Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-04-27

fits \ person ut = years oi agc can see"i'
4 life policy of five hundred dollars in STOCK
company. by the annual payment ol seven '''''
lars and thirly-two cents. If hc commences
at 80 wears, he will have to pay nine dcllarS
and sixty cents for five hundred dollar poll
CIV . and if a, iorty years, thirteen dollars
md fourteen cents: and for larger policies, ol
course, in proportion.
In the mutual companies, to get policy Tor
the same amount, the annual payment is one
fourth or thcreaboutS more; but in the lnutnai
companies the poicy.holdcr is entitled 10 HIS
share OF the profits, which i, usually thirty
llirec 10 forty per cent on the annual premium
In the stock companies, the pnlicy-h"lders get
no share Of the profits.
We ask of our readers i serious cof>ideri-
ton Of this subject.
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Who xSili be the Nominee
Al this present writing We cannot venture IN
opnion. Our dispatches and other sources Oh
information leave us without a single web upon
which 10 weave Il surlnisc All is in Il ias--
The respective friends Of each candidate claim
,),, the honor Of the nomination will rest OH
their particular nvorite. Every man seems 10
l,oIl ON 10 hi. candidate as ii no circumstance
ran,l change his position. The Douglas dele
.atcS are very confident; the adhercntS OF Hun
ter arc b,,pyalt with hopes Of success; Guthrie
friends claim him to be the man; while the ol'
l,wcrs Of Lane Aid others arc quietly looking
on. taking notes of the field, prepared ior any
movement. and ready 1T any moment TO i!oat
in upon the first favorable turn of the tldc.
The Convention, on Tuesday, by the very
| decisive vote Of 27os 10 5244, determined that
| nn ,aoting should hc allowed for President or
| Vice President until the Committee on fcsolu-
tions anil the Platform shall report. We lnlcr
! from ,l,i, that it is the purpose To adopt ,he
platlor,n Gr.t. ami then find out the man for it,
! rather il,an make Il nomination and then ht the
platform 10 tie nominee. very wise thing, II.
our opinion
We hope to be able To lay before our readers,
under the lclegraphic head, that the commit
,rc haze been cuabIcd to report, that the
Cony.n;;..n las adopted = platform which will
cornncnd itself 10 the cordial support Of every
member Of the party, and that, this bone ol
rortcu,inn being Disposed OF, the Convention is
proceeding in the balotings.
We patiently await the issue, and shall not
bother ourselves i'll vain c0njecturcs as to
rita will he the nominee, being well satisfied tn
| leave the matter to the wisdom Of the Convcn-
ton, in whose judgment and prudence we have
mucl! confidence.
The baltimore Opposition Convention.
In the leader Of the "Whis' Of yesterday,
occurs tic following
1T hehoovcs the Baltimore Convention,
/ therefore, to subordinate all personal partial
tiles and sectional preferences, to the great and
| patriotic end of nominating il candidate, nation
| al in his character and antecedents and the
most available in nil sections of the Contcdera-
cy There arc many such men IN the ConSer-
vativc Opposition ranks At the South, there
are Critlenden, Bell, Rivcs, Graham. Stuart ;
! and at the North, Everett. Hunt, Fuller. Win.
throp, and many others. We have Studlonsly
omitted to mention one John Minor Bolts, Tor
the reason that his pretensions are simply
ridiculous, and for the further reason that,
though nominated by n thousand Conventions,
he would scarcely poll fifty thousand votes in
| al the Southern Statcs.
ir oar neighbor had added, ''ati not on.
! wc have named can ccrtrialy carry >;"y'e
! S,u;c IN nil the LpiOn," he would r,rr have
! been very far from the mark.
/ The "Whig' concludes,
I'm conclusion, We express the Gtrvenl hope
that all the delegates to the Baltimore Conycn-
! ton from Virginia, ind all the other States,
will hc sure to attend, and that they will SO
! consult and advice together rs to effect Eosni
nation which will be received with the utmost
| satisfaction and enthusiasm throughout the
! Union"
Jupiter! IN enthusiastic couldn't be created
! if the Baltimore Convention were to nominate
aN The candidates in the list The nomination
ol Mr. Bolts would create more Juror than all
the others named together. Don't commit your
self Ton fur neighhor Tie Charleston Con-
vention will give you man who will settle all
your doubts and calm all your fears, whose
nomination Twill not only be cheerfnlly acqui-
cscel in hv "all patriotic men Of all parties
/ and sections but will '.be hailed with assured
! hope #nd confidence throughout the length and
! breadth Of the land"
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