New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-10
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
RAMBLES IN RIO.
The panams and her Ofnoer--Rio-street--
Paper Money-The EMPEROR Cbapel-Re-
ligious fete-The Emperor's Garden-It-
spIendor-A Live Hoase-Advice, &c.

have 20 many thlnRs % say-not ohiy aDDSt v-f
voyage oor ship, officers, and thus great city
that hardly know where D. begin or end. A.
though we encountered the most severe gales
portion Of the way, yet oar vessel bore as p'o9oy
% and confirmed oar entire confidence IN Us POI"
en We had the usosl sea sicknsss--'ne s1ne'
ings Of which can be felt, b1. never descraoeo-
look back 70 il now a. ~ glimpse Of the oTer
regions There was much complaint during the
ir,t part Of the voyage among some ot the forward
cabin passengers, owing 70 mis0nderstsnd ing re-
soectlng no. only the provisions, boz other accom-
modations 60 esger were people 70 90 in tie
Panams, and TO get 10 California as soon as posi-
bic, that very little inquiry was made respecting
the accommodations Those who took the trouble
70 inquire from the proper source, we're informed
that they woold have '0iior8 fare and they must
sleep two in a bertb--the beTtbs being made VIDE
Tor the purpose. The fare has been even better
than wa. promised. Ia large company On board
vessel ike this, there will always be some d'i'
eo.tents," whatever may be the accommodated.
Before we arrived here, however, when more time
wss given Tor reflection, every mornor vas hush
ed ADD yoa will not now end a passenger tore Or
aft bat will stand % for the Panama. Indeed,
it lisa current report in the city that ours Is The
only vessel IL port from which no complaints are
heard respecting the accommodations
Since our arrival the Captain has had almost
any number Of applications Or passage IN the 'o'-
ward cabin, a. $500 each, from persons who have
paid their fare In other vessels 70 California b1'
are willing to pay it over sgsia, 40 favorable IS
the report Of cur aocommodations
Oar commander, Capt. Porter has been from
the first universal isyorite. have not heard
even s,oro the forward cabin the frst whisper
sgsirs, him. have never known man bear ms
honors more meekly and with less parade ne
seems 70 be gentleman by nature and Ins'inc''
and I, truly such without any effort. He's prompt
and erncien, in the discharge Of bis dnties-o1t
goes aboa, them 20 quietly, that he attracts ~
notice He gives q smile or a word o. appro's
,,on 10 al the smusemen,s Of the passengers, b1t
seldom or never engages in them himself III
drinks no hquor Of any kind, not even VINE
have said thu. much Of our Captain, because
believe, taken ali IN all. he - rare exception u
the general rule. II time aud space permitted
could say much In praise Of COR fret oihcer 81.
Everett, aud Of our Surgeon. DR.. James
wish could say the same Of one or two other
oiEceu-but every Government hss ITS err and
ats hard spots.
We have a number Of rather distinguished per
,onaees on board Capt. Tilton. Of the I s brig
Perry, Capt. Hsrdcsstle, Of the IT, :. oorps oi TO-
biographical Engineers, Mr. Derby Of the same.
Rev Aie1r. Fitch chaplain Of the Seamcns Nc
treat, New York. Mr. Lsurcat. the Eronaot and
DR. Cotton, the scientific lecturer
The City Of Rio Jsneiro presents many features
of attraction % strangers. and especially from tho
United States. ! can pres NJ some Of these on'
without much regard 70 form and connect'on.-
Rio IA. il i usually called contains about 2o)-
600 inhabitants. seven-eightha Of these are blacks
and slaves. The Emperor. Don PEDRO II resides
here The town has the a"pesra1ce n great
are. the buses being AL rooted with ties, a..
the form Of architecture similar, anl Requested By
law. The houses are built Of stone or hrick, an
are universally painted outside and inside. The
streets are mostly very narrow admitting only
the passage Of one carriage between tie side
walks. The carriages pass only one rag IN each
street, thus avoiding al danger Of meeting an
passing The streets are swept the cleancsi o
spy CITY have visited Nothing is allowed g.
be thrown into the streeis--lo, even the sweep
ings OF the houses and shops There are no .ars'
contracts for cleaning the streets bat each resl-
dent sweeps the street "a from, Of bis own house.
Twas surprised 10 learn that there wss 40 IA
tionsl com in the country but copper They nave
no SILVER or gold. The copper com IL Of the o.
nounina alton OF one aud two cent piecrs-what j.
called a rsAf0H, and dump. The other curenc.
IL that Of bills OF the value Of 50 cents and up
wards--what they call mdreys. These bllls a'r
issued w tho Emperor. and. strange b say, are
nevo, redeemable They are taken at the Cos
tom House, and by the citizens for any KIND 81
goods OF properly They are regarded AZ the
very beat currency. Even our American gold and
silver j. AZ discount OF and 10 pea cent OR
hail dollars will pass tolorably well, bat man a.
the shopkeepers refuse 20 take the small coin
went into the Market yesterday snd wishing 'o
purchase an orange handed the woman five
ceut piece she shook her head and show ed Inc =
dun eliminating that that was what she want
cd Whenever the Emperor gives out new
issue OF these bills they decrease 10 value.
The language spoken 10y the native ciuzens is
the Portuguese. There few French end
English Merchants here, ana hur or five Amer
cans. Those who can speak the French or Span
ish have little difficulty IN being understood
should Judge that the city was remarkably
well governed. There iscsftaiuly much less crime
aud on rage than IN New ORR according - toe
number OF inh abitants ! have been hcresi days
and have not seen the first citizen Intoxicated
There are at present some 1000 Americans iror1
the States here on their way 10 California. and
see tsouy to say ~ plenty OF these inioxicated
every day.
When one of the native citizens gets drunk,
they put a ia mask over bis face, and tssisn 70
with a patent paddock behind This he u Obliged
20 wear CERTAIN lcogth Of time. The citizens
generally are remarkably h0uest-scyoral iacts in
proof aving traospred under the observation OF
our ships company. ought not perhaps to say
koness-for they 60 upon the princip.e that al is
fair in irals" They viii not sca'-nor viii they
keep an article they happen q find, n they cSn
discover tue owner. Theh they regard ss one o
the greatest crimes, snd Il is punished with great
severity And this, while a man is seldom con
victed and haug Tor murder. They reason that
one is committed ~ the hest Of passion, ana ihe
other is a cool deliberate act
The Roman Catholic is the national religion
and no other is tolerated, except under great 70
strctions. The churches are Numerous aud very
MISUNDERSTANDING been hHit. most o. them,
hundreds OF years ago, when II was the nstionsl
pride 10 give money Tor such purposes No de-
scriptlon can DO justice 10 the splendor and mag
nihceuce OF some Oi these od,nces. The inside oi
the Emperor's Chapel. which visited yesterday
seemed almost lined with gold Yesterday was
celebrated with great spcndor in eommem mora
tloa OF Chsisss bearing the Cross long Prices