The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-06-21

.hox,o once more the ulSIeso""
law. the coarse and violent desire Tor
ampler powers, which have " recen, .s
been 50 conspicuous in all its acts :
and which have excited the anxiety
BUILDING SOCIETIES IN ENG
LAND.
tt is estimated-for exact returns
cannot be procured-that there are
1000 building societies now in ex-
istence in England and Wales, the
total number Of members being $780,
600, with a subscribed capital Of over
g9,0O0,000, a loan and deposit CAPT
tai of over g6,O0O,O00, total assets
to the amount of 917,000,000, mort
gage advances over 9l6,000,000,
and n yearly income Of more than
ELL 100000. One society has near
ly $1,000 members, and another TO-
600. The income Of a single society
is over million and a half of pounds.
So great is the confidence Of the
public in these enterprises that many
of them have reduced the rate of in
terest to four, and even three, per
cent to check the influx of deposits
which still come flowing in. In var
ious districts the banks find it diff
cult to compete with them. The
SATURDAY. Revie,o says; "We hear
Of single advances, not only Of thou
sands, but Of twenty and thirty thou
sand pounds, being made by building
societies, sometimes on the security
Of mills ane factories and there
seems to be no doubt that they have
become to large extent middle
class organizations. On the other
hand, the Commissioners report that
the societies still do business mainly
with the working classes, Or with a
class only slightly superior to them
in station. In Birmingham, in Ash
ton-under-Lyne, and elsewhere, they
have greatly encouraged the con-
struction Of houses for the working
and lower middle classes. The sta
tistics of these societies show that,
Notwithstanding our national repu-
tation for improvidence, there is year.
" an enormous sum in the shape OF
savings seekinp a safe investment. F"
Will the yandals never cease to
shatter the traditions that have crys-
tallized in history? Is there no limit
to the RELENTLESS work of destruction ?
The fate of Pocahontas will serve
ere'npi grutia. The story OF that
young female was quite as much a
part of American annals as the bat
tie of Bunker Hill, ana it is doubt
full whether she could have been
spared as we'll as George Washing
ton. But a few years ago, one Of
these historical iconoclasts smashed
her into smithereens, and instead Of
a pure and noble Indian maiden Of
exemplary character and romantic
career,-the heroine par excellence Of
our early history,-they left us a
camp follower,-dirty, degraded,
bestial. Then they assaulted Will
liam Tell, whose exploit with the
bow and arrow was about the only
thing in the history Of Switzerland
that most people in this country
were certain OF. Him they demol.
ished,-bow, arrow, apple, Albert
and abby the simple demonstra,
ton that no such man ever existed
| And now comes writer in the Gal.
ary, and pulverizes oil our notions
about Lucretia Borgia. This woman
no one has ever entertained any
doubt about. It has been universally
understood that poisoning people
was her regular diversion, and that
she furnished business for several
PSYCHOLOGISTS and innumerable under
takers. So it has been sung in
opera, acclaimed in drama, and be-
lieved by everybody. Not only that
but the name has come to represent
a large and rapidly growing class
and no journalist, with any esprit du