The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-20

lery, among nuue1Uu5 spoc1soo1e uVou i~.Aoe es'Ao
) gentlemen, where We could look down upon the
vast assemblage Of merchants. The hum of five
thousand human voices sounded like the roaring
Of waterfall. In this daily gathering Of mer-
chants you find the cautious, frugal German; the
bold, dashing Russian; the lively, clever French
: man; the confident Englishman; the sharp, shrewd
Yankee; and last, though not least, the cautious,
: lively, bold, confident, sharp Jew.
] was introduced into the extensive reading
room, which is supplied with newspapers and Jour-
nails from all parts Of the country. The Exchange
is the centre Of intelligence commercial and po-
itical, foreign and domestic. A telegraphic office
is kept in the building for its use Scarcely any
one is engaged in business who is not a member
Of the Bourse Of Hamburg. The old city, fortu-
nately was IN aly of Prussia in the recent war.
She has, consequently, been permitted nominally
to maintain her independence. .
Having spent two pleasant days in Hamburg, I
left for the City Of Hanover by railway. The
country through which we passed was quite level,
and generally unproductye. It is portion of the
immense plain of sand which extends through
Hanover, Prussia, and as far east as st. Peters,
burg, in Russia The most of the land is extreme
ly poor, producing little else than barren heath
and forests Of scrubby fir. Near tho railway sta
ton in Hanover found good hotel, with COM
Portable accommodations. This is the new town.
Here are broad streets and handsome buildings
But Old Hanover interested me most. This
portion Of the city is fine specimen Of an antique
continental town. Many Of the streets are narrow
and crooked, and tho houses which arc often four
to live stories, project with each story some two
feet, forming almost an arch over tho streets. A
very novel sight was houses with gables toward
the streets. from the monument in Waterloo
Platz had a fine view Of the city and surrounding
country. The Palace and other public buildings
were occupied by the Prussians. Hanover is now
practically a Prussian town, with large garrison
Of blue coats. saw several thousand troops re-
viewed by the Grown Prince. It is expected he
will remove here with his family, and make Han.
over his future home. His court will doubtless be
as splendid as chat Of the ex-King Ifee sorry fol
King GEORGE, who is DID, blind and quite help.
less. The inhabitants have made up their mind
that nothing that they can do will avert the new
state Of things and they viii be fouRd as Isl readily
The inhabitants, however, generally regret the
loss of their independence.
The compulsory military service will prove hard
ship to the annexed kingdoms and free cities, but
such is the fate of war The barrack accommoda
tions in Hanover are large but not sufficient tc
accommodate the troops that garrison the town
several Thousand men and officers are bllletted on
At about fifty cents per day for tho soldiers as.
signed to then1 This billetting system is particu.
larly hard on the poor; many Of the citizens have
scarcely made enough during the past year to
support their own household. They have been
poar1d1lug @ the Prussians for more than threo
months, and are quite tired OF tho business, cs-
Reclally as they they do not receive any compensation.
Ihe y year 1866 has been fatal to the Germanic
thronos and tlee cities; Prussia will quite absorb
Mortnefn Germany :, and Austria the Southern
power. and Austria the Ronsn Catholic. Between
these two great empress differing so widely in re-