The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-05

the Sher maintaining the OF the county and
s .I to maintain such number OF man ne "S
TO which General NYI offered the following as subsh-
Iute amendment
Our Berlin Correspondence.
|N BERLIN, July 8, 1857.
Conas Of Delegates frem the States Comprised in the Zole
rgn-Prrportion to Raise the Duty on Bet Root Sugar
Visit @e King Of Prussia to Vsenna-As surp'scd Po-
htcal Motsves-DroueM in Gepany-THe Crops, de-, DC
congress has just met hers, composed Of delegates
FROM SEe States belonging 10 the zoieren, and whose
debe rsous enough "big With the Fate Of Cato and of
Rome" wfnos be without importance in financial and
pooo economical point OF view for the members Of that
confederation It Is not legislative congress like that
assembled Washington, . diplomats congress like
thoee of which Paris has lately acquired the monopoly
nbusterpg congress like the famous reunion at Ostend
religious cong like the meetings Of the Evange
cal Alliance, nor thieves congress Ike those
voket by The benevolent Mr.. Mayhem and the late n Won
Hinckedey, but beet root congress. Nearly all not Ill,
sug consumed In Prussia and the rest Of Germany
the produce that valuable plant the beet whose saccha
rne qualities were first discovered towards the end of the
last century by Berlin chemist Of the Of Achard
During the continental blockade In The days OF Napoleon
L. when colonial sugar could only be struggled In and
sold at enormous prices, several rehneres
sbshed in France and Germany for converting the juice
Of the beet into sugar. in the same manner and for the
came reasons chicory was used - a substitute for
article produced inferior extracted from
cane but BY degrees such progress was made In the abr
ana ns sn 10 @ e ran a
is now 70 Al fntenu and purposes, fully equal to the
colonial hsve heard ladies' accustomed 70 the latter
declare that the beet does not sweeen WE'LL but should
matter rs identical in both 10 favor the rising msDufao
the shelter Of this protective system-whch every nation
blames in Its neigbbos but unheAangly resorts when
creased and ed to such an extent and The sugar
nners grew 90 rich and saucy, thn the governments
short Of money usual thought high time for them to
contribute little to the necessities Of the State which pro-
tected them against competition from abroad In spite Of
their outces therefore, excise duty OF silver groshen
as oeus) laid on every hundred weight Of the
MATERIAL ah ugh the sugar reners propheced that
the whole trade would 10 the ID consequence not
only ld ns 90 70 the d out ne quantity o. beet manu-
ns ~ the present moment In Prussia and the rest Of
the zoverea 70 no ess than % ooo 900 from which,
asuua income Of about six million Of thaers more than
one half Of which falls to the share OF Prussia.
commits open from The various States have met here
consult upon the advisability Of recommending such
measure 20 their res pec've legislature Toe Prus;
| you, is desperately hard run, and whose schemes
for providing hm,e with the sinews Of have proved
hitherto such lsmeutable failures, very much In favor
Il and Of the other Ger man governments being In
similar dicrles II Is not likely thai they will be insensi
BILE the advantages held out 70 them by tempting
proposa The spgar reiners, however, are moving
beavs and earth sganst H. ana a. according 70 the reeu
laons Of the zoveren no alteration in the scale Of duties
lake place except oy unanimous vote Of Its members,
The most decided majority would not itsure s
oess gle dis,eHent voice being Sufficient 70 render
the assent Of al the others nugaiory.
The King who been taking the reptitz
Narienbad, with audabe punctuAly end perseverance,
Jo. ps 10 nav him visit Al vienna and we are inf rmod
by telegraph that be started this mornlng for the
Austrian metropolis II Ia penalty thee rulers Of the
pay for their exceptional position, that all
waichsd and that nothing they dol sup
poeed 10 be without political object Accordingly, various
lea plausible possibly all equally void Of foundation
He TO cor sui, With he Austrian ministry the ses
.is hos,ein ansr when ns,,. h. 0esn rolgh' 70
vernment TO accede 10 the demands OF the two
German Power he 10 to pave the way for q recon
a cling Of the three Emperor at Berlin Kissinger,
or God knows where. He has again been solicited more
resingly than 10 assist Austria Of serious
d.tur Italy, the lac attempts instruction
filed the VIZ nDese statesmen With fear and trembling
aud bis continued refusas are ts be made more paaaole
W being 81 In per,on. Finally, he In 10 exert his
sith the young heir Of the Hapsburgs TO procure
AVIATION Of tina, prosecuting and medieval spirit
~bich has become rampant In bis domiDio's since the
conclusion of the III omened concordaL do not kno~
which Of thee versions correct, but think just posi-
s hSs po oo seos Al ali pes e
Interview bttseen Napoleon III and Alexander H. would
undoubtedly be an event Of great political Importance ~
they hav. personal feelings family ties 70 render
such ir desrabe the King of Prussia
and the Emperor Of Austria may be entirely OF private
discuss such weighy Affairs OF state ~ rumor supplies
,tem WITH their CONSULTATIONS will have 10 be terminal ed
within very brief space OF time the King IL expected
bsck rephz by Friday, and will return from thence 70
Poudsm 70 roceve the Empress Dowager OF Russia ~ho
arrive there the end Of next week attended, by
Der future daughter In law Princess Cecilia Of Baden
The ubole royal family have been sommoned 10 meet her.
and even Prince Frederick william u obliged, very much
against bis WILL TO cut short bis stay In Eos land and return
test haste 10 be At The The Empcr Of Rus
Ella the Krs ~ the King OF Bavaria and
oeer yo,eptaee viii Join the INDUSTRIOUS concAve Ia honor
Of whom there sil be brilliant festivities Including re-
vie and psrsdes dd sum Al 10 the reported visit OF
Queen vctors, nothing more has been heard Of IL, and
k not likely TO take place I'LL aer the marriage q her
dsuehter, which, a. mentioned time ago, and has
been confirmed since by the English Official pagers will
| be solemnized 10 January next
The sa NOT extraordinary summer 10 regard 70 the
universal want Of rain In the north Of Germany n
sequence rftbe the wells partly dried up, and
the cae have 70 be driven q great Distance FOR water
The rivers o~ that the navigaon only be
ried on With the utmost difficulty by small crsf, and not
half the usual bcatoads be shipped, which causes
scarcity of fuel wood and pcs AMI severely felt by
the public Several tracts OF forest have caught Gre
the sshtes, spark being sufficient 10 ignite them In their
prevent nblstbe state, aud many OF One timber
and young plantations have been destroyed II much
| vill have unfavorabe effect tbs harvest, al
though vet no definite opinion can be formed
the subec. In this vicinity the soil IA mostly desp
sand the grain raised 10 chiefly rye bat through the
Of moisture the growth s suned, the light and
not full they generally when swelled by the rain
hovevtr the quantity ero~n this city ~ small and Of
account retards the consumption and
very tte rye cut hitherto the rsapog having only Just
begun In more eleva'ed localities not the plains 10
other districts especially in The wheat growing prov nces
where the roll heavy clay, we hear they have hsd
and consequently the appearance OF the crops are
more promising but The harvesting Of wheat will not