Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-04-06

''N ''O"ihS fhS1"EC tiotn t"t .
Buckles History Of Civilization IN
diestes, in glowing colors. says the
Providence journal. the obstacles
which The pfodigality of nature
may oppose 70 the progress Of
man
Brazil. which is nearly az large
no The whole Of Europe, is covered
with . vegetation Of incredible
pruIusipn Indeed, 80 rank and
lu&uriaht is The growth tlist nature
seems ~ riot in the very wantUn-
ness IT power A great part 81
this immense country is filed with
dense aud tangled forests. whose
noble trees, blossoming IN Unit
vailed beauty. and exquisite with
Thousand bups, throw mt their
produce in endless prodigaliiy, On
their summit are petohed birds Of
gorgeous plumage. which nestle
10 Their dark and lofty inoesses
Below. their trunks and base sre
crowned with brt shweod. creeping
plants. innumerable parasites. all
swaiming with life. There, too,
are myfiads # insects IT every
vafiely reptiles of straugs~antl
singular form sprpents and liz
ards. spotted with deadly beauty (.
all of which find means vf exist
rrcp ia this vast workshop aud 10
pusilorv Of nature. Aud. that
nothing may be wanting ~ This
baud Of matvpls. the forests are
ahitlod ty enormous mssd9wa.
which. repkiug with beat and
moisture, supply nourislinent TO
countless herds Of wild cattle. that
browse and lalten en thc heritage (,
-whilo the adjoining plains, rich IN
another form Of life. are The chosen
abode uf the subilest and most
ietocipus animals. which II might
almost seem 30 human power cnn
hope to tslirpair
But amid this pump and splendor
uf nature. No. place is left for man
lie ia 70 lucsd to iusigbilicanoe by
tho majesty with which he is sur
rounded Tho fUrces that oppose
him are So formidable that he has
never beeh able TO make head
against them-never been able to
rally against their accumulated
pressure. Tho whole Of Brazil,
Notwithstanding tie immense appa-
rent advantages, has always re-
manned entirely unciviliscd it's
inhabitants wandering savsges. IN
competent to resist those obstacles
which the very bounty of nature had
put IN their way Ia their country
the physical causes arc 81 active.
and do their work on n scale uf such
untivaled magnitude. that IL has
hitherto been found impossible to
escape from tho effects Of their
united action Tho progress of
agriculture is stopped by impassi.
bic forests. aud the hnrvesls arc
destroyed by innumorablo inscts.-
The mountains ate too high to
scale. the rivers too wide 90 bridge,
everything Ia eonttivod 90 .eprcss
the human mind. aud keep down it's
rising ambition II is thus that
the onorgios Of nature have ham.
pered tho spirit Of man. Aud
the mind. Cowed by the uncquol
has not only been unable
10 advance. but without foreign
and il would undoubtedly have 10.
codcd Brazil. tho country where
of all others, physical resources
are most powerful, where both veg
etabics aud animals are most abun.
dant, where tho soil is waterod by
the noblcst rivers. aud tho coast
studied by tho finest harbora - this
immense territory. which Is moro
than twelve times the Hize of France,
contains population not exceed
ing six million of people. PROBES.
sor Anstoad adds TO this his tcsti-
mony to the effect that the native
ldions seem irredeemablo. aud
sunk in the most wrotcbed barbar.
ism; aud that thoro appears no
prospect whatever Of any improve
ment IN the district, since man can
find no spot on which TO commence
II operations.
KNIGHTS or THE GoLDrN CtRctr.-
This organization, whose sole aim