Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-12-01
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

No II
all WHO are in funds to htod The couns, =
Though money has hem temporarily scarce, |
capital continues abundant; aud tue recent |
unable in the stock market has brought olpital-
'sla to realizing sense Of the unreliable charae- |
ter tf many of the securities dealt ill., II il |
lreatly TO the credit of the Government that It's
,rahs, Of all the securities daily dealt in on the
mail eti have maintained their integrity Of price
ncttcr than almost unythug else. Its Five |
iWenty year six per cent loan, tho interest on
"lhch Is promptly paid in gold, has been sub |
tctiAcd 10, oil through the pressure in the money
market, at m average OF more than two millions |
per day. And what is nut the least grat flying
fact III connection with the daily large eubscrp-
tUns to this popular loan, scarcely any Of i. js |
returned to the market for sale. II is taken for
inyeamcni, md it is held with uutaltering con
hdeuce IN its reliability And why should il not
/ tef II Is seen that the Government now, after
twn jcafs of the most gigantic war that the
w''r d has ever known, experiences m difficulty
| q eommandiug the necessary means to prosecute
u, or III paying regularly the interest in gold as
! 1t falls due. If his onn be done while the war
is being waged, who can anticipate any difficulty
IN readily accomplishing it whcn tho war shat
be ended What better investment then, for
capital, than the give TWouty" Government
loan? but if ANY doubt, let him refer to the
siasiistics furnished by The census tables OF the
various nations If the world The fact which
they pfesent will prove the most pnlisluctory
mode of dspelhng tho numbcress gloomy M
prehensions which are being continually con
jured up by those who are Disposed to exncrcr
ute the extent Of the calamity cccasiuned hy our
rebellion. lclerenec 10 the state Of most Of
tue prosperous nations OF thc uli world clearly
dspruyes such position, aud shows TINT the
highest conditions Of national advancement have
not been materially effected by the extended
wars III which those nations have heuu iinmciuo
rally gurnUrH and h, g..
edness has not proved an Un.uitigatrd evil.
'For instance, Great BriiInn, France and the
Netherlands will undoubtedly be conceded tn re-
present the highest prG-periiy that has been mt
tanned by any of the European nations And
Yet no rauons have hccn called upon 10 endure
iiercer or mere prolonged wars domestic ana
foreign, than they. Tue effect has been. m
lueetionaby. 20 incur M enormous national iu-
debedness; bot nether their wars nor their
Indebtedness have the elect to destroy their
elasticity, nor 10 check the progress of their
general prosperity. The result would have been
different, probably, IT these nations had bcen
falling into decay instead OF being, as they
really were, in a state of Development mud in
this respect their case resembles our own. with
enormous advantages in our favor. These ma
tons, whilst undergoing the trials Of war were
oppressed by the evils OF an immense exodus of
their people, eau cd ny the density Of their nopu
alon, the impossibility to provide OCCUPATION
for item the low price Of labor and the scarcity
Of territory. Con,poreI with onr n,g,, c,,,nt,,
thcy posssssed sl,iht ro,n fr f,,.a I'M
Z ment; they wcro settled in every pn,t nni "a
vast territory hay inyitiuglv otcn IN cncouraa o
q cutcrpiise and ssttlennut 1boi, ,,ro - ,tie
: has ever been what TO do Win their snr,,,ns
, population, which, in its turn, has sought new
fields ior adventure and seli-support ia countries
like our own, where an l.imltable territory
:. wHi's to DC developed, aud where incalouable
couio CEMENT to he derived ron ,bas. te oni
T. .or,s,,.,,, e ..u'i 'uVse lacts an !
to he mind of INV d.nSs.;n,atny , easa,' nu ~
conclusive that the course Of tlis ,rsat
IL onwari and onward. and tbo. ia croii, III
y live uuimpairgd 10 The end
u NhelL NOtNIf MhrrERs.-We copy the fol.
, loving item from the Cecil WLig OF Sateriay
: last:
s Hofsf ad Carriage Stolen - On Thrrsjay
Il week, stranger stopped NJ the Howard House
: ~ IN iu.s Town ana hired horse mud buggy Iiom
y Tho strf nrer MT retn,ic, a., ~
search If his horse and carriorc tbn nov, IoY
Tut up to this time notl,in, bog bnor Laa.l y
the missing horse md vornn ar ,ho ,I,;nF s1'4 "
The stolen animal yvas n l,s IT.
10 md the carriage n f,lljnp TANK '"N s'''
INN. becp I'M g,. ,,.op,,. IT,, a.
- Drra., 1as rabI,oI ~ "7uins'Vn housc' for
- r,rr,..,o i ,i,o s'.,. W 'anHo'e morse ON
h. 1,,5i.,, ''''s ''i'i''u.'
= Jersten lop1a, ~,guV'', eceurrei neaT lh
'' VA aohoay notulh5 Ast in which Georg
ie ..laun; OF the track short disiaucc below tn
Nc Sig9sg oil DO" 7'Ice'' Whiie smit' WAS dryn
'' ',an 70. ny some means or other, b
anI ,sas "ys@tgn 'ue wagon AMI hind car
p sua @',s CONSIDERABLY hurt in the back He va
So Mitchell attended, lin H. mnei1 80 ~ - u