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Thursday Morning, March 5, 1868. Tb? Californio. Roiolnttoaa. The resolutions of uie California Legislature, reported yesterday, in? dicate tho possibility of serious oppo? sition to the radical conspiracy from an unexpected quarter. The Pacific States constitute a power not to be despised. Long before the late war, they manifested a leaning towards the idea of setting up for themselves. A "Pacifio Republic" was talked about aa a possible fact some time before -tho idea of a Southern Con? federacy had assumed a definite Shape. The disaffection of the Cali? fornians was allayed hy judicious concessions at Washington, and the scheme ox Pacific secession (if any auch had been seriously entertained) was abandoned. When the war broke out between the Northern and ?Southern States, but little was said about California and Oregon. Per? haps their importance was under? valued; perhaps the proper steps were not taken by the South to avail itself of the remains that might exist of former disaffection among the Californians. However this may be, it soon became evident that no help was td be expected from that quar? ter. The truth is, the Mobile Times thinks, that the same hindrance ope? rated in this case which cut off the South from European support-the Confederacy had to carry not only its own weight, but the burden of the "peculiar institution," con? demned and repudiated by the world. Nevertheless, the Pacific States were practically but little more than neu? tral duriag the war. They furnished, it is true, a few regiments to the Federal army, but their remote po? sition and their divided sympathies hindered them from taking any general or very active part iu the contest. Since the close of the war, too, their practical independence has been strengthened rather than diminish? ed. One illustration of this may be found in the fact that gold and silver are still tho ordinary currency of tho country. The legislation of Congress has never been able to make green? backs anything moro than an excep? tional medium. Matters of bargain and sale are conducted on n specie basis; it is understood, ns a matter of course, that the price of an article is to be paid in specie; and when the Government currency is intended, it is so expressly specified. The growth of populatiou and ex? tension of territory on the Western coast; the increasing trade of that coast with Japan und China; the interven? tion of the Rocky Mountains, of huge deserts, and of the Mormons, be? tween the Valley of the Mississippi and the people of the Pacific-all these ure causes that tend to the maintenance and growth of a spirit of isolation and independence among these people. The feeling is one not to be despised, and we doubt wbo ther Congress can afford to flout it. We are glad, therefore, that the California Legislature has expressed itself so promptly and taken so high a stand in support of the President, and in denunciation of the radical majority. We do not hope to see a * 'rebellion," but we hope to seo the Constitution maintained, (if it is yet possible,) by moral power. Yet it is a good thing for moral, to have phy? sical foroe to back it. Money is at two per cent, per annum in England, and not much higher on the European continent; 300,000,000 of gold aro piled up iu the banks of England and France; and yet, groat mercan tilo houses fail; all enterprise is stoppod; everybody wants to sell, and nobody will buy, and credit-thoro is no credit; poo ple will not lend. . . . *. V' . * 'lt- IA*. '.. . Th? Greenville ?nd Co Iambi m R?1K> EDITO*; I WM n^achVgratifled ab your remark? contained in the Phoenix, of Saturday, tho 20th alt, touching and relative to the abovo railroad. It must, indeed, bo grati? fying to tho numorous stockholders, to learn that snob arkcd prosperity and enterprise is characterizing its, {iresent administration; and doubt ess all you say is justly due to. the very respectable gentlemen who n?w control or hate the management of its affairs. But "render unto Cses?r the things that are Cresar's," is a good old Biblical rule, that ought not to be thrown away in this age of sycophancy. I thought, with all respect to the writer, of that edito? rial, as well as President Hammett, who is a most worthy and estimable gentleman, aa we all know, that nearly all the repairs, except the Broad River Bridge, (and it was far more than half done,) were complet? ed by and under the administration of his not less estimable, worthy and talented predecessor, Colonel Perrin; and as to its present worthy Superin? tendent, Meredith, we thought he had filled another sphere of duty entirely until within the last six or eight weeks. . We would detract no? thing from these gentlemen, but we behove "fair playa jewel." It is a Sity, too, that whilst reviving the rooping hopes of this company's stockholders, that the road and all its appurtenances are not likely to be sold out for a "mere Bong"-a nomi? nal sum, to a few of its first class bond-holders--that $3,800,000 worth of stock-capital stock and outfit-is not now likely to be sacrificed, to enable a few of these bond-holders to levy on the whole of the road and its Sroperty, for perhaps os many hun red thousand, or even less, as some of us have feared would inevitably prove to be tho case; that BO me at? tention, also, has not been paid to tho tariff of freights, which abso? lutely and positively amounts to pro? hibiting merchants, builders and others from shipping certain classes of articles over it. And would you believe it, Mr. Editor, that this same road or company, which you laud so highly for the transporting our cot? ton over it, (which it is simply its duty to do, and for which it is paid an enormous freight,) is likewise charging, or claiming the right to charge, every shipper on its entire line, ten cents for weighing each bale of cotton thai is shipped over it? As well might the merchant allow his clerks to charge his customer for weighing each barrel of sugar, bag ol coffee, sack of flour, or anything else, as to grant the right to this rail? road company to charge for weighing articles of shipment over it. Cer? tainly, they have just as much right to charge the merchants for weighing boxes, barrels and packages of goods from Charleston, Baltimore and New York, us to charge the planter and cotton buyer for weighing his cotton. They have to weigh it anyhow, and to tho obtuse and beclouded intellect ol tho writer of this, he was and alway! had been tinder the impression that thc company had gone to the expense ol buying and putting in each depot r pair of railroad scales, for tho mutua benefit of the company and of thc ship per, and not to swell tho expense ol shipments-already extravagantly high in all things-and actually pro hibitory in some, that the said charge of ten cents may benefit the company exclusively, or go into the pockets o some of its employees, we know no which. Can you not, sir, induce th? President to inform or explain iti origin, history and purpose to yoi and the stockholders, as well as tin public at large, particularly cottoi producers and shippers, what dis position is made of this ten cents pe: Lalo for weighing, which, according to the statement in your editoria above alluded to, now amounts ti 8300 per week, if the statement "o 3,000 bales per week bas boen re ceirod for months past in Columbia,' by this road, be true. It is a prett; heavy sum of money to extract fron our poor, poverty-stricken planters and I am sure is unknown to th other stockholders, as it was, unti very recently, to your correspond eut, who is an OLD STOCKHOLDER. Tho article in Saturday's Phoni. was only intended to show the pre sent prosperous condition of th Greenville and Columbia Railroad and was not, as "Old Stockholder' timates, laudatory of either ono o the other officers, but of tho em ployees as a body. The freight busi ness of tl o road-which, we believe at present, ia as groat aa in the palmy an ti-war days-is being carried with greatly reduced facilities, in the way of rolling stock, aud ? oomparatively small force of operatives; and, under the circumstances, we) maintain that the officers and employees generally are justly entitled to the commenda? tion which we bestowed on*them. As. for the other portions pf his communication, we presume satisfac? tory nos we rs can be given. The National Intelligencer protests against making slaves of the descen? dants of Washington, Jefferson, Ma? dison, Monroe, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor and Polk. The Lynchburg Virginian shares the virtuous indig? nation of our esteemed contemporary, but thinks that the descendants of at least four of the illustrious men above named, are secure against such outrage. They left no posterity of their own; a fact upon which they might felicitate themselves if they were now living. The prospect for our posterity is anything bat cheer? ing. _ _ Conservative associations have been organized and officers elected in Greenwood, Abbeville District, in Spartanburg aud Anderson villages. \ A REMARK AMJE DEATH.-A few days since, a couple of youths were out in the neighborhood of the oity, practicing with a bow and arrow. One of tho boys discovered a snake, and killed it, shooting the reptile through and through with his arrow. Soon afterward one of the boys placed himself behind a tree, and ex? posing one of his hands, challenged the other to "shoot at the target." The banter was accepted, and, with the same arrow which he pierced the snake, fired at the exposed hand, and struck it nearly in the centre, inflict? ing a slight wound. In a few hours the hand and arm of the lad began to swell, showing that poison from the snake hod boen communicated by means of the arrow. The youth suffered intense agony, and after lingering in this horrible condition for three days, expired. The boy who lost his lifo in this playful and remarkable manner was named Bailey, and bis inuocent com? panion was named-Carroll. [Montgomery Mail. A Washington correspondent says: "One of the younger members of the French Legation has become noted for his gallant speeches and his ex? quisite compliments. A few even? ings since, at a 'German' at Gov. Morgan's, ho was introduced to a witty New York lady, who has an unmistakably ugly flat nose. The polite Frenchman discreetly compli? mented her on her dancing, to which she archly replied: 'Ah! I have heard you are a flatterer; but you caunot find it in your heart to compliment mo on my personal beauty, so you praise my dancing.' 'Madame,'was the reply, with n Parisian bow, 'you are an angel fallen from Heaven, but you fell on your nose.' The lady narrated this compliment with great complacency, until it was naughtily insinuated that she was 'a fallen angel,' since when she is silent on the subject." INCREASED FACILITIES FOR TRAVEL. It affords us great pleasure to state that the South Carolina Railroad Company, in connection with other corporations of a kindred character, is about to adopt a schedule of fares by which merchants traveling to and from this city, will be furnished with tickets at the rate of two and a half cents per mile for 3,000 miles, and two cents per milo for any dishince beyond, u?idein ul tickets having the privilege of stopping at intermediate distances of twenty miles. This ac? tion will contribute to no measured extent in increasing travel and busi? ness to our city.-Charleston Courier. CORONER'S INQUEST. -Coroner Whit? ing held an inquest yesterday nt No. 33 King stroet, on the body of Joseph Higgins, a colored man, about twenty years of ago. The evidence showed that Higgins attended a ball at tho placo where he died on Monday night, and that whilo dancing vigorously, ho was taken with a cough and threw np a great quantity of blood, and soon after expired. The jury render? ed a vordict of death from hemorr? hage of tho lungs. I Charleston Mercury. " " n>>imi-inn i ? H i i _THK NrrBo-GntatfififH AIT AIR. ine sensational report in relation to 4he sale, on a forged order, of 166 pounds of nitro-glycerine, which was Smade in Congress, yesterday, sur rieed no otto more than suporinten ent Kennedy, who appears to haye received credit for making the report public. The following are the circum? stance.? connected with the affair, as given by the polioe authorities of this city: On the 11th. of February, two strangers called on Colonel ShafTuer, one of the officers of .the United States Blasting Oil Company, and said they wanted to purchase 300 pounds of nitro-glycerine. Colonel Shaffner asked them for reference, and also the purpose for which they required the oil. The men said their money was their recommendation, and refused to make any explanation. Their application was refused. The next day another man oalled, and said he wanted to buy 300 pounds of glycerine. He was also asked for re? ferences, and what ha wanted it for. He said it was intended for testing cannon, but would not give refer? ences. His application was likewise refused. Gol. Shaffner supposed that these men were in the interest of the Fe? nians, and that they wished to repeat the Cietken well prison outrage. On the 13th instant, the company re ? ceived what purported to be an order I from a regular und responsible cus? tomer for 166 pounds of the oil, and on the 14th instant, the order was filled. On the 18th, the fact was dis? covered that the order was a forgery. The officers of the company spent four or five days in trying to find the parties. Colonel Shaffner then called on superintendent Kennedy to secure the aid of the police iu tracing the property after it had been sold by the company. Colonel Shaffner told Mr. Kennedy that he supposed the oil had been secured for the Fenians, when the superintendent suggested that it might be intended to use it nearer home. Acting upon the sup? position, and in order to use all pos? sible means to recover the property, Mr. Kennedy sent letters to Secre? tary Stautun and.the superintendent of police nt Washington, explaining the circumstances, so that precautions might be taken to prevent the use of the oil in that city, in case it had been sent there. Mr. Kennedy did not suppose the contents of his letters would be made public, as this course is not usually pursued in police matters/ Thus far the police have not fouud the car-man who carried the nitro? glycerine, and it is impossible to form any opinion as to the direction in which it was sent. \New York Evening Post, Feb. 28. DEATH BRINGS OUT THE TROTH. A clergyman of tho Church of Eng? land was left, by the death of his relatives, tho last of bia family; and, resolving to emigrate to America, took ship, with his worldly effects, to end his days with preaching the Gos? pel boro. A convict leaving his country for his country's good, in the samo ship, concealing his true character, became intimate with the clergyman. On the passage, how? ever, tho"latter took sick; was nursed assiduously by tho other, and dying, left all his effects, including his ser? mons, letters and testimonials, to the unknown nurse. Upon arriving safe iu this country the convict assumed the name of tho deceased, and, pre? senting the letters and credentials of the departed to the Bishop, was invited to preach, whioh he did, using one of the sermons he had inherited, and was called to a church, where he officiated acceptably for several years. Tho truth would not have been discovered, had not the wretched imposter divulged it ou his death-bed_ ESCAPED.-James Flynn, charged with the murder of the late O. D. Wallace, says the Cheiaw Advertiser, and who fled from justice before his arrest, was recently captured aud brought to this place, where he was committed to jail to await his trial. His captors, with the commitment, shirted with him to tho jail of Marl? boro District, and we regret to learn that on tho way he mado his escape again. The Executive of the State offered a reward of $250 for Ms arrest and lodgment in jail. We trust ho will yet bo brought to justice. A new village has been erected just outside the limits of Greenville, own? ed entirely by industrious freedmen of that town. OKRA Sotrp.~-Mr. .Pollock will serve up choice okra soup, to-day, betweeu the hours of V and 1. Hun? gry ones, attend. Mr. Bailey ?nd hts amateur s give a dramatic exhibition this evening, in Calisthenic Hall. The cost of admis? sion is only 25 cents, unless you de? sire a reserved seat, when it will become necessary to disburse half a dollar. SARGENT, THE ILLUSIONIST.--An advertisement in another column notifies the public that this magician will give two of his very popular and wonderful prestidigntaturean enter? tainments, in this city, on Friday and Saturday evenings. A pleasing fea? ture of the exhibition is a most excel? lent orchestra, under the direction of the Miraglia Brothers. PERSONAL.-We had the pleasure, last night, of a visit from A. Breasted, Esq., of the New York and Charles? ton Steamship Line; B. M. Rhodes, Esq., of super-phosphate notoriety; and the inimitable J. M. Rhodes, (piloted by the irrepressible Jas. G. Gibbes-ex-Mftyor and general fac? totum.) These gentlemen are on a tour of observation-with an eye to business perhaps-throughout the South. As the old Scotch woman said, "Gio them a heezie," if you have an opportunity. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Thursday morning, at an early hour, the, body of a colored mau, named "Jacob Hook, was found lying across the track of the South Carolina Railroad, about ten miles below Columbia. The unfortunate man was terribly crushed. Coroner Walker was noti? fied, and held an inquest over the re? mains, the jury returning a verdict, that the deceased came to bis death by being accidentally mn over by a train.' COURT.-The only case of any in? terest yesterday, was that of Robert Williams, (freedman,) charged - with the murder of a fellow-servant. Our young fellow-oi?zen, W.1 S. Mon? teith, Esq., delivered his maiden speech in defence of the prisoner. The Judge charged the jury and a verdict of manslaughter, with a re? commendation to mercy, was returned. The particulars of the case were pub? lished in the Phoenix at the time; death being caused by the wad from a gun playfully discharged by Wil? liams. The almanacs before us concur in fixing the commencement of the sea? sons as follows: Spring begins March 20; Summer, June 20; Autumn, September 22; and Winter, Decem? ber 21. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from a. m. to 6 p. m. On Sundays, from 1)4 to 2\,< p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 2 p. m., and close at 9 a. m. Northern-Open for delivery at IO.1 .j a. m., closes at 1 p. m. Greenville-Opes for. delivery 5y, p. m., closes at 8 p. m. NEW AnvKimsEJtENTB.-Attention in call? ed to the following advertisement)*, pub? lished this morning for Oin first time: Retnrn of Sargent. Wanted-Address A. B. I 8. E. Capers-Gard to the Firemen. D. B. Miller-In the Common Fleas. II. Weir-To Rent. Mules For Sale at Logan's lot. D. C. Poixotto A Bon-Auction Salo. ACCIDENTAL DEATH.-We learn that Mr. Charles S tro u ss, of this District, was accidentally killed last week, near what is known as Little Savan nob, about eight miles this side of Columbia. It appears that Jho was, with a party of friend?, camping at the place mentioned, tho whole of whom were engaged in cutting a tree for lightwood, and the troo falling struok Strouss, from which he died in about fifteen minutes. {Newberry Herald. 'f\