The New York herald., 1862-10-19
Our Berlin Correspondents.


Coaon Naaufao'are - Gcmqay--tg tgeeis Of he ime.
aicon War--The P,assian Eatoy IN Acrico RsacoS
WA Menicoa Delaag, &c, DC.
The aspect OF commercial affairs il not ruch
couragng than that Of politics The American war has
most injurious effect upon the cotton manufactures OF
this country well Of other parts Of Germany.
In Prussia and the whole Zoivercn calicoes domcscs
and cotton shirpgs have long been manufactured in all
common and middiing qualities the duty foreign cot
ton goods being fity thales per cHt, which makes
forty nifty per heavy articles, although al
the first establishment of the 3ollvorea i WINS
agreed that no c.ty should exceed per cent
Favored BY this Nth protective duty, the weaving
Ivy power has greatly Increased these parts. Most
Of the cation twist Tor manufactur ng, however had to
be imported from England the spinning mills existing
within the limits Of the Zoivorein only supplying about
one tlifd OF the quantity required Now tho rise in the
price Of twist i'll England did at first keep
pace with that Of cotton WOOL siuco the Of labor,
which is included 10 the price OF the manufactured
article did not advaace IN proportion to the raw
teral. Thus the German calico printing establish
menis enabled to make long contracts for large quan
ties Of brown cotton cloth printing and bleaching
although the cotton wool kept rising all the time
the manufacturers thhlksg better to dispose
Of their goods at fair profit than to specn.
late upon still higher prices, when peace be-
tween the beliigerents in America might produce
sudden rcvuson in the market In the meantime cot
too kept gcibg up al liverpool the spnners had pay
much higher rates, the stocks Of the finer American
sorts continued decreasing and although the
numbers OF yarns arc now spun from East India cotton
particularly since they altered the machinery in
England for that purpose yet the prices have
risen enormously there through the continual demand
that the yarns used weaving in this country cannot
be obtained TO rcplcc the goods sold thing like Tho
same rates. The consequence is that many factor les
in Bavaria and Wartemburg have been ol,sed or are
uvil
likewise have 10 stop; many hands are already
disch rged, aud the number Of the unemployed likely
Increase OF course this will occasion great distress
tLopgh Il will be far from equang the misery 70 which
the pulaton Of Lancashire aud other parts England
connected with the shnng and weaving of cotton is
posed in the first place. because the proportion OF the
operatives 70 those engaged in other branches OF trade
much less; and in the next when there great de-
mand for cotton goods many Of the who used
wevc linens ior instance, in Scsia) changed from flax
to cotton and may easily change back again when the IN
quiry Tor linen renewed on account of the high price Of
cotton articles
Here too, an attempt has been made to use iute for
manufacturing instead Of cotton but IL has not been at
tended with success.
We have received information from Mexico Of a dm
Guilty In which the Prussian Minister Baron Wagner has
been involved and concerning which different
sons in circulation. 1t win be rccolected when
the French Ambassador took his departure from Mexico
Ne committed his countrymen residing there 10 the pro-
lection OF the representative OF Prussia, example
which followed by the English and Spanish ministers
In consequence OF this the palace OF Baron Wagner seemed
TO have become the rendezvous not only OF the French
and British subjects but Of all the reactouary party
Indignant at this abuse of his diplomatic privileges the
Mexican Deputy Altamirano published pam, hct contain
ing the most violent attacks upon Wagner According
one account the nephew OF the Ambassador who is at the
time his Secretary OF Legation went TO Altamiranos
house TO ask for ex xanates or satlsfac,ion but was
attacked by him and wounded severely that he bad
be carried back TO his unces residence The other
sion Gays that the secretary Of legation accompanied by
two friends armed with life preservers had broken
Ahanliranos dweng that the latter ordered them out
and n their refusing light ensuod in which OF the
deputy's servants Killed. Whatever may 30 the
truth it is feared that the affair will improve the
position OF de Wagner in Mexico, where he is already
anything but popular