Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-24

number Of ladies and gentlemen from
New Orleans They showeS good prof.
cheney in drill There are several Gatling
guns here. an4 the artillery practice with
them was cutie interesting to those who
had never seen guns of this manufacture.
They are rired with great precision.
They also have TWO sert excellent bands
Of music connected with the camp; and,
but few persons who eref. saw the drum
Major" will ever forget the sight.
| have forgotten heretofore 10 mention
the weather, which has been Ms warm and
pleasant as any summer day IN the north,
bouquets are more numerous than ever
saw them with Us, and the streets are dry
and dusty.
On retaining to the city, we found very
much the same programme for the night.
as the previous one, in the mean time. the
Grand Encampment Of the 18th Trien-
nial Conclave of Knights Templrt is
holding Its sessions. tnnsse,ing such
business as properly cvmes before it. Is
sidi,ion to the programme oflast evening,
Ascalon Commandry. No. le of ST.
Louis, Mo, gave grand reception, On
board the steamer Crest Republic where
tbeir headquarters are located: Tickets
to this reception were hard 10 procure.
bu; we managed to get two, and found it
to be tine most brilliant assemblage We
lore soon
The great event Of Thursday was the
excursion, on the above named steamer,
down tie river TO see some sugar planta-
tions ana sugar mills. AT ! p. NJ, the
time appointed for starting, there were
: 700 on board anxious TO see the strange
and novel sight to northern eyes. Along
: the route, which extend ed distance Of
% miles towards the mouth of the river.
We saN great number of plantations
I that have been abandoned since the war
that were in goct working order prior To
4 1t: the mansions and negro houses are
! In ruins however, there are some under n
high state Of cultivation; the process
e of raising sugar cane is materially differ
: ient from that of corn, notwithstanding il
u looks so much like IL when growing !;
It the seed cane is selected before frost
J. only the best adapted for the purpose be-
4 ing used the cane is laid horizontally in
IS rows, md covered up, and one planting
l. raises three annual crops: the lows are
Ie three to four feet apart, but when the cane
le Is grown. it is so thick that you can't see
Is through it. 1t is very important to II 9
e. planters that the lcvees of the river is secur
10 as an overflow of the plantation destroys
40 the crops for three or four years. About
le Is miles down the river, We stopped al
d, the plantation and sugar refinery. owned
IN by George Carr, of New York. The
in mansion is one and half story building
H. with porticos, and an innumerable numb
en- of rooms, each with a fireplace. 1t was
Ill built many year ago by some hospitabl'
he planter, with view of entertaining BIZ
,ts guests as long as they felt disposed TO re
he inain Ii is difficult to imagine anything
nj more pleasant than this location, on {
its bend of the river-orange trees innumers-
IS BILE full of oranges, from green to ripe
est immense fields of sugar-cane beautiful
all evergreen trees a warm genial sun, ant
,ry beautiful flowers, with sweet smellin
As odor: all this, made US feel like extending
rs, our visit TO an indefinite period; in tn
cir mean time. we were furnished refresh
ces ments by Mr.. Carr allowed to pick ol
US anges at will; and, cut walking stick
re, from the sugar cane as memento
-el. We think the number taken would hay
.lly made several pounds Of sugar, or gallon
t in of molasses. a sugar refinery is quite q
and EXPENSIVE establishment, and costs frol
GO to S150.c00. The process OF maxim
tho sugar and mclasses is very interesting
~ pefectly clean, and we could see no WI
M. where there WAS any danger of gcttii
"nigcer toes" In the latter, as we Lad be-
n led to believe in our boyhood days. r
:: whole work Is done by machinery; &
" cane being first crushed through roller
the Juice passing through various pr
~ cesses until 1t comes out beautiful CITY
tali1ed sugar if so desired, or the vario
grades that may be required; the refine
.as I is kept going day and night; the labor
~, ~, ouired is mostly performed by negro
: ;, the men getting 40 cents for hours, v
men 80 cents !; all working under sup
80 intendent; ard, the worx-hancs seem
to be satisfied and consented.
We returned to the city about . r.
IT,, we'll satisfied with our visit
n0 II. G. THAYER
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