Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-07-14
Going Off In n VRIaye.

We have been nil the week in u state of ex-
pectation or rather of sombre anticipation Of
something sinister about to happen--some Gis..
covery about to be made with regard ia our Il
nancial state. which has kept US aur dbois ever
since the great catastrophe caused ay the failure.
OF M. Place. has taught TO look with terror at
the lettering fabric. of which he was one of tn r..
pillars and which now seems as if about TO fall
and hurry us all beneath its ruins-The Credit
Mober. This deroute for the misfortune Is.
important enough to be called by that name
was OF a sufficiently impressive nature tn cause
the shares of the Credit Mobilier TO fall mmedi.
atey, and, notwithstanding the immediate assur-.
ance spread abroad by friendly powers upon the
Bourse. of the said director having given in his
resignation before failure, it is greatly feared
that the crop of green and verdnnt confidence
which the giant Credit Mobilier had managed to
sow in the fertile soil Of the the bourgeois mind
of Paris, and which was about to flower in the
shape of five franc pieces from the Partisan poe
ket, will be nipped by the disappearance # its
most active administrator. Nj. Place appears to.
have been jolly philosopher in his way; indeed
it is said that the very last words spoken by him
upon the Bourse before his flight to other eli mes .
were quite characteristic of the man and his way,
of thinking. when all is lost. then the gain
begns''-which phrase was uttered with Il horse,
laugh and by way of consolation to the unlucky y,
holder of some unsaeable shares who was lament
ing the time and money he had expended in &c.
quirng them. Whether the observation was
made, however. with regard to the money. ventur-
ed by the shareholders, the honor isked by
the spectators. shall never know. The even
ing before the catastrophe Tor the sinistree, as
the French call in was spent by Mons. Place in
Joyous and oonvval manner clearly Indicative
OF his belief, at all events in the truth of its max
I'm he had uttered n few hours before upon the
Bourse. 1t has du rest been always a favorte
way for French spectators to make their exit,
whether from the world as in the case Of Para
vey, or from the Bourse in the case before
| US.
a dinnerof thirty covers was ordered BY NJ.
| Place at the rrois Freres Provenenux, to which
! every celebrity of n certain grade upon the
! Bourse was invited, together with all those som
mites OF the female sex with whom Paris abounds
| and without whom it seems nova daysas if no
| pleasure and enjoyment were possible. The din
ner was of the best and most recherche kind. as
you may readily suppose. The cost they
! tell us, little more than five guineas a head
Everything went off pleasantly, should al
ways be the case when the host is liberal and
| joyous and free from and the guests bent
on nought but enjoying the presen, moment
| he gaiety and spirits of NJ P-were the theme
of admiration throughout the entertainments; the
guests seemed one and all to be contemplating
him through the pinky vapour of the Champagne
rose he distributed with the smallest heed either
| ot their brains or his own pocket; and Just when
| the enthusiasm he had created by variety of
causes was at its height, he capped the whole by
! the magnificent dessert which was put upon the
table. and where shone more splendid collection
of primeurs. than adorn the table of the Empe-
ror himself just now. In tho middle. surround
ed by fruits and flowers of the choicest kind stood
vase of silver gilt, which NJ. Place had bought
ct Meyer, after the Great Exhibition. The host
looked upon the ladies with beaming eye and
ordered the waiter to hand it round to them alone
for it contained few nuts for their especial
cracking. Eeach fair guest plunged her hand
within the vase drew forth what chance bestow-
'din the shape of some rich jewel of more or less
value--the lowest in importance being worth
three hundred francs. while some of those COM
posed OF brilliants were Of considerable price,
Atter this ceremony, the generous host took
his leave, amid the unanimous applause and re-
iterated encores no doubt of his delighted guests:
and the next day all was silent and deserted at
his house. and defalcaton of sixteen millions
was announced with all the formaltes de riguer
before the Tribunal du Commerce.! And so
the hero appaared-drowned amid floods of
rich wine buried beneath hecatombs OF flowers
BATTERED and cajoled until the last hour of his Fl
naneial existence, and draining to the very drees
the intoxicating draught held to his lips by finan
cal success. Paris letter, June 5.
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