Currently you are checking to see if a column is orderable in order to perform a global search. You should instead be checking to see if it is searchable.
On https://github.com/bllim/laravel4-datatables-package/blob/master/src/Bllim/Datatables/Datatables.php#L517
Change: if (isset($columns_copy[$i]) && $this->input['columns'][$i]['orderable'] == "true")
To: if (isset($columns_copy[$i]) && $this->input['columns'][$i]['searchable'] == "true")