The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-02
TIMELY TOPICS

AMOUNTS paid by the national banks dur
ing the last fiscal year as Il tax on circu-
laton was S3,36G, ,S9s92.
TIE heavy rains have seriously dam
aged tho crops in Minncsota,it being es-
timated that already the loss foots up
fifteen or twenty percent. of the entire
crop Of the state.
The Indians appear to be on the war
path out in western Utah, having al
ready butehcrcd number of settlers
and miners Troops are being sent for
ward to squclch the redskins.
THE success of the new Atlantic cable
insurcs communication with Europe at
much lower rates than have heretofore
been charged. The enormous capital now
submerged beneath tho sca can only bo
made to pay low tariff and large busi
ness.
IIIE announcement that 1000 cattle
are under treatment for hoof and mouth
disease in one county in England has
been proceeded by anxious tiiscu ssions of
the spread of the contagion and of tho
rapidly increasing prices Of meat in that
country.
FRANK HARrERs threc-old colt, Ten
Brock, astonishcd the knowing ones Mt
Lexington by making the fastest
time on record for the distance,
beating the supposed invincible Bob
Woollcy. Ten Brock is by Phaeton, out
OF Nantlira, the dam OF the famous
Longfcllow.
LIE arrangements have been almost
completed i'll England for the great Pan
Anglican synod, similar to the one held in
London some years ago under the prcsi
dcncy of the late Archbishop Loungly.
The American churches will be fully rep
resented in this ccumenical council of
Anglicanism.
EMILE DE GIRARDIN has, written
eleven elaborate letters to prove that the
best thing France can do is to form an
offensive and defensive alliance with
Germany against all comcrs, especially
Russia. Only one single journal of the
FrcnclEpress is in favor of the idea he is
running. 2 -
JUDGE PARKER, whose judicial district
extends over Indian territory and a por-
tion of Arkansas, will, it is said, sentence
fourteen moro murdcrers to the gallowsht
his next term of court. They will prob
ably be hung on the same day as was the
case with the six criminals at Fort Smith
recently.
FENIASIsM has broken out under a
new name in New York. They call it
the Order or United Irish men Redi-
vivi." It's object, as detailed in the
New York paneTs. is to "gct the best
lrishmcn in its ranks. those fit for sol
diers and willing to do BATH, in securing
Irish independence" This l. IS the smell
gunpowder about it.
THE London Times gives a summary
of the failures in England during the
last three months. The liabilities of
twcncy-nine amount to Il total of $780,
100000, and their assets to $4,000, 900
Of which about one-third are regarded
as doubtful. Bat the Times has mis-
giving that this is very far from repre- :.
scnting the total losses of the late panic,
and in this view it is probably correct.
THE secret service authorities have in
formation that Il company of Italians
have gone west with a large amount of
ten-dolar counterfeit bills of the first
national bank of Philadelphia. These
colntcriclts are exceedingly dangerous.
One OF them was recently received nj
tie treasury cash room and Exchanged by
the experts for small money. The coun-
terfcit is probably the most dangerous
ext"nt. itis perfect on its face, but has
few defects on the back.
DESPITE the general depression of
business since the panic the New York
Tribune says there has beena steady i'm
rrnvemcnt in the iron business during
the present year. The statistics of the
American iron andistecl associat ton now
indicate that the production of the
whole county during the past year was
equal to that Of previous years. The
consumption of iron and steel has cx
ceedcd the general estimate.
MONTH after month the wonderful
recupcrative power of France is more
and more palpablc.' 1t is officially. de.
clared that her trade returns for the first
seven months of 1875 show an increase
in the value of exports of 260,00O, 900
francs (s52,o00,Q0o) as compared with
the corresponding period Of 1874; in the
same time the value of the imports has