New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-27

4 ~, Rousseau's reports OH the ele0tiOh iIo'o
c'u.Orleans and the administration Oh MS ~;
CT for the past year were submitted 10 'n ne
ns. yesterday by the Secretary of War. Inc teA'
he piven TO the press for publication OH ""'"i-
Nv. .,.-1. r cha Captol have re-
I'D TO the CITY, and are putting their oihces III OF
a., 10 be prepared for the Winters "orA' Nn'o '0
W., ,arrn,ent tbe committee rooms have been thor
cbly overhauled and in some instances new car
= and furniture have taken the piaco VI tn"V
- hos become worn and dilapldated. The ques-
W. - the meeting Of the XLISt Congress Is al
..dv exciting discussion and the memoeiS mere
20 have expressed opinions on the SUBJECT seem
Tsrosed TO meet and organize ana get lIo "l 'ne
S,eol erslp contest soon as possible ana 'lon M
'Sstelv 70 adjourn The Speakership is one Of the
.pierts most discussed here by all having any inter-
-, in the business of the next Congress The leading
candidates are Blaine. Dawes Schored. and Banks
GOV Holden of North Carolina has officially an
ounc,d the election of MesSrS. Latin. Holden, SUI
lev Brogden Galloway, Mcdonald, Badham, Bar
,er and Pearson Presidential Electors Tor that
S,,te and notified them of their duty to meet IN
P,Isieb on the 2d day of December neXt TO cast
the vote of tie State as required 10y law
Judge Sailold the recently appointed Supervisor
Tor Georgia, Alabama. and Florida having received
ms commission and instructions departed Tor ms
District to-day, senators ouulhet anu SIl"h"o "'N
expected here Tomorrow
On account of the present unsettled condition OF
many of the foreign countries especially the island
of Cuha. citizens Of the United States going abroad
arc liable In serious inconvenience if unproyided
with authentic proof Of their national character
The proper safeguard is passport certifying the
bearer 10 be citizen of the United States. Pass
po. given only To citizens of the United States
upon applications supported by proof Of citizenship
Applications should be made TO the Secretary of
State IN this city. He will furnish all the necessary
Information and blanks TO make the declaration.
Only few days are required to furnish the passport.
The cost is about $ for each person.
Gems. sherman, Thomas, Schofeld. and many Of
their stat officers are going 10 the reunion OF the
Amy of the Cumberland, in Chicago about the mid
die OF next month. Speaker COifax and wife viii
return to the Capital today.
The Patent O.ice has received from Boston an
application for patent on an improved machine for
cutting and enclosing paper collars. which viii
emboss aud cut 100000 collars every ten hours with
the assistance of a single laborer 10 feed the ma
chine.
Thanksgiving Day has been generally observed in
this city. The Executive Departments were all
closed. ard business suspended in the stores.
banks. ald etlces Services held in the
churches 2 al leuouiDatioHs, which were largely
attended. llasG Il the Cabinet and other high Oli-
GERS Of the Government In the city attended church.
4. Sidney Post. T. : Consul at Vienna. has for
waTded here . valuable report, showing how the
manufacture of beetroot sugar has prospered in
Austria where the last annual yield is estimated TO
have been worth nearly fi5C00Oo0 This success
Mr.. Post attributes 30 new process invented by an
Austrian named Julius Robert. which is very diff
fercnt from the old method Of obtaining the juice in
cane beet-root 10y grinding or maceration. Nil.
Post thus desenbeslt:
Mr. Roberts u roc os T 'S aim At OF Sptsn
roots blt TO extract Ony the crystalline sugar contained
in that Juice, and leave Whatever else 1t contains III
9oets are cut into sina slices ANA put number Of
watts, which connected 10y pipes running from tne
bottom Of to the top OF the next succeeding
Water Of a certain temperature, ana OF quthu! pro
porlOned to the weight 81 lie zane 1l &c, 's ~
watts mixed with the nldieial lu me hFsl va, anu az,
lowed % until II takes up portion OF sacchde
matter or speak. until the sugar ln TIE vat j. eq
tied between the water ana lho cle OF p't io', @
l. tO say the beet root contains eight per cent oil sac
THIS water l. iAcn forced by hydiauIlc pressure
into the secOndvat hed with the beeis IL ALREADY con-
cent II sugar but the Dects ndF!uG per Gem
IL will again equaze itself and when forced INTO the
thtr vot viii contain per cent Of sccharle matter.
Ia TINS way the becomes more and more imPreg'
mated with saccharne matter untl II contains almost a.
md that the Application Of water extracted one
half per cent, Of the sugar Nhch ths ~dIti Nd5
forced into the second vat the fresh water winch forced
A. and supplied Its pace extracted per ct"l more
before the saclisrne matter became cqlauzrd between
the second vat, and the fresh water which supplies its
az
riue matter and the next hiIng hnds Tut per cent
and ia this way the sugar rs extracted 10 "iihh on" man
much purer than when extracted by any other method,
snd that from the same Deets One-haf per cent more
crystalline obtained than 10y me application oi
pressure expenses for cloth and the cleaning ana
renewing IL are entirely done away. The expense hr
motive pow and machinery are considerably reduced
and the expense of manual labor n much iess requiring
bat one quarter OF the number OF labOrers necessary Tor
the pressing purpose That this process Is ready TIE
crpt imurIyemeut claimed longer admits 81 dispute.
Nr Robert thoroughly tested II In bls factory hhd
has adopted also SIX other factories Two h AuS'
two IL Prussia, one Ia Russia and one ~ Bavaria
The machinery used in this method Of making
beet root sugar very expensive, but IT Is believed
that il the experiment could be fairly tried II
would add an important and valuable branch Of in
dustry to our agricultural interest.
The following is the opinion in full of the Attorney
General on the subject of rehabilitation of spirits etc
ATTORSEY GENERALS OFFICE, Nov. IA, 1900
Hon HUGH M'CULLOCH. SeeretdTy ~ ne Treasury
SIR: / have carefully considered the dliilcul-
ties which you put IA your letter OF the 2on OF
October u, aud the papers which you have ad before
NE bearing upon those nq uiries These questions are
Grst whether the law OF July % 1865 huthOizrs the
dsters TO convey from he outlet OF lne worm Tie pro
duct OF bis dlstatiOn 10 st or dOdDeI through Whch
tue product not passed before reaching the worm,
aud authorizes him 10 rcdis such product al such slIl
or douer; second whether the distler IL authorized O
NiH, first bank, aud thence 10 another receptacle
whether called dOubler or second stlli ana To separate
The product OF the second dlstilaOn as II passes from
the worm connected with such second sil or receptacle,
sr the proof srt being carried forward to the receiving
estern and the low wines not back 10 the st dOu
Der. but 10 the aforementioned tank am unable at
prcseut. a substantial answer 10 your inquiirs IL
IneDed 10 be OF Immediate and pressing Importance 70
lurBsh full discussion Of the statute Ia Ito details
Ie0nd Sis ain satisfied that the general purpose Of
me law 80 far 40 IL relates TO ILLS topic ~ distilled sr-
a. ~ To lay tax upon the product Uf dstatiO kHuwn
Ia the acts proof splits the subOra prOvl
tOns concerning the mode and apparatus dstiat0u
however Important they may be- nave really 10 do Ony
mi l.li a.