Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-15
CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY. MAY Is, 1878.
DOM PEDROS LAND.-BRAZIL.

DOM PEDROS LAND.-BRAZIL.
The visit of the Emperor Of Brazil
to the United States during the Cen
tennial, and the recent railroad con.
tract made between him and citizens Of
this State and the shipments of passen-
gers and material from Philadelphia,
has caused considerable inquiry with
reference to that country. Below we
give some extracts from letters written
by parties who are now there which
60 to show that things are not so love-
" at first sight, anyhow;
SAN ANTONIO, Brazil, March 30.--
The last time wrote was on the Goth
Of February, or two days run from the
island OF ST. Thomas, where we arriv-
cd the 22d, and found it to be very
neat little town of about fifteen hun
dred inhabitants, mostly negroes and
Spaniards. We lay there three days
10 take in two hundred tons Of coal.
1t was remarkable to see the way it
was handled, as, after il was brought
to our boat in lighter, il was carried
to the bins by negro girls, in baskets on
their heads. We had a very pleasant
time, as fruits of all kinds were plenty
and cheap.
MOUTH OF THE AMAZON.
On the afternoon OF the 26th we left
st. Thomas and started on our way to
Para. We had very pleasant time
until we arrived at the mouth Of the
Amazon, where we had to get pilot.
We dropped anchor in the night off the
land and signaled for a pilot, but the
day and night wore away and none
came, SO the first mate, with six sea
men, manned boat and pulled for the
shore with orders to come back as soon
as possible. But the day and night
passed the same as the first and no
mate returned, The second boat was
sent with the quartermaster and six
volunteer seamen in charge, but time
wore away and no sign of either OF the
boats. You can imagine the feeling on
board the vessel The captain then or
dcred the sails set and anchor hoisted
and away we started, but for where no
one knew. As good luck would have
it we met an English packet bound for
Para, when We turned around and fol-
lowed her in.
ARRIVAL AT PARA.
We arrived at Para on the oh of
March, all well, and in good spirits, on
ly q good deal worried about the boats.
But imagine our surprise on the second
day when they came all right, but the
men were very tired and hungry, as
they had rowed about thirty miles.
The reason they did not come back to
the boat was that the breakers were
so bad that they could not leave the
shore.
We found Para TO be an old fashion
cd city with stone houses without chin
neys, and, what looks still more odd,
no glass in the windows only iron
bars The streets are very narrow and
dirty. Vultures are about as plenty as
robbins at home. The natives wear
hight clothing, as it is very hot The
negroes go almost naked, except the
women, who are naked from the waist
up. We remained at Para four days
and then commenced the ascent Of the
Amazon.
GOING UP THE AMAZON
The Amazon is a peculiar river. AL.
though it is ono hundred and eighty
miles wide at the mouth you can see
land on either side as you 90 up, as ii
is full Of islands. We had a very de-
delightful time going up the river un-
til the 10th, when TO our surprise we
found man dead in bis hammock.
The cause of his death was hemorrbage.
He took cold, had ii homorrhage, and
bled TO death inwardly. We anchored
in the river and buried him on lone
ly island by himself His name was
John Scallon, of Philadelphia.
AT SAN ANToNIo-A STRIKE.
We Travelled 900 miles up the Anna.
zon and 500 up the Madeira river when
we arrived at San Antonio Falls, where
we now are. This is very rainy eli
mate, and you can't tell when il will
rain, as il will pour down with the sun
shining. There has been q great deal
of excitement since we arrived here.
The Italians and the Irish went togeth.
or and struck for better wages and
grub. Mr.. Collins would not give them
any at all, so they made raid on the
cook house and drove the cook out,
took possession and cooked to suit
themselves. Our gang wasaia. the
woods at the time, but Were sent Tor int
hot haste, brought 4n, armed with
Sharp's rifles and put TO- guarding the
boat, as it was feared they would cap
ture her and leave. As soon as the
strikers saw the men armed with rifles
they fell back, but several shots were
fired and three men wounded. The
next day we raised fifty men, armed |
them, sent out and arrested the leaders
of the strike, nine in number put them
in irons, and that put an end TO the
strike for tho present. We have Jail
built out of railroad iron,-- 1iat il is
impossible for them to escape What
will be done with them do not know.
GREAT DISSATISFACTION
There is great dissatisfaction here,
and don't wonder at il, as the living
is terrible. | have eaten nothing but
hard tack" salt beef and cheese sinco
left Philadelphia, and il is vary hard
Tor person to work in this hot climate
On that kind of grub, aud think there
will be more trouble yet if there isn't
d change. Another thing is the pests.
There is any amount Of them, such as
mosquitoes, ants and bugs of all kinds,
which poster person day and night.
The ants are the worst, as the ground,
trees and everything is covered with
them, and their bite is worse than that
of gnat.
THE AMAzoSIAN FORESTS.
An introduction TO tho Amazonian
forest is worth trip to tho Amazon
valley from the United States. Here
arc tho palms in all their glory-the
apati, with long plume-likc leaves, the
mlviti, with enormous fan shaped leaves.
One never tires of gazing at the pic
luresque grouping and variety Of trees
with their mantles of creeping plants
he unconquered race Of vegetable
giants the dense canopy ofgrcen sup.
ported by natural columns branchless