Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-02

shelves. where it was sought to be impreg-
mated with no other power than the ascend
ing gas escaping from the furnace below; at
once presenting reasons why success did not
attend Professor Me|sens, FIRST because of the
density of the pulp; and second. the expo-
sure to the air, which is always to be avoided.
II Professor Melsens had had in his kandssmy
VACUUM and steam stands, he would probably
have been more successful, as@I have fully
demonstrated. ID 1S&a @sg#~ taSs## s#gy4e
A fter had satisfied myselfas to the effect
produced upon cane juice, Iprepareda box of
pulp made Of the cabbage, and gave it. injec-
tlons with Jig yht jets Of steam which Itook
from my boilers, using the same precaution to
prevent the gas coming in contact with the
arr, as when injecting cane juice, which | do
by placing my pipes at the bottom of the
juice receivers, l found Had fully impreg-
mated the pulpwith the Sulphurous gas W hich
convinced me that the success which had
attended all my experiments in The use of
SuIphurous gas in defeating aud clarifying
cane juice, &c, was greatly SfaciIitatedbymY
mode of cleansing and thinning the gas, 10 DO
to enable me by4a jet Of steam to force it in
contact with the particles OF Juice, &c. The
! prophetic hope of Prof. Melsensf was, 5that
his experiments would give rise to useful
reflections on the part of those occupiedHin
manufacturing sugar, and thata ne,napplca-
lion would be efdiscoverea 5tinEsits$ different
branches = thought worthy the brain of
| Newton, and should be caught up and acted
| out by every planter.z=This is an age Of pro-
gress and he is mos. t.stupid who supposes we
have yet discovered the best means to defe-.
cate. ard clarity cane Juice. + he hall Has not.
yet beenzlearned. But Iet=us leave the Pre-
tessors Of France, the land of beet root sugar,
and return to our own native cane fields and
consul tour own people, and see if they
do notSgive US the most interesting facts and
conclusive proof of the correctness of my posi-
tion, and establish the fact that it is the Sui
Ephurous Acid gas that gives value to B-Sul-
phlte of Lime. Allow me to cell your atten-
controversy that appeared in the newspapers
of New Orleans, between Messrs. Bonnabel
and Lauve, two gentlemen highly intelligent
and extensively engaged in the making of
Bi-Su|phitc of Lime; in which it is conceded
by both of these gentlemen, that the stronger
the infusion Of Su1phurous gas in the lime
water the more valuable is the Bi-Sulphite
of Lime and they have given the public the
most concllsi proof Of the correctness of
this assertion, by regulating their bills Of
charges according to the strength Of the BIZ
SnIphte: thus establishing beyond doubt
that it is the Sulphurous gas that gives to BIZ
SnlphIte of Lime all its merits. And, I be-
F1ieve this is the universally admitted fact
by every intelligent man who has proper
understanding of the subject.
And now, having given the public all the
lights bearing upon the case, | call attention
to my own invention to, defecate and clarity
cane Juice, which consists in the INJECTION of
Sulphurous gas direct yona the t,srnaee- into the
cane juice, which produces such astonishing
results in my sugar. It. must strike every
practical thinking man, that it is the common
sense view ofssthe proper use of Sulphurous
gas to,defecate and clarity cane juice. You
here draw from the fountain insteedg of the
stream II use Bi.Snl phite-oE Lime instead
of Suphurous gas, would place us in iuxta-
position with the early settles of Arkansas,
who first made syrup Of their sugar by mix
ing it with water and then poured the syrup
in theirtea andcohee, because the y had heard
that sugar would. not sweeten hbv itselfurI
claim for Sulphurous gas all that B-Sulphite
of Lime can do: I might say what BSul-
.phite never did nor never can do; as tho
hundreds who have seen my juice from the
mill to the kettles, can testify. have taken
out Letters Patent for the use of Sulphurous
gas in defeating and clarifying cane Juice
and sdccharines generally, which / do ata
cost of less than three cents per hogsbead cf
sugar. while the cost of Bi-Suphite of Lime
is from IS cents to 81 s25 per hogshead, or. a
tax on the sugar planters Of S320,000 a year.
This do with an apparatus that costs ftme
eight dollars and a quarter off Of the pIanta-
ton. It has capacity to clarity IS hogsheads
sugar in twenty -four hours, The apparatus
is as simple as it is cheap. A light jet Of
steam is the only motive power>used, and it
is almost impossible to put it out of order Tt
can be worked by any old woman Of ordinary
nynd upon the plantation. shall be pre-
pared ira few days, to offer to the panterto
use my invention in its broadcast form, at a
cost That is less than is paid for Bi-sulphite
of Lime for one year. Or, to be more ex-
pIicit, if planters average crop is 200 hogs
heads year, he pays me 5000, which is, in
fall for the use o fmy right for fourteen years.
and the use Of it, will be furnished the plant
er at the time of the transfer Of the right to
use it, and cannot fail to afford thesnecessary
aid to insure success. Any plantation smith
can put up the apparatus. ,zrssfx.- Enx
Amy planter wishing to purchase the right
to use my invention, may do SO upon the
terms already stated, payable January 1st..,
1860, at the Counting House Of Messrs.
Pitcher, Goodrich & Co, with whom I have
left my patent ~%@& - : : > ss1-@ - = @za>s
Any further inform alton may bes had dby
applying to them, who are my. Authorized
agents in the premises, or to myself on the
plantation, or9b by letter addressed to me at
New Orleans.
raa->~s.~ *>s-:- e" & R.sA.s STEWART.
oaklawn Plantation, February Is, 1859.
n BAH persons wishing the aboveap-
ps|A Atus would confer a favor By applying
early in the season, that [ may personally
inspect its operation, Or send some competent
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