The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-29

tisement of Mr.. I. Sulzbacher, in another
column. He has laid in q well-sclected
stock. and, as lie asserts, having pur-
chased for CASH. can sell at very low
figures. Would you like to secure
handsome set of plated-ware, go to Sulz-
bacher's; do you desire pretty watch
for your daughter, or a sweetheart, pay
Sulzbacher acall; are your eyes failing,
and do you need artificial assistance,
examine Sulzbacher's stock of spectacles
and eyeglasses In short, if there is any
thing in the iewolry and fancy line that
you require, Sulzbacher's is the place to
obtain it.
The WISHING GATE-There arc the
romans of an old gateway in Wales to
which a singular legend attaches In
former times spell was laid upon it by
Merlin, which gave to each person who
passed under its arch the qualification of
one wish. Pilgrims from all parts of the
country hocked to the gate. and even in
those Catholic times, no fear of the
anathemas of the church prevented
prayer to the demon or wizard who was
supposed to preside over this portal of
Fate. To say the most successful wishers
were the most disappointed, would be
only repeating truism which everyday's
experience exemplifes. To add, too,
that among conflicting wishes the most
trifing would present itself at the fated
moment. (the space of a second was all
that was allowed merely shows the con-
tradiction of thought, which we all have
experienced when it becomes necessary
to fix the mind intently upon one idea.
AT all events, among the gratified wish
ers, and those who couldn't wish to their
own satisfaction, the gate fell into disre-
pute. At length rustic, who had asked
for wife and got one, and shrew to
boot, in fit of passion demolished the
gate, leaving only broken arch to point
the ingratitude of human wishes. The
old story, with its many new readings,
is always the same. Wishing gates are
everywhere, and hope looks through the
portals, seeing beyond its frame beauti-
full picture, 80 aglow with light, that to
possess it seems the acme of human bliss.
We hold it for our own, and, alas for the
faded tints and vamped up canvas of our
beautiful landscape it is valueless; nay,
worse than valueless, for it is n reminder
of some heavy and ruinous price which
has made us bankrupt forever Weturn
away with disgust, yet if wish were
offered us again, like the old woman in
the story book, Of three wishes, the last
would strive to undo the work of the
previous ones. Our wishes being thus
unreliable, we should accept with trust,
if not with gratitude, the chances and
changes which Providence provides.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, August Columbia
HoteL-John NJ. Morris, J. s. Legare,
W. H. Bradley, Charleston; P. N. Du-
lin, North Carolina; George W. Rouse,
Charleston; John o. Hill, Alabama; F.
P. Mullally, Memphis; A. J. Cleveland,
Ruckersville, Ga; @. Fl. Lanneau, Jr.,
Okoloma, Miss; S. Watson, Edgcfeld
National Hotcl.-W. II. Roane, North
Carolina; E. T. Plowden and family,
Calhoun; A. Robertson, Buncombe;
Y. j. P. Owens, Laurens; Charles H.
West, Charleston; W. Shiver, Kingville;
G. a. Neuffer, Orangeburg; G.. w.
Given, Marietta, Ga; John Robert Seay,
Kingville.
NicIcrSoa HouSe.-John Fl. Cathcart,
Winnsboro; Mrs. Atkinson, Miss Owens,
Florida; Miss Scott, Virginia; j. X
Thomas, Jr., Baltimore; Joseph II. Gay.
T. G. James, y. c.; u. L. Gunn, Gcor-
gia; n. G. Phillips, New Orleans; a. C.
Darlington, Atlanta, Ga; B. +. David
son, Charlotte; W. j. Etter. city; James
A[acKay, Miss Helen Hartnett, Able
vile; S. f. Noyes, Orangeburg; L. S.
Davant, S. G.
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