The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-09-14

plain how impressions are some
times made upon people coming
here. However, let me wind up
with the Ribeira and it's people,
lest I say more unpleasant things.
| am sure that country viii not
do for cotton or tobacco and for
corn, sugar, rice and beans it is,
at best, but ordinary; it is heal
thy, and its facilities for trans
portation (water) are great, but
the almost incessant rains and
fogs and the number of annoying
insects render it anything but a
pleasant country to live in, II, asy
| opinion. q sIfial4 3sii93 aUoa /
We could have bought property
there at low prices. One place,
containing maybe, 200, 900 acres
of land, with 80 negroes, houses,
&C., could have been bought for
$50 contos of reis-say S25, ,O0O-
part in cash, balance ON time
Another place is offered at 5 con
tos, having Ia miles front on a
navigable stream, nine hours Jour
ney by canoe from Iguape, and
extending into the mountains to
the rear, indefinitely; and leaving
some few slaves on it. Other
places equally cheap. 3al el
Whilst at Iguape, Hthe bandv
turned out for our especial gratifi-
cation, and gave us some really
excellent music, playing @Dixien
three times over, and the s'Bonnie
Blue Flag" once. Some Confede-
rates had learned them the tunes
by whistling; but they were play
ed excellently,g and your cores
pondent felt like he was "all come
up into his throat" We ordered
two dozen bottles of ale as a fin
isher. The people there are very
well disposed to our sort-4the
"Do SUP goes long way. 8y3d3 /
| From Yporanga, on the upper
Rebeira, we hired mules and went
up the mountains four days travel,
over miserable paths to the Seer
ro Acima,n (top of the mountain
country. 1t is a strange feature
here-the mountains. along the
coast instead of going down on
j the other side, slope off. into a
rolling country, some thousand of
| feet higher than the land on the
sea. Soon after getting on top of
the mountains, we struck a wide
belt of pine; ON the slope towards
the sea, not a pine was to be seen,
on the otherside,u thousands OF
them. Theyare the most magnifi-
cent trees / ever saw, not d tWig
I up to the very top, when they
branch out like q crown, bearing
!. burrs; each one of which contains
! half a peck Of hits that make
j good food for hogs and cattle
1 when boiled orroasted. The first
J. town we reached was Fachina,
! where we stopped to buy mules,
and although every man and boy
In town had a horse Oh, ,mule for
sale, because we were strangers,
none of them wanted to take less
than three prices: after two days
delay, we got one pretty good
mule for S37-ones horse for $22,
and one, for SID, which was tolef
able cheap. From Fachina we
, went north through country
, of alternate wood and prairie,
, most of it poor. The grass on the
prairies was very coarse, stock
, won't eat it, Most of the people
have ditched in land and planted
Hgrammar grass, which makes a
' fine pasture. We found most ol
the stock and cattle inindiferent
! order. d We stopped at seyera
places to enquire gprices--found
: land at from so. cents to 90 30 al
: acre. AL transportation by pack
mules, at from q to- 8 cents
} pound to Santos, (shipping port)
! At Sorocaba, the great stock mar
q ket of BRAZIL. we stopped a week
!, looking at some large fazenda's
! liked them, SO little that we didn'
! even ask priees--too hilly. From
!, there we went to Santa Barbara
. the American settlement, yhers
h we stopped ten days looking al
! lands and talking with the people
q We found some very fine land in
5 deed, just rolling enough to drair
s well without washing; with al
a original growth Of fine timber aIlt
+ cane, of a dark red and chocolat'
! color, and plenty deep. ! am sat
]. isfed from what ] saw, it woui'
!, make fine corn, and good cotton
J. splendid coffee, plenty of potatoes
# pumpkins, peas and all sorts Q
g fruits that belong to this climate
5 besides good peaches and pears
- Tho nricn ofIarld there raises yer