New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-20
BRAZIL.
MASSACRE OF SIX AMERICANS ON The
AMAZON.

| OF New ayen sails, to give you, with oil the Ger
RICHNESS attainable, the particulars Of late mas
,acre Of American citizens at the fort Of Tabs-
| tinea, on the frontier Of Brazil, on the Amazca
river. The city is full Of rumors, but most Of
item confirm the following statements, which L
translate from Portuguese letter from the BsrrA
Of the Flo Negro, published in the Diarie Of this
city give you the letter almost literally, as 1t
viii of itself manifest the spirit animatisg the
Peruyians and Brazilians toward the North Ameri-
cans
"On the I'd cf the current month there arrived hero
from Tsbatir ga CorTei0 Extraordinarily" With To-
,elleence that six fbusteros, whose nationality cosld
cot he wholly disr gusbed, though al Appearances
indicated that thew North Americans, hsd forced
tbe authorities OF Loreto I'm Pera 20 give them he ps
with which they entered Me territory OF Brazl rob
bipg ard destroy ing whatever they found wltsou' esy
reg ard 10 whom il belonged or 10 The directions that
had been given them by tie authorities OF Peru. The
authorities Of Loroto, from whom they hsd estsVea
the pass hasten,d TO give Information OF the same -
the commander of the fort OF rabangs Capt Gsroe1.
who putting himself on the alert, the 6llibus.ers
coming ,rto port in canoe, and ordering them to haiS
hty nswered by Discharge Of their yuOs aud passed
down the river. Without loss Of tine they were par
sued by a with iroops, sent by the said Cspc
Garctz which arriving within gunshot, the sodssv
were saluted by a second discharge from the "sa4
"eight" who then, jumping on shore, proposed %
gttgn thenR ses taking Tor q WAL TIC N"hAs
iIess, behind which hey made; over the Top OF
canoe, very lively ire from which ole soldier IVES
| hi led and a Tspuio lndisn gTavely wounded
" In h Gee critical circumstances the COMMANDER o.
the ex e iiop Judged It prudent to let he canoe Be
| taken down the current, aud then making anal ds-
embark alton under cover Of high bank oil esrth No
| ordered that small division to cnt away mrss@
| tie matted undo growth TO the rear OF the enc
nv while he turned take him in front and divert
his attention for which era he returned up tue nvcr.
| experdng some shots for diversion OF The enemy.
I've. fsS4
redoub cd their epergy, and exposed the nse,ves 70
| everything 10 which general SUBJECTS himseu wasu
be has 10 place for Ietres,ing in good order. NOV
| throwing into the water whatever they had ofougM
with them. they struggled and fought boldly. aud ssd
they sixty because having arms oil ten oarfcsA
the number that they eprsentsd appeared thus Target
but the low, steady aim of the Brszlian soldiers sue
| ceeded in sending below and ordering within q htto
time from this for better world, five OF the esstant
The SIXTH the only one that escaped an ounce Of LOAD
took 10 his heels with the nimbest activity; bu! en-
counteripg lake. and hrustpg himself into 1t hesA
foremost 10 pass il by swimming, no vas made sprev
| of by TIE agao that called him bait a.
| "Rehold now, the bodnoes of such amphibous III
ubusters go terminated that the boy Fonseca some
perscn that the writer is slurring not aoe TO con-
| ceive yhat the devil came here % do, shc tnat
| only S,nor wilkins &c Maltos, who Ia secretary Of
the province and a graduate Of an nercan college,
as we'll as late member Of the imperial congress as
yer.ed in seven language political economy, 10 No
| ever apprecsble science OF the great Machsve, 70
able il he desires 70 explain TO US whetoer tose SIX
luce, with all its inhabitants, rivers, 6oydsr'
| woods, Ac." =.
The grandiloauent correspondent ends his war
like dispatch in the usual Brazilian style OF "much
"ado about nothing" but gives US no comments.
| There is however, no evidence that they were
Americans or fllibusteros. All strangers aiks
who 90 To the upper Amazon are called Americans.
| IA To the robbing there must be wide mistake
for there is nothing in the whole country that can
be taken, unless it be the forest, the rivers the
monkeys alligatOrs, musketoes, sand MES, and &C.
casionally few bananas ut an Indian chAcra.
There il one thing very certain-that If they wero
Americans and if they had the revolvers indicated
and if they were attacked by any such soldiers q
have ever seen in this country, either the Ameri-
cans did not die or the soldiers were all killed. or
the Americans were not killed in battle az Do.
scribed but silly murdered; for such battle ana
such results are things beyond the pale OF posa,
bility. except by the aid Of higher power ana
certainly no Christian would tolerate theidca that
heh heaven would exert its power In 50 bad Q
can,e a helping a hundred half heather Tapuic
soldiers to murder handful of Americans Yet
there il no calculating what "NOssa Senhora, I've
Mother Of God" will do for those who, like these
balftamed Indians believe her TO be the Supreme
Ruler of the universe"
Mr.. Dewey, the United States consul here, has
lust received letter from enterprising fellow
citizen of New-Jerey Marcus Williams, who ro-
sides at the Barra, and who beside being general
fayorte and knowing everything that occurs in the
country is discriminating and reliable He IL d
opinion that the party were robbed and murdered.
and that we will never be able to obtain any relia-
bic information concerning the massacre, as they
have probably taken good care to let escape.
Our consul is about forwarding the facts to our
minister at Rio, although for all practical purposes
be might az well send them to " the man in the
"moOn :" not because our minister Is Inefficient
| he is quite otherwise-but because we have no
treaty with Brazil that does not mean any ono
thing quite az well az another, or whose few and
faulty stipulations cannot be In every respect roa
soned into moonshine by the astute French dipl0-
macy OF the professional ministers OF Brazil. Az
delay 10 the great instrument OF Brazilian diplo-
macy, it would doubtless take two successive " ad-
ministratiOns in our country. with the most ener-
Qetic representation in Brazil to arrive at the out
skirts OF the real facts affecting this massacre on
the Amazon.
II would seem that our countrymen in tho
| United States had received sufficient warning Of
the real condition Of the Amazon river and oil its
territory whether Brazilian, Peruvian, or Ecua-
dorian, to keep away from it, and pursue fortune
in the safer, happier and more profitable fields OF
American enterprise. Yet every months fresh sr.
rivals in this city from the Pacific, by way Of the
CordilleIas, the Andes and the Amazon, convince
us that the information concerning this country in
the United States is really very seanty, and that Il
il positively erroneous and pernicous 80 far a. Il
goes. OF this every American who has ever been
in the country seems well satisfied. During last
wear several hundred came into the Amazon valley
from California BY way Of Callao and Lima but 0l
| the six hundred do not hear Of one who remains
Many Of them came TO colonize Peru to the eaAt Of
the mountains but a few days in their new and
rich homes suffced them and they are now in the
United States, or in their Amazooan graves. Many