Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-04-09
The Public Debt--.WhO Owns 1t 2


Harper's Weekly, of February 26, contains
an article on the Sub Treasury, in New
York City, which gives the following facts re.
latve to those foreigners who own stock issu.
ed by the Government of the United
States:
Barely third of the public debt is held in
this country. The bulk of it, we imagine, is
held in Continental Europe. One is not sur
priscd to find the names of John j. Astor,
William B. Astor, Jacob Little, George Pea
body, and such men, in list of creditors OF
the United States; but they and their coun-
try are in minority. The heaviest for
eign creditor we noticed is Lord Overstone
(the fameous Jones Loyd,) who has lent this
country no less than $350,0O0. A Spanish
lady, Merced de Layseca, is our creditor to
the tune of $5O0,O0O, and noble friend of
hers, the Count Casa Montalvory Castillo,
draws six per cent on 100000. Several
persons connected with the royal families of
Europe are creditors of ours. The brother of
the King of Naples took $4,000 some years
ago, and instructed his agent to invest the
dividends as they accrued, in the same secu-
rity. He now owns over $75 900. His niece,
the daughter of Bomba, is registered as
creditor for over $50, 600. These wise peo-
pie have been looking out for rainy day
Another noble parsonage, the late Duchess of
Orleans, Has enough in the United States
Skies to save the Count of Paris from being
compelled to follow his grandather's example
and keep school. Several of the SAKE Coburg
Gothas have also invested in the same securi-
ty.
The Count Rossi saw enough of this country
while he was here, to invest few thousand
in the name of Sontag and little Paul Juli-
en- has trihe-enough to keep him when his
violin fails. One can readily account for the
appearance of the name of the Rothschilds
goth of London and of Paris but is curious
to note that the famous publisher, Panckouke,
of Paris, is creditor of the United States,
and that the dramatic author, Scribe, has al
50 invested enough 10 give him nearly IL, 600
francs year. a careful study persuaded
Monsieur TOequeville to lodge some of his saw
ings in the hands of our Government and
Lord Macauly, who began with a bagatelle
of some $1,000, has since increased his ven
ture to nearly $4,000. But we should nev-
er end if VIC attempted to enumerate all the
great people who think their money well plac-
ed in United States securities. Here are
Lord DundOnald, the great sailor, who has
large sum for u son Of Neptune; the Prince de
Beauveau, the Count Of Narbonne, Sir John
Baylay, the Marquis of Champagne, Barring
Brothers, Count de Beaumont. General Zerm-
loft, and "a host Of other titled people who, per-
haps, depend on the honesty and solvency of
the United States Government for a living.
Lord Elgin saw enough of US to leave $l7,-
500 of his savings in our six per cents and
the famous Russian, Alexandra Helzen, has
a bagatelle of 100000 in the same same secu-
rity. There is another creditor whose
name is a curiosity. 1t runs thus Baron
Louis Numa Epaminondas Justinian Aristi-
des Decius Sails Haldenstein Lichtensten
Grotenstein. Fancy aman with such name
drawing twenty-six dollars and fifty cents
from the United States ,