, 1873-03-23
Their Great Love for the
Fafherland ElIus-
fratcG.
Extent and Influence Of the German
and German-Ameriean
Press.
The Story Of the Mails, and What They
Garry Between the Two
Countries.
The Relations Of Gcr1nan-Amcri-
cans to the Old Country.

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cans to the Old Country.
Every German loves his mother country, an
It is we'll that he does. for "a good son make
always good husband Because s man has
tender chord in nook Of his heart, which
touched when the sound Of mother strikes hj
ear, because he remembers lovingly her VIII
gave him birth, no matter how fur he NAV b
separated from her, is no reason why lie shoul
not love hia wife-his adopted country-still BET
ter and With more devotion. It is true, no soon
er has German emigrant arrived in this coun
try than he becomes homesick, and, in the word
OF Hans Breitmann:
Ach vaterland vie bist du welt
Ach Ze1t | Wio bist du lang
70 Fatherland thou art SO far
q Time thou art so loug.1
He counts days, hours, and minutes, until
By hard labor and frugal living ho has saved
enough to return to his native country Will
the full determination to spend the rest Of hi,
life in ease; yet very rarely does lie remai1
more than year or 30. Having once taetet
the sweets OF free. Republican country. hs
soon becomes aware OF the fact that be cannot
love his mother country, with it's old fendal ani
ariBtocratic institutions and ideag as we'll as ht
can this land Of freedom and OF advanced ideas
He therefore again shakes the dns: of his na.
tive country from his feet, and returns to be,
come oro OF our best and most patriotic citizens
still retaining his love for the old country, but
forever healed from his Inconsistencies He still
keeps up his intercourse with his friends and
relEtlons, and from this intercourse this country
derives considerable revenue and benefits.
no LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS
rrnR ivn1 ,;a nf+- rn,k 1.,@ ~
living here, from their frieuda in Germany. OF
this sum about 940o,oo0 Was received through
the firm OF H. Claussenius l. Co. The firm OF
Henry Grcenebaum also transacts very large
amount OF foreign-exchange business. and, by
it's large and excellent connections with all the
principal cities in Germany, L. particularly
sought for, for letters Of credit, By German
tourists. But, beeides, there are many other
German banking houses In this city that tram
eact q very large amount of forefgn-e1chango
business, tie most prominent of which are the
international Bank, Germanis Bank, ". Eahen-
burg, G. snydacker, Leopold Meyer, O.
L. Niehon Co., Wassmansdorf i Heine-
man, Emil Josaphet, Ernst ). Knobelsdorf,
FelsenthAl 4 Kozminski, Horner l. Levy, II.
Enders, ane Lazarus silvermAnn,-each one of
these houses doing 4 large and lucrative busi-
nees in this particular branch.
But the large Intercourse between Germans in
this and the old country Ia best shown by the
large amount Of German bulinese transacted
IN TIE PosT-oFF1GE OF THIS CITY
The International money-order system between
this country and Germany went into operation
on the 1st Of last October and, though 1t ia not
yet generally known that orders can be sent in
that manner, Jet. from the time that the syatetn-
went into operation until the 1st OF January,
1873, no less than 511 money-orders, amounting
rad n
Post-OHce, md 1874 orders, amounting to
$4769,25, were received and paid ont. It is
expected that the orders issued and paid ont
during this quarter will be more than double the
amount above stated The number Of registered
lettors rnailed to Germany from this Post Office
during the quarter ending Jan. I, 1878, amonnt-
ID to 1885, most Of which contained money, in
Sarlous amounts. The common German letters
time reached the enormous figure OF Cos, 200;
and, Of newspapers. 48, sos we're sent. Common
German letters received during the last quarter
we're 85.352, and newspapers 1886. Besides
this, large number Of German newspapers and
periodicals are received through the agencies Of
Ernst steiger and E. Ziekel, in Now York, which
are not enumerated in tho above statement
OF TIE GERMAN LITERARY PApEns AND PERfopI-
GALS
mostly taken and read in this city, the Lelpsi0
Ga-teal0ube takes the lead. This is IN illus.
trated literary paper OF rare excellence, and il
by many considered the best in the world It !
appears every two weeks, in large pamphlet |
form and its publisher Mr.. E. Keil, Of Lei psig,
Saxony one of the most public-spirited and lib- /
erai men in Germany, employs none but the |
very best%o talent. It's tone is highly moral |
and exceedingly liberal, and some Of the very |
best German literary productions hare first mado |
The excellent novels Of E. Marlott. whose Gold !
Elsie" " Countess Gisels," '1The Mooreland |
Princess" and Others have all been translated |
nto English, and are widely read and greatly |
admired By Americans; as also that most excel
ent novel, "At the Altar" BY E. Werner. The
Illustrations in this paper aro usually OF great
irtlstic merit, and ita portraits correct like
1essee. Something over 1900 copies of this pa-
'er arc circulated in this city, Many Americans,
understanding the German language, subscroe
or it.
Similar in style and in point Of excellence ia
Jebe7' Land md Nee7:, published aud edited hy
t1at excellent writer, Friedrich Gers.acker. Of
tuttgart, Wurtemberg. Some 800 copies Of it
ne taken in this city. ,
The Hlustr1rte eE is also similar to the first
escnbed, but somewhat inferior in point OF e3-
eAence It has also circulation Of about l,5oO i
opies In this city.
The Augemeine Fan.ilte'uetfung, another illus {
a5eo ano literary paper has circulation OF about
Tho Ddhein,, and Das Pouch -fuey- 4Ne are
apers OF tho Same style and makeup, but in | +
r1oz to those mentioned above, aud about 500 s
'gies OF each are taken In this city.
-'1 .A4.ACA CoplEh VI Lu6 Berlin GQ14F are Ii
zen By as many ladies in this city This Jour y
Il OF fashion is similar in style and make-n to =
rank Leslie's Ladies' Magazine, but far superior
point OF excellence; it Is, in fact. since tbs +
mpreBs Augusta has taken Eugenie's place Al a
aeen OF Fashion, the official organ Of The whole Il
world. - :.
The Fhegende Blatter is also largely circulated t.
this city. This is q pamphlet Of Wit and Lu-
u, Issued monthly. It does not moddle in pol 6
cs. and resembles somenhnr the co1nical paper +,
lowu as Yankee Notions. Il
The Etadderdhatsch, of which about $50 copies
, taken in this city, ia humorous, satirical
htlcal papor, OF the game sort as the London n
inch and the Paris Chdrirari. at appears I.
1y, except on weekdays" and it's editors are ! Il
" and have been for many years, DR.. Thome, ! Il
. Rosanthal, and David Kalish, each one Of n
I'm q literary star Of the first magnitude, and t a
unnvaled as humorists and wits. II ie the q
Ut liberal paper in Germany, and fearlessly d
'stlsos corruption and fraud, even il the per- q
fasoEH should hold the highest rank and posi- n
q: 1t ls unfinching in it's opposition to aris- a
facy and orthodoxy It is . paper Of the m
'p4e and ls usually let alone by those in &C
ser, they knowing its influence over the &c
'F ey
IFS ARTIST Il 1IR. sCuoLZ, | cl
q u 1ne mGst celebrated caricaturists in the
Elo.Ca man who wields the crayon with far be
fe s6iu and judgment thar. does AIr. Thomas KS
y, t o. Aa,Ter's 1 1!ee12y. Some Of sholz's 10