The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-15

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the military fpnd is President ofthe Board, u
The Board held its first powswow on Mon
day, and is now, it is said busily ehgagedi in its
laborioustas Of framing rules. for RegistIa-
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
well be supposed, however, MS the members Of
the Council are all cxtreme in their views that
10 liberal basis 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 n smooth onc - ,I6SN
In n case for Infringement of Internal Rev
enue Laws tried insthe U. s. Court last week,
the question of the inyiolability of telegraphic
dispatches was pressed upon Judge Bryan.
The Prosecuting Attorneys wished to examine
Dir. O'Keaf, 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 in
the Indictment. Mr.. O'Kcaf declined to an
swcr, and stated that he was bound to entire
secrecy in regard to, III dispatches sent or re-
ccivcd by lin, 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 tcs.
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
dcsperadces yclcpt, dead Heads who have
for months past been living like the Arabs in
Edgefcld; Lexington, Barnwcll and Orange
burg Districts-was last week arrested and
marched in irons through the city, to Castle
Pinckncy, where he is now incarccrdtcd lie
will be tried by Military Commission, and if
convicted, will probably suffer the extreme
penalty of martial law. n Commission was
appointed few weeks since, and now holds
sessions whenever cases are brought before it
Its first case was that of the negro rioters on
the Street Cars. who were acquitted
~ general collision nn the Western frontier
with the poor InliarS seems to, DO inevitable.
aud the government is rapidly moving troops
towards tho scat of war; Companies d aud Il
of the 9th Rcginant, which have for months
been stationed horc, loft yesterday. They
joined at Branchvillc two companies from tho
garlison at Columbia and went westward w;.h
them Colonel Green. latcl. Il, command at
the Capital has charge of the Battalion. Two
companies of artillery from Fortress Monroe
arrived here today, to replace those who have
gone. Colonel Burton, favorably known for
his kind treatment of Ex-Prcsidcnt Davis. ac
companies them. .@%.
| 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 well rewarded for their enter
prise. = #
The steamer MauhaUnn, consort Of the
Champion, which left New York on Saturday
afternoon, pleased her passengers and surprised
the people generally BY arriving 6. 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 Golambia in 1885, !;
she then completed her voyage from wharf to
wharf in 46 hours -,4 So
new force pump designed to supply loco
motives with water and do away with the ex-
| nrnsivc hydronts noyy uSod hv tl,o Ro;Irood