The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-05


PAnA, Brazil, July 10, 1854.
The Amazon Navigation Company very well able
to keep the stocks Of the company from falling TO their
Just level until they should make a coup detat Ii was,
doubtless of Ireneos prime objects much to exc
the contract for the navigation of the Amazon as to
sell and speculate the privilege The company soon
found that the monopoly unpopular here and on the
whole of the Amazon Their method of proceeding
we'll calculated TO increase this feeling They have
uncomfortable steamers wholly unadapted TO the
navigation and one-half large enoug TO accommo-
date the business Thus their reighs said TO be mo-
nopoliZed by few avores that the company, Instead
Of accommodating the public has used the privilege for
universal speculation This state of things could not
longer exist without endaugerng the ealty of this prov
nce which would ultimately encourage foreigners to do
the business that they had vany sought from their
government The government has therefore become the
purchaser and is the sufferer il should be- for ever
making such grant The price paid to lreneo and The
particulars Of the REIMBURSEMENT have not TRANSFERRED
further than that the company retains the mail contract
receives additional bonus and agrees to place on the
river very several additional steamers IL Will be
thus enabled with the bonus to carry treghts
very cheapy and almost wholly exclude as now all vessels
for simply reighting purposes from the river
Meanwhile it is said that Ireneo de Souza after making
an enormous speculation has resigned his more active
place in the company sold his stock and retired on sala
ry He manifested certainly very great skill in Initiating
the stock Of the company 1t went up suddenly from 90
to $50 the stock the Bank of Brazil also went up from
90 1885, Ireneo took advantage Of his own and SINH
lar coup fa sold out cleared thousand coto Of
Res or nearly Ss000O0 He is the most enterprsng man
in Brazil and has just completed the frst railroad oil Bra
z which runs few miles from the head of navigation,
January river to Peropos He is lighting the city oil
Rio with gas and has very large machinery establish
ment and shipyard in Rio. Borrowing from the govern
ment 100000 for establishing his engine works he has
Gently repaid it, although not due until So, and at only
six per In view of all these things the Emperor has
just made him Baron of Manu." (pro-aolc-,odh) Ger
tany if barony conters any honor it could be given to
worthy than such aspdvance the country in its
necessary enterprises and real prosperity
The Amazon company received last week engines, saw
mills and English and Scotch operatives to 90 Serpa,
beautiful little place hut short distance below the
mouth of the Rio Negro These saw-mils designed 10
bring into market the vast quantities Of good cedar that
annually float down the Amazon. They also esab-
fishing poeries and eleres at the place They pay
their best engineers and other mechanics all English and
Scotch from e. los to ga per week, and find them,
This is low wages for the Amazon
The present popular and excellent President of Para
WILL it said leave TO his duties deputy
in the Chambers" from Pcrnambuco He has been here
but year. yet his works telling for Para than
those of any previous ruler since the foundation Of the
city in 1915 He is also needed at Rio the head of
new third party the imperial" Para has been very
badly governed and much neglected President
had many of the of the city beautifully macada-
zed which before scarcely passable lie is projecting
good watewoks for the city endeavorng TO light with
gas making roads TO the interior eneavorng establish
mallnes the villages Of the province encourages
foreigners aud foreign enterprise and also making
endeayors to supply this hasarved city with beef by
steam from Marao These certainly great undertakings
for Para, and with Portuguese population but they
would be executed, doubtless could he remain here
deputy the Chambers is elected for four years but
his appoin to another Office by tttes his
tenure of this provisional deputy is elected who
Gates whenever the original deputy wishes to
The excitement produced by the of the New FORK
and Amazon flibusters has died away. amused
yesterday the instinct and the fear of old Portuguese
woman who seeing me said that that gentleman with
the long beard and noudche be of those Amer
| cans who coming to take the country She said
WELL when they do III go and pat myself under his
care for he will permit them hurt me- he OF
them may look somewhat erocious, especially this
climate is enervating that has scarcely enough
bton to shave; although my for not shaving is
| that may protect much of my face as practicable
against the attacks of the innmeSabe mosquitoes insects
and little animals that annoy every moment Of existence
Yet the old lady need not fear incursion from the
Americans They too fond Of gold to come 10 coun-
try where they make wealth support only by consecu
tive hard work energy, and undergo nnumerable
exposures and privatons.
Notwithstanding this the government and the people
were very much excited by the They ordered six
vesse-owar Para which yet either cruising about
the mouth OF the Amazon in this port The forts
were overhaued the troops aroused the barracks
were alive with men and munitions, while all the heavy
old ordnance lying still since the revolution of 1885,
inspected and brushed up The President sent the chef ~
polcio the country to ascertain the state Of popular feel
ing All right the report yet il is averred that
many of the soldiers would be to desert TO the
Americans They said the Americans bring us all the
gold they DO all the business they enterprising and
liberal and will beat and Cypress us half much a.
our officers do There is doubt that this feeling exist
ed The province has long suffered from orcbe recruiting
for the Of the south The service is considered grea
oppression The fort at Macapa the mouth of the Amazon
the best Brazil yet could by prevent the in
eress of a steamer, There two here :" pile OF
rocks in the channel of Para river four miles below thu
CITY the other the highest point of the city, commanding
alike all parts of the harbor and the city It beautiful,
suated but has only guns, these being twelve
Founders. The war in port is about 300
tons carries ten guns, and is quite fast The brigs ar
very handsomely built and carry from eight twelve
guns There are about 1000 soldiers in Para while thu
National Guard Of the province furnish at least 000
more is certainly well for the party that they did no
| make the attempt the Amazon The Presiden
and the Emperor being both popular the empire being on
of debt the army aud navy being both efficient and th
business for the insufficient the expedition would
have persisted The American consul Mr. Dewey declare,
publicly that if they and got into trouble they coulC
not expect any assistance quarters from him and Will
we all rejoice in American commercial enterprise de
spse those bands of Adventures who disappearing the
rights of property succeed in their rapne hy force alone
The jealousy toward all Foreigners and especially owar,