The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-31

The Baltimore American says the
grasshoppers have made their appear
ancc in Frederick county, Nd, where
clover and rye crops are particularly
abundant.
The Chinese have, for the first time,
whipped the Formosan savnges. These
nborigincs number 10000 only, and yet
they have kept in terror about two
millions of Chinese settlers.
THE revenue officials have abandoned
tho idca Of placing revenue stamp no
every cigar, and smokers can still inhalo
tho drcamful vapor without tho dis
comfort of the burnt paper taste.
JAY GOULD intends to remain king of
Wall street. Hc proclaims his power
by allowing tho New York Tribune to
publish the facts that he owns 100000
shares Of the Union Pacific stock. The
present value of this amount of stock is
a7,500,000; but no doubt much Of it is
bought with borrowed money, and hold
on margin. Gould is of Jersey birth,
and is now past sixty. He was brought
up n leather dealer in what is called
"The Swamp"
ORDERS have been sent hy Gen. Terry
TO the commander at Fort Randall, to
expedite the departure of cavalry
force Mt that point, under orders to
proceed direct to the Black Fills, and
bring out all persons found there with
out authority. Meantime, so far ms we
can observe, the gold excitement seems
to have almost entirely died out.
THE monument for Edgar Allan Pces
hitherto neglected grave will be COM
pleted in October. A small stone half
foot high and three inches square now
marks the poets resting place in tho
Baltimore graveyard. The new monu-
ment will be surmounted by bust of
Poe, which is said to be IN accurate
likeness.
In addition to tho shortage in the
United States treasury caused by the
thoft of the ss47, 500 package, there is
$1,000 shortage in the redemption di-
vision, which was discovered in January.
This was reported by treasurer New
when he took charge. Otherwise the
funds are all straight, and Spinner is to
be congratulated.
APRoPos of the recent shipment of
Florida fruit direct to Chicago, the
Mobile Register says that, with some
Improvement in railroad facilities and
proper cooperation among the ship
pers, prudent and industrious farmers
could realize more from vegetable
gardens in Alabama in six weeks than
they could make in a twelve month
upon an Iowa or Illinois farm.
The British government has fulfilled
it's pledge to appoint royal commission
10 inquire into the subject of vivisec-
tional experiments. The instructions
to the commission are to inquire into
the practice of subjecting 1.-Two animals
10 experiments for scientific purposes,
and to consider and report what meas
ures. if any, it may be desirable to take
in respect to any such practice.
Mr.. JOHN BRIGHT writes thus sensi-
bly, 10 n Glasgow workingman GA
book, and not II smuii ore, might be
mado up of the strangc doings of the
trado unions. Monopoly is hard to
teach. and I fear the workingmon will
only learn through suffering, and they
may do mischief wlIioh cannot after
ward be repaired" The advice applies
equally we'll i'll this country. and the
recent Pennsylvania coal tro lblcs afford
an apt illustration of it's truth.
KING GEORGE, of Greece, seems to be
in an unhappy predicament His king.
dom is threatened with revolution he
is unpopular, and nobody takes hit
hat of to him on the streets the
queen has been insnlted, and he i.
afraid to 60 to the Hellenic Long
Branch, at Dekeleia, because he think.
il quite probable he will not be able tc
get back into his capital again. Two
Russian ships are ready at the Pircul
to carry Tim srway in case of n revol,,
tion.
THE trial of the notorious John d
Lee for completely in the Mountain
Meadow massacre of 1857 will not com,