The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-19
rpRoM QUA OWN CORRESPONDENT

..--- GREENvILE, s. c., October l5.
KIwere to undertake to tell you what is
being done or is going on In the City of
GreenyiIle, or m the county, It could be stateG
with very few words, viz: Everything is still
and quietnothing scarcely 70 interest, a. ST. ana dIS
tTrbed- as q childs after the passing away OF
the efIects of q convulsion; and week succeeds
week with monotony that is almost distress
ing. Whilst other communities sometimes
have their repose interrupted, we OF Green
vflle enjoy ? slumber that seems to be invul-
Our distinguished fellow.citizen, Governor
Perry, has been quite ILL for several weeks
Vftaa severe attack Of fever, which has pros
; trated him; he is, however, slowly recovering.
Through q long life Of over sixty years, Cover
nor P. has enjoyed unusual good health. We
have recently received. several accessions 10
our population. Hon. w. Il. Trescot, Of
Pendleton, has removed here, and will prac-
tice law amongst u.s. DR.. Dargan, Of Darling.
inv Village, has also purchased a-house and
lot here, and Is now occupying 1t. He comes
to enjoy the advantages Of the Female College
and Of Furman University, and Is well re-
ceived. We invite persons looking for place
TO settle at, to come and look at the queen
city Of the mountains before selecting. Our
people are hospltable, warm-hearted, enter
prising and active as well as economical, and
the climate Is unexcelled.
Greenvile is rapidly improving. Within the
last six months three new stores have been
built, two on Pendleton street and one on ,!- Au-
gusta street. Mr.. L. B. Cline, our leading
builder, has Just finished large one, seventy
feet long, two stories high, and thirty feet
front. near the depot, which will be occupied
by Messrs. Clyde & Hoyey, a new firm, who
viii do a dry goods and family groceries retail
business. The finish Of this store Is superior.
The same gentleman, month or 80 since, also
k.t.>,
-tiguously situated, for Mr.. W. l.. Waters.
Messrs. Mills & McBryer, two gentlemen from
adjoining counties Of North Carolina, doing
business here for the past two years, are con-
structing storehouse-now almost finished
near their old one, at the corner OF Augusta
and Pendleton streets.
The crops Of his section, as you know, have
been cut very hort by the severe and con-
tinued drought during the summer, which i'll
many localities lasted from eight to ten sue
cessive'wee Corn Is consequently scarce.
The new crop has commenced coming In,
price one dollar per bushel from the wagon;
the price in former years was not more tnan
sixty cents. Not much of the cotton crop,
which is always small one up here, has yet
been brought to market In consequence OF the
low prices now ruling. When the liking"
again looks up, our streets will be crowded
with wagons. few bales, however, have
already found their way to town.
ride out to the sugar mandatory works Of
Messrs. James Wilhelm and DR.. w. P. Passmore,
located within three miles Of this place. These
works are situated upon the plantation of Mrs.
Chaplin. The canejuice proceeds from the
mill through pipes to wooden trough, from
which it Is permitted to flow through stop
cocks into copper pan; the sediment that re-
mains in this trough is OF the consistency of
mud and is of the color of the cane. This pan
ia about six feet long, by three and half
wide, beside which there is another OF the
game dimensions, under which Is furnace
keeping the juice boiling, whilst two boys are
continually skimming of impure matter. After
boiling, it is then allowed TO escape INTO tIe
second pan, where it goes through the same
process for similar length of time. ltnext goes
through pipes to third and last pan; in this
condition 1t Is called semi-syrup, where 1t is
finished. In passing through the first and sec
ond pans it interests one to see what unwhol-
:. some and deleterious substances are taken
from the embryo syrup by the skimming; in
the third, however, there is very little taken
away. Another pipe carries the syrup to the
sugarhOuse, where 1t as deposited in flat
troughs for the purpose Of granuation. The
centrifugal mill having met with an accident
a few days previously, we did not see the
surar made, which we regretted; there was
STAGE of granulation. This whole operation
REQUIRED no more than twenty minutes time
and is exceedingly simple and easily under
stood One of the yohng men, engaged at the
works, who, Mr.. wilhelm said, was efficient,
told me he had been employed only a few
weeks. Another feature in this work Is the ex-
cellen. manner in which the cane juice is
conveyed no handling, being done
This making of sugar from the sorghum mo-
lasses is q complete and valuable success, and
to know that this common and necessary
household article can be manufactured cheap
ly here in Greenville-of material raised on
our own soil, by our own farmers-is source
OF very great satisfaction. The result Will De
a revolution in our crops, as this will pay as