The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-17

Tho victory of the Americans was re-
ccived with tremendous enthusiasm, and
they were the recipients of tho most
distinguished honors from the populNce
and their competitors. The contest has
been marked by the most fraternal feel
ing on all sides. The American rifle
E1en have been treated with the utmost
consideration by their hosts, and even
the sting of defeat has not caused any
suspension of the friendly intercourse
A PRIVATE soldier! of Prof. Jenney's
escort, in his geological survey Of the
Black Hills, writes That he found gold
by means of a pick and shovel, while
the geologiBts were trying 10 find it by
scientific principles. His advice is that
those desirouB Of going gold-hunting
should hold themselves i'll readiness,
and the instant the Indian treaty is an
nulled to hasten on. The party had
encountered three mining camps on
French creek. They were panning out
about $40 a day., each, and wero of the
opinion that, when they get their work
ing apparatus in good order, they will
be ablo tomako $50 Ii day. Tho soldier
had washed four pans of dirt and got
about five cents to the pan of scale gold,
SOME of the pieces being little larger
than pin's head. He did not have to
dig loot down for the dirt, and dcclares
that all that Cnstar told concerning the
treasures OF the country was strictly
true.
The statistical reports just published
by tho agricultural bureau indicate
widespread dieaster to- the huit-grow
ing interest, as will DO seen from the
following notes: Insect depredations
are recorded only i'll Maine, i'll some
counties Of which caterpillars were
troublesome. In New England gene
rally the crops were late, and in some
parts tendency to simultaneous
blooming excited remark. In the
middle, southern aud western states
generally, The climatic conditions were
very unfavorablc. The severity of the
winter has not only destroyed tho fruit
germs, hut also the trees. The cold
stnp Duu ppfIIS -ou1u1tvt tfio- -1uui,o |
of this injury, and heavy late frosts in
many places destroyed what had sur
vived the winter. In some cases it is
noted that the plums stood tho aeverity
of tho senson better than other sorts of
fruit. Grapes in many cases escaped
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vineyards of several sections were
greatly depleted by tho extreme cold.
Small fruits were less severely affected
and aro reported as producing very
luxuriantly. ts
CJTi. BoUDINoT. who has just returned
from the Indian Territory, says twenty
seven murder cases have just been dis-
posed of by the United States district
court ut Fort Smith, Ark, before which
NIL criminal business from the Indian
nation comes. Out of this number
there woro eight convictions for murder
in the first degree. Seven Of those
convicted, including two boys, one
seventeen, The other nineteen years,
both arc to bo hanged together OIL the
Sd OF September next. The eighth one,
negro, was killed after conviction
while attempting to escape, Much out
lnwry prevails in tho Indian Territory,
and ten men lave been killed in the
vicinity of Fort Smith within q few
months. A very bitter contest is now
going on in the Cherokee nation for the
position of chief Of tho nation between
the Ross and Downing parties, and it is
alleged conspiracy and secret nssnssina-
tion are rifo: Gel. w. P. Rose, present
chief, is candidate for reelection, and
a man named Thompson il. the candi-
date OF the Downing party.
Capt. Jas. B. Eadcs has; writton n
letter to President Grant and secretary
of war Belknap, advising them of the
progress OF tho jetties at the South Puss.
The main point in the letter is that pro-
yisional works, enc thousand feet long,
arc already constructed on the line of
the east jetty, and being pushed seaward
at the rate of two hundred feet per day.
Two hundred mechanics and lnborers
and four piledriving machines are of
work and n large quantity of stone and
other material are ready at hand: Ad-
ditional accommodations are being pre-
pared, and in short the working force
will be largely increased. Telegraphic
communication has been established be-