The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-28

ADetroit justice tried case where
a woman was sued for the price of
barrel of -four. The defendent al
legged that the flour was mouldy and
not fit to use. AS the testimony was
about equally divided, the Justice
caused the woman to carry batch
OF the flour to his residence and bake
some bread from it. Having thus
proved the flour was poor, the Justice
then gave judgment accordingly.
He had probably been reading an
Arabic novel.
A pamphlet recently issued in the
oil regions of Pennsylvania speaks
OF the losses, embarrassments and
depreciation which succeeded to the
Excitement of former years, and gives
statement of the oil product rs
follows: During the past six years
there have been sunk, up to jan
uary l, 1867, 1880 wells in the
United States, and there have been
produced q total of crude oil equal
to about II, ,640,6 barrels"
The new excise law for Philadel-
pha, the enforcement of which has
just been begun, forbids the selling
OF liquor, ale, &C., from midnight to
sunrise; and also forbids totally their
sale on Sundays. The poGoe are
empowered to enter all places where
liquors are sold and make arrests.
and drunken persons may give evi-
dence rs to the person who sold them
liquor, and on which oath sellers are
to be punished.
Connecticut paper says: The
hest joke of the season was the at
tempt to rob an editor in Bridge.
port, on Monday night. The rogue
got into an unfastened window, ru-
mased the whole house without find
ing anything worth stealing, and left
In disgust. He was natural-born fool.
that chap.
The ex-Emperor Solouquc is living
Ill elegant style ut Curacao. He is
reported to have large fortune in
the Bank of England. Solouque is
very unpopular with those OF his
own color, and he does net associate
with them. His son-in-law bears
the refreshing title of "Dukc of Le-
monade."
FREEDMEN IN TEXAS. Under Grif
fins late order in Texas, it is found
that many Of the freedmen are dis
qualified to sit as jurors. One clnusc
of the oath prescribed is that no aid
was ever given to the rebellion-few
OF them can say that. One was re-
lected because on one occasion he
had given fifty cents.
1t appears that complete revolu-
tion has taken place in the distribu-
tion of the japanese tea crop; for
whereas, few years ago, the greater
part went to England and China, and
little more than one-fifth went to
the United States, the latter now
monopolizes nearly the whole.
Intelligence from Hayti is to the
effect that another attempt ut revolu-
tion had been made at Jacmel. Sal
nave was everywhere accepted rs
Dictator General, but the Council of
Generals who elected him were each
one of them aiming to start revolu-
tion in his own interest.
Lord jeffrey considers that Frank
lin became great man because he
lived his younger days away from a
highly cultivated and refined literary
society; and that if he had been col
lego c-bred, he would have contented
himself with mere mediocrity.
"A cargo of wheat recently passed
Westward through Syracuse, which
was originally shipped from San
francisco for France, and brought
thence to New York and sent to Chi
cago. This IS very'curious illustra-
tion OF the sinuous channels which
commerce sometimes makes for itself.
A Scotch old maid, who was asked
to subscribe to raise men for the
king during the late war, answered,
Indeed, I'll do nae sic thing; 7
never could raise man for myself,
and I'm not gang to raise man for
King George"
Frenchman has invented a new
paper, instantly stopping the he
morrhage caused by wounds. Mar
slal Neil has passed contract with
him for the immediate supply of
300, 600 large quircs of the said pa
per-
The Herald states that Messrs.
Starr, of New York, have been for the
last four months manufacturing rifles
Tor the Fenians, at the rate Of 1,5OO
per week, 100 nine and eleven inch
guns In about n month, which are
supposed also for the Fenians.