The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-28

YoUR Work OF LIFE In O recent
speech On self-culture, Lord Derby. the
great common-senss statesman of Eng
land. expressed the opinion that
talent is not tho first qualification
for O successful career, aud mentions
particularly two men who rose to fill
! some OF the highest Offices in England,
and who filled them well, too. aud who
yet were at college constantly ridiculcd
goes on to speak of those first -cluss men
at tho universities who are now s.rue-
Cling hard for mere bread and roof.
Touching on the mental restessnese, the
Inquiry, the doubt of tho times. no says
most simply and naturally what it will
not harm the modern American to read
again aud again: Fright and wrong,
houor, duty aud country, benevolence
toward men aud responsibility toward
the unseen power by which human NC.
tions are guided and oontrolled-these
are not idle phrases. They nre realities
which correspond with the deepest
wants aud feelings Of our nature; and
ne maa will feel himself utterly cast
| down who Gun say in his heart what the
wisest and best of tho human race huve
proclaimed in the whole tenor of their
lives. Whether am happy or unhappy,
IS not my Chief affair; what most aud
hrst concerns me is to find my work in
HE, 10 recognize it, and to do it," The
last clause OF this last sentence is Il vo-
lune OF truth and wisdom condensed in
two lines. Many Of tho failures in life
occur from men not finding their pro-
per vocation, or il they have it, not
being willing to accept 1t. Every man
who has succeeded signally has disco
vered aud adopted what ho was fitted
Tor, and pursued it with perseverance
and energy.
A GREAT POLITICAL PARTNERSHIP DIS.
soLvED.-The partnership heretofore
doing business under the name u. s.
Grant and Party is this day dissolved
by mutual disconsent. The outstanding
| claims and responsibilities are assumed
by the Party, the senior member of the
firm retaining only the old place of
business. with salury of $50, 600 year
and perquisites, amounting to as much
more.
Ihe Pnrty continues the business, and
thankful for past fnvors, solicits con-
tinuance of confidence and public pa
| tronage. The attention of bsnkess,
monopolists, protectionists, carpet. bug
gers. scalawass and blonted bond holders
Is respectfully called to the new assort-
ment OF measures that will rebound to
| their benefit where used.
Otdars ftom the lobby attended TO
"lth promptncss nnd despatch.
| The Party will sell low, for cash, da-
maged lot Of character, old landauets,
engraved likenesses Of the minute Rich
ardson, (suid when seen through n
microscope, to be admirable portraits;) }
large assortment OF decayed platforms,
hnanclal schemes. dead Chief Justices
and other lumber thrown aside to make
room for new utock of IL like sort
Washington Capital.
AS WAS suspected from the stringent
stipulations concerning the autopsy, ihc
death Of the hyphenated brothers is not
to Interfere with their profitableness
The curiosity Of the twins living is to be
replaced with the show oi the Siamcse
dead. The connecting ligature has not
been severed, and barring u lew slushes
on Tue auoomcn hGd an excavation III
the chest, the bodies are as good as new
Inc children object TO this exhibition Of
their fathers remains. but the bereaved
widows insist that as the defunct ''cut
up much worse than they anticipated,
they should be made TO 'cut up" better
after death.
The Pioneer Club. colorcd, in Alex
andria, Va, being lately abou. to give il
bull, announced on the programme that
tho entertainment would DO strictly
moral until II o'clock" The odd un-
nouncement having caused somo com
ment, the committee of arrangements
have written to tho newspapers to cx-
plain. Strictly moral means prone
nading, which even members Of
churches may engage in. After that
the light fLntastic, though ono inferior
characters, will ba allowed inside the
building"
BY the arrival oi Il steamer from Rio
10 JanelrO, news Is received thnt Asimtic
oholern is rigging inS Bncnos Ayres with
increased intensity. claiming from thirty
to forty victims per day. The total
number Of deaths amount to 3l7. 3d.
600 persons had abandoned their hom. s
in the city to seek refuge in the upper
country. The President Of the repub.
! liO had also fled tho city fnr "a henlt ht.r