American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-04-22

cies. The houses are profJsely decorated eX-
teriorly, and with considerable taste. The We
randahs and balconies are gided and painted,
many of them adorned with shrubbcry and
flowers, and their pillars encircled by 4 variety
of climbing plants, giving both variety and re-
lief by contrast, and pleasing the sense by their
perfume. The roofs of the buildings are cover.
ed with tiles that soon, by age ard exposure,
acquire dingy, begrmmed hue that dctracts
much from the picturesque appearance Of the
place, viewed from distance. None Of the
houses, it must be recollected, have an open
space of ground or area attached to them, SO
that these balconies and verandahs, extending
across the front of each story, are, in fact, a
soit Of outdoor paIlor, a resort to behold what
may be transpirng around, the narrow street
bringing you within conversing distance q!
your opposite neighbor; gay and gallant Ado
MS might, therefore, WOO the lady of his aztec
tons III dumb show, or any more thriving mode.
AS specimen of tho wisdom of this race, and
of their wilinl blindness to the march Of the
times, the spouting, carrying of the rain wa
ter, deSccnds no lower than the floor of the Sc
cond story, shooting OIL into the street: accord
ingly, in wet weather, the pedestrian receives
the full benefit of the arrangement, which, even
during slight shower, is by no means pleasant:
what 1t must prove when the rainy season
comes on, may be con cctured. The BraZlians
are excessively careful of their precious bodies;
a shower that would scarce induce Yankee to
be at the trouble Of displaying his paraplnie,
and there is sCamper TO get sheltered, umbrel-
las are at premium, and wooden soled clogs
resound along the trottoir. have seen the
huge negroes belonging to the City Guard at
such time, enveloped in cloth mantle, the
IL,
Jenny Twitcher would say. This body OF
negro soldiers, Git certainly does not excite holy
or charitable feelings in the mind Of Southern
man to look on them,} seem to be kept in fine
order, but they are very insolent and presum-
ing. They possess one qualification, infallibly
disqualifying them from ever becoming "food
for POWDER" being such superlative and ultra
cowardly kinds, that, without question, they
would make one pair of legs worth regiment
of arms; they can't be persuaded to ''stand tot
Just at the present period it appears that the
grand army of H J. NJ. Senior Don Pedro II.
is much in want of recruits, and in this happy
land they have a summary mode of accomplish
ing the Object, merely consisting in pressing all
whom the can fall IN with; provided he is not
dressed in black cloth, and looks as if he
wouldn't fight. They profess not to interfere
with foreigners, it is true, but the practice is
somewhat different from the declarations they
are by no means particular. Thus poor Jack
the mill horse, that cannot a1oat tire the prey
of the designing on shore, must be careful how
he navigates when IN these ports, or he is but a
gone coon. Two or three encounters came of
between the recruiting party and sailors, while
was on the spot, one being Portuguese and
the other an American, resulting pretty much
in the same manner: the first knocking over two
Of his assailants, and only yielding when three
or four bayonets were at his breast; the latter
leveled three of them in succession, receiving
several cuts from a sword, boiling finally into
the compting-house of large commercial es-
adjustment, whose influence protected him
What is the amount of pay received in the
ranks, have no means of ascertainng, but il
must be very trf1e, as there are thousands OF
idle fellows lettering about the cities of the en-
pire, to whom, judging from appearances, any
means of subsistence would prove acceptable.
The Calaboose, or Guard House. is quite an
extensive building, but cannot give the least
idea of its interior arrangement, being content
to remain on the outside. The Atandega is a
large building, but compared to that OF Per-
nambuco, it is poor affair at least in an ar
chitectural point of view, Notwithstanding the
immense amount of business transacted within
its walls. Merchants attend regularly on
Change, much more so than in our land, and
even in this temple of gain, light summer gar
ments are vetoed. Tho Trapiche, in the rear
of the Custom house, appropriated, exclusively,
to the purpose Of discharglng dry goods, (how
| do abomnate those two eXecrable words, J
only accommodating three vessels at one time,
patience is therefore very oft the order of the
day. Every package, box, bale. bundle, or
cask, is opened and subjected to strict scru-
tiny and espionage of every boat 10 and from
the land, it is nearly impossible to smuggle, at
least to any amount. If forts, guard-boats, Of
fccrs, and officials Of all sorts, and IN every
guise, can afford any security against frauds
being perpetrated on the revenue, the city OF
Rio dc Jaueiro should rest contented, for she
possesses q sufhciency of this description OF 60
vernment parapheinalia to insure detection
On entering the harbor there are no less than
three batteries before reaching Santa Cruz, that
fortress succeeds; then Pico and Large meet
the eye; and in order, come those of Villegag-
non, Wagon, Gravata, Isle de Cobras, and
Heaven only knows how many more: to those
may be added seven guard-ships, stationed at
intervals, forming line accommodation with
each other: and by night and throughout the
day, the boats of these guardians of the reve-
nue. pull around and among the shipping, lis
teniug to the slightest sounds, the dip of an oal
or the necessary movements of each vessel, be.
ing noted. While our barque was lying a,
anchor, engaged in receiving cargo, it was OBJ
and served for two or ithree successive days
nights, that the boats of the Guarda-mor had
been constantly plying in our immediate vcin.
ity: retire at might, the last object seen was
the boat; look forth at mornings dawn, and
again would you behold the boat. Curiosit,
being excited, was led to make enquiries, and
soon ascertained that their affectionate and un.
RENTING attentions we're being bestowed on ar
American brig and Hamburg patacho, load
ing for Africa: or as it is generally and EN-.
phatcally termed, "the Coast" il being a work
Of supererogation to designate it otherwise
The American had not sailed ere our departure
the patacho left the previous day, and when
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