The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-03-09
= Washington News.

FEBRUARY 2S.-1n debate i'll tbs. Senate
Sumner accused Secretary McCulloch Spf false
hood in his statement of his inability (nt hcurc
Revenue officers i'll the South who wcffsF;aAe to
take the required oath. Sherman rcto1 1tedpas-
sionatcly, charactcriziug Summers LANGUAGE as
not particularly gcntlcn.anly and totally f.lsc
| Chandler echoed Sumner. and INDUCED in chi
tlcts that were characterized by Fcssendcn as
.oul-mouthcl abuse The scene grew out of the
amendment striking out the pay of Southern
officers
j. ID. B. DeBow, editor Of DcBoms Rcricp,
died here today. aged iorty-scvcn yc$s,
MARCH 1.-The Senate took up the @%ENi9A
the Colorado Bill. but failed to pass it q "
veto. The consideration cf the Tax Bl|A q
then resumed, and the vote on rcmovi,
Cotton Ta2>f+Esss +ss.los lost bysa. tie.
The HoYse. i,uakolniaittce Of IL, sssl
the Dcfaatfcy BILL adopted IL provision That no
alaincs be considered from those who particm-
ted in the rebellion, and rejected the appIopri-
alton for the White House
An amendment. appropriatiny $4,000 to
Liberia, was next onc cd a proposition to
withholdit, until white men were allowed to vote
created considerable mcrrimcnt, when the whole
matter was postpuscd
The President has proclaimed Nebraska Il
State in the Union.
MARCH 2.-in the Scn"tc the Bankrupt
Bill passed, and was sent to the President In
Bill was read, and the Bill WAS passed over the
veto by vote Of l35 to AZ.
MARCH, 3.-Tho Tax Bill. as finally passed,
fixes the Tax Oh Cotton ut ,! cents per pound
MARCH 1.-The Bankrupt Bill is a law
Colfax is Speaker Of the House again
The New Congress assembled at II NJ.
without members from Connecticut, California:
kentucky, Rhod; Island, New Hampshire and
Tennessee. The last Congress had one hun
drcd and cighty-four members twcnty-ninc of
these seats in the new Congress are vacant by
reason Of the States abovc-nanlcd not vet hay
ing held their elections. OF course The South
crn States are unreprcscntcd 1t is supposed
that after session of IL week or two, an adj
journmcnt will take place until the middle OF
May, by which time elections will have been
held in Connecticut, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island
MARCH 5.-It WAS formally announced to
both Houses of Congress that the President
had no communication 10 make Boynton WAS
elected chaplain Of the House. Among the
nominees for that position was Parson Brown
low.
1'hc New York Hvol|s special says there
is delegation from South CarolilI, already
here cn'crring with the President relative to
tn, Brigadicr Bill.
Congress will push the Impeachment imcsti
CATION,
Alexandria negroes claim the right to vote in
to-days municipal election under Shcrnlan's
Bill. The Chrom;cic Of this city urges them to
vote, and threatens those who, by violence or
mistaken apprchcnsions Of the law, shall pre-
vent them.
The Election Commissioners sent delegates
here to consult the authorities. Cameron said
in response to Seward, that if johnson had
have been wise man he would have signed
the Reconstruction Bill, and thus have gotten
himself back into his old harness. lie might
then, perhaps, have been forgiven some wrong
done during the last four months, but it was
now too late to forgive him.
MARCH 6.-Shcrman's and the Tenure Office
bill were officially published by the State De-
partment to-day.