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

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"nd yet both arc duly registered AZ "profcs-
scrs' III high-sounding departments of Thco-
logical institution, whose catalogue is circula-
ted in New England, and embraces course OF
study before which even the students Of Prince
ton and Andovcr might we'll trcmblc
Tho AdVocuie has but handful of subscr.
bHrs III this section, for the negroes arc unnble
t" read it, and very few Of tho white people
even know of its existence But with or with
out circulation, and however contcmptibly
d'minutive and badly printed, it receives q
NIcphorson aomrs~r Of the public printing to
the the tunc of 5000 per annum, as perhaps
the only "trooly loil" paper in tho State
With this, and such subscribers M the editors
p'ck MP III their summer visits and pcrcgrina-
tons among the New England saints the rad-
c1l organ i'll reconstructed South Carolina ir
maintained. The entire working force when
the office was visited not long since consisted
oi one dirty white man and one black devil" f"
e. C. negro npprenticc) The dirty white man
has since been appointed by Gen. Candy an
alderman of this city, with a number of negro
c"n/'frcs assigned to similar prominence and
power, BY the memorable conD de yruc4 OF the
great satrap who now lords it over the two
Carolinas. What has become of the black
''dcvil'' dcponcnt knowcth not, nor need your
readers care.
The mulatto Randolph is the congcnial rs.
sociatc of Lewis III the cditcria! and snnctum
chair professional When the Radical Nc
gro League Junta WAS arranging its machine
ry for the control of the State, it was asccr-
famed that this city was ovc,atockcd with
candidates, and that u distribution would be
necessary. Accordingly, numerous carpet bag
GERS here were uhccremoniously assigned to
counties in the interior, and thus Randolph.
professor in the Baker Theological Institute,
and editor Of the Charleston .A,l,ocntc and liv-
my in thir city was duly returned, and official.
iy recognized by General Canby MS delegate
! I" the Convention from Orangcbure, eighty
lpics distant in the interior And in like
manner, the whole nest of ndvcnturcrs. har
h3sssl here under the shadow of tho citadel,
y
termed constitutional by this mannuvre,
Randolph added to his other income the
eleven dollars per diem and mileage, ms n
member Of that African asscmhln.c
| While party ct-Orangrbnrg negro burglars
were on their way t" tho county jail in charge
otthc regular law officers, they were rescued
hy nj armed band IF freedmen The officers
obtained assistance and pursued the party,
"hcn 81 fight occurred, resulting in the capture
OF several Of TIA. rcsc,rcrs. two of whom were
seriously wounded and have since died T.
Their dying declarations, made unsolicited in
the presence Of their attending physician and
Two United States soldiers as witnc ssess, sol
EMMY affirm that Rev. b. f. Randolph, Ohio
negro preacher, editor burnt district perform
or, constitution maker and Senator from,
Orangcburg. suggested, authorized and ordered
them to attack TIE shcGiiI's party and release
the burglar: II Il arms All this within d
| c" weeks past, i'll Canby's District and under
Canby's eye. for the papers here havo publish
cd i!c facts, and yet there is no military com
mission ordcrc;. to try this reverend professor
for the murder Of these two men, of which h,
is clearly guilty, if there is any truth i'll til,
iaw maxim: .ti'cH pr ohuns, .f,rt per Sc
But when the rc,ti II, Dill was killed in kcr
shaw doubtless by Of his own party whom
he had outraged, some Of the best citizens OF
that locality We're dragged from thoir homes b5
a detachment Of Canhy's soldiers and i,npris
oned here whcrc they are still confined and i,
seems there is not particle Of evidence against
them. But Randolph is q radical and in
stead Of going to Castle pinckncy and thence
via military commission to the States prison
goes to Columbia aud occuri,, seat in tn,
Scl:tc OF South Carolina. And the sam.
Randolph was delegate from South Caroliug
h Ia thi"nau Convention, giving til" ralica
nomination to Grant and Colrax