The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-07-22

mltteQ 10 This IOlD1nlIte uy 'iioi - i',
Maiesty's Consul, MIR. Fl Pinckney
Walker, and that the Committee re-
spectfully commend the subject of the
.sA orkmen'sInternatienal. Exhibition. .
therein referred to, to the consideration
of the State. = Z" EtTT,
Resolued, That the details of the local
organization, whichaheprojectoraoft the
exhibition invite, be referred. to the
Society at its meeting in November
next. ....
The communication is as follows;
BRITISH CONSULATE,
CHARLESTON, July IL, 1869.
Wn,. M Lauton, Vice President South
e.. Carolina Agricultural and 1he-
chanical Society,":
SIR Hearing that you are about TO
attend meeting of the South Carolina
State Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety, to be held in Columbia, on the
l4th Instant, l hasten to place in your
hands a copy of the programme which
has been issued by the Honorable Sec
retarics to the "Workmens Information
al Exhibition" to be held at London
in 1870. have the honor, also, to en-
close copy of a letter addressed by the
Secretaries to the Earl of Clarendon,
wherein the views of the Committee
having the matter in charge are now
fully set forth. 1t is desired, you will
perceive, that local COMMITTEES should be
formed in cities and places in other
countries to call attention to the subject
in view, aud to make arrangement tor
the transmission of such articles OF skill
and ingenuity as may be deemed worthy
Of exhibition. I indulge the hope that
you will do me the favor Of presenting
these. papers to your Society, in order
that the objects of the Committee OF
the "Work mems International ,Exhibl-
tion," oflS70, may be aided and encour-
aged by the South Carolina State Ag.
ricultural and Mechanical Society and
by its local committees already existing
throughout the State, obtain general
publicity. {; -r ,.2..g .,r'i.s
1t will, on the other hand, be my
pleasure and duty to forward to the
Committee carrying out the programme
of the "Workmen's international Ex-
hibition," of 1870, such communication,
in connection with,the objects they have
in view, as may be placed in my hands
for that purpose. Andhlso to receive
suggestions as to the names of parties
in this State who may be ready to give
assistance in furtherance of the design.
I hive the honor to be, air, your most
obedicut and humble servant, a
II. PINCKNEY WALKER, 2
H. NJ. Consul.
The following resolution was adopt
ed: ... ...a, Y
Resolrea, That as the question Of
Chinese labor has been occupying. the
attention of Southern planters since the
adjournment Of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Convention, that this
Executive Committee, through its
Chairman, appoint three citizens as a
committee to collect all the necessary
information and cost of introducing that
description Of labo. into South Carolina
and to report to the next regular meet!
ing of the Society. ~. -.
Accompanying this synopsis is the
report cf the committee appointed at!
the May meeting Of the State Agricul-!
tural and Mechanical Society to exam
inc the Sorghum Syrup aud Sugar
Works at Grecnville G. H., which was
received and ordered to be published :.
Gen. johnson Hngood, President. .Agri-.
cultural and Mechanieal Society )
The Committee appointed to visit
and report upon, the Sorghum Works of,
DR.. W. p. Passmore, located at Green
vile, &C., beg leave to submitthefol-i
lowing report:'!' .f-a-, .-.Tt- g..
Four of your committee Visited tho
works soon after their appointment,
and witnessed the process Of refining
syrup. For the purpose Of testing the.
merits of the process, which is Known
as the: Southern process" Col Aiken!
one of the committee, furnished a bar
rel of sorghum syrup Of his own manu-
facture, of ordinary quality, which was
refined by this process, and the quality
of the syrup was greatly. improved. :
We found in the sugar,house Of DR.,
P, quantity of push sugar, which,
be informed US, had been made by this
process, from the juice Of the black i'm
'phee. "A small quantity of this mush
sugar was'conycried in a>few minutes
into beautiful light sugar, by the use
of centrifugal mill. In order to sat
isfy ourselves as to the history of this
mush sugar, We wrote to Colonel S. F.
Jolly, Of Mason County, KY, from whom
the same was said to have been obtain
ed. His reply to our letter is herewith
submitted as part of our report. !
For, the purpose Of refining sorghum
syrups, your committee are satisfied that
the Southern process is the best Of which