The New York herald., 1870-05-12
BRAZIL.

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Turuiux Infarn,ation 20 Acc0unt-ProGress
of Ruaucipafion-Siclkn kness-C -Census-News
from Observation-Disclosures
RIO JANEIRo, April o, 1870.
The triple alliance treaty provided that. on the
expulsion of Lopez, the allies were to aeave 5000
men for 1--WE years in Paraguay. 1t Is rumored in
Rio that this there Is divergence between the
Emperor and his Ministers, they wishing to with
draw every man, ana Ire insisting acting accord
ing to the treaty stipulation. Another source Of
reported discord between the Emperor and his
Cabinet Is said to be the appointment OF number Of
councillors OF State His Majesty has selected the
chief men Of the liberal party, some to fll tn e
vacancies In his council ana others as councillorsin
extraordinary The Council OF State is avery i'm
por,ant body, though It's functions are merely
consultative, as the Emperor, In the exercise
or the great judicial legislative and Administrative
powers given TO him by the constitution and laws, -
bound to obtain q report from it before acting.
Almost every matter OF any Importance Is also SUBJ
mItted to 1t BY tho government The present conser
vatve government naturally objects TO the liberals
being appointed, but the Emperor says that the
Council of State is not political body, and party
should not have anything to do with the appoint.
ments. This was the doctrine OF the late Premier,
Senior Zacarias In whose Ministry several appoint
ments OF conservatives were made, and was defended
by him on those grounds. With regard to this gen
ueman 1t Is said that In addition TO appointing him
An effective member OF theCOunci Of State. he Il to
be made viscount and some other leading libera Ia
are to be also ennAbled.
The captain Of the English steamer Tycho Brahe,
which brought the first news OF the death of Lopez
and took 1t to Europe, played the people OF Pernam
bueo q trick which has made some Of them ex-
tremely angry Pernambuco was not q fort Of call
for his steamer, but on the night Of the 25th the
steamer lay or the port the captain sent o. shore,
called on merchant there and left without discios
ing the news which became known only on the
2Sth, when a coasting schooner came In. The mer-
chant, however, went heavily into certain specu-
lations and cleared some $3.50, 600 by Them to the
great disgust OF those who were not In the secret
The captain hats been made Knight of the Order OF
the Rose but. OF course, not for the Pernambuco
trick.
The condition of the droughr-p plagued provinces is
improving. as general thing; but no alienation
has occurred In many districts especially IN Aag0as
and Western Pernambuco, where the emigration
was still going on. At the capital OF Ceara, how
ever, fa! of nine inches Of water occurred upon
the 10th OF March,
lberating societies goes on in the provinces, and
Rio Janelro has also begun to move in the same
direction The Grand Orient OF Brazil (Masonic) has
resolved on promoting emancipation. and upon the
Goth ult the Segredo Lodge freed twenty little girls
and poy. and seyenty-tnree ladies signed docu-
for the promotion Of abolition Some other chill
dren have since been freed by other lodges and by
other organizations and it appears as though Rio
t0n OF emancipation
Yellow fever Is rather declining but the type OF
the disease is somewhat severer ana the Brazilian
whites generally getting good share OF what Is
going The deaths OF late have lowered TO from TWO
TO SIX Among them, on the I'd, was that Of fine
young American, named Frank w. Weld, who was
here seeking for patent for an ice machine.
census OF Rio is ordered TO be taken on the 17th.
Its population has been an unknown quantity for
thirty years. and the guesses are between $50 and
100000. In my opinion, 1t: will be found under
100000 for the city proper. However, the census
will include the whole municipality. which is some
nine miles square.
An Old woman has died in this province whose
bapsma register sqows that she was 12 OF age
when she died. She was widow, never had any
children and never took any medicine. Whether or
not these pecuiarties had anything to do with her
longevity leave TO the experts.
As mentioned before, the Fell system OF railroad
for ascending mountains is to be tried IN the pro-
vince of Rio Janetro upon an extension OF the
CantagalO Railroad on which work was commenced
last week. II on practice 1t be found to answer 1t
Will be Of great service in this country where the
rs TO make ordinary railroads difficult and costly,
and where the great majority Of the traffic is down.
ward.
The intelligence received from Montevldeo repre-
sents the whole republic still at skies and sevens,
but no fighting had yet occurred between govern
ment troops and the insurgents.
Of Buenos Ayres and the Confederation generally
nothing except OF local importance Is reported The
murder In BuenoS Ayres OF the Italian Consul who
was SO friendly with Lopez had caused much sensa-
ton IN that place and sOmo disturbance among
the Italians The dagger found in the body bore the
following inscription:-"Thus is punished he who
Italy,"
Exchange In Rio has risen to u I'd. to the mreis.
Sovereigns are about 12N35o and Brazilian gold
about la.