The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-09

over Cnc nanQ-SaW.
OF course, any one can see that the
application Of this invention to the
circular saw is only one out Of almost
innumerable instances in which it
may be applied. In mills, foundries,
machine shops, factories; in short, in
almost all cases where belt-gearing is
used, this invention must prove of
the very highest utility We COM
mend this matter to the attention of
| all persons interested in machinery.
for whatever tends to economise
power is to be reckoned among the
highest and most beneficial of practi-
cal achievements.
Philadelphia Press.
! ROMANCE IN 4 SENATOR'S LIFE.-
Frazer's -Mugazi,ae tells the following g
story, but does not mention the name
of its hero, who is Senator Lane, of
Kansas:
"A distinguished politician OF In
diana, becoming Interested in the
movement for making Kansas free
State, left his wife and repaired to
that territory, intending to return
soon. Becoming, however, identi-
fed with the struggles of Kansas, the
Senator stayed away very long. His
wife at length demanded his return
He wrote back that it was impossible
to return. His wife waited a little,
and then wrote, declaring that, un-
less he returned by stated time, she
should sue for divorce The Sena-
tor made no reply, but gave glow
ing account of the patriotic move
ment in which he bore an important t
part.
'The next letter he received was
from the clerk Of a court in Indiana,
informing him that his wife had filed
q bill, with another from lawyer
offering to defend him. The Senator
wrote back to the lawyer as follows:
Dear Sir: Yours to hand. My wife
says she will not stand my long ab-
sence. If [ We're she, would not
stand it either. shall offer no op-
position to her suit. Yours, &c. =,
=. Two years later, when the
divorce had long heen granted, the
Senator returned to Washington rs
Senator from the free State of Kansas.
visited his old home in Indiana, and
found his wife still blooming and
handsome, and surrounded by ad-
mirers. With the rest he visited her
from time to time, became presently
tho accepted lover, and was remar-
ried to her."
DETECTION OF CRIME BY PHoro-
GRAPHY.-In the Memphis Bulletin we
find the following:
Some time ago man was murdered
in South Memphis under circum-
stances which led to unjust suspicious
directed against many persons doubt
less innocent. In fact, the conclusions
generally reached was that the unfor-
tunate descedant put period to his
own existence. Two photographers
of this city-Day, whose gallery is at
the intersection Of Union and Maine,
and Armstrong, of the Clay building
undertook the task of applying
the art to the purpose of detecting
the murderer. On the day Of the
murder, with the aid of the micro
scope, images left ON the retina of the
eye of the dead were transferred to
paper, and curious facts were develop
ed. A pistol, the hand, arm and part
of the face of the man who commit
ed the crime are perfectly delineated.
We have been told that a shrewd de-
tective, with the aid thus furnished,
has gathered other facts that will
surely lead to the Identification and
punish ment of the murderer.
A Most CoNTEMPrIBLE THIEF. An
entertainment was recently given in
Petersburg, Va, for the benefit of
Mrs. Gen. Stonewall Jackson The
hall was crowded and, of necessity,
the receipts were large. All these the
lessee of the hall, a man named S. W.
Glenn, appropriated to himself and
fled to parts unknown. How the
holiest feelings of the human heart
have been taken advantage of by the
creature who thus readily and cheer
fully consented to afford them the
opportunity of expression, let the
world know.