Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-05

The pie iictions have been plenty that the
freedom, in the ful6lment of the ancient
law, d" Increase and multiply and replenish
the earth But recent census Of Charles
ton county, 5. c., shows that the colored
population, which includes all who have any
admixtare Of African blood, have increased,
in the last five and a half years, 43 per cent,
while the whites have increased only 2l4
The voters Of the county number : 1898
whites, and l. ,6s7 blacks. The population
of the city, proper, is whites, q ,52S, and
| blacks, b ,0l2. In both races, the females
are in excess of the males, but the children
show the most surprising superiority Of in
crease among the blacks. The statistics give
the increase to be nearly two to one in favor
$50 white children under six years of age,
and 1886 colored. The labor statistics also
present an encouraging state of affairs, as
there were engaged in agricultural pursuits,
mainly market gardening, 1871 whites and
5,l06 blacks. the whites cultivating "a ,lS4
acres, and the blacks, % ,092.
All the elections, lately, have been carried
by the republicans There were Ohio, Iowa,
AMI Nebraska. then. in California, the Re
ls.ii.au- reunited and defeated the Demo
Gratis in the election for judges and superin-
trndents Of schools. Last we hear from
Colorado. where the Republicans have won a
very decisive victory over the Democrats, in
an election of delegates to u constitutional
convention. So disappears the tidal wave.
The destruction Of property, by the sweep
ins fire in Virginia City, Nevada, enlarges
as the accounts come in. 1t is now set as
/ high a. - 500 900, and some failures of
/ local Insurance companies are anticipated
1 ON the other hand the estimates of the mum
her ct people turned ont OF house and home,
dinini,he4 1t is now set at three thousand,
which j. fearful number to be, as the des-
patches say they are, without roofs, food,
bed, Oh money, while hundreds lack neces-
~iry clothing. 1t is case which makes a
loud call ON tie pur-e-strings of the well
t,-to elsewhere
Chlr.,- Norlhof, the New York Herald's
correspondent, has been interviewing lead
IN politicians of Ohio and other Western
States In one case, he put this question to
"a leading Western Democrat" "DId you
really believe that Allen would carry Ohio
by 5o,00o2' The reply is worth attention.
1t was as follows
II take it for granted 10 all political cal
cuiationS, he said, THAT the mass Of the
people are rogueS. who Will vote for any
scheme which promises either plumber or the
leave to cheat each other. So believing, ]
was persuaded that Ohio would be swept
by Allen on the imitation platform. | am
hard money man. but am Democrat, and
believed that the initiation movement would
be a success for oar party. | still believe it
was god stroke IN politics, and, before
You lassh, see how small Hayes majority
H.
This leading Western Democrat, ike
many of his political associates, has faith
III hard money which will not interfere with
a rag money platform for the National Dem
ocratic party, next year, provided such
platform shall seem to them necessary to win
tho s,r.,.,-t 81 s.. rl.,,a- '' sreb a.. thav ho11