The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-10
TWO CENTS.
Our Brax,I Correspondence.

Our Brsx,I Correspondence.
Rio DIX JANxIRo, July IL, 1919.
The Han b~ Of Rio de JansIo-- The great Orr If
Sowsh Ameyiea-7hs Amerscams en- route for Csis-
fxwia-Sse~es IN rs City, &C., Re.
In pure chsrity-a virtue rare with the scc6mps-
ninent Of punty-If tine down to give you some
thing about this bea fsl capital Of Brazil; for Il
seems hard to me, taaf the two greatest cities OF
the two great continents should not be more int-
maiely united This then, in spite of the modes,y
OF the assertion, il nothing moro or loss than an
attempt to establish 4 connection between the me
tropoltana Of North and South America.
Rio de Jsneiro, was 30 called by its carly dis
coverers on account of its .verike entrance, and
even our own beautiful Narrows must yield 70
this remarkable strait. high, towering cone Of
rap rock, called the Sugar Loaf, rises like colos-
sus on one side, and on the other, frowning lt,ls
fortress displays triple row of guns. The width
of the passage which they guard is not greater
than half mile, and this once entered, the whole
msgnifcence of the harbor breaks upon the eye
This harbor-thc celebrated harbOr OF RIo-is uni
versally conceded to be the finest in the world aud
It's bay oilers one Of the grandest spectacles in IA
ture. To the honest and sea-sick Californian.
its soothing sweetness is inc xpressible Imagiue-
II editors ever possess imagln auon-what mast be
the feelings OF man, tossed tor fifty days Upon the
rude ocean, when he enters placid sheet Of water
one hundred miles In circuit, gladdenrd BY cheer
full sunshine and evergreen orange groves Encir-
cling this little paradise of lake aud plain, is lofty
amphitheatre of mountains, rising in every varied
form, and covered with eternal verdurs.
On the west side Of this wonderful bay is the
great ciy the seat OF the court, and the metropo-
lis Of Brazil. BY great city, mean great by com.
palison. 1t 10 the greatest IN South America, and
in mere population, among the great cities Of tho
world; but II ~ absurd to say, some have SAID,
" that it will rival own Yankee capital Of
Gotham 1t is true, that Rio contains soa,- $780,
600 souls, but "spch soulsv A moogrel Of Por-
tuguese, French, half breeds, and negroes. Why.
one ,ithe of the many minded Of Bowery," tho
men who mobbed Macready, would take posses-
sion OF the town. But enough OF this Of thing,
you are gszette and not geography; let me give
Rio Janeiro is alive with American greatness.
Swarms OF uncouth, unwashed, long bearded men
traverse iis tropical thoroughfares, and when tho
back Csiiorney forever" What wonderful m yH.
rads OF pioneering Yankees our great spirit of
pansion is beginning to open to the remotest parts
Of The earth. Brazil and the CarrIseaa North,
Chill. Peru, and Western Mexico, are all, at this
moment, nothing more than great entrepots for
this commercial fsod of living Americans Is it
difficult to look forward to the day when our init
mrnt, than with California ten years ago-will DO
followed by their Amercanlzation, If not their In.
corporation with ourselves At one time, the
harbor OF Rio contained 800 Amr ncans, sw route
a
tolersble house frequented by the shipping, and
what a spectacle to Brother Jonath tn-hats,
caps, whiskers, and tobacco there is no ms
taking the prominent tide. Just a. 1t WIS N
Texas, just as IT was In Mexico, Just as IL is begin
ming to be IN the Havana, il is in the capital
of Brazil
"Walk up, old fellow ~ '.How are you 70
" Where did you come from - "What'll you
drink ~ are the regular salutations; and, in less
than ten minutes, a black mousiached Brazilian
hands yor a sherry cobbler, or a mat julep.
Madame Pharoux, the pioifresss of the restau-
rant, still sits, with the dignity Of French
cofee-house queen, behind her anile counter
threne, presiding as in days Of yore but instead
OF the Bon jour, Nodane," aud the g Eas
oe," 1t "How are you, old lady 7" and " Oh
Susannahr'
Now, the writer of this is "looker inVlenna."
He knows what Rio was, five years ago-he see
what IT is now. Depend upon IL, there are repub
lcan tendencies here, which show them selves IN
other matters than the mint juleps; and the grra.
changes Of the day. which, in obedience TO some
wise and supreme law, seem TO be mixing up po.
pulaiiona, are at work in this distant region. Il
only in 1875 that Brazil was raised 10 the Dig
nifty Of kingdom; in less than five years Don Pc
dro was Obliged TO abdcatc In favor Of his infant
son, the present emperor, who has been hardly yet
four years a man. There have been republics
upon siphter bases, and II is not with the pander-
ing spirit Of " letter writer" thai foretell the
Pubicanism Of the only empire of The western he
Iisphere. 4. Y. u.