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THE DAILY Daily Paper 88 a .Year', BY JULIAN A. SELBY 'Let our Just Censure I'll (KMX. Attend the True Event/ COLUMBIA. S. C.. SUNDAY HORNING, JANUARY 17. I860 Tri-Weekly 86 a Year VOLUME TV_W(\ oXiX7 THE PHONIX. rUBLIBIIKD DAILY AND TUl-WKKKI.I. tm GLEANER, EV KUY WEDNESDAY" MORNING). BY JULIAN A. SELBY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Office on Main St., few doors above Taylor. TERMS INVARTABL Y IN ADVANCE. BOB8CBIPTION. Daily, 6 monthB..M 00 | Tri-Weekly, G mos...$2 50 Weekly, 6 months ,.. *1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cont? por aquaro of nine lines for the first Insertion, and 50 cents each subs?quent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. MW A liberal discount made on the obovt) rates wium advertisements are inserted by the month. AOKNTS.-Hiram Mitchell, Spartanburg; J. E. Allen, Chester; S. P. Kinard, Newberry C. H ;?Jas. Grant, Union; Julias Poppe, Anderson C. H. .Social Success-"Brick" Olrei Sonic Goori Advice in a. Peculiar Manner. Oan yon inolruct me how to succeed? I wish to know. If you'll rend this letter, I'll tell you why. Five years since, I carno to Now York from an innocent, moral por? tion of the country, whero wickedness was unknown, whore men w*ore not continually thirsty as here; where beautiful females, attired in all sorts of strange fantastic gar? ments, did not walk tho streets spattering winks nt passers ns in this village of ungod? liness. I was n young mau, born at an early age and inured to habits of economy. In my younger days, I attended school, sparked tho girls, and performed little doings of that kind, in the manner duly prescribed by law, and then, to better my condition, came to Now York. The first year, I had a salary of $1,000. A pretty good salary for me, and I was a smart, handy sort of a fel? low, said to bo quite outo, understood my businoas, and had surface indications of being worth developing. I was first em? ployed in a dry goods store. Had plenty of work, bnt then a man must work, you know, to get along. Then I fell iu with a lot of boys, as we call them, good fellows-some being married and some unmarried. The first day I was iu the store, Jim came along and invited mo out to drink. Ho paid the shot-only cost half a dollar. I didn't need . the liquor, bat it was social, you know, to take a horn with a friend. Then in the afternoon Tom invited me out to drink with him. Cost him a half a dollar. I didn't need tho liquor, but it was sort of social, you know. I couldn't refuse. The next morning I invited Jim ont. Cost me half a dollar; didn't need the drink, but Jim treated me and I must return. In the afternoon I invited Tom out. No need for the liquor, but I wished to bo social-do as the rest done. That night I went out with tho boys, and as I wauted to be liberal and get tho name of being a good fellow, and do a little something to show that I was not country or mean, and it cost mo ten dollars to get around that night. This v : A spent for whiskey a*hd wine. Didn't nt-?d it at all, but a fellow must bo social, you know, when he comes to the city. The next day some of the boys invited me out, and I invited some of the boys out. It didn't cost mo over three dollars tho next day; then I made friends and acquaintances, and thought I was adding to the business. Next day I didn't feel very well-didn't go ont much. Managed to get along some how or other, althongh the boys were notas sooial as they had been. Well, I run along in this way for six or eight months, and I found that it cost mo for board ten dollars per week, five dollars a week for clothing, and this only left me about ten dollars a week to spend with the boys, and acquire a reputation as a good, social fellow. So one day I told the boss that my salary was not large enough to keep my end up and pay my expenses, and he, being a good fellow, raised my salary to 1,500. This gave me a little more money to live on; I could spend a little more with the boys. So it ran along in this way for.a year and a half. All I wanted to do was to bo social and make trade, and get along with the good fellows. Pretty soon a man came along and wanted to know if I was doing well. I said ?es. He said he was glad, and I invited im out to drink. Then the boya carno along and I invited them out to drink. A ! man came in from the country for goods, and of course I could not soil him till I had invited him ont to drink. Went out at night to show tho boys around town, and being a social sort of fellow, of course I would set 'em up. Do it sort of liberally, for if you don't do it that way you know you can't'succeed. Unused to this business, I don't know but at timas I got a little too much. I didn't mean to do wrong. 1 wished to bo social. Pretty soon tho pro? prietor said ho didn't want mo any longer; that I was gotting too social. Then I must find another situation, which I did, after a tedious hunt. Having lost ono situation, I was obliged to makd customers for my now cmployor. Tho only way of doing it was by inviting tho boys out to drink. Had all tho old friends to invito ont, and all tho now ones also, so that it cost a little moro than it did in tho old place. At last my fialary was raised to 82,000 per year. Now, a man can't live on $2,000 a year, in New York. It cost mo twoivo douars a week for board, as much more for clothes, I aud what is there left for a man to be social lon? It is my firm belief that salaries paid j in this city aro uot largo enough. A man who is any kind of a man can't get through a day without spending from five to ten dollars. If he don't spend that much he is not Bociul. If ho is not social he'll not have any friends. If ho has no friends be cannot sell any good-<. If be is not social he will not form any valuable acquaintances; nt Teast, that's what all tho fellows say, and it must be so. I tried five or six different places, worked hard, bad a good salary, but then, at the present high price of drinks, I tell you, plainly, a man don't get enough for his work. When I was prid sixty dol? lars a week, it cost me at least fifteen to livo -couldn't get along with less than twelve leaving just the merest pittance in tho world for a fellow to slosh around with. When a iollow don't slosh ho is not social; if ho is not social he don't have friends; if he has no friends ho can't sell goods; if he don't sell goods be is not worth anything to his employer ; if ho is not worth anything to his employer he can't have a salary; if he don't have any salary ho can't be social. When I carno down here, I was in good health; could run a mile without stopping; slept well nights; had a good appetite; my complexion was fresh and clear, and I rather enjoyed life. Now I have beou here five or six years, and tho worry and annoyance of trying to live with ecocomy, so worried me that my health is not anything compared with what it used to be. I changed board? ing-houses moro than fifty times, trying to find a cheap ono that would be good, lt is an outrage to charge a man ten or twelve dollars per week for board. It is another outrage for women to charge a dollar per dozen for washing. It is un outrage, also, to charge six couts sar faro. At these ex? tortions, they don't leave anything for a fellow to slosh around with. Now 1 am ont of a situation. Nothing to do. I gd to Tom or Jim or any of the old boys I used to kuow, and ask them for a few dollars, aud they haven't it. Their salaries are small, and they don't have anything to bo social with. Got married. Thought that would cheapen up things a little. Some said it was cheaper to keep house than to board. I would go homo at night, and wife would say that I'd been sloshing around too much. I told her I just wanted to be social. Sometimes she wonld look bad and feel bad, and then I would feel bad, and would go off to find some of tho boys to be social with. It would be mid-night wheu I got home, and perhaps we would have a row, or a scene, or something. And all this might have been prevented if folks had given better salaries. Tried to explain to my wife that it was necessary to be social, that if you did not invito a fellow out to drink every half hour, you did not amount to anything. She would cry and said I thought moro of the fellows than I did of her; said I did not love her. Confound these women, they never understand these things as us men do. Now, I'm ont of a situation. Nothing to do. Can't even borrow a dollar. Ono of the boys came down from the country the same time I did. He was not social like the rest of us. Didn't make any friends. Didn't go sloshing around New York. Never had any fun. But by some luck-I dou't kuow how it was-just clear luck-he got to be partner in the house; now ho is so cussed big he can't speak to anybody. I stood on Broadway the other night, leaning against a lamp? post, waiting for the pavement to settle n little-it being just after tho earthquake and I was a little afraid. I saw him go by in his carriage and point to me. He wac lucky; that's all there was of it. I worked harder than he did to be somebody. Wenl out with the fellows, spent lots of money, was social, but there was no luck for me, It ^ost .lie since I've been in New York ovoi a Si,OOO a year to be social, and that's al the good it does me. T think this is. a verj ungrateful world. Lots of men might hell me, but they will not. They are preju diced; think I don't attend to busineos that I'm a little unsteady; but I know I an not-just want to be social with the boys that's all. If a fellow can't be social witl the boys, what's the use of living? Socialh thine, BRICK POMEROY. " -o Marshall Neil is about to abolish the po sitiou of vivaudiere in the French army, 01 the ground of economy. The vivandi?re i a woman, often young aud pretty, attachei to each French battalion, to do vnrion feminine "chores," to act as a sort of sui leress, and to bo friend, counselor, snrgeo: and nurse to tho men. French vivandi?re have often become celebrated. One calle "Double Breton" killed a Russian captai and captured six Prussians at Eylan, takin them boldly before Napoleon. She wu badly wounded at Waterloo. Therese Join don was in action in fifteen or twenty ba ties. Several of these vivandi?res receive the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Th vivandioro figures still moro in French rc manee and poetry. The literary professio will miss her sauiy wheu she is gone. A Bridgoport Sunday School teach? questioned his class last woek in regard I tho origin of Christmas, with the followin result: "Whero was Christ born?" "I Bothlohom." "Where's Bethlohcm?" "1 Judea." "Who first know that Christ wi b rn?" "His mother." Special OTotices. THE MACHINES, CALLED MAN, 18 A very complicated and delicate one, and is more liable to get out of order, and much moro di Mien lt to repair, than any combination of wheels, and cranks, and lovera, mado by tho hands of man. AB a rulo, it is tinkered loo much, and badly tinker? ed at that. It is often calomolized, narcotized, depleted, and otherwise misused, when all that it roally needs ia a whclecomo biuic and restorative Uko HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS to put it in proper trim and keep it BO. The stomach is shamefully maltroated. In tho first place, tho food, which ita juicos aro intendod to dissolve, is too frequently thrown into it hastily, and in a half masticated condition, in which st ato the gas? tric acid cannot properly act. upon it. Tho result is DYSPEPSIA. Then comes tho doctor, and, find? ing tho digestivo organs weak and tho bowols inert, ho proceeds to weaken and paralvzo still moro with drastic purgatives. These failing-as they always do-to produce a aalutary change, ho tells tho invalid that medical science can do no moro for him. Thia, with all due deforenco, is a mistake-ono of those mistakes which Talleyrand said were tantamount to crime?. What tho dys? peptic needs is invigoration. Strengthen tho stomach with Hostcttcr's Bitters, and tho Btomach will strengthen every other part of tho human machine, and mako it, in common parlance, as good as new. Upon the state of the digestion de? pends, in a measure, tho condition of the whole system. Now, tho Bitters aro tho most admir? able toni?; known Thev consist of tho finest vegetable invigorates and restoratives, combined with an unadulterated stimulant. The dyspeptic needs nothing else to effect a cure, except a light, nutritious diet, aud a fair amount ot exercise. Even in thc absence of those last mentioned accessories, tho tonic and alterative properties of the preparation will work wonders, enabling tho dyspeptic to digest inferior fare with comparative cape, and to maintain a good habit of budy, in spite of the drawbacks of asedentarv occupation. Jan 13 fC ...ii IN HOOD"-Another new Medical Pamphlet I rom the pen of Dr. Curtis. The Medical Timen -ays ot this work: "This valuable treatise on the cause and cure of premature decline shows how health is impaired through secret abuses of youth and manhood, and how easily regained. It gives a clear synopsis of the impediments to marriage, tin cause and effects of nervous debility, and the remedies therefor." A pocket edition of thc above will be torwurded on receipt of 25 ('enta, by ad? dressing Dr. CURTIS, No. 58 North Charles street, Baltimore. Md. May 27 ly Cheese, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. 8BOXE8 ROSE BUD CHEWING, very fine, 4 boxes Commonwealth " 4 boxes Dow Drop, *' 2 cases pure Virginia Leaf SMOKING TOBACCO, half and wholo boxes. Schwitzer, Limberger, German Hand CHEESE JOHN C. SEEGERS, Dee 10 Main Btreet. rear Post Office. New Buckwheat Flour. rr PARRELS BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. 5 barrel. (?) Golden Syrup. For sale by E. A G. I>. HOPE. Smoked Meats, &c. EXTRA Sugar-cured HAMS, ?Extra Sugar-cured Strips. Extra Fino Smoked Tongues. Smoked Salmon, Yarmouth Bloaters, Pickled Trout. Pickled Pig Pork, Pigs' Feet, No 1 Bay Mackerel, Fulton Market Beef, and a fol assortment of Fancy and Staple Groceries-fo salo low, by _GEORGEJSYMMERS. Pure Ground Spices for Family Use. TO obtain a pure article of Pepper, Ginger, Cin namon and SPICES gonorally, in a gronm state, fit to use, bas been a very difficult matte heretofore. Tho subscribers have now in stor Ground Spices, of warranted purity and superi ority. No ono noed hesitate to buy tho Groom Spices from their atoro--they aro just what i wanted in every family-a puro Ground Spice ready for use/ Gronnd Pepper, Mace, Tapioca, " Ginger, Nutmegs, Broma, " Spice, Chocolate, " Cinnamon, Cox's Golatine, '* Cloves, English Mustard, Arrow-root, Sago, Cocoa. For sale by FISHER ? HEINITSH. Doc 10 f Druggists. "Beware of a Cough!" IF yon have a slight Cough, attend to it at onci and avoid a greater evil-Consumption. Tl "TAR AND WILD CHERRY COUGH CURE" wi relieve you. lt is good for Cougha, Colds, Ast hm: Boro Throat and Consumption. A Bafe and chea remedy. Onlv 25 cents a bottle For sale by FISHER A HEINITSH, October 22+ Druggists. Billiard Tables for Sale. , - . FOUR fino BILLIARD TAREE ^ ^Sfin complete order, Marble at ^pSgggg^^Slato Bedding, with Balls. Cm Ls.l?Lr- and Counters included. Sharp Griffith's make. Will bc sold low. Call at Din: 13 G. PIERCE'S. Burglar Alarms. WK have purchased the right of Utley's Pate BURGLAR ALARMS, and now offer the for ?alo at tho low price of $10 each. 77iey xcill found a secure safe-guard for Protection of St'tri Dwellings, O in-house.*, Hams, Smoke-houses, dr frota thieces and incendiaries. Call and see the at the store of J. A T. R. AGNEW. ?ats! Rats!' Rats!!! HARVEY'S CURE-For RATS, Mice, Roach* Anta, Ac. This exterminator ?H effectual 1 tho destruction of Rata, lt is hotter than a othor preparation. It compels rats and mice avoid their holes or nests after eating it, and nook the open air until they die. Look after yo Corn-cribs and storo-rooma.' For Bale by FISHER A HEINITSH, Dec fl t Druggists To Newspaper Publishers. I?1 OR SALE CHEAP,' a quantity of LEAL 1 BRASS DASHES, etc., suitable for cnlum of about twelve ems pica. Apply at Phau office. J11 . Fresh Garden Seeds. ALARGE supply of Tborbnrn's G ARDI SEEDS, which havo given universal Hatisfi tion for tho past throe years. Kor salo by Jan 3 E. A G. D. HOPE Charleston Advertisements. Wanted, Wanted, Wanted! TO purchase- COON. OTTER AND DEER SKINS, for which tho highest CASH prices will bo paid by us. Washed Wool 45c.; Unwashed 30-this ?B owing to an advance in tho wool market, and wo aro desirous of affording tho very highest prices to tho country merchants for all articles in our lino. Coon Skins, good winter 18c. por It?. MOSES GOLDSMITH A SON, Jan 14 30*_ _Charleston, H. C. Wando Fertilizer. THE WANDO MINING AND MANUFACTUR? ING COMFANY offero to the planters and farmers of tho South their FERTILIZER, known as the ?WANDO KKRTIHZER," Which the experionco of tho past ?casen baa proved to be ono of the most valuable in our mar? ket. It has for its baao the materials from the Phosphate Reds of the Company, on Ashley River, and is prepared at their works at tho EAST END OF HASEL STREET, * In this city. In order to guarantee its uniformity and maintain its high standard, the Company haB made arrangements with tho distinguished Che? mist, Dr. C. U. SHEPARD, Jr.., who carefully analyzes all tho ammoniacal and other material purchased by thc Company, and tho prepared FERTILIZER, Reforo being offered for sale. The Company is resolved to make an article which will provo to bo a COMPLETE MANURE, and give cntiro satisfac? tion. For terms, circulars, and other information, apply to IVBI. C. Dl'KES di CO., Agents, No. 1 South Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, S. C. Jan 12 8mo WINTHROP B. WILLIAMS, COTTON FACTOR and COMMISSION MER? CHANT, Accommodation Wharf, Charleston, 8. C. Sept 3 5mo FERTILIZERS ! Rhodes' Super-Phosphate, The Old and longest established Standard Mauure. ORCHILLA GUANO. P E R U YIAN (JU A N 0 . -o RHODES' MANURE, in its preparation,is made equally adapted for forcing largo crops of I Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Tobacco, Potatoes and other | root crops. Tho Manufacturing Department is conducted by Frederick Klett, ono of the most skillful Chemists and Manufacturers in tho United States. It is endorsed, approved and recommended by all of the most prominent Chemists and Agri? culturalists in tho Southern States, "it can bo relied noon as uniform in quality," always reliable, product ivo of large crops aud unexcelled by any in the market, in tho high per contago of "True Fer? tilizing Principles." Price 167.50 cash, or $65 time, with Factor's acceptance, and 7 per cent, interest until 1st December, 1869. OKCHILLA GUANO, "AA."-A fine Hird Guano, rich in Phosphates and Alkaline Salts. Price ?35 cash, or $40 time. PERUVIAN GUANO, warranted pure and always on hand. Furnished at market prices for cash. li. S. RHETT A SON, Agents, Dec PJ3mo Charleston, S. C. Valuable Real Estate tor Sale. tif? 1. DWELLING and LOT, corner of-j*, MU Upper and Bull streets. ?SS? 2. Dwelling and Lot on Lumber street. 3. Fine Building Lot on Arsenal Hill. 4. Lot corner of Lady and Main streets. 5. Lot 52 feet on Main street. t>. House and Lot near Charlotte Depot. 7. Lot corner of Taylor and Assembly streets. 8. Three Lots in Waverly. U. Tho Rarhamville Property and Landa adja? cent. 10. 14 acres on Upper street, adjoining thc Fair Grounds. 11. 2 Fine Dwellings on Arsenal Hill. 12. 1.400 acres of Pine Land, near Camden, well wooded; containing two good mill sites and one mill comploted, tho survey of tho Chatham Rail? road passing through it. 18. 640 acres Pine Land, in Kershaw. 14. 216 acres of Land, in York, rich in gold. 15. 1,667 acres productive Land, in Abbeville. 16. 5,000 acres productivo Land, in Laurens. 17. 1,900 acres productive Land, in Marlboro. 18. 976 acres of productivo Land, in Fairfield. 19. 1,600 acres Phosphato Lands, noar Charles? ton, on Stono River. 20. A fine Saw Mill Property, near Lexington. 21. 1,800 acres, iu Richlaud, River Swamp Lands, with a good Mill. 22. 11,000 acres of Heavily Timbered Laud, in 8t. Stephen's Parish. 28. 600 acres of Cypress Laud, near Gadsden, convenient to N'orth-1.astern Railroad. AI.SO, 3 Fine COTTON PLANTATIONS to rent, low. We liave Lands near Columbia which can be di? vided into small tracts to ?nit purchasers. . G IRRES A THOMAS, Jan 8 Real Estate Agente. ROS A? AXIS Purifies the Blood. For Sale by DruggistM ?".v<ry ivlicrc. To Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights. Cirv CLERK'S OFFICE. COLUMBIA. January 7, IMO. PROPOSALS will be received bv the City Coun? cil for contracting to do the BLACKSMITH and WHEELWRIGHT WORK connected with tho 8treot Department, for the present year. The contract will I)? given to the lowest bidder rosid *ing and doing business within the limits of the city. Rids to be left at this oftieo on or before Tuosday, the l'Jlh instant. Hy order of the ( itv Council. J. S. MoMAHOV, Jan 8 ("?ty Clerk. Agricultural Fair Grounds For Rent. CITY CLRBR'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, January 6, lSii'J. I>ROPOSALH for RENTING the Pair Grounds, for the ensuing vear. will be entertained by the Citv Council at their next regular meeting, on TUESDAY, tho ltftb instant. Tho grounds will l> rented to the highest bidder. Pond and secant required for the payment of the ?ame. Rids to be left at this office on or before that date Jan 7 ll J. S. McMAHON, City Clerk. New Stock Guns, Pistola, Etc. Directly opposite Phaznix Office. THE undersigned informs his friends and tho public generaliv that ho has received a large and select T> , ~T 'assortment of Single and Double Barrel GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS. CARTRIDGES for all kindB Guns, Rifles and Repeaters on hand. SPORTSMEN'S EQUIPMENTS, all of whioh will bo sold low for cash. GUNS and PISTOLS made to order and repaired at short notice andfnioderato pneo. Cash sjBtem rigidly adhered to. ?c\l_ F. W. KRAFT. Special Notice.! HAVING just re? ceived a well selected lot of choice imported French CONFECTIONS, I will tako pleasure in showing thom to the lovers of pure goods. No discount on thom. Neatly put np in boxes and in great variety. TOYS in endless profusion. JELLIES, FRESH FIGS. Now Raisins, Dates, Florida Oranges and Lemons, Bananas, Northern Apples, Nuts, of all kinds, Ac. CANDIES Manufactured daily, of puro sugar, wholesale and retail. O It D E R S For Weddings and Parties furnished at short notice, by JOHN McKENZIE, Manufacturing Confectioner, Nov 25 Greenfield's Row, Main street. rf 3> ? ? i 'S ? ^ a" a 2 ^ ~ ^ * o ~ g . .5 oe a S S a ? U .2 3 g a 80 s I 1 I 1 .S & ? g = a,? S S ?a ? ? ? ? g ? o J2 g O fi C ? ?5 .?? *T3 J* 1 A< I 3 s j I fia I? 4 lil ?M GIBBES & THOMAS, /e A'yl A 7VI TA yl (i EN TS, COLUMBIA, S. C. fTHIE undersigned have determined to form a _L business partnership, under the above name, for tho purchase and sale, on commission, of REAL ESTATE an 1 other property. The presont low prices for real estate, in the South, offers great inducements for the investment of Northern capital; and wc propose to keep complete and ex? tensive lists of property for sale, and to furnish reliablo information to tho buyer and seller making no charge, except where "sales arc effected. Advertising, when authorized, will be done liberally and on tho best terms. We call on our friends throughout tho State to fnrnish ns with accurato descriptions of any property they have to Boll, with price, terms, Ac. We have now, and are continu? ally receiving, inquiries after property that can bo purchased. JAMES G. GIBBES, JOHN P. THOMAS, WADE HAMPTON GIBRES, Nov 19 Columbia, 8. C. ? . *r 33(3 .* p r*i 8 . ~ H ? "* !" S?????OCS?S-? WO V^5>. lilS'iSlo'tri H ?il y?ScH? ? ??O ,? C/J ?5'->a Sc ;BS p ^ S*??s| ; : \l% ri ^5^*1; :J< : -?rf-JtS g O l|iH| ll'Miit?Si gbj ' ?5*113 it ;: iff J S SO?g?fiii |V i i iii ? A MagiJ?Si 3g : is? E * Ss K y _ ^ s ? < * 2 S . S g * <S S ? ? w * %. *t 2 S 5 . C-J" sa sp SS?BOS?^S^O 0 Superior Flour. IKf\ HAGS Strictly Choice Fand) FLOUR, OVJ 100 bids. L?)W Prie? d Flour." For sale low by E. A G. D. HOpR. Ale and Porter. Sf\ DOZ. Muir A Hon's Edinburg ALE, 50 Doz. .JV" Guinnefls A Sen's Dublin Porter, received and for salo low hy J, ,V T. J:. AGNEW,