, 1861-08-30
THE NATIONALLOAN,
The Rush of Subscribers.


~ E,olF1oual SUBSCRIPTIONS tor the popular loan,
1ae tas1o ano IIeasuIy = Department, over which be
and Wall streets. Within the cooi, deap shadfs
o. the gran1te building reigus that perfect Or
der and quiet always associated with great
financial trsl sactions. Il Eour business is with
M C'seo. you turn to your left, upon enter
lIg nom wall street, Grd find yourself in a
oa3nasomely 1ur1lEhsd private office. Behind
low table Eits BIZ Cisco, pleasant, amisb]e
gentleman, under whose excellent supeTvisinn
Ice department has been carried On for fifteen
5kars, without single blunder or mistake
althongh there are many branches Of art uu.
atr n1s charge, in which correctness and infal-
aenasy Is rather matter OF instinct thaa Of
education In spite Of bis mul.ifarIous and
onerous duties, you will find this gentleman
reacy 70 give you any information you may
desire in regard to the popular loan.
There is no need to ask him the particulars
which We have noted above concerning the
4ot6s or the manner Of subscribing for them.
he hes anticipated any such queries, and has
prepared 2 set Of Instructions, brief and *
p1clt, which you may read fer yourself, and
otch We have condensed for the public
tsses then, to the matter which comes more
iHmt oiately under his direct tsuuetVisiou-the
SUBSCRIPTIONS by letter. He tells you that the
still rpon the increase. The a1nounts range
from fifty to fifty thousand dollars, these BE-
ING the extreme SUMS yet deposited MANY
Ct the subscribers seem to be actuateG by Dat
Ilof1c motives alone, and Write:-"I wish to
saoscribe so many dollars 20 support our gov
e. esmtnt," or "tc support the best government
On EARTH A correspondent at Scranton. "a
evidently mechanic on II Thousand
dollars, and begs Mr. Cisco to send an age1t
There, ~ as there are tons Of geld rustinsr
Which the government needs aud can ha7e.H
lheIe Is not much chance for fine writing or
IafEotlc Expression in these letters, to be
in ~
shines out Of them Is plainly as ever
1t old in Mebster'6 speeches or Scott's
amy orders. Look st this letter, pray, Il that
Tee chlrography of q rich man, or of q puor
oHe? Cannot you zee the mark Of hard toll
u every stroke Of the pen? Cannot you see
ahe msrk O. hard earnings y that word fifty
attrWards changed into 'tsixty 2" Is there
not romance under all this which you would
Ike to know, and WAS it not patriotism which
induced thls poor labGrer to sctape together
len more dollars for his colniry -reserying
nething--ris king all his savings. There's 3
1: laca mans letter for you-a full, round, easy
hand; pcmpous five Thousand dollars -
great broad seal. Evidently tha: was written
~ maa well te do, comfortable and on the
look out for safe Investment, and it DOESN'T
touch your sympathy 20 nearly, but does it
Tot show confidence in the stability Of the
III the tnture Of these United
stateF, which 10 Ball Run reyerses, no warn
lDgs Of the London Tines 10 threats Of Ene-
hsh capitalists can shake or destroy? Next
comes letter in lady ; hand-d !lie4te, well
p ritten, concise. She cannot subscribe mich.
but she sends her little 'tto sustain the Gov
eti me9t,' aud she may rest assured that it
Hin. Heres tailly letter-fiye hundred
\ Mrs. John Smith, and f1:ty dollars each for ali
the little Smiths, from young John to Sarah,
That Is from the countEy-yes, ,lcok at the post
njarh a comfortable tarmer, decidedly
51aS9ae, hoLest, open. hearted AID open-heud-
ID. Young. John, no doubt, has gone off to
tear-blot opposite his name, dropped from
klI q, gentle, motheziy eyes which looked over
old Jchn's shoulder as he copied the long list
T. fnames frcm the family Bible Little Sarah
must be very young indeed, fcr, see, she has
olotte0 her Own name with her email, pretty
clmpled hand in her eageraess to see it and to
trace It with her 6ngers, and in her simple
sstonlebmert that it doesn't look at all like
herself. What curious, grabbed hand the
next letter ls written in This is from widow,
and she ,subscribes largely. How firm and
the words stand along the page,
and how plainly they speak the will OF the
Wema1 to aid the government With her strorg
hands, as well as with her means, if she were
ouIy maa. Here are parcel Of letters from
clergy men, statesmen, servants, clerks, farmers,
M Individual and peculiar, but
III telling the same story. Thea comes q
clumsy sort icf document, III spelled, and
naklng frgh1ful mess ct what 1t wishes to |
say, as thoughthe writer wereEct exactly clear |
u his mind in regard to his intentions. An |
[rlstman, we will warrant. Yes, "Patrick," and |
name beginning with o. He would be in the |
sl1t5 'nln1a Il ne we're young enough, but he |
sge, and promises another hundred q if it be |
7eqn1 3D." The dear old fellow clearly thinks |
he is giving his money away, but how willing |
y he docs it Russe1l's letter on Meagher has |
warmed him up, and what is money to tae |
honor of Old Telands Next is a merchants
letter, butiness-like and explicit. He knows |
That he is making a good Investment; and |
seVen and tbree-tenths per cant. interest pays;
hat lis money is safer with tho government |
han III his drawer, aud he subscribes largely, |
Then there is letter from savings bank, taS-
pg thousands of dollars of stock. The insti-
utlon makes the Investment, certainly but
t represents hundreds and hundreds Of poor
ok, Of whose confidence in the preservation
y the Union this subscription is an exponent.
NO government supported thus can fail,
Each one Of these letters Is more than set
III to any that raecally correspondent may
Erlte "generally discouraging to the North"
THE POPULAR SUBSCRIBERS.
But the room is filling up with depositors,
md we must turn away from these documents
o allow HI. Cisco to attend to these visitors,
md to study the characters and positions of
he depositors for ourselves. Now it is not
necessary for the depositors to see Mr.. Cisco
It all, for they pay down their money at the
Cashiers deek II the outer room, and the Ger
;5ffeates are signed by MI. Cisco and taken out
20 them By clerk. Bat the great majority
# them come into the private room, never
theless. Some from that idiosyncraey which
sads many people to believe that things can
.ot go rightly unless they see everything
= hich is done, and which makes folks inspect
5I ;aear baggage st every station when travelling.
Jthers, with pleasant old Captain Cnttle's no
ion, that they had better be On hand in case
make things easier. Others, with the con
sciousness that they are doing good action.
sEd . laudable desire to show themselves to
dr. Cisco as really the identical persons
who were subscribing amounts which
seem 10 them almost fabulous. Others,
:or curio=ity'e sake, or actuated by that IN.
accountable feeling Of nervousness and dis
eom1oft which always seizes the uGlnitiated
Fhen engaged in pecuniary transactions.
others, because they are friends Of Mr. Cisco
md like to shake hands with him and say good
:heer O:hers, because thsy feel that by
;1o"ing themselves personally to the Sub
treasurer, they are, in some sort, giving aid
md comfort to the government OF which he
,pPears to then the representative. Whether
or these, OF other reasons, they almost ail |
:onne, and sitting quietly il $ corner We have |
chance to photograph some OF them.
.
Jay, and their subscriptions ranged from fifty
soilars upward. That short, stout, broad. |
aeed gentleman, dressed richly in black, and
nth gold d-headed cane, gold spectaeles, aud |
general banking air abou: him, comes bust |
ing into the room from his easy carriage
.owH staire, End 1s evidently millionaire, He
ays "twenty thousand quite cooll7, and rolls
II to the cashiers desk huzriedly, ,bCt with the
Lightly Of WeHlined pockets. Next comes sn
:l1 woman, poorly dressed, bent down by age,
nd locking like the keeper Of an apple stand
i corner grocery Of peanuts aud dirty can
hose Wlthered hands into her bosom; trem-
'ing!y they emerge again, grasping an old
tocsing, from which She pours upon the t.
,le-a thousand dollars. She has not yet |
po1en Tord, and while you look at her, !
rendering where she can have procured that |
mount Of gold, the clerk has counted up her
ayirge, and she makes room for dapper
title .cash," who carries small BAG of gold !
n his h8cd and tries to look unconscious that |
le thinks him:eH e shreTd business man,
nd tmagines he cannot be hnubugE>1. Next |
zones q yerltable Bridget, with her fifty dol
a1g. How in the world could she know Of |
he loan and Gifts advantages Seeing her in the |
intelligence Office, OF ansW Weri1g her advertis2- |
nent IN the Herald, you would never think OF |
employing such creature; but she has her
wits, you see. Mark the shrewdness with which |
he watches the making out Of her certificates, t
:eady to burst out in vehement haraa5ue at
he Slightest biunder. Next comes former
comptroller Of this city, now totally blind, and
ed in by his daughter. 4 few words and this
;ad couple retire. Here is & negro, 3 colored
nan, an African, or Thateyer he prefers to BE- /