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EASTES' PROCESS OF SUGAR
MANUFACTURE.

We are again indebted to the @ teexs-
lander for the following report -
The delay which has occurred in pub
fishing further reports Concerning Mr..
Eastes' new process of 9 lnokiug
has doubtless made many persons i%nteres-
ted in sugar manufacture so n4what impa-
tient. The retic ence Of the inventor has,
however, solely been owing to a desire to
bring forward some tangible proof of his
ability to give eff.ct to bis assertions.
Since we last wrote on this srhjecs Mr..
Eastes has been experimenting on a larger
scale than previously, at Mr.. Darts mill.
at lndooroopilly. The report of this
trial is appended, and will. be found to
speak for itself. 4 will be observed that
the trial was a comparative one between
the old method and the new aud, al
though no astounding results have been
obtained, Mr.. Eastes was so far successful as
to obtain l az. IL DIS. more ,,~rr per gall
ion OF cane juice than was q aimed by the
old process. Another Advantage has been
gained in the price Of the second sugars,
according to the account sales from M4ssrs
George Raft aud Co. The price obtained
for the first sugars cannot be taken as any
criterion of value, as we understand that
that particular class of sugar happened
to be in demand at the time these sugara
were offered.
It may be interesting 10 planters to
notice that the quantity of juice obtained
from a hundred-weight Of cane was:-
From Yellow cane, ST to So gallons and
from dong dong, So to 5 SIloths gallons.
The percentage Of sugar by Eastes' pro-
cess, above thai By tho old, was upwards
, 1877-08-25
D 0 MINICA

The Dominican thus speaks about The tide Of
emigration that has set in from Dominica
"As this emigration promises to be a source
Of serious inconvenience to planters next wear,
Il would be advisable that the authorities
should sac that the vessels engaged in the
traffic do not violate any of the provisions of
Nr. Ellrigo's Z migration Act" OF course
tbs people cannot be- prevented from going
away, but, in their own AMI the general inter.
est, the movement should b5 DISCOURAGED in
every possible way. Dominica is not an over
populated country Tho population is only
10000, while the Presidency could support
100000 with he greatest ease. Good wages
can be obtained By every labourer here who is
willing TO work, and thousands of acres Of
virgin land await the labour of man to yield
their riches. Oar people certainly require to
be educated up to the great resources Of their
own country"
The Yaws Hospital net yet flushed, has
been blown down. The Dominican states that
il was built in such a pestilen,i4l swamp as to
suggest the idea that there was a desire on the
pat Of the Government to get rid summa rily
Of all persons afflicted with this horrible dis
ease
The same paper says:
Dominica, unlike many other colonies, pos.
seSses Intrinsic resources of a very varied char
0CteII sun awaiting Tue practlcal action OF
commercial spectators. and which promise a
fairly remunerative return. We will mention
c'coanuts and oranges, articles of export which
might Fe turned to profitable account if dispos.
ed Of 10 a regular and systematic manner.
Grenada caIries on a constant trade with the
United States 10 frnjt. Grenada is not a more
prolific island than Dominica. But Grenada
makes a paying affair out of The trade, not only
with the States bat with Barbados. Domi.
MICA Is admirably adapted to the breeding of
live stock, but the country produces scarcely
enough cattle for he use of the butchers, to saw
nothing of tho constant d.mand for oxen on the
large plantations.
There is, of course. no doubt that the perni-
cious absenteeism which prevails in Dominica
has a very great deal to do with the uutoward
state of things obtaining in the colony, and it
may not be amiss to anticipate a change for
the better in an altered condition of proprieta-
~ statistics. Nevertheless, the mistake of
pinning our faith exclusively to the cane cul.
tiVation is a woful one, and 10 suggesting the
claims upon our consideration offered by other
sources of wealth, we render to such claims
bot bare and tardy Justice"
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Cuckoos, and q great number Of water birds
with which he is probably familiar. In all,
about 80 species are known to be common to
both regions. In the second division Of his
inquiry, we fear he will fed little more to re.
pay his curiosity than some celts common
enough, here, of various size, and not always
OF the usual greeDstOne) and the great old
anchor at Icacos."
There is such an enormous waste of water
in the town Of Port of Spain that all houses
supplied by the water works in any way are
to be carefully inspected in order to ascertain
where the waste is.
, 1877-08-25

Ielands, who is at present in this country.
Captain Strahan will be returning to Barbados,
however, 10 the course Of the autumn, when
therewill he ample time for the Legislature 10 be
convened for the despatch of such business as
it may be necessary to undertake before the
close of the year.
THE reply of Mr.. Lowther 10 the question
put by Mr.. Puleston respecting the dato at
which tie Barbados Legislature is to be called
together is very unsatisfactory, and will be
disappointing to the colony. All legislative
functions in Barbados have now been suspend
ed for nearly a year, and it appears that Lord
Carrarvon has been desirous of communicating
with Governor Strahan who is still 10 London
before authori>ing a new Assembly to be
called. Mr.. Lowtber says that this event will
take place in the autumn, in ample time for
the dispatch of such business as it may be pc.
cessary to undertake before the close of the
year. But this assurance is not sufi:ient'Y
explicit. Constitution rights are so priced
In Barbados that any undue interference with,
or suspension of them is regarded with great
and justifable Impotence. 1t is possible that
Barbados might teach the mother country
some useful lessons 10 the Dispatch of business,
and in the general tone Of parliamentary life
and practice.
1T is un derstood that a highly influential
and numerous meeting of gentlemen interested
In Barbados has been held to take into con-
sidcra'ion certain important questions which
are pressing for settlement in that island. 1t
is believed that it was decided to approach the
Secretary of State upon the subject. 1t is very
hard indeed that those who have taken an
interest 10 such Questions as the railway
should be unable 10 carry out their project
by the absence of a Legislature to give the
necessary formal sanction to the financial part
of the undertaking. An Illustration is thus
afforded of the manner 10 which the industrial
and commercial development Of the island is
retarded by the delay which has taken place
and may continue for some little time longer
in ceiling together the Legislature.
The debates on HE South Africa Bill contain
some points interesting to West Indians 1t is
quite clear that TIE policy OF the Home Govern
ment is to wards ted ration il Al pats of the
Colonial Empire. L egAri Islands Federation
was aIduoed by the under Secretary Of S'ato
among the precedaats he bought forward.
He further said that Wnlwr d Islands Feder-
alton had been many tim suggested, b@t
" when 1t appeared hat the subject had l3cn
brought forward premRturely, and Wen, owing
to the indiscreet mauner in which tho subj icC
had been locally hlQd,ed. 'h5 coIouists decided
not to go forward with it. the s.hiact was
Immediately abandoned by Lord Curnarvor.
and no attempt was made to force the system
upon the colonies"
, 1877-08-25
G R E AID A.

John Henry Ward, B.A. a Lawyer, has been
appointed to make a special inspection Of all
schools receiving Government aid.
The Chronicle says;
1.-The Collie immigrants are now becoming
a new class of peasaHtry settled in our midst,
upon their small patches of land, or otherwise
comparatively of easy and comfortable circum.
stances through their own industry, and as a
whole indefatigable in their anxiety to hold
position, to own lands, money, horses, end
cattle
, 1877-08-25
BARBADOS.

We are again wi,houtany newspapers from
tnls island, but We fnd the following items of
nsws'relatIng TO it in the last European Mail.
In the House of Commons. In answer to Mr..
.Puleston, Mr.. j. Lowthsr said-In the absence
OF any apparent necessity for the immediate con.
vocation of the Barbados Legislature, Lord Car.
narvon thought it desirable 10 postpone the issue
OF the writs until be had had an opportunity
OF comforting personally with Captain Strahsn,
SAs GoVsrnOr-in. Chief Of tho Windward
, 1877-08-25
sT.VINCE T.

The owner of Montrose estate, D. a.
Porter Esq has given land wofth $1,000 for a
public cemetery.
A new steamboat for coast service, the
Pioneer, is now at work.
Amateur theatricals and cricket matches
are frequent in this island just now.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

The coiored communist is abroad in
Richmond, Va. If we may believe the
police reporter he "readjusts chickens.
There are $4,000 DOGS registered in
Paris. But a registered dog makes no
better sausage than the ordinary kind Of
dog.
"Providence is on our side" AS Sulei-
man Pasha remarked when the ammuni.
ton wagon drove up with Rhode Island
! supplies.
The house in New Hampshire in which
Horace Greeley was born is owned by
VIM. Brown, who has lived in it forty.
three years.
The painter, when he sees a baby eat
whortleberry pie, begins to comprehend
how limited is the power Of his art
Rome Sentinel.
The Chicago directory of 1874 con,
tanned only ll6 pages. This was before
Truth had been crushed to earth
Courier. Journal.
The mas who invents a velocipede
with a side-saddle will do away with a
great obstacle 10 the progress OF woman.
Il Rome Sentinel.
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is THE WAR OVER

Some good, loyal men are very
much exercised on account Of the
secession and war record Of Hon.
Henry billiard, lately appointed
minister to Brazil. This little Sc
cession business happened about
sixteen years ago, and if Mr.. Hill
lard was on the wrong or the mis-
taken side he has had ample time
to discover and reflect upon the
error. 1t is not likely that Dom
Pedro cares which side he was on,
or that the part he took in the war
makes him less loyal and true to the
government now than these loyalists
who complain Of the appointment.
1t is really a very good one.
Mr.. billiard is a ripe scholar, cul-
tured Christian gentleman, has had
great experience in public life, and
although near seventy years old is
yet capable of performing valuable
services for his country at home or
abroad. Those who dig up race
issues now are hypocritically loyal
and opposed to the genuine recon
struction of the Union and the
healing of the ugly wounds of the
war. The Nashville American, re-
ferring to a spiteful communication
on the subject written from Nash
vile to the New York Times, says:
1t is a matter Of interest historically
that Mr.. Hilliard was the commissioner
from the Confederate government in
1861. Governor Harris introduced him
to the legislature BY an official communi
SdtlOut Apli 80 lculs Ou Tue ouln MT
billiard unfolded his mission to the two
houses. May lot a joint resolution di
rected the governor to appoint three
commissioners to form a defensive
leagse-ubder it he appointed Gustsvus
A. Henry, Of Montgomery county, Arch.
ibsld o. W Totten, Of Madison, and
Washington Barrow, OF. Davidson They
met with Mr.. billiard, the league was
formed, and signed on the 7th, snd on
the same day transmitted TO the legisla.
ture by the governor and afterward rah-
fled by both governments. These are
interesting facts, but allow US to suggest
to 1861, that, without in any way de
Tending or sustaining Mr. billiard as q
politician, We do not see that they have
the remotest bearing on bis appointment
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
VIRGINIA POLITICS.

The Virginia convention contin-
ued to havea stormy time yesterday.
All the various resolutions referring
to the State debt question were re-
ferred to the committee OH resolu-
tions; also a resolution compli-
menting President Hayes for bis
wise and conservative course toward
the South. The majority Of the
resolutions in regard to the State
.bt favored its payment, but all
looking to increased taxation
were received with Kisses from all
parts Of the house. In fact, it
seems to have been a Kissing crowd
and a very noisy and clamorous
one. A resolution declaring the
public school system a burden, and
that it should be abolished, was
we'll Kissed. The committee on
resolutions not having been heard
from the convention at four o'clock
proceeded to receive and vote on
nominations. John W. Daniel, oil
Lynchburg; W. NJ. Holiday, Of
Winchester; General Fltz Lee.
General William Malone, William
Taliaferro, and General William
Terry were placed in nomination
The first ballot was not announced
until 10 o'clock last night. 1t wa.
as follows: Malone, 421; Daniels
361; Holiday, 261; Taliaferro, 131
Lee, l26; Terry, 116. Terry wa
dropped, being the lowest candi
date. No final result was possibl
last night, and may not be reache
to-day. The committee on reselu
tons will have work to harmonic
on anything.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

Nav YoRK, August lO.-Orlando W.
Joslyn, banker, has failed. Liabilities
$4,000; assets, nothing,
The strike of 400 coal wheelers al
Bergen Point has ended, Receiver Till
inghast promising if the strikers did aoi
make fifteen cents per hour by working
at the reduced rates for the next thirty
days, he would raise their earnings to
that figure.
0'Donovan Rosa, the Irish patriot
has been dispossessed of his hotel il
Chatham Square by the sheriff.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

Before the British garrison at
Malta was reinforced it consisted Of
seven batteries of artillery, number
ing 1922 of all ranks; two coripa-
MES Of engineers, comprising 1873
men; five battalions Of infantry,
3440 in all; the Royal Malta Fen.
chile artillery, 81 men, and de-.
tachments of the army hospital
corps and army service corps, max
ing a grand total Of 5098 men. AS
the two battalions which have gone
out within a fortnight are each 902
strong, the effective strength of the
garrison will be raised to 600 men.
The garrison Of Gibraltar is to be
reinforced by the Second battalion,
Eighth foot, and the First battalion,
Nineteenth foot, each corps having
902 men of all the ranks. This
will raise the number of troops at
that post to about 670O men, com.
prising seven batteries of artillery,
four companies of engineer and
seven battalions Of infantry, with
strong attachments from the army
service corps and army hospital
corps. Although the British gov
eminent has now in the Mediter-
ranean a stronger force than has
occupied the posts for many years,
the detachments which have been
sent out are from infantry regi.
ments, and the force of engineers
has not been increased. The Lon.
don Echo lays stress upon the fac.
that if the government intended t
occnpy Gallipoli it would have sem
out a strong force Of engineers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

in the United States Senate, where
he is now serving out an unexpired
term as successor of John Sherman.
A greater effort will be made to
secure the legislature than the gov
ernor. 1t will be the first time
that the State or any great State
has spoken out since Hayes inaugu-
rated the national policy of treating
all States as equals in the Union,
showing thereby that he considers
himself President Of the whole
country and not Of a section or Of
a party. The Democratic platform
approves his course, but denounces
the means by which he was placed
in power over the popular and
electoral vote of the country cast
for another. The Republicans like
wise in their platform approve and
support his efforts for the pacifca-
ton of the country and "the estab-
lishment of its civil service upon a
basis of purity and efficiency"
thereby admitting hat this had not
been done previously. The contest
will be one of unusual interest and
importance on account of its future
bearing and effect on national
politics.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

A FINAL order has been issued
by Judge Thayer, of the fifth CIR
cult court Of st. Louis, appointing
Lazelle E.. Alexander receiver of
the Columbia Life Insurance Com
pany, and requiring Of him y bond
of 100000. Judge Horatio M.
Jones, the referee, who made a
critical examination of the affairs
of the company, devotiny his whole
time to it for four months, was
allowed $4,000 for his services. The
policy-hOlders will get nothing and
the big stockholders will possess
themselves of whatever real estate
and other assets that can'b be found.
Next
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
T%ELEGRAPHIC MARKETS
STOCK AND BONDS.

New York, August 10, ll:l0 am
United States skies of 1881, lllB@lllB;
United States skies of 1881, coupons,
ll2@ll2g; new four-and-a-halfs, 1880
1888; coupons, l08s@lO8a; fve-twenties
of 1865, new issue, lO6J@lO7; fve.twen-
ties of 1867, lOSJ; 6ve.twenties Of 1868,
coupons, ll!4@llIs; ten.forties, l093;
ten-forties, coupons, -@ll25; currency
skies, l245@l24Bi new hves, lO9s@lO94.
LONDON, August 10, 4 p.m.-Consols
for money, 95 Lie; on account, -;
United States fve.twenties of 1865, lO6t;
United States fve.twenties of 1867, 1863;
United States ten.forties, llO1; new ives,
1913; Erie, Of.
BERLIN, August l0,-The weekly state.
ent of Imperial Bank Of Germany shows
a decrease of specie of IL, 200, 900. marks.
LONDON, August l0.-Amount Of bul.
lion gone into the Bank of England on
balance to-day, e87, 900.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, August 10. -Whe winter,
l2s@l2s Ga; Milwaukee red, los lOd@
rs Cd; California white, rs 2d@l2s Cd;
California club, rs 5d@I3s I'd. Germ,
26s O@26s 3dd. Pork, 54s. Beet, 88s Cd.
Bacon, long clear, BIS Cd; short clear,
1856 Cd. Lard, 43s %. Tallow, Ais.
New YORK, August 10, 1920 m.-
Flour is dull. Wheat nominal at 81 43
al IS; Milwaukee red, l 45. Corn quiet
and steady at 594@GOf. Mess pork quiet
at 10 so bid for August; ID so for Sep
iember. Lard quiet at . 90 bid fer Au
gust; 8 90 for September; 9 O74 Tor 0cto-
Der; 9 l2@ for November; s IS for De.
cember; S774 for year. Whisky is nom
inal at l li3@l II
CHICAGO, August 10, Il a.m.-Wheal
is active and unsettled at ! OSB@l 90 for
August; l Ol5@l OF for September.
Corn steady at 453 for August; 45s for
September. Pork is dull and noNinaI
at ID 274 for September; 10 III for 0ctc
Der. Lard is dull and nominal at s GO
for September. Sugar-cured hams quiet;
best brands, .929lO; l6 average, loo
lOl; Is average, l0l@lO!; IA average
and others, l@4 less. Receipts: Flour
S7ll; wheat 1929; corn, 376,39S. Ship
ments: Flour, 1902; wheat. 1852; corn
1886, III.
CIscISNATI. August l0.-Flour is firm
Wheat is unsettled; white held at | 25@
| IS. Corn is unchanged Whisky il
steady at ! O8 Pork and lard are nom
inal. Bulk meats are quiet and frmer
at 5. 5 10, Z. Z 10, Z 25, I 80, outsid,
asked. Bacon is steady and unchanged
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
Mrs. Grams Eyes.

The Washington correspondent
of the Toledo Blade says:
81 feel panied when | read the
criticisms that are afloat Just now
over Mrs. Grants ignorance of
prominent English statesmen. In
her defense, not to her criticism,
let me mention that for years her
eyesight has been such that she
could neither read or write. Her
eyes are crossed, and the sight OF
one of them is nearly gone, and that
of the other is failing. When one
thinks how little leisure she has had
for being read aloud to, and how
hard working and self denying
were the earlier years Of her mar
rled life, one can judge her gently
for speaking innocently to a proud
dame of England of having met
"a Mr.. Bright, who appears to be
prominent in politics here or "A
Mr.. Blackstone ~(Gla1stone), Ia
whom | have been introduced.
She betrayed quite as little knowl.
edge # American politics, many
and many a time here; being tho
roughly a domestic woman, and
leaving all outside interests abso.
lutely to the General but she was
just dear, good, unspolled Mrs.
Grant, with a kind heart for the
poor, and mo biggod nonsense
about her. as Mr.. Edward Sparklel
would say.
With regard to Mrs. Grants
obliquity Of vision one or two char.
acteristics are told. A few YEAR
since a certain. association OF emf
nent physicians convened here, anC
its president, a man Of nationa
reputation, had some friendly in
tercourse with the President durin,
the time. In the course Of a con
v%ersation, he said, suggestiyely, ID,
you know, Mr.. President, that stra
bismus is easily removed in thes,
days Of advanced surgical skill ?
what do you mean 2 answered tn.
President, in his abrupt, level way
do you mean that you want t
straighten my wile's eyes? The.
were as they are now when | man
ried her, and | am satisfied wit
them just as they are Also, wheI
he first became President, some on
delicately suggested to her that sh
S would better have them operate.
upon. NO she said, placldly. 8
p. have been able to make Gen. Gran
happy notwithstanding these crool
) ed eyes, and | hope / shall be abb
! to make President Grant equal
happy But behind it all Law III
d grim phantom of threatened blint
ness, and l doubt not that she Wa
afraid to precipitate the calamit
g by any attempt to improve the
looks. However much we may m,
mentarily wish that our represent
- tive American lady in the eyes
: Europe We're such an one as the r
diant, intensely vital Mrs. Haye
rs yet we may console ourselves tn
he Mrs. Grant is more attractive pc
h sonally than Queen Victoria, al
more genial, too; and that she u
=, doubleday makes fewer blunde
VI than her Majesty would make we
Or she on an American tour"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
TAX OHIO ELECTION.

Various States hold elections
this fall, but upon none will public
interest be SO concentrated as
that Of Ohio, which occurs on the
second Tuesday in October. Both
parties have full tickets in the field.
The legislature to be chosen will
select Stanley Matthews successor
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10

GALVESTON, August l0.-The News
Austin special says that United States
Marshal Parnell was shot twice and
probably fatally wounded by Frank Brit
ton. Accounts Of the ARRAY are conflict
ing tits known that the two gentle.
men belonged to opposing factions OIL
the Republican party, and have bad diff
ferences as to the distribution of Fedora.
patronage in this State.
A FIRE at Waco yesterday destroyed the
dry goods house Of Lyons, L%indenthal q
Co. and the hardware house Of Eikel 8
Bcrustadt. Loss on stocks and build
ing,, $l2O,OOOi insurance, $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-10
VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

Proceedings TO.Day-Fttzhugh t.ec
ana Terry Dropped from the List
OF Candidates.
RICHMOND. August 10 The conven.
ton met promptly at $3.50 this morning.
After a little diminishing the call Of
counties was made for the third ballot.
General Fitzhugh Lee and VIM. Terry
having been dropped last night the can
didates we're Malone, Daniel, HALL
day and TaliAferro. The third ballot
resulted as follows: Malone, 472; Dan
iel, 1873; Halliday. 1888; Taliaferro, liz;