New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-27
The Condition of Austria

Three years ago the political confusion of Aus
trla had so involved its financial condition that
we very well remember paying our expenses in
Vienna by the premium made there upon Prus-
sian gold. The Empire was then rcelrng and
totterng along the edge of destruction Every
department of affairs seemed already poisoned
by the first drops of the deuge which Metternch
had predicted would follow his fall and the dis
memberment OF the cumbrouS Empire, whose
parts were assimilated 10y no sympathy and only
held together by force. was confidently antcl
pated. Left to itself, that result would long
since have been realized The heroic Hungarian
struggle would have completed It's catastrophe,
except for the intervention of the Car Austria
ESCAPED destruction only hy becoming a vaSsal Of
Russia
During these varying political fortunes, how.
ever its financial condition has only varied from
worse to worse. At one period the money circu-
la,ion was entirely confined to paper, and change
was made 10y tearing the bill into equal partS-a
fourth Of fOrln-bill for quarter of form, &c
"a state OF things more pumeval than prosper
Gus. Nor are there any symptoms of improve
ment, although, for the moment, IN the dismal
dearth Of political genius IN Germany, Austria
stands tair chance of rcCaining her old political
position. Vet what care Me FnancierS that
Schwarzenberg triumphs an Berlin and Dresden,
that the journals peal forth the news OF the In
penal colors waving from the Pc to the Elder, If
the premium on silver Is not diminished and at
the slightest unfa, orabe appearance IN the poll
tlca armament, rises so rapidly that the citizens.
before day passes, are poorer by the fifth or
sixth pant OF their property In the same pro-
portion generally rises the price Of provisions.
especially that of meat A great part OF the dc
mand tOr meat Is supplied from the Municipalities
OF the Danube Bukowml and great part Of
Eastern Gallcia, have always 4 SupeIlu,y OF
tattcd cattle, but the paiemal Government. dur
mg the seventy years Ot ats possession of this re-
gion, has done 50 little ioy the roads. ,ha, their
produce can be brought 10 the capital only a, the
creates, expense. and hence Vienna Is mostly
supplied 10y Turkey.
The rude inhabitants OF the country who &c
vote themselves 20 the fa,;cDins OF cattle the
SeryianS BoSnanS, W alaChau>. Turks, &c 90
not comprehend the refined commerce of civil.
cation Bills OF Exchange, &c. axe unknown
things 70 them They hold 70 the principle 10,
GHTo peri;as. They must De- paid IN good ducatS.
The higher the premium on silver, rises the high
er TiS,s the price OF meat. Thus the entire popH
lanon, down 10 the lowest prolcjaire. feels the
financial crisis. The prices oi PROV >ion>, of
manufactures ana utensils have increased incred-
lilly since the year ISL House propuetors have
raised their rents 25 per cent. Clothes. books.
even paper, are not to De bought ~ the poor man.
or il at all, AT the expense OF his Housekeeping
In the metropolis things are easier bat IN the
provincial towns and IN the country, there is g
financial pnchlng which aSSimliateS the oompe.
tent IN fortune 10 the proletaire The proprie-
tors are IN despair Whoever hss any ready
money invests il directly IN real estate, and hence
available grounds and hocsoS arc much enhanced
IN value. The countyman is net less injured by
this than the merchant and tladcsman. but much
more The latter may invest his receipts of to.