text:  The last three years of almost unequalled prosperity have accumulated in the country a prodigious deal of capital which is this way finding an outlet; and though it may be true that the parties who originally subscribed to these undertakings may not in the aggregate be possessed of capital enough to carry them successfully to an end still there has been no want of capitalists to purchase the shares at a premium--not as we verily believe for a mere gambling transaction but for the purposes of solid investment