Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-08-30
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F-o,n he Chinese Sugar Csne, By our countrymen,
Messrs. John Washburn and Paul 1ngle. TO cur
taste II is much better than that which comes from
The South-of better quality and heavier Five
gallons Of the JUICE will produce one of syrup, by
boiling one hour and half.
Without promulgating any extravagant notions,
we can but believe that the introduction of the
Chinese Sugar Cane into Amerina is vastly import
ant to political economy, and we think the day
not far distant when its manufacture into sugar. and
distllation into the various alcoholic compounds,
will be largely undertaken in Lincoln county.
Experiments have shown that as forage crop 1t
Is superior to almost anything known. 1t has the
advantage Of many other plants in its production of
two crops per annum-the last not full one, but o
very liberal one. 1t would grow to three or four
feet in height in july and be again ready to cut in
October. For soiling purposes nothing could be
more generally valuable, as horses, cows and pigs
are alike fond of it, and select it always in prefer
enoe to any other food that could be placed before
them It is easily cured, and be as easily pre-
served over winter as any forage crop-although it
grows TO the height of ten fifteen feet 1t very
hardy; and while other crops have wilted beneath
hot SUM- it stood up fresh and Juicy 1t does not
produce nice looking fodder butif cut into pieces
stock eat 1t with avidty Some cattle will seize up
on long, rough stalk, and chew it long as they
can taste the saecharne matter. In order that it
should make good fodder, the Cane should be cut
before it is seeded Care should taken not to plant
the seed too deep, nor place the hills too close.
In manufacturing sugar, it has been sscertained
that the Cane will yield one fifth of its weight in
syrup which be produced at % cents per gallon
portion of the syrup is not crysalizable, and this
has been held as objection to it but while the
fact is so, IL is also true that the Chinese Cane will
produce good brown sugar.
While we would not advise any one to go into
extraVagsnt system of cultivation, we would advise
all farmers to try it in their gardens fields, and
trial will 60 farther to convince them Of the val
ue of the Sugar Cane than any advice Whatever
Experiments in making sugar may be made through
the use of the od-fashoned cider mill, which will
answer, until fairly satisfied that the manufacture
from the Chinese Sugar Cane would be profitable
Fayetteville Tenn Observer, Aug. 27.
THE REAL HINDOO SECRET SYMBOLS.
In the course of debate in the British Commons
on the affairs of India, Mr.. D'Israei raised the i'm
portant question, whether the insurrectiOn was
sudden, impulsive, local mutinY, organized
national revolution, and adduced evidence to show
combination and conspiracy. He referred to the
circulation of mysterious cakes in India about
year since, and also to the circulation of lotus flow
ers among the Sepoy regiments. We presume these
embens well understood by our HindOo friends
of the Know Nothing lodges, though they are sym
bOls which perplex British statesmen. But as to
these cakes aud flowers and their mysteri agen-
cy, like the of fire sped by Malise to gather
the clans of Roderick Dhu, Mr.. D'Israeli said:
In India, near II months ago, this took place. A
brings him six paneakes-ehy pates, such as the ma
tives make wheaton -four, and he says, sc These
six pancakes are sent to you; you will make six
others and send them to the next village" The
headnan Obeys, accepts the six cakes, makes six
Others and sends them on to the headman of the
next village with the same message. How did it be
gin 1t is mystery. five knew the village whence
the pancakes first circulated might get very
valuable information. But in the course of four or
FIVE months the whole OfBengal and the greater part
of the contiguous country have been subdued to this
process eff man going from VILLAGE to village, from
headman to headman, from police station to police
station, leaving six pancakes with other order
than that six other pancakes should be made and
circulated. Suppose the Emperor Of Russia, whose
territory in extent and character has more
blsnce to Eastern possessions than the territory
of any other Power-suppose the Emperor of Russia
we're told, Sire, there is very remarkable cireum
stance going in your territory; from village TO
village men passing who leave the all of an err
mine, q pot of caviare, with a message to some
one to perform the same ceremony. Strange to say,
this has been going in some IL, 900 villages, and
we cannot make head tail of it." l think the
Emperor of Russia would say, 81 do not know
whether you make head or tail of it, but | am
quite there is something wrong, and we must
take some precautions, because, where the people
are usually indiescret and troublesome they do
not make secret communication unless it is OPP
posed TO the Government" The sending of cakes
went on. l do not say that the Government could
penetrate the secret; DO not find fault with them
because they did not find it out. What / want to
show is-that there were outward and visible signs
of confederacy. There also indication of
conspiracy among the military, which mast have
been known to the Indian Government. | allude 10
the circumstance of the lotus flower. man came
with lotus flower and gave it to the chief of the
regiment 1t was circulated from hand to hand in
the regiment, and every man who took it looked at
it and passed it on, saying nothing. We must I'M
derstand that every man who passed it on was &C.
quainted with the plot. When 1t came to the last
soldier of the regiment he disappeared and look it
to the next station. The process gone through
in every regiment in Bengal. There not regi-
ment, not a station, not escort to which the lotus
flower was sent. All these things took place af
ter the annexation of Dude. An Hon. gentleman
reminds me that last year the Bengal regiments re-
fused their furloughs. That certainly signif
cant circumstance. Iventured to say that l would
show a state of society in India which proved the
existence of general discomfort, and difficult as it
might be to prove conspiracy, that | would offer to
the House facts and circumstances sufficient TO
vince them that there was a conspiracy. l think
have said enough to induce the House before they
form too precpitate an opinion upon the causes of
the disasters in India. think ! have said enough
to make the House, at least, feel that it is not by
saying that we have to deal with mere military
mUliDy, that we shall save India.