The Morning herald., 1878-03-12

THE TRRAsuRY--A PRINCE.
RIO JANB1Re, Feb. 9, 1s7s-With the
excessively hot, dry weather of the past
fortnight sickness has increased and yellow
fever deaths In the city has got up to twelve
day, exclusive Of thoss occurring among
the seamen. ~ T.; %45z@
tg54 TlGNIGRANTs.
Immigrants from Russia and the Medi-
terranean are arriving in hundreds slmost
every day but the Minister OF Agriculture
has adopted the plan Of transferring them
from their steamsfs direct to the coasting
steamers and Of sending these steamers
out in time to intercept the European
steamers and tranship the Immigrants out
side the port. sTA Ea9%3 EST'
srAakkr1ox Or TRADE. =
The Donati, advertised for the ID, only
leaves today, in consequence Of the absence
Of freight. r0f course, 90 long as cArgoes
from the United States cannot be counted
on, uns ubsidized steamers cannot be ex-
pected to keep Axed dates. We hear that.
besides the New York line and the projected
Philadelphia line, q New Orleans line is
being organized in the States; but it is to be
feared that for several years they will lose
money. We hear also that If the Roach
line does not run, owing to Congress refus-
ing . subaidy, British line will run q
monthly steamer to and from New York
for the Brazilian subsidy Of s1oo, 900 grant
ed TO the Roach line.
NO MONEY.
The Treasury, unfortunately, is not 80, In
fact, It 10 without money, and has also been
90 for some time, the greater part of Its
payments having To be- made insix to four
months Treasury acceptance, with six
months interest. 1t looks as though a
lenger centinuapesof the late Cabinet would
have soon led to- s complete collapse, and
the present Cabinet has hard task to put
matters to rights. The Ministers, however.
are stepping all expenses and cutting down
In all directions. Z It seems, however, that
the late Cabinet cared for nothing but to
spend all the money possible, for the stores
of the navy were crammed with usefur
material in excess, and large quantities of
useless material, while government agents
in Europe were still purchasing on a great
scale for both navy and army. p, "~
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TEE KNIFE HANDLERS. @
The capoeirss of Rio, whose amusement
10 to cut and main with knives and razers
and rip up stomachs ID the crowds assem-
b'ed by professions or public functions, are
kept now in hot water by the new Chic Of
POLES, who hunts them down vigorously
and has already passed two hundred into
the lockups. These scoundrels are In the
main nulattos, and, owing to their useful
meas in controlling the elections Of the city,
were protected, so that former chiefs found
themselves powerless before the influence
brought 80 bear by the protectors. Fortu.
nately this state of things has at last come
to an end, and the cspoeiras are beginning
o ind this out.
AN ORGAN RUN DOWN.
A FIRST class daily, the Diario de Rio de
Janeiro, has suspended its publicat tion,
being unable to live without the printers
work and Senate subsidy 1t Is no longer
likely to receive since the downfall cf the
party Of which 1t was az organ.
4 PRINCE!
The Princess Imperial Isabel, Countess
d'Eu, was safely delivered, on the night of
the 10th Of January, Of son, her second
living child, and both are declared by the
doctors to 5e out Of danger, although in
struments had to be employed.