Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-23

preme Being, there is decidedly a very great
Improvement in the health Of the emperor; OF
that angel Of benevolence in the midst Of his
suEerines. For whom should God manifest his
infinite mercy, if not for him! Oh! my God,
what moments of affection | have passed; and
YOU, dear mother, l can picture to myself your
uneasiness. You receive the bulletins. You
have therefore seen to what state We were yes
terday reduced; and still more last night; but
Wylie, Gan English physician) to-day, says
himself, that the state Of our dear patient is sa-
tisfactory. He is exceedingly weak. Dear mo.
Their, l confess 10 you that l am not myself, and
that l can say no more. Pray with US, with
fifty millions Of men, that God may deign to
| complete the cure Of our we'll beloved patient.
"ELIZABETH."
"November l9.-Our angel has gone to hea-
ven. and IL linger still on earth. Who would
have thought that !, in my weak state Of health,
could ever have survived him? Do not you a
bandop me, mother, for l am absolutely alone
in this world Of care.
! "Our dear deceased has resumed his air ofbe-
nevolence: his smile proves TO me that he is
happy. and that he gazes on brighter objects
than exists here below. My only consolation
under this irreparable loss is, that shall not
survive him.
ELIZABETH"
"This interesting princess declared that she
wished to accompany the body 10 this place
Reflect what dreadful anguish she must sustain
in a Journey which must occupy two months,
IS75 werts, at 80 in each day.. Every day the
body will be deposited in the churches. 1t is
impossible that she can sustain it. Yesterday
the courier brought nothing from her; her
weakness is extreme"
CEARA.
1t will be recollected that in our accounts
from Rio Janeiro it was stated that the Brazil
liam ship of the line Don Pedro, Com Jewett,
had arrived at Rio from Ceara, at which place
she took on board 76o passengers, who left on
account of the famine, out of which l6o died
OH the passage, and 200 were sick.
The editors of the Salem Register have re-
ceiyed from a correspondent the following COM
munication which furnishes an explanation Of
the foregoing article Of news, and presents a
picture of human suffering and degradation,
seldom if ever equalled.
Passengers in the Don Pedro-The account of
the arrival Of this ship at Rio %Janeiro, from
Ceara, brings to mind the circumstances under
which those emigrants took passage. Previ-
Il Gus 10 III III VI Soiiis JSWNtl iotl Nso
Janeiro, the President Of the Province Of Cea-
ra offered to the Emperor Of Brazil 1000 re-
cruits for soldiers, if he would take them from
his Province, where the want of rain for three
years has dried the rivers, and changed the
once fertile soil into a sandy desert, on which
al present nothing can grow for the sustenance
Of man or beast. On the receipt OF this adj
vice at Rio, the Government chartered the Bre-
- -. r.c--..lz III A.lol L.. -
farinha, which was sent as a present to the SOL
diers and starving inhabitants Of Ceara. This
present was soon followed by he Don Pedro,
whose arrival caused more alann to the iuha-
bitants than an Algerine ~corsar would to an
unarmed merchantmen. The diy after her ar
rival, the soldiers Of Ceara (nats. Brazilians,
300 in number) were divided into squads Of six
men, and sent in pursuit Of recruits, with or
d ers to catch and convey to prison every free
man able to bear arms, and boys over ten years
of age. These ignorant, inhumal wretches re-
ceived their orders with pleasure. and prompt
ly executed them-whilst some we're patroling
the streets, others were searching the houses of
their neighbors, and dragging from home both
father and son, disregardirg all intreaties.-
Others went MANY miles from town, to over
take wealthy farmers, residents of the interior,
who had been to market with hides and were
returning with the proceeds, and took them,
sans ceremony, leaving their slaves to return 10
their families with the agreeable intelligence
that thei" masters are themselves slaves. When
any were asked why they suffered themselves
to be kidnapped by their own countrymen,
without making any resistance, their only re
ply was, "if the King wants men we must SO,
there is no remedy"
When they had collected 1900, and chartered
two vessels besides the Don Pedro for their
conveyance; they were escorted to the beach in
division. of one hundred and fifty, by the sol
diers, accompanied by as many disconsolate fe-
males, mourning the loss Of their dearest
friends, on whom their existence depended
Many mothers followed their childrtn from
home to the Jail and beach, soliciting their re-
lease, but without effect; instead of any salts
factory excuse, they would receive a few blows
on the head from the swords of those who
were exulting in the misery they inflicted
Thus these cowardly, hen-hearted, s~oulless
idiots were driven from the place Of their ma
tivity, leaving mothers and sisters, wives and
children, unprotected, to mourn their fate
then beg, starve and die. A few weeks after
these vessels sailed, the ship Carioco, captain
Pinto, arrived for the same purpose, and in six
days succeeded in stealing 400 more, who took
their farewell leave of home in the same .Afri-
o,n stylo THE &c q Sr1oin accommodated t,1o'3