The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-09-23

.greatimass of brick work pierces the ao-
cnp4iated soil. With your finger You
touch the very bricks-large, square
snaped and massive-that were thorough
~ burned; the very mortar, the lime now
hard As granite, handled more than4. 600
years ago by earth''s impious people.
From the .snmmit of the mound, far
bright as star, the gilded dome OF q
mosque, that caught, and reflected the
rays OK the morning sun. This glittering
spa4k ,I1 was the: tomb. Of the holy. Ali. TO
pray; before this at some period Of his
ilifes to kiss the earth around there at
some time or other, to bend his body
eand oopnt. his beads, is the daily desire
Of every devout 1ahommedan.
The pleasant traditions, which once
clustered SO fondly around the name of
Washington, are gradually disappearing
under the hard .,tonch of, iconoclastio
hands The cherry tree story has grave
doubts thrown upon it; the domestic
virtue ofothe Father of his Country has
been ,assailed, at one. of it's. most tender
points, and the historical Incidents, so
long accepted as true, touching the sword
sent by Frederick the Great, sFrom the
Oldest General in the world to the great
est. " is pronounced a fiction, I. Frederick
Kapp, ;a Prussian. scholar of high repute,
long resident of New York, recently
published q book in Leipsic, entitled
:. ."FredeYick the Great and the United
z States of America" in which jhe dispels
many delusions concerning the Prussian
n .m1oN1arch's N1 dealings with our young Re-
public. Among other matters he treats
2of the famous gift sword, supposed to
bear the characteristic legend above re.
a Fofk fkr.. H. -,
gated the matter, that the Great Frederick
never sent the sword in question to the
Great George, but that, on the contrary,
1T was the gift of one Theophilus Alte,
who was OLD, enough to be Washington's
father, and who doubtless thought Wash
1ngton the greatest General in the world.
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An ingenious physician of Paris-Re-
naudot by; ;name-7more than 200 years
I, ago, hit upon Q; good idea for s'cutting
out" his more learned brethren, which
he was not long in putting into execu-
tlon, to his own no small advantage, and
the great chagrin Of his brother profess
sionals;; His plan was an extremely SIM
by the very Innocent expedient of COL
Letting information, aud then circulating
news sheets among his patients, for their
despecial delectation land amusement.
Bpt,inasmuoh aa the .seasons were not
always sickly, and he found he had plen-
ty Of time on his hands, he was encon-
I ragged dby his success to devote his, atten-
ti0n more exclusively to the business of
.::tournalism.q by providing the public at
Large 1With newsS and ,9eSordingly, in
1881. he succeeded in obtaining for him
self aid family the. sole privilege Of pub
lishing d. newBpaper called the Gaeeile de
FEanee. ,S.nIqGh, at ,least, is. the account
s5iSf s5 fhe Fa3 SfeEh q n9swspaPers 9 given BY De
,S~.1S y z. !: . .t .eai.A ..L II! :sFien .
The Weldon ;NSsssiyyss tells, the following
good one: We learn the following; good
Joke % q IdrGRgiAt not more, than i 200
fmifhs .ftStn fhisa place. iiiThe said COM
pohndsf pt. drugs, :oof modefn. Escapalius,
is AbhgWhat on the scfawny order, pos:
:,BeSsingS not; enough Of. surplus, ,,hesh to
make, him corpulent.' He had in Ills
bacG nfpom q genuine skeleton. While
out .fecaht|y, his clerk. induced a young
1datkey to visit this rppm apd; d;exhibited
torRiaR This ,felic ottthe dead Visions
OF K4 -Ktnx arose before this 'aafkey' 8
mind, :.ahd che ibt6k k6l fgrll the street. Our
tneha of the mortar eUoh coming in,
1eat9sH thR eapse .of the BLACKS fright,
aSd Re{Rg into the .s,tfest spoke 'to the
T$, ,tHG S'%Soof fEfdeatf5a ;of 'fIg Doctor, tie M
b95l AanE y6ut;: :5t,sNt ysrr7 db1 t-you can' t
1871, ne; khoksssE!y1eff, Il Yer hab dun got
VIZ e(ose. .9ni".he Slightly 944dTdtgking lin
TOR tie skeleton he had .3eed = fswl lhaai;
nutes before - ~ ''ayf q !
MAMMOTH Il 81 Isa sTaAaiiPp99Aa Aip9 Pic Pkoysor.-1t is
announced by the NsW York pmpevcial
Aduertissr, that, pginiel = Drew, Fish &
Gould and tAe ;Hsae4niaNS, of the lHapco1
line, have featareea III Alff9Ii /! genenss to
build mammoth steamer for Che Hud-
SOB river. which is to. be completed early
ne4t spmmer, to 1nn between, Albany
aad g q SeE IS w AGEk T. eeBpete VIII the PALACE