New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-03
BRAZIL-UNITED STATES.
Steamers TO Eio-Navai New.
CoITespon5eHce of The PHILADELPHIA Inquire
Rio De JAHEIRO, Monday, Nov q,

Correspondence of The PHILADELPHIA Inquire.
Rio DE JASBIRo, Monday, Nov q, ISL.
MR EDIToR The good people Of your
ity donot appear 10 be fully alive to the vast import
ance of a line OF steamers between this place and
Philadelphia. II was unfortunate thai tHe petition
for aid, which was made 20 the last Congress 10 be-
half of the line Of steamers projected b this place.
mixed with liar request for liGes 10 Shang
haze and Antwerp, and the reqres, was probably de-
nfed ION the larse amount asked for.
The line TO RIO de JaneIro should re- upon Its
own merits. which are greater than tSo'e OF any
other, except those 20 England Until ons has been
IN this city short time, It is almost iro0ssble 10
realize the amount o. Cur commerce hsrs-the bar
Dor has always IN II LARGE NUMBER 81 hnerican
vessels, ard their arrival and departure are events
OF almost daily occurrence. The Qpant.f; OF cofee
shipped to The tBiied States last wear. aGountedto
the value ol neatly 1lne millions OF 90. as.
or course, the steamers wGud ALWAYS be flu Oh
freiebt-that is q certainty. As 10 the ,isseDgen
they would carry think the history o. the EDgiisn
Ire OF steamers between this and Southampton
sufficiently Grows what may be calcr ated upon.
That line commenced running ia March last, and
every ore preci ted is failure, became The Brazil
ians were not a travelling people But ~ induce
ments had been offered 10 them TO leave home and
The discomfoIts ano great lenr'h.of the ygyage. BY
shlDg vessels, we're Gate sufficient H. tlscoufage
them rs soon as short experience. hO Yeger. hao
satisfied them OF the mfOrt. certainty and safety 10
be found the English steamers. they did )mnence
travelling. and nnio, from seventy FIVE to oas hun
ored passengers leave here every m0nh for Eng
land and Portugal, and this too although the ofice
~ passage Is Sky POUNDS or nearly thTee hun9reu
collars. The English steamer is twenty eight Gays
making the passage. as she touches AZ BAHIA, rei
namouco, Tie Cape de VerGs, Madeira and Lisbon.
Now the BrazNsns are even more curious 10 ses
the United States than they are 10 see rope. ou'
hey VIII Iot risk the uncertainty OF a sailing vessel
Let line OF steamers be established Tween tuls
place and Philadelphia or New-York, and IN lew
years from one 10 two hundred passengers PEI
month may be calculated upon. Good propeller
steamers, OF the size Of the Getty Of Glasgow arc
al IN kf1
smooth seas, and passage OF from twenty t0twenys
i've days may be counted on. The steamers saouI91
touch at PeInambuco and Bahia also. for mails an
passengers this would add only few days 70 Inv
voyage
Tie English are fully alive 10 the impotsncsg,'
the trace, and another line (0f propellers IS so
10 leave Liverpool, monthly, for this Place ~ WI
NOT 90 TO let them inonOpoliZe the business tii1 ~
vert all the travel and trade TO their ports ou
pers should take ihis matter in hand, ara use
strongly
The frigate Congress, and brig BainSnogs
are now herc-ohcers and crews all vel; "ef
quiTe small war steamer here, very mnch-Oposvs
the size of the Princeton" would De Of more .'s
than half q dozen frigates The "CcngreS "a
noble ship in fine order, but is OF little use on ~,
coast. At present. Bueues Ayres is the mos inpUs
tant point politically on the station, AMI lne W
eress" can get no nearer 70 IL, than Mogteua
more than hundred miles distant we w sn "a
STEAMER, too to look after the slave trade Wmon,
It'll carried Oh, aud principally in Amerc "a Non
The steamer "Alleghany' was once here LOT sn
time and did very great service. Indeed, inc on
ron on this coast would be better II compose"
tirely otste ameYs, and tvs, OF 100 or eoO lo"'
would be ample force.