The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-10

w!ti, the advice ,t !,:t s:hsicgs ssGed tu'lay all
imperial decree iy yirtnc OF which SLAYER: IL
abolished throughout the Brazilian empire.
This most important executive order is to tako
effect in period OF twenty years. so that no vio-
lencc will be done to what is termod the fright OF
property" in the slaves.
Children of every class born within The limits OF
the empire after this day. the Sh of April, are de-
clared absolutely free l,y birth, TO thaL it may be
truly said We now inhaliit lal.l Of freedom, in
which industry and labor will soon find fair re-
ward.
AS will be seen, henccforth every child born
in the empire is free and in twenty years all
the slaves shall be FREE The slave population
of the Empire is estimated at 3.G00.MO. The
following interesting extract. respecting that
country, we clip from the Norfolk T*i5aac:
The State which has just taken iliis impor-
tant step in the road of progress, covers ahont
| 5000 600 square miles of the richest portion OF
the South American continent, being little
greater in extent than the United States.-
Nature has given it the most magnificent river
system in the world. The Amazon rolls its
mighty waves through the dense forests Of the
northern provinces forests tceming with all
the gorgeousness and luxuriance Of the tropics,
rich in precious woods and valuable fruit-bcar-
ing trees, and alive with tic most brilliant
| forms of animal nature and lis tributaries are
streams which in any other part Of the world
would be called rivers of the first class. The
Rio Francisco in the East, and the atttuents OF
the La Plata in the South, give fertility and
channels of easy intcrcommunicatlon 10 enor-
| nous extents of the country, while in the lntc'
rior stretch the great grass-grown pampas,
with their countless herds Of cattle. covering Il
reoion saycn times as big as the whole OF
France.
There are mines of gold; there is coal in
plenty; there is iron and the annual product
of diamonds is not far from $2,0oO,D0o There
is not desert iu the empire. The whole Is u
rich loan, covered with q vegetation unequal
cd for magnifceucc and beauty, except, per-
haps, in some of the fairy-likc islands Of lhr
Indian Ocean, Even with her present mea-
ger development, Brazil supplies ha.f the world
with coffee: and sends abroad also great guam
titles of cotton, sugar and tobacco. She mas
exported more Of coffee and sugar i'll eighteen
months than OF diamonds in eighty years. 1t IL
three hundred years since the first pcrnian ent
settlement Of the country by Europeans; yet
in all this time, and with al tae marvellous
wealth Of The soil anu The charms OF d genial
climate to tempt immigration, not one acre Ill q
hundred and fifty has ever felt The labor p
The Lusban,lman aud immense regions are
almost as unknown to-day US N!;eG fiScoN
! the comp0niou o; COLUMBUS. frat took posses
sion OF tho country in the name d the King O
Castile.
Nor. for many years al least, has the Govern
ment, which is QUO Of the best, most lipera!
aud most progressive mouarchics in the world
spared any effort to attract the superab"ndnn
population of Europe. Since the Brazliians
wrcstcd thsi. independence from the mother
country, Portugal, in 49,, they have dcvo!c'
themselves zealously to works of social and in
dustrial improvement. They have freedom o
education, freedom of the press, and freedom
Of religious worship. They have laborcd hard
to develop their means Of communication will
the old world, having regular lines Of mai
steamers to the principal European ports
They have steamers OIL the coast and rivers
They have railways, built by English and
American engineers. Their trade with Great
Britain, France and the United States is large
and constantly increasing. Their imports nj
the latest date forwhch we have returns lsd'')
amounted to $50 100000, and their exports to
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