The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-28
From Mexico.

another arrival of 500 Southern emi-
grants at Vera Cruz. The leaders of
this movement predict the arrival of
10000 more, provided the first batch
are not disappointed. The CORES
pondent reports the situation Of the
American colony in Mexico as magni-
ficent. but the heat is very great, and
every newcomer has to pay q tribute
to the intermittent fever. The few
Gil the spot have claimed the best
land for themselves and their friends
yet to arrive. It is said that Com
mander Maury has gone to Europe,
as some of his friends allege, to SUI
perintend the next effort to lay the
Atlantic cable.
Ex-Governor Allen, of the Nccicaq
Times, is about to visit Paris. OF all
the plantations attempted s. far, that
only Of General Shelby seems to be
in y fair way of success. He has had
to invest considerably, but in q year
or two his income will he n splendid
one. The correspondent says there
can be no doubt that for those who
have energy and n small capital, the
fertile lands about Cordova must, of
necessity, prove II source Of profit.
Two OF three years hard work will be
necessary in the way OF preparations,
and then the marvellous rapidity of
the growth of cotton, corn and sugar
will reward their pains.
The Central Presbyterian publishes
extracts from Il letter from q Virginian
emigrant to Mexico, who speaks of
the ignorance and bigotry of the peo-
pie, ''all Catholics, Of course, and
forever in churches, the bells of which
ring from morn till eve.'' The
Americans have no church and no
clergyman.
--latest advices from Mexico report
the death OF M Langlais, sent there
by Napoleon to regulate the finances
Of the new empire. He was sixty
years old, q self-made man, and had
attained great distinction as man of
money, stocks and figures. He died
in harness. This is said to be the
fourth French tinancier who has come
to grief i'll Mexico. Looks ominous
for Johnny Crapaeu. But the "du-
eats exercise q strong majestic inhu-
ence, and these four martyrs, doubt
less, will have many successors.
The Republicans in Mexico, or
rather their friends, are complaining
bitterly of Juarez and Ortega, and
their principal officers and adherents,
as displaying the true Spanish-Ameri-
can character, allowing minor trihes
and jealousies to operate to the detri-
Of Ina
fighting for.
The Hon. Eli Thayer, in his speech
at New Haven, said:
6 < : : Tie people are
not such simpletons now, that men
can sustain both the President and
Congress, any more than they can
serve both God and Mammon. If n
man favors Congress, why not let
him say SO, and come out in favor of
the bureau bill? 1 should Ee glad if
here in Connecticut We could adopt
the Western plan of having these
questions discussed on the same plat
form, by speakers OF different sides.
For one, [ do not hesitate to say that
would very much prefer this man-
ner OF carrying on the campaign.
Whoever the party opposed sees fit
to put forward as their representative
man on this issue, let hiH4 come from
Congress or wherever he may, l will
take my stand in favor of the veto
and speech of the President, and the
platform Of the Democratic party.
Applause. 1 don't intend to desig-
nate any particular Senator by name
whom would like to meet here, but
perhaps l could make you understand
the one 1 mean by initiating his
style. When we see the first light
in the morning, you and 1 call it
the break of day This Senator to
whom I allude would say, 'One of
those points of time Illustrated by
the poets of Greece and Rome. oc-
curing directly through the cycle of
the ages, when the resplendent effuI-
gence OF the glorious orb of day first
illumes the Eastern horizon
General Prin has issued :. pro-
clamation, from his retreat in Portu-
gal, in which he explains the cause of
his failure. He says he counted on
several regiments of the Spanish
army, but only two came; he waited
for ten days in the suburbs of Madrid,
but no supports arrived; then he did
the best be could with the limited