, 1877-04-28

plete success, and the palm Of victory left
in my hands. No doubt he was %disappoint-
ed, although he recorded the fact in the
local newspapers as I have narrated but
he overIaid thai great fact with a length
encd disquisition on the blackness OF char
coal, so antagonistic 10 the whiteaess of So.
gar. 1t happened that day, for the first
time, an added experiment was made with
charcoal as a fltrant. 1t was but imper-
fectly guarded, and some dust escaped
into the leaving caneiuice. 1t had moth
ing whatever to do with the great princi-
pie at stake, yrt the magnanimity Of this
Judge preferred to enlarge on such an
insignificant accident, to the alarm OF
several. II certainly was easier for him to
detcant on what every black boy in the
colony knew well, namely, the bIactness
Of charcoal, than TO 90 into the application
Of galvanism to ~coaguiate the impurities,
and check the fermentation OF cane juice,
about which he knew Gothiug, oad must
say something he vas sent 10 enquire
nI3 II, and hi3 po.arj.copc had proved it
70 be a complete success. "Brutus was
a honOraG @,an."
L Wero ct'nable here TO omit ~alusion
to one OF tWo se9ueotial f4cts,
I mU2t premise that fever had driven
me, at the outset, from these experiments
ia the West Indies. ! had - leave them
with the ve,y Intelligent manager of the
estate, who witnessed them now for the
first time. The hogsheads of sugar W.rs
"potted," and draineI as usual. When the
supposed molasses was mt on to "the still
10. - tLD oi.ronn ,uL:oL, III ..o...1 =.
was found coated thickly with crystaIliz.
ed sugar. The liquid portion was evi.
IDENTIFY too weak fer crystatlization then !;
it was " set up" together with the scum.
mingq, az usual, But it would not fer.
ment a. nrl4i. Nor did 1t terment for
several days nor, indeed, until scummings
had been added from the old process, uAjch
brought u5M it the iauited Jerment, in a perfect
state Of 0cticltu.
Here vas . most valuable, positive,
practical, proof Of the ability of my pro-
cess to arrest fermentation, and silence its
active propensity in such a saccharine
medium it also afforded q decided con.
trast 10 the old process.
Again that rum po4uct largely ex-
ceeded the usual product Of a similar
number Of gallons OF molasscs, which goes
to p7ovs the quality OF the Supposed
molasses, that had been drained from the
sugar made after my Qualification of the
~canejuice. We thus accumulate practical
unmistakable evidence, at every stage Of
the manufacture
These interesting figures were received
from the came source. The quality of
the cane juice was poor, barely 50 Is.
They he'd used 130.S60 gallolS Of that
caue-juice in lwo weeks, ami made wi a
it 60 hhd2. OF sugar, say l2a86o 60 =2,ISl
gallons pr had. Tnsir I'M Mediate neigh
bois, on either side, were using, at the
same time, 5000 g'l!ons Of cane iuic', Of
the gam quality, for each Ind. Of sugar.
Then 5000 x CO. 0,O)0 gallons, AMI
10000 2is =82'5 hhds. or. from the same
quantity Of canejuice with which they
produced 60 hhds. of sugar, by the old
process, we see 50 hogsheads can be produc-
ed by my process, after avoiding the usual
loss by fermentation and by rich scummings.
Here, however was a loss by supposed
m0l0sses.
Need I add, that I desire all drainage,
from centrifugals or other sources, to b.
re turned into the pans. to come on with
tn e next charge OF sugar, thus reducing
the possible loss Of sugar to insigniGcance.
Crob -, 1ortopt foot. oro oorfaiolv an.