, 1862-04-28
Our p1ftsbufE Letter,

HS DILL 4afet lluu QlIuV1ss Ruuut BILL AuH' |
red and fifty now at Savannah. The next
oat is to take as many Of them as possible to
douud city, or some other point where they
an be fur1oughed and sent home.
WHAT oCaHr 70 BE.
It Is almost Impossible to conceive Of the
mud that is found along this river at present,
md Of the very hard labor our SOL
tiers have te perform In unloading
or the horses and riders Of the army.
There are hundreds Of negroes in this
region, belonging to the most bitter Of
The enemy. These men, (the blacks) WHO
ne able and: ready to perform this
upon this Find Of Business, and the health
and strength OF our men be presarr-
ed for the operations Of the field.
WHAT OUGHT NOT TO BE.
Some Of CUR regiments, who have been In
the service for seFen or eight months, hare
not received their pay, nor any portion Of It,
while regiments by their side have been paid
It may lie On account Of some irregularity as
to pay-rol1s, or something OF the sort, but still |
it o1tght not TO &c.
TIE NAILS.
am Just Informed By thd agent that vessels
will leave here noW regularly, carrying the |
mails to Cairo. We hope therefore TO get |
some more information from "Aneriel"
You may expect every day to hear from this I
point news Of IN interesting character.
THE GRAVES oF OR MEN.
As rode over the ground to-day, I Oh |
served how carefully cur men had been buried
and their graves marked at the head OF
boys have set up 4 nicely heWn shaft OF
timber in monument form, With the
names Of the men marked thereon.
TIE SPIRIT OF QUE MEN.
Amid all the rain and mnd and unpleasant
matters attending the army at present, it Is
pleasant to notice hoE cheerfully cuE men
bear it all Said one of the boYs. +" have
very soft, hut this time they gave them to us
a.dtht5' haTd.'
TIE Cultivation of Chinese Sugar
Cane.
TRANspLAs1ISG-R.T futile, of MlshoIaka,
Ind, writes us that his experience in cultiyat-
ing Sorghum is that the crop will be forwarded
in the spring at least two weeks By trans
planting. He recommends soaking the seed
in warm water until it begins to sprout, then
prepare small plat Of warm ground, and GOV
the seed broadcast or in drills, one inch deep
If it be likely to freeze cover it with straw.
When up two or three inches, then transplant
it in your well prepared ground, about the
came manner ss you do cabbage plants. Set
about five plants in hill. By transplantiug
| the cane gets decided start Of the weeds,
which is great advantage; and it will ripen
| two or three weeks sooner The labor Of
t1auEplantips is very small compared with the
| benefits.
WILL CHINESE CANE HYBElDIzE WITH IN
I DIAN CORN ?-Upon this subject, Lyman Mea.
cham, Esq, Of Lemont, writes us as follows
"I sec in your report Of What Was said and
done at tue General Sorghum Convention re-
Gently held at Adrian, Mich, that a number o.
the speakers express the opinion that sorghum
will mix with maize four COMMON lnlan corn
to the detriment of the former. THIS may bt
SO. One we'll established fact is worth nlort
than any quantity Of theory. But am Of tht
opinion that to produce the hybridizing o.
mixing of different varieties Of plants, the ~
rieties subject to change must not only bs
cultivated in the same vicinity, but they mus
the poleu-the formulating dust-prodncet
by one or tue varieties may be conveyed to tn
female organ Of the other variety while tina
organ is ia the condition to receive and aPpro
pFiate it, otherwise no injurious effect will b
produced by the near proximity Of the differ
cut varieties Of rlants. Is this not so?
have cultivated sugar cane almost from it
! introduction into the State, and have notice
. its progress towards maturity. Compare
with that Of corn, and according to my obsel
! Yatiop, the corn crop is in taEEeu and in blo
som, and is entirely past the season for thro
.. ing Of its pollen long before the sorghum b
Eins to show its seed heads. This being tn
!, fact, how can the two hybridize? Who cTt
! heard Of maze and broom corn nl1rglng to tt
! detriment Of either? Natures laws arc st
: dom Tiulatcd-
I II ii be true that sorghum and maze wi
{ mix, the fact cannot be too soon known, an
!, guarded against, for the tact is notorious th
Il Il ia this corn producing region, sorghum ar
r corn frequently grow side By side, and IN mo
= cases they arc grown in the Immediate Sicini
!" OF zach oiher. II the opinions alluded to Il
= correct, different course must be pursued
the growers Of sugar cane seed, or we shl
saon have none werih planting"
= PAopos1Gzos TO ESTABLISH SoRGiItM z
d FlNEaT AT La PORTE kD.-A meeting W
( held at La Porte, Ind, on the 18th inst,
:. consider the propriety Of erecting refinery
that towa for the manufacture Of sorghu>
j. William Andrew presided. After diecussi
Il the following preamble and resolution we
/. passed unanimously:
n made to show that the profitable cultivation
N | the Chinese and African sugnt canc. in this L
tSe of
or fiery with mandatory attached Ct sufhci
he capacity to'mapufactu'c and refine forty or f
4 barrels Of syrup per DAY would Be Of great pc
IA yicI1ity-benefti1gt the city hy Introducing ma
= featuring interests-the fatning community
Z stimulating and creating demand for :he cult
r. tfon Of profitable plant, aud the people ger
er ally, By rlductng the prize Of syrup.
.ef A committee Of "a was appointed, repEc6e
se, ing all the towns Of La Porte county, to ask
IN tain how much cane is to be raised in
or | county and vicinity. and to Solicit eubsc
on t,..a ;.,u4 ,4,,1- .o,,,,,,
nd | A!o0a Ao4 30AAs etoeH SoInPoas-