The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-05-14
Bloomfield. Iowa, May 10, $500.

term Of tie District Court
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Bloomfield, Iowa, May 10, $500.
SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR CANE.
One d the editors Of The New York
Journal Of Commerce lately received =
letter from ! mis- aouaty il South Aires.
The letter I. quite readable. and contains
considerable interesting information.
From 1t We take the following extract. as
il relates remotely 10 one OF the leading
staples Of the Sugar bowl OF the
Union. as Louisiana has been felicitously
styled
. herewith send you few seeds Of
plant Indigenous 10 this country, Tor the
manufacture of which into sugar pateut
has recently been obtained in England by
a gentIen an from this col1ny. Those in
terested ID The paten; have D doubt Of It's
entire success, and that il vii bring
streams Of gold into their pockets.
:" The plant is called hlJe vowcls as In
French by the kallirS, but they distn-
guish some two dozen varieties by specific
names. send you three varieties. with
names on each paper, viz tfata,.a, I'm
oiwtnt, Ihlosa. While growing it resem
bles broom corn, and produces is seed az
ter the same manner The natives OF
Natal plant IT with Indian corn, and cul-
tiyate in the same manner and ii comes
10 perfection In about the same time say
from three TO four and half months.
| They cultivate it wholly fir its saccharine
juice, Of which, under tut sIi ght pressure,
1t yields a much larger quantity than does
the common cane. advantages it has
over conmcn cape are that il grows well
wherever Indian corn does it is raised
from the seeds III -FOUR months, ready to
be made into sugar it grows on high land
! as well as on low and the abundaneesoi
seed II produces may be used for proven
der FOR horses
NJ matter u What an * ent this Arr
can production Of sugar may be carried -
even if il should double the production d
: the United States lit would not AT ct the
sugar interests of Louisiana in tho slight
est degree, for the simple reason that the
!, expenses Of freight, insurance, transpor-
y tauon, &c, added 10 lis original value.
j would brng Il up to such a cost in thi.
market, That il could not begin 10 compel.
: With the home crop. These expenses
), without taking the distance into censdeta.
= lion, more e'iertually protect the Leuisi
Il ana planter than would thousand tariffs
u Bot 1t Will grow wherever Indian corr
grows mature as faithfully on lial
j grounds as on low. ard if its seed fur.
he /
"a dance. both the people aud the horses vii
&c have sweet time OF it should the expert
ir ment succeed. There is no mistake abou
that. We will oil become cloyed viii
sweetness, until our stomachs revolt 4
n the very sight az sugar, and children. ia
q stead og crying for candy, viii cry at the
mere mention Of d confec, ionary establish
- ment Sour, bitter manufacturers Will b.
in demand, and human invention viii b.
u racked TO devise dellcacies. the priucipa
e Ingredients of which viii be vinegar
" wormwood and acidities in general.
We presume the missionary intended L
write that the plant would grow as readil
4 As indian corn in ATTITUDES of the sam
ne parallel as South Africa, not that it woul
n. flourish in tie cold climates Of New Eng
land, Canada, Nebraska, New foundlan
or Norway. Such proposition would b
ri simply absurd, for it would be Unnatural
- We raise Indian corn and sugar cane i
ae perfection IN Louisiana. and good India
corn is raised III Maine and Canada. bu
! no sugar cane, because Of the severity o
- the climate. The plant is too tender 70
n any but warm aud genial latitude. LII
ce almost certain thet the South African
plant partakcs Of the qualities of il
American cousin. II il does not, it Wi
" he strange indeed. We hope our Ne,
y. York cotemporary will experiment, wit
!. the seed SAINT him at ~ early day 4
possible. and give the result 10 the worl,
al Probably ii would he we'll to send The see
South. and make the. first essay IN III
warmer section Of tire bnion. Or
st. itans Crescent.
HARpESED kEcKLTsssrss. Tie follow
s. ing from tile lafayette Jourxal OF Monda
H. exhibits most hardened state OF deprayi
H. y
81 The Jail birds held a mock trial on sa,ul
day night, examined. tried sentenced an
. hung Abe Rice, Tor the murder Of youn
y tahrehbaugh. A similaroutrageous seen
! itas enacted on sunday night, ~ we ar,
informed by an eye witness, IN which the
he displayed their utter heartlessness, trying
IN eonsicIng and hanging 10 Pryotl. Nv
., 81 Tie prisoners held pole on thei
SHOULDERS handkerchief WIS tied aroun
4 jos neck, end i'o suspended from III
er pole lhns a'i1rding any quantity Of smiat
. .es1!'Ios -. .as eo2..,nrsasave :