The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-15

The Houma Civic Guard, (of Terre
bonnie parish, Ia, } of the 81 INST, puo
fishes "a long aud interesting letter, adj
dressed 90 Gen. T. h. Gibson, Cf that
parish, 10y Mr. NJ s Swain, from Pa
ranaguG, Brazil, October : 1860 lis
answer TO interrogstories sent him, 10
which he replies Sfriatm. We give o
summary. ss tGe letter is desultory
A regular line of steamers connects
Parauaeua and Bio de Jaueiro, pas
sage So, feichts reasonable. Mr.
Swan plantation Is ON the Assemgury
River. one of The tributaries of the Bay
OF Parauagua, tue town of which name
is ten miles irom the head of She bay.
Mr. Swain was alone for four months
and was then Joined by DIR John II
Blue and Judge John Outlet aud his
two brothers from Charlton county,
Missouri. Since then th~irty-iye South
erners had settled there, and many
more were expected from Missouri
The principal merchant at Paranagua
is Senior Manuel Miro q Brazilian, cdu-
Gated in England, whom Mr. 5. speaks
highly Of. At Rio de JauoirO, Il. H.
Lane a Co, W. Davis, and Thomas
Baldwin, American merchants, are re-
commended to American immigrants
A large class ship can sail from New
Orleans direct 10 within ten miles of
the settlement Tie inhabitants are
universally kind. polite and generous
the lower classes ignorant, su]persntIous
and degraded the better classes are
mostly educated in Europe and are q
superior people, but the fighting mate
rial does not come mp 10 the Anglo
Saxon rsce.
The better classes extended the hand
Of fellowship to the new corners The
laborers did not know or care where
they camc from, or who they we're bat
are well saiis fed to work hard for
ierked beef black beans and bananas
Doctors and lawyers not wanted.
Slavery exists. but free labor ls prefer
red Cotton Is au uncertain crop su.
gar sud coffee are the safest the for
mer payiur q man of means bes- The
cost of establishing o coffee farm ls
small, but IL takes SIX years 10 make %
full crop Il pays IN tByee years. There
Is no frost TO check vegetation and
open the bolls Of cotton, TAICd con
tinues 10 bloom, grow and rjpea all the
year round Sugar is natural 60 che
soil and climate grows from planting
the tops; seed costs nothing IS ripe In
June. July August and september
rrowa larger and is much sweetry than
Louisiana cane, withoutau cultivation
az all The cost OF raising 1t is nothing
ss compared 90 Louisiana cane culture
The cane Is all made into molassss
There Is not a sugar boiler or % regular
set OF kettles in the province Com Is
produced as IN LOUIS as Int not as j.
Illinois ltis planted, however at amy
time OF the year, and three crops can
be made, on the same land, m 81 year
Mr.. Swain SAYS that all Southern plan /
tatiou agricultural implements are oil
service except steam boilers aud ma
ChInory attached
The climate 10 healthy, uniiorm-a
perpetual spring no dry seasons, no
wet ones The rain IS plentiful, and
fairly distributed throughout the year
The sir Is pane, water good and pure
Land IS very cheap Improved places
can bc had at from $1,000 90 $1,000
There is great variety Of lands, with
of table lands that resemble
those on Bayou Ttche, except that they
towards the rivers instead OF
from them Near the river mouths
The lands are low and Hat, subject O.
luundauOU. From ten 10 fifteen miles
further up the lands are high aud roll
ling, and excellent ga the hills the
soll ls a yellow loan on the table lauds
a darker loan IN the bottoms slil
daTker-all very fertile, easily worked.
does not wash or bake into humps. and
is lueNhausuble Mr. Swain saw land
there that had been under culfiva-
non two hundred years Comparative .
y htile land is IL cultivation, the PEG ,
turning their attention almost ex }
,lusiyely 70 timber, and 70 the cultiya. {
Of the matte the native tea 4
lumber aud plank are cut from
he 'csnellSl the "peubu, the lmbi