The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-04-25

! believe has becn mercifully reserved
BY the kind Bcnefactor, for the home
and anal resting place Of our op.
pressed people DO you want good
fruItr In no portion Of Hyszil, OF
Of the habitable globe, can you End
better oranges, bananas, and pinesf-
pies than grow here in the province
OF Bahia aud there are twcnty other
kinds Of fruit moro delicious even
than those have named, whoss
names even | never heard Of until |
came TO Brazil that are growing aud
r;pening all the year DO you want
a country that will produce all the
great staples Of the world, aad produe.'
them to perfection ? Well, tho
province of Bahia comes near filing
the bill than any country have ye,
seen Sugar, cotton, tobacco, rice.
and corn, grow here to perfection
Near the coast it mas be too wct for
short staple cotton, but, after leaving
the coast a hundred or more miles, /,
grows aud bears magnihceptly. But
none of these thing would have
moved me, or caused me to select thu
section Of country | have. had | not
been convinced, beyond nil doubt
that the country was healthy 2 il
l. not 50, then am the wort do
ceisod man upon earth. There is
not gallon Of siarnan, water in ten
miles OF who're | shall build my house,
hor has there been, nor viii there
ever be. But on the contrary, the
whole tract l. chequcred here and
there with the most beautiful brooks
and rivulets iha. ever saw ia my
/ life. They glide over beds of beau.
tful white sand gravel, aud their
waters are as pure and as delicious to
the taste a. those that triokle and
inurmur at the foot of tho Blue RIDGE
itself In no land or country have
| ever seen or drank better water
These streams afford sufficient water
to turn any amount Of machinery
that We may need in fact every man
may have a mill, il he so desires
Well. then, If upon this vast elevated
plain, with the blessed trade winds
forever tanning our checks. and these
pure aud delicious waters gliding
past our dwellings; IT, with the for.
ests Astounding in game, the river
with fish, and the earth grooming be
nea'h Its precious load OF staple pro-
ducts, vegetables and delicious fruits
It, with all these advantages, we do
not ENJOY good health, then despair
OF ever finding place where we can
AS 10 climate, the thermometer
never rises above ~ and never goes
below 90 degrees. The nights arc
very cool ! always cover myself
with blanket when | can get one.
| have not suffered one tenth part rs
much with heat since ! have been
IN brazil, AZ should nave suffered
during the summer season IN any por'
'oa u s"e o% , ''a''. . On
as 20 "s'Nc'S' vo "'e guy ."
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planted in the immediate section of
country here ! have selected my
future home. |, is called Cacao,
(pronounf i Caeow, and is without
doubt the mes. valuable crop that has
ever been planted in Brazil, OF per
haps any other country upon tho
globe. II Is the fruit from which
chocolate is made, and can only be
grown successfully in certain loeali-
ties, ono Of which favored localities
is the section of country which
have chosen. ! expect to turn my
attention principally to the cnl'iya'
ton Of this valuable fruit.
| see enough to satisfy me tina, |
can make twice as much money here
rs over made in the United States,
and with onc.half the labor at that.
Hut | will not saw that there are no
objections to the country. There
arc mosouitoee here but | have no,
SEQ, A. many dnring the Eve or six
uon,hs tha, I have been in Brazil
al have many times seen uoop the
M;ss;ss;np; ar lis tributaries in the
space Of forty .aieh. hours. They
have snakes hero, and some terrible,
bio poisonous fellows, but have
travelled in canoes. on horseback.
and ON loot Inv day and BY night
La,e h..n Eve mon.hs upon the Trim.
and il has been warm enough all tie
,;mc for snaLe.-and vet will take
n solemn oath that during these five
mon,hs ,rd dur;nc tbis long and
,;resome Journey | have seen only
Il, so,kex-,hcy were all smsll-one
w.s G,,ls green fellow about II
;na.s. lang two we're garter snakes,
,vo were Line snakes and the other
w,. Jo,h,e.ou;cl;no 10 the thicket
az ,.,;dIv III, I failed 10 mako .
no,s ~ liz color size. or qualities.
Tho,e ,rc mighty apacopdss and boa
cor.,,ie,cy, here that can crush and
mrneh and swallow an OK. but /
h.,s "a, n Gnd tho living man who
H.. .v.r ace, ope There are canni.
hrl. hero Wild indians. who kill and
ON, ,eo,,le and I have even passed
,hrough the very sections said 10 be
infested BY them, yet nigh. after
nicbt have lain upon the banks Of
III, mighty river in the dense shade
I'D desp so,;tud. or i,s forests, and
! have slen, =. swcctly and a. quietly