The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, claims the largest
cotton factory in the south. Forty
buildings are in process Of erection, and
houses to the value of $3.50, 900 have been
completed this year. -.
ACCORDING to French statistician,
. more than'a thousand people have per-
ishcd by fires III theatres from the begin
ming of the nineteenth century up tosthc
present date, while the pccuniary loss
amounts to s6O,0O0,O0O
THE report that Gerald Massey, the
English poet, has become Insane is now
denied by a personal friend of his, who
says that tl.at he is now engaged on the
greatest literary work of his life.
THE st. Louis whisky dstillcrs have
yielded to the energetic pcrsistency of
Secretary Brstow, and have withdrawn
their plea Of mot guilty" filed in. the
most important counts, and by so doing
haSe forfeited the goods seized. S
!. ETnE influenza or distemper among thk..
horses has become almost universal
2 throughout the country, and, though.
not to be compared in severity to the
epidemic Of two years ago, it isrstil1. the
cause of considerable Inconvenience and
loss. We begin, also; to hearsof fatal re-,
suits ffom the disease; and 4horse-breed-
ers reportthe whole season unfavorablc
to the successful rearing ofAcplts from
the fatal prevalence of the trouble
among then1.;. ss:S.
Z The st. Louis Times, in referring to
{. thqllats visit Of Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon,
Oliver Amesend other railroad niagnatcs,.
'shSs the main object Of thcir visit,was to
,f,pcrfcct Engagements s,to run through cars
from sssherc TO San francisco via the St.
!, - Louisiana, Kansas City and eNprthcs1s
and Uriiohartd Pacific railroads withoIS
/ change, .nr!ss ndsultimately from. News ss,fS
via New York * Central through this city !.
1t lsstfttief said that thisspproject is
destined to forestall the action of the
national railroad convention toabc held
4 h here next month,.and if: possible, to kill
the Southern Pacific railroad project
81. eilvplch has many strong friends here.
The great powers of western Europe
'have exerted their combined Influence to
;, smother the Scrvian rebellion and pro
tect the dominion Of the Turk little
longer. 1t is casy to Imagine how the
Gar smiles in. his sleeve at their ical-
o"sy and the secret intrigues it leads to
:. p order TO prevent Russia from getting
foothold on the N1cditcrrancnn, cspec-
tally as eyery.ycar she isfextending her
empire to- Central Asia and throwing the
net Of her diplomacy down towards the
ocean and Persian Gulf. These flank
movements are, of vast Importance, and
If continued Il quarter of Il century will
make it Of very little moment what the
great. powers say. There is little use in
defending the front door when the enemy
has captured all the rest of thehouse.
F. WE are indebted, says the New Orleans
Times, to The state registrar of Louisiana
Tor an advance copy of table showing
the population ofLouisiana, according to
state census of 1875. I'VE present the
totals below, comparing them with the
figures of the United States census of 1860
and 1870. They show very large in
crease during the five years, but it is con-
flnedrchictly to the rural parishes, that of
Orleans, comprising the city of New Or
leans, being only 1901:
POPULATION OF THE STATE.
~. 1850. 1870 1875
E I.....;;..........3oa,l loo 362O65 40l616
Si,v6s .o'oif' ':;..'...... lS6i7 36I,2l0 450,6l1
Chinese and Indians ,'r73 GIo no .Io