New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-09
Indian corn and 10 bushels of black wheat, besdo
fine crops Of maricca, batatas, kara, &c.

Indian corn and 10 bushels of black " heat besdo
fine crops of msricca, batatas, Kara, &C.
The colonists on the Mucuri are not exclusively
Cermsn; indeed, there nearly many ut other
nations, the Portuguese being particularly strong
In the circulars Of the Leipsic agents the neighbour
hood OF Philadelphia is called "Colonla SaIon'ca-"
This name is known perhaps 10 ten persons IN tho
whole colony.
have visited very large number Of colonsts
about Philsdelpha, and as far as Santa Clara, and
have generally found them IN good condition.; with
very few exceptions they have told me thst tho
Company had strictly fulfilled its promises 70 them
On close questioning have generally found from
the subject of complaint that those VINO DID com
PLAIN We're in the wrong. But the universal som
plant thsl there is no sufficient medical aid Is Well.
grounded. Philadelphia will soon have two pas
tors. one Catholic and one Protestant. These arc
greatly needed, for the settlers have now 70 sPlr-
ltual aid no support m their faith.
Philadelphia furnishes excellent facilities for tho
study of the races: near the Company warehouse,
a stately building IN the southern part of The city,
SIRE two rOomy ranches for the accommodation of
the mule-driyers from the interior, which are used
also by all the roohess. In the eastern rancho
generally more or less Rotccudos every day; the
western is the quarter of the Chinese. The Bra
lillian Government year and half AGO imported
SO coolies who were let Ia the Mucuri Company
As road-aborers. In the warehouses are negroes
and whites al work. So upon space OF tenth
sn acre the four principal races of men are TO bo
found. aud in the most extreme types. Whether
this is 10 the advantage of the colony is another
thing.
MANY colonies have been started in Brazil whose
failure was certainty from the beginning, as they
lacked the elements Of success. The MucuEi colo
uies, think can, on the contrary. count with GER
taintv on success since they are not merely panta
tons in very fruitful country, but will be the sta
tinns along great line at business between tho
province of Minas and the capital OF the Empire.
By the very imperfect means which As Yet east
the transport Of freight from Rio de- Jane!ro 10
NIinas Noyas has been shortened from the old way,
through the province Of Minas, by from - to 10
DAYS | am fully convinced, too, that in few
wears. when good roads are built, freight and pas
senrers will find their way also over the Nucuri
read 10 Ciiade do Cerro and Diamantina.
When Caravelas with its noble channel whose
bar ri cob tide takes vessels drawing fourteen
TO fifteen feet of water, is opened to direct Euro
pean trade and the inhabitants of the extensive dis
trict from the Rio 81. Matthews to Porto SECURE
ship their coffee and other produce direct to Eu-
rope instead of first sending them to Bahia or Rio
de Janeiro. then will the Mucuri colonies first as
sumo their true importance.
The prosperous development and growth Of tho
Brazilian colonies depend TO great extent on pru-
! dent Colonial laws-especiay that they be- honor
! ably carried out and secure to the colonists tho
most perfect civil and religious protection. The
contracts entered into in Europe must BE- recOg-
nized BY the Brazilian law, and equally enforced
against both the contracting parties the Protestant
and mixed marriages contracted in Europe must DO
r, garJed as valid and not be dissolved at the pleas
| ure of any Archbishop. The system Of Parcsri0,
or taking land at the halves, must be- put down, for
although in theory it sounds very prettily, it is a
curse to the immigrant and gives to the unscrupu-
lous landholder thousand opportunities to cheat
! his tenant in the most shameful way. The nnmi-
grant must own the land he cultivstes and that on
such conditions that within from four to six years
be may by industry and economy become an indie
pendent proprietor Only when all these requi'
sites are present can emigration to Brazil be con-
scientiously advised.