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

w1th the advce Of his Ministers, signed to-day
imperial decree by virtue Of which slavery is
abolished throughout the Brazilian empire.
This most important executive ordor is to take
effect lii period Of twenty years, so that no VIC
lence will be done to what is termed the s.right Of
property" in tho slaves.
Children of every class born within the lmits OF
the empire after this day. the st Of April arc do
clared absolutely free by birth, that il nay be
truly said we now inhabit land of freedom, in
which industry and labor will soon find fair re-
ward. 6I N@- u.
AS will be seen, .hcnceforth every child born
in the empire is free, and in twenty years all
the slaves shall be free. The slave population
Vt the Empire is estimated at 100000. The
following interesting extract, respecting that
country, we clip from the Norfolk Tribune:
The State which has just taken this impor-
tant step in the road of progress covers about
100000 square miles of the richest portion Of
the South American continent, being little
Nature has given it the most magnificent river
system in the ..orld. The Amazon rolls its
mighty waves through the dense forests Of the
northern provinces-forcsts teeming with all
the gorgeousncss and luxuriancc Of the tropics
rich in precious woods and valuable fruit bear
ing trees, and alive with the most brilliant
forms of animal nature; and its 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 afluents of
the La Plata in the South, give fertility and
channels of easy intercommunication to enor-
nous extents of the country, while in the inte-
rior stretch the great grass-grown pampas
with their countless herds of cattle. covering
region seven times as big as the whole of
France.
There are mines Of gold there is coal in
plenty; there is iron and the annual prodnct
of diamonds is not far from 81, ,ouO, 900. There
is not desert IN the empire. The whole is
rich loan, covered with vegetation unequal
ed for magnifccnce and beauty, except, per-
haps, in some Of the fairy-like islands of the
Indian Ocean. Even with her present moa-
ger development, Brazil supplies half the world
with coffee; and sends abroad also great guam
titles OF cotton, sugar and tobacco. She has
exported more of coffee and sugar in eighteen
months than Of diamonds in eighty years. It is
three hundred ycnrs since the first permau cnt
settlement Of the country BY Europeans; yet
in all this time, and with all the marvellous
wealth of the soil and the charms Of genial
climate to tempt immigration, not one acre in a
hundred and fifty has ever felt the labor of
the husbardman and immense regions are
almost as unknown to-day es when 2,Scos,
the companion Of CoLuMBus, first took posses
sion Of the country in tho name Of the King Of
CASTLE.
Nor, for many years at least, has the Govern
ment, which; is ono Of the best, most liberal,
and most progressive monurchics in the world
spared any effort to attract the suporabundant
population Of Europe Since the Brazilians
wrested their independence from the mother
country, Portugal, in 1922, they have devoted
themselves zealously to works of social and in
dustrial Improvement. They have freedom of
education, freedom Of the press, and freedom
of religious worship. They have lahored hard
to develop their means of communication with
the old world, having regular lines Of mail
steamers to the principal European ports.
They have steamers on 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 at
the latest date for which We have returns (ls63)
amounted to $55 100000, and their exports to
S68, 900. .OOO.''