Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-11
Brazil.

ne -NeW orleans IfcIyuHc SAYS the
affair of the Wachusett and Florida, in
the port of Brazil, has suddenly attracted
public interest toward Brazil, Of which
little is heard in this country, except on
some special occasion OF passing i'm
portance. Yet Brazil has larger terri
;oriai area tl.an any other State in Ameri-
ca, North or South, even exceeding that
of the United States in their entirety, in
Guiding the territories The area of the
United States and territories is 2,SI9,SI1
square miles that Of Brazil is l47, ,624
geographical square miles. \ geograph-
ical square milo contains 2l4 English
squire miles (nearly .26), and the area
ut Brazil is, therefore, 3,727, ,70S square
miles. lis greatest breadth is 2.45O miles
English, and It's greatest length $3.50.
The indentatioiis Of the sea give ii :. coast
line on the estimate Of nearly four thous-
and miles
1t is divided into twenty provinces,
containing a population. by census
taken in 1857, of T,677,SuO NOW esti-
mated at 1900, ,OOO-a very motley race;
whites, mixed breeds OF whites, Indians
and negroes, Arabs, and the unmiXed alb
original savages. The unuixcd and
Arabs are nearly all slaves. The free
population is of every shade and hue,
| Dr<,puguted by un;rammalled 9 free love" "
| Miscegciation has full sway there, and
tie results are well the study OF political
philosophers.
Brazil is the American example Of con-
stitutional monarchy. 1t is governed by
a hereditary Emperor, aud has at this
! time the great advantage Of having 1t the
head Of Tie empire a man of ability, cul-
tivation, and high personal qualities.
Don Pedro IL. is i'll the prime of his life.
lie Will not be 30 years of age until the
| ID of December. He succeeded to the
! throne when quite child, in 1881, OH
the abdication OF his father, Don Pedro,
Of Portugal. Tie late Queen of Portu-
| gal, Donna Maria, was Il daughter OF
! Don Pe,iro, and sister OF the plesent En-
ueror of Brazil. The government was
conducted by 4 regency until the young
| Emperor assumed the reins OF govern
ment for himself, and WAS crowned in
| 1871. HIS education was very carefully
conducted, and he is remarkable mar
for his love of study, and the extent and
variety of his accomplishments, and not
less for his attention to public affairs and
his sincere desire to promote the welfare
of his subjects. I he Emperor having
two children both daughters, u
which ,Ae eldest, Isabella, Is years o
age, is heiress presumptiHei the second
da,ushte and last born child, Is II Year,
of are
The Emperor has two sisters, the eide
OF which is married to the Count Aqua
brother to the expected King of Naples
and the younger to the Prince de Jolnville
: of the French House of Orleans. He
son, by this marriage, is or was recently
lieutenant III the navy OF the Unite'
States. His French title is Duke q
Penthievre. |, would have been an ode
accident, but very probable, for the I'm
peror's nephew to have been on the Wa
chusset, in the affair at Bahia. The I'm
f press Dowager, step-mother OF the Enl
peror Don Pedro, who is still living 3
Rio Janeiro is daughter of Eugene Beau
, harnais, Vice King of Italy, brother
I Queen Hortense, the mother of the pre-:
. ispt Emperor of the French