The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-17
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Times from Paris says: ,sIi isl the i'm.
preston here that The new Spanish
Ministry will shortly exhibit Alfonsist
tendencies. Unquestionably large
proportion OF the better classes OF
6paniards look forward to the en-
thronement Of the Prince.of the o..
turiat as Offering the best chance for
the prosperity of Spain, despite the
strong doubts existing whether he
possesses the qualities htting him for
the duties Of sovereign"
LONDON, Mey 18.-Iu the House of
Commons, upon the question Of grant.
ing leave OF absence to Capt. Tyler, to
examine into Erie affairs, one speaker
thought it derogatory to the national
dignity to send out q Government
officer to investigate what he termed
''a bankrupt transatlantic concern"
Although it was satisfactory to know
that the Erie Road was in good hands,
Sir @. B. Adderly, President CT the
Board of Trade, and Sir Stafford
Northcote maintained that the per-
mission given Capt. Tyler to absent
himself from his duties was proper,
and the subject was dropped.
a special from Paris to the Standard
says if the ministry is defeated. Buffet,
President of the Assembly. will pro-
badly be called upon by MacMahon TO
form a new Cabinet. The question is
about forming the upper house.
The Car visited Eugenie.
PARIS, May 16.-Gabriel Charles
Gleyre, the French painter, is dead.
MADRID, May 16.-The Government
has issued an order calling into active
service forty battalions OF reserves.
LONDON, May 16.-The Times, of
this morning. says the Czar, at the re-
ception given to him yesterday, by the
diplomatic corps, declared that the
policy of Russia is to preserve the
peace of the continent, aud he hoped
the principal Governments OF Europe
would be united in this purpose. Tie
Gar went to Chilselhurst this morn
ing, to see ex-Empress Eugenie. Upon
his return, this afternoon, he will visit
the House of Commons. This even
ing his Majesty will he present at the
Crystal Palace, where he will witness
a igrand display of fireworks, gotten
up for the occasion.
PARIS. May l6.-The Government
was defeated by sixty.n nine votes on
the priority of measures to be voted
upon; whereupon the Ministry re-
signed.
TeleRraphIc-Amert Matters.
LITTLE Rock. May 15.-The effect
OF the Presidents proclamation is most
gratifying. Crowde of men. women
and children now throng the streets,
the stores are re-opening, flags are
waving and bands playing. Hundreds
OF people are visiting Baxter's head
quarters to congratulate him.
ATLANTA, May l5.-The Com mittee
on transportation of the Agricultural
Congress, to-day, reported that, while
recognizing the value of railroads aud
the necessity Of their further exten-
sion, they deem the cost of the trans.
porting of the crude products of the
fields, forest and mines 80 dispropor-
tionate to the cost of water carriage as
to render it the imperative duty of the
United States Congress to i'm prove the
rivers in the interior aud connect
them with the ocean by artificial water
ways-giving the Mississippi Valley q
continuous water transit to the sea.
board. That it is the duty of the Go
vernment to enter at once into the
work OF constructing artificial water
ways adequate to the present and PROS
pectlve demands OF inland transporta-
ton; to continue it by annual install
ments OF aid until restricted channels
OF trade are opened. not only through
the Mississippi Valley, but connecting g
that river with the Atlantic Ocean, ola
the lakes. ria the Ohio, Kanawha and
james Rivers. pid the Atlantic and
Great Western. Adopted unanimo ously.
A resolution that the Agricultural
Congress believes it within the power
OF the people to reform the corporate
transportation system by the same
agency creating them, viz, State legis-
lation controlled by public opinion;
that we oppose any legislation, under
the plea of regulating commerce be.
tween the States, which interferes
with the authority heretofore exercised
by the State over railroads entirely
within or passing out of the borders
Adopted unanimously. Col. D. Wyatt
Aiken, Of South Carolina, was up
pointed to memorabilia Congress on
the aubject of revising the patent
laws. The Committee on Scientific
Industrial Education reported, recon
mending the Government to appropri-
ate one.half Of the proceeds of the sale
of public lands to agricultural colleges
organized under the Act of 1862.
Unanimously adopted The nnrnnit.