The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-07-24

I upon am convinced IN my own
mind that we have the best eoun-
try in, the world All that we re-
quire is a stable Government and
a working, economical people to
restore US to our former, prosper
ity. Yours truly. CIV. v.
= CHARLESTON, May 2sth, 1857. =,
,HARRoiDsB yRe G, KY, May %, 1867:
= G., ~ Wiiaams,s Esq., e:..:e5=o,Es -
DEAR SIR; Onaopr parting at
CharIestonain January last, on my
way, to BrazilseI promised to adj
dress, YOU on my return to the
United States which + now do.
|F;Af fser travelling on the coast and
EiaDd tn rec thousand niles IN Bra
IzsiL;sd T;a1est stunned ~toa the United
States ,esatisieay that Brazil would
E:net: suit ,eia.people; All :things'con-
| tsidered, Notwithstanding thous-
ands are going there who Eare. not
informed, and I think wall never
qbe happy or even comparatively
satisfied Nature has. done much
for Brazil. Moro beautiful Shar,
bors and scenery .:theworld cannot
,excel-much OF the soil very. fer
tile, but not more so, than many
parts of the United States a fine
climate: that is if one is fond Of
perpetual summer. Therm mometer
average from 78: to s9-in short:
average of South Carolina sum-
mer. Rio deJaneiro lis Z precisely
the zclimate EefttHavana f-Popula-
Ltion ofRio o.4al, ,oe0s 5 Bat few roads
/ in the entiresse1npire ataaRould
admit of q wagon and only three
railroads in the entire. empire, one
of which eightyyfve: miles, anoth;-
er<one hundred and twenty-fve
niles, the other ninety miles. I
regard the countrylas being adapt
Fed we'll for coffee, sugar and tobac-
$eo,y yBnt not forszgfaiin, and cotton I
regard as,yet an experiment.. Rice
does. weA; eEaveryz great
doubt. asrto cotton doing well
there thezsoil is:aH s1ightgbut the
climate I; ,dopbtsse|I They do. have
the wet and the, dry season there,
and either Of which would ruin a
cotton crop in Carolina, and I see
no reason why it. owouM mot in
Brazil: Last year, IN the most de-
ssirable province, understood that
&c did not rain in SIX months. It
is the worst country in the world
to obtain truthful information as
to these matters. All the book
writers deceive the public, and
when I see. you Twill tell you the
cause, which you will easily under
stand. There are. 10. facilities in
the .coun try, and worse than all,
the language, which is Portuguese,
then - the habits, manners and
modes Of living; and, any, man
must be very vain who ,supposcs
that a few Americans can 60 to
that natural fine country and cause
those people to adopt ours. Not
so. 4f~you 60 there you must
give up the English, acquire the
Portu guese, and become q tho
rough Brazilian before you could
begin toIive there-live on Man
dioca meal for bread, and barrel
of imported -four, to reach the in
terror on the back Of pack mule,
which is a great curiosity, and ba-
con, rarely seen in Rio, fifty cents
per pound lin gold,. and of the
many families going there now,
by the time they settled in the in
terror, I think it doubtful whether
they will ever see a ham: of4bacon.
or barrel of -four again: Society
none whatever. = '....'' '...'
The coffee plantations were
beautiful in the extreme. The
negroes looked: well, and would
class in appearance, with ours in
the States, in the days of slavery,
but | did not think they were as
GOOD workers. The price Of slaves
for young men and women, likely,
from $500 to 5000. Much more
has been said in this country about
the emancipation Of slavery in
Brazil, than has been said there.
If ] could have consented to settle
in BrazilI can only say that [
would not have had any fears on
that score. But [ could not con-
sent to settle there with my fami-
ly, all things considered. Ofcourse
I cannot undertake in this letter
to so into detail, when [ see you,
l can tell you many things inter