The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-15

forests and open roads, &c. Tho inhabitants
of Brazil areSwhites, indians, ncsfoss aud ,lnix4
ed races. The whites; are chiefly Portuguese
and their deceudants;> Of; those most of the
wealthy are well educated and generally very
hospitable but education is limited, as schools
are very rare except in the large towns; there
fore, the people generally, arc ignorant and
also very indolent THE Incidence I think is
caused by the constant heat, which was told,
has a!grcat tendency to keep tho whole human
system dcbilitutcd. Nearly ali of the labor Of
that country is performed by negro slaves, who
form about thrcc.ifths of the population
think that slavery there, will in the course Of
time be abolished by gradual cmpnipation,
though do not think that it will be done very
soon. left Brazil about eight weeks ago
and young negro fellows were then worth from
five to seven hundred dollars; the peeplc of
1.-The United States appear to be more deeply in
ftercstcd concerning the abolition of slavery
in Brazil, than the Brazilians themselves if
my predictions be true in regard to the aboli-
lition of slavery there, am confident that, that
country will be in n much worse condition
than ours as there is even now less prejudice
i'll Brazil between the different races than tlcrc
is in the Southern States
s The religion of Brazil is Catholic, although
there are two American churches in Rhode
Janioro, one of which is an Episcopal and the
I other Presbyterian.
| Brazil is divided into provinces and each
province has apresidcnt appointed over it.
? The laws of the country arc very good but
they are not properly inforccd, rs the Judges
as well as the jurics arc open for bribery and
corruption. There are but three railroads in
the empire Roads for travelling by private
conveyance arc also very rare, and even those
that they have arc suitable for pack mules
on'u 49,: l it is on .heso nack-mulcs that all Of
their exports and imports arc transported
through tho interior of tho country .Asricul-
turc is in very backward state and not more
than one f"rty-ninth part of the country is
supposed to he cultivated. and manufactures
| scarcely exist.
The people of the interior live upon beef
mutton, vegetables. f:.rina and fruits The
vegetables arc inferior, the cause of which il
the want of proper attention and cultivation
The farina is used as II substitute for bread
and is mace of the roots of the mandioca :
the mandioca resembles vcryimnch our Palma
Christi plant; and tho juice of its roots
pressed out, rs it is said to DO worry poisonous :;
after which, thcsc roots AFRO kiln-dricd, and
ground into meal WHICH has the appearance
of the meal made of Tnd,m-corn; this meal is
eaten on the meats and vegetables, without be-
ing carried through any other process.
Persons renewing to tho inferior of that
empire can never afford to cat wheat bread or
ham again iron, the fact that -four cannot be
bought for less than from twenty to twenty
tw" dollars Gin gold) per barrel, and hams for
not less than from forty-fivo to fifty cents per
pound; then tho expenses for transporting
these articles through the country ON pack.
mules arc very great. The mules of that
country arc not large, but they are very fine,
a"d can be bought for from thrty-Rvc to fifty
dollars per head I saw but four horses IN the
empire and they were inferior. was told
that horses would net do we'll in that climate.
and that was tho reason why So few persons
had them :.
There are other things connected with the
history of Brazil too numerous for mc to men
tion ut present, but will give YOU full ac
count of that country on some subsequent oc-
casion MDR