Woodstown register. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 187?-1892, 1883-06-19
Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON, June Is, 1888.

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WASHINGTON, June IS. 1883.
The event at the capital during the past
week was the funeral ceremonies IN honor
Of John Howard Payne. who IS. after hav.
ing been dead thirty one years. at last laid
in a final resting place, under a Fl ting
monument. The exercises of the occasion
were all agreeable to listen to and appro-
pirate with the exception of the hallelujah
music at the end and the singing Of
"Heme, Sweet Home to ~new-fangled
strains instead of the old familiar tune
There were many interesting faces in the
cemetery. Pecring out from the newspa-
per seats in the front row was the ounte
nance Of DR.. Mary E. Walker. and it re-
minded me of the funny poem-she did
not intend to be funny-which Mr.. Cor
coran received from her. The gentle doc
tors poem ought to be printed. She ad-
dressed it to "the immortal Corcoran,"
and the purport Of it is that if any of his
grandchildren ever fell into needy circum-
stances DR.. Mary E. Walker promises to
take care of them. To show how much
in earnest she was she put her name to her
verses, and then took the poem to a no
tary and acknowledged her signature.
II 49, 1,,1.,
appended. The idea of swearing to a po-
EN- Is new and original. Mr.. Corco-an
and all the newspaper editors hive been
deluged with poetical illusions about
Payne.
The semi annual payment of interest on
registered United States bonds, which &C.
ours in January and June. is W being
made. While it is very d ficult 10 Obtain
exact information as to the largest receiv-
ers OF interest from this class OF bonds yet,
like most anything else here. it can be had
if n wants it badly enough. This year
| the largest single %bondholder the Treasury
| department knows of is Mr.. Vanderbilt,
who will receive the interest on $4,000
600. A year ago he had 100000 but
he has disposed of $I3,ooo,ooo for some
purpose. The next largest owner is Mrs.
| A. T. Stewart, who has about 100000
900. As some of hers are coupon bonds,
the amount OF her holding cannot exactly
be told. Ten years ago Mr.. A. T. Stew.
art had $40. 5000 in bonds. the most Of
| them being IS. Mr.. Gould had SI3,-
ooo, 900 in registered bonds, and a large
number of coupon bonds, which he keeps
to use in coliaterals in Wall street, when
he needs large sums Of money. A CALI
fornia millionaire, MI. Flood, is the next
largest holder. He has SI5,ooo,o 900.
| Then there is an estate in Boston
and three or four persons IN New York
who have each 100000, and a lady in
New York-unmarried, TOBIAS So ,ooo,-
900, and the estate of Moses Taylor in
New York has S5.ooo.ooo, and q. o.
Mills, Whitelaw Reds father-in law, S..
100000. I was surprised to learn that so
few wealthy men held auy large amount
of United States bonds as permanent in
vestments, but was told that the rate of in.
terest is now so low that other securities
are preferred that were considered just as
safe and pay higher interest. On the
other side of the water American secur'
tiles are very popular. and are preferred to
those of other nations, because the rate Of
interest is higher than that paid by any
other great power. The house of the
Rothschilds own nearly one quarter o.
Americas whole bonded debt as including
all the bankers of that name, they have
$4oo. 100000.
4 book concerning american Resorts
just published by the National News Bu
reau of this city, is entitled to more thar
passing notice. Most of the guide book!
issued are simply local in character o.
gotten up to advertise some particula;
place or line of travel, but a general, i'm
partial and comprehensive work on tn,
plan of'where to 60 and how to get there
will meet with universal favor. Some o
the contents of this issue area chapte
on Washington. with:views of the public
buildings; and chapters on the Yellow
stone National Park, Colorado and Cali
fornia and their scenery ; the Catskill
Allegheny and White Mountains. all beau
tifully illustrated. In addition to these i
contains articles on the Luray Caves, thu
Mineral Springs, the thousand Islands, tn
leading Seashore Resorts aad the Healtl
Resorts of the South. Nearly $50 pic
lures. Sold at the low price of 50 cent
in paper and 81 in cloth. Newsdealer
have 1t, or the publishers will send it b.
mail on receipt of price. DON PEDRO.