The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-31
FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 81, 1868.
LETTER FROM BRAZIL.
SANTA BARBARA, Province OF SAN PAULo


SANTA BARBARA, Province OF SAN PAULo,
Brazil, Dec. II, 1867. I
To the Editor Of the New Orleans Crescent:
write TO ask you to change the direction Of my
paper from Rio de Janero to this place. devour
with much gusto everything in the CRESCENT, and
its failure 10 come il always a very great deprva.
ton TO me in this out.of-the way place, where we
never see or hear anything unless we get an
American or English newspaper; aud these but
seldom find their way into the interior.
This, in an agricultural point of view, ia a very
rich province Of the empire, and the king cotton)
who was crowned few years ago in the Southern
United States will, think, be compelled to trans
fer his dominiOns and emgrate to a more healthy
region for the production Of his fayorite staple,
or else his scepter will forever surely depart from
him. Here he may again assume the royal purple
and not fear second dethrOnement, if the india
tions Of the past three years are worth anything.
Cotton has been cultivated in this province for
only three years, and the past crop rose up to
one million Of arobas (thirtytwo pOunds) Of clesn
cotton. This is not q good country for Yankee
settlers outside Of the cities, for the circuators
Of regio- anti slavery tracts. The people know
who they are already, and will know them much
better when ell the Southr0ns who are here earn
the language Of the country.
i am satisfied here, because the government
is just liberal, good and kind, aud has
one of the most enlightened rulers known
TO the earths inhabitants. Besides, l feel
that can make good living il nothing more.
This ought TO satisfy any Confederate, who did
his best to separate from the North. thank my
God that ! am far away from them, and besides,
an already naturalized citizen of Brazil. /
could not, and would not submit to the efforts
aud success OF Thad. Stevens Co., to elevate
the negro, politically and to lower the white
man, by enfranchising the one and disfran
chsing the other, therefore | left the terri
tory" of Mississippi for the free good govern
ment Of Brazil. Here you never know that
there is tax collector until you buy = piece Of
land or q negro, nor is there any such officer as
an n Ia NJ
houses. l am here reminded Of an article
copied into the CRESCENT from a Montgomery,
Ala, paper, purDOrting to be made up from a
conversation of the writer with some returned
emgraIts, from this country. The Information
was all wrong, or | have lived here for very
poor purpose, and have found out very little Of
the condition OF the country. The parties NUT
have thought that there was mo organized gov.
eminent" because these assessors aud cOeo-
tors, such IS they have in the "best govern.
ment the sun ever shined on" were not hun
log them down wherever they went. They mu
have thought there was mo hospitality or
"kiI dness" with this people, because they did
not know what was said TO them by every man
they met. / can assure you, in all truth and
sincerity that this is the most hOspitable people
! have ever known in my life, except the peo-
pie of the Old Dominion or their immediate de.
scendsnts. Here it is almost an inpossibility to
pass house without stopping, drinking coffee and
smoking Cigarette" with hem. Thsi hospital
ity here, and besides, il you stay all night you
never pay bill, OF at least never have. This
is true, even with the aboring class, called "com.
aradas." The living of the country is not gener-
ally good, nor do they know what good living
IL. but are very apt when properly taught The
Americans here are mot unhappy," nor are
they "uncared forn The country mas been over
estimated by the manufacturers Of books for the
Southern market, though it is q very good
country for the planter or agricuturist, but 70
no other class. II il fine cotton, coffee, corn,
sugar and rice country, and these crops caH be
produced at less cost and 10 larger quantities
with the amount Of labor expended, than they
can be In any part OF the United States Any
one coming here to farm ought to bring from
$4,000 10 $40 600 with him, and he can make him.
self very comfortable in a very short time but
one coming with merely enough to buy little
piece of land, il will take him at least three
years TO make himself az all comfortable. WagJ s
are lew. and no one who has to work for wages
should come here for that purpose. Merchants
or professional men should not come here with
the view of following their voostiOns, unless
they 60 TO Rio, or some other large city, and
then they should speak both the French and
German languages as well as the Portuguese.
When | commenced I only intended writing a
half dozen lines, but when the pen is started
IL is very difficult with me to get il to stop.
am very respectfully, your obedient servant
NV. BOYD, N. D.