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

and yet both arc duly registered az "profcs,
scrs' in hish-Houndng departments of n Thco-
logical institution, whose catalogue is circula-
ted i'll New England, and embraces IL course Of
study before which even the students Of Prince.
ton and Andovcr might well tremblc
Tho AdOocnie has but handful of subscri-
b"rs IN this section, for the negroes arc unube
t. read it, and very few Of tho white people
cycn know of its existence But with or with.
out circulation, and hnwovcr contcmptibly
dlninutive and badly printed, it receives
Mcpherson doareur of the public printing to
the the tune of ST, 900 per annum, AZ perhaps
The only "trooly loil' paper in tho State
v 18th this, md such subscribers M the editors
pick MP i'll their summer visits and pcrcgrina-
tions among the New England saints, tho radi-
cal organ in reconstructed South Carolina is
maintained. The entire working force, when
tic office was visited not long since, consisted
OF one dirty white man md one black ',!yvil,"
o. negro npprenticc) The dirty white man
has sincc been appointed by Gen. Candy an
alderman of this city, with number of negro
coa/irrcs assigned to similar prominence and
rawer, by the memorable emp 1e grace of the
great satrap who now lords it over the two
Carolnns. What has become of the black
'dcvil' dcponcnt knowcth not, nor need your
readers care.
The mulatto Randolph is the congcnial us.
sociatc cf Lewis in the cditoria! and sancturn
chair professional When the Radical Nc
gro League Junta was arranging its machine
re- for the control of the State, it was asccr
,,incd that this city was ovclstockcd with
candidates, and tlmt distribution would be
necessary. Accordingly numerous carpet bag
gers here were ,ihccrcmoniously assigned to
counties i'll the interior, and thus Randolph,
professor in the Baker Theological Institute,
and editor Of the Charleston At1cocntc and liv-
"g in thiH city, was duly returned, and official
y recognized by General Candy MS n delegate
t" the Convention from Orangcbure, eighty
,pilcs distant in the interior. And in like
ltanncr, the whole nest of advcnturcn, hor-
h3sSsl here under the shadow of tho citadel,
'I1Vfeet, s.. in Co.,oAtion utltiGo f5t1sl );
termed constitutional" BY this manpuvrc
Randolph added to his other income the
eleven dollars per diem and mileage ms
member of thnt African asscmbnec.
| While n party Orangrbnrg negro burglars
were on their way I" the county Jail in charge
OF the regular law officers, tncy were rescued
by M armed band uf freedmen The officers
obtained assistance and pursued the part s,
"hrn a fight occurred, resulting in the capture
"l several Of the rcsc,rcrs two Of whom were
seriously wounded and have since dicd-
Their dying declarations, made unsolicited in
the presence Of their attending physician and
two United States soldiers as Witnesses sol
| cmny affirm that Rev b. + Randolph, Ohio
negro, preacher, editor, burnt district perform.
cr, maker and Senator from
OranEcburg suggested authorized and ordered
them to attack tie she1iII;s party and release
the burglars II It arms All this within a
ic" weeks past, i'll Canby's District and under
c"nhy's eye, for the papers here have publish
| cd 'hc facts, and yet there is no military com
mission orl.rc;! to try this reverend professor
for the murder Of these two men, of which he
is clearly guilty, if there is any truth in the
law MAXIM fdcH per GNHm, hhit 7cr Sc
But when the lcstil nj Dill was killed in Ker-
shaw, doubtless by of his own party whom
he had outraged, some Of the best citizens of
that locality were dragged from their homes By
detachment Of Canhy's soldiers and impris-
oned here where they are still confined, and it
seems there s not particle of evidence against
them. But Randolph is -adica and in
! stead of going to Castle Pincknry and thence
via military commission to tho States prison
goes to Columbia aud occupies seat in the
SenMc Of South Carolina. And the same
Randolph was delegate from South Carolina
il ,lic Fli':7p Conventions giving til" radical
nomination to Grant and Colax