Daily Mississippi clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-06-21
WHAT ABOUT BRAZIL
BY WIN WALLACE W. WOOD, OF NATCHEz
PART VI


EDITOR CLARION AND STANDARD:
Petrolem is doubtless a portion of
the yet undeveloped wealth Of Brazil.
Why should it not be when nature
seems to have set her seal upon that
country which teens with her bounties.
AS vet however, no Yankee bore has
made the attempt and left no record
published no bulletin of having struck
ue' in the land of thccocoa and the palm
of milk and honey, of fruits and flow
ers. t T.. ..|r
Every vessel from the States takes
to Brazil and lands at Rio from two to
ten emigrants, at least such was the
case during the motnhs of October,
November and December last. OF
these latter a correspondent writing
of date March Is, 1866, from San
Paulo, says
"Soon after your departure from
Rio all the Americans began to scatter
and hunt up locations, DC. San Paulo
Province, our old route, and the reser-
vations of 215 by 325 miles christened
by us Nova Americana, was the desti-
nation of many, with party of whom
from Georgia, Alabama and Missouri
| journeyed in company for some days.
l am more pleased, on closer inspec-
ton, with the Arraraquara and Jahu
districts, our selected site, if possible
than on our first visit None can fail
to like it. Norris d Cloutier from
Ala ;, have purchased a fazenda farm
on the Limeira road near Campinas for
50, 500-are settled and are much
pleased with the purchase. Ashee and
wife are living in Campinas, the one
planting garden and the other teach
ing English and French. Morrison
(of Missouri is also about to locate
in the same place and construct ma
chinery. The late President of
San Paulo has been made Imperial
Minister of Finance and as yet no sue
cessor has been appointed to the Pres
idency. The coast will not do for To-
cations. Seek the interior. DR..
Blues colony, settled in ST. Catharina
on the coast. has felt this, and most of
them are returning to the States, or
will as soon as they can procure means.
That climate and its scanty produc-
tons disgust them. I..hear that DR.. J.
NJ. F. CASTOR (of Columbia, S. CO.
admires Iguape near the sea in San
Paulo and has purchased three
leagues, and that the Rev. Mr.. Ballard
). Dunn (of La, has bought from 80
to 90 leagues, with a view to COM
mence settling there. 1 predict that
if these lands lie on the mountains
nearest the coast in less than two years
all will leave for the States or the inte-
rior of the Province. Brazilians have
tried the experiment and it is policy
for us to profit by their experience.
81 understand there have been
large meetings held in Rio by the peo-
pie, at which one of the Ministers,
Paulo e Souza, made public speech
in favor oft, Immigration, stating
that as soon as the war was ended
and that would be shortly-they had
plenty of steamers, and the best use
they could be applied to, was to send
for emigrants A minister making
public speech is unprecedented here,
and the Liberals all think it stride to-
wards Republicanism, and much re-
joice at it. They also, in the meeting,
appealed to the people and legislstors
to do away with any and every law in
favor of Brazilians exclusively, and to
let all who come here have equal
rights, political and religious. Hope
you will be successful in all efforts to
organize movement in the South in
this direction, and from the little |
hear, your. road to success will be pre-
pared and made smooth by Congress
ional stupidity of the North
Another correspondent writing
from Bahia, confirms the assurances
made me personally last January in an
interesting interview L had with the
President of that Province, and au-
thorizes me to publish rare indictment
offered to emigrants to that Province,
which is second to none in the Empire
for geniality of climate, richness of
soil, abundance of fine streams and
water power, and, magnificent forests
OF timber, health, progress, DC. The
writer states
81 have just returned from the
rivers Rico Pardo and Jackatinoni.
where / found the lands equal if not
superior to the best lands in louisiana.
There is good harbor at the mouth
OF each river for any sized vessel, the |
mouths opening into the sea only ten
miles apart. At the mouth of the |
Parde is a beautiful village called Can |
averriz, and another at the mouth of |
the Jackstanoni called Belmont
Travelled up each of those rivers 100
miles, through lovely valley of level
land-black sandy soil, the best in nv
Judgment, for sugar and cotton. AS
good cotton as ever saw anywhere
IN the South is growing and grown
with great success on both of those
rivers, as is also superior coffee, and
nanioca, bananas, oranges, pine apples
md figs in exuberance, and splendid
,orn,-all springing up and Welding
'lch harvests without any labor. The
and on both of these rivers belongs to |
he government. The President Of
ers 1000 acres of it Tor a like ouanti-
y elsewhere, } to every man who will |
'ome and settle in this Province. The
natives are settled all along those
'ivers, (squatters, and they win have
o be bought out That is easily