The New York herald., 1873-09-17
B n a z I L.
The Question of Crown Rights and Church Aa-
thOrity a Pressing Point Of Pub
Lie Difficulty.
Definition Of Priestly Duty by the Bishop o.
olinda-Dom Pedro Puzzled-Treasury Es-
Inmates and Foreign Immigration
Railway Interests and Road
Projects Territorial
Boundary Rights.

RIO JANErRo, August T. 1873
The imperial government Is In a complete guam
dairy In regard to the religious question: which the
BISHOP OF Olinda created, and which his fellow
bishops have spread through the whole empire
The bishops have set tho constitution and the
Executive at defiance, and the government hest
tates and does not know what to do If 1t sus-
pends the bishops and orders their prosecution he
fore she Supreme Tribunal OF Justice to which
Court alone they are amenable there Is consider
able doubt OF the Court convicting them. Much
time would be taken, and meantime the country
would be convulsed by the discussions, and proba-
bly, riots between the anti-blshop party and the
supporters OF the bishops, VINO, through the ap-
proval OF the Emperor to the re-entry Of the
Jesuits and their affiliations into Brazil during the
last eight years, have acquired immense influence
and are In position to command the ear OF that
great body Of the lower classes so char
acteristic OF Brazilian society. Though tho
Brazilian peasant is humble ana even
supine, he Is deeply superstitious. and
were an appeal to be made to him by his con-
ience-keeper there are no lengths to which he
would not CO. even revolt against the government.
and the clerical party have already threatened that
1t will appeal to force ii necessary.
THE SUSPENSION OR DEPORTATION
OF the bishops would at once create an administers.
tive dif1culty. The State docs not have a veto ON
Bishoprc, who administers in the absence or want
OF the bishop. Tho Chapters are IN the hands OF
the Jesuits, and either they Will choose ultramOn-
tame governors, they will refuse to recognize
the vacancy OF the sees, and will select no one. In
the first case the government Will gain nothing In
the way OF solution Of the dinlculty; in the second
case oil Catholic marriages, and some baptisms,
win be rendered impossible, as neither civil mar.
riage nor civil registration OF births and deaths
yet exist in backward Brazil. The government ID
at It's wits end-to recoil would be to destroy tho
civil power; to advance Is to plunge into it knows
not what and divided as it Is, and reined In by the
Emperor, it dares not take Bismarck or Swiss
step and cut the dinlculty by decisive act.
The following are lew of the sclauses" OF the
BISHOP OF oLINDA's REJOINDER
to the government
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purely snnss within hin o she nS sTeSes 3.
potency q his Sajestys government and IKE every
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rsspee veneTSte n and ahpy M ana qhessray s
mitted unworthy persons the holy mother Gagrch
at S' il reIlsOSs and Spiritual matters allow me
frankness TO confess that acknowledge me
thority earth but the Vicar Of Jesus Christ
TREASURY ESTIMATES.
The estimates for the past fiscal year and the
current one have left the Senate with host OF
amendments and q clause extending them to the
year 1s74-5 The Deputies hesitate to accept this
clause, which would cut them out Of much future
discussion, cut short their raids on the treasury
and deprive them OF much influence on the govern
ment. The debates going on with some warmth
at present, but expect the Chamber will swallow
the amendments in q lump, and the clause also
and that the estimates will pass this week early
next. AS regards the provisions Affecting foreign
and national shipping, the only ones OF interest to
foreigners you have already had full details or
The question Of the
ENGLISH niMIdRANTs,
who arrived here in the latter months OF 1872 and
the beginning Of 1878 and nave not yet located, is
giving the government much annoyance. Some
go are In the government Immigrants Hotel, in
Rio, and have now been supported by the govern-,
ment for eight months. All efforts to induce them
to settle In government colonies or to accept work
offered them by private individuals have been fruit
less and they demand to be sent to England or the
United States. They were never good lot and none
are the agriculturists they signed to be- but the
long period OF ideness they have had here appears
600 who went down TO Rio Grande do Sui and Pa
rama TO settle on colonies In those provinces are
In the same case, and and now refuse to settle OF
the United states. The British Minister. Mr..
Mathew, has been urging the government ever
ain fhntr iUal and IN m md nr
United States, as misrepresentation had been
made to them in England, and he considers the
now appears inclined to abandon them, owing to
their bad behavior and refusal OF all kinds OF work.
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
The government is threatened with an interpret
ation in regard to the Madeira and Mamore Rail-
road-that for the utilization OF the Eastern
Bolivian river system and for giving 1t CONNER.
cial communications with the Amaz0n-the London
contractors having raised row in London, accus-
sented the length OF the line at 1853 miles, while
their own engineer, after surveying fourteen eS
denied by the Brazilian engineer The fact is, the
contractors have sadly bungied their labor ques-
aad e 1 mere 1Sys
not Colonel Church, was the concessionary OF tho
Brazilian government, and they seek excuses to
The nrst railroad IN Brazil on the Fell system.
with central rail for traction has been completed,
about & ten miles long. and sects the ASCENT @ Of the
Nova Friburgo hill from the valley Of the Bay Of
no de Janeiro 70 tne plateau on lte northeast.
The highest grade IL eight per cent. The Mont
Cents engines have been brought here, as the new
locomotives specially manufactured for it in Eng
land proved too heavy, Weighing thirty-f0ur tons.
and throwing the most Of the weight on two
wheels alone. II successful in the Nova Priburgo
line, the system viii probably be adopted gener-
ally for the steep ascents OF the Maritime range,
yet the engineering difficulty Of Brazil. Some
trial trips have proved satisfactory, and large
quantity OF railroad material has been transported
TO the top.
BOUNDARY RIGHTS.
The Paraguayan government no sooner got rld
OF the rebels who attacked Asuncion tnan tno
Argentine Envoy came down on 1t for pereMp-
tory settlement OF the boundary quession ~ @ @tno
cession of the whole Chaco and the Island ~ the
mouth OF the Paraguay. Tne ParaguaYan govern
ment equally pereTptor,y reisSsc wscn smnt,es SSGs
| into the Paraguay some twenty miles below Asun-
con. and IL is stated, but without on1cis connrma-
ton, that "dinnculty" mas arisen oetween the