Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-08-08


the adjoining lands Of the Tete river constitute
, the section we adrfsesthem to. examine. Inou
, opinion, splendid future awaits this portion o
the province. - .s,se .,... .,,.-..r. .,
We saw other geodlands,. but they were in {
high state of cultivation, for Brazil, and could
not be purchased for less than twenty-five, fifty
and hundred dollars'per acre, since they were
planted in coffee. At Arraquarra, abouttwo hun
dred miles from St Paulo. tract. Of country,--a
Hacienda as it is called there,-is ofored Cor sale
by DR.. CANVAS of st, Paulo, containing from one
hundred and fortys.soe one hundred and eighty
thousand acres of land for one hundred and twen-
ty-fve thousand dollars. on credit, of ten OF
fifteen years if desired. We examined this, and
suppose that from fifteen to twenty-five thousand
ceres of it are ofgqpdz quality, including some
coffee lands, and would produce corn, sugars&c.,
to perfection. Alarge portion oft is campo, but
the best quality OfScampo wo have. seen; in the
province. The othertis woodland, and will pro-
duce corn and cotton very we'll. The fifteen to
twenty thousand acres of;good land alluded to
above is "serra rocehan as the Brazilans term it,
which means land Of 6finsxpressible richness and
fertility. Upwards two hundred Of very fine
cattle are includedinethis great bargain and q
dwelling house, some outbdadings and one hun
dred acres of cultivated land comprise. the i'm
provements on. the place. Each Of us, has o map
of this great prYate domain and will furnish it to
any one who dcsiresit, with, oil the information
we have in regard to- its advantages. -.
Lands which hestoo low for coffee, nro very
little estimated bys-tre Brazlians, and in the
District of Campenas,. within twenty or thirty
miles Of the R. R.,are some very fine farms, Of
this description, With good improvements m!'ieh
can be purchased for from two to f.c dollars Per
acre. Much of these lands are "ierrl .rocrha, "
and all of them will produce corn, sugar cane
and cotton, admirably. Two gentlemen from the
States ono from Alabama and the other from
Louisiana, have already purchased and settled
there. .es.-> -ts..,:
Gr. CASTOR reports that after overcoming the
difficulty of passingthe mountains, and the dan
gers and fatigue incident thereto, he pushed his
investigations in The, direction Of Iguape. and
Cannanea, and found large bodies of public lands,
which although not,so rich MS the " terra roceha"
of the interior, yet producing larCc crops OF cnrn
sugar caue, rice, tobacco, and, in some instances,
coffee. The few days he remained there, the
weather was plensantea and the transportation
easy and cheap, costing less than one hnlf of the
price from the interior. He thinks it healthy,
excep. on the water courses, and the price of the
lands is only twenty-five cts per acres on credit
of five years without interest. Several families
from Alabama and Texas have already settled
there. We hope this section may be as desirable
as the Doctor imagines, for it is Immediately on
one of the routes to seaport, from the exceed
ingly fertile Districts described above, and the
improvements of tsscrritory nil assist. in the
settlement of the other. The river Iruape is
navigable for steamboats, ad far up as Xirerica,
distant from the District we haze chosen about
one hundred miles, but unlike the Tiete, its nav-
ga,on.is uninterrupted by falls and shoals
We deem it onr duty to state, ;hat the price Of
negroes has decreased one half during our stay
in the Empire. 1t is said that the outside senti
ment is the cause. At any rate all classes agree
that tho day is not distant when emancipation
must come We hare heard Of some gangs Of
| negroes including men, women and children, be-
ing offered by the year for fifty dollars each,
though the usual price is from sixty to hundred
and twenty. For plantation hands, tie hir,r pays
all expenses.
The law requires the purchasers of lands to
pay six per cent cash, one time, their prime
cost, as a tax to the government. With this ex-
! ception, the farmer, we believe, never pays any
tax during life We will also mention, that it is
thought by we'll informed persons, that this small
burden will soon be removed from allimmigrants
The health of the table lands of this Province,
is represented by the native and foreigner as rcry
good, With the exception Of the fats and low
grounds near the larger rivers, which are subject
to chills and intermittent fevcrs. A few specific
diseases, as GOitrO and Leprosy are seen. Cases
of the latter appear but seldom, though consid-
erable number of the former are observed among
the poorer classes. 1t thought generally to bc
produced By poor diet, damp houses &C.. The
temperature also throughout the table lads, not.
withstandipg we were there during the Summer
months, varies from Sc to 500 in the shade. Du-
ring winter, it varies generally, we understand
from 40 to $50, though sometimes it comes down
to the freezing point producing ice.
In Santos, tho seaport of this Province, about
forty.fve miles fron the table lands, and about
three thousand feet lower, the mercury varied
during the years 1868 and '64 from Gil to 1872.
viz: January 1873, February 50, March 70, april
77.3, May coo, Juno SO, July 67.1, August 67.5'
September 1913, October 71.6, November 74G,
December 49,.
The principal objections to the country are the
Language, Portugeso, the mixed class of its popu-
la,ion, and the want Of proper facilities for cdu-
cation and transportation, though it appears from
ali tho facts we could gather, that thereis stoady
iupro, cnent il the two latter objections.
This report would be incomplete and unsatis
factory, if concluded without statement Of tho
prices, particularly for the ncccssaries Of life.
The cost then of clearing forest lands according
to the custom of the country, is from Sl.5O to
S2.OO psr acre. Horses, domesticated, can be
bought for from $40, to S40 unbroken, from SIS
to $40; mares, from SIS to $40; Jacks, from $50
to slOO; pack mules, from SIS to $50; riding
mules, from $40 to $50; uubIokcn in lots. from
| sl2 to SIS; fat hogs weighing two hundred
hounds each, from SIS to SIS; breeders and pigs
in proportion Sheep from s1,jO to $500 inferior
and scarce goats, from 81 to 81; milk cows, ia
lots, from IS to $40; single, SIP to sl5; oxen fat
from sig to $50; work oxen, from $50 to 40
corn usually from 50 to IS cts, though during
this summer, there has been great scarcity
caused by drought, during last season, said to b.
the first for nearly twenty years. We paid from
rs cts. to $500 per bushel. Beans are worth from
81 to s125 per bushel rice from 50 to 50 cOffe