The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-02

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generally condemned.
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A S1KaULAR CASE OF CoNscIENcE -
A few days siuce a man died IN th.
aims house at Richmond. Va leaving
| $500 In money and other property. the
] money being on deposit IN New York.
The property ls hequeathed to relatives
III England and Ireland, but codici.
Is left directing his executors, before
Carrying into execution the beQueste
made In the will, to pay to the follow
ing Insurance companies of Loudon,
England. to wit: To the Atlas Fire and
Lille Assurance Company. GlOO; to the
Ph@aix Insurance Cotnpany. EIOO; to
the Sun Insurance Company, ElOU; to
Reimburse them for money received by
the deceased in Liverpool in the year
| lS49, to which he believed he was not
strictly entitled. The dec .assd, whose
name Is not given III the Richmond
papers. is said to have been mau of
culture, and WAS for some time con
tribntor to several prominent Northern
lonrnals. He WAS very grave aud
diguitied man. and perfectly tempe
rate. The will is in his own baud
writing. aud is expressed III strictly
technical language. He was au Irish
mun, and lived in Charleston, S c.,
for some years.
The Iron Age says that . wedge or
plate OF iron has been discovered i'm
bedded In the masonry Of the great
pyramid. II has been q great puzzle
To those who attributed the first use OF
iron to date not much more than
2.JO) years back, how such sharp and
we'll dedued hieroglyphics could have
been cut on porphyry, granite and the
hnrdesr stone as are found on thu.
tombs. temples aud surcophagi of au-
ciett Egypt. But the piece OF iron
found in the great pyramid shows that
this metal way produced aud wrought
In the age Of King Cheops, whlch il
placed by come auth critics as fur back
"s D. 400 years uRo. The similarity OF
made in the time of King Cheops,
suggests the snpposition that iron may
huve been III use more than 5000 years
ago.
CHURCH DISCIPLINE Tho seyerit y
with which Archbishop Manning il en-
forcing his will upon the Catholics in
England is shown by the fact that in
tha recent "Catholic Directory" pub
lished in London, the namo OF Lord
Camoys has beer stricken from the
list of Catholic peers. Lord Camoys
has for long time been ono of the
most celebrated Of Catholic noblem u
When Archbishop Manning published
his letter on the Vatican DEGREES, his
lUrdship dissentcd from the Episcopal
construction of the doctrine of PapaI
iufailibility. The Archbishop consc.
quently replies by striking lis hume
from the list of Catholic peers, thus
virtually certifying to the world that
he no longer recognizes him as mem
ber of the church.
A French woman is about to marry
pony. During the past season Mile.
de ". one of the finest sportswo.
men OF France, was present with her
father at series Of celebrated races.
Her attention was attracted to n small
aud remarkably handsome pony, and
she requested her father, who is im-
mensely ROB, to purchase it. Tue "a
thsr and daughter called upon the
owner. Oompte de D.. but upon
learning their errsnd, he declined ia
part with the animal upon any terms
whatever. saying that he had sworn
that it should belong to no one but bis
wife. Tho call led TO Q further &C.
quaintance, aud it is announced tha,
the lady will soon be the owner Of the
pony"
Five hundred barrels of "Solomon'i
Fancy" flour, just received. Now i.
the time to buy, as hour ia ches ns,