, 1866-12-30


OF N1onarch4.
Correspondence c{ the Cblcaco Irlnunc.I
FEAsKznR1- -ox-Tur-MAEs, Dec. i. 1856,
Among the noteworthy items of the FL
nance Minister'S report to the Prusslan Par
lument Is that In relation to the Postal De-
partment. The net receipts Of the depart.
mcut for the Jear past amount to 81, IT. 9ao
in specie. Our Government would do we'll
to look Into this mntter, for am not certain
that the PEnssian system Is not better than
ouH. It Is acknowledged to be the best In
Europe, next afler he English. The income
from the port offices In Prussia arerages $50
per cent OF the enttre State revenue, while
lu Austria they yield bat LIS per cent, aud
IN Wurtembnrg o,6l Others still less Now
l scarcely need state tha3 this satisfactory
return Is not dnc to the high rate OF postage
in Prussia, hut directly the contrary, for Il
Psussia hns taught the Continent anything,
i Is that cheap postage Is profitable both 10
GoIttnuaeut Anu people.
Still, II is not tnle to infer from the above
haulcs that the frusslan system so iar sur
lmssts cur own, as the mere comparison Of
returns would indicate, for IL PRUSSIA, as In
ull yurts at Germany aud Auateia, there ia
no express SYSTEM. Such great companies
as WY Adams Express Vt UAstcd Stakes Tx.
p.ess, ase entirely unknown, aud their f1uc-
.ions are assumed By tile Gpyernment.
There Is branch Of :hr postul system called
the po..t r<ssa.4tt, to which We hsyc no equiv
alept IN America, through which books and
otlLr heavy packages are despatched. and
,uLrc than that, the snail itself is divided
into twosections, one Of which Is devoted to
ordinary letters aud Newspapers, aud the
other to packaEcs Of value. This latter Is
the un1y institution corresponding in my
deg. &C to our vast expires compatirs, but OF
ctussc, the amount OF business it trarsacts
is &C III mFaratively tt'yia1. The Germans have
no idea Of the despatch with which Anleri-
country Gy" lightning express" What they
! cal! express trains here tsehNeNsug) do not
make i higher rate Of spcct than All accomo-
I daslun # in in AH.etsc.s, and the 0snount
1Eat they carry Is tfiiing. Thousands Of
| articles that we send by express aad could
| not tolerate to send by auy other way, the
Ge5niaGs send By fright trains, or-uercr
l seEd. urnce, to Egt At the truc standard
Of comparison between our post office re-
eeir,s and the Prussian. it VIII not 10 to
aoa to their present figure, all Or even the
| half Of the receipts Of OIL cSpFcSs companies,
since In neither one shape nor the other is
| Prussia.
l,y express treaty stipnlations the pruss1an
postal systen Is to be introduced into eli the
except Saxony, and more than that, will be
| under Ptussian control as well Us the tele-
graphs This will be an ahridgment Of their
freedom to certain extent, but they hare no
postsl system, outside Of Prnssla, has been,
through tho contemplate seldshness aud
anteailuciapism Of q Iock Of petty Princes,
kept IN perennial chaos, the most perfect
Imaginable. Imagine space of country n
large Us New England and, perhaps, Sew
York and Peuusylvanfa, with sixteen distinct
postal Systems nnd sixteen sorts OF postage
stamps! An American is accustomed to en-.
| close Il stau'p to business correspondent u
he expects q favor ol him, but ifone attempts
that here he must expend months salary
10 provide himself with the yarious sogts il
sufficient quantities. | don't wonder thai
tie Prussians became impatient aud deter
mined to put an eud to the nuisance, even j.
they were Obliged to use d ,it!le soft coercion
Il AUSTRIA GONE A-nEGGIN0.
I had occasion in former letter to nott
the fhct thai the committee assembled II
:hls city to audit the claims against, mud Ill
vide the property Of, the late Confederation
hud decided against Austrin in the matter O
| Claim that 4ef deputies had preferred. Thu
claim Was that tht fortresses built By the Cor
icLNation, as well Us tho movable property
iLercin, shoud be divided, that IL, that Aus
tia should te reimbursed tor her share q
tie expense fucurted in building them. Thi
| would be but the ba1dest Justice, since Aus
trim contributed largely and can hencefortl
receive no possible benefit from them. Th;
| committee refused, however, and Austria ha!
s,ncc madc application to each OF the Gov
| cEnments In whose terIltotfe.; these tottresse
sta'sa. but they hare sescraliy declined. ol
the ground that, II they are TO be kept ~
hereafter. tt must be at their own expens
entirely, 50 that if they reimburse Austria
It would cause them double burden. On
to.tunate Ausssial Germany has becan
fruesisnizcd in this regard it appears to b.
,, the policy Of every State 10 get what it ca,
: and keep all It gets,
E1.KISa GEORGE,
ct Hanover, is demonstrating his Relationship
to the English moet unul1stakably by BIZ
stnbhornness. He has taken up cosy quar-
1srs @ IN portion Of The Imperial palace 9
would have given him the invitation If h
had supposed be would accept ~, keeps
. suite about him, orders his Ministers an
Consul6 in foreign lands as If he were still
"by the grace 81 God, King Of Hanover.
and rcfnses to gise his brave officers releas
flcm Meir cath, When 1t Is for thrsr interest
for shat Of Hanover and not less for his owl
. to do SO. Not only does he thereby cut oi
all hope Of being permitted to enjoy his pfl
va,c possessions, but be Is keeping his of
trde. The Berlin Pforiatiaf Correspondent
makes the following just remarks ou tni
had:
"a part oi the 1anovc1san ofhcess, rolslcl b
NEg OF narov.r, are labosiIg unilcr the cocy1t
tioi. taat .hey Gan continue 10 draw pay witaoa
| cn:e{itE the Pftsstut 1[tay. such a Calm niue
ehrS 1ssh,s ~ sSe s u.s.a Tx toscIne1 e.
tLnn they formerly be1d against lhe Aanoretiar
ae hine ssnoaet IL eny % rieeen op
10 1hcse officers is. either 10 enter tho Prussia
: army or retne on pensions The matter coHid b
Of usno1es did not s,,ll continue to regard thet
: e coun1 ~ nIeir oaih 10 him. and refuse 70 +,
prin s"so
mAlc ssi3l NOISE t,y Idle dreams of SPEEDY rcsts
2 1a:fon o1 tic Hanoterian tsnAsty. The King
xheh oftsn i'd him @ ssiI.s " dur,as m IL period
= his 1e,gn." dc.
tarpears that Count P1aten, Minister {
!, tie Interior to kius George, and who is sti
+ with him, is his chief Counsellor In It'll
. course Of folly, and that be las tuld HINT
= verian officers That, as officers in iun stanl
G ing in the Hauuycrian army, and not di
}, missed thcrefsom - any resignation, di
S chzrEc. or similar document, nor yet By IN
t true tnough), they eau eontinne to draw pa
y as long as hf1E George does not relcas
e tlirIn.. Now, all this Matter ts sfmpl
# crouEn, and wonder that anr asmy Office
i should allow himself to be In doubt. The
i claime are good enough, 50 far as forms e
X ard fully cntftle them to continuance
T paF. bu: then Prussia won't ALLOW then
0 Their claims are PERFECTLY good, only the
II are 20 unfortunate as to have been made el
tircly worthless By the act OF conquest
= | 4E1ts al. 1I'5 rs E4Nal IS Q33.
II EESsELEss-
It One Of the most scnseless things that Il
= not very wise kirg Of Prussfa has coulmitte
b witkin many months is to set down the nan
It Of his brother, Prince Charles, in the us:
!; these to whom be intends to distribute Il
II 21.050,om latsly voted By Parliament, ar
n omit that Of glorious old fogel ron Falcke
y stein. Prince Charles IL crusty, crabbe
r hsainless aud thoroughly uugeut1eman
y map, 4 man who thought il not beneath hi
" 10 knock Oft the hat Of M Austrian Nav
!, iu Bohemia because, not knowing his ran
Is he put 1t on too soon in his presence; and
II Is thoroughly detested By nation aud arm
ol nike. Brave old ron Falckensteiu, howegt
+ Is the pride and glory Of every nan that /:
le Psasslan- To him more than any other d
IF they indebted for the splendid cam paigu
.. the Main; but then he's d p1rpt7au, G.
D ~ot, AID was once IN the ranks! OuSE
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