New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-21

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badly clad badly lodged, badly fed, are oppressed WIN
ut cues and ofn beaten Thee are some exceptions, but
they are too rare.
The Doctor then states NJ greater length Tran
% follow that masters whole are Crll.ty suspicious
of tho sickness - their slaves. Magdes are s. often
felad h.t they frequently dsc-cd real cases Of disease
and hence considerable suffering s unnecessarily endured
pr the ilya ucrIes in tie actual state OF tn-8, W.
happy iu Dis condition, borne down by exccs We ol mas
no desire b form enduring ahanccs and on her sue 'ne
ncyrCS 20 giving blrh 10 being VINO nust DC
miserable herself The meals are taken IN cola
mon, in shady spot Ihlt OF the morlug -
some fruit or Il ito clne bianir Toward the middle
Of the day the slaves e. lesh or Lsh Inc evening meal
is composed Of beans nee or other veg talls ms uitt
j. not bad, al though ole might VISA that IL were more
varied. Nothing, tor example would be easier thah 70
add fresh veg tables The richness OF vegetation "9uId
render this addition very Inexpensive ana tae he"A o.
the slaves wOId be senslhly GmcIOrlted Dy H.
While in africa the blacks are naked or nearly So II -
q det.s able custom Of Brazil 70 keep them not properly
clad The climate of this country IS less Warn and ihueh
more humid than that OF Aica, and hence one OF tle
principal causes Of the diseases whch exist aoIs tn'
blacks ought 10 be attributed to the lack OF elolhlhE
Many Of the propneOrs give their slaves single par o
cotton pantaloonS only. Others add TO IL shft OF tHe
same stuff and at niglt thoy slc piece OF mating
in place often unhealthy where, to protect themselves
from the humidity AID the cold, they have only poor
WOODEN blanket In other fazendcs however the Saves
are better cared for. In addition TO the preceding OBJECTS
thcy are furnished with bonnet and WOODEN shlrt E'
cry Sunday their effects are changed and an examination
is made 20 whether they have not soid ther s VI
blankets, which often happens. ..o,,
The slaves employed the fa=endes arc usually wen
fed and they add to their ratons vegetables when my
raise themselves. and dried meat aud fish; however, IL
often happens that these last substances are neither eoou
in kind, nor in quantity sufficient . =,
1t is not thus with those employed IN WORKING the
mines, in washing gold and searching Tor diamonds &c
Too often Heg receive the smallest possible atlonsa de-
porale economy Furious 70 the ulf)rtuhate negroes
prejudica 10 the interests Of the masters Inc lhsu
fcency of Authorization rngs about an enlightenment OF
the forces which in its turn produces mortality ana Is the
cause OF considerable loss, which an inhuman paraony
does not compensate - "
held by oregnerthese, he says, are hardly allowed
time for sleep or rest
Slaves take interest in their abors nor are they
physically capable OF doing much work as freeman
because the appetite Of gain sustans the one, while the
fear OF chassement is the sole incentive OF the other
Perpetual vigilance is the price OF slave labor ana ua
ing blows for the oiteer However active the driver II
he had the Of the whip against the slaves he
would get nothing out OF Internationally nothing.
Chassements are Of TWO knds-n one they put around
the neck of the guilty ring of iron, surnounted by
stem of the metal which causes more or less Io
turc the other consists Of ashes OF WHIP inc hummer
If which Wy according to the gravity oil inc quesc ~
the fzends Tho punishmons are inflicted IN the presence
OF all the slaves at Rio do Jancro the offenders are tAen
the House If Correction where they receive the cha
tisemens they have incurred During Their stay IN ts
establishment they arc employed IN public WORKS OF
utility.
Marriages between slaves are in Brazil and while
adulterous mscegrnaon is common, 1t is seldom followed
by Foundation. Frequently, also, when Tie neeress pc
comes pregnant she ays the issue, and thus the number
of births Is far from being IN proportion To the figures OF
mortality among the blacks The same thing happens at
Brazil Vhicn is noticed daily in the bagues OF Europe.
The black who has passed time IN House OF Cor
rccon leaves il than when he entered IT. dangerous
for his companions IN so-tude, lac wil certainly become
of the courgc of the country If he happens 10 escape
from the house Of his nastcr
The Doctor does not how these facts destroy hls
preliminary statements that slavery mild institution
in Brazil and they may be l, to show how secontra-
dictory capable writer's become when they permit tner
prcudces mold their philosophy but are too holcst 10
suppress what they see of real lite.
itsa fact the Doctor states that in weil-droccd es.
tbshmeuts where the slaves treated with justice and
humanity marriages contracted among them, and that
the births Only compensate FOR the Deaths but surpass
them IN number.
Of INTERN ARRrAGES.
1889 Mr.. William HHdheld, for many years q resi-
dent OF Brazil and Secretary the British South Amer
can Steam Navigation COMPANY In his volume on Bia-
zl The River Plate and the Falkland lsand, whites IN
the interest OF the whites and has but little TO say respect
Inn, slavery IL speaking OF the Indians be says that
some of the tribes exhibit extraordinary anuIathy 10
thcnegroes (which Dr. Tie more remarkable, az the mar
RACES OF people # color with whites very common and
degrees OF blck that would throw citizen OF the Uhtd
States into fver of ind gnaton are looked upon WIN
phosoulic indifference both by BrUians and natives OF
Portugal m Spain." Probably, Lc adds, this Is one
reason why slaves in Brazil treated with kindness
and humanity altogether uneQuaed in any other part oil
the world
Nj Hldfcld indorscs tho statement Of an Englishman
long resident IN Brazil Who wrote IN eoi that thepeope
were 1re anxious put end 20 Slavery than they had
credit for account Of the point OF civilization they
had come to- AMI account Of tho Circumstance OF ITS
Lrnc m their interest,"" BERWICK.
Maiden. Mas. March 10 1860.