The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-01-18
sTROUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JANUARY 49, 1856

Ihey are contented to live, and enjo
without labor, the fruits which the cart
spontaneously offers. The women ar
simple, frank and engaging in their man
ners, and very fond of evening partie
and dancing.
The journey of our travellers ends here
Lieutenant Herndon's book is full of g
struction conveyed in pleasant style
He seems to have manifested through ghout
good jud guent, good temper, energy ant
industry. He had no collisions with the
authorities or with individuals, and, OF
his part, seems to have met friendly feel
ings and good Offices throughout his whole
route.
The effects of Lieutenant Herndon'e
mission became almost Immediately ap,
parent. The government of Brazil, as il
awakened to a sense Of the Importance oi
developing the commercial resources o.
the Amazon, sent ENJOYS to Peru, Boil
via, Ecuador, and New Grenada, coun-
tries in which the head-waters of the Am
azon rise, to concert measures for intro
ducing steam-navigation upon the river
But the plans of Brazil were selfish. She
had no wish to throw open the trade of the
river to the participation of all nations; but
to confne it chiefly to herself, with the least
possible participation even with the con-
tiguous nations. The emperor, by de-
cree, gave to De Souza, a citizen of Bra
zil, the exclusive privilege for thirty years
of navigating the Amazon by steamboats,.
Such a privilege, if acceded to by the
other States, would give Brazil all power
over the navigation not only of the ANA
zon, but of all the rivers which flow into
it. Fortunately for the interests of COM
merce in general and foEthe early devel-
opment of the resources of the Amazon,
the Peruvian Secretary of State, Don
Manuel Tirado, practically annulled this
action of the Brazilian government by pro-
curing an appropriation by the Council
of State of 5000, 900, for the exploration
by steamboats, of the Peruvian waters, and
the colonization and settlement of their
fertile borders. He has appropriated
$4,000 of this sum for the purchase of
two small steamers, to be built in the T.
nited States, and to be delivered at Lo-
reto by the lst of January, 1854. The
President of Peru also issued decree
allowing to the subjects of all nations
which have treaties with Peru, free ac-
cess to that portion of the Amazon which
flows through Peruvian territory, as far
up as Nauta, that is for five hundred
miles; and empowering the local govern
ors to grant land gratuitously to all,
whether Peruvians or foreigners, who
wish to establish themselves in those To-
calities. Many other facilities and in
ducements are held out to settlers, and it
is evidently the wish of the Peruvian
government to deal with the subject in a
liberal spirit.
The following, from late newsp aper,
the Boston Traveller, brings the history
of the Amazon down to the present day.
DIR. WHITMoRE's STEAMERS ON THE
AMAZoN.-"A letter addressed to the
Traveller, dated Para, December 22d,
1858, gives glowing account of the trial
trip of DR.. Whitmore's new steamers, de-
signed to navigate the river Amazon
The doctor, as some of our readers may
already know, is Yankee, formerly of
Lowell, Mass. Sometime ago he took a
contract from the Peruvian government,
to furnish two or more steamboats,, suita-
bic for the navigation of the Amazon, a
treaty having been made with Brazil with
II n
New York, contracted for the boats and
machinery, superintended their construc- :
ton, had them taken to pieces and packed
in sailing vessel, and shipped for the
mouth of the Amazon; all at his own
hazard. He then secured a sufficient
number of competent mechanics to 60 out
with him, to put the steamer together, and
set up their machinery; and on the day
on which our correspondent dates his
letter, the enterprise had been so far
crowned with success, that the first Of
these beautiful little river boats had made
its trial-trip, and appeared off Para, some
seventy miles from the mouth of the Am
azon. 1t was gala day. The city was
astir with joyful anticipations; and the
little steamer was received with every
demonstration of satisfaction. She vas
decked with flags, among which the stars
and stripes were conspicuous, and bore a
gladstone company, some two hundred
persons, who were entertained by music
and dancing, as well as feasting on board
and on shore. Among others, there was
on board German, on his way to Ger
many, as the agent of the Peruvian gov
ernment, to see to the embarkation of two
thousand emigrants, who are to be bro't
out to Peru, up the Amazon in these
steamboats,, and located along the eastern
slope of the Andes"
~ Shiue, boys, to catch the spirit
of the times; be up and dressed always,
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