The New York herald., 1866-08-28
d before the recent treaty OF Prague:--
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Tho great bulk Of the territory Indicated above lies
between the fteth and dfy fifth degrees Of Norh aii-
ede aud the eghiythird and 1ninty Of longitude,
ast from Washington II divided into two sections,
slled the eastern and western. by tho interposi-
|lon Of nesse- -Cassel Brunswick and Hanover.
|Ae eastern section is generally level, descend
Ing gradually towards tho north and northwest,
|a tho direction of the Baltic Sea- as Indicated by the
,ouzs OF the rivers vstula, Oder Ebe and their tri-
tarica Along the the land Is quite low, and
.sapors are few Dantzic b,iny the only notable
high latitude this portion Of Prussia
shlessed with healthy climate; the average annual
temperature Is about hftytwo degrees Fahrenheit On
he south this section ia separated from the Austrian
provinces Of Bohemia and Moravia by the Riescngebrgc
md sudeics mountains, which present many interest ng
oAogcal features Their altitude varies from three
hsus and TO about 1--WE thousand Hye hundred feet above
|sbe bvel Of the
Is In this section Of Prussia that the greatest diver
|shy of languages Out OF population OF about
shiseen millions In the eastern secticn OF Prassa two
nirons and half speak languages different froin the
the Polish. the Mazore, the Bo
IAsmsan, the waIloon and the Lithuanian tongues
Tho western portion OF the Kingdom OF Prussin con.
'ssts Of weslphaa and the Rhcnish Provinces, and
more diversified than the eastern part Of the kingdom
n traverrcd from southeast 10 northwest py tue river
Rhine which this part OF It's forms Of the
most picturesque and fertile valleys In Europe. The
cities Of Cobentz Bonn, Cologne Dusseldorf aud Cleves
may be mentioned proofs OF the importance 10 which
|rhe valley has claim The inclination Of this section
u Prussia also towards the northwest In this part Of
ne kingdom the climate agreeable than Ia tho
eastern The largest city In Prussia Is the capitaBcr
5nn-whch had population Of coo 733 inhabitants In
1ses next comes Breslau, with 1904 These two
susied in Eastern Prussia The third city In point OF
population Is Cologne, with 1l1,oo0 Inhabitants IL is
iuated In Western Prussia Besides these three cities,
sore forty Others, whose populations range from
900 to 95 600 Inhabitants and most Of these cities
Famous In history and in the annals Of science and art
PRUSSIA AFrER TREATY or PRAGUE
Although the precise spulations Of the treaty con-
eiudei between the late belgerents At Prague, last
1hursday evening, not yet authenticay made pub
nc s,l the ultimate mils OF tho newly aggrandixed
|h,sgdom well enough known through semhoffcla
sources According 10 these the Kingdom Of Prus
sa consist or the present realm together witt most
sf the small German States Except the KINGDOM Of
sarouyL Its boundaries viii then lie between Denmark
she German aud Baltic Oceans the north shc Meth
srands Belgom, Luxemburg aud France, on the west
the Paaiina,c the rvcr Main and Rodach the Kngdom
q saxony and the Empire Austria the south: and
Russia on the east will be from this that Pras.
ss acquires an area equal amos, half Of her org.
nal possessions and an OF population equal 10
nearly one half OF what u before the war Her
eh.cf acq aisitlons may be classified as follows: