The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-09-21
THE KINGDOM BEFoRE The WAR.
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lie Srea! bulk OF the territory lndlcat.
Ell above lies between the fiftieth and fif-
ty-fitth degrees Of North latitude, and the
eighty third and ninety. fsh of lon gitude
East from Washington. 1t was divided
INTO two sections, called the Eastern and
W estern, by The interp,sition of uesse
Cassel, Brunswick and Hanover. The
Eastern section is generally level, descen~
ding gradually towards the North and
Northwest, in the direction of the Baltic
Sea, as indicated By the course of the
rivers VistuIa, Oder, Ebe, and their trlb
utarles. Along the coast the land is
quite low, and the seaports few, Dantzic
being the only notable one. Notwith
standing its high latitude, This portion of
Prussia is blessed with a healthy climate;
the average annual temperature is about
ffty>two degrees Fahrenheit. On the
South this section is separated from the
Austrian provinces Of Bohemia ard Mo>
ravia by the kiesengebrge aud SuGetes
mountains, which present many interest,"
ing geological features. Their altitude
varies from three thousand to about five
thousand five hundred feet above the lev
OF the sea.
1t is 10 this section of Prussia tbat the
greatest diversity of language occurs.--
Ou. of population Of about thirteen
millons IN the Eastern section of Prus-
sia two millions and half speak Languages
different from the GermaD-principally
the Polish, the Mazore, the Bohemian,
the Walden and the Lithuanian tongues
RHEHIsH PRUSSIA.
The Western portion of the Kingdom
Of Prussia consists Of Westphala and the
Rhenish provinces, and is more diversified
than the Eastern portion of the Kingdom.
1t is trayersed from Northeast TO North
west by the river Rhine, which a. this
part of its course forms one of the most
picturesque and fertile valleys in Europe.
The cities Of CobIentz, Bonn, Cologne,
Dusseldorf and Cleves may be mentioned
as proofs of the importance to which
this valley has a claim. The inclination of
this part of Prussia is also towards the
Northwest. In this part of the Kin gdom
the climate is more agreeable than in the
Eastern section. The largest city in
Prussia is the capital -BerI,n- which
had population of 6C9,7 inhabitants
in 1864; next comes Breslau, with 1863
644. These two are situated IN Eastern
Prussia. The third city in point of popu-
la,ion is Cologne, with $4,000 inhabt,
ants. 1t is situated in Western Prussia.
Besides these three cities, there are forty
others, whose populations range from 15,>
600 to $4,000 inhabitants, and most of
these cities are famous in history, and in
the annals OF science and art.
PRUSSIA AFTER THE TREATY CT PRAGUE.
Although the precise stipulations Of the
treaty concluded between the late bellg-
erents at Prague, are not yet automatically
made public, still the ultimate limits of
the newly aggrandized Kingdom are we'll
enough known through semi-oficial
sources. According to this the new
Kingdom of Prussia is to consist of the
present realm, together with the most of
the small German States Except the
Kingdom OF Saxony). lis boundaries
will then lie between Denmark, the Gers
man and Baltic Oceans on the North :;
the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
and France, on the West; the Palatin
ate, the river Main and Rodach, the
Kingdom of Saxony and the Empire of
Austria, on the South; and Russia on
the East. 1t will be seen from this that
Prussia acxuires an area equal 10 almost
one. half OF her original possessions, and
an increase OF population equal TO nearly
one-half Of what it was before the war;
Her chief acquisitions may be classified as
follows.