The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-10-16


. way, was sold under; the hammer, last
week, for s95,O00. Besides the mill
proper, the sale Included machinery, tcnc-
mcnt and storehouscs, and 1869 acres Of
ground. -
The British Arctic expedition will |
winter at Il point only $50 geographical
miles from the north pole, and the explo-
/. ,rers expect to start upon their important
mission in April. All that science and
experience can suggest has been done to
make this expedition Il success.
EXPERIMENTS prove that coffee can bic
taised in every portion of California where
the soil is congcnial. California plants
produce twenty-five shoots, while those
of Europe produce but one. The Cali
tornia soil is believed to be more favor
able, as, unlike those of European coun-
tries -itneeds no irrigation.
MORE stoves are annually manuf,c-
tured, by a single Albany firm, than. are
made in France and England combined
for the same period. They employ 600
men and a half million of capital, and
their business last year amounted to
$l,OO0,0O0. They are running to their
fullest capacity to fill orders, foreign and
domestic
PENNSYLVANIA has passed Il new law
to cover cases of abduction like that of
Charlie Ross. The. law imposes fine
not exceeding five thonsand dollars, and
Imprisonment at hard labor not exceed
ing fifteen years, on conviction of COM
pliclty i'll harboring, or concealing, or en-
ticng away, any child, either within or
without that commonwealth
y, THE population of the original thir-
teen states of the Union iii--I790, the
period of the first census, togetherAwith
n TINT OF Maine, ~ ont, Ken7tne ekN and
: Tennesseea which wete 70 snlsH from 1thie
oifgfnal thirteen, an1d admitted to the
Union subsequent to 1890, was only
3,929,2l4. The population of the same
states, in lS7O--our last census-was 10,
9N,3O9; showing a gain. of 1904, 1876
from 1890 to 1870.
PETROLEUM and arson are not the only
enemies of the Underwriters. Sparks
from lighted pipe have caused the de-
struction of many superb steamboat,
causing fearful loss of life, as well as of
valuable cargocs. gentlemanly smoker,
who throwsdown cigar stump carelessly,
is often the unknown cause" of many
fires. Cannot insurance companies de-
wise greater care in this matter, and thus
avoid many heavy losses?
The Southern Pacific railroad is meet
ing with much opposition. The change
of guagc, according to a report just made
to the Memphis chamber of commerce.
cuts Kentucky. Tennessee, Arkansas
North Mississippi, Virginia and Mary
land, OH of all chance to II participation
inits advantages. But can that be Justly
called a Southern Pacific railroad which
excludes two-thirls of the population of
the Southern states from all participation
'inifs benefits? .,
lT appears from a astatement Just Issued
by the Statistical Bureau that in the fs-
cal year ending June, 1S74--the last year
ofwhich the Bureau has made up full
returns that our domestic exports
amounted, in specie value, to over $780,
500, ,OGO. For the ,same. period of the pre-
vious decade, that ending juno 80, 1864,
the special value of the exports was but
$763, 5000, ,0OO-an increase of more than
three-fold in ten years.
FROM the discussions of the Associa-
ton of the Boards of Trade in England,
We gather the pregnant fact, that not
withstanding the balance of trade with
the world at large is in favor of Eng
land, it yet frequently happens that gold
is exported to meet balances against her
at particular periods. Another fact is
also demonstrated, and that is, that gold
is commodity which goes where it is
needed, and where it will bring the best
price.
The state railroad tax assessors of
Tennessee have just completed their la
bors at Nashville, under the law, just
enacted, which makes railroads liable to
tax for both state and county purposes.
The railroads were all allowed to choose
between being taxed II per cent. on
t heir gross earnings or 40 cents ON Che