The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-15

energy OF MT r. Y. Gulett, the undertake. OF TINS
arduOus enterprise, has conquered al the difficult
ties which invariably present themselves in these
new undertakings. Ell Ha .-
believe nothiI more can be added to this letter.
Time will show the result Of this unhcard of at Of
revolution In New Granada. 'o G.
LAYER from BraxsI. f,e
OUR PARA CORRESPONDENTS.
8 PARA, BaAzIL, June, 1864.
arrival and Promises of a Co,respoudent-I're-
rions Accounts Of the Country Shipping Hsms
The Rubber Market.
Your special correspondent, the undersigned ar
rived In this place in most excellent health and
spirits, the goth inst, after very fine passage;
and, after the first rush OF the necessary prelimi-
naries was over, began, Of course, to look out for
some of that information for the million" which
You have my premise of receiving.
In my future and present correspondence do not
intend to bore your numerous subscribers and read
ers about my diet, whether it be monkey soup or
parrot pudding; nor Of my own privations, suffer
ings or personal feelings; neither shall tell you
when was sick, or "felt bad on rising" or "took
little gin and sugar to produce an appetite" No |!
You require information in respect to Brazil, the
Amazon, it's tributaries and islands. channels aad
currents, the mineralogy and products Of the coun
try and other items relating to SOIL to climate the
forms of government, and the general manners and
customs of the Inhabitants and in doing 20 shall
not be governed by information derived from parties
residing in the city of Para, never having been ten
miles from it, and consequently do not possess suf
cient knowledge OF the country to impsrt it to
others; and although my correspondence may not
consist Of official documents, yet | hope, from an
experience Of ten years travelling through tho val.
ley Of the Amazon, to give full, true and faithful
account Of the afo esaid region nd endeavor to re-
move many erroneous impressions now existing
among my countrymen relative to 1t.
have examined all the works publishad On thls
sdys ntases. pet monkeys and Streaming parrots,
Of graceful ( Indian girls and larks OF fandangoes
What do the milton care about knowing the mum
an old squaw Of the .'romsdiza,' or how many
| drops Of laudanum checked the PADRES sister
| OF q painful disrrhGa9 Bah But enough Of
sly digs in the ribs" at former travellers
| and adventuIers, Of government agents ADD
government emssaries, who have heretofore visited
this region--this silent bone OF contention, thi,
mighty light closed fast locked casket Of Jewels to
whom our great universal Yankee nationr ia now
castine such longing. eager eyes; and descend in
his, as in all my hereafter communications, to the
plain, honest unvarnished truth, untinged with 10
nance and untarnished with Misrepresentation and
From what we have read Of this great and mighty
valley, and its no less mighty river, from the days
Of Louis de Vingnoi, Of glorious old Pizsro memo
~, down to the last efusion Of that kaleidoscope
single exception, have misrep 1t In various
ways Some Of these numerous writers have fallen
into this error from previously formed opinion,
TO crafty certain sect class or natiou. Some
from old vulgar superstition. Others have done 80
because their range Of observation did not extend
far enough to compass the whole truth, or were pur
posey misled BY the natives, or, what ia moro pro
bable STILL from ignorance Of the language. Others
again, and they. are many, purposely aud
wilfully distort the truth to make them.
selves beiees, and their books Interesting
and source Of profit to their publisher; others
have performed the duty and reported upon 1t,
merely because they are acting under the orders of
their superiofs and enter upon this to them un.
pleasant seivi 9 as Texan slave hoes cotton-as
mschine-ar for the name VI II; and, last of ALL
there appears one who, armed with the paper of
our ntrabe uncle, and with lead line In hand,
leaps upon the stage Of action and vomts forth
upon the world hts most curious production, which
countered in his travels) would astonish the ma
tves in no small degree" And, truly, il did aston
ish the natives, for such extraordinary dcvelope
mtns, procured b. his ever tobc ad nired system Of
the face Of the EARTH Unfortunately the sucker Of
his pump did not always work. save in one respect
Judging by the frequen y Of his allusion to that
delightful and geptlenanly beverage "cachaca,"
wells. But bis work 10 rs we'll known now to the
gentlemen Of the various cities OF this empire o.
II is to Americans, and is regarded very much in
the ssme light as the Adventures OF Don Quixote,"
wink upon the reading Of some particularly curious
passage, a. some Of the listeners were in the Sc
cret Of the joke therein written. intend, myself.
to satisfy my mind upon one dubious point relative
to the horse that was knocked of mis- legs" by that
eleciric eel, and should | succeed In discovering
him, will fol- ward him 70 Barnum forthwith, to be
sxhibifed to the eyes Of the incredulous proof
Of The accuracy and varacity Of the voucher OF this
extraordinary fact.
Blu. mutt close my present epistle from the fact
os bavDg been 80 busy that have delayed writing
you until the last moment In my next hope 10
prove more interesting, and will give you an &C.
count Of cruize down the river 70 Marsjo and
among the adjaceD, islands, AID up the Amazon 70
Msccspa, on which expedition nc start on the 9TH
Of July.
Rnbber IA stt ably on the ircrsasc, and several
70, eixo vessels are In the barbor also i've Brazilian
steamboat, (includng one'war tteamer) and one
American b-rDaphroJte b liz, the Vim. ID. Miller,
Of New York, now loading for that port.
DoS RAINY.
News from Porto Rico
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE At eAN JUAN.
From " . IT. Thomas Times, July IL
By the Spanish schooner Esperanza from the