Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-12-25

u. =. 5-2O BOEDS.-Ihe Tea0er Is
referred to the advertisement OF tins
popular loan. We learn, on inquiry
at the agency in this place Bank o.
Delaware) that up to the 23d inst
their aggregate sales amounted TO
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUN
DRED DOLLARS, nearly all of which
is taken by citizens of this county.
In reference to these bonds as an in
vestmsnt, a Philadelphia paper
speaks as follows:
PROFITABLE MVEsTMENTs,
The Ph iladelphia North American gives
some excellent advice to those who wish to IN
vest money. 1t is well for tboss who are in
funds TO heed the counsel 80 Though money
has been temporarily scarce, capital continues
abundant ard the recent tumble in the stock
market has brought capitalists TO a realizing
sense of the unreliable character Of many Of
the securities dealt in. It is greatly to the
Government that its loans, of all the securities
daily in on the market, have maintained their
integrity of price better th an almost anything |
else It's Five-Twenty six per cent. loan, the
interest OF which is promptly paid in gold, has
been subscribed to, all through the pressure
10 the money market, at an average Of more
than two millions per day. And what is not
the least gratifying fact in connection with
the daily large subscriptions to this popular
loan, scarcely any Of it is returned to the
market for sale II is taken for investment,
and is held with unialtering confidence in its
And why should it not be? II
is seen that the Government now, after two
years Of the most gigantic war that the werld
bas ever known, experiences no difficulty in
the necessary means to prosecute
it, or in paying regularly the interest in gold
rs it falls due. IF this can be done while the
war is being Waged, who can anticipate any
lificulty in readily accomplishing it when the
var shall be ended? What better investment I
hen, for capital, than the Fivs-TWenty
[; Government loans? But if any doubt, let ,
lin refer to the statistics furnished by the :
,eusus tables Of the various nations OF the q
world. The facts which they present will
,rove the most satisfactory mode Of dispelling '
be numberless gloomy apprehensiOns which
ire being continually conjured up by those whO
re disposed to exaggerate the extent of the
Aamity ocrasioned by our rebellion. A re- q
ereEee to The state OF most of the prosperous
Iations of the old world clearly disproves such
position, and shows that the highest cOndi-
ions Of the rational advancement have not n
'een materially affected by the extended wars
d which those nations have been Immediately Z
ngaged, and that heavy national indebted ,
ess has not proved an unmiiiguted evil. 5
For instance, Great Britain. France and e
he Netherlands will undoubtedly be conceded E
0 represent the highest prosperity that has .
zen attained by any of the European nations. n
And yet no nation has been called upon to =
Bdure iercer or more prolonged wars dOmes- v
ic and foreign, than they. The effect has
een, unquestionably, to incur an enormous :,
ational indebtedness but neither their wars
or their Indebtedness have had the effect to
estroy their elasticity, nor to check the pro-
ress of their general prosperity. The result
fould have been different, probably, il these 3
ations had been falling in 10 decay instead of = =
eiDg, as they really were, in a state of devel. a
pineni; and in this respect their case resem-
lies our own, with enormous advantages in v
ur favor. These nations, while undergoing 4
he trials OF war, were pressed by the evils of II
n immense exodus of their people, caused by e
be density of their population, the impossi-
'iIiiy to provide occupation for them the
ow price of labor, and the scarcity of terrific
- Compared with our own country. they Il
ossessed slight room for development they !,
fere settled in every part, and no vast terrific a
= lay invitingly open to encourage enterprise a
nd settlement. Their great problem has b
yer been what to do with their surplus popu-
alton, which. in turn, has sought new fields
Or adventure and self support in countries i
Ike our own, where an ilimitabe territory I
rats to be developed and where incalculabIe :
invite industry and energy. The
% be derived from these facts a
nd comparisons oil circumstances is very q
reat, and to the mind of any dispassionate :
pasoher is conclusive that the course OF this !
reat country is onward ard upward, and
hat its credit will live unimpaired to the cad"