The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-11-06

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TIE STATE sFAIn. We learn that or.
tjolM for exhibition are beginning to
oomein. A'suoeessfuI Fair is expected.
Let nll lend helping hand. Anof our
citizens having articles worthy Of exhi-
bition are invited to give them place in
the picture. This will be busy week
in Columbia.
Orders have been received from Wash
ineton that nll pAties interested in the
sale of distilled spirits must, on tho 18th
in their possession, not in bonded
warehouse on that day. They are re-
quired, in making their return, to dis
tinguish between imported and domestic
liquors, also, to specify the different
kinds and quantities of each. Every in
formation and assistance will be furn-
ished by the local officers Of the Internal
Revenue Department.
The annual meeting Of the South ca
rolina Monument Association will be
held in Columbia, on Thursday, Novom-
Der 10th. a full attendance is requested,
rs business Of Importance will be
brought before the meeting. District
managers who may be in Columbia at the
time, are specially requested to be pre-
sent, and to report to the Vice Presi-
dent.
Papers throughout the State will please
copy.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri-
nifty Church-Rev. p. j. Shand, Rector,
10ls A. NJ. and A.; P. NJ.
st. Peters Church-Rev. J. J. O'Con-
nell, Pastor, 1Ois a. NJ. and 4P. NJ.
Washington Street Chapel-Rev. VIM.
T. Capers, 101s A. M. and 81: P. NJ.
Marion Street Church--Rev. W. ".
Mood, 10la A. NJ. and 71a p. M.
Lutheran Church-Rev. a. r. Rude,
10ls A. NJ.
Presbyterian Church--Rev. ". E.
Boggs, 10la A. NJ. md 7is P. NJ.
Baptist Church-Rev. J. l.. Reynolds,
10,a a. NJ.
THE AIMS OF MEN-The aims of men
are SO very different that mere enume-
ration of them would occupy more space
than we can afford. One grand and uni
versal object OF mankind, however, frst
suggests itself to the observer of life, and
this is, desire for accumulatipg wealth.
Men toll and strive, for weary years, to
amass little hoard Of yellow dust, nnd
perhaps, after youth. energy and labor
have been expended to secure this, they
find that wealth cannot bring happiness,
and go disappointed to the grave, scarce
knowing how to dispose of the fruit
which acasred life, so far rs they are con.
cerned, produced. It must be indeed @
narrowing reflection to man, as he nears
| that fgurative river which divides time
; from eternity, that he has buried i'm
mortal hopes in q sphere undeservine
the tremendous sacrifice; that though
his need be won, the triumph is useless
Naked we came into the world, naked
we must leave it, The pomp and splen
dor of worldly surroundings benefit nc
longer their possessor than the air of the
earth sustains his being. AS life departs,
they recede. and leave the spirit only
alive to its better instincts. Dross ol
earth is forever discovered from tha,
ETHEREAL substance when it plumcs its
wings for flight into the unseen, the
real and the eternal But, love of gain,
if predominant, is not the only life-lovc
of frail, misjudgng man. There is O
higher, though not less fallacious ambi.
tion-the last infrmity of noble minds,
which, whether on tho battlefield or in
the forum-whether lowering around tho
midnight lamp of the student, or ami
mating tho adventurous explorer, looks
to fame, rather than wealth, for its final
reward We confess that there is some.
thing in this last-named hallucination
which demands respect never to be nc
corded to the mere accumulation of gold.
There is something in every human
bosom which nSkS emembrnuce-ovap