Boutwell As A Financier

W o oopy irom an exchange the toJlowing coniparison between the French Miuistur of Finanoa and Mr Bout U, whioh is certftinly net very creditatj iho luttcr : " While our govonucnt Iras experienéed the greatest dilKcultyin dúposing if ita rww ïoaii Franco, not vet ïtcoveied frcm the effacta of the lute disflstroHB invü&ion of her territovy, finds subscriptions pouriag into her treasary faster than their oquivalent in b iids can 'ue issued. Mr. Güulavd recently Hiiaoucedin tos Natior - al Aaemby, that toity cue and a balt' milliards ot francs, pqual to $8,300,000,000 of our money, of the now lo:;n had been taken, and still thero ure applicauts' fer moiti. üf this enoriuuui auiount the citizens of France had takeii iiearly onehalf, whila tlie rutuaiudci' was subsciibcd in England, Austria, Itr.ly and Eussia, even Germán capitalists invtstiiig no incon5ilerttbla auuaiit in the ttcmities. The succ; 8S of thu French nd tho failure of the Americtvn lc;m suíígests one of twothings: Eitiier the credit of Fn.nco is bitter than thaj; of the Unitt-d States, or the managèiJiout ot' the French Minister of Fiuanuo is infinitoly superior to that of Mr. Boutweil."