The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-10

Inc detectives are buslly engaged
upon the case, but decline to give any
information.
TIE WRIT OF MANDAMus.-The
New York Ne'rS, while agreeing i'm
the opinion of this paper, that the
Supreme Court of the United States
would not issue writ of nu,..l,,n1us
requiring the admission into Congress
OF any given member, for the reason,
which we stated in our first article on
the subject, that the Constitution
makes each house the sole Judge of
the elections, qualifications and re-
turns of its own members, argues
that the court might perhaps be in
duced to grant the writ for the pur-
pose of compelling the House to take
some action. The Ne.rs saws:
"lf it could do anything, it would
be to issue it's mandate to the two
houses, directing them to go on and
investigate, each for itself, the claims
OF the several members elect to their
seats. This, indeed, would be point
gained, supposing that the court
would issue and Congress respect the
writ, for it would establish the fact
that the Southern States, under their
present organization, are in the
Union, and therefore entitled to be
represented in Congress. Henceforth
Southern members could only be ex-
Guided by objecting to them person
ally. 1t may bc worth while to try
the experiment, if only for the pur-
pose OF settling the law and estab-
hshlng a precedent on the subject"
BY all means, let us have n trial of
the question. We cannot be worsted
by refusal Of the court to grant the
writ, while, if granted, it may result
IN much good. -RiAmond Dispatch.
The Florida Courier, published ut
Marianna, speaking of the crops,
says: lin consequence Of the failure
III many instances of the cotton seed
to germinate, farmers have, for the
want of seed, planted in corn the
land designed for cotton The wea-
ther has not this season been propi-
tious in obtaining good stand, and
thus far the hopes of the farmer are
lingering on the tide of successful
experiment. The stand of corn is
good, and the plant looks we'll.
Professor Wheatstonc has ascer-
tanned that the duration Of the cleo
trio spark does not exceed the twenty
tivc-thousandth part of second. A
cannon ball would appear stationary
III its flight if Illuminated by the
spark. and the wing of an insect, that
moves 10000 times second, would
seem ut rest
An Algerian official recently asked
permission OF the Home Minister,
Paris, to erect some fountairs, and
received answer by telegraph ;.s fol-
lows: "ConSLWsSes 4q. .fontuines. "
4he initial letters stood, OF course,
for qnel1ues, but the functionary read
them US figures, and accordingly
dotted the town all over with 90 foun-
tains.
From the Richmond RepubHc, of
the 4th, we learn that % "Hollywood
Memorial Association Of the Ladies
of Richmond" was formed on last
Thursday, at st. Pauls Church. The
object of the association is to collect
funds for taking care Of the Confed-
crate tombs in said cemetery. Mrs.
VIM. III. Mcfarland is the President.
The Humboldt. (Kansas) Union,
having secured lady compositor, his
"better half complained thnt he
staid out too late O. nights. "Wifc, >
said he, "you don't know how hard
printers have to work" Setting type
and ''settin' up with gall does seen
like doing donbIe duty for married