Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-08
BR AAIL.
The sad Experiences OF South
eFn Enligrants.
4 Lessen from Actual L;Ge Ia
Brazil.

From the Mobile lAlal Th5une1
We had the pleasure Of visit yestsr-
day from Mr.. James J. Seiby, sn lntelli-
gent Mobile youth, who has just re-
turned from Brazil, whittier he went II
1867.
Mr.. Sa.5y landed drst CT Rio, and took
passage from there for Para ia the gov
trnment steamer, Tor the purpose Of join
ing the coIonists who went from Mobile
under the guidance OF Maj. Hastings,
aud had settled some distance up the
AmaZOn.
The Brsz Ian government had pledged
Itself 10 transport enigFant5 from this
country 10 aGy part Of Brazil whers they
might wish to settle.
The experience Of Mr.. Ssiby, Of the
manner in which that pledge was kept,
vas anything bEs gratifying. After
great trouble and numerous delays he
secured g ticket and went on board the
steamer.
During the passage that lasted twenty
days, he was night and day ln the open
air, snd afforded 20 shelter from sun or
rain. He vas furnished two meals a
dsy of ferins, which were served In a
huge BASIN set out upon the deck for the
accommodation Of the deck passengers
en- nssse. Taere were Gb3ut one hun
dred and fly of these, negroes Indians
and half-srecds -ths v6rv scum Of cre-
ston-l0usy and filthy, ali fed together,
helping themselves by the bSudUl az q
time.
The passage from Para to the Hastings
colony, occupying three days, was Of
the same nature IS that frOn S'0 TO The
first mentioned place. So mucn for the
| transportation.
The c0lOnis1s who went cut with Has
tiugs were promised supplies roS six
| months, Cy money with whlcn u pur-
| chase supplies where thsy might deem
| uroDer. how that promise was kept
NAV be appreciated from the following ::
The official charged with furnishing
! the settlers with supplies i5 named
| Pinto. He is Wee. President Of the prov
| fnee OF Para, and proprietor OF hsrem
which turns him Ou5 annually fair
crop Of half breed Iudlau and negro Of
| spring,
with the money that Pinto had re-
ceived from the Government for the pUr-
| pose designated, he established store
on the bank of the river, flied it with
| the chespest groceries hs could obtain,
AID forced the settlers to bug from him
/ az the highest cash price, or starvs,
The settlement is distant fFOI the river
about eight miles q sandy desert With
ont shade intervening; and once there
| the settlers had to tFudg5 uadeF 8 tTopi-
! cal sun, bearing on thei- backs the poor
| but costly groceries supplied 5y the enter
prisiDg Pinto. Delicate women from
Alabama had often to perform that fsar-
! fdl task.
The land ia the Hastings settlement,
/ and the Valley OF the AmsZJn generally,
/ is inferior in quality to that OF our own
! country, and whatever is planted is
| speedily devoured by the my ria3s Of in
! sects that swarm 10 those tropical regions.
And not Cnly 90 these pests attack veg
etable lie, but man and beast 50 well.
| Az insect called By sailors the jiggsr,"
lies in wait at every tura ready 70 make
lOdgment in the foot OF the pedestrian,
and form colony OF young jiggers " in
his fssh. The fsst Of hogs are 50 infested
hy these insects that the animals never
ges fstter than sn ordinary lathe.
Scorpions, ceutipedes, taraG;u!as, sntE
an inch and half long, snd whose bite
is like the combined sting OF = dczen
bald faced hornets, ticks ss large a 8
mans thumb nsii, that 60 through hu-
man fissh like q mole through freshly
spsded earth, are some among many o
the Armenian blessings that and0W {
man with the power OF despising sucE
| trihas as the clouds OF mosquitoes anC
saddles that prevail there.
Comparatively speaking, the vampire
is the mosquito of the Amss)1 valley
Whether the vampire is really blood
sucker is question that hiss given rise
to some disputati0n among nsturalists
We remember residing, several years age
q magazine article, whose object was Il
defeat the great South American ha
against the serious charge that VS.
generally believed to be founded ia fact
Mr.. Sslby sets the matter at rest. H
has killed vampires in the act Of sucking
his OWN blood. Horses ia the AmasoI
valley suffer greatly from these blood
! sucking bats, and have to be kept vel
: protected from them at night.
{ OF the families that went out viii
: Hastings only four remain at the settle
] msnt, the rest having gone TO Pars as
s Grst step toward getting back home.
: Those that remain ar the following
g I Vaughn, Mendenhsll, Steel and En-
4 nett. The health of the country is sOou
on par with oaE awsmp lands.
d While the Hastings colony had bse
Q reduced to q remnant, ali the AmsFics
II colonies have been utterly broken up