Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-04-28
The RuAlis DeSe-wAo Own ~


Ha,per's Weekly Of February rs con.
tains An article on the Sub Treasury. 10
New York city, which gives the following
facts relative TO those foreigners who own
stock Issued BY the Government Of the
United States:
Barely third Of the public debt il held
IN this country. The bulk Of it, ~ iosg-
tae, 10 held in Continental Europe. One
Y ~ surprised to End the names Of John
=. Astor, William B. Aston, Jacob Little
0esrge Peabody and such men in q list Of
creditors Of the United States; but they
and their country are in minority. The
heaviest foreign creditor We noticed is
Lord Ovesstone 1.-THE famous Jones Loyd)
who has lent this country no less than
S3S0,0o0. A Spanish lady, MERGED de
I.syseca, Is our creditor to the tune of
100000, and noble friend Of hers, the
Cocnt Casa Monltalvory Castillo. draws
pix per cent. on 100000. Several per-
Sons connected with the royal families Of
Europe are creditors Of ours. The broth
sr Of the King Of Naples took $4,000
some years ago, and instructed his agent
70 invest the dividends As they accrued, in
the same security. He now owns over
$4,000. His niece, the daughter Of BON.
b. 10 registered - . creditor for over
$4,000. These wise people have been
looking out for . rainy day. Another no.
bic pessonsge, the late Duchess Of Orleans
has enough in United States Skies to save
the Count Of Paris from being compelled
to follow bis grandistbsr's example and
keep school. Several Of the SAKE Coburg
Gotha have also invested in the came 80.
oarity.
The Count Rossi saw enough Of this
country while he was here to invest . few
Thousands in the name Of Sontag and
little Paul Julien has a trhe-enough 10
keep him when bis violin fails. One can
readily account for the appearance Of the
Rothschilds both Of London and of Paris;
but it is curious to note that the famous
publisher, Panckouke, Of Paris, is cred.
itor Of the United States and that the dra-
matte author, Scribe, has also invested
enough to give him nearly 10000 francs
. year. A careful study Of Democracy
in America appears to have persuaded
Monsieur Tocqueville to lodge some of his
savings in the hands of our government;
and Lord Macauly, who began with bag.
atslle of some $4,000. has since increased
his venture to nearly $4,000 But we
should never end if we attempted to emu.
merate all the great people who think their
money we'll placed in United States secu-
rites. Here are Lord Dundonald, the
great sailor. who has large sum for son
of Neptune the Prince de Besuveau, the
Count de Narbonne, Sir John Bayny, the
Marquis Of Champagne, Barring Brothers.
Count de Beaumont, General Zermeloff
and host of other titled people who per.
haps, depend on the honesty and solvency
ofthe 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, Alexan-
DIRE Herzen, has bagatelle of 500, 900 in
the same security; There is another cred
itor whose name is curiosity. 1t runs
thus: Baron Louis Muma Epaninondas
Justinian Aristides Decius Sails Haden-
stein Lichtcnstein. Fancy man with
such name drawing twenty six dollars
and fifty cents from the United States.