The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-05-10

Foreign Affairs.


MADRID, May 9.-General Moriones
who defeated the forces under Don Car
los, ut Oroquieta, has been gazetted as
neutenant.general. The insurrection in
Navarro is now believed to be over.
3.5UO insurgents OF that province have
ccme In and surrendered to the loyal
1orceS. News from all other points
waere there are bands of Carlists is Ia
Voraole for speedy restoration of the
authority of the Government
American intelligence.
CHICAGO, May ga meeting of Demo.
cratic editors, representing eighteen
Journals, resolved to await the action oi
the Democratic Convention, when, if the
cincinnati nominees are endorsed, they
Will receive the hearty support of the
democratic press of Illinois.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 9.-It is author
ltatively announced that Hendricks was
not committed to Cincinnati. He will
D9 governed by the Baltimore Oonycn-
PARIS. KY, May 9.-The Court House
and Clerks Office were burned today.
The records were saved.
New YORK, May 9.-In the executive
committee, motion to indefinitely post
pone the National Democratic Oonvcn
tion. was lost. Baltimore was selected
as the place Of meeting. The vote was
three to one. Cincinnati, St. Louis and
Louisville were the contesting cities.
Bingham's paper mill was burned to.
duy.
One case Of sun-stroke here yester
day.
The warehouse of Samuel D. Toup.
klns. 80 Wsst street. filled with cotton.
oaught fire at g o'clock this morning,
and IS ss;i! burning. The loss vii. Sc
heavy. Cause unknown.
WASHINGTON, May 9-Evening.-At a
meeting tonight, Fred. Douglass presid-
ing, the following from the Vice-Presi.
dent was read:
VIcE.PREsIDENT's CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON, May z.
DEAR SIR: Having voted recently. in
che Senate, upon the question of civil
rights, to which. you refer, need not
make any extended statement as to nv
views upon it, for actions always speak
Mofo loudly than mere words: but IL
sh$t vote needed Justification. as it does
9of,. 5he travelling experience Of your
delegates to ths National Colored Con
yention at New Orleans, as detailed by
Frederick Douglass, Sr., in the National
Neto. Era, would be its fullest vindica
ton. IT orderly, sober citizens of the
United States, entitled by its Constitu-
tlon to equality under the law, cannot.
Obtain, food and lodgings at public ho.
tcles dixie the. Seat tbf mankind or even
sverige oMmodations on railroad
trains, after paying fret class fares. we
should either acknowledge that the Con-
stitution is nullity, or should insist on
that obedience to it by all, and proteo-
ton under it to all, which are alike the
rtgh Hnd the dnty of.the humblest as
1eii ahAShe most alInGEtiai throughout
the Land. ecif1ilESonrs,
S6OHUYLER COLFAX.
To Messrs. e. s. Atkinson, q. r.
Downing. T. Douglass. Jr. ,uJ.. w, LIE.
Barnes and +. 8. Bhrbadoes. CommftESe.
Probabilities-The lowest barometer
North Of Lake Ontario will continue
moving th-eastwardly. Cloudy and
threatening weather. with probably rain.
VIII prevail over the Southern States on
Friday and possibly over the North west.
Eising barometer. Northerly winds and
clearing but partially cloudy weather will
extend th-eastward over the upper
lake region and the Middle States. and
probably over New England.
The Committee Oh Naval Affairs will
hold meeting tomorrow night. to ar.
range their business. previous to asking
the House to set aside an evening next
week for the consideration OF the various
bills already prepared by them, but
which they have not yet had an opportu-
nifty OF reporting to the House. Among
these measures is bill providing for tie
construction OF ten steamers, as suggest
ed by the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
and apart from the recommendations of
the Secretary Of the Navy in his annual
report Not only the COMMITTEES on
Naval Affairs, but distinguished officers
of the navy, heretofore consulted by the
committee. together with the Secretary
OF the Navy, are fully impressed with
the necessity of an efficient navy, as our
present force is inadequate for extended
service in case OF emergency. Besides,
it is said, among public men, that onr
relations with Spain are Of such cha
facter as to suggest preparations, not
looking to war, but to the protectiolf OF
the rights OF citizens of the United
States: It is known that our Minister
to Madrid will soon be withdrawn. and
no. successor appointed, until, as was
recently said by high executive officer,
Spain shall be more disposed than she is
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