The New York herald., 1867-03-14

trade She consequently insisted upon the right OF vot
ing for Bsmarck but got rid OF by being told that
ner <me could be found upon the list her ticket would
Te prosecutions Of the liberal press begin to be more
vigorous than II seems that Coun. hismarcks
TRADE AGAINST the PRONUNCIATION OF the parliamentary
uenaes mas gwen me cue 70 ail tne pe.s ~
employees. who busy themselves In hunting up
onS ,he ponce 70 n search ~
at the ofices private dwellings OF editors ana con-
trbutors to journals. Even the humorous papcts On
the model Of Puncs are frequently pounced upon on
account OF their satrcal illustrations aud the announce
ment that their whole edition has been seized upon oy
the police is quite common thing THAT these measures
increasing in severity shown by the fact nat suits
are now instituted against journals Tor acies at were
published several months ago. and which at The time OF
the issue h.1 been allowed 20 pass without moestaion
The injustice OF such proceedings is still more obvious IN
case that happened the other aav, W Mhcn s a
humorous journal, the Tribune was prosecuted for
picture contained its weekly illustrated edition of last
December representing tho proposed VISIT OF me
General discovered an attack upon the Roman Catholic
religion. In tins case the journal IN question was
acquitted by the court but the R'ddidat c which was
indicted for similar offence, has been less fortunate,
the editor being sentenced TO weeks imprisonment
Considerable sensation has been excited ey ,he Y q
the Prrssan army who retired from tn service some
years az and settled the town and fortress Of Thorn Of
which place he had formerly been Governor and where
he was generally esteemed by the inhabitants. Last
year at the time OF the mobilization, he wrote short
article touching the legality OF that measure which WIS
inserted in one the local newspapers The paper
Immediately seized, and the authorship Of the article II
question being traced to General Prittwz he was tied
by military court and condemned 10 years ncarcer
alton in the fortress OF Gogau to which he has recently
baen conveyed E
country with credit for half century, sud had done
nothing more than make Of the right which IS or
ought 10 be enjoyed by ctiZen TO express his
opinions in print, and for which, II he had really
offended against the press laws. he ought certainly be
tried by the proper tribunals and not by court martial
Some OF the reforms agreed upon by the military
committees which holding sessions presided over
by the Crown Prince and Prince Frederick Charles,
have transpired and seem, indeed TO invoke complete
change N the principles of heretofore existing.
The experience gained in the campaigns or 1864 ana
1866 respecting the armament movement and supplies
troops Is TO form tho basis OF thoroughly improved
system of tactics the details OF which are, OF course,
kept secret But much Is known, that the expense OF
equipment hencefoh 10 be greatly reduced as also the
soldier TO be relieved OF great part OF his burthensome
accou'remcnts thus enabling him to move ahont rap
idly without impeachment from knapsacks, bulky uni
FORM heavy headgear &c Durng me laSt war .,e un.
wiedy knapsacks thrown OF by the troops before
every engagement aud sometimes not got back for days
and weeks, the mon having advanced meanwhile upon
the reircating enemy, the heat was such that ie
knapsacks were put upon teams and the rams n,rspy
formidably increased tina, they intefered with the
movements Of thu troops aud in case OF retreat must
have caused infinite confusion The heavy helmets we're
frequently cast aside by the men, and the coarse un-
bolted rye bread in big loaves which they were com
PEELED to lug with them. shared the same ta'e inc
writer has seen Prussan camps in Moravia and
Bohemia hundreds OF thousands OF these loaves called
commits bread !" completely monldy and nnft for food,
y having been sent on when reSn ana camp & ses 'na
ordinary dwelling honse. the commanding officer at INC
station ordered 1t to bc given to the pooret Of the nhao
ants had sold at auc ion for trtc though each
loaf cost the government one-quarter OF a thaler
Besides Thorough reform OF these and other matters
the transport OF troops by railway and the sanitary or
eanzaton Of the army are to undergo important
for the better a1d the improvements to be introduced
in every branch aim at lifting the Prussian and North
German Confederate army 70 point OF perfection not
reached by any Of The European governments
l, is an agreeable duty to report the mprovng con-
dition Of Governor WRIGHT, who has been declared out
of imminent danger by his phvsicians and allowed TO
take airing in his HIS friends IN the states
viii rejoice hear that hts complete recovery may now
be looked forward to. As the season IS little
more advanced he will probably be sent to Carlsbad the
waters Of which will it ia hoped, complete the cure
W hch is already progressing quito favorably During
the Governors illness his dutes are attended to by ms
son, Mr. J. p. Wright, who has lately been appointed
Charge d'Atlares for that purpose
Mrs Key Blunt, whose last reading was held bv the
desire the Princess Royal at hs Academy of Music.
AMI drew larger audience than the former ones has
since received invaiion from the Princess to one of
the soirecs at Der Royal Hghness palace, where she
treated the comrany to some choice passages rom
Tennyson &c The soifee was extremely
brilliant tho Queen and all the Court being present. and
the talented American lecturess met with nbounded
applause
Having Just returned from tho Academy Of Music
where this evening tho mass confused by Professor
John X. Paine OF Cambridge University, per-
formed, glad to say that II of to the salts
faction Of the audience, which was quite numerous and
their parts finely. and the solos sung by Mesdames
strahi and wuers aud Aessrs Geycr and Zschiesche,
all Of whom are artists Of the first rank.
General Result Of the Elections for the New
North German PnrIinmenf-SfrenCth Of tho
OpposItion-The Federal Constitntion-The
King Of PrMssia's Visit to Dresden, &c.
BERLIN, Feb. 81, 1867.
The nnal result or the elections is asccrtained
and TALES exactly with the antcipatons expressed
The subject my former reports In old Prussia the lib
erals have carried the dav In all the largo cities with
the single exception OF K5nigsburg, but the smaller
towns and AGRICULTURAL districts have mostly given the
preference to the government candidates. The party
Of progress has lost some Of its leading members for
instance Dr. Loewe tho last president Of the German
National Assembly. whom his friends intended to pro-
pose for the presidency OF The new Parliament, but who
has been oused in the westphalia district, which he
represents in tho PrusSan Legislature, by rival
hitherto unknown to fame. The President Of the
Prussan House Of Deputies, NJ. dc Forckenbeck, may
perhaps get in for Ebcrcld when there will have to
be second balloting between him and Bismarck, and
he election Of Urank Henng, Cariowiiz Trusen and
other prominent liberals IL secured, TO whom must be
added tho six radical members from Berlin The moder
ate liberals silent but influential band have been quite
successful and nearly all their noabes, two vnckcs,
schwerin Anuswad simson, &c, will occupy
in the new Parliament where they will te Joined by
Frcytag the distinguished novelist who represents the
city OF Erur by Professor Wax Duncker, author Of
the Hlstory OF Greece and private secretary to the
Crown Prince, who was returned nj Hale by coalon
Of the conservatives and modcraes against the demo-
craia
Altogether |, is calculated that Of the mombcrs elected
thirty ak decided liberals twenty modera,es eighty
Ave conservatives twenty-five Catholics and Poles There
were four double treble elections, and in thirty
no absolute majority attained and second ballot
will hay to be resored TO. OF the Ministers only Bis
marck and Roor have been elected the latter twice; OF
the heroes OF the late war, Fakcnstein, seinmetz,
Mo,tse nbree times, and Prince Frederick Charles In
the provinces OF Siesa and Prussia the elections fell
chiefly upon the great feuda magrates like the
Duke of Ratibon the Duke OF Ujert, Prince Lchncwsky,
Count Renard Count Iehudorff, &c who siin com
mand the strict obedience Of their reaincrs; IN Posen
the Polish element almost everywhere got the better OF
the German, which, however, was partly owing to tho
circumstance that every German Catholic gave their votes
10 the Polish candidates NJ Wagner, the presiding
genius the Ere,s Zeifng elected In P0mcranan
canton by 100 out Of TO- 900 votes the largest majority
on record.