Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-10-07
uIiINIIS LIN RIO Ian EIlto'

We have !r permitted 10 take ue ~ :, Rio Robert
extracts f,,rn letter vi our worthy cons"' I, !, hi.
-, /, member Of his fanny ~ w.
,ris.i 10 ste III any Pi'". '"'
- To, Tor The eye OF his 'a"''y a"'''
''' " J" '''e' n. curiosity Of his numerous "'e"o'
aes"' ~ ,,t,nn viii justify The use we ''""e "
his letter RIM De JaSaAo, August Ith 1898.
4, mn vessel for several days has gone
Ny Deai u,,,rJ SIales have not "tilien lol neul?
t aud il may be eVsn now some u'ys Snsnensun In
gets on i' I'sin. from two causes First: Coffee the
,.I ut,irl. OF mas risen !" "e j.,
,nI er liant seems willing 10 hszafd u it nv i
p' uusa' -, nutchase in CASTS forbid the CIV
m. IN. urlres asked il here Secona; l'e
hi,,n of Europe and the pfospect VI s 10, ,v.I ~
- J an .n her, to stop operations nhi tne u'ifai VI
h Eoolisl steamer packet due here from oou'a"p" ~
m,rruw II war has broken Out III i'atope, - a 80,
nave as many here suppose ros' ''puIt" i 1in. =
n-;cos in .v,tr hlug, and all coiniei'ia' w
,hng !, certain il reduces The pilce ui colire
ho,t .ru mus, in the same proportion Heep y W i' -
,x 80 .,,hI muths And war, in Europe, WIN peace at
~ -, NV. powerful and ubing impulse 10 our com
n.rc, Al nres.u however, we have sixteen sal. Oh oh'
led States vessels The port u waiting ios Tue
| n.ws Ne have nothing Yet 8" late from Tue ohi'eu
States "a nat was brought by the Uncle sam Vesse'
,om Baltimore ha arrived with news 10 Tue lih VI 'u
and another iron, Boston to The 5h OF The same n"h
| Spvera ,thrr yes,c5 now daily expected, anu a
liners IN. GREY Hound from Richmond which was 10 san
m IN. o5lh OF June eel sure that hy thus vesse SUM
no, The Kchn,ond papers for the week in "llch 't anu
U,rs also After her coming. hardly know "hen 10 iooh
,nr letters or papers. Let me tax you once io' az "
SUBJECT, BY writing M.ssrs Pat!eson a'aas ,t, 10 Sn
M York ami getting them, through some Enst'S" "
there 10 take charge ui gh letters ana papers 'ne "
Pine and forward them 10 their correspondents :" ', Wv
no forwarded BY the house England by the hsnsh sea
~ sh, Gel my letters aud papers very ,eeu'd'p w
,uu 10 this arrangement, let papers ana 'e''e'S W
ncc, sjup oilers BY vessels iIom James N'e VI oa'e
and shall be happy in hearing oen it" you 49,,
G sy,r wears past say since 1850, the coffee crop mas
bern smaller and smaller, tn me new ei'i, , ,,an
pins TO come in in June, wi" Il i SAID ny p i,s
almost certainly be large one FiIsI, oeea"Se h 49,.
, If land mas been opened and planted and inc new
,n,s mo coming in and secondly because me utes I o.
IN, Getting in bloom which Is SAID, on an MINUS " " ~
Jus "a tn,j.r Than was ever known This crop ihen WI"
h, taken away beginning ~ July 1904 anu enuns t -,
tuaIy 1856 Aud thirdly the export Guy WIN &c I'm -
lon nr cent lower on The Isl OF July 1894 whch WIN op
make m, exuofation greater aud the planters gel
@ ,,ces for their coffee will Cease TO provide tneans
from their plantations for ietdlng 'nes, ,nns ~" 10y
more on what WI give them or that pu'poec ~, -
INV. continued 10 enlarge my acquaintance on lhufs
dav nv invitation, went TO visit The bolalca'
We ali rode horseback, and had ena,s hi p i; i'm;
eoviny Mr. IS al about halipa O'CLOCK which 's '
medsIry in front the city, and on the sea s,'o!s, We
rapidly large weli-pareo @ nr DahranIes nr
49, h ur SOON reached the beautiful lake OF wafer 10 iron
of The Iaru. village Of Bos Fogo This lake Is nu nm arm
~ ,h ocean and is surrounded by the large mountains O.
which have heretofore spoken and connects oy TWO lnie'
with the harbo above and through whch steamer pneS
every hall hour from the city VI THIS sheet m wafer VII
Al some other time cndeavor 10 speak more uhv we passeo
an ,n,nuph Ba Togo and fine ldncatamsed
lurnpjke running between mountains on Inc risni ana zen
that 10 tile night being the Cocoada, when Is Iooo zee
hgh Bewrrn The road and the mountains on each eide
The land for half mile and al some places more 10 perfect
~ ryr npt III. grounds covered with beautiful houses ana
gardens filled with the orange tue oana"o' '"e '"e. Wv
| grape iIul uees, and vast nhfp,fs OF 'he eaSes
| and richest flowers. Many OF the houses are ora"
Iiful and some of them are even sp'cndt palaces-
Through lhs world OF enchantmenl we lapu'y eaoeu u"
oh,u, It,s, miles when the road 10 another salt lakt
of bea ulIu water making In from me ocean 10 c oou1
and which direction, is surrounded oy amos muc
lower than those had passed. yet quite elevated ro'
ahouI halr mile we passed along the margin o This lake
| and then came the Botanical Garden me oeauues !"
this spot shall make No effort 10 describe AZ l"e aa m
pate on ils North Eastern side TALL square on grey
headed ami bnd black meets Sou anu Is assisted oy
wiry active uack youth Of 10 or ~ who took our hoIst
whis the old man. with mai kcd kindness and grace Hdm
led US INTO the broad open way INTO the garden una h'oh.
which stands towering of Palm Trees none oil which art
lass than 40 leeG high tho column OF oach rises aperng
~ from The earh the height have mentioned Without
limb or inequality They have, on looking up 'hi avenue
The apoearance o.! c0umns OF solid "ood hd ma perr
turned by skiul workman, and planted al tqua
and then painted grey but The ILLUSION disappears m nv
nen Won your eve up and each al what YOU
might TIA We supposed beautiful wooded pillars capHeh wiz
large aud spreading green leaves ana fapuy e'o"s
was wuutct struck aud stood lot inue7 gazing al .;
long vista and could hardly reahLs VIVA saw uh
slepped NJ 10 one the columns and struck WIN my IN
Ger and perccyed it's drumke sound showing mat II "as
not hard wood IN the centre OF lhs avenue or'sh an.
bright fountain Of pure water springs up 10 io'seh te d.
musuhere and give life 10 all around We wandered aooh'
Ioeetiop many strange plants and things and win me AID
The Rev MIR Fletcher found ourselves oiomcd AS ~ many
matters OF Instructive character taVlne pdssea o'e
many pars I'll The garden. and received lovely assert
ments OF me hnweis, reached HE residence OF I'M
Director OF the gardens, who Introduced ns 10 mis- wei
arranged paIor, offered fine vine, showed Us SOM
| 6ne ntots and paintings, aud then returned with us
10 show yet more particularly the garden and lis pro
ducts He showed us, among other th.ngs, sPcci
men OF The Faminso, one OF Inc nnes' ous VI 'e CUM
try The plumage oi the bird is OF The ghyes' AMI bgh'
cs red all over with the head and bill OF our common duck
He had but of these in the garden and numerous IL
thew have heretofore been fund enquiry that 10 Gel
nair would cost now least Sl0O The director showed Us
the Bread Tree nnumerable varieties OF the parasite, TIT
acacis the Coffee Plant the Tea Plant, the Cinnamon IN,
/ b,
Of the East saw, also. many varieties OF roses ana "he
beautiful aud sweet flowers On asking the Director II
roul Del any of The plants he showed ME, his reply wn
NJ once npJ very promptly ceainyi send boxes here
I will fill them with all you wish. 5" il ~ probable may
s.,d van some things for and beauy our county,
thew win live The TIA mud Coffee Plant shall certainly
send and possibly by the vessel itut takes you tins
Having stayed about two hours at the gardens we set OF
10 return and each hud he passed The gaze present
- = 49, Mospay M"RSINo Aug 8, 1883
II has raned slomed all night and now at O'Clock
Al the rain is falling heavily, and the wind yet blow
very much This impedes all business us the vessels u
not uaoad whlfsior OF these as yet There are none
~, TAKE aud receive their cargoes IN me BAY ots
mile h' store. in lighters ani about ihfte me
from office, hnG will hardly venture Unl unless The ran
ubatr. Wen, w,nt 10 church Yesterday. aud heard TIT
Rev. Mr.. Grahan, English Episcopal Minister, preach
very respectable sermon. the importance al administer
Ing and partakine of tho Sacrament The daY was ba'
one and hs audience consisted al about hlty persons
paris of the service were rery like those follow
home Others entirely unlike hrn mus ne pray
ed for Queen Victoria for Prince Albert aud all the koya
w.
which with u.s. You know, made verbally by the con
sregatiun given by shurt blasts Of music anG
singing from The choir The church Is neul and plain The
choir and you find music every where hec) vciy
good.
have better opinion Of the country aud of The ""pe
the more of Them On Saturday visited the House
Of DEPUTIES and found them in Session, with about SU mem
beers out of l02 present gentleman speaking, but
understood DOT word that he uttered las hr read from
pers and spoke In the language of The Portuguese Their
proceedings were very orderly The members fine
looking mostly thirty Ave years old and remarkably
.H dressed MOI Of them but had dark dress
and black punaloons The presiding officer acted with grea
dignity and the whole proceeding marked with much
order and pruprely. remained for thirty minutes aud If
The of the people here Is very quiet One may
walk from -trcet street al night and fnd very few mo
wing about and these evidenly sober and decent pco
pie. The city abundaniy watered. Al utmost every
corner ~ large brass cock from which all who choose
get pure cool water without charge lille in each Vi The
many large squares The city, large fountains, filled
on each side OF brass cocks give freely mex
hat siibn supply of fresh crowds seek
Them In few weeks the nov numerne lamps viii be
moved lnd Inc city lighted by gas arclhe works 81
which are learn nearly completed and The pipes
! being laid down
We are narpy 10 that in days Miss Ellen
Rrenn, nu;vc of Columbia S c. Ii ;iail Rjchr:ond