Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-02
BRAZIL.

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The last advces from Brazil announcing that the Senate
,ad passed, with certain notifications the bill providing for
he cessation Of the African slave trade appear have excited
very general interest BY this time the bill has probably
eived the royal signature. is plain to every one that the
forcing necessity out Of which this measure grew and TO
which its passage is to be attributed not within but without
the Empire No choice to have been any longer left
to the body Of landed propeors composing the Brazilian
Senate than to Frame and to frame with intention enforce
its acquisitions This bill in design had nothing new to pro-
pose nor In terms does require Of them any thing very
daordnary Urged their attention by foreign Govern
ment the offended dignity of the members Of this body might
lead them to suggest and adopt certain alterations but not
such as can be supposed materially interfere with the main
object Of the bhe enforcement of the provisions Of the
treaty Of 1880 between Brazil and Great Britain, and by
which the former engaged to do what she has done
This delay Of fifteen years ascbsbe less spirit Of da
toriness-a spirit to all South American Govern
mens-han TO strong indsposon. How to subsst with
out the yearly importation Of fifty thousand Africans,
and yet preserve consstence with policy which served
long to resist any modification of export duties and still inn
poses the most oppressive restrictions the home trade and
native industry Of BRAZIL has proved easy matter to de-
temine and is not yet determined The Brazilian Govern
men cannet look to its people for reply These, with
every encouragement could change their natures and will
never change their habits The very wealth and fertility Of
the country osergrows and stiles their ambition, thus setting
in most ridiculous light the habus jealousy its provinces
towards another In truth, by another of people
than the Brazians or the uattoes the Mamaucaos
all together this country to be redeemed Possessing
Of nearly three million So miles, its northern and west
provinces consisting of vast auval plains covered with
the richest vegeaton its central, eastern, and southern
provinces adng beneath every variety Of climate, as they
swiftly rise from the Atlantic and again sink down. almost
every species of natural produce that enter into poa
be commerce, together with the most valued metallic and
mineral producs-god silver lead znc chrome, manganese,
patna quicksilver, sapetre and entire hills Of ronsone-
make Brazil yet what it first named, the true Ell Dorado.
Her forests full of precious woods and Drugs and fur
nsh the best of timber for merchant vessels Watered
throughout by of the mghes Of rivers seeking their out
lets by mountain barriers the sea- Brazil needs nothing
great but energetic people The passage Of the bill have
advered to- Notwithstanding that its provisions how explicit
soeve likely to be while only partially ecacous, by
Of the geographical position Of Brazil the
avong points presents for disembarcaion and than
ALL its wants. viii yet to mark new commercial era in
the history of Brazil Indicating concusvey the final arrest
of the slave traffic with Africa il will lead the Brazilian Gov
enmen for the prevention Of any further retrograde
men at home apply itself to the discovery Of means
Of prosperity and possibly invite the colonization Of for
egners New ports must be opened and new cities founded
But Brazil is at present constituted economically and
politically far from thinking that merchants have
bestowed sufficient consideration have secured them
selves the full advantages dervabe from general acquaint
with its wants and its Brazil yet gets great
portion of its flour from Trieste, the iron utensils used s
sugar engenhos from England, and its printed coons from
France. Of the trade that maritime nations carry with it,
the United States has certainly the proportion which
might have
Looking off from this reading the limitable wealth Of
Brazil and from that again to its magnificent and solitary
Shores frequented much by trading fleets; its diver
ed and unraversed interiors roads without carriages; its
lakes and rivers with keel its coasting ade
mitted to ITSELF and for instance the whole line from Rio
de Janeiro to the port of Bahaeight hundred mleswh
single city, compelled confess that its boased
independence is the independence Of ideness.
possible that foresight Of the requirements Of the
treaty of 1880 may have had connexon with the
deavor Of the Brazilian Government three years previously
organize in New York, through its Charge dAaires Mr.
REBELLo, then residing there, American company nav
gate by steam the great river Amazon which, running amidst
the richest soil and hemmed in by the most u1uan vegeta
ton with unimpeded navigation thousand miles, and
fed by tributaries that water the entire Empire of Brazil
represented presenting prospective advantages The
company established and few years later built steam
boat Para which ascended far the river Ngro We
know nothing Oft The Amazon, ready to bear to the
Atlantic half the wealth of Peru, still rolls its length almost
deserted when ORELLANA gded il in his fra craft
when years AFTER franciscan Fars descended with Their
brevaries Whatever the value of the above conjecture il ID
certain 1880 the Brazilian Government has extended
far more ample encouragement to foreign On this,
however, the extent of home industry must necessarily set
limitations and indeed until Brazil has passedno other hands,
become what nature made for know what the
strength Of the iron save under the guidance Of ndomi-
table energy could bring to. Previous colonization will make
that revolution peaceful Brazil cannot resist its destines.
The grand design Of PoMBA who would have set its capital
in the province Of Mnas Gerae there encrced by the
magnificent Of mountains from maritime invason and
enagng year by year its power and grandeur may then find
fument till the dreams that brought GozALEz from
his home far exceeded.
Some Of the Texas papers specializing upon the
which shall be made of the ten millions which the State is to
obtain from the General Government The Galveston Civil
an thinks that after paying off the debt of Texas, three mil
lions will remain. This is to be received in United
States bonds bearing five per cent interest," which will yield
revenue of 100000 per than sufficient to
pay the whole expenses Of the State Government This
would enable Texas do what other State has done
abolish all taxes.
The twenty third Annual Fair of the American Institute
New York. closed Wednesday evening by address
from Gen. TALLMADsE and the award of premiums In his
remarks Gen. T. reviewed the various important articles
which had been exhibited at the fair and gave attering