New-York tribune., 1871-11-23
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
SOrItT. TOPICS IN BRA/!I.


TIE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON ENAN'IP'IIoN
-ECCLEsIAsTICAL INTOLERANCE-NEAe'iE
ADOPTED ny TIE PRESS OF PERNAMBUCo Io
PREVENT TIE SALE OF SLAVES.
IPROh AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE rRibUHh.l
RIO DE JANEIEO, Oct. 26-In Mr.. EwbankS :
most excellent work upon Brazil, written over 20 gear
ago. the author very justly remarks that Gin ijriz
religion or that which IL called, meets you every
WHERE You "a do nothing, observe nothing, without
being confronted by 1t In one shape OF nnoth"r 1ru"
at MI tiue. this observation has seemed tuef
than during the pIst month; for, b"aid" an hIlsna'
quota OF holidays. with their strange mixture OF solemn
,corcssors, frequent prayers noisy auctions. and bril-
liant fireworks, have had Cchnin" eccltlhsti'a AZ
,usniion In country where there l. such close ana
int mate connection between Church ana Si'c Al h'9i'
have been expected that the hierarchy ""nld s'ei'
the passage Of the Emancipation bill by some niuH''u
display Eut this only true Of the Brh''i" ih'
monks whose practical recognition Of fl "Si" 81 me
measure By promptly fcrIne inc "ho'c D''J Va '"'''
slaves have already noticed.
On the evening OF the Sunday following Tie IaSN'g "f
the bill the Bishop of Rio was anout'd I" pr''"h III
In" Church Of the R0ziO hc one most lar@cN "''hu"
by ~, nr,rO' ). and, as the rit"ui'ti''' "'r i'"
rrcrli:r many thought he wonld mt"' som" re- 'rh'
10 th" -rcai event The chrich wI' th"l-ri' nv '''
CON . vs in cr:nrauc, ard not h" slightest HIin '."h
Vas made to the Cny subject tmt hid any interest I''
i nillc Eut this silence OF the Bishop could hot Let
,ucn longer; especially since the stream of r"nGrt"
latory had now begun TO pour III from 'h' ''"4
of the Diplomatic Corps, headed by the ropes Nu''io
himself The long looked for dcell'aoh al i"E'" ''n'
It filled t%0 ,O.umns in the large JoWhaI V to"""cs
IL WA, bcauul. Ii brrathcd the very sWrit of OWN
Love- Who before had spoken words 80 i'ii oi sym
na,bv and corp.s,on for the unfortunate! The Bishop
w;s t.c short Of perfection. and in him at last bAd
Charity found her ex"mptr. In short no pastoral
Of the Bishop had ever been 80 widely rea"
or 80 louily prais ii. Just here however
most unfortunately for his EX"iehcyS T'P'
taton occurred IN incident that too suddenly
prrcipitacd him from his giddy hight. How The bishop
iron, being Universally praised came to h" universally
lnu,,d viii now appear. one vi the nuns Of thc Con
vent of Aju!a named Franco alter thirty years ol III
clrccrdOn in that dismal ediice, was about 10 d''
Aware Of her approaching end. she begged tht' ih''h
gcnce OF h, state might sent at 10 her relatives
who lived by, and she especially requested tat '
might and bid farewell 10 her mother before she died
The mother hearing the came hnrrSnS to the Con
vent and camored ut the doors for aiinSsioh Bi' a.
though The daughter WITHIN ana the ho'her "i"o''
were only separated from each other by The space OF the
walls. still they could not meet IL "oh DE- III
dir ct violation vi the ronastic laws Tc Bishop w""se
:.u oriy in such matters supreme. was Then apraIed
10. But he also provcd inrxurahe declaring "'th h0y
horror H. It even his mother should prefer such
request he would deny her" And 20, after few more
,s Of intense agony and SUSPENSE the poor cr"1'ur"
finally brrathcd her iIo Inclcns of t!iS character
am told not nirrtucntly happen here IN Brazil. and
perha,, the only remarkable f"~;uro about th" present
Is the niSu CAcitScnt IL mas Created III INC zap
it..l.
The f.ry Of France, IL would scen ha- sons rs well
a5.iSh;crs; and o! these sons cvd nty does not
INT, nd 10 slow l. shops inhninany to pass unchi-
lcns,. With Ia, sister dead and hi, mother driven To
the yer m of m,lncs We can easily believe that this
world lr a mos; likely to speak to the point when
the time sti.l am sure the public hardly cN-
prctud him give the Bishop such sound c"stig-
lion he has inflicted by his published articles during
the past fortnight. The Bishop ut first dc4ol>ed tn" at
tlck, hut c0ndescondcd to explain He admitted
that the nun had showna" feminine weakness on her
dcath-bcd by requesting to scc her mother that the
devil had suggested this request only to gain posses
son Of her sou just she WA about To reaz' tn" frt
OF her VOWS" bat that with apostolic ZEAL IN" holy
bishop had vigorously driven out such tcnptltions and
turned deaf bcse ycarn!ng' OF the hrsh How
ever considering the weakness of human nature the
tonder hearted prclite" finally promised the nun be-
fore 0cd of special grace to have her body
exposed behind the bars OF the Convent to
seaG aIa of e to %EeG n"E o sc ]
favor" herhcartcd prelac Is abused and in
Your readers easily imagine how tlis explanation
received Before is Pubi icaon many Thought the
universally rrgird with tc.iass OF contcmp and dis
gust one Journal, conIne;!lns upon the affair, sgni,
measure that secures The certain abolition Of Slavery
tyranny and pernicIos nlucncc of the priesthood. tor
unless these be checked and restrained grant, Will
never conc to occupy and work our lands And unless
they do come, pray What is to be substituted in pacr OF
that slave labor now fast disappearing from among Us ~
this yrT ill., a anys a n.cT "nG tS TS ms 1T
very proucry address themselves. The other religious
OrerS do not apnca eager to lib rate their tl'cs
lo EeHcdicnrs. although they have received many
pressing in yitions. 10y Anonymous writer's. through tho
rrr,, to 10 Tie order Of Carnciics have l.iOO
slaves and an annual revenue OF over s1O10 The Eun
her Oi itS members Las now become reduced to H. and
when rsr hy" ali died Tie property VIII revert 10 the
As the law does not touch the great body OF cx
stng SLAVES, the Orders are Of course only Under moral
gaiuns to release their Slaves sOrt OF Obligation
fear hardly likely to be rircual with such class In
spite OF tins bad example o the clergy. however. manu-
uIs occurring all tht while, and Just of
the orphans Court who seems to be- dong little
ar any Romance can bc placed on the punished state
in the Of those desiring t" berat" their slaves The
PriUdmbucan press, II IL reported have associated them
together to prevent the advertisements OF sales Of
slaves the Journals Of that city. do suppose,
however, that the actual sales will be effected by
rcpt that only those VINO wish to purchase will attend.
Here, the capital the sales advertised usual
II were disposed. might give YOU whole column,
from The journal Of Commerce, Of adycrtiscnc OF
slaves iof sale, representing every age. sex, ami
condition, as well descriptive OF their per-
and their capacities for work 1t Will
be- a long time before ms signs aud marks of slavery
Will have wholly disappeared. One good effect Of
tho Passage nj tho Emancipation bill IL the Increased and
continually increasing Attendance oi the negroes at the
night siools Tor adults, established here IN Rio about the
beginning Of the present year. under the suerntendnce
OF Prof. tiarc. OF the Dom Pedro III. College. New
schools are also organizing in the northern coas c~,
and il IL becoming fashionable 10 advocate the
of higher grade Of education for the people. The Jour
nails lhs morning announce the departure lOr NrwYork
by tho North America today OF Mr.. Hockmce, the
Fenrh Charge dAttares at tho capital who has just
received the or the sudden death OF his wife IN
Ncw-lOrk.
THE INSI'RRECTION IN CUBA
SEVERAL FOREIGNERS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE
COUNTRY-OFFENSIvE OPERATIONS OF THE
INSURGENTS.