The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-28

AAAsoA SseAhB SpocOA Wy EEAhCO BAL
-.'Poinnd Again Sustaining the Aus
tro-kIungarian Monnrchy."
The London Daily Neros publishes the
following:
An interesting speech on the position
OF the Poles in the present Austrian
crisis was made by Prince Czartoryslii
last Monday, at tho meeting of the Polish
Historical Society of Paris, held in COM
memoration Of the Polish Constitution
of May 3, 1871. He said that while
in Russian Poland the Poles have every
year to deploro new acts of oppression,
u moro cheering prospect is offered them
by the present condition of Austria The
centralist system in that country has
now been overthrown by Polish stntes-
men, and one of them, Count Potocki
has been appointed by the Emperor, to
inaugurate new policy rs Premier
Poland is again called upon, rs she was
King Sobieski, to sustain and defend the
Austro- Hungarian monarchy. That
State, which was formerly bug bear to
all Liberals, has now become the home Of
liberty; aud its integrity and indepcnd-
ence are looked upon as indispensable
for the freedom of Europe and tho in
terests of civilization. It is to secure
this integrity and independence that the
Poles, who have formed in Austria their
last refuge, are now laboring Their
policy is no longer a policy Of sentiment;
they have ceased to rely on distant and
barren sympathies; they found their
hopes only on an intimate mission with
their natural ally, who has the same in
terests and the same enemies rs them
selves. Convinced that their future is
indissolnbly bound up with the dcstinies
OF the Hapsburg monarchy, they have
undertaken to introduce in Austria a
policy which shall reconcile the unity
aud strength of the empire with Il rea-
sonablc autonomy for those provinces
which bear Il distinct national character
and historical rights. They must reject
a purely Slavonic policy, for the word
Slavonian has Of late years almost be-
come synonymous with Russian, and the
result of such policy can only be to Gu.
nrge Russia ut the expense of Austrin,
and place the Gar in possession of Con
stautinople. The Poles would rather
join the Germans in Austria than help
the Slavonians to become predominant
in the empire. a federalist policy would
be equally dangeous, for it would divide
Austria into seventeen little States, each
with its own separate legislature. The
prince concluded by stating his political
programme. It is AS follows: First, the
preservation, as the most important OBJ
iect the Poles have in view, of the unity
and integrity of Hungary: second, the
maintenance of n central Parliament of
Fionna; third, tho acceptance of the
present constitution rs the fundamental
law of the Austro- Hungarian monarchy
fourth, the grant of exceptional privileges
to Galicia and Bohemia rs regards pub
lie instruction, justice, and local nd
ministration, by means of special
agreement similar to that which has been
concluded between Hungary and Croatia
fifth, the establishment of restricted
Reichsrath for all the provinces except
Galicia and Bohemia, and of n plenary
Reichsrath, to include those provinces.
The PNEUMATIC TUBE OVER Four Hun
DRED MILES sLoNa-SEvENTEEN SECONDS
FROM LONDON TO GLASGOW. follow
ing extract from q private letter de-
scribes the operation of n pneumatic
tube between Glasgow and London.
Probably few of our readers arc aware oi
the existence Of the process by which
messages and packages are almost in
simultaneously transmitted between these
two cities:
I had occasion to send telegram to Lon.
don the other day and in few minutes re.
ceived reply, which led me to suppose
that serious error had been committed
by my agents, involving many thousand
pounds. Immediately went to the tele-
graph Office and asked to see my message.
The clerk said, "Wc can't show it to you,
rs we have sent it to London" "Bnt,' u
replied. "you must have my original
paper here; wish to SEQ that. He
again said, "No, We have not got it, it
is in post Office at London "What do
you mcan?" asked, pray, let mo see
the paper 1 left here an hour ago"
"Well, )" said he. 'if you must see it. VIC
will get it back in few minutes, but il
is now in London" He rang bell, and
i'll five minutes or SO produced my mes
sage, rolled up in pasteboard.
1t seems that for some months there
has existed pneumatic telegraph be-
twiXt Glasgow and London md bctwixt