The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-13
.EXPATRIA TLON.
sad Experiences of Southern COiOnists
lin Brazil.

lin Brazil.
From the Mobile Tribune
We had the pleasure OF a visit yesterday from
Mr.. James J. selby, an in elhgent Mobile youth,
" no has lust reformed from Brazil, WIN her he
went in 1857 Mr. SelbY landed hrst az Rio, and
took passage from there Tor Para III the GOV
eminent steamer for the purpose OF joining the
coionists who went from Mooe uuder the
gudauce OF Major Hast ngs, ana had settled
some dI. tauce up the AmaZon. The Brazilian
Government had pledged itself to transport
emigrants IRON this country to any part O.:
Brazil where they might wish to settle. The
experience OF MT. ScDy of the maOner ID
which that pledge was kept was anything but
gratifying. After great trouble and numerous
DELAYS he secured ticket aud vent on board the
steamer. During the passage, that lasted twenty
Gays, he was night and day IN the open air, and
aiolded no shelter from sun or ran. he was
furnished two meals a day otfarlna, Whcn were
served in huge basin set out upon the deck for
the accom- mouaton OF the deck passengers en-
7NGSSe. There were about one hundred and nfty
of these negroes, Indians aud halt-breeds-the
very scum of creation-lousy and filthy, all fed
together, helping themselves by the handful at
a time. The passage from Para to the Hastings
colony, occupying three days, was OF the same
nature as that from Rio to the first mentiooed
place. So much Tor the TRANSFORMATION. The
Coouists who went out with Hastings were pro-
missed supplies ior six months, or money with
which 10 purchase supplies where they mlght
deem proper. How that promise was kept may
te appreciated from the folio Wing:-Tne official
charged with furnishing the settlers with sup
plies Is named Pinto. He is Vice President of
the province OF Para and proprietor OF u hdrem
which turns him out annually a iar crop of
balt.breed Indian and negro offspring. With the
money that Pinto had received from the Govern
meDt tor the purpose designated, he established
a store on the bank of the river, oiled 1t with
the cheapest groceries be could obtain, and
forced the settlers to bay from HIM at the
highest cash price, or statve. The settlement
Is distant from the river about eight mites; Il
sandy desert without shade Intervening; and
once there the settlers had to trudge under a
| tropical sun bearing on their backs the poor
but costly groceries supOl ed by the enterprising
Pinto. Delicate women irom Alabama had
often TO per orm that 1eartul task. The land IN
the hastings settlement, and the Valley or the
Amazon generally, is inferior in quality to that
OF our country, and whatever Is planted Is
speedily deyoured oy the myrads OF insects that
swarm in those tropical regions. And not only
co these pests attack vegetable lite, but Ian
aud beast as well. An insect called by sailors
"the jigger" lies in wait at every turn ready to
make lodement in the foot OF the pedestrian. and
form colony of young 'jiggero" in the tesh.
The feet OF dogs are so infested by these insects
that the animals never get latter than an
ordinary lathe. Scorpions, centlpedes, taran-
tulas, ants an inch ana half long, and who e
bite il like the combined sting OF u dozen bald
faced hornets. ticks as large a5 mans thumb
nail, that go through human flesh ike the mole
through freshly spaded earth, are some among
many of the Amazonian blessings that endoW q
nan with the power of deSplslng such triies as
the clouds of mosquitoes AMI saudhles that
prevail t1ere. comparatively Ppedking, tue
vampire is the mosquito OF the Amazon Valley.
Whether the vampire is really blood-sucker is
| a question that has given rise 10 some diso1ta-
tion among naturalists. We rene nber reading,
several years ago, a magazine article, whose
object was to defend the great South American
baI against The serious charge, that was gene
rally believed to be founded in fact. MIR. Selby
sets the matter at lest. He has killed vampires
i'll the act of sucking his own blood, Horses in
the Amazon valley suffer greatly from these
woodworking bats, and have to be kept we'll pro-
tected from them at night. OF the families that
went out with Hastings onty tour remain at
the settlement, the rest having gone to Para as
FIST step towards getting back home. Those
that remain are the toloWipg:-Vaughn Mem
dephalI, Steel and Emett. The health of the
country is about on par with our Wamo lands.
While the Hastings colony had been reduced TO
remnant, all the American colonies have been
utterly broken up; the cOlonists coming in as
best they could to the nearest seaports. generally
in an absolutely destitute condition. The result
of the Brazil 'iever," sad as it has proved to
those who yielded to its attack, will stand as a
warning to the Southern people against the
| hasty abandonment of their native land. Even
| the greatest cur rse that can fall upon US from
! the foul womb of radical hate-the curse oi
| ongIelisn-cannot be avoided by going TO
| Brazil or any other South American country
| in all OF them the nasty fruit has ripeued, and
| pollutes earth and air with its sickenng odors