Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-09
Sf(istellaneous~
From the Chester Standard.
BRAZILIAN EMIGRATION.

Having recently received quite number
of letters from gentlemen in different parts
of South Carolina, and two to day from citi.
zens of your District, making inquiries as to
various points connected with the emigra.
tion movement to Brazil, I will avail myself
of the kind offer of your columns, to pre-.
sent general reply to these communities.
tions.
The Government being limited monar-
oby, on very much the same basis as that
of England, and having maintained law
and order for nearly fifty years without any
serious Interruptions, guarantees protection
to persons and property to all the inhabi.
tants of the Empire of. Brazil.
The present war with Paraguay, in which
the Argentine Republics have common
cause with Brazil, is only q source of an.
noyanoe by iuserrupting the navigation of
the river Parana and the allied forces hav-
ing now moved into the territory of the
common enemy, it is confidently believed
that Lopez, the leader of Paraguay, will
speedily be reduced to the necessity of a
capitulation. This war attracts but little
attention in Brazil, and but for the impress
sion that course of masterly activity would
bring Lopez to terms, it might have been
terminated long since.
In most of the industrial arts, and in ag.
culture, the Brazilisns are behind the Uni
ted States, and with the extension of rail
roads into the interior, and the new impulse
which the culture of cotton has received
within few years, there is an ample field
for artizans and planters from this country.
Mechanics of every kind may find employ.
ment either in the cities or the country !;
and the prospect Of extending the line of
railroad into the interior of the province of
San Paulo, will not only make demand for
workmen upon the line of operations, but
will develop new enterprises in the adjoin
ing country, which must give employment
to skilled mechanics in various departments.
This road has been completed to a distance
of eigbty.6ve miles from Santos, 'ermiua-
ting for the present at Iunditary but with
charter and survey for tweuty-six miles
farther to the city of Campenas At this
point fertile region of country is entered
and some of our people have already bought
lands in that vicinity for the culture Of cot.
ton and other products.
Open lands with some improvements may
be had at very reasonable ratesrViz: from
$500 to S5 90 per acre, provided they are
not adapted to the culture of coffee. The
n ore elevated lands, entirely free from frost,
are those selected for the coffee plantations,
and though the soil may not be of better
quality than the low lands, the greater i'm.
portance attached to the coffee crop near a
railroad, gives these lands value ranging
from $500 to $4,000 per ACRE when
planted in trees of coffee. ..-
The great field for industrial enterprises
is in the country lying upon the tributaries
of the river [guape, which furnishes q
means of transportation by steamboats, up to
Xinircs, and presents an extensive field for
mechanics in the, fine facilities afforded for
machinery.
There are several families from the
Southern States already located in the re-
gion lying between the village of Cananea
on the coast and that of Xioirica upon the
river Iguape, while representative of a
number Of families from Louisiana has &C.
lected this country for their settlement. 1t
is in this territory that lands have been
reserved for US at % cents per acre, and
with the present prospect of considerable
number of families transferring their resi-
dence to Brazil, I know of no region in
which they can be so we'll Accommodated as
in the forest lands lying between the Can.
auea and Xinirica. We can have space for
indefinite extension of our population, with
lands adapted to all variety of products,
and withal the cheapest and most couve
uient transportation of products to market
by water. Drinking water is abundant and
good.
The health of all parts of this province,
where somewhat removed from the coast, is
superior to most parts of South Carolina
and Georgia, affording in this respect the
most desirable country to my knowledge.
The people of this country are not so vigor-
GUS, nor do they live to so great an age, as
is observed in Brazil Several old. persons,
and others with ruddy compilations, pre-
senting fue specimens of healthy develop
ment, were seen Immediately upon the
banks of the river Iguape in the vicinity
of Xinirica After descending fifty miles
below this point the indications for health
are not so favorable; as the lands assume
level, fiat character, rendering them liable
to overflow.
The banks of tbe river above are high
and very rarely overflow, while the adjacent
country is elevated and undulatiug, or even
10 some parts becoming mountainous near
the river.
At the distance If six or eight miles in
the country, more regular conformation
prevails, and most of the territory lies very
favorably for cultivation. The superficial
soil is dark, grey loan resulting from vege-
table decomposition, with base of yellow
clay, making in combination a mulatto soil
of good productive quality.
There is found in the valleys and low
lands of this region dark and almost alu-