The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-08-08

mad yet both arc duly registered as "profcs-
scrs' in high-aoundng departments of q Thco-
logical institution, whose catalogue is crcula-
ted i'll New England, aud embraces course of
study before which even the students of Prince
ton and Andover might we'll trcmblc
The Advocaie has but handful of subscr-
bHrs III this section, for the negroes are unnble
to read it, and very few Of tho white people
even know of its existence But with or with.
out circulation, and however contcmptibly
diminutive and badly printed, il receives
MCPHERSON douceur Of the public printing to
the the tune of $4,000 per annum as perhaps
The only "trooly loil" paper in tho stlto-
With this, and such subscribers as the editors
pick mp in their summer visits and pcrcgrinn-
tons among the Ne~ England saints, the radi-
cal organ in reconstructed South Carolina is
maintained. The entire working forco, when
the office was visited not long since, consisted
OF one dirty white man and one black "Gcvi"
&. negro npprenticc.) The dirty white man
has since been appointed by Gen. Candy an
alderman OF this city, with number of negro
cony'rrcs assigned to similar prominence and
power, BY the memorable comp tie grace of the
great satrap who now lords it over the two
Curolinas. Whit has become of the black
''devil' dcponcnt knowcth not, nor need your
readers care.
The mulatto Randolph is the congcna u.s.
Fociatc of Lewis i'll the editorial and sanctum
chair professional When the Radical Ne
gro League Junta was arranging its machine
~ for tho control of the State, it was asccr-
saincd that this city was ovc,stookcd with
candidates, and that distribution would be
necessary. Accordingly, numerous carpet bag
gers here wero uhccremoniously assigned to
counties in the interior, and thus Randolph,
professor i'll the Baker Theological Institute,
md editor of the Charleston Adcocntc and liv-
ing in thin city, was duly returned, and official
ly recognized by General Candy ms delegate
to the Convention from Orangcbure eighty
ipilcs distant in the interior And in like
| lfanner, the whole nest of adventures, hor
| ltaSS5 hcrc under the shadow of tho citadel,
wofe l'rovTdvd i1r III Cn..rcntion rtfdIo i5usly
termed constitutional" Py this maneuvrc,
|
eleven dollars per diem and mileage, MS
member of that African asscmbhgc.
| While party of-Orangcburg negro burglars
were on their way to tho county jail in charge
otthc regular law officers, thoy were rescued
by M armed band Of freedmen The officers
obtained assistance and pursued the party,
when a fight occurred, resulting in the capture
OF several Of the rcscurcrs, two of whom were
seriously wounded and have eincc diod-
Their dying declarations made unsolicited in
the presence Of their attending physician and
two United States soldiers as witnesses, sol
ennly affirm that Rev. b. + Randolph, Ohio
negro, preacher, c'ltor. burnt district perform.
cr, constitution maker and Senator from
Oranscburg, suggested, authorized and ordered
them to attack the shcr;ifs party and release
the burglars n o arms. All this within a
ic"' weeks past, i'll Canby's District and under
Canby's eye, for the papers here have publish
ed the facts, and yet there is no military COM
mission ordered to try this reverend professor
for the murder of these two men, of which he
is clearly guilty, if there is any truth u the
Id" mlAiH ./dcH per 0H0m, .'d'W per Sc
But when the prstil mt Dill was killed in Ker-
shaw, doubtless by some of his own party whom
he had outraged some Of the best c iaens of
that locality were dragged from their homes by
detachment of Canhys soldiers and impris-
oned here whcro they are still confined, and it
seems there is not particle of evidence against
them. But Randolph is radical and in
stead of going to Castle Pinckncy and thence
via military commission to the btatos prison,
goes to Columbia aud occupies seat in the
Senate Of South Carolina. And the same
Randolph was delegate from South Carolina
in the thienso Convention, giving the radical
nomination. to Grant and Coifax
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