The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-13
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moi the least curious desk in the sub.trcas.
my IN New York city, is that Of the clerk
Wno pays the interest on tho public debt rTha
1upons and interest on about seven -eirhths
VI .ne debt OF the United States are paid ont
OF the sub-treasury in New York. Tha hi !
ance Is iD the shape of an inscribed debt. on
Wnlca the interest Is payable to the parties
Wnose names are entered on the great rolls al
washington. Every six months the names Of
the parties are written out in book at Wash
lngton and sent here to serve as guide 10 the
sub-treasury. W
III aaese .it books are q curious study. Many Of
s s.e names they tain are household words
s,o some are the names of Europeans; others of
west Indians, and even Asiatics Barely n
Ihird OF the public debt is held in fhis
SouhsTy. IS ha1y :; The bulk of 1t, We imagine,
not surprised to find the names of John
=. Astor, W. b. Astor, Jacob Little. George
eaoooy, and such men, in the list of the cred
a'oIs OF the United States, but they and their
conntrymen are in a minority
ne heaviest foreign creditor we noticed is
a.pIa ,..p Overstone, (the. famous John Lloyd J
WI VINO mas let this country no less than $:l50-
ooV. Spanish lady, Merced de Layseca, is
Bile friend of hers, the Count Casa MontIoyov
Sassliio, draws six per cent. on 100000. Sew
erai persons connected with the royal families
ot ot E,arqpe ,, are creditors of ours. The brother
Vi the hing OF Naples took $50 OcG some wears
ago, and instructed his agent to invest the div
iaehds as they accrued, in the same security
lie now owns over $T5,O00. His niece. the
Ga oaugn,er s OF Bomha, is registered as creditor
ior over ~oo,ouo These wise people have been
looking out for a rainy day. Another noble
parsonage, the late Duchess of Orleans has
enough in the United States SKIES to save the
,o,.r Louh, oi Iaris from being compelled to fol-
low MS grandfatber's example and keen
scnooi; several of the SAKE Coburg Gothas
nave also invested in the same country.
ne Souht Ressl saw enough of this country
,n ,ne e fa,,,a was mere, TO invest few thousands
N Son
> uileh mas a trifie-enough TO keen him when
ms Vioiln fails. One can readily account for
.he appearance Oft name of the Rothschilds
sIat ~ the Lomaon ana Paris; but it is curious
I ,nat the famous publisher, Panchouke. of
farls, is a creditor of the United States and
tnat the dramatic author, Scribe has also in
vested enough to give him nearly 10000 francs
q year. careful study Of democracy in
America appears to have nersusded Monsienr
ae IocqueyIlle to lodge some of his savings in
the hahds OF our government; and Lord Ma
ctuiey, VINO began with a bagatelle of some
So,o0O, has since increased his venture to near.
ly 10000.
But we shall never end il we attempt to
enumerate all the people w who have their money
placed IN the United States securities. Here
are LORD Dundonald, the great sailor who has
a large sum for n son of Neptune; the Prince
de Beauyean, the Count de Narbonne Sir Jno.
Eayley, the Marquis of Champagne, Barring
Brothers, Count de Beaumont General Ber-
moloh, and a host Of titled people. who. per-
haps, depend upon the honesty and solvency
OF the United States government for living.
Lord Elgin saw enough of us to leave 7,UOO
OF his sayingsin our six per cents; and the fa-
nous Russian, Alexandra Herzen has q baga-
telle of $4,000 in the same security There is
another creditor whose name is a curiosity
1t runs thus: Baron Louis Numa Epaminon-
das Justidian Aristides Decius Sails Halden-
stein Lichenstein Gortenstein. Fancy man
with such name drawing twenty-siX dollars
and fifty cents from the United States
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