The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-20


here will be so patriotic and accommodating as TO
lend their money at seven per cent. when they
can get twelve In out sister States OF the Sontn Z
Even In Georgia. where the usury law IS IN iun
operation, money commands thirteen per CENT
seven per cent. interest, and one-half per cent.
per month in the way Of commissions. Every
sound reason seems to oppose the repeal OF IN tEe
law Of 1866, and we trust that the Dill OF MI.
| Wilkes viii be defeated.
|
EIST LIFE ON FIFTH AVENUE.
Hollow Show and Gildcd Misery-The
Dazzling Marriages of the Ton-Dia-
monds and Remorse.
Anew York correspondent of the Troy Times
| draws vivid picture Of fashionable lie IN new
It is an old saying that all is not gold that gilt
ters and the history OF the Filth avenue VIII
prove that the golden hue OF luxury Is generaliy
little more than deceptive show. II you live 10
this fashionable spot you must pay either S75, 600
for q house tperhaps 100000, or you must give
an equivalent rent. Think OF $4,000 rent to begin
With. You cannot furnish this house at less ex-
ense than $40 o00 and il pictures and statuary be
introduced. you may treble that Ggure. To this Is
to be added your carriage and span OF matched
horses, worth $4,000 at least Then look over your
with his family lives In finished room over yonr
stable. He must have $500 per year, and win
| have it, even II he be obliged to rob the oatbn
in order to meet q deficiency. Next Is the loot
man, who on public drives Is perched on the rear
| of tie carriage and wears the same Uniform as
the driver. He must have $50 per mouth and
board. Add to these the cook at SIG per month,
Chambermaid at $40 per month, and nurse Qor
| the children must not be neGlected) ut Sl2 per
| mouth. The housekeeper CAPS the list for fash
/ iOnable lady would as soon take care OF her cnll-
dren or do any other unbecoming work as attend
| be got for less than $50 per month. have only
put down half.dozen servants, which Is o mod.
crate number; but when we consider that each of
these may be thief, 1t Is rs many as you really
need; and If you can meet the expenses ana ne.
REGULATION which your establishment involves,
You must have an income Of $4,000 at least
HOW TO KEEP UP AN INCOME.
Notwithstanding the immense hnanclal re-
| regular income Is matter ofno small ditncul.
ty. Business here Is subject to incessant vicissl-
/ tudes. Our social and commercial strata are VOL
canic and sudden commissions are constantly oc-
Curing. man must be indeed fortunate who
can hold his own year after year. Goilapse
like that Of the Pac!dc Mail Company strikes out
| the.support Of many prlncely house. Men mere
| often become suddenly insolVent, but the dls-
bursements continue. The pressure OF these Filth
avenue families often becomes fearful. The credit
system prevails here extensively, and as conse.
! quence there Is al incessant cunning" carries
on. The professional collector is on his rounds,
and knows how to innict his presence ut the most
annoying hours OF the day. Then comes the ap.
sG mortpsge uns TRe sragge to antan ap
pearances may be prolonged, but at last comes
the grand Jl,,ale-an explosion amid which the
friends and at last finds bottom in some lower
stratum. To these eXigencies are to be ascri6ed
the frequent defalcations IN banks, insurance COM
pauies. and similar Institutions.
GRADES OF RANE.
II will be found that after social ambition has
been gratiHed by reaching the distinction OF
Fifth avenue establishment, there Is still a vast
unrest. High life has Its peculiar grades and the
| To onvfht n
who hires house there is not on q par with one
who owns his dwelling, and he, by the same rule
Is not equal with the one who Is admitted 10 De
OF higher wealth. There Is perpeLuai criscism ia
they are poorer, OF looking up TO them because
they are richer, and there 1s also perpetual
effort to reach the highest rank, at least IN O
be Imagined that social aud domestic life here is
like love in cottage or like the happy valley of
Rasselas.
II NAV be nuurel whether there be much OF
what Is called domestic life in the Filth Avenue.
My reply is decidedly unfayorable. There are
some exceptions to be found In the oiu-lashioneu
class Of such people as James mes Bowl H0pe nnr H.
sessed OF great wealth, but also or WnaL IS OF
more value-good principles. Domestic happi.
ness cannot coeNst with that artificial lle which
prevails here, and which Is productive OF so much
misery. Indeed, the splendid misery, as it is
sometimes called, Of this famous street, WQIld,
written: ll volume
SPECIAL INSTANCES.
Having alluded generally 10 the misery ln5epa-
rabe rom high NE let me now oson gvs is seeh @ oub
enved by hundreds OF her acquaintances VINO
only look at the outside. She has q carriage anu
all the Accomplishments OF metropoliian graaueaI;
besides which she can wear on proper occasions
900 worth Of diamonds. She is IN arrled 70
heartless and abusive man, who is allured Dy
other female attractions which absorb his time
and his money AS Gonsequen;e ne S v1eus Maort ms
but which she conceals from the sworld out OF re.
gard for appearances, might designate another
establishment Of elegant character, whose owner
doliaFs. The family arc very showy and
Keen up an expensive equlpage. The father
Is q retired merchant, and has c4nsroi, co o o.
ling interest in great banking house whlcn once
was wealthy, but he has sunk most OF It's capita!
in stock operations He Is living at his usual rate
of $50, 900 per year, aud yet he knows that ms
frauds may be discovered at almost any tlme. ne
has been for several years On the verge Oh Luh
sake as long as possible, and then when me col.
lapse shall come, laudanum or the pistol win be
last resort. The question often arises, now ioIg
can this deception be continued ?and the reply Is
that it depends on good management anu gooo
luCk. If no sudden pressure takes place. IL may
be protracted several years; but panic or any
sudden change IN affairs VIII a. once pfihg 1t ~
light.
II Withdrawing can make people happy. the
Fifth avenue should be in state OF extreme beat
itule: for notwithstanding the high PRICES occs.
stoned BIZ the war; the most costly DRAINS mere
| find q rapid market. II any one VIII stop OF q
pleasant afternoon at any OF the first class Sroce.
ry establishments in Broadway, ne may W!eneSs
the delisatGurtask OF liquor tasting performed oy
little knots of the aristucracy, who stop IN 20 eaVe
orders III all families, whether OF the highest OF
less reputc, we find wine staple, and the way l.
| is drank would excite the admiration OF all Tee
| tota'lcrs. Hardly q Groeer's cart oacks III, 10 q
house. bu. YOU see the champagne BASKET.
| After dinner the wine circulates and is uuiy
praised fer & is of good American manuiac.
| ture. The only man IN the secret IS inc icIioM
who comes round every week 20 buy the empty
| bottles He takes them down to the oottnng
house where they are filed, and in due ilne sney
| are returned with fresh brands and silver tops.
| II seems absurd that the wine-drinGlng commu.
| nity should bc Ignorant Of this, when almost op
posse The Academy Of Music there is large ware
| house t,evotad to this branch OF trade Here one
| mar behold vast quantities OF secondhand bot
ties received daily There is no necessity OF pene
tratinr the mysteries OF this place. for they are
not beyond the power OF good guessing. The
Transformation OF Jersey cider amt petroleum ill.,
| to Heidsieck and Tauve Cquot Is so rapid and
marvellous that It Is wonder ina. IL Is not
| reckoned among the fine arts.
| WHAT BECOMES OF THEM.
| 1t Is said that life in the Fifth avenue IS coa-
stalty changing, and that when fresh partoltH
comes in som e6ody must be going ont. The
| cues ion may naturally arise, what becomes OF
these decaying gentry, and the reply Is that tney
generally 90 to ruin unless their course be delay
ed by the patronage OF friends. The children OF