The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-07-01
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make a capital out y notlnng-of Wuai
would be considered r anttempt, togct mon
cy under false rretchccs had The parties
been Of On humber walk nj ltic-has Iust
been revealed. aud thus formed the snbjNesl
for conversation and scandal Tor the past
week. The Southern Mutual Life lnsn-
rance Company, which commenced busi'
ness upwards Of a year ago, being DESTROYS
OF haying a " guarantee fund, which would
give tine public a confidence in their opera
lions. undertook to select certain %iavori'es
who, by giving the use of their names not
in writing. but oaly in word, for TO furnish
a sum of twenty thousand dollars at an M
definite period of time, were in The mean
Time 10. become entitled to receive from the
half Of the profits Of the association the
sum of Gfty thousand dollars. To give a
reality for a shadow is foolishly ridiculous
at any time, but to deprive an institution
which has no real funds or capital but what
the confding parents or husbands had placed
in their hands for the purpose of supporting
their widows or families, when they nad
passed to another sphere, betrayed a heart
I-essness, which few, | hope, would be
brought to participate i'll. II guarantee
funds" be the nature Of the capital const''
tuting the basis of insurance companies,
generally, then have they lost much OF the
public's confidence 1t would need the as
suranccs of experienced, intelligent, and
known to be honest men, to testify to the
sound condition of a Life Insurance office,
before ON people would venture upon llaz-
arding their premiums for the accommoda-
ton of Guarantee Fund spectators.
The last accounts from Europe represents
the Worlds Fair as continuing to be the
great attraction of the metropolis-all 9TH
er sights, exhibitions, and performances lIayc
failed-the exposition alone maintains its
way. Tradesmen, retail merchants, and
house.keepcrs have been woftly dlsappoint-
ed in their calculations--instead of high
prices for food and lodging, extensive sales
aud an OVERLOOKING circulation of all kinds
of ready money, the exhibition has actual.
" reduced the usual amount of trade at
this season Of the year. Various opinions
have been sug gcsted to account for the
calculations Of the over sanguine. ! he
early breaking up Of the fashionable season
TO enable the fashionablcs to BE away from
the crowded and Presidential city during the
stay of the visitors from every cline, and
who, it was feared, would bring the diseases
incident to their climes, along with them
is prominently dwelled upon as a powerful
cause. But a better reason is to be lount
in the wild imaglnings and published an
ticipations that every article OF food ant
raiment would be scarce and high priced
g that lodgings would be difficult to find, ant
5 thus the very reasons which welc held OH
as likely to occur, prevented the occurrence
:. of. them. The visitors to the city Improve,
their time by examining the articles on eN
5 hibition before the cheap days of admission
arrived, and then put out for country an
n continental tours. The low priced odmi>
), sions have been signaIizcd by a regOlarit
and decorum, which no previous knowledg
G nor acquaintance of a London mass meetin
h could have predicted, and which has tend
cd to amalgamate the rich and the indus
tIious artlzaus more than any other devlc
At which could have been hit upon. The e,
d Iident interest which the artizahs take, III
Z in the gcw-gaws, but in the department
bearing on their own or coguate arts, show
that they are bent upon improving their o.
H. portunity to acquire improved knowledg
IL Such is The quiet, peaceable mode Of a
~ rangemeuts under the shilling dynasty, tn;
hundreds of ladies' are to be seen unatten
cd, without being insulted or annoye
Only three thieves have been taken
Scotchwomau, and ~Irishwoman, and
=, Frenchman-all taken in the act of ste;
ing from ladies', and only one robbery h
mt occurred Of any article on exhibition. II
Is speaks well for the police regulations. q
- The gold dust spectators, who, som
time since, managed to abstract TWEEN
of ounces from a Californian's bag of dit
nd when in the act Of weighing i, were broug
up this week for trial. The Callforni
:" could not wait here for months, and it W
said, had got a consideration if he won
on clear out knowing this, the District ATTIC
M ney was about dropping the prosecute
and for form sake. called upon Lyons a
ve Ezekiel to the bar, to answer to their NAM
when ont stenned two christian Trishme