"JO MAKE SYRUP FROM CHINESE SUGAR
CANE. .
W. Toeney, Eq.', of riafaufa, communi
cates tlie following interestingaml instruct
ive article to the Southern Cultivator: '
The ' Manufacture if Sorgho or Confede
rate Syrup. My direction are for fanner
ami planters whit hart nut, cannot, and
would nut, get the elaborate.apparatus of a
sugar house j but there are essential fixture,
&.C., -whirli must be had, to wit: a mill,
b iler. a bailing dipper of wood of live
gallon capacity, with a long handle, a com
inun dipper, and perforated ladles or skim
mers. The Ji Gel one mill for fifty acres,
sittl twu for a hundred acre or mure ; the
j.r, 18 inches iii diameter, and 24 lung,
lr tti cylinders. They should be cast
in n ; the foundries make them to order.
' Vie foiVcrt.- They shull be' propor
tioned in ue'and number to the ie of
Ut crop; sjv one fur twenty acre, tw or
l in fur fifty acre, and lie'or six for one
Im. nd r rd acre, more or les. A mmvit
five or nit can be put in one battery, and
operated by one turnace, mining under
all.
The capacity of the boiieri can be great
ly increaed by fattening a wooden rim
right or ten inches high around their tops.
'The brick work of the furnace huald not
each higher on the inside than midway of
the boiler, otherwise the syrup will be
burnt by the fire.
The cane should not be cut until ripe,
which iHy be known ty the seed becoming
At a puipiiii black, and the talk streaked
m it K rnl.on a vellowisii ground. It i
writ t know an J recollect tlut the cane,
.1 it'li 1imIiii on the land when (her
;row, wnh all their lea- or fodder on
t!fn. w dl keep good until the crop is matt
ulociurett, if you wiH barely cut orT all tl.e
i ipe seed, ii you pull the fodder lite cane
will ttrjr up, it being the mouth and lung
!( he plant.
The (i ul htrin vf the Cuntt. I'ull the
fodder a you do torn fodder, each day a
nti itnd your cate. Cut the stalks close
to the ground with sharp hors, and haul
tiiem tu the mill with the seed ou, with a
-..nil crop, but cut ett oil' in the field if a
larr one, dry the panicles hi the nun on
day and. house. The seed will equal or
etc red corn on the same (ami, and contain
ins by chemical 'diialysis CG per cent, of
statrli,' i about two-thirds the value ol
vi ii or rye for feeding stock, or, " harrti'
a rtJtTnt"it making whUky, and will
coioinand out dollar per bushel hi the mar
ket. ' " '
The juice m pressed out by the mill
should run through cloths fattened over
lii tecriving tuba to clear it uf all trah.
'To Clarify the Jttitt.Vui the juice in
the laigest boi'cr, nearly filling it, and
ail a gentle tire under it, and put the
juire totiinmering not boiling ud keep
it mi about thirty minutes until clarified.
This is In b rdected by
otuu alkali ill solution.
The best alkali fur tii purpuxi is the
irr crbonateof rod. Tot one hCiping
njp.Mitiful in a pint of water, dioolve it,
.m.i pour it nit' t'te boiler of mhhium ing
j'lu'c, 'ir it up, and 4 mien t iffei v e renc
plate, r 1111, f"ur i uhesliih, an l ii.
i"!ly settling in a thick rvfin!i scum all
otrr the nirtUce vf the juue. Miim this
oil', and irpeit the proti'M etery lew mi
nutes, lor about thirty minutes, more or
less ; but stop it as soon as but not before,
all ctl'f rmctnce cesses.
The prce will ncutiati.e the sulphur
ic and phosphoric acids which abound in
the Chiiitsc sugsr cane juice; and the su
per carbonate of soda is the purest and
best alkati for this purpose, at scdiunt, the
bite tf the peroxyd, is lighter than water.
The pressure of the mill forces out with
the juice a great deal ef green fecutous
matter, which the alkali taken hold of. by
im- attraction oi acids, and brings ta the
surlaee as scum. These constant skim
mings will soon give you a clear itiice. ea
pablt of making a. clear, thick-acidless
syrup. This ue of soda I discovered
I8a7 by experimenting, and experience has
iuny coimrmetf its superiority over all
other alkalies.
The Louisiana and West Indian suar
planters use lime to purify the iuire.t It
will neutralize the ocid, but 1 doubt its
purifying agency. The lime will readily
u-iuc wiiii ami neutralize the phosphoric
and sulphuric acids, butare not compounds,
the sulphate of lime, or 1a.!er of Pari- b.
ing one, too heavy to elevate the 'green,
v.ouy maiier to ine sertace t I think so,
and lor this reason, unless vou wish t eat
plaster of Paris, in Mechanical solution in
your syrup, do not use lime in Tour cane
juice. .
I am lortified in theie views, against the
use of lime to clarity and purify syrup, by
l)r, Robert Uattey, one or the ablest prac
tical -gricultural chemists in Georgia. He
av deliberately" Lime answers no use
ful purple far as syrup is concerned,
sae toneatralize the fiee acid whu h exits
naturally in the cane. Lime darken the
color, aid t my taste, detracts from the
grateful flavor "ol the syrup." I re-jret
that Dr. Battey did notso farther and give
the rrasoe why' lime does n.-t clarifv, I
havn already suggested the npfciMc gravi.
ty.asa bae; as being too heavy, as the
lesson.
If soda cannot b had, have res'dy strong
ley IrWn rreen hickory ahes. This alka
line solution i the next bent to that of so
da, and apply it in the same way.
Alter the juice is both neutralieed of its
free acids and purified of it fecu la, which
may be seen and known by the cessation id
rflVrvTseenee and the trausnareneV of rli
jolce, then boil down to the syrup point.
in ine aurnce ul instruments, whieh
cannot now be had.be sure you boil enough.
ii is saier to err bv hoilin tou much than
not
came in, bad weather and died, and he had
given up his efforts to raise them. Since
the war commenced, he has gone to raisin"
sheep, and wiih perfect success. Now, he
says he has his aheep looked after and car
ed for and in coliUrainy weather has them
sheltered in his gin house lot. At ni-ht,
they are all brought up and penned. In
the summer season they grow fat on briars,
broom sedge, .&c. Last fall he had his peas
and pea vines carefully gathered and with
these-.haa kept his sheep fat all the winter.
Since-giving his sheep this, little attention,
they h-c rapidly increased. The dogs of
hi neighbors do not. bother them. His
Ismbs and idd sheep don't die, but thrive
and yield him ehandsome income.
We have no doubt but thousands of far
mers with similar ettbrta would be crown
ed with abundant success. Sheep are verv
prolific, easily raised, and could soon fur
nish the whole country with wool that is
now much needed, if the farmers would
only d their duty. Come, gentlemen,
Kive this matter your proper attention, so
that our soldiers and our children canhave
plenty of warm woollen clothing. Anil
then a nice piece of fat mutton will mix
adm irably with one dollar bacon.
One word more : a worthless iW tht ;
of no use will eat more than it wnulil met
tu raise a half dozen sheep.
Souther Vonfedtraey.
DEECHER ON STONEWALL" JACKSON.
The following from a late number nf tU
N. York Independent is tuDDOsed to be from
the pen of Henry .Ward Beecher.
"A brave snd honest foe has fallen!
Thomas Jefferson Jackson lias died nf
wound received in the confusion nf the
battle of Chancellorsvilte at the hands of
his own men! There is not left another
. - --- -
man in the outh to take his nlace. and
Richmond papers scarcely exaggerate when
they say that the Confederacy could better
nave lost ntiv -tnousanu men. lionrf in
counsel, his peculiar excellence was in the
ineiu. we Know or nn man on either side
in
, -ni, r ., . neiu. we Know or nn man on either sid
t enugli. Aa general cuide, vou have ,u . - i w -e - ,. . .
ui h vr . n,i.,.,;..., i,....,.. "anon ig an army.
adfii'iiisiei 1114
to
Sioulh ever paiil anv attention to it hereto
1 m. 0 .
will give rtiuiu general rules hich
lnuld be observed.
1. Iioil down until the svrup is nbout
one fiHli of tin original quantity of juice,
for, it is true that lite gallons of juice will
average one gallon of syrup.
2. Hxil doMii until the wyrup, being re
duced to' about one -fi It'll of. its original
quant Mr, will bang in Hake on the rim of
the dipper as you pour it out and suspend
it in e air.
3. Roil down until all water i expelled.
This rosy bp seen and known when the
sv rup, beieg reduced to'aloiut one-fifth its
original juice, throws up jets sowe six
inches high; this Utter is the water escap
ing as steam x continue to boil uutil thee
Ijets ceae, then strike off your syrup into
tuos. ami when ro-il barrel it.
The Jhrrrts. -Put up your syrup in cy
preni barreTs; white o-k barrels Mil nut
hold yrup. Sev real Urge planter put '
tiieir MMp in poplar troughs Thee ill
hold Hie vrup, but the oxygen id the ,i
moypheia will certatnlr. a it h;i iUue.
j f "lily it, j it thus lu much nutiace 10
art on.
j In conclusion : the Chinese siisar mdlet
is an indjiiij plmit of gicat utility tu the
South in thrsc odr timei ol trial, bli.tka' e
and war. Its Imfder U enual to that id
... , . , r itiv, 1 neii, awion ueioic 111c uust was
iorn.it eeil i emial to two-tlim!-. of tnm.i 1 ! . .1 . . .1 1.:. .
, . , ' , : iui upon iue warpaui, ui lat-- was asain
and it. syrup ne-ily equal to that of soger , jwlrik fnen' s. an,, he wa reidjf8f
Wum. m..fa.r, jirlJtns a-i many g. lot.,, rtfnetteJ cunfljp w)l0,e ouJ w$ in
his work. He had nodoubts nor parleying
within himself. He put the whole force of
his being in his blows for the worst cause
man ever fought for, as few of our generals
have ever learned to do for the best cause
for which trumpet ever sounded. Hence
forth we know him no wore after the flesh.
Ha is do longer a foe. We tlnnk of him
now as a noble minded gentleman, a rare
and eminent Christian I For years he has
been, an active member of the Presbyterian
Church, of which he was a ruling elder.
He never, in all the occupit'.ons of the
camp, or temptations of campaigns, lost the
" We are in some resnects better iuda
of his military talents than Southern men,
since we felt the blows which they only
saw ueait. it is certain that no other man
has impressed the imagination of our sol-
diers and the whole community so much as
lie. An unknown name at the beginning
of the war, save to his brother officers, and
to hi cla.es in the military school at Lex
ineton. Virginia, his footstens were earli
est in the field Irom which now .death has
withdrawn tnem. But in two years he has
made his name familiar in every civilized
land on the globe as a general of rare skill,
resource and energy.
' Nu other general of the South could
develop so much power out of the slender
and nrecarious means, bv the fervid in&hi-
ration of his own mind, as Jackson. He
had absolute control f his-men, seeming
almost to fjrtcin.ite them. He drove them
through marches long and difficult, without
resources, feeding them as best he coulJ ;
he delivered battles as a thunder cloud
dUclure bdts and, if the fortune of
war were against hun, then, with even
more remarkable skill than in advancing,
he held his men -together in retreat, and
with extraordinary address and courage,
eluded ruriiit. sometimes fiirhiinT. some
times tiering, till he brought oflbi forces
salelv. Then, almost before the dust was
n - j p
ul syrup pet; acre as the lands can pecks vf
com.
loiTsijEFp.
The difficulty of procuring goods from
abroad and the high prices for wool, we
are pleased to learn is producing the de
sired effect in inducing the people tu raise
sheep
We had an interview with an intelligent
fanner from Middle (Jeorgia, who has re
cently turned his ailcittiou to this nutter.
Before the war his neighbor' dogs killed
his grown sheep, and his lambs stwjys
fervor of his piety, or remitted hi Chris
tian duties. - .
We know thaf before every important
move he spent much time in prayer. He
had so put his "teoul ia the keeping of his
Master that he fras relieved from ail thought,
of self, and had the whole power of his life
ready for his work. Officers of Fremont's
army who pursued him in his famous re
treat from .the Shenandoah Valley, found
him' to be greatly beloved ty the common
Deonle. amon? whom, in former tima Ka
had labored, in prayer meetings, in tem,-
C"-"" mciiiigs iuu in every cnnsiian
word and work. No wonder he fought
well along a region whose topography he
had mapped down with prayers, exhorta
tions and Christian labor. '
" He was unselfish. He fought neither
for reputation now, nor for future personal
advancement. . He therefore did net fall
into the ruinous habits of our generals, who
are always neglecting to do the things that
can be done because they are small, but
sauander time and mon ml' ntianxa ;n
getting ready for great battles, which elude
them or defeat them. He incessantly
struck on the right and on the left, and
kept alive the fire in the hearts of the ill
rlad, poorly fed and overworked men by
the excitement of entemrise and the rnn.
stant'relish of victories, small in detail, but
wnose sum was all important.
"Let no man sunno'se that the Knrth
will triumph over a fallen son with insult-
ing gratutations! I 0 where else will the
name of Jackson be more hennrcd. Nnt
for the adhesion to the cause of slaverr.
uuk iui ins uuiarnisneu personal cnaracter,
for his devout piety, and for his military
genius." . .
Fim the Daily Progreu.
.uABEAS CORPUS,
(is- via XATtta 0 mititr.) . - -The
facts of this case bring it within the
decision in "the matter of frvin." Tht
decision is put on the ground that the Con
scription Act 01 September, 1862, does net
embrace substitutes. And sn theanBfina
growing out of the' regulations prescribed
K Iks V riar.a.n..a tA .l l
Stitute harnmps ttihiprt tit milif irtr i.;..
j-w. owi r ivtj
the exemption of the principal shallexpire,"
It seems to me that anr one accusfompJ
to judicial investigation cannot read the
act and fail to come to the conclusion that
it does nut embrace volunteers snrl ..K.;
- - - - MMW SUWal-"
tutes who were already bound to serve for
I. A ... A . a A OV L . i ! .
i " i , a oiuercu. coiisiruciion isexciua-
ed br the words used, and is inconsUtent
and repugnant to its provisions.
The President is authorized " to call out
and place in military urvice all white men.
&lc." The words 0 call out" and place in
military service" are not applicable to men
who are already In the military service for
the war: no legislation was necessary ta
make soldiers, of them. If only a part is
called for provision, is made for taking
" those who are between the aire nf 35 nf
any other age less than 45," can- this be
applicable to volunteers and substitutes:
It is further nrovided that "thoe nailed
out under this act, and the act to which it
is an amendment, shall be first and imme
diately ordered to fill to their maximum,
number the companies, battalions, &c,
from the respective Slates, &c, the sur
nlus. &c. This sunnases that the volun.
- - rr
teers and substitutes composing the compa
nies are to remain in the field, snd the
compsnies and battalions are to be filled
ud br these who are ordered into service
under the Conscript Act.
Again, bow can the regulation that all
eonserinta are to be sent tt camns nf Sn.
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struction be applicable to volunteers and
substitutes? Are they to be taken from
the army and sent to camps of instruction ?
Certainly not, because they are not cMIs-l
out and placed in the military service un
der the Conscription Acts, but are bourn1
for tbc war by force of the origici.1 cpa
tractsofenlisimmts. '
I am informed tflat, soon after the Con
scription Act of April, a regulation was
made fur thedischaigeof all volunteers for
the war whowsrs over thaageof S5;aad