Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-03-13
From Brazil.

The following letter from a highly re-
spectacle gentleman, now in Brazil, written
to relative of his in this city, will be read
with interest /:
Rio DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, Jan. II, 1868.
L received your letter on board
| try. | have not forgotten your request,
but not being anle TO write intelligently of
either men or rhings here, (chiefy for a
want of knowledge Of the Portuguese Ian
guage) [ was and still am unable to COM
municate freely with the people and there
| by learn whether it is better for our peo-
| pie to come here or "bear those ills they
have"
[ have arrived at the conclusion, from OBJ
servation and experience. that the eli
mate here is fine and the country in most
places that [ have visited healthy. having
an abundance of sweet water. AS to the
productiveness of the land, that is very va
rious-some very rich and of all grades to
very poor. Here may be said to be "per-
petual Spring" SO far as vegetation is con-
cerned, as plants, trees and crops grow the
year round, butthere are seasons of Spring,
Summer, Fall and Winter, even here.
Crops planted from September to Deem
Der do better than at any other time We
are now in the midst of Summer, and the
mornings are usually hot, but the evenings
pleasant, the thermometer rarely rising
above 80.
This government is DESTROYS of securing
immigration for the reason that slavery
here is doomed sooner or later, and the
government desires to secure aclite labor
ing people to take its place, and conse-
quently it is those who are willing and able
to cut down the forest, build their houses,
plant the various crops, &C., &c. in a word,
to perform the manual land I might say
the meniaD labor now performed by the
slaves. It is therefore the Iaboring popula-
ton of the South that are wanted, invited,
assisted to come" per consequence" oil
our people who come here acihhom money
and expect to secure labor on credit, in
partnership, or as managers, or overseers,
aOiH be disappointed. i fen Americans have
already by accident, and a few more MAY
get into good positions without money
but the fate of the mass is" take down
the shovel and de hoe"
| AS to business in this city, or of any of
the cities, | am not so well able to speak,
but will give you my Impressions :-tlrsts
| then, all Brazilians are fond of the city Ind
flock to the cities; those that are educated,
and many Of them are, enter the profess
sions-'' Law Physic and Divinity -
others seek employment as accountants,
clerks, &C., and being able to raise a few
hundred milries, IA Nitric is fifty cents
start in business on their own account. -
The salaries paid, am informed, are as
tonishingly Iowa book-keeper of years
standing, getting from thirty to fifty dol
lars per month.
There are not, as yet, sufficient num-
Der of Americans here to justify an Ameri-
car to rely on that trade exclusively for a
support, and if there was, there are, per-
| haps, one hundred waiting with their mouths
open.
The Brazilians as people are hospita-
BILE, polite many highly educated, accom-
plished-refned in manners and converse
| ton, but in dealing, altogether unreliable
practising all sorts of deception, prevarica-
| ton and misrepresentation to make the
best of business transaction, and the sue
lows. Although indisposed to manual labor,
in the world. AS people, they are sober
in very high degree, drinking only wines
and malt iquors-are fond of dress and dis
play-have many Church festivals having
the Churches richly Notwithstanding