The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-24

VI teu ulliliou uollbrS from tnC brltlSl
government for his Pacific cable, and
tho probabilities are that he will got it
sooner or later.
The United States has now become
the greatest silver producing country in
the world, taking precedence OF even
Mexico, which has heretofore been sup
posed to furnish two-thirds of the total
supply.
A WRITER in Backwood's Magazine
conclusively calculates that if the pub
lio debt of the civilized world goes on
increasing at lis present rate, in u quar-
ter of century tho entire revenues of
all the nations will be insufficient to
pay the interest thereon.
FoR some reason, best kno wn to them
solves, tho English riflemen will not let
the American team compete for the
Elcbo shield ut Wimbledon. Tho dis
patch says they are willing to .hnye u
Americans and eight selected from the
three English teams.
Ir is feared that tho new direct
cable is n failure. Though some time
has elapsed since it's completion was
announced, it cannot be learned that
any signals have been transmitted.
This would prove great misfortune, rs
tho other can hardly do moro than half
tho business offered.
THE government of the little kingdom
of Greece, being without money, has
hit upon an excellent means of defray-
ing the expenses of its foreign diplo-
matte service. 1t has sent IL letter to
cach Of its legations abroad, Informing
the heads of those legations that they
are Mt liberty to continue to manage
affairs rs heretofore, provided they do
it at their own expense
FRENCH journalists maintain that
England must raise bigger army if
she wants to exert any influence in
European, affairs hundred thousand
regular troops are mere bagatelle
compared with tho immense armies of
the present day. England is too near
tho continent, they think, I'd be indif-
ferent to complications IL European
politics.
ANOTHER American shootiat is loose
i'll England. We refer to Bogardus, of
Illinois, the champion pigeon slayer.
He yesterday beat m unhappy English
man matched to shoot with him, and
now, OF course, he challenges al! Eng
land, twirling his double barrcled shot
gun i'll the face ard rubbing it under
the nose, M it were, of John Bull. We
wish Bogardus would come home. He
is rather rubbing it in. Cincinnati
COn2Datrcial
HE Grelphs and Ghibbelines of tho
Cherokee nation have succeeded in get.
ting mp twenty-scven murder cases.
which were recently tried before the
United States district court at Fort
Smith, Ark. AS n result of the trial,
seven OF the semi civilized will be
hanged in batch on tho third day Of
September. This will be the largest
wholesale hanging since the execution
OF tho thirty. three Sioux Indians at
Mankato, Mimi, in 1862.
IHE recent abrogation of three
articles OF tho constitution of the Ger
man empire which brings the Roman
Catholic church in Germany in com.
plete subsection to the government, and
the severity of the Falck laws passed
IN 1873 arc showing results in the flight
OF German ccclcsiastics to the United
States. The telegraph announces the
ARRIVAL Ill New York of a large number
OF priests and nuns, who propose to
settle in illinois, where Bismarck ond
Dr. Falck can not curtal their ccclesi.
astIcai freedom. The Prussian ecclcsi.
nstlcai bills, in effect, Danish eyery
Roman Catholic from Germany.
LIE ravages of tie small. .rox arc in
crcasiDg i'll New York, AMI it is also re.
ported that there is greater danger than
usual this summer of visitation Of
yellow fever. This disease is said TO be
raging with great virulence throughout
the West Indies, and many cases have
been taken to Key West, Fla. The
season has been peculiarly adapted to
The spread Of yellow fever in Cuba. as
there have been none of the usual cold.
heavy gales called Northers," which
have acted as check to the spread of
the disease. Vessels are now due at
New York from ports where yellow fever
is known to be raging.