twelve forms in place of fifteen. Watches
| are to be admitted on payment OF form each.
| RIoTs IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. The
riots which took place In The early part OF June ID
L
and commissions sitting IN both districts TO ex-
p!oie the real causes OF these excesses From the
various accounts from those districts these causes
are pretty plainly excessive lowness OF the price OF
labor, ard, to great ext-nt, utter want OF work
For long period the distress among the hand
loom linen weavers has been dreadful. This has
now extended itself to the cotton splnners and the
description Of the appearance OF these workpeope;
the formerly simple, peaceful, and industrious, ano
happy inhabitants Of the Sileslan valleys, 10 heart
rending. Pale, consumptive, weak-eyed men
angu.dly gliding down tom the mountains
aud bearing wearly the busde Of linen TO the mar
ter's which they have woven at eighteen pence IN,
| 40 -l!s ! is the picture Of the linen "saver. ina
morally revolving. Before Christmas some dlstur
Dances took p!ace-the distress has gone lncrea
sing. On the one hand the formidable competition
| OF England; on the other the strict closing OF the
| frade across the frontiers with Russia. has a
length brought The people TO desperation The,
attributed all their mseries 10 the introduction o
machinery, and accordingly against that the,
,Crned their fury Collecting III a mass Of mor'
Than a thousand, they marched wfih a white cur
tain torn from window, and hoIsied on pole as :
banner, and to thu singing OF a song which had lonl
been SUNG the dsric, 10 express their nuries, int,
the pcpnous manufacturing vlages OF Pete rs~ adal
and Langenbi, lau, where they attacked the chic
factories, those Of Messrs. Zwanzger, Hilbert, ant
| Andrltzky, and DleIg. Attempts weie tnade 4
urn away their fury by the distribution OF money
nut in most cascs, in vain The fury OF the rloer
ture, all met with one common destruction. The
stores of yarn, indigo, manufactured goods, spin
dies, nc, we've all carried out and flung INTO The
mill streams. During four andtwen'y hours tina
it required to get an order from Bresjsu for tn,
employment OF military, this work OF demolition
and punder went on. The soldiers, on their arr
val, fired on the mob, and killed thirteen OF
the spot, besides wcunding many Others
The rioters then fled TO the hills ant
woods, whence the soldiers hunted them out
towards Of a hundred were conveyed TO the pr
son at Schwednz. The Prince Adalbert OF Prus
STA FASTENED to Breslau 10 ascertain the real acts
| { the case. There, also, the mob manifested .
/ disposition to the excuses; broke the stree
lamps, and the windows OF the houses, Ind oil tn
Ref rmrd Church. No sooner did the news arrive
III Prague than the cotton-spinners also assembled
on the l7th and 18Th OF June, and demolished ih'
achinery OF the factories, to which they atribu
| ted the owness OF their wages and their const
quent mlseres. All these excuses, except thos'
1t p. terswaldan, have been attended without los,
i Of life.
Thus Germany is beginning TO taste some o
| the sours well the sweets OF the manu-
featuring system. With all their ambition t.
| become a great manufacturing power, anc
to make themselves independent OF us, u is plan
/ hat, spite Of our corn laws and excessive taxes
hey find II severe contest with US; and II These
done in the day?" II these mlseries stare them II
the tace in the youth Of their manufactures, wha
| may they expect when they have converted mil
lions OF their laborcrs into spinners! II IS pros
pect that may well inspire the most serious refec
tons In the meantime, the manufacturers raise
loud cry for fresh import duties, not only on GU
fabrics but yarns. Till they can make
their own yarns, they assert that they cannot fair
Iy compete with us, as they lose the profit IN,
manufacture OF those yarns To effect this objec
| fresh duties must be imposed both on webs ant
| warns. This now will be the vehement cry on tn
Zullvereln and this our manufacturers must expect
| for nothing less than this the dreadful
misery that haunls the once happy Siiesian valleys
or, indeed, save from premature decay The manu-
featuring system OF Germany London dtias
| Holland.
The Stats Courant, OF the 18th instant, SAYS
eve print with all speed supplement- 10 our Jour
nal with the project Of law for Introducing new
| tariff Of duties on Importation, and translt, accom-
panied with the explanatory memorial, which, 81
we have already stated, has been sent to the mem
bers OF both chambers OF the States General, anc
which will be laid before the States General al III,