The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-11
DAILY DISPATCH.
| FRIDAY h0RSIN
The Chinese Sugar Cane.

The Chinese Sugar Cane.
The newly introduced Sorghum is fast approach
ing to the dignity Of staple, and reports of its
condition are looked for with as much interest as
the state of the Southern sugar cane. One planter
III Louisiana will this season send to the New Or
isans market 300 barrels of moIasses made from IT,
and Will next year put large portion of his land
in Sorghum seed. He thinks it will never super.
code the old sugar cane, but will form strong alIv
to It, Mr. BENZ. Eley, of Carrsyille, Isle of Wight
county, Va, writes to as follows about some AK
pcriments ho has been making:
haVing Just concluded an experiment with the
sorghum or Chinese Sugar Cane, and knowing the
interest which you, journalists feel in aoricul
turai experiments, have determined IN transmits
to you the result of this. The experiment was
male with the rudest apparatus and eyideptlv at
700 eiriy stage IN the maturity of the cane merely
10 reHeVe my own curiosity as to its saccharipet
pefty, and, though the experience Tins acouirsd
suggests several essential defects in the procass
pursued, L succeeded in obtaining a syrun npivar
sally pronounced equal to the best Musc0vado mo
iisses VIII not attempt to state with anv ire
tohslons 10 accuracy, the relative ratio befweap
the quantity syrup and the area of land. tboppb
entertain but little doubt that an acre Of mod,
Iaieiy Iu4urlant growth would. by judicious mar
a2tmeut, yield from seyenty-fiye to one hundrad
gallons OF No inolasses
hethef II ls susceptible of granulatiop am
hrS G.' " ueteFmlhe my limited experience,
~ me TO the opinion. that ia da
pehding OF course, upon the thorough maturity of
tue cane The problem vet remaining To ba soivad
,S' "hthef It's cultivation will prove remunerativa
@ IN us lavor may be urged its hardy and yiporou,
IL 81 a'S auaptAtons TO almost all atitudes and
SOILS, the comparatively little labor re1uired in its
cui'iration, and the superior forage furnished INV
@ ano "iaue' IN my estimation, one di fcuIty alone
- IN, W De eooNlated-as simple and effective appa-
iatus LOT Its manufacture at such COST as r., IT,
IL WITHIN the reach of persona of Iimitad n,aop
Let thls deslderatnm be supplied and Ibagord
nothing IN predicting, that the time s not far d.
ANT "Hen every farmer will make lin the Ian
guage OF lloosierd0m) his own ssweetening and
"hcn Sambc will no longer be under the necessary
ol taxing trip down South. to reyei amid sdodroro
and lasses to his hearts content"
y. haxey TImmons, Esq, has presented to the
Darlington District Agricultural Society. South
Carolina, report on sorgho, which appears in the
Family Friend of the Goth August. He describes
| the results obtained follows:
"One acre of land that will Weld fifteen busbals
OF corn, will, planted in Chinese Sugar Cane in
drills four feet apart make II 500 stalks: twenty
canes to the gallon will make S75 gallons of Juice;
eght gallons juice to one gallon of syrup will make
lo2,3s gallons OF syrup. This at only fifty cents a
gallon will make about ffty-five dollars per acre
Besides, you then have the blades and tops for
feeding your horses and or the seed for feed
ing your fowls, all of which eat it most greedilv
ASIDE from making molasses or sugar, it is
highly wJrth the attention of our planters for
feeding stock. one acre of land that will make
hiteen bushels OF corn, will yield in Chinese Sugar
Cane 100 pounds of proVender. averaging the
cane, after 1T i5 cured, at only one pound each;
then, at only fifty cents per hundred it is worth
eighty-seyen dollars and fifty cents per acre II
| planted nearer than four feet the yield will be
| greater Besides, the cane may be cut down once
or twice for feeding in the early part OF the year
| and then mature for seed
Fir. ". w Harrie, of Louisa county Va has AL
| SO experimental with the cane Ten canes, he
I says, without selection, make r. gallon of ipica
and six gallons of juice make a gallon of moIasseg
10000 canes per acre can be raised planted 3 by ,
feet apart stalks to each hill On good land from,
400 IL $50 gallons of mOasses can be realized from,
an acre of canes. The Charlottesville Jeffersonian
acknowledges the receipt of u bottle of Sorghum
niolasses made by Rev. r. Boyden of AIbemarle
FRlGHrFUL SCENE.-0n the 18th and l4th nit
heavy rain storms experienced in England
and many miles of the railroads were under water
On the Great Northern Railroad near Rotiord, tina
water overfowed the banks Of the Trent and sui.
merged the rails. London journal says:
fish train from the north arrived at the suot
about III clock when the driver suddenly found
his engine sinking under him. and divergine from
the raIls. carrying several of the trucks with if
and throwing the rest upon heap. Both the en-
&ineman and stoker escaped by jumping into the
water, and suffered no injury but the contents ot
the wagons were scattered ON the line, or thrown
into the water. At this moment a train was heard
approaching i'll the opposite direction aud before
anything could be done to avert the catastrophe
this second train dashed iutO the flood the raiIa
and fell once twice, and then the engine
Capsized taking several Of the passenger carriages
with it, and pIunging them into the water. Tie
driver and fireman were pitched over with the eli-
gine, and were immersed in the flood, but were
not in any way wounded The inmates of the car
riages were, however. thrown into the utmost con-
fusion. and the scene at this moment was truly
appalling.
The night was pitch dark save when illuminat-
ell by flashes of lightning. Thunder was pealing
incessantly, the water rushing and roaring
through the Led Of the liue with great fury and
above all were heard the screams of women aud
children, struggling. like the male passengers to
eXtricate themselves from the carriages. Those If
the passengers who were entirely unhurt immed-
ately hastened to the assistance less FORUM
ate companions. This, however, was no easy task
The line was covered with water, and on one side
of it was ditch, i'll which several persons were
iluunderng, some up to their waists and others
up 10 their necks. Two of the carriages were
completely smashed. and the people inside of
them were struggling and groaning fearfuIly-
The tops of these vehicles were ripped off as soon
as possible, and the passengers drawn out one
after another and laid seated on the upright
carr hges
COMMERCE OF MOBLE-From all annual statement,
published in the Mobile Register we learn that tho
total number Of bales of Cotton received ut that
II.
what was shipped from the Alabama river direct to
New Orleans, ID 0497. The ayerrge weight is
jO7 7G-l0O pounds-the average price "a 53i0O dol
lars-par bale. This would make the value Of the
cron received and sold there something more than
s3l 900 900, after allowing the highest market va
lue for the stock ON hand, 4,504-nOt included in
this estimate Thus it appears that the crop of
1851 although nearly 100000 bales short of the
CROP of 1866, has realized larger sum of money
COURTESY FROM DISTINGUISHED SAvANs.-ExG0v.
Floyd Secretary of War, received on Tuesday, a ne
photograph likeness Of Baron Humboldt, present
from the distinguished traveller himself, with the
following endorsement in his own handwriting
a Honorable John Il. Floyd, Secretary of the L.
States homage de respect ct de vive reconnaissance
Alexandra de Humboldt, Potsdam an Chateau de
Ia Vile, le AOut, 1857" dozen elegant cO,ored
ljthographs was also presented to Governor Floyd
by Baldnin Molhsussen, lately appointed designer
and photographer to the Colorado river expedition
Mollhaussen is the protege of Humboldt aud mar
ried his ward
REQUEST IN TEE SPIRIT or CHRIsTIASIrY.-The peo-
pie of Taylor Co, va In Convention, passed the
following, among other resolves:
''That we ask special fayer of the VI. 4. Church,
North, and all other Churches that may consider
this country part of their moral vineyard for the
future, to send among us only such ministers as
have wisdom and grace enough to enable them to
preach the gospel without meddling with the civil
institutions OF our country.
ANNuAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF CON-
mssIoSERs OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. The American
Beard of Commissioners of Foreign Missions com
menced its forty-eghth annual meeting at the Be-
nificent church. in Providence, Rhode Island, Tues
day Hon. Theodore Frelingyhuysen presided
After prayer, j. NJ. Gorden, Treasurer, presented
his report. The receipts of the year from all
sources have been 1883 .g32. and the expenditures
s3Sl,7SS The debt has been reduced from $36, ,l9l,
to S2S47 The Secretaries read their report
Three corporate members and four missionaries
have died during the year. Twenty eight mission
aries have gone out and eighteen are under sp-
pointment.
ANOTHER POLITICAL CLERGYMAN FALLES.-0ne after
l Il g