The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-15

tenn He proposes to commit Its police duty 70 a
militia in which all, including resident foreign.
ers between eighteen and nfty, who 90 not eHem!e
themselves by annual payments, VIII DC iSoe 10
serve bn police duty in turn, for one or TWO monns
each year, for a trining pay. The national guard
Will include all not In the militia, anu ~ WIZ oe
aoe 20 dT me o b "a k a to encounter great oppo
sitiun In the Senate, where senator Dantas mas In.
troduced one OF a more tnoroa one reio,mlng
stages are two for making new provinces, one by
taking the south half or Mlnas Geraes TO make the
Province OF Mlnas do SUI and another taking the
han of Para, north OF the Amazon. to form the
Province OF Oyapocka. This last has been hanging
for fifteen years but II is now taken up and is at Its
second reading.
me senate has before it few bills OF public i'm.
portance such as one TO amend the National Guard
Deputies TO give an appeal TO the Crown nom deci-
slons OF the preatic courts-that is, to make the
secular power supreme over the ecclesiastical.
The railroad oils before the Deputies are:-One
toconnect the inland port OF Porto Allegro with port
OF the santa Catharina uagunats proposedl, so as
to give better outlet to the products OF the north
OF Rio Grande do Sui than by the dangerous port OF
Rio Grande and another oil giving the extension OF
the san Paulo Railroad TO Campinas the usual per-
mission to import Its materials and rolling stock
free OF duty. The contract with the Companhla
Paulisla for the making OF this extension has Just
been signed by the President. The working surveys
have been some months In progress and II VIII De
pushed on Tue san Paulo Railroad receipts for
May were Sl9e700. being $4,000 more than in May
last year. and It promises to relieve the govern
ment OF the necessity OF paying any part OF the seven
The condition OF the Dom Pedro Segundo Railroad
Is also hourshng. It's MAY receipts were s29i 4Ol,
against sl5S,52o IN May last year. or this ssl, 500
is due TO the transfer OF the Industrial road traffic
from the Maria Railroad TO the Dom Pedro. This
road must be now paying the government seven per
cent on It's cost. The extension INTO Mnas Is still
gong on, but it Is not progressing as rapidly as de-
sired, from the fact that the tariff prices for con-
tractors work is SO low that some have thrown up
their Jobs rather than continue at loss The Per-
nambuco Railroad is slowly improving. The April
receipts were ss7l60 and the working expenses
sS4277 1913 per cent. Just after recovering from
the effects OF the nundation three months ago. 1t
has been assailed by another great one which
hooded the country around Pernambuco for twenty
TO thirty miles, buG the through traic was resumed
about the 26th OF May.
A slight Improvement is shown in the Bahia line,
but Its receipts do not yet reach It's WORKING eX-
penses. The Minister OF Agriculture proposes to
forgive the provincial debts Tor advances OF the two
per cent guarantee on their railroads. on condition
that an equai amount be aid out by the provinces
on feeding roads to the railroads Such plan would
be highly advantageous to all parties but Bahia and
Pernambuco are so poor that their revenues do not
meet expenditures, even with the government pay.
ing their guarantees.
II the railroads are not prosperous the Brazilian
packet company which carries the mails along the
coast IS in highly 1ourlshing condition, although
before the war 1t was IN very bad state. Charters
and carriage OF soldiers have made 1t thrive, and,
besides paying twenty per cent dividends Tor the
last three years, 1t Is about to divide equal to
iy per cent Of its capital, besides keeping an equal
sum a. reserve funds.
The Amazon packet line is going on well, although
last year there was small decrease Of profits owing
III.
proposes TO buy up shares OF Its own with It's re-
serve 1t carried IN 1868 goods worth $I2 S3s O0o
an Increase OF 81, 100000 over those conveyed in
1861 This Increase Is IN most part due to the aug
mentlng collection OF gum elastic OF which TO- 900
pounds were exported from Para IN 1868, being
l,O520OO pounds more than in 1867. But cocoa de-
clned nearly one half and, with the exception of
rice, agricultural products tending almost eX-
tnction with the lowering OF the slave population
and the increasing attention to natural products
The trade OF the United states with Para owes much
10 me New YORK packets The amount exported
England s4,4926Oo, and to France and Cayenne
81, l05,200
medicine in Para without holding diploma. The
Brazilian profession is very jealous OF It's rights es-
Decay as us piactce Is not conormable altogether
with the highest lights, and people say that when
they have to examine foreign doctors the eXa1lna
ton is not apt to err on the side OF lenty But, as
the profession is here the refuge OF the destitute IN
something besides money, like the state Church in
England, and the pay Is small through competition,
the Brazilian doctors are no doubt right TO defend
themselves tooth and nan against foreign aggreS-
sion.
gold mine ia reported to have been discovered
in the mountains OF the province OF Espiritu SAINT.
The place was previously always considered public
land, being worth nothing, but OF course now there
perty.
The Corpus Christi procession OF May 81 was hon
ored with the presence OF Saint George. Last year
the poor fellow was in the position Of Miss Flora
McfIlmsey-he had nothing to wear. However, by
not appearing last year he had two years Of his lieu
tenant-generalcy to eXpend THIS so that lie able
TO make first rate show when he sailed out on his
expedition. This year he came forth with very
pretty rose and milk cOuntenance and long fair curs
dropping on his shoulders. His armor was COM
posed Respondent silver scales, probably stripped
from the dragon, and over It he wore magnificent
horsemans CLOAK OF beautiful red silk velvet, with
as many gold stars as the Union nag. and
stin with gold embroidery round its edges. Two
foot attendants IN green and gold led his horse. and
two others supported his greaved limbs. for the
saint from want Of exercise, has not the hrnest OF
seats. Aoit ne held silver spear, and as he moved
along lurch forward assured the anxious devotees
IN waiting that their marriage hopes would be grati
fed this year. while a roll sideways sent them home
with heightened faces A horse band and eleven
caparisoned horses with attendants followed,
le before him rode his squire, cased in vanished
sole leather looking armor and curious visor making
HIM LOOK remarkably like an unbOled crawiisn
mounted tail Uppermost. Lastly, the clergy banked
HIM with double row OF monster spluttering blessed
candles ana the rest OF his attendance made up
OF the usuai crowd OF niger girls and boys shouting
ION with your hats' TO the heretcs who III their
rOstY had forgotten to perform that ceremony.
Exchange has lowered to 1874 pence to the mIlreis
but gold has dropped TO las.