The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-26
BRAZIL.

NOW CuDhOenn kAO8 OF a I<lDcrBl
Characterization Of the Treasury-Op-
position 70 Modern Improvements-Fcas
Days.
Rio JAsEIao, Oct. % 1859.
The Minister q Finance has issued the following
circular to the Custom Houses
CIRCULAR Al.
RIO JANxIRo, Oct -. 1863.
tbs vsconde dc Iaborahy President Of the Tribunal OF
tbs National Treasury declares to the Inspectors Of the sub
ton OF the law I,75. Of the 2sh inst - "-' -
per cent collected upon hs amount Of the d.
ties now paid By ne foreign goods included In the
goods but upon hsAmount OF the they pay now for
example, goods thai now fifty dollars OF duties win have
% seventy do~s that forty per than they
he goods mentioned in the annexed table
increase OF only tary upon Of the
S Sssn hi s y lazy
No. 1867 q sep.ensr g. 1857 Thus goods paying fifty
S.n % hpas Ses that thirty per cent more
T2yd.Tha. rs Increase the due. no. applicable to
those termed add,na these excepted the
men., BY the said section Of article OF No. 5o
are not sppcabs tue goods which pay 80 ea duties
as .n as for ho.s @ not operate
Table OF the goo which win have to pay only thirty per
them--
T w.asso so,,, p,. and ,,.., , ,.,. ,o.,,.
stools &c. for pianos or harps cradles night stools bill
Hard tables shIs beds chests OF drawers side
cupboads or walters warrobes wasnstands tables aud
tables, psyche mirrors uncassided works furniture
C,1,n.Lsce shaws and manles lace nautlsts, chemi-
settes, &C. and lace clothing
Woqas:-Lacs shAwls mantIes and veis lace lace mans
Is@ Lace .hssis nantes and kerchies; lace, lace
NANTES, ehemss..es, &C.. lace clothing.
.aS. fabric. pfssly garments and shursG
Furniture IN st Or
mautles and kcchsfs cords and brads robous fouard
enS sna snS st
brides and the ike bands Of st thread and twist knitted
pure silk, Of any other material covered with silk
and
or knitted soves nantes, chemisetes. DC clothing.
shape house porcelain figures. statues ac
ers ssSs saden The ike ss'
for domest smelling bottles tower Jars and and
other articles OF u1ay made OF glass common glass bot,
gobes FOR can dies, &c unclassined articles OF glass
1t wli be noticed that although the letter Of the
law would seem to imply that the increase OF the
duties should apply equally to the al catorena as
well as the fixed duties by weight measurement.
the minister's circular specially declares that the
increase does not affect the al yaorem duties. This
is in consequence OF the augment OF forty per cent
having been put on with the alleged purpose. not OF
increasing the duties but or rendering the III equiya
lent so what they were when they were fixed, at
which time the currency was redeemable In gold
At present gold Is at premium OF forty -four per
Ccht Whtth Ia mott vi iceS w
OF the duties. For the same reason the payment OF
fifteen per cent In gold, which was placed on IN 1887.
Will TO be sxacted from the first OF January
next Even with the increase IL the outies the Bra
lillian tariff canrot be considered very high
one when compared with other countries, but 1t IL
SO complex, the iormalities are 80 great, and the
custom house officers being paid percentage,
the tendency to overcharge Is so general that,
added 10 the estimating OF the value Of al cdtore,
articles 10y their pnce IN Brazil II IL said the actual
nominal duty gets aggravated forty per cent in some
cases.
The liberals have lost one or their stoutest men IN
the death OF Senator Theophllo Benedicto Ottoni,
who died OF q lingering disease upon the l7th OF
October, at the age OF sixty-twO and who was the
elder brother OF tle Christiaai 0ttonL whose name
Is connected with the construction OF the Don Pedro
Segundo Railroad. Senator Otsoni was native o.
Mnas Geraes, and le took part In the troubles which
arose there when the liberals OF the province set up
the standard OF republicanism, and were put Gown
10y the armed forces sent under Caxias. For his
snare IN them, Ottm suffered eighteen months i'm
-prlSonment before he was set at liberty. tie first
edited paper IN Ainas Geraes, and was then pro-
NOTED to provincial deputy, and afterwards deputy
TO the General Assembly. He then planned project
for trade communication between the northern
half OF Mnas Gerae5 aud the sea- al the province OF
Esplrito Santo, instead OF by the roundabout way
to Rio. This protec, included the colonization OF
the districts on the -iver5 and road and colony
was established on the Mercury river, the
fines OF Esprlto Santo and Minas Geraes, which
was conddeo TO his care. But the colony was estab
llshed on very poor lands the necessary outlets for
IT'S production were overlooked Ia the usual Bra
lillian manner, the company Jailed and the govern
ment took the colony debts upon itself out as for
tue colony 1t exists as memorial OF that colonial
tion mania Of the time which has left 30 many other
mistakes TO testify how little colonizlng oil new
country was understood In Brazil However, 0ttons
popularity In Mnas 6eraes remained supreme, ana
three times the province placed MIN CD the triple list
elected 10 fill vacancies occurring by the deaths OF
Minas 6eraes Senators. Twice the Emperor passed
his name over. the name OF Theophlo 0ttonI not
finding much favor among his conservative coun-
sellors but the thild time he yielded, and 0ttoni
entered the senate In IT, up to the last he continued
to light hard for material improvements ana ad-
vanced liberalism, but. although a man OF warm
temper and unspaiing In his language during
debates, he was in private life mucn respected,
had u large number Df private friends, even among
tue conservatives. this was shown at his decease
by the numbers, OF different politics, who assembled
to see him, and by tie greatness OF his funeral at
tendance, when-al unusual thing In BraZil-the
senators and CHIEF men OF Rio conveyed the
colin the whole distance TO the cemetery, and the
streets through within passed were lined by bare
headed persons gathered 10 pay him That respect.
AT the Seventh day mass the attendance was also
unusually great Senator Ottonl was an honest man,
ana he died poor. The liberals Will lose much by
his death, and 1t Is most probable that their mino
rity 10 the senate viii be increased as the govern
ment will undoubtedly make every effort to have
only conservatives thosen for the list from which
his successor VIII be selected by the Emperor.
Tne Assembly Geieral OF the Bank OF Brazil has
at length decided Oh the audit report virtual vote
OF censure was pasted, and the whole directory
signed. The new. PRESIDENT and directors are SO
much approved OF lhat the shares Of the bank at
once went up thirteen to fifteen per cent
The state OF the treasury still continues serious
although the Minister OF Finance Is postponng the
payment of the outstanding accounts az mucl as .
possible, In expectation Of the Closing of the war
permitting him to borrow money on better terms
However, II is current that he Is on the point OF
making another issue OF six per cent bonds paying
capital and interest II gold and received In paper.
The issue OF 3o000,0O milreis made this time last
year. at ninety in PAPER sells Of forty premium
allowing for interest accruing and therefore
pays s.a per cent, with yearly three per
cent chance OF drawing the capital IN god-that is
OF making forty-hve per cent profit on the capital
invested, thus raising the actual profit 10 ten and
half Foreign capital Is beginning to be invested In
The security and is very probable large speculative
subscriptions will Ne made to a new loan OF
The KIND II Issued. The Brazilian governments
have always been careful or the national credit by
paying the interest punctually, and, notwthstand-
ing the deficits within seem unavoidable for sone
years 10 come. the Kazilian funds would De unex-
ceptlonahle were Il not for the slavery question
This must sooner or later throw the country into
great straits for labor as immigration has been
KIN ocked on the head for some time by the present
Ministry, and the Brazilian planters are unaccount-
ably dsinclined 10 adopt those labor-savlng nipple
ments which are so general In the United States.
Nine hundred and nlnety.nine ont OF one thousand
still depend totally on the hoe, and perhaps one.