The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, March 09, 1867, Image 7
THE ?EANGEUURG NEWS,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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OllAFGEBURG, S. C.
, Offihc of Piiblieatioh oji Market-Street over the
. Post Office. :
SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor.
VIRGIL C. DIBBLE, AsBooiato Editor.
CHARLES H. HALL, Publisher.
Items.
In Ehuirn, New York, a Radical Mayor was
elected by 75 majority.
? In Troy, New York, the Democrats have car
ried the charter election.
Judge Moody, of the St. Louis Circuit Court,
on trial boforo the joint session of the Missouri
Legislature, has been found guilty.
The citizens of Boston have subscribed
810,000 for tho relief of .the destitute at the
South.'] '
In Tennessee, Brownlow has* issued an order
to organize a volunteer force to serve three
* years under his command, and act. as military
1 police to preserve peaco and protect the people.
^Admiral Raphael Sennncs has assumed ' the
position of editor-in-chief of the Memphis JSnl-.
' letin, and will be assisted by the former editor,
Colonel*L. J. Dupre,
-Jenrtl from the -Kcoiccc- Courier that
Perry Durham, who has been under the sen
tence of death'1 for the murder of Colonel Thos.
Miller has had his punishment" commuted by
Governor Orr to imprisonment in the 'peniten
tiary for life.
A colored man has been made a clerk in the
Treasury Department at Washington, lie was
formerly President Lincoln's barber, and his
appointment is believed to be* the first instance
on record of a colered man's obtaining a clerk
ship yndcr the Government.
Any ono, says the Augusta Constitutionalist,
who has over taken au oath to support the
? Constitution of the United States?no matter
?.when?that advocates the Sherman Bill, which
fras been passed by both Houses of the Thirty
nii'tk Congress over the President's veto, i3
morvlly guilty of perjury.
A "Washington dispatch says : "Surratfc will
doubtless' prove an alibi on the night of the
assassination. He" was unquestionably implica
ted in tho original conspiracy for the abduction
of President Lincoln, but that was changed to
an assassination plot but a few hours before the
bloody deed was Committed.
The Now York Stock Exchange held a
a meeting Friday morning and passed the fol
lowing resolution :
... "Resolved, That a donation of $5,000 he
-made for the purchase of^ food and, PJtjlfir. tut*
|h5S8RrTCs'ot iirc1 for the atiffe.ring poor of the
L South, and that the same be nlaccd for that
purpose in the hands of the ?Southern Belief
Commission."
We learn from a private tolcgrar.i received
in this city that Brevet Major-Genera.1 B. O.
Tyler has been confirmed as Assistant Q'uarter
lnastcr General of the Department of the &.>uth.
"We arc also informed that General Sick les
will leave Washington on the 5th for Charles
ton, and that he will assume command of the
Second Military District, lately known as the
Sovereign States of North and South Caro
lina.? Charleston Mercury.
The Charleston Mercury of the 2d inst says:
.'?The negro Horace Grecly suffered the extreme
penalty of the law at half-past eleven o'clock
yesterday morning, in the yard of the jail in
this city. Besides the officials only a small
number of persons were present. Grcclcy made
no confession, and died with scarcely a strug
gle. His body was not claimed, and was inter
red on yesterday afternoon. Grcely was at
tended during his confinement by the Rev. Mr.
Quigley.
We loom from tho Charleston Courier that
on Saturday evening a lady while walking in
Laurens-street was accosted by a negro who re
quested her to change two dollars. She refused
to comply and walked on, but was considerably
alarmed when her arm was jerked and her
reticule forcibly taken away. Three negro
men who wore together- were seen to run oil',
but on account of the lateness of the hour no
pursuit was made and they escaped with their
booty.
From the Columbia Carolinian wo learn
that the bills receivable are somewhat firmer
than they have been during the past month,
owing, no doubt, to the fact that taxes arc be
ing paid, and a considerable amount has thus
been withdrawn from circulation. There also
appears to be Jess apprehension than formerly
with reference to any change in our State gov
ernment under tho new law by which we arc
hereafter to be controlled.
Th New York Assembly, on Wednesday,
says the Express, voted down a proposition to
let negroes hi that State vote for delegates to
tho Constitutional Convention. Yofca majority
of this same' New York Legislature are in favor
of thrusting negro suffrage upon their country
men in the South:?and not only that, but, in
favor, also, of keoping them out of tho Union
until they consent to it.
Tho, xpueetlon of accepting the proposed
amendment to the Federal Constitution was
l'submitted, at the opening of the session of the
Massachusetts Legislature, to a special com
mittee ? f that body. Tho majority of this
committee report against tho amendment.
They say, at the outset, that "it is not enough
for a Massachusetts Legislature that other
States have ratified a proposed amendment'
''Massachusetts cau afford to stand alone upon
her convictions, but she cannot afford to 'fol
low tho multitude to do ovil.' "
? The bureau agents have so educated tho
frccdmcu in Texas, that they will neither work,
or do anything but gather about tho towns and
cities in idleness. And when tUo vagrant laws
are enforced 'against tho uuistlncc they havo
thus been instrumental in creating, said agents
immediately raise a howl over "cruelties to the
poor negro" and fill tho radical papers with
misrepresentation and cxagoratiou thereon.
Iu Atlanta at a large public meeting, to con
sider the condition of the country, resolutions
approving Sherman's bill and the course recom
mended by Governor Brown wcro rejected.
The meeting then divided. The minority will
hold a meeting to-night. The majority reor
ganized, and passed resolutions counseling quiet
submission, characterizing the bill as harsh and
unjust, and approving the noble course of Pres
ident Johnson. Tho resolutions declare that
tho Southern people should not barter their
honor and rights by accepting the terms of the
bill, and they further recommend that the
Southern Governors take steps to test the con
stitutionality of the bill.
THE ORANGEBURG NEWS.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1S?7.
The Military Bill.
' P . , ? ? .
As usual, the overtures of misguided South
ern men for a compromise with the Radical
party have had the cfi'cct of all previous conces
sions on the part of the South. The hands of
the fanatical and unprincipled majority in Con
gress, have been strengthened, and the result
is the Bill which has just been passed over the
Presidential veto. This measure virtually re
educes the Southern States to the position of
conquered provinces, and subjects us to all the
frigors of martial law. The Brigadier-General
who assumes command of the States of North
and South Carolina, is by that law authorized
[to dispense with courts of justice, and establish
I Military-Commissions and Provost Courts in
jtheir stead. lie has in his hands the life:
(liberty and property of every citizen, denizen
'or resident within the limits of his military
district. lie is clothed with all the powers of
a despot; and no Eastern Satrap ever exercised
more absolute sway, than is accorded to the
commander of a Federal Brigade.
Under this state of affairs, what is our des
tiny? We cannot read the future, but,
"Coming events cast their shadows before,''
*and we may prejwro^ PjU^gglySS trt** BXPCCJfc tho
i.worst. The faction in Congress, powerful in
their numbers, are prepared to override all
Constitutional bounds, and to sacrifice all tho
interests of the Nation, and the Union itself
upon the altar of party. If the Military sys
tem works to their satisfaction; if they find in
these governors of their creation ready and
willing tools tor their nefarious designs, wc
may expect confiscation and impeachment of
the President to fellow in the train of these
events. With such convenient courts of judi
cature to decide in their favor, as Military
Commissions like those which murdered Muh
ford in New Orleans, and Mrs. Surratt in
Washington, under the forms of martial law,
they exu accomplish all their fell designs.
Upon a conquered people, powerless to resist
any spoliation, deprived of all privileges except
that of being taxed for the support of their
conquerors, the concentrated hatred of North
ern Radicals towards tho South can now be let
loose with impunity, und desolation nnd'dcstruc
tion ride rampant over our devoted land.
I And to avert these evils, what can wo do?
i Absolutely nothing. Wc ca?i only submit with
tho heroic fortitude of despair. To this ex
tremity have the results of unsuccessful war
reduced a brave and noble people But one
'thing all the machinery of tyranny cannot ac
complish. It cannot compel us to tick tho
(hands that smite us, or to lend any co-ope.ration
Uo tho achievement of our degradation. It
cannot make us give our consent to the investi
ture of frccdmcu with the rights of suffrage. We
have dipped the proud escutcheon of Carolina
in the crimson of bid tie, and though conquered,
it is untarnished with any baser hue; we will
not defile its bright colors with the sable bar
sinister of an inferior race. No! rather let its
whole face be blotted out, and write upon it as
the motto id" our desolation?Vak.YictIS.
-???>??? ? ?
Is Cotton King?
In tho first days of our late fruitless attempt
to vindicate our rights of self government, one
of the many banners flaring to the breczo amid
the booming of tho cannon and the shouts of
the* enthusiastic people, bore the proud inscrip
tion?"Cotton is Kino." During the pro
gress of tho war which followed, in many a
gloomy hour, a Syren hope whispered of "For
eign intervention" and repeated tho words so
gratifying to our self-esteem,?"Cotton is
Kino." And now muco the return of a ?n7i?
tarypeace the tame sound is buzzed about our
ears, the same acclamation is borne on the
breezes of popular favor, tho
Cotton is enthroned in tho hearts of
and his snow-whito favors aro. souk
eager and blind devotion. And
purpose is this court paid to tli*j
staple of our- Slate ? In the day^
cultivation of cotton with ;sluyo hil
exceedingly lucrativo business to ot
and then it was with reason that" ?
people turned their eyes towards tltl
production as of the most vital in?
prosperity of our State. But now,1
the serious consideration of the
41
i(T King
iur people,
;ith an
li good
Ice-great
old, the
was an
planters,
10 whole
nrticlo of
it to the
demands
frriculturul- I
than to
it into
ffpenses
icy and
and ex
community whether it is not much.y^re impor
tant to raise the cereals in profus!
raise cotton, and then alter turui
uionoy, and paying commissions a*?.
on it, to bo compelled to take that
I buy corn from abroad, and pay frcijj
penscs on that also.
How much better to raisojho corc"JRt home,
and in such abundance, as to alw^Hgtvc some
to .-pare, which c an at any lime h'--Wonverted
into ready cash. We earnestly caleRe tten
tion of our readers to this subjecfc^Wet thorn
make the calculation for themselves fEnd they
will come to the same conclusion nffffre have
done, that Cotton, though formerVfKino, is
now bereit of his royal power, and ciJi no lon
ger sustain his subjects in their lilcgiance,
while Cohn is rising into a position o%itnporial
power. 1 AU hail, then to the crops!of golden
corn! But the seed in the soil, pronto kind
Heaven for prosperous seasons, and the yellow
harvest will briug smiling plenty to the land.
YVasliiiiglon News.
FKDRUARY 28.?In debate in tli^Sonato.
Sumncr accused Secretary McCulloen ^ni' false- j
hood in his statement of his inability ;to\bcure
Revenue officers in the South who wcfWalle to
take the required oath. Sherman retdiftedpas
sionately, characterizing Sumner's lanjjuaso as
not particularly gentlemanly and totally false.
Chandler echoed Sumncr, and iudulgcujiu epi
thets that were characterized by Fessendcn as
foul-mouthed abuse, 'flic scene grew out oft he
amendment striking out the pay of Southern
officers.
J. D. B. Bellow, editor of Oelioio^t Jfcvictr,
died here to-day. aged forty-seven ye^ij
MARCH 1.?The Senate took up the
the Colorado Hill, but failed to p iss it
veto. The consideration of the Tax Bl
then resumed, and the vote on rcmoyiij
Cotton T?x>flStj?ost by?.a tie.
/The Ho"mc. iv\iBomJuittQR^_
theT)'cf?*lujmy Bill, adopted a provision tmit no
alain.iS be considered frotn these who participa
ted in the rebellion, and rejected the appropri
ation for the White House.
An amendment, appropriating ?.~>0,Ot)IJ to
Liberia, was next oil'ecd. A proposition to
withhold it. until white men were allowed to vote
created considerable merriment,when the whole
matter was post posed.
The President has proclaimed Nebraska a
State in the Union.
MAlton 2.? in the Sen-to the Bankrupt
Bill passed, and was sent to the President. In
the House, the veto message, on the .Military
Bill was read, and the Bill was passed over the
veto by a vote of Lb) to 47.
MARCH 8.?Tho Tax Pill, as finally passed,
fixes the Tax on Cotton at 2-1 cents per pound.
MARCH I.?The Bankrupt 1 >i11 is a law
Colfax is Speaker of the Mouse again.
[The New Congress assembled at 12 M.
without members from Couiicticut, California
Kentucky, Khod: Island, New Hampshire and
Tennessee. The last Congress bad one hun
dred and eighty-four members; twenty-nine id'
these scats in the new Congress arc vacant by
reason of the States above-named not yet hav
ing held their elections. Of course the South
ern States are unrepresented. It is supposed
that after a session of a week or two, an ad
journment will take place until the middle of
May,by which time elections will have been
held in Connecticut, New Hampshire and
Rhode Island.]
March 5.?It was formally announced lo
both Houses of Congress that the President
had no communication to make. Hoyutou wan
clouted chaplain of the House. Among the
nominees for that position was Carson Hrown
low.
I'hc New York JfrraM's special says there
is a delegation from South Carolina already
here, cou'erring with the President relative to
tin Brigadier Bill.
Congress will push the impeachment investi
gation,
Alexandria negroes claim the rieht lo vote in
to-day's municipal election under Sherman's
Hill. Tho Chronicle of this city urges them to
vote, and threatens those who, by violence or
mistaken apprehensions of the law, shall pre
vent them.
The Election Commissioners sent delegates
here to consult the authorities. Cameron said
in response to Seword, that if Johnson had
have been a wise man he would have signed
the Reconstruction Hill, and thus have gotten
himself back into his old harness, lie might
then, perhaps, have been forgiven some wrong
done during the last four months, but it was
now too lato to forgive him.
MAltCII (>.?Sherman's and the Tenure Office
bill wore officially published by tho State De
partment to-day.
In tho Senate, Mr Suninor introduced n bill ,
to guarantee a republican govornmont that
would protect loyal people of tho South.
A joint resolution declaring the municipal
offices of Alexandria vacant in consequence of
disobedience, was passed.
In tho House the Utah delegate was sworu
in.
Butler and Logan favor special committee on
impeachment. The Ohio delegation caucusscd,
subject unknown. The New York delegation
favored the reference of impeachment to a
special committee, und favor a recess until
May.
[CONTttlliUTED.]
WhiJl's and Whims.
No. 3.
Yes, the proper study of mankind, is Man.
So sajs Mr. Pope,?that's just what I say.
too: but that creation is such a queer, paradox
ical animal. Bid you ever understand the un
feathered biped? Au il hin character could be
learned:?his nature biassed by any rule? We
hear of man through books, wo see the writer s
ideality of man; we stand aside,?admire,?re
I vcrc-?and love the standard,?model being.
And thus the uninitiated look at man,?so uo
ble and generous; so strong and yet so gentle.
Conio now, let us peep behind tho scene,
and take the scalpel with us. Yes, Squire Lcc,
you men arc awkward: admit it, won't ?you;'
We women (though*! say'it, who should not)?
manipulate with greater ease. We draw,?
we''Write,?wc run the gamut so frequently,
that*our lingers acquire celerity; and f. had al
most forgotten those long pantaloon seams that
give us .ample practice, and thc?c darrit soc/m
that demand our attention., Cive*us an affir
mative, won't you? Men arc more aiclnrard!!
And what says the Squire.?Well, you women
think so, because you are so conceited!?Von
You don't understand Spanish and so I say?
vCorissima !" Who would have thought?
The fault to which ourselves arc prone,
We think that others also own. ?
Squire Lee, that paragon of a man. to say
that tronnn were conceited. l*urilouucz moi;
j mcthinks the boot is on the other legv 'Women
conceited :?poor dilapidated mortals, as if their
fathers, brothers and husbands would tolerate
them iu any such guise; they'd^soon learn the
folly of such .pretension. The idea of their
entertaining a notion of talent or importance
beyond the hotels of the kitchen. Venturing
on any gift, not at the option of those lords of
creation, I'roilii/ons! Tremeujus!
Blow your trumpet gentlemen, toot aieay
We'll hear you after awhile ; and we'll unite.
Incomparable Beings. More's the pity, there
a'tenot more of them as honest as the
Squire. 1 like every mother's son ofthein, the
ibetter, for owning an err r; and thus by sug
gesting their shortcomings, give us another in-_
Ltj^t falfe UApnLi-frnl.hii Ihn , ni i j r l&it I ft 'li
Who would have remembered that theif were
conceited, bad not that taunting remark un
folded tin: truth. Ah! friend Lee, you must
not accuse others lo excuse yourself. Wonder,
if I'm cross to-day ;?it's excessively cold, and
I will only remind you: those who lice in ofass
houses, need not throe: stones.
DAISY DALE.
Www VYkw.
Our Charleston Letter
Chahi.kstox, March 6, lSi>7.
Mu. Kurn.ti : As was anticipated. Sher
man's Military Hill, despite the President's
veto and the silent protest of'tllC Constitution,
received last Saturday, the requisite vote of
both Houses of Congress, and became a law.
The President will, of course, be compelled to
execute its provisions,and the Southern States,
to-day, theoretically military provinces, will
soon practically realize in all their force, the
control of the bayonet, and the horrors of ah
irresponsible despotism. What a sad commen
tary on our waning Republicanism ! Ten
States, seven of them occupying prominent po
sitions in the Revolution id' '7b. and participa
ting in t'ae original formation of the Govern
ment, deprived by the liat of an external fac
tion of their ancient civil rights and sovereign
ly, ami converted into satrapies: ??() Liberty!
what crimes arc not committed in thy name!"
The new.-was received here by the white
population with an equanimity bordering on
indiUcreilCC. No one was disappointed, and
besides, the discipline of the late war. and our
political sufferings since its closo, base devel
oped our powers of stern endurance. The ne
groes, however, have exhibited l. i symptoms of
indifference. The Radical cmissnriiw in our
midst have probably fully instilled into them
an exalttid appreciation id' their new c Uidition,
and they more than realize the dignity of en
franchisement. Their churches have been
dressed with garlands of evergreen and laurel,
and to-day they convened in enthusiastic masses,
as an old negro said, "to praise God for suf
frage."
Of the sentiments of the whites in regard to
accepting as a filial antecedent of reconstruc
tion the terms of this Act. and passing the re
quired Constitutional Amendment, 1 cannot
reliably inform you. 1 have beard some who
were willing to make the concession of pride
and principle, as a matter of expediency, while
others with whom 1 have discussed "the situa
tion." still believe in maintaining a passive dv?
nicanor. Tho Dnilt/ iVcws has taken ground
with the first class; the Mercury throws its in
fluence with tho opposition; the Courier is
non-committal.
The proposed call for a Convention will, I
suppose, soon be made, but iu what shape, or
from what source it will emanate, in my lack of
pro-science 1 am unable to say?when it is
I made, and the issue is brought squarely before
I the people, the entire subject should receive tho
.careful, earnest and dMpassioncd'consideration
which it deserves. ? ? " ,
There is "one measure, of which, iu view of
political power how in tho hands, of tho newly
franehiscd clement of our communities, I j do ?
not hesitate to declare myself .an advocate. It
is this: our people losing bo opportunities
must exert themselves to the utmost to retain
or regain the entire coufidenco of tho negroes
and thus guide their suffrage. This is policy,
this is our only salvation.' Jf'pride revolta at
this, pride must he sacrificed. ' l'ho negro in
his ignorance and inexperience,* will appeal to
the whites for guidance, and the question for
us'to answer is this : Shall we direct them, or
shall the agents of tho Radical party :' -Uu^?t
our control, their exercise of suffrage will he
harmless, under tho direction of our enemies it
will convert our South into a pandemonium,
and render expatriation a necessity.
{ The United States troop's in our State .are
about to bo reinforced. Two regiments of
colored Infantry, (the 40th and 44th,) arc now
on the way here. Colonel Miles, who, at,
l<ortro?* Monroe, as jailor of President Davis,
won for lr^insclf no enviable reputation, com
mands tho latter regiment; the namo of the
Colonel of the former, I have not learned.
Barracks arc now being const runted at the
Race Course, for the accomodation of such
companies as will be retained here. It is not
unlikely that Orangeburg will again be afflict
ed with tho presence and pernicious influence
'of the Nation's sable pet soldiers.
Horace Grcolcy, on Friday-last, "suffered at
the gallows the just pcnalty*of his diabolical
crime in murdering ono of our most esteemed
citizens. The execution was of as private a
nature as possible, none being permitted to en
ter the tho Jail enclosure, but those whos? du
ties demanded their attendance.- Several hun
dred persons, however, obeying a morbid curi
osity, gathered without, and from trees and
other elevations, witnessed the tragic closing'of
a mortal's life. 'Grceley, I am (told, met his
fate with remarkable composure. Just before
he was launched into eternity, he asked for
water, of which he took several mouthfuls.
Tidings of the loss of the Andalusia, one of
the steamers on the regular mail lino between
this City and New* York, haveiust been re
ceived here. She took Gre off Capo Hattcras,
and was completely destroyed. Twelve of
those on board, including the Purser, Mr.
Lid ward North, a popular and prominent young
man of our City, are missing, and it is feared
lost. This is tho fourth steamer plying be
tween Charleston aud Northern Poris, which
has been lost during the past four months.
Dr. Duncan, of Virginia, one of the most
eloquent divines of the Methodist Church
South, is expected to arrive here on Saturday,
and will deliver a sermon and several lectures
bofure the Young Men's Association. Dr, D.
^waa BtntioiuHpat liiclynoiuLjl^iug tho \\yr. and
is said to - have been President Davis* favorite
preacher. Those of your readers who have
ever heard him will envy us the rich treat in
store for us.
The seasons seem to have halted their march;
aud we are retrograding into winter. Yester
day morning the weather became quite cool,
and to-day fires and overcoats are pleasant
companions. DE LT A.
inmem 0 ri a mT^
'?Mourn not the dead?'tis i hey ulone
Who are the peaceful and the free;
The purest olive brunch is known
To twine tiround the cyprr.-s tree."
Company A. 5th So. Ca., Cavalry.
KILLED.
Private A. S. Di kes, Old Pocotaligo, October
22, 1S?2.
i; S. S. Waltz, Virginia, May 2S. 180-1.
Sergeant Richard M. glaze, Trcvillian, Ya.,
June 11. 1804.
Private ?. J. Fann, Trcvillian, Ya. June 11.
" 1S64.
" J. F. (}. Gates, Trcvillian, Va., June
11, 18o4.
" .T. 1). Gissen danneu, Trcvillian, Ya.,
June 11, 186*4.
'? Fi M. MoORER, Trcvillian, Va., June
11, 1SG4.
" Daniel R. Felder, Hath's Run, Va.,
August 2:i, 1801.
" (). R. FELKLL, Near Petersburg, Va.,
October 27. 1804.
?? D. C. Hill, March 10, 1SG5.
died from wounds.
Private P. A. FELDER, wounded iu battle May
Pi. 18(11. died iu Hospital June 28, 1804.
Private HOWARD D. Da.NTZLER, wounded in
battle June 1, died hospital June 2. 1804.
Private P. M. HUFFMAN, wounded in battle
June 11, 1804, died in hospital. Juno 15,
1SG4.
Lieut. \V. T. S.MOKE, wounded in battle, June
12, 1804, died in hospital, June 28. 1804.
died IN PRISON.
Private J. W. A rant.
Sergeant D. S. ll.VHil.ER.
DIED FROM OTHER CAUSES.
Private John L. Gl.A'/K, McPhcrsouville hos
pital July 22, 1802.?Typhoid fever.
Private P. J. McCaNTS, Camp at Poeataligo.
April 11, 1803.?Congestion of Drain.
Lieut. P. D. Rush, At home May 24, 1803.?
Typhoid fever.
Private John E. Funchbss, Charleston hos
pital, June 20, 18011.?Typhoid fever.
Private K. R. Jackson, Columbia hospital
September 27, 1803.?Typhoid fever.
Private 1). P. RoWMAN, Hospital N. C. Sep
tember 10, 1804.?Measles.
Private T. A. SlOlITLER, At home.?Typhoid
fever.
Private J. R. Dantzler, Discharged the ser
vice and died at homo, 1804.
Private (!. D. Tilley, S.urvided the war and
died at home. 1804.?Wnmout constitution
The President
ri?ito ou tlie
JMIJ.
The'following Jan abstract of
,i,.?Cu vutn'iiu +J^?*tiljiury billj* 8P
Yot^?ccnintf Pi
[lurch 2.?Ti>o
jrof tho Rcconstru
[Iouse>t. ten luinu
Icrnoon. It wan li
?ntion.
hi
dent's vetojon thl
graphed to the
WAaiiiNoroN^
the President's
wnfc begun in thoj
two o'clock this
With respectful oj
i Tho uiessag6' olns'Very mildly, apt
Congress as a putintio body, aud asscrtit
State GoycrnineiH in the South arc ya\
in operation, j \
The President ftieu proceeds ^to del
the biU as coere-%, -witnout prcCcdout
,trary to*"1 the CotBitution and to hut
and despotic. Hdlrgucs at length agaij
luilitary part of tnjjlnll, declaring that (
turns which imposamilitary governmontsfi^on
the States lately ii|rebellion would estftfuh
an absolute despotiftu, reducing the whoU
ulationofthe Sou|h to abjoct and degtjjjed
slavery. J
He goes on to cdpparc tho condition ofttho
Southern Stutes, Under such a law as|jiBt
with that of IIunLry, Poland, and Irclfcd,
and of the oouuilics under the rule ofihe
French Directory;{ and further declares Jat
there is no "power Under the Constitution o
United Stixes toddfjptor.cxecutc Buch a niej
as this. \
The bill, he sayt| reduces the Sout
people to a condition of vassalage, yet it]
been passed in a time of peace, when all
laws of the United' arc enforced and ol
There is no foreigjB/invaSion, no dotnesticj
surrection, therefore there can be no
law.
He then quotes the decision of the Unit
States Supremo Court in the Mulligan case, ai
the minority report of Chief, Justice Chase"
the same case. >
The United States, he says, must guaranty i
all the States a RopnbMcan form of government
but this bill abolishes every vestige of such
government. |
The President utters a remonstrance ngaii
Africanizing the southern part of our territory?
and contends that the purpose aud object of
this bill is to change the entire structure ai
character of the State Governments. The
.grous. he says, have not asked for the priyih
I of voting, and do not know what it means; a
he adds that according to this bill the constiti
tional amendment has notyct abolished
He then recommends tl\e immediate admis
sion of loyal representatives from Souther
States to seats in Congress.
At present, he says, the Southern States aroij
denied the right of .representation; and when]
uhe next Congressimeets, sixteen States will bdj
[without a voice. This he argues, should induce
Congress to pause! in a course of legislation,
which, looking solemnly to the attainment Oi
political ends, fa Us to consider the rights it
ions it imperils. ("
TAXNOTICE
T ) THE TAX PAYERS OF ORANGE
PARISH.
IWILL ATTEND ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS,
nt the followiug places, to Assess nnd Receive Re
turns of Taxable property, and all other returns, in
clu'ding Capitation, as required by law:
On Monday, April 1, nt Felder's.
" Tuesday, 2, " Four Holes.
" Wednesday, 8, " Juuiison's.
4,
f>.
6,
8,
?,
10,
11,
12,
1??.
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday,
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Thursday, '
Friday,
Saturday,
Cdurt week,
Monday,
Tuesday,
" F.lliott's.
" Zeigler's.
" Dull Swamp.
" Gleaton's.
Brown's.
" Tyler's. <
" Holies'.
" CorbittsYtUe.
" Eastcrlin's Mill.
" 16 to 20th at Orangcburg.
April 29, at Cedar Grove.
" 80, ? ltowc's Pump.
Wed'y .V Thursday, May 1 & 2 Branchville.
I will also utteud nt Orangcburg daily, during the
weeek ending May 11, when the General Tax Books
will he closed, and those failing to niuko returns will
he Double Taxed.
The following is a list of Taxable Property, Re- i
turns. &c,: Lands, Lots aud Buildiuga, Articles I
manufactured in this State, return to be made by
manufacturer Spirituous Liquors made and sold,
buggies. Carriages, Gold and Silver Plate, Watches, .
Jewelry and Pianos, Professions, Employments, &e.,
including Newspapers, Insurance, Express nnd Tele
graph Companies, Photographers, Incomes from
Salaries, Rents, Interests, &c, Saw, Flour and Grist
Mills. Hotels. Restaurants, Butchers, Billiard Tubles
and bar-Rooms, Ferries, Public Hacks, Drays, and
baggage Wagons, Dogs, except one for each Plan
tation or inhabited Lot in Town or Village, a Capi
tation Tux on all Males between the ages of twenty
one and fifty, and on nil Sales of Goods, Wares and
Merchandise made from the 1st day of January,
18G0, to 1st day of January, 1807, and from 1st clay
of January, 18(17, to 1st day of January, 1H08.
Returns of Spirituous Liquors and of Goods,
Wares and Mercb???h'se. sold since 1st January,
1SU7. will ne made for the Quarter ending with
.March, and paid at the expiration of euch Quarter.
The final Returns of the Quarterly Tax will bo
taken during Court Week at Orangcburg, and tho
books will bo closed on the 20th of April.
Every Employer will make Returns of the names
of all Persons that are employed by him.
All Returns of Property will be made in person
and under Oath, and paid in the District whore tho
Properly is located, and no returns will be received
hy mail, or otherwise, unless sworn to according to
law.
Taxes will he paid only in Gold nnd Silver coin,
United States Treasury Notes, or notes declared to
ho a legal tender hy the Government of the United
Stales, or notes of National Banks, or tho bills re
ceivable of this State, or pay certificates of Jurors
and Constables for attendance on tho Courts.
JfHSf" Residents of the Town of Orangeburg are
requested to make their Quarterly anil General Re
turns on Wednesday and Thursday of Court We<?1;
P. VV. FA!K1CY,
Assessor and Tax Collector of Orange Parish,
mar !* m t] '
An Ordinance.
DE IT ORDAIND, BY THE INTENDANT AND
I > Wardens of the Town of Orangcburg in Coun
cil Assembled,
That hereafter any Transient Person or itinerant
Salesman offering or exposing for sale, any goods,
wares and mcrohondl. . \*y himself or agents, with,
in the Corporate Limits of the said Town, at Publio
Auction, shall be subject to a tax of three percent,
upon all Sales so roadc. I.) be used for the benefit of
the Town of Orangcburg, uforetflid.
Ratified this 5tW dny of March, in the Year of our
Lord one thousand eight .hundred ami sixty
seven, and in the 01st year of the >'</w'v-i(,|1't v
and Independence of tho Tailed,
America. JAMES F.
Jouv A. Hamilton, Clerk,
innr 0 ? '. s ? v ,|