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!JJHE OKANGElHJHft NEWS,
' -published weekly
*. '???NGBBURO, s. c.
OJiee Publication on Marhct-Street over the
Post O?ce.
?s?-W?EL DIBBLE, Editor.
WRGIL C. DIBBLE, Associato Editor.
CHARLES n. JIALL, Publisher. *
? .items.
James Gordon Bennett returns an income
of $119,967.
Buffalo has an Irish, lndy aged 110 who at
tends mass every morning.
Efforts are beiug mado throughout Ohio to
. raise funds for the roliof of the destitute of tho
Soutlv 5 ?
2,000 kegs lager beer wero seized in Brook
lyn, on tho 25th, tho brewers having failed to
*caucolihe stomps.
The diamond snuff-box givon by Louis XVI.
to Colonel John Laurons, is for sale iu New
York Tor $10,000.
There is a'printing office at the Paris Ex
position, undor the patronage of tho Empress,
the compositors in which arc all women.
Nearly all the Catholic clergy of Poland who
have been exiled to Siberia have been author
ized to return to. their dioceses.
M. Jules Noblom, of New Orleans, is pub
lishing a French translation of Pollard's "Lost
Cause."
A negro made his appearance in East Ma
chins village, Maine, the other day, and was
quite a curiosity to the young people, many of
whom never saw a colored mail before.
The Viceroy of Egypt is the richest man in
tho world. He owns a fourth'of the entire
soil -jQf tho country, The "devil" wants to
fenoyrc if he has any "gals"
General Sheridan has discharged nn aid to
the chief of police of New Orleans, for dis
couraging negroes from registering their names
voters.
Tho use Of tobacco has been proscribed by
the Vermont Methodist Conference. Hereafter
no porson addicted to the habit will be admitted
to membership,
Tho Washington Chronicle, Forney's paper,
which claims to be tho loading organ of the
extreme wing of tho Radical party, comes out
?x\ a long editorial in favor of confiscation.
'!Fne Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
is tho only one*?North or South?that has rc
fusod to transport,,;frce of charge, provisions;
arjjtV' supplies for distribution among the poor.
Pass if round!
The Agricultural Bureau has very favorable
reports of the wheat crop throughout tho
country. During th6 past .winter an unusual
number of cattle perished from exposure and
vatipul
. The Republican party of Louisiana has in
corporated in-its platform resolutions advoca
ting tho re-building, by Government aid, of the
Mississippi levees, and the abolition of the cot
(tontai. ?
A Stuaw.?ThoNow York Freeman's Jour
nqj, of last week, says: "Let us prepare to re
pudiate the Lincoln war debt ! "When wc do
that, labor'will once more make a good living
for "the laborers."
? Allen- McCaskcll, of the "Palmetto Regi
ment," if living, or bis friends, if he is dead,
can recover tho medal given to him by the
State of South Carolina for his services iu
Mexico, by applying at this office.?Pho nic
Mr. s. Calhoun Smith, whose arrest and
amprisonmcnt for cutting the uulon from tho
Uuitcd States flag we noticed a few weeks ago,
has been released from confinement.
In Paris, you enn buy a neat and excellent.
. and oven pretty clock, for twenty-live cents.
In Germany and Switzerland, of course, they
arc even 'cheaper. A clock for the price
< of a peek of potatoes! What is (the im
tpor.t.duty on such clocks, we wonder?
A negro girl, living with a family named
3'lvaus, Mudisonville, Mo., took an infant six
or eight months old, a child of Mrs. Kvans,
uind placed it upon a hot cooking stovo, und held
tt there until burned in such n manner as to
cause its death.
Every item of intelligence we receive from
the West indicates that a terrible Indian war
is-beginuitig. The United States authorities
aro hurrying supplies forward to tho posUi on
the hordcr, and letters from the West say there
is no doubt in the minds, of old mountaineers
that this is going to be tho worst year of Indian
troubles on the plains that we have ev?.v had.
? ?A singular and imposing wedding ceremony
came off at Milford, Conn., on Wednesday
evening. The groom being a Knight Templar,
the knot was tied in a Masonic Hall, and the
happy eouplo wero escorted under the {'arch
of steel" with imposing grandeur. Tho Sir
Knights were in full uniform, and appropriate
music enlivened the occasion.
Tntkuektino to Some Palmetto Boy.?
'The Augusta Constitutionalist luis been handed
.by a merchant of that city, who bought it from
?ji negro, ouc of thcsilvef medals prcsonted by
.-^outh Carolina to membors of tho Palmetto
Jlcgiment. The namo of tho soldier which is
inscribed on this is Shadriek Ready. It will
' be restored to the owner if living, or to his
heirs, if dotyd. .
A correspondent to the New York Herald
writes: "Information just received from Brht
ti,|, on the line of Virginia and Tennessee,
states that a perfect reigu of terror exists there,
in. consequonco of tho depredation of a com-:
pany.of Brownlow's militia who invaded the
town. This company humbors about oao hun
dred,' two-thirds of whom nro negroes. . They
aro represented as-brutal and lawless, and have
created tho greatest consternation -among the
inhabitants.
Tho Commander-in-Chief of District No.^
has issued an order through General Swayne
forbidding the polico force of Mobile wearing
a uniform in imitation of that worn "by the
lato rebel army." On Friday last the City
Council passed tho following resolution on the
subject: "That a committee of two members
from each Hoard, to which his Honor tho
Mayor shall bo added, be appoint od to repre
sent that the uniform in question is not 'pat
terned after a rebel uniform,' bnt is a copy of
tho uniform of the Central Park police of the
city of New York."
WlIAT of CnOVS??The prospect, so far, iu
this region, is fair. There aro generally good
stands of corn and cotton. The seasons, too,
have not been unfavorable. Labou rs ore ap
plying themselves with oncrgy, aud all scctn to
be impressed with the great and paramount
importance of the crop, the present year. Put
many of our planters are still sadly iu want of
supplies. The cry for corn conies to us front
every quarter, and from every class. It is our
earnest hope that the Government will extend
the assistance asked for by our people.
[?SV/?if?t Watchman."]
THE ORANGrEBURG. NEWS.
SATURDAY, JUNK 1,1807.
While ice reserve to ourselves the right of defi
ning our own political position by means of our
editorial columns, ire will he ph ased to publish
contributions from our fcllnw-citiucns upon the
grace questions which now agitate the public
mind, whether their opinions coincide with ours
or not. ' A district new.tpopcr, ire eoiisidi r.
should be an index of the curious shades of pop ?
ular sentiment in the section of country in which
it circulates. Our coin inns are open, therefore,
for any communications properly written, accom
panied by a responsible name, not personal in
their character, nor absolutely injurious in their
tendency.
The Registration Programme
In our lust issue, we gav? our views upon the
plan pf Reconstruction ? and the Opinion of
the Attorney General has since been ptt?22iu'"
gated, which has furnished a definite solution of
a few of the difficulties connected with the in
terpretation of tho Acts of Congress. It is a pity
that ho has burled his views in such a waste of
words, that one has to pick out tho material
points, very much as n gardener would try to
separate cabbage and turnip seeds iu u promis
cuous pile.
Fortunately, he has simplified the whole
matter in one respect ; and that is. in defining
the duties of Registers. They are simply to
sec that no man his name registered until he
takes a certain oath, and that no man is refused
the privilige of registering, who is willing to
take that oath. This throws the responsibility
upon each one for himself, and avoids the un
pleasant stato of affairs which has transpired at
Now Orleans, where radical Registers hud it all
their own way, and cheated by tli. wholesale
in favor of their own party.
Wo worked several hours over Mr. Stan
berry's mass of words; and after various in
effectual efforts to condense his Opinion into a
size suitable, for our limited space, and to
clothe his news in language more intelligible
to our readers, we gave up the Herculean task;
and instead of any condensation, we publish
the admirable synopsis id'the document, which
we clip from the Charleston Mercury of Wed
nesday last.
? ? . -a??
[FOR TIIK OilANCiEHUItO NKWS.]
Voting.
) The apostles of negro suffrage, have no doubt
achieved a great.work ami marked an era of
the nineteenth century, that will adorn tho an
nals of history for the philanthropic gaze of all
future generations. They have forced upon
jthe black man, a privilege he has never sought,
find now demand as the price for exercising it,
(his vote in return. Selfish men from the
North have taken it upon themselves to come
South, J[to .warn the poor frccdmcn how be
makes use of this sacred privilege?to tell him
that Congress will not suffer itself to be cheated
out of his vote, thus leaving him to infer, that
Congress gave, and that Congress can take
away; and that* if he'does not vote for this
particular party or that particular party, the
probability is that he may be yet disfranchis
ed.
When feudalism was in vogue in Furope, if
the lord or superior, erected a mill, all the vas
sals of his domain were restricted to have their
grain ground at it, for which thoy paid toll,
and jthus was wrested from them a tax for
tho service they were compelled to receive.
Now wo would ask the black man, if threaten
ing his yoto at tho suffrage mill is not an an
alogous tax iu its meaning for the price'
of tlic service ho is urged to receive'(?if
twi and a half cents per pound on cotton is
not a high price for the privilege of investiture
B???B??- _
in freedom aud the ballot-box 1 This seems
like a show without tho reality?a shadow
without the substance?a., privilege limited by
tho boundary of radicalism-..
It was upon the principle.of lord aud vassal,
that tho aristocracy of Europe for so long a time
controlled tho affairs of State, and existed upon,
the fuodal exactions obtainod by the courts of
tho manors. It is upon a principlo remotely
connected with this, that the oligarchs of the
North arc ondeavoring to retain the control of
affairs, aud to exact fafs for office-emolu
ments.
But the froedmon have the snbstanco and
not its shadow. They have the right to vote
and to vote for whom they please, and tho
threats of designing men can nevor be put iuto
execution and divest them of this right. They
need not vote for this party, nor for that party.
The question then is, what party shall thoy
vote for 'I The answer we think, is this,?
i -
Kor tho party that lives among them, that
jenows their condition, their wr-uts aud interests..'
tud that will act for their welfare. Tho party
(whose motives aspire to something beyond.its
jjown aggrandizement, and that, will represent
and defend the common interests of all classes,'
\\That party is not the Republican party.
J'avsan
m
Synoptical Statement of the Opinion qf
the Attorney-General upon the Claustft
of the Military Acts Referring'to Yoti
ing and Holding Oflice.
' . #} ~~ \
The following is a synoptical analysis of the
opinion of Attorney-General Slanberry, whifc-qf
will be found in full in another column :
Jt ?11 IST II ATI OX,
1st. Qualification or disqualification is fix<
by registration.
2d. No power is given to any other board or
any other authority, after registration is com
pleted, to change the registers ; and persons
whose names are admitted to registration arc
entitled to vote and none others.
yd. The registration must be completed be
fore September 1, lStlT. At that time, the
functions of the board as a board of rogislia
tion censo, and after that, its duties arc limited
to holding and superintending elections and
making the required returns.
QUALIFICATIONS FOll uK'ilsTItAVION'.
1. One year's residente in the State at the
time. of registration is not necessary; l>tu> il "'
person who has been duly registered has not at
the holding of any subsequent election be_oj?rft.
resident of the .State for one year, counting
from the day of that citation, the poison so
registered cannot " otc ai such election.
2. By the acts, the qualification to regis!ra
tion is citizenship of the United States and of
the State; the phrase being intended to in
clude only such as are both eitir.ons of the
United States and of a State. Alien.- nut citi
zens of the United States, cannot safely take
tho. required oath ; but the hoard of registra
tion hare only authority to administer the. pre
scribed otdh and cannot require further proof,
so that an alien not n citizen may take the oath
at his peril and subject to prosecution.
51. No person is entitled to registration who
is not twenty-one years of age ",; //,?, day that
he applies for registration.
IIIS F U A NCIIIS K * 11: >. T.
Under the Military acts, the following causes
work disfrauchiscincnt : Treason or participa
tion in rebellion; commission of a felony,;
membership of any State Legislature, or tenure
of any executive or judicial oflice ill any State,
with subsequent engagement in insurrection or
rebellion, or the giving of aid and comfort to
any enemy of the United States; the taking of
an oath, as a member of Congress or officer of
the United States or as a member of any State
Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer
of any State to support the Constitution of the
United States, with subsequent engagement in
insurrection or rebellion against', or the giving
of aid and comfort to the enemies of the
United States. Upon these grave questions,
the Attorney-General offers the following opin
ions; but it -vill always be borne in mind that
the exclusion as to holding oflice is all compre
hensive as to time, and applies, not only to
those who were in oflice. when the rebellion
commenced, but to those who held the pro
hibited offices at any previous time, although
they may have ceased to hold such office an in
definite number of years prior to the rebel
lion :
1". TUKASON Oil FELONY.
The commission of felony or the participa
tion in rebellion does not of itself work tlis
fratichiscmcnt. It must be ascertained by
judgment of court or legislative net passed by
competent authority ; and Hie disfranchisemcnt
depends on a conviction in the courts either of
the United States or of a State, or on ?? decla
ration of the laws of either. Tho United
States laws do not work disfranchisemcnt, as a
consequence of conviction of treason or con
spiracy to commit treason; nor iu the ten
Southern States is there any statute in force
except, perhaps, in Virginia, which declares
disfraiichiscmcnt by force of the act itself. So
that in this State, disfranchisemcnt for treason
or felony depends absolutely upon a previous con
viction of the offence in the State or the Federal
('ourts.
2. .M EM 11 F.HS OF STATE LEO IS LA 'IT D ES AM)
MKMnnas of commiess.
All members of Southern State Legislatures
and members of Congress who, afterwards, en
gaged in insurrection or rebellion, or ?ave aid
p 1 '?"^^^^^^^^hb^^^^^"-"
or comfort to the cnouiies of tho United States,
ore clcarl&.disfrauchiscd. All .members of
legislative jtfodics which passed ordinances of
secession aro disfranchised; but It is jdoubtful
whether simple membership of-a convention
'held for the solo purpose of. amending the con
stitution of u State, .would, in itself, work dis
franohiscinent. ?
3: STATE, EXECUTIVE Oil JUDICIAL OFFICERS
All militia officers, as such, are not disfran
chised, fis they arc not included in tho .terms
"executive and judicial officers'of a State."
The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, State Au
'ditbr, Treasurer, Secretary and State officials
proper, who exercise functions at the scat*of
government, and State Judges of courts whose
jurisdiction extends over the United States, are
disfranchised; but the Attorney-General is not
prepared to say that only tho. foregoing come
within the term "executive and judicial offi
cers."
Municipal officers, such as officers of cities,
towns, villages and subordinate municipal di
visions, whether their- functions are executive
or judicial, or both, are not, as such, disfran
chised.
In addition to those officers before mentioned,
.who clearly do or do not come within the term
of the act as to "judicial or executive officers,"
there remains a vast number of officers whose
sfcitus is undefined. These are known as coun
ty, township and precinct officers, Tho At
toruoy-General is collecting information con
cerning this class, which includes sheriffs, and
justices of the county courts, and will issue a
further opinion with regard to them.
All other executive and judicial officers who
are not. in popular language, characterized as
county officers, do. in the opinion of Mr. Stan
berry, come under the disqualifying clau.se.
Persons who exercise or exercised special or
occasional public duties, are not included.as
State officers, and such as the following are.
then-fore, not disfranchised; commissioners of
public works, directors *of State asylums, visi
tors of State universities. State directors of
banks or other corporations, special eouinunis
sioncrs or agents appointed by State authority,
to perform special duties as examiners of
banks. Notaries Public, and Commissioners of
Deeds.
4. OATll.S or OFFICE.
Any person who has taken an oath of office
to support the Constitution of the tftntcd
States and hau violated that oath and engaged
in rebellion, is.disfranchised. This clause, as
far as the executive or judicial officers of a
State are concerned, does not enlarge the class
subject to disfranchisciucnt, because the officer
lire:1.):inu the oath, must also be "a judicial or
cxcO'.ttive officer" f?f a Stuto. according to the
.rule hcreiijbcforb wentionetl. '' bus. u luHithi
offn er or a Notary Public, who bad taken th:
said oath, would not be disfranchised under
this clause, because lie is not held to be a
, . .i,1 iudicial or executive officer.
All officer:' of the United States, both civil
arid military, Wie. lUvc violated their oaths,
arc if.. tVHiVnchiscd. (
?. km;a<;::?<; in i.nsi ititF.CTlo*.' '*H i-Knr.i.
l.ioN and <;;vi.\?; All. am? Cu.MFOTFi*.
ThcH\ without concurrent holding of one of
the designated' offices, accompanied by the
taking of the oath of office, do not work dis
franchisement. The two elements must con
cur, ami iu order mentioned, for a person who
has iie'.d a designated office and had taken the
oath ami had not iiflenntrtfs participated in a
rebellion, may safely take the registration
oath.
The clause, hov vor, eonnirciiends ecrry re
bellion which has taken place in the United
States; ami crery foreign war iu which the
United States has ever been engaged. A per
son, therefore, who gave aid and comfort to the
enemies of the United States in the war w ith
Great IJritian of 1812, or i:i the war with
Mexico iu IS 17, would be disqualified.
All persons who did any overt act, cither
individually or officially, or in a civil or milita
ry capacity, in furtherance of or for the pur
pose of promoting the uebcllion, did. under the
law, engage in rebellion.
Soldiers compelled to service by conscription,
and slaves serving or aiding by the command
of their masters, or by military order, did not
"engage in rebellion." are not disfranchised.
Officers who. during the rebellion, discharged
official duties not incident to the war, but in
preservation of order and administration of law.
arc not to be considered as engaging in rebel
lion. This applies to all offices of a purely
: civil character, such as county and municipal
Office?, and all others of like nature, which
were not created for the furtherance of the
war or the more effectual carrying on rd'hostili
ties.
Some direct overt act. done with intent to
further the rebellion, is necessary to bring
the parly within the provision and meaning of
the law; and the person applying fur registra
tion is not, therefore, required to clear himself
from any taint of disloyalty incurred by mere
disloyal scut intents or expressions.
Merc acts of common humanity or charity
are not participation in rebellion, nor arc
forced contributions or the compulsory pay
ment of (axes in aid of the rebellion ; but vol
untary contributions, .subscriptions to loans,
and even organized contributions of food or
clothing or necessary supplies, except of a
strictly sanitary character! tire to be classed
with acts which disqualify.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF It I'.ii ISTIt ATlON
HOARDS.
No other onth can be required of, or admin,
istered to any applicant for registration but
that contained in the supplementary act. Any
other would be extra-judicial and without au
thority, and I also swearing could not be as
" . 1 i ??- .-.k : t. i..,
signed ns perjury upon such unauthorized
oath:;-. I ?
?No authority is given to outer ?pou any
outside inquiry into tho qualiucatiou . bf the
person proposing to register, for'the ?jathit
self is the splc aud only test of the.quali|[cntton
of tho applicant. If he take that oath Jus
name must go upon the registry; the' board
cannot inquire whether he has sworn falsely
or truly; that inquiry must be reserved to the
court which may afterwards have jurisdiction
to try hifn on an indictment; for perjury.
In superintending the elections it is tho
duty of the boards to receive the votes of the
persons whoso names arc up for registration,
and to reject all others. There is no provision
anywhere to surcharge or falsify, or to add a
single name to the registration, or to erase a
single name which appears upon it.
[ Charleston Mercitrg.~\
[From the Sunitcr Watchman.]
Mass Meeting of Frcedmen.
A large concourse of Froedmen of Suniter
District assembled, twelve miles North of
Sunder, and near Mcohniiicsvillc. on .Saturday,
IIth inwt.
The exercises were begun with singing and
prayer by llcv. William Timmons. (colored1.)
J. W. Wcsberry, (colored) was then called
upon and addressed the meeting as follows:
fallow Citizens; Remember that the strength
of the Nation lies in the virtue, industry,
loyalt y and courage of its citizens: Wc must
try to vindicate the hopes of our friends, and
prove ourselves worthy of the privileges to
which we have been admitted. We gained just
praise for our admirable conduct during the
war. Let (he history which shines so brightly
upon us as slaves, shim1 still brighter on us as
frcedmen.?We till now have the "right of
voting, and this right finds a great many of us
not prepiircd for the execution. Rut I have no
objection to this right. It belongs to freed men.
We will be called on next mouth to register our
names as voters. Next will be to vote for can
didates to a State CVuivention, to adopt a Con
stitution for our State. The question is now.
who are we going to elect ? Now I am. going to
express my views frankly. To this Convention
we must send good men. and the men that we
have been raised with?because our interest is
theirs. If we go down, they go dov.n. and if
they jio down, we will go to the devil. It will
never d > in tin: world to semi strangers to at
tend to home business. Legislation that
would ba productive iu one country, would be
serious (o another. Mine aud your fortuuc is
yet in the earth, and has to came out by its
cultivation, and if we dont keep peace and
harmony, it will never come out". The while
race and (lie colored racearcdeponding on each
other. The white race is impoverished as weil
it- .urtTblacEs! They cant do anything to affect
us in the !? . t.
(live our men atrial. Now T will show
you where we can the hurt. After the Con
stitution ha;; beer, adopted, it will have to be
, laid before all voters for ratification or re
jection, j hen if you. find we have nut got equal
rights ami justice. I will s::y myself that our
./.on will not do as a law making party for
us Si.mo cf our colored preachers are going
about n-.w.uJ:'^-- ^m-white preacher,
did during the war?prca^'S ---^ ?'"'lit poli
ties than about Christ, and you are u^.f rtft*u,e
wise to take such mens advice. We are com
pelled to live in the Southern States?we cant
live North, and if the South prospers we will
prosper. And tu do this, the black ami white
must stick together. Deal fair with each
other.? Do away with ,>il old things and take
up new relations. And let us build up this
broken down country. We must work with
honest men and deal with them.?There ire
bad men iu all races
These white people (ell us they are our
friends. Well, now is the time to try them
in the beginning. And if their friend
ship should fail it would not hurt any
body. Let me advise you na a friend to pre
s'Tve at all times the utmost moderation of
language, temper and conduct?avoid every
thing like violence, and educate yourselves.
The prosperity of the South is associated with
tin* harmony and good feeling which should
exist between both races. The white race of
the South is obliged to be interested in (he ed
ucation, industry, thrift and progress of their
colored population. Iu this mutual depen
dence lies the security of all.
Some talk of strangers to legislate for us.
When you think-of that, think of the tax on
cotton. And who has that tax to pay? Why
you field hands, that comprise the greater por
tion of the colored population id'the South.
Wo are very poor, and we must adopt the best
mode for our elevation. Industry can overcome
all the evils iu our way. We must quit this
plan of moving about every year. Get with
some honest gentleman, and slay, until you get
means of buying you little homes. Rut we will
have to work night and day let alone whiskey
and be honest.
Some say that politics is our greatest danger.
But I dispute that. The greatest evil that
could befall us, is the failure iu a crop this
year. That is our great, trouble.
"We must keep on the look out for sharpers.,
whothor from tho North or South. Several
things have come under my observation, which
I do not like. 1 will mention one. I was at
a meeting not long since, aud a white preached,
and said ho. was the black man's friend. After
the sermon, ho told the crowd if any wanted to
get married, ho could marry them, but they
must pay him two dollars. With mo, that
friendship is over the loft. (Long cheers.)
(Bully for you and a .hard tnek for tho
preacher.)
Some say that our old masters arc not our
friends, but those incu that tell us so do not
give us anything. (Long cheers.) Wc are ? t
obhgWfto, work* with out old master. And *
a'm't.it pclter to be .friendly? (Crips of yes,
yetM X&want to eeo mutual kindness to all/
and.Yvici^klj to all.?(Cheers.} '^My friends
study- ffj\\r interest, right. Don't make a ."
mistakoV- 1 thank you for your invitation. I
will express my'views to you ut nil times when
called on.
Nelson .Colclouoii, (colored) was next,
called on and spoke as follows:
? Good fceli?g?and Itarmo?j'flUb?i eiist'bc?
twecn both races. -,- We haVe'H righf to our. be-^
lief. I endorse the policy;, oj-j&&rB,
Wc must take the advice bcst^fcir our fie
God has been on our side. Now wc in
take self interest.^ -
A LEJtfti> VDaV w/v(wlorettj 1 ih&iiBpol^SBf
follows:
Fellow Citizens: 1 endorse the line of policy^
of the speaker.; ,,We must be advised by good *
men. We arc told by the Scripture, that ftvf*
first should be last and thd last-first.. C??d ha*
taken us out of bondage. Some talk about go
ing to the ballot box. but know nol the .way. *
We must be lead the 'way by those that know
the way. I- never Weht myself, but 'J^fcaVc'
seen other men go, and I have some idea.
Weshehuy gives ns good advico. No strait--,
gcrs to Legislate for me. (Long dhcersV)
R. (.'! Wksuehuy, (colored) next-spoko us
foljtlws: _ , ? ....
Fellow Cilixaip: T 'avail, brystyfof this op-^
por funity of giving my advice. We toust^'
keep friend-hip with all men, Nortli, So^itli^^*
Knst or West. We must use wisely the privi
leges to which we have been admitted. Wc
need virtue and wisdom for these responsibil
ities. But we must make the best of it wc
can. We will 'never learn youiigcT.~Wo.l ,
must not make Congress -.ashamed. Weinst*
act like good men United wc stand,divided; V
we fall. Our-interest i* the white man'a.-and"' -
the white mm's uurs. Our- destiny 'dcpetfdS*2!rw
on how We treat each other. I hope the day .
is not far distant when mutual kindness, for
bearance and co-operation will exist with both
races. This will have tu be if wc prosper.'
Isaac McLAt'tifif.ix, (colored) then spoke
as follows, when the spcakiiig tdosdd:
Fellow Citizen*:?We are adopted to new
relations. -We have the privilege of voting.
We must cast our votes rig?if~sbaS not* tb hif-f.
pair our home interest. We must be good '
loyal citizens.- educate our children, and keep
peace with all. Some ray that I am an Afri
can, but l.dou't elajm to be one. I nin an
American, and a citizen of South Carolina,*"'
and 1. shall labor for. the interest of pry jState^-v*
School otu children, if we have to sell oujr shirt..
We musbiiot stroll about. Makcrour own corn
at. home. No strangers to Legislate for. nie*
Ii' t am an African, thy white man is a
I Kuropenn. I was raised on the A morion t| ?
soil, but do not deny, my fnre-paro:ds."\'T;orig,";f'
cheers.) hvery man has aright to his owti '
.?pinion. (Three cheers.)"
r.i.y. v.'.:. or r:::: ?d.,.voi; ok .Mouii,K.rr:lJ
is supposed that the removal cd'the Mayor ami
Marshal of Mobile, by General, Pope, and the ,
appointment of tlndicub1 in their pfctec^was;
based upon the following paragraph, quoted ...
from Genend Swaynk's report upon the Mo-.
bile ri.d : -'I'or the .suppre-ssiou^f t\u: tlis?.
orderly clement above referred-to, uud- to give ...
confidence and support to thoite who have been S
1 '??vetofore the allies of tho Government, I
... ? N-on.mc-nd th-.'.t the coutrol'of hm- *
respect tu i iy ?. , ,
... i . --od to persons wcll
I nicipal affairs! be transit... . 1 - ? ?-? v
known for their continuous loy?,1;^' ^? -the -
United States." * ? * '
We learn from the Mobile TeibXue that the
deposed Mayor, General WmiF.ns, means to '
test the constitutionality of the Military Acts'
which have conferred such extraordinary pow- . tf
eis upon flip military Governors pf the South
ern States. It is believed that, notwithstand
ing the Mississippi and Georgia Bills wore disv^^
missed by the Supreme Court for the want of ^
original jurisdiction in that tribunal, the .claim
of a citizen will not be ignored when his .right" \
under the Constitution shall, bfc prosecute^ W
way of appeal. '" " 1
Order flwml Chairman of JtoarilL of '
lletjilth. ?? ' .-".r^::
ORAXuEai au C\ U., S. C, May 2Mb, 1867;
I. It is respectfully nlitl earnestly enjoined upon, ?"
every good citizen of Orangeburg Village, th6. ??
necessity of immediately entering upon the poU?*.
duties of their premises. ". ? .
II. All offal sli all he placed in a con Ten teat place
on Thursday night or Friday morning early, on the ?
streets, that it may lie taken away by the employed
Scavenger, who will make it his duty to tome, round,
forthat purpose, every Friday at 7 o'clock A, M..
III. All weeds shall he chopped down and not be
permitted to grow, so far as lies in our power, "du*."*^
ring the months of Juno and July. After that p*^l
riod agitation or-stirring of the so:! to any cp^aide
rablc extent, breeds results prejudicial to hcnl'|li_
and should, therefore, not be allowed. . .
1Y. It shall he incutnhent upon the Town MnrshaUfj
to observe that the above rules and regulations are,
strictly carried ont. and to report all deliuuutntf
who shall fail to comply with said regulations.
i:. J. OLIYEIIOS, M, D.,
Chairman lloard'of Health,
.lane 1 ? 1 Oraugohurg Village.
The State of South Carolina.
OKANGKBUltG DISTRICT. ? . ..
lii the Court of Common Plen?.
II. II- Jennings, Jno. T. Jennings, vs V. A. Wilcox
?C" , A. K. Tabnadge.
ATTACHMENT.
\\J~' IIl.lvF.AS the Plaintiffs did on the 20th day
of May tile their declaration ngninst the De
j fendftnts. who (as it is said) nie nbsent~fron? an?t
without the limits of this Stute, and have naither
wives nor attorneys known within (ho same, Upon
whom a copy of said declaration may be served:
On mot ioa of Hut sons & I.egarc, Hain tiffs Attorneys
it is ordered, that tho said DcfondnritB 'do dppttor* :
and plead to the said deolaralion on or before tha
22hd day of May. which will bo in the year of onr .
Lord, <)no Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty- .
eight, otherwise final and nbsnlute judgment will ,
tlien lie ^iven and awarded ngaiWst tneftf. *.
.7. P. ROP1K80H.'.
May 20,, 1807. - XX jun 1 cGin4^ ;? C. P.

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