The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-06-05

sWts. lhev estimate their corn, which
WAS planted and forested out with hoe
(the grass and weeds cut out,) to give a
yield of seventy to eighty bushels per
acre. Their cotton is in all its stages from
very small TO full maturity and opened-
which they say is loaded with fruit
natures as well as it does in the States
and estimate yield Of five hundred
pounds Of lint cotton with their present
imperfect mode OF cultivation. Pows are
being introduced rapidly and when once
set properly TO work great results are an
ticipa'ed.
Farmers here are relieved Of that tre.
mendous labor required in vour State Of
securing forage or provender in the sum.
mer months to feed stock during the los,
winter months A grass called Capm
GRE tws in professions on high or low lands
to about five or six fee, high, and will
bear cutting every three months the wear
round. 1t is very large and sweet and
S'''N wv" "p'll W h'DHe WhPn NOT used
Il can either he cut and fed, or pastnred.
The houses seen in the country are
common, being principally built Of mud
and sticks and white washed. Marv are
covered with grass and psnrlcaves. which
last ten or twelve wears. Have been in
formed hv gentlemen, who have Travelled
a great deal IN Brazil, that a rose wood
house means a house made Of rOuph iors
Of rose wood like a rebel soldiers cabin.
Brazil like all countries s rot without
its objections Among others consider
the great want of Iahorers-the great
dittic"l is Of Americ ms learning to speak
the Por,ugese langnage-and the want
Of schools and colleges the principal The
two latter can he remedisd in time. bu,
that is poor consolation 10 an emigtart.
who when he arrives finds ou, that ne
does not possess communicative Ian
gnage, and needs tongue more than he
ever did before.
The emancipation Of the slaves Of Bra.
! I'll ia insisted upor. 10y ho,h France and
England-nni hc;.ce i, must from neces,
s',v Inevitably follow. The papers init
mate that the General Assembly. at its
mex, meeting on he 81 ef Nav. NAV
take some steps towards it. 1t is thought
that il will be done gradually, or. if 9th
d erwise, the government will pay ths own
ers liberal compensation. The work Of
liberation he's begun already. The Em-
peror sent fifteen hundred slaves TO the
war promising freedom rs a reward
Substitutes are procured bv purch asinp a
negro fellow and enl s'enng him as sol
dirr promising freedom at the close OF
h"stii'ics for service. rendered.
This reminds me that have told Won
nothing about the grea, War that we
BrazIhans are engaged in with the re
public Of Paraguay. This war has been
going on for two years, and it is no,
known how long it may continue. II il
about small boundary line which the
htter wishes to establish. Brsz'l has an
armv Of 1000 troop. in the field, which
il strongly fortified on ths Rio La Plata.
Both armies have been in s,a,u quo" fer
some time, except artillery duels and
small skirmshes on The fanks occasion.
ally, with no loss or advantage 10 either
army. .
Since hos,Hilies commenced specie has
disappeared but there is large paper
cnrrenc? stamped with the Imperial
Stamp, which is sufficient for all demands
and is regarded as good as gold. Busi
ness is active and no signs Of an exis ting
war to be seen, except by reading papers
Another thing however our people who
come here, mus, expect TO see. There !.
but little distinction between the white.
and blacks, eXcep, sIsVes. At every por,
foreign vessss are boarded by police off
ce.-at the custom house in Rio all bag
gage is examined BY officers in every
y town po'ics'men are numerous wearing
swords-'eIegrNph Offices. post Offices
newspaper offices and railroad coad uc,or.
ali assume the military dress and ensig
mas, and many Of these offices are hon
ored By gentlemen known formerly ia
your State by the common appeIlation o
! Buck Negro"
: But never in my life have I mst with
such exquisite politeness exhibited By all
classes. When a church is passed, The
hat (cbaPeo) comes off : when passing q
sore or house, OF Where any person j,
; standing by the wsysids. -or meeting g
friend or stranger, pedestrian or horse
man, the hat is pulled off accompanied