The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-08
STATE pEpAnrNEsr.

toH aAd Wsaifh U.iss Restrictions Cifi-
EasAip-Ths Rissr Hsas Pcodaefs aad NaAsJasfare.-
German Raiisoads. PROFITABLE iapa.tmeaiTAe Baasers
Broksr Hrehqats, aud Teadspeopie o. Frankfort Bapk
iag afkc ABericaH Plaza. Dealers Cotton Goods Ribands
Laees Jercy. hooks, 0lsniieaL, De-. Workiays Of ne
Z1 Fereu de- Gc.-Extraet Of letter from correspond
emit at Frank foft-on- the Maine ia Germany
Frankfort Maine, the political capital Germany
Is Indeed the metropolis ~ all those countries which
Prussia. Il the industrial and o. the
aud central provinces the regulator Of
raj spoyed Ia German ssnufaetores and ~ mafktto
which The whole country tributary Yet frankfort
large city, like many of those in Europe America Its
population does not exceed 10000 Inhabitants but is geo
graphical situauonits ancient rank fret residence
great fairs, formerly the most renowned Ia EUROPE
and its immense weah-haye rendered Frankfort what
world "a proportion TO the number Of rs inhab't-
aa That number Is bat very slowly Increasing since the
Senate Of the city extremely anxious admit the fran
hse OF citizenship only those who prove they are able @
maintain family 90 no merchant be admitted unless be
ts20Oo and generally persons who do not possess even
wealth adnitted all unless thsy marry citl
zens daughter. In that the law i favorable.
The ancient customs Of the eiy corporations ALEC prevent the
Increase Of population None shall mend shoe or drive
nail unless be be master and member Of OF the cor
poatons and he cannot become member unless ne be the
OF citizen marry citizens daughter This As rem
of those oden times condemned by all iudcious peo
pe and maintained and praised only BY the benghted The
corporations Of Frankfurt have during long period pre-
vented the establishing manufactures in the city, and
hey have been near destroying the mighty commerce, the
life and blood OF Frankfort.
srs, held in the months OF April aud September and Of
witch will speak more at length in another place.
Frankfort has about 200 houses estimated to be worth
eighty millions Of FORMS and giving yearly of three
millions This will give interest of four per cent, If we
the capital invested n houses generally reckoned to yield
i've per cent? so probable the differences results from
the undertaking Of rents before the authorities Each pro-
peo :, ePeesd TO make return q the real rent ana the
sum q three millions is from the rent-tax office
The river Maine which Frankfort situated is nav
gable up the city Of Bamberg in Bavaria From BAN
berg the DOMAIN Maine canal leads 10 khhei the banks
to be excavated, (moved, perhaps only BY the idea that
Chariemagne had endeavored create it thousand
scarcely gives sufficient restoration and annual
expenses The Maine has between Mayenoe (where joins
between Frankfort and wurzburg from thirty forty inches
between Wurzbarg and Bamberg from twenty to thirty
inches That would be sufficient for vessels from 1000 to
$500 pounds weight but there many obstacles to the
extension and security OF the navigation particularly towards
the head OF the river.
From the times the Maine has been the most
important commercial road of the interior parts OF Germany
teuarly wood and timber from the Fcheiberg the Frank
enwald the Stegerwald the Thurngerwad the kasswald
vogelsberg, the Spessart and the Odenwald All these
forest mountains are OF many square miles in extent ana
banks of the Middle and Upper Maine renowned
The wines Of WurzbSrg and kockhem Kockl are Of the
Middle Maine in large quantities.
These the natural productions of the country As
Con the DOMAIN Maine canal aud Schweinort Wurzberg
kanaw and Uhenbach the banks OF the river are the
the by toys Schweinport by its tapestry
kanaw is the first place in Germany for carpets and ewery
For all these manufactured goods well for the prod
uets OF nature, Frankfort is the great emporium.
scarcely need that the river Maine has lost part OF
its ancient Importance since railroads crossing the coun
try in every direction; still it remains and always will
main, the indispensable road for heavy goods.
Frankfort has lately become OF the three important
centres OF railroad communication in Germany Four great
lines and some others of local character meet in this
city The Necker railroad goes towards the south
leads to the Grand Ducy of Baden whererom railroads
The Cawnus railroad leads to the west and northwest TO
Mayence and to- Wesbaden the capital Of the utchy OF
the harbor Of the Bavarian Palamate opposite Mannheim
and up Srasburg and therefrom to Paris well to
Switzerland Another branch leads from and
the Nancy nterec the railroad from Strasbnrg to Paris
From Webaden another iron road tnot nished
the Rhine will IN few years be directed from Mayence to
the city of Coblentz
oil the two eses up to oassei and WIN naho
Bremen, Hamburg, &C. On the right side its branches
ncaton win be opened Cologne the metropolis Of the
Rhine.
and the chief places the Maine up Bamberg and from
that city the south with Nuremberg Augsburg Mu
mich, and Austrian taking another direction from Bamberg,
it communicates with Lepsic, Dresden aud Bohemia.
There local railroads to Ofenbach the chief manu-
featuring town of Hesse Darmstadt, to Soden, muchre-
qaented bathing place, and Hamburg of the ia
spas of Germany The whole Of this distance about
to be finished
'swh the only exception Of Berlin German city is
placed at the starting point OF SO great number q
Frankfort well understood how apply its wealth so as to
for the future the advantages its past leadership Of
! German commerce.
.The territory this free city very small that it
would have been easy for the neghborng governments 70
lead the roads round but the other sde the Frank
fort keepers formed railroad companies before the
thought possible make those roads at their own
expense and they rendered themselves masters OF the
Mayence, Wesbaden, and Nanan-Ba roads On the
other side when the governments were negotiating 70
the railroads. speculation OF their prohted
by the rivalry of the different surrounding States and by Of
erng to spend greater than We're required Tor the small
extent OF ITS own territory secured Tor itse ,hc e