M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-01-19
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house, and jumped out on the side.
walk with force enough to dislocate
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"W hew what fools mer are !"
Foreign Investments in the Uni
ted States.
A writer who has had access to the
books Of the Subtreasury in N. York,
where the interest on about seven.
eigbths Of the public debt ofthe q. s.
is paid, says r.. --..r.
These books are a curious Study
Many ofthe names they contain are
household words. Some are thenames
Of Europeans, others OF. w est Indians,
and even Asiatics, Barely third Of
the public debts held in this country.
The bulk Of it, We imagine, is held in
Continental Europe. One is not sur
prised to find the names Of John j.
Astor, William b. Astor, Jacob Lit.
ltle, George Peabody, and such men,
! in the list Of the creditors of the Uni.
ted States, but their countrymen are
| Id a minority. ''.
Theheavlest foreign creditor we no.
lticed is Lord Oyerstone, (the famous
John Lloyd J who has lent this country
no less than $350,000, A Spanish
lady, Merced de Laseca, is our credit.
or to the time Of 100000, and a no.
ble friend Of hers, the Count Casa
Montlovoyg 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 instruc-
ted his agent to invest the dividends
AS they accrued, in the same security.
He now owns over $4,000. His
niece, the daughter Of Bomba, is reg
istered as a creditor for over $50 900.
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 Count of Paris from being
compelled to follow his grandfather's
example, and keep school. Several
lofthe.Saxe Cobnrg Gotbas have also
invested in the same security.
The Count Rossi saw enough ofthis
country while he was here to invest a
few thousand in the famous name OF
Sontag; and little Paul Julien has q
trihe--enough to keep him when his
violin fails. One can readily account
for the appearance of the names Of
the Rothchilds, both of London and
Paris; butt is curious that the famous
publisher Ponchoncke, of Paris, is a
creditor ofthe United States, and that
the dramatic author Scribe, has also
invested enough to give him nearly
10000 francs year. A careful stu,
dy Of democracy in America appears
to have persuaded Monsieur Tocque
vile TO lodge some of his savings in
the hands ofour government; and Lord
Macouley, who began with bag gatelle
of some $4,000, has since increased
his venture to nearly $4,000.
But we shall never end if we at.
tempt to enumerate all the people who
Ihave their money placed in U. S. Sc.
curites. Here are Lord Dundonald,
the great sailor. who has a large sum
for a son Of Neptune; the Prince dc
Beauveau, the Count de Narbohne,
Sir John BayIey, the Marquis o.
Champagne, Barring Brothers, Count
dc Beaumont, General Bermaloif, and
host of titled people, who, perhaps,
depend upon the honesty and Sol ven-
cy of the United States Government
for q living. a.I
Lord Elgin saw enough OF US to
leave $4,000 of bis savings in our
six per cents, and the famous Russian,
Alexander Herzen, has a bagatelle of
$50 900 in the same security. There
is another creditor, whose name is a
curiosity. 1t runs thus: Baron Lou.
is Numa Espaminondas Justidian
Aristides Decius Salus Haldenstein
Dichenstein Gertenstein. Fancy a
man with such name drawing S26
50 from the United States.
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The INTELLECr.--One 1roof of the
superior and independent excellence OF
this lofty endowment may be found IN
the fact, that the brnte creation have
got the senses in far greater perfect.
ion than man, and yet their external
knowledge is blank in comparison to
his. A raven can scent his prey at
the distance of many leagues. A hog
can smell triflle that is buried under
the earth. An eagle can see an OBJ.
ject with distinctness for several miles.
The tall ola leaf cannot escape the ear
Of sleeping hare. The polypus, it is
said, is capable of perceiving light it.
self by the finest touch. Most quad
rupeds are enabled to distinguish more
accurately between wholesale and poi
sonous herbs, than the most accom-
plished and laborious botanist. And
yet, by his intellect; alone, man is able
10 trinmph over the comparative do.