The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-26

be paid, clear Of deduction since the Bania Railroad
disputed point whether the Companies should get
Tue guarantee on the outlay on additional rolling
stocA required To meet the Increased traffic. The
government says no; the companies say yes because,
they say. u Is no matter to them whether the line
pays seven per cent or not, as they guaranteed
that rate Wille the government has every induce
ment 10 develop the traic to reduce the amount OF
guarantee It Is called Oh to pay.
Notwithstanding the opposition OF the civ fathers
Tue emperor behaved like brick, signed the decree
IA spile o. their circumstances and attended the in
nu9ura.ou on the 9th. The first two or three DAYS
things did not work first rate. The channel left be-
tween the stone and the inside OF the rail for the
nahae Oh the wheel proved too narrow In parts
especially the quick curves which occur towards the
centro VI the town and the at times ran or the
track The drivers, conductors and mules were also
mostly raw, and The mulish instinct came out strong
rendering II requisite ut times to open the safety
valve TO certain amount OF tall swearing In Eng
llsl Anu portuguese However, with persey
ana management Mr.. Greepough got over these
early diihcutes and the machine works smoothly
people-So much so that the company must be well
satisfied with their returns. | hear the company is
nego'ia.,ng MIN Iae Omnibus companies to buy
them out-probaby not only To get rid OF their oppO-
sitiOn, but also To the Omnbuses in connection
with the cars to those parts to which the rails are
The Rev. Mr.. Fletcher has got back from his star
ring tour IN the province OF san Paulo and has
enough beauties in Brazil and the Brazans there to
I'LL up another fat volume in green and gold. hear
he mas rediscovered the famous cave in rock near
Iauoate, Whicn party OF twenty Braliians visited
on April 1857, coming upon three wonderful sages
reading palimpests by the light OF huge diamond.
Inc missionary business is quite lively these times
me MISSIONARIES nave .heir organ, the Evangelical
Press, ana the priests have their organ Apostolic
nontdn Cuh0ac which together keep things well
as sue n Rary aompMnls s
error ana lying" fanatics" "hypocritical idola-
ters" "huckslers OF holy water, NC, and the priest
party does not allow itself to be beaten IN abuse
me MISSIONARIES try to insnuate Bibles and tracts;
the priests denounce the former as faslaed and pro-
hibit the reading OF either. Then the missionaries
uCCIBe Inc priests sending parties liSnrD
meetings.; the priests retort that III IL were not for
them, the faithful would have run the missionaries
away long ago. Botn appeal to the authorities but
the authorities are wise enough to see and hear
nothing, ana 1t Il only In out OF the way place
lot OF Bibles In the Custom House. and thus give start
to religious controversy in the papers in which
that he Is unanswerable-a thing easily done, as
neither reads the arguments OF the opposition.
=, The missionaries have hard ground to work In.
Tne well-on classes are polite, and apparently quite
willing to listen 10 Protestant teachings: but their
complaisance Is either wholly courtesy or it arises
from an indifference to religion which Is very com
mon among them but Is. perhaps more obstructive
to conversion than the zeal OF bigot, as having no
earnestness IL y not easy to create conviction
which would lead them to set aside political I'D
vancement their reputation, family ties and social
intercourse. Among the poorer classes the negro
that superstition pervades every idea OF religion
Add to this that not one In twenty can read and Il
able to effect anything worth while The ground
work OF Pr0testantlsm, education Is wanting. Even
Ia the province OF Rio Janero which surrounds this
city, the Governors message states that out OF
population OF 100000 free persons only 84s4 are at
tending public schools leaving about $1,000 chill
dren without schooling OF any kind and out OF
twenty scholarships at the cost OF the province only
five are filed, no more having been found capable OF
passing the pre- imnary examination for abundance
schools.
The Emperor at the instance OF Senior Alencar
Minister OF Justice has just signed instructions reliev
ing the National Guard from parades before MIN
upon any but the national holidays, and from at
tendance upon all religious professions except four.
THIS u move In the right direction as naturalized
PrOtestantS always felt on being forced to do
what they termed idolatry. 1t Is true they were
generally allowed to absent themselves but still
their officers could mprison them for not attending
The next move will be to stop the attendance at any;
but the real move wanted Is to abolish that system
OF slavery which Is created by the National Guard
law.
In the medical aud sanitary line two things have
just been advocated The one Is the planting OF The
eucalyptus OF Australia In districts where agues and
feyers are prevalent as 1t Is said that localities
where Il Is found growing are remarkably free from
such diseases, however marshy the place, the arO-
matte principle existing In the leaves and shoots
having apparently specific power on malaria. The
government Is trying to acclimatize the tree in the
botanic gardens OF Rio, partly the above account
and partly because OF its value as o timber tree.
St. MSys herb Which Bahia doctor r ASSERTS ss'sSs
he has found to be specific against dysentery, be-
sides Its previously known use as vermifuge. The
plant Is common all over the world and, as boz
tanical name is the "Chenopodium Ambrosivdes -
1t Is not impossible that some herb or Indian
uoOtpi m0J huu ~ oiSouy uuouS lis tckciduic To
NEEDLES.
The exports OF coffee from Rio Janeiro show fall
ing Oh OF Ss7o.s SACKS during the nrst nine months
OF 1868 as compared with the same period OF 1857,
when l5s3 1913 sacks were exported. The exports to
the United states show decrease this year of % 900
sacks having been only 344 54 against 1885, 1872 In the
first nine months OF 1887. A part Of the deficiency
H. however, made up by an increased stock on hand
namely, sacks against so 900 sacks October l.
1857. 1t Is notable that cycle OF about 1--WE years
appears TO obtain in regard to the coffee crop OF
Brazil, very large crop being usually followed by
which II rises gradually to another extraordinary
crop about the fifth or sixth year. IL is said, how
ever, that II the coffee plantations be ploughed the
yield Is toerably regular and the average much In
creased.
The government is sending down military NUM-
tons IN abundance, and some $4,000, 600 In gold
have also been forwarded TO the River Plate for
expenditures. The sending OF renforcemcn.s Is not
equally brisk for only $50 men sent during the
last seventeen days, the fruits OF the man hunting
going on In the provinces. The yield ia poor, con-
siderng that the change Of party in power gives
voters OF the opposition. being well aware OF what
would happen II they came IN reach Of the authori-
ties, have taken to the woods and intend to remain
there until the war ends. However. under pretext
OF pressing food for powder, the local authorities are
N sna ana have
maltreated the Minister OF Justice has felt called
upon to interfere and dismiss the abusers OF author
ity. As for the more common folks the usual pro-
cess Is 10 burst open their doors at night handcuf
them, tie them to chain and start them TO the port
without giving them time 70 take leave OF their fam
lies or produce an exemption document. Terra
dbensoada blessed land. say the Brazilians.
DR.. Genettes writes from the province OF Goyaz re-
specting various mines Of gold and iron which he
has found among the mountains about the city OF
Goyez and to the east and southeast Of that capital
He has also examined some old workings OF gold
veins near Bomnm and Meiaponte. In the same re-
gion, which are worth attention. He SAYS, whether
truly or not, that part OF the Agasslz commission
passed through the same country and found nothing.
The mines are situated at an altitude OF over $500
feet above the level OF the sea. Gogez In former
times was famous for gold Mines and probably gold
quartz mining will day become great occupa-
ton OF Its mountains. At present Soyaz furnishes
almost all the beau 1fu crystal whish IL IN so much
request for spectacles and optical Instruments under
the name Of Brazilian pebble.
In the capital " the province OK san Paulo tL5
liberals accuse tho authorize OF making attempt
10 selze all the cosnpositors OF the liberal organ the
Ypifangd, while In the theatre end OF intending to
sleace II by pressing al the compositions the propTie-
turs may procare. To defeat such attempts u y
asserted that some OF the chef men OF the libaras
there are learning the arr OF type setting.
BUEsGs AYHES.
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