The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-19
Our berlin Correspondence.

BERiIN, sept 1000
The Statistical Congress al Beslin-7ne Harvest and N
Cfops-C1ose of the Furstentag, dc.
Here in Berlin we very much occupied at present
with preparations for the Statistical Congress- which is to
Monday the 7th, and will II is said be opened
by the King in person. by OF the princes as his
loeum teens Several hundred savants satss, geosra
piers, political economists, &c.-Germans, English,
French Begans Italians, Russians Swcdes-have pro
missed to attend. or American names l have only
heard or Mr.. Carey, Of Philadelphia; Governor
Wright OF Indiana, and Mr.. Bayard Taylor, who
Is staying somewhere with his wife's family 10
Thurngia. In less disturbed times the United States
would unquestonaby have been more fully represented,
as the proceedings likely to DO highly interesting.
Tho programme embraces immense variety Of SUBJECTS
and extends less than thirtyHve printed sheets
but must leave further details TO your special cores
pondent from whom you viii doubt the most
ample information.
The weather has been quite abnormal this summer.
Some days had tropical heat changing suddenly into
almost autumnal atmosphere, which was again re-
placed by African temperature The country has suf
fered greatly from drought the navigation the rivers
Ebc Oder Spree and Havel, which supplies Berlin and
the adjoining cities with colonial produce and other
chandse from the outports such Hamburg and Ste,n
having been impeded by the low stage OF water, which
harvest however has been sot 10 toleraby WE'LL both
rye and wheat being fair crop but the potatoes which
are almost - inuspenSaUle IN aTtlco VI Ioou Inc
humber classes here Ireland small and not
good and many kinds OF fruit In Hungary
the harvest said be entirely ruined by the drought
which, conjunction with the unsettled state OF Poland
has the effect Of keeping up the prices of cereals.
SEPT. 2, 1858.
Tho Furstentag closed yesterday with speech by
the Emperor OF Austria, thanking bis fellow soveregns
for the selfdenia displayed by them in sacrificing their
private interests to the public GOOD and expressing his
joy and satisfaction results Of the conferences
which fully justified the expectations he had entertained
opening them "0ur first meeting Of German princes"
he said, separates with the confident desire that
second. following soon possible, may unite all the
members OF the great Confederation and crown Of.
forts" Besides Baden however, weimar. Mecklenburg
Schwern and Waldeck have refused to sign the resou
lions. and six other States reported TO have
voted against them. These understood to
and two smaller that the whole there ten
or with Prussia. Hostein and Detmold, thirteen dssen
sient voices out Of thirty exclusive Of the four Free
Ces In spite Of the Emperor speech therefore, his
expectations OF elicitng unanimous vote OF all the Ger
governments IN favor OF hts Russian project have
second meeting to which Prussia Is 70 be invited by
collective note oil the assembled princes will be
cessfu On the contrary, IL Is believed that the real
difficulties will only begin when second Congress meets
resolutions passed In the first and that the whole scheme
will failure ut least far regards the consoi
dati0n of German unity That II may tend TO strengthen
Austria by enabling her to form separate offensive and
defensive alliance with a certain number OF German
States Is probable but such alliance instead OF
two hostile each other the Confedcrates
the federals 10 America.