The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-15

are TO be flttcG ont ut BrcSt to cruise
on the coast OF Mexico, and an at
tempt has been made to raise the be-
lief that u last effort is to be made, by
troops ON board of them, in favor of
the dynasty of the Emperor Maxi
milan; but that idea is evidently not
serious, and if some ships of war arc
to be sent to Mexican watcrs-which
assertion 1 do not guarantee-they
would more probably have the mission
to protect French subjects who may
become involved in danger by the
| course Of events.
On the other hand, a Paris Journal,
tho Memorial Diplomotique, says:
Far from coming to Paris to present
tie name of her august consort any
nltimatunl, or put forward menaccs
of abdlcntion, as certain journals have
pleased to imagine, the worthy COM
panion of Maximilian ihas, nccord-
ing to our information, given to the
Emperor of the French q faithful de-
scriptiou of the difficulties already
conquered, and those which still re
main to be overcome in order 20 COM
plete, in an etficacious and dnra bic
manner, the political regeneration of
Mexico. With the means Of which
the Government OF Maximilian l al
ready dicpnsns, and those which the
country could furnish, the general pa
cliicatioa would certainly be accom-
plished if up to the period fixed for
the evacuation, the French force
united to the Mexican army were
utilized, according to plan of opera
tlons combined III way to deliver
the provinces OF the North from the
lnceSsant incurSious of the dlssident,.
The Empress appears charged to
submit that plan to the appreciation
of the Emperor OF the French, in
pointing out that the pacifcation of
Mexlcos interest, not only the Gov
ernment OF AIaXimilian l, but also
the cause Of civilization and of French
influence in America. It is also true
that all those who have had the honor
of convcrsing with the Empress Char
lotte have been struck by the i'm
movable confidence which her Majes-
ty manlfests in the future prosperity
of the Mexican Empire.
The Pittsbnrg (Pennsylvania) Ga
zetle (radicaD declares, with Il tear in
each eye, that sit is no longer Sc
crct that Ill Pennsylvania the conserv-
atives are cooperating with the De
mocrats as III New York. They will
all vote for Clyrner, and for the Dis
trlct and County Democratic candi-
dates. This is preliminary to Joint
effort to elect 4 President two years
hence" &c. As In Pennsylvania ana
New York, so i'll Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois, Michigan and other Western
States.
THE FoRTIETH CONGRESS. TIM:
COMING ELECTIONS AND THEu. CoSsE-
oUENcEs. The New York He,.u!,l, of
Monday, in an editorial on the COM
ing Congressional election, says:
"The real struggle for the Fortie.h
Congress will not begin with this
Maine election, but in the peunsvl
vania, Ohio and Indiana State cleo
tlons OF October; and the returns
from those three great central States
will probably determine what this
Congress is to be. \ conservative
majority from the States represented
in the present Congress will secure.
with the organization OF the next
Congress, (any time after the 4th OF
March ncxt,) the admission of all the
excluded States; and so, with the
complete triumph of President John
sons restoration policy, we shall have
speedy and satisfactory settlement
of this business Of Southern recon
struction. On the other hand, if the
radicals come out OF this fight with IL
working majority in the next House
Of Representatives (under the present
ministrations of that body we shall
not only have the great work of
Southern restoration indefinitely
postponed, but reconstruction "i
the Government Mt Washington OF
the most radical kind We may cx-
pect this work to begin with the i'm.
parchment Of President j Johnson and
to be made perfect with the substitu
ton of a man us President pro tenn.
who will sign anything coming from
odd Thad. Stevens, from a sweep
ing confiscation Of Southern estates
to the distribution of them among
the loyal blacks OF the Freedmen's
Bureau. 1t will be perceived in this