The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-23
The Ohio Trust Company.

The Ohio Trust Company.
Cincinnati, Sept. Is. 4
The following important Information relative
TO the Trust Company is given in the money
article Of the Commercial of this morning. Il
has produced great sensation -
"A good deal has been said and some indig.
nation manifested because the Directors have
not, up to the present time, made some state
ment Of the affairs Of the New York Office. The
Directors are now here, and, We speak advised.
II, about ignorant of the affairs OF that Office
as they were the day alter the suspension took
place, and We should regard it most difficult
thing for them TO make a statement, when they
have nothing to state. They appointed CON-
mittee, composed OF two of our well known cit
liens, to investigate the affairs OF the New
York Office. When that committee arrived in
that city, it found the accounts of the Office in
the greatest confusion, and Mr.. Ludlow. the
Cashier refused TO give any information what
ever so as to enable the committee to arrange
the accounts. In thus refusing, be said he was
acting under advice of counsel. lie since, how.
ever, has condescended to impart a little in
formation, but, as y general thing, the commit.
tee las to open correspondence with the
debtors and creditors in order 10 enable II to
trace out the accounts. This course Is neccs-
sarily tedious, and the progress made SO far
throws no light whatever upon the true state Of
matters, and the whole affair still presents as
dark and gloomy appearance Us it did at any
time since the suspension. The facts, based As
they are upon most reliable information, show
clearly that the accounts Of the New York Office
are in most miserable condition, and the great
est portion Of them, no doubt, for the last few
months, have been kept in the shape of memo
randums."
APraciical Test of the Chinese Sugar
Springfield, Ca, Aug. 10, 1857.
MEsSRS. EDIroRs:--Amidst the heated and 4
citing political questions OF the day, ! have
thought would transmit to you the result oil
practical experiment with the Chinese Sugar
cane.
Last spring purchased one dollars worth of
the seed, and planted it in the early part OF
March, in rows about four feet apart, and in the
drill, one and two seeds, every six inches. Ny
intention was to make forage, having very little
confidence in its saccharin qualities; but was
induced to change my purpose and make an eff
fort to procure syrup from it. Myself and Capt.
p II. Stanton selected ten canes, measuring one
inch in diameter, and from eight TO nine feet
long, which yielded five quarts OF juice-ten
more Of the same size, which had been cut one
day and night, gave the same quantity, and
agair ten from his patch measuring II inch in
diameter, yielded six quarts, wanting . gill or =
half pint
We cut all the cane for boiling, irrespective
Of size or age. We put two hundred gallons Of
the juice in the boiler for the first boiling, and
after boiling slowly for ten hours, took out 20
gallons OF very good syrup. The next day We
carried ITO gallons through the same process,
only increasing the fire, boiling in seven hours
and obtaining sixteen gallons superior syrup
This We boiled down little more, which makes
it thicker and is also better favored than the
first. A third boiling Of 1S6 gallons atthis mo
ment taken of grew on Capt. Srantons planta-
ton, which is very fine, and which yields about
the same proportion of syrup, or from appear
ance more.
AS the pot began to boil, we put lime in each
boiling, being governed somewhat by the report
Of ex, Governor Hammond Of South Carolina.
Ny seed planted nearly half an acre; no pain!
! had been taken to put the ground IN q state o
| high cultivation, neither was it worked with n
| eye to a report for the public; aud turning on
thirty-six gallons Of fine syrup, which wa
ground and boiled in two days, pays better thar
| any thing ever planted.
The principle reason for this hasty and imper
| feet sketch il, i have heard Of some one boil
| ing and failing TO make good article, and wht
calls it humbug My impression is they d.
not boil it Sufficiently. If they make more thar
| one gallon out of nine or ten, the syrup will b
inferior. unless the cane 10 far superior to wha
We ground. Itshould be boiled down until j
| has the appearance Of the syrup from sugar can'
| when you desire to make sugar, and then yo'
will have fine article If proper attention hal
| been paid to the skimming OF OF the green scum
which will arise ON the top.
Yours, &c. G. HALriwASGAx.