The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-05-18
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cal ticket, and give up all idea Of confscatien.
as the party had done about all it could Tor
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CRowiNn OVER a FIcrpRY.-Tho Mays
vile (Kcntucky) Bulletin, in honor of.thc re-
cent Democratic victory IN that State, hca,ls all
tho columns on both its inside pages, with
large cuts of roostcrs, 4 double column rooster
alca,lin. the two.colunns containing the cleo
ton news. ta>. .-~ sat
The operation pcrftr,ned onthc poor little
Prince Imperial i.i1st hdvc bcc.i ii terrible one
His ley was disartculatcd at tic kacc joitit-'
which means that the lower Joint was removed
from its sockct-so as to enable the surgconyto
directly reach tho causc of the mnlady from
which he was suffering SO much.
From Mexico, conflicting reports arrive. Ac-
corling to so;nc SIaximilian is closely besieged
ut Qncrctaro: amt Miramo,r is kiIled; ;aftcr.in in-
efcctral attempts to get to;his relief Accord
i'm; to others. NIaximilian is 1T the City Of
Mcxico with large force. and the Liberals
have met with rcvc:scs, ;.,id Aiiran:uu is alive
and victorious. ~ Tf -.
The New York Hume Jou,rol says: "Wc
siiow of wedding to come or i'll this city in
the early part of June, (which promises to be
the largest and most brilliant which has oc-
Cured, i'll New York for nmhy years. W'd un-
lrrstanl that twenty-five hundred Invitations
will lc iss'lc, t" The church, and iiiiccn hn:i-
drcd to The losr:c. The lady is called very
beautfu a,lt bic groom ,,ler.l;cncril III,
ported from Paris, and tic
most elegant description" a 81
Trx,a-Gc:: t;,.in has :ssucd an order,
forl,.lins ex-Confelrratcs in Tcxas to si. on
the juricS. The 1Io;,ston T.tyq,h says: {:
The truth is, trial by jury iii this State, either
in civil Or criminal eases, is NOW III the hands
Of the blacks almost entirely. There arc hard
ly cnough white mo:i iii tho State who can
take the test oath to make grand jury. for a
Circuit Court. More than l..,,i the blacks CALL
lrot honestly take ii. Not only will most of
ouT iurymcn be blacks. but many Of the blacks
themselves are shut ult.
The Mobile 7;:m,s gives The details of :; .lor-
rillc outrage committed by negroes upon Il
family named Peters. living on Dog River, at
N, great di-tancc fiom Mobile The br,,tes
broAx iJ the house at night, beat the Gitlicr
and sons ,.ctil they were irsclnsble, outraged
the mother ana daughttr-~-thc latter. glrl
twelve years of agc-stvlc so.:'n 81, 5000 in
gold and currency, and made their escape
Every effort is being made to captIrc: tsH
ficnds and bring them to summary punishment.
a Washington correspondent. cells u story
which cnriously illustrates the fame of An
drew Jackson. A citizen Of Alabama, some
thirty years ago, had issue! to him land title,
wlisch many :e"rs afterwards was proved to
have been irrcsularly granted. The ,Coumis-
sioncr Of the Land Office wrote to the holder
of the title to demand its return. The reply
from an iliteratc man, probably "a farmer in
moderate circumstances. did not attempt any
legal arguments; the writer was content to
notify the Government of the United States
that the namc of Andrew Jackson was signed
to the warrant. Now tech it Of you dar - he
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1
y QUESTION OF CAsrE.-On yesterday two
showly dressed coiored girls, attended Iy a
black servant woman, got into the street rail-
way ears, and npon entering, oGe of the girls
ordered the "mauma" TO stay on the platform.
a few minutes afterwards, the conductor ap-
preached tho 'mauma", and requested her to
take a scat inside, but she declined saying
ooh 14or' bless you massa, no; missus wouldn't
low it, The conductor then politely inform:
ed the mauna that she couldnot ride on the
platform, and must take scat inside, whercup.
on she sat down beside her chocolate .colorcd
slater, who appeared quite indignant that black
| folks should be allowed to ride side by side
with i'latlics. - Charleston Aleycmry
TnE RICHMOND RIors..LO On tho afternoon
of tho 9th. instant, whilst Captain Charters Of
the Richmond Fire Brigade, was measuring
the distance thrown by the Delaware Company,
he was jostled by negro, whom. ha ordered
out of the way, upon which the negro struck
hin down. IN retaliation, a member Of the
! Delaware Company knocked the negro d.we,,