The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-03-27

June, over which Chief Justice Car
ter presides. The prisoner and his
counsel are anxious for Il speedy trial,
but for some unassigned reason his
case is thus delayed.
Natio"0l Repn5Iicn".
PEAT The Norfolk l'uyi,licm no.
tees thc fact that the Dismal Swamp
abounds in peat The experiment
has been sufficiently made, and en-
terprising persons are waiting for the
opportunity to engage largely in
that business. Peat is much III de
mand, and can be produced chcaply.
REPUBLIcAN CONVENTION IN Viz
&G,7ii. It is stated that the Repub-
lican State Central Committee, OF
Virginia, will call mass convention
of the Republican party Of the State,
without distinction OF color ut the
African Church, Richmond, on the
10th Of April. 1867.
Among the appropriations Of the
last Connecticut Lcgi> atuTe was
SlOO for ''whislley, lemons and sugar
for the use OF the Legislature. :"
Under this inspiration, 40 doubt,
some OF the laws Of the last session
were passed.
ILLINOIS. The State OF Illinois
has now Il law authorizing the jury
which convicts cuiprit Of felonious
homicide to decide whether the pc
nalty shall be death, imprisonment
for life, or imprisonment for term
of years.
At no moment of difficulty does a
husband, knowing his own utter help
lessness, draw so closely to his wife's
side for comfort and assistance, as
when he wants button sewed on his
shirt collar.
\ Philadelphia lawyer gives the
following definition Of law and equity:
al common law, you are done for at
once; at equity, You are not so easily
disposed of. One is Prussic acid,
and the other laudanum
The Galveston CIcuiaa SAYS that
the camels in Texas have been found
to answer completely the purpose
for which they were intended, but
they are dying out from the want of
care to perpetuate them.
SLEEp. 1t is stated that portion
of a raw onion eaten just before re-
tiring to rest, will insure refreshing
sleep to persons suffering with lungs
overburdencd with oppressive and
irritating matter.
PLANTING TOMATOES II Corn Rows.
Much better tomatoes may be made
by setting the plants between the
hills of corn in the field. The corn
imparts a peculiar sweetness to the
tomato. Give it Il trial.
Sal Francisco claims to be the
second city in the Union as respects
dignity and wealth. It moreover
boasts that only eighty-four police
men are required to keep the peace.
The taiIors in st. Louis are trying
to prevent women from learning to
sew. The Boston Post says: Those
tailors should make the goose their
patron saint.
The Chinese women who will wait
on the Chinese restaurant in the Ex-
hlbltion, We're purchased in Canton;
they cost so apiece; the pick OF
Chinese women cost only Sl20 apiece.
\ lady in Brooklyn followed her
husband to 4 ballroom and fired two
shots at him. He had taken wo-
man not his wife to the dance.
a Western publisher advertises for
n foreman who c0O 81 or,.oO0n tb q
paper as to allow every mans adver-
tisement to head tie column.
English prepared coffee is adulte-
rated with burnt sugar. 1t is made
of beans here and adultelated with
coffee
Tie return 81 Saturday last was the
largest, perhaps, ever made in Ker-
shaw District, amounting to $50
cases.
Danviile. Va, pays, we understand,
Il tax of $4,000, 600 on the manufac-
ture of tobacco-thc tax being forty
cents per pound.
In Washington, y woman shot Il
man because he did not marry her;
in Cincinnati, another shot one be-
cause he did.
Plus II is the 257th Pontiff who
has sat in st. Peters Chair. He is
now seventy-fve years old, and has
been Pope for twenty-one years.
If young man likes girl, let him
give her present; if he lores her,
lat him, c4far n fJJ},I,.a