Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-12
AN AMERICAN IN CAMETA.
Strange scenes In brazilian Tow


Strange scenes I'm "a Brazilian Town.
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Herald writes as iollows under date oil
September lst, from Csmeta, Brazil:
Cameta is the largest nlace ON the To-
90 nt;ns r;vor helow The ranids II has
a nonnlation of about twenty-fye hun
drad ,bongh the townsb;n Of Cameta as
Il nav be called contains something ike
6yo tLonsond nersons The town Is very
comnoctlv hniit and lies az n were in
n nook in tho forest that is IN saw there
l. INT I;ttIe cleared land on the edges of
,ba town excent an Indispensable souare
Lab;nd i yh;ch ;s faet ratnrn;no IN its
or;g;nol state The buildings are To n
very LARGE extent of brick rooted with
,;Ias wb;Ie several have norcelain fronts
There seems n he more enterprise among
tba ;nbahitants than would he exnected
bnt tbis ;s probably owing LARGELY TO the
fact that n Largo nronortion of the peonle
ore Portuguese and not Brazilians
For a lone time after tBe insurreetion
Of l835 at Para. at which time the Por-
tngase residents were driven from the
c;ty thew did not dare 70 return and il
is very nrohahle that MANY of them per
manentfv located themselves at Cameta.
Re This as Il NAV. tbey are there now,
and their sbons are we'll stored with do
mestic and foreign products. at reason
ahla nr;ces For 90 ANAL n town the
stores are ou;te nnmerous the residences
be;ng mostly in the MINER story of the
b,,;I H. Tho streets arc wider Than
tbe majority Of those Of Para hut the
roods arc very uneven and we did not
soc cart Or carriage at either visit
tbopgb on two occasions several of the
norfy claim to have seen two packages
ppf o3Icaroors matter Of a shane similar
20 that of d;m;nnt;ve horse Na;tbe,
of ,Laso vare seon to move and as one
half Of each nackare was nlaced inside
% oornar Grocery Il i nresnmed that
tboy ware merely nsed as s;on-boards
W. ,,,oro ;nforma3 bo,yover that ono Of
,he lood;ng gantIemen of the town was
a. bonny oynor of two or .tbrea snaci.
W. n,ons 10 ~pff; ~ ,ho an;n,ol nnJor cons;derot;on
- tho Iattar stagas of fconynmnt;on We
oor,o;rIy homo 90
Comeio can sco-calv ba said N he
notaJ CO.. onvtb;ng in norticulor unlass
i shorId ho tba reod;ness with which Il
naonts on now nv onstoms net ;f tbov aver reaob
auop + opd tbe General GOOD fcel;ng which
soorns 20 ov;st a,norg tbe neonla
1ho 80, = III, -, F,Iooso,,lv
s;tnatod az ond; !, Il canab ble ~ HANG made
S o;tv of %roat ~ - IN, M nortanco in tba fntura
T, T. Iooated on tbp Grst snot of b;ab Iand
aboya tbo mouth of tbe r;ver and Il ie
within easv reach of the outside world
I,,, - Nature hos bonnt;fnlIv s,,n-
,,i;oJ ,ba snrround;nm country with good
ih;nas and orc long tbe harvest Will he.
r;n - he raaned
7'1 ona uS tb;nn wb;cb made NO ou;te sersi.
b,o of tbe s,ct tLat we oro in n fore;gn
~ ~ = ,ho go, our;1s;t,, WITH ,vb;eb
,vo V"r were barn m rsgorded ord Inv tbs nonnlarion
Wor women ond chiIdyan foIiowed ne
~borover We went crowd;ng bv dozens
w .ho s,oros rh;cb wa stonnod
rnoI Wv ooUmerts mon onr ;p aci;pns
S ugon;nS ,ba;r adY;oe IN mat;n@ nnr'
oheals .hes " a,,,a.,',;so a;d;n@ ne ;aJl,,
~.a .aI;nr, ,;t,- e. ,,,,on ns IN onr forIorn con.
S J;,;oSS P''' p'" 80
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my Pr poU~"sa ox,ons;no T Tha saaJs of
@ ,aan3 Go @ ,be monnfoctrr. nf obocnIote
eacao, e Ortod ,Or sIe 20 y cnns;JerahIe 70 evtsut
nJ are eHpH, Iii HVu fror' min os &C. ,Ie sams
s"i, m - - in email pnan,;tv This ia
iiu,s 70 ,n"Le Lera % onJ ooasanno1tlv !. i;t,ie
eApena'Se p.aS e.nr, nvr ,b;s n ,own r' S" % '''
eNPo..eu I. os 80 ,ao ,ms;Nr ,n 90 coo .ho axo;to-
~ "as 3 ,v h;iI;asJ ,ahla vh;oh =
lneIe ';IousI,. sLoumu 0nnrtat;on ] % &c y " renon3
ga.ue J.n A. q" oyon;Ur % " wo rassed hefore
,bo door Of a small room in one Of the