The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-15
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color. Brevet-Colonel W. B. Royal illustrates
the mlitaryi and is President of;she Board: y
THE Board held its first pow.wow on Mon
day, and now, it is said, busily engaged in its
laborioustask Of framing rules fot. Registra-
ton. Tho result of their deliberations and
consultations will not be made public until
they shall have arranged scheme command
ing the sanction of General Sickles., 1t may
wcll be supposed, however, MS the members Of
the Council arc all cxtrcmc in their views, that.
no liberal basis of registration will be present
cd, and, if their recommendations arc endorsed
by the General Commanding, our road to the
registration Office and thence to the ballot-box
will not be a smooth one. - - 'h41
In case for Infringement Of Internal Rev
enuc Laws tried in,the U. s. Court last week,
the. question Of the inviolability of telegraphic
dispatches was pressed upon Judge Bryan.
The Prosecuting Attorneys wished to examine
Dir. O'Kcat, the Superintendent Of the Tele-
graph Company, in regard to the character of
certain messages alleged to have been sent
| from here by one of the parties implicated ilf
| the Indictment. Mr.. O'Kcaf declined to an
swer, and stated that he was bound to entire
secrecy in regard to, all dispatches sent or re-
ccivcd by linn, pleading also that his position
was analogous to that Of Postmaster. His
counsel ably and logically presented his ease,
! but their arguments were over-ruled by the
Judge, who decided that he must give his tes-
timony in the particular demanded. The
question is novel one in our Courts, and can
hardly be regarded as definitely settled.
William Jennings, charged with having
been prominently connected with the band of
dcsperadoes yclcpt, ':Dcad Heads who have
for months past been living like the Arabs in
! Edgcfcld, Lexington, Barnwcll and Orange
marched in irons through the city: to Castle
Pinckncy, where he is now incarccrdted. lie
will be tried by Military Commission, and if
convicted, will probably suffer the extreme
penalty Of martial law. \ Commission was
appointed few weeks since, and now holds
sessions whenever cases are brought before it
Its first case was that of tho negro rioters on
| the Street Cars. who we're acquitted.
| ~ general collision nn the Western frontier
with the poor inlians seems to ho ;noyitablc.
and the government is rapidly moving troops
towards tho seat Of war. Companies D aud Il
of the 9Th Regiment. which have for months
been stationed hcre, loft yesterday. They
joined at Branchvillc two companies from the
garrison at Colun.bia: and went westward with
them. Colonel Green, latcl. In command at
the Capital. has charge of the Battalion. Two
companies of artillery from Fortress Monroe
arrived here to-day, TO replace those who have
gone Colonel Burton, favoraby known for
his kind treatment of Ex-Presdont Davis, nc.
companies them 49,.
The farms in the 'ncighborhood of our city
have this Spring been quite prolific, and large
quantities Of early vegetables have been ship
ped North. The steamer Champion, which
sailed last Saturday for New York, took us
part Of her cargo 2000 barrels OF Irish pota-
toes These command very fine prices in that
Metropolis. and our industrious and energetic
farmers will be we'll rewarded for their enter
prise. 1. q.
The steamer Manhattan, consort of the
Champion, which left New York on Saturday
afternoon, pleased her passengers and surprised
the people generally by arriving at her wharf,
here, on Monday. having made the passage in
-is hours. This is the quickest trip made be-
tween the two. ports since the war. The best
time ever made was by the Columbia in 1860
she then completed her voyage from wharf to
wharf in is hours -,r =
new force pump designed to supply loco
motives with water and do away with the ex-
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