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TMS? 0RAN4352BURG NEWS, PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT ORANGEBURG, S. 0. K&to of F\ibixeation on Market-Street over tht Pott Office. 8AMUEL DIBBLE, Editor. TIIOIL C. DIBBLE, Associate Editor. ?HARLES n. BALL, Publisher. R?ABING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE. The Election 0! jTjif f | u H Wo eopv tho followinc from the Marion Pawed off quietly at all tho Polls in the PMtrict, and there is a majority of thirteen or thereabout for tho adoption of . the Constitu . tjoa., We have not the official returns from tho different Registration Boards, and cannot if tho whole Radical Ticket is elected, 'being scats doubt with regard to one or . But thoro is no doubt about one .thing, /.j^m J$$ieal Ticket has been elected solely by the failure to vote of white men who call them : selves Conservative. The Registration lists show that many-white men failed to vote, and that in this District the rule of the white' race can be maintained but for the treachery of white men. Ii an ignorant, q?ateron adven turer, without any interest in the District and without the slightest claim to moral or mental qualification for the post, is to represent in the Senate it is not the fault of the I negro but of tho white meu who would not go to the Pdb. . We shall not say what we think of such men. Wo leave them to the judgment of their White neighbors, and to ? their own conscience. The day is not far. dis ? tant when they will tool, if thoy do not how, their guilt to its whole extent. What can such men think of themselves in comparison with the fifty or sixty colored men in the Dis trict, who having been honestly convinced that intelligence and character ought to rule, Went forward and openly voted the Conserva tive Ticket7 ' They defied the threats of the Union League and acted honestly on their convictions.? HONOR TO THEM AND THKY ARB HONORED. The white gentlemen of the District will stand by them to to tho last, and there is many a de luded fool who has followed the Radical pack, who will envy them their hone?t courage and the friends they have won by it. Time will show the difference between tho promises of the demagogues who are leading the poor ne groes to their ruin, and the promises of men of character and honor. And time will show anothor thing. Men who have made contracts will not break them * hut we warn negroes who have voted the Radi cal Ticket in defianoe of the warning and ad vice of their true friends, to be very certain that they are securing Radical friends upon whom they can depend when thoy are in trou ble. Justivc is the right of Man from Man. Friendship goes by favor, and the white men will understand that the Radical negroes are banded together by hostility to the whites and the hope of plundering and ruining them. We know die Radical Leaders know how vain are your hopes, and how false are their promises. The apples they offer you, will turn to aahes in yo"ic mouths, but don't expect to como to consorvativea lor aid, when you find you ire belayed.. You,have made your bed ?lie on it. We intend to help our friends, .and let. our .enemies help themselves. The white man who befriends a Radical is as vile as a Radical, and the intelligent publio of this country will treat him as such. We advise both white and black to ponder this thorough Butler's Harangue. $k#$?4<jb?ul srsicn history tub court or1 IfWBAOHMBRT. . . Mr. Butler hoped ibe couosel would be. re-! quired.to go on. He would bo glad, to have Mr. Stanbery hero, but there were,four coun sel-present and they could go on with the case. There.'' uld bo no waiting for sick men or Sick women. Already tho President's counsel had occupied thirty-three dnys. Their appli cations for time had been granted over and over again. The whole legislation of the country was stopped, the taxes needed imme diate attention, and yet tho wholo country was to Wait the convenience of the President and his counsel. The interests of the people were greater than those of any one man, and they should not wait nOw for tho siokness of any one man. Ho had testimony hero in his hand of what was going on in the South. Aod when this great criminal is gotten out of the way, these murders will eease. [Ap plause in the galleries.] Even now, this very day, your register of bankruptcy in Alabama is driven ft Sm his home, and is unable to per form his duties. Then, since this trial begun, Moglnnle, whom you rejected as unworthy of j an office, has, by Authority of the President, %*an Belling government gold, In New York, at a- los? of 812,000 to the government, which' he has put iu4o bis poofcet, and has also boon buy ing the government bonds under the same au thority, and Is paying higher thaw the- market jpsiee for them. Out of all this monoy are* the people of this country being defrauded. For She safety of tho finances?for the safety of tho true loyal meu, black and white, in the South?-forallthat4s dear to every patriot! and man? lot this trial prococd with no fur ther delay, Wo, by command of the House of | Representatives, havo presented this great criminal at your bar; we believe ho is guilty, find We believe we con prove him to be so, but if you decide him innocent let him go. But if from his corruptions, if from his violations of the lew, if from his betrayal of the liberties en trusted to him all these wrongs proceeded, let us have au end of it. After all the delays which have been granted, and tbc managers thought they had boon very courteous and polite in according to the requests of counsel, all that they now asked waa that this trial should go on. Let us contrast the delay which has attended the progress of thia great trial with a great {State trial in England, where the court eat from nine in the morning until one at night He waa not now complaining of the delay which had been granted by the Senate, but only conti ??uBg the English trial with tho courtesies shown to this criminal and his counsel. They had been threatened that these delays would he availed of. Mr. James Brooks, in the House of Representatives (it waa in the Globs), and Senators could see it, had threate ned that the friends of the President would make this trial last until next March, that they would hold the Senate to all the forms, and there was no doubt that this was the pro gramme. He (Mr. B.) nover picked up a mail that be did not read of the murder of Union men in the South.' He begged pardon if be had spoken with warmth, but it was impossible not to have some feeling over the wrongs whioh had been perpetrated. He would not speak now of the threats whioh had been made against high officers of tho Senate and himself and the other managers, for the dis charge, of their doty. Ho did not think they were in any danger. There was an old Scotch proverb which said the threatened dog is always long lived. [Laugter.j He would only conclude by saying that all these crimes, all these' murders, all these outrages on deeeney, would cease when this man was out of the whrto House. [Subdued applause in the galleries.] THE ORANGEBURG NEWS. SATURDAY. APRIL 25,1868. While ire reserve to ourselves the right of defi ning our own political position by means of our editorial columns, we will be pleased to publish \ contributions from our fellow-citizens upon the yrave Questions which now agitate the public mind, wh*t\er. their opinions coincide with ours or not. A district newspaper, we consider, should, be an index of the various shades of pop ular sentiment in the section of country in which it circulates. Our columns are open, therefore, for any communications properly written, aectmi panted by a responsible name, not personal in their charaetert nor absolutely injurious in their tendency. No Breathing Time. After a period of excitement, there is neces sarily a reaction. But we must not waste a moment now. We must re-enter tho field for another contest. The first conflict is over but wo cannot stack arms, or take our repose. Fall into lino,?beat the long roll,?and to action again I Tho current of eventa is rapid and we must not lag boh ind them. The Rolls of the Conservative P.;rty are being filled with names, but let us not stop at thia. We must perfect our organisation ; and prepare for an other election, which will soon bo upon us. i We are glad to notice the formation of local Democratic Clubs in different neighborhoods, let them be organised at every poll; and let their rolls contain the names of every Conser vative Voter in the vicinity, without a single exception. We have entered now upon the canvass, and let us do nothing halfway. Num bers of tho more sensible colored people will co-oporato with us, if the matter is properly presented to their notice; and it ia for these local associations to effect this Important result. Wo think it very accessary that we should work with energy and unanimity, and in the fuii confidence of ultimate success. We see the TRIUMPH of the RIGHT ahead of us: and wo are willing to strive for it, biding our time, an never despairing of tho result. Tho short-sighted demagogues, who are sacrificing thoir principles upon the alter of a mistaken interest, exphemeral as it if" disgraceful; the deluded victims of carpet-bag politicians, who vainly imagine themselves the permanent rulers of the Palmetto State;?these may flourish for awhile :?-but their foundations are on tho sand; and the storm will soon come, which will sweep away the unsightly edifice thoy have erected j and the TEMPLE of LIBERTY, based on the rock of eternal jus tice, will rise in more than Grecian beauty in our midst. ? ? ? WWII ll l The Election in the State. Official returns from bc vent con Districts give Fon Constitution - ? 46,650 Against ?? ... 13,627 Radical Majority, - - - - 33,023. Ton other Pistrice are heard from, and among thorn Oconeoy Spartanburg and Ander son? give Psmoeralio majorities; and m Marion whore* taw Radicals oarriod the elect ion by f 3 majority, tbore* fa a protest el the etoclk>?, for Radld&l frauds. Five offVer fMatrlets are not yet hoard from. ? ... .Mm.it-awB?-^<aaat?-?-?~?' The puhllo lands in Alaska are said to ex tend to 365,000,000 of acres. Many of theso ftcrcs arc preserved iw ice, [FOR TIIK OHANaKUUBO HR^s.] BranciiviHo Letter. ?1 ?* A v?, j\yin to, 1000. Jtfr. Editor ? Wo have Lad quite a ei owded Street since the morning of 14th inatan? Tho Inegroes seem not to have satisfied their thirst, un casting the Eagle into the box, bat lounge {about the street the greater portion of the day. Their anxiety has been undoubtedly aroused to its acme, in Performance of what they seem to consider their meet sacred duty. Many made ^thoir entry. into the Vil'ago with the dawn of y on the morning of the 14th, notwithatand g the inclemency of the weather, a goodly numbor hail from 15 to 20 miles distant; and ivouacked near the Village on the night of 3th, through apprehension (tbey say) of a penalty being inflicted, in ease of their non-at tendanoe on the first day of the election. The greater portion of the votes taken on. the- first day were negroes. On the second day wo were cheered by the appearance of a goodly num ber of whites, who came iu spite of the ? incle mency of tho weather. E ' r?. We have been assured by some of the* most intelligent negroes, they they have east their votes against the Constitution?yet they seem to fear the "League," and desire to do it se cretly. One negro asserted it as his right and intention to take the life of any negro, whom ho know to vote against the Constitution. Thoy are linked together as by a mighty ohain, inseparable by influence. They heed not the j white man's warning. At the opening of the polls on the 14th, the negroes were warned by one of the most promi nent mombcra of the "League," should they be handed a ticket by any white man, instant ly to commit it to the flames. Many arc so ignorant as to believe the white men $ are not allowed to vote the Radical tioket. TJiey are so duped by those carpet-bag-copper-colored office-seekers that thoy have long since refused to believe anything the white people tells them in regard to political matters. Thoy no longer make it a secret, that every thing that is told them by any person except their own party, is through an ill design, and to work their utter ruin. But ah 1 ill-fated and short-sighted ne gro, the hour of retribution will come. Many f the farmers have resolved to render assist nco to the negro no longer, as tho negro feel no gratitude towards the white men jwho ren der him any assistance, but ntherahink it '??~:^? Washington News. | April 20.?Tho Court of Claims have de cided fifty-four Cotton cases, under the seizure and abandonment law, in favor of claimants. Tho judgment in forty of whioh was rendered during the present term. The amounts of each case, varies from $10,000 to $123,000, Randolph L. Mott, securing tho highest claims. The claims aggregate 8623,000. The close of impeachment is not expected before the middle of next week. Sergeant Bates' festival was enthusiastic, and tho ceremonies at the Washington monu ment were beautiful. Bates was loaded with presents from the ladies and citizens. In tho Senate information was called for re garding the detention of tho steamer Sabino, at New London, alleged for political purposes. Proceeded to Impeachment. The managers are introducing documentary evidence. Blodgett's indictment was offered. Butler offered Blodgett's answer. Evarta objected, that Blodgett was not on trial here. Butler proceeded to state orally what ho intended to prove. Chase ordered|it to be reduced to writ ing. Batter protested. Chaso insisted, and Butler is now waiting. Impeachment continues. Tho Senate re fused to admit Blodgett's papers, and Butler appealing for Blodgett, said, he had never been able to got his case before the Sonate, and jus tice should be dono him; Blodgett was only a Captain of a rebel militia company, and an unwilling one. Blodgett would sv. _ar that he waa known in Augusta, and was elected by his neighbors, to make a constitution for Georgia, He was mado Mayor of Augusta, by Pope. Butler did not doubt, when Georgia was ad mitted, that Blodgett would tako his seat here with the proudest of us. Butler then offered the nominations of Sherman and Thomas, to Brevet-Generalship, claiming that it was ad missible under th? tenth article. The Sonate refused 14 to 35 yeas. Anthony, Cole, Fes senden, Fowler, Grimes, Henderson, Morton, Rons, Sumner, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willy, and Yatcs?14. Both parties an nounced tbfj evidence closed. Chase ordered tho prosecution to proceed with the argument. Boutwell not being ready askod adjournment until Friday. Tho defence asked until Wed nesday, in view of Stanbcry's sickness. Bout well sec nded the request, and after hearing and rejecting an appeal from Logan to print his argumont, tho court adjourned until Wed nesday. Tho Senate wont into Executive Session and adjourned to Wednesday, i la tho House Senate's appropriation for im peachment was considered, EMridge said it was evidqnt that $10,000 would not defray the expenses of tho impeachment trial, and he thought this was ft mpro blind, Why did not the committee come out boldly end say that th;a wcs a mere bagatelle to operate on the pnblio mind. Waahburoe said that if another' apnroprinatJoa was required, he vo?!d vote ab* it, and he believed it would he worth $100,000 to pay the expense. Eldridgo asked if ho un derstood that the gentleman would giro $100,000 to make tho impeachment trial a suc cess. Washburno had not said that exactly, but what he meant was that if the impeach ment waa a success, it would worth not 9100,. 000, but $100,000,000 to tbta country, in greater security to persons and property. Ap plause in the galleries. Eldridge said that he exported as much, that his money was tobe used to success. He would not vote a dollar for such a purpose. Washburne aaid that he would not be misrepresented, but he would re iterate that he believes the country would be benefitted, to the amount of milieus of dollars, by the removal of the usurper and tyrant from the White House. The bill was passed. Apbil 21.?In the House, Mr. Banks' Bill, protecting naturalised citizens abroad, was amended by a provision allowing tho President to withdraw the commercial relations of the United States from offending nations, and ex empting ambassadors, consuls and agents from the list of persons whom the President is per mitted to incarcerate in retaliation. It waa passed by a vote of 99 to 6. The pressure , upon the Senators who are Un committed on the subject of impeachment, is tremendous and comes from all quarters. The apprehension of the President's friends is in creasing. The new municipal officers of Alexandria, Virginia, qualified to-day. None of them are negroes neither are any of them native Vitrgie. ians. In tho House, to-day, Mr. Robinson offered a resolution recalling tho Managers of Impeach ment and abandoning it. The Speaker declared that this was a ques tion of privilege, but that, under the ruling of the Speaker, or of a majority of the House, the House could refuse to consider it even as a question of privilege. The House, by a strict party vote, refused to corridor the resolution. The Postoffice Committee was instructed to enquire into the expediency of the Govern ment securing the control of the telegraph lines of the country. An amendment to tho Bankrupt Law, ex tending the time for auch as could not pay fifty cents on the dollar to tho first day of January, 1869j was adopted. Armi. 22.?In tho Impeachment trial a mo tion was finally passed allowing unlimited speeches, oral or written by the managers and defence. The galleries are crammed. Curtis has announced that It is doubtful whethor Stunbery will be able to take any further part in the trial, and Groo beck will follow Routwell. The Senate, after a half doxen propositions had boon voted down, adopted tho following : that as many of the managers, and counsel for tho Piesidcnt, as desire to do so, be permit ted to file arguments, or oddreas tho Senate orally. Chase ordered Boutwell to proceed. Boutwell said that the Chief Magistrate of the principal jRcpublic in the world wbh on trial, and the object of the proceeding was not the punishment for offences, but the safety of the State. The issues between the President and the House of Representatives are technical and limited, namely, whether Johnson violated the constitution and laws in removing Stanton and appointing Thomas. Boutwell sets forth the evils, probably, following the acknowledgement of the President's power to remove officers at his pleasure. He mentioned that sovereignty rested with tho people, who vested it in Con gress, whereas the Executive and Judicial are denied all discretionary or implied power. Congress can adopt and administer to the con dition of national life, whereas the President is governed by the prinoiples which govern the judge of the court. The President- must ad minister the law aa he finds it, withont ques tioning legislative wisdom. The President can make no inquiry regarding constitutionality, A puhlie officer can neither plead nor prove good motives for nullifying the law. Tho President violated the law, and the Senate can enter into no inquiry regarding the violation of the laws or the constitution. Boutwell denies the President's desire to bring the question be fore the court, Hb pretextfuliy exposed that this object waa to seise officers of the govern ment, and, by their influence reconstruct the Union in tho interests of the rebellious States. No criminal was ever arraigned who offered a more unsatisfactory excuse for his crimes. He argues that Stanton's removal and Grant's ap pointment was an acknowledgement of tho le gality of tho Tenure of Office bill, behind whioh the. President could not go. The subsequent attempt to remove Stanton, unauthorised by the constitution and violation of the President's oath of office, requires a verdiet of guilty under tho firstartiole. The Cabinet's advioe was no advice. It was tho advice of servants to their master. Boutwell discussed the constitution, and praetice of removals, elosing his argument with none of the predecessors of Mr. Johnson from Genoral Washington to Mr. Lincoln, ever claimed the power to remove a oivil officer during the sessie i of the Senate without its consent. He claimed that the act of 1795, even if tho right claimed under it waa valid, was repicaled by tho act of 1863. Boutwell argued in*favor of the constitutionality of tho tenure of office act, claiming that Johnson was serving Lincoln's term, and that the law cov ered Stanton. He says the President seems to have been under the influence of a criminal pvupo.se, to destroy Grant as well as remove Stai.ton, and attempted to carry out his pur pose by various and traitorous methods, at tempting to seduce Sherman and General G, N. Thomas, and used General L* Thomas. The nomination of Swing was a part of the old game. He' was 79 years old and would gladly vacate hia office at any time, leaving it in the hands of Johnson's tool. There Is no reason to suppose that the present Secretary of the Treasury would not yield to any soheme Johnson might undertake. Regarding the President's speeches, he said that the House did not arraign the President for slandering Congress or for any purpose of protection, but that a man uttering such words Is unfit for the office. After narrating the President's recon struction course, Boutwell says the House brought this great criminal to your bar upon! the conviction that the country was in peril. Boutwell concludes: The House of Represen tatives have presented this criminal at your bar with e^ual confidence in his guilt and in your disposition to administer exact justice be tween him and .the people of the United States. His conviction is the triumph of law, justice and order. I don't contemplate his acquittal ?-it is impossible. You don't look beyond; but, Senators, the people of America will never permit a usurping executive to break'down the securities for liberty provided by the constitu tion. The cause of the country is in your hands; your verdict of guilty is peace to our beloved land. April 23.?In the Impeachment Court Mr. Boutwell concluded his argument. After a recess, Mr. Nelson, of Tennessee, spoke extemporaneously- He alluded to the magnitude of the eecasion, and feared his ability to treat it properly. The managers had eharged Mr. Johnson with an evil nature and wickedness, and characterized him as a desti tute of character. He gave the President's biography in refutation of these charges and aspersions. Mr. Nelson claimed that Congress had justi fied the President's policy in its primary re cognition of Virginia. He argued the judi cial character of tho Senate, and denounced the claim of the Managers that the Senate was a law unto itself, and could convict a man on common fame as one dangerous to the country. Senators oaths showed that they were bound by laws. He denounced as grossly improper the managers' pi3a that the people demanded conviction, and "that tho public pulse beat fit fully whilst they delayed it." Murder S? BansvreH The B^n.eU -S^frrrf ptris tU&Uvw?% particulars of the murder of Mr. Martin at Allendale lit that District, on the 9th imtt "Mr. Martin, & appears, was acting in the capacity of .an overseer on the plantation of Mr. Richardson, and had gtved orders to the hands under his charge, that the mules and horses when through ploughing* musi be takes to the etable and attended to, and not left hitched on *!>e wa*M&*. One fellow in partis ular, paid no attention to these orders, and hitched bis horao or mulo near a negro house, leaving him unattended to, disobeying Mr. Martin, and anxious, no doubt, to create ? disturbance. Mr. M. seeing the horse stand ing hitched, after giving these orders, went thore for the purpose of remonstrating with die fellow, when he was mot by a colored woman who used the nest abusive and threat ening language towards him, whsreepon he struck her several blows. A negro fellow ob seeing it sprang to her assistance, hoe in hand, and when in the act of striking Martin, he. was fired upon, and shot through bio nose. Martin then tried to make his escape, but was pursued by dozens of them, who bad collected, with dogs, and aimed to the teeth, and swearing to kill him. He wes fired on several time, but succeeded in reaching the house of a Mr. Mallard, where ho was followed by this band of brutes, some thirty in number, and despite the entreaties of Mr. Mallard and wife, forced their way into the house, and there murdered bim. After shooting and beating him to death, and while he was reek ing in his blood, these savage brutes, some thirty in number, proposed cutting him in pieces and each one taking some of his flesh. Some fourteen or fifteen of the number arc now confined in our jail, awaiting their trial?the others are still at large." ' The Sentinel also contains the ft d to wing account of another murder committed in that District last week: "A man in the lower part of the District, about the Beaufort line named Youmans, Hilled another named Williams, last week. Youmans, it appears, lost some hogs, a abort time since, and being of a superstitions nature, waited crpon a fortune teller in the neighborhood, who informed him that this* man, Williams, had stolen them. On the word jfoT"the fortune-teller, he set out for Williams, and on meeting him told him that his ho^a were missing, and that ho believed ho (Willi ams,) had stolen them. Perhaps the lie was given. The charge, was, however, a serious one, and soptmvokiug that WilliuniB knocked him down, and as wo are informed gave him a severe whipping. He got up and told Williama that he had Whipped him, but that be still believed he atole bis hogs. He wan again whipped, but still believed that Willi ame had committed the theft. The accused cfrtawg ?'rmmf Is Im *t?Ij-<l 4tunj, no. yr-o ort> St.frS med, when Youmans drew a knife and stab bed him causing his death in a short while. Williams has always borne a good character, and is said to be a quiet, inoffensive man." Not Genurau.t Known.?Martin Tan Buren is the only man who held the offices ?-f President, "Vice President, Minister to England Governor of his own State, and me rub cr of both houses of Congress. thomas H. B ento.f is the only man who held a scat in the United States Senate ihr thirty consecutive years. The only instance of father and son.in the \ United States Senate at the same time, is that Hon, Henry Donos, Senator from Wisconsin and his son, Augustus 0. Dobob, Senator from Iowa. General James Shields is the I only man who ever represented two States in the United (Hates Senate. ' At one time he was Senator from Illinois and subsequently from Minnesota. Jonn Quincy Ar?AM? held posi tions under the Government during every ad ministration from that of W asuinoton to that of Polk, during which he died. He had been Minister to England, member of both bonos* of Congress, Secretary of St?te and' President of the United States. He died while* mem ber of the House of Representatives. Death or A Mikek.?Peter Hendrickson, [ a man seventy-six years of age, was found dead in his room at No. 58,. Wiliett-street, New York, on 1 uesday. The room in which he lived was found in a very filthy condition, and m b?ndle of stf?TT had iervea the purpose ox s bed.- There were no chairs or table, and the remnants of his last meal, consisting of water and stale bread, were found on the Soor. On j his body were several bank books, deeds, bonds and mortgages and treasury notes, representing ; $20,000. He was also tbe owner of a house and lot valued at 325,000. Hendrickson was a native of New York, and had followed the occupation of a junk man. The carpet baggers of Richmond are get ting very sensitive about having the initials , 0. B. M. put after their names. Here is what one of them recently said at a Loyal League meeting: "Gentlemen, 1 am tired of thestd d?n rebel newspaper.) calling vm carpet has; men. I have therefore bought that trunk, and tho next one who calls me C. B. M. (carpet bag man) I'll tell him of this trunk and dash the insinuation back into his teeth. A few weeks since a man approached tho rope to which is attached the balloon in which everybody in Paris Its; making ascensions. He drew a knife when tho attendant asked him bis intention. "My wife," he replied "is up in that baloon, and I'd give a hundred franca for the privilege of cutting the rope." The, offer of the monster was refused^