Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-15
NUMBER III,

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SOUVENIRS OF TRAVEL; By MADAME OcTA.
VIA WALTON LIE VERT. In two volumes. PI5
,shed by S. H. Goe,zel & Co.. New York ana
.n' ,oone Received from the publishers.
i"efe are few names more widely known in the
soclal world than that OF Madame Is Varr For
many years she has been r.ionino hss AMI nna ~
''0 .'o'' popular leaders of fashion. Distinguished
~. net numerous accomplishments, her cultivated
'nu' grace'ui manners and varied information. she
Is no less remarkable for her geutleness and amabil
ity. her name always recalls the well deserved Gu
loglum pronounced upon her, in our hearing. by
Henry Clay, who said that hers were "ps which hal
never spoken an evil word of any human being
Now, that Madame lie N-rt appears before the pub
lie in the character Of writer, her social popularity
will cause her volumes to be eagerly perused BY =
vast circle Of friends, while the intrinsic merit and
interest OF her work vii! make it favorab!y known
far larger class no. personally acquainted with tue
fair author.
The "Souvenrs' before Us narrate the incidents OF
two visits to Europe partly in the form Of jourus
and partly in letters addressed to her mother
The high position Madame lie Vert occupies in be-
own land, gave her admission to the most arsro
cratic circles abroad and the reader follows her into
foreign courts, the mansions Of noblemen the home-
of distinguished literary men and women, and of ce
ebrated artsts but always with the feeling thar the
grsndchd of the revolutionary hero, Walton. pre-
serves her affection for her native country and that
her patriotism only gains strength through the con
trast forced upon her in other climes.
The dominant charms of Madame LIE Vert's syle.
her earnestness, her freshness her keen sense OF
enjoyment. There is c0nieur de rose tinge thrown
every object che looks upon; the light shining
out OF her own joyous and poetic temperament To
appreciate, TO admire the noble and besutifu! in Ma
ture and Art, to ignore the prosac reverse. are in
stincts to which she unqueetionably abandons her
self. She disarms the desire to criticize by her IN
failing good hunor and puts the fault.fnder to shame
by Ler perfect Inconsistencies that biase eyes hay.
lost the power to all the love revealed 10 her
vision.
number of interesting narratives are scattered
through her books and the historical associations of ali
the celebrated localities she visits are recalled with
out the slightest touch Of pedantry.
In warmly recommending these volumes TO ou,
readers. we quote the following paragraph from the
publishers preface. He says "She does not aspire
to the laurels of authorship but only desires impar
to others the pleasure received from wandering amid
the storied scenes of the Old World and holding 30
cial communion with personages whose names are
whispered by the lips of fame Few Itineraries.
however will be found full of valuable Information
so rich in brilliant descriptions, and picturesque
and glowing in style and arrangement Of particulars.
This will make the book invaluable to all Of our cit
zens who may visit Europe, and wish to have an in
tegent guide and companion in their travel..''
THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE.
The Raleigh North Caroina) Standard says
owe have received from Mr. Henry Prarce, OF
Franklinton, North Carolina, vial Of syrup or mo
asses manufactured from the Chinese sugar.ranr,
which, for cearness and purity. surpasses any
have yet seen or tasted Mr.. Pesree planted eight
rows OF the cane from 6O to 75 feet in length and
thinks be get Is or 20 gallons Of syrup from the
crop.
"The. newspapers we receive from all directions
contain accounts of the cane and of the syrup pro
duced.'
The following is from the Newbern North Carroll.
nsI Union:
"MoLAssEs FROM THE CHINEsE SUGAR cAyE.-We
were shOwn this morning. by l. Disosway E.4., Of
this place, bottle Of syrup made from the mach.
talked-of Chinese sngarcane. The cane WAS pro.
ducsd on the plantation of Mr. Joseph Whrty, OF
Jones county, from whom Mr.. d. obtained IN. sp-ci.
men of syrup shown us. Ii resembles sugar house
nolasses in appearance. and il as palatable TO the
taste as any syrup we have ever seen. Mr. w, is per
fecy satisfied with the experiment he has made IN
the cultivation of the cane, and intends hereafter 10
produce his own molasses.
''We learn that Mr. F. z. Latham, of this county.
has also tested the matter, but with what resui.
have not understood.
ave think the Chinese sugar.cane is destined. a,
no distant day. to become an important article Of az
rcultural production in the United States"
We have received (says the Charleston Mercury
from an esteemed correspondent bottle OF remarks.
bly, fine syrup from the Chinese sugar cane, with
the following description OF its culture aud manage
ment:
ORAyGEBURG DISTRICT,
OAKGRovE, September !. 1857. !
Messrs. Editors IL send you the result Of my ea
pertinent in making molasses from the Chinese sugar
cane.
The land selected is sandy soil, manured for
veral years past, and producing not less than thou
sand pounds Of seed cotton per acre. This land was
broken up in the winter, and In the spring manured
with compost of stable COW, and hog pen manure
with plaster. eight bushels Of the compost and twenty
bushels of cotton seed per acre. The seed was pat
ed-one.half on the st of April and the balanc. on
the 10th three feet apart in the row, five TO eight
seed in chop, the rows four feet apart. com
menced cutting and grinding on the 18th Of August
and finished on the I'd September, and made, from
the four acres and half, four hundred and thirty
gallons OF syrup. find it takes nearly eight gallons
Of juice to make gallon OF syrup. had an iron
mill and two molasses pots of hundred gallons
EACH ground out one hundred and thirty gallons OF
juice daily, and made thirty gallons Of syrup. With
she seed and fodder, think this crop pays the plan
tstion use. My negroes prefer the moasses 10 that
purchase.
DR.. d. Lee Of the Southern Cnit,ratOr. has
shown the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel q sam
pie Of one or two pounds OF wellgranulated anu
welltasted sugar, made by him at the plantation Of
Mr.. w. j. Eve Of Augusta, the result Of his first
experiment with the juice OF the Chinese Sugar
Cane. This result 10 the more interesting from the
fact, that scientific gentlemen in Boston have
pressed the opinion that this plant contains no cane
sugar. but grape or fruit sugar only. DR.. Lees
knowledge of chemistry has enabled him to correct
this error and demonstrate that the Chinese Cane s
nearly rich in crystallzable sugar as that OF the
beat cane grown i'll louisiana.
The editors OF the same Journal have received
from the Hon. \. p. King of Greensboro, a besut
full specimen of syrup, made from the Chinese Gaze
and they have seen unexceptonabe syrup made By
DR.. Carlton of Union Point, DIR. Lee, and others.
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AMERICAN BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The forty eighth annual Convention Of the Amer
can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
met at Providence, K. l., the 9th lnst.. and was
largely attended. During the year ending 3lst OF
July last, the Board expended on various missons
1891 7SO 1t received $4l7 ,453, but has still ba
lance against it of $2,S4S ~. Eight hundred and
forty aborers are employed at home and abroad, and
there - 2}6 children in the schooe of the mission
PRoyIDEscE Sept. l0.-The commissioners OF Tho
American Board Of Foreign Missions, have elected
Rev. NJ. Hopkins, of Massachusetts. president Hon
Wm. Jessup, of Pennsylvania, vice president, aud
Hon. A Hardy, of Boston, member Of the presi:
Dental committee, in place Of the Rav. Dr. Dennis
The other officers were reelected.
Rev. DR.. Armstrong and President Beckwith, OF
Oahu College, made earnest, and the latter especial
ly eloquent appeals in behalf OF ina. college,
urging it for the cake Of American children at the
Sand wich Islands, the continued prosperity OF the
mission there, and the evangelzation OF the other
islands Of the Pacific. The college needs fund Of
s5O,OOU OF which slS, % have been obtained.
MERCANTILE FAILURES AT NEW YORK.
New YORK, Sept. 10-P. M.-Several mercantile
failures have occurred here to-day Frederick g.
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