New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-15
srFrERINCs OF A RUSSIAN COLONY.

THEIR EXPERIENCES IN BRAZIL AND ARRIVAL in
NETWORK IN a DESTITUTE CONDITION.
In the rotnnda in Castle Garden, yesterday. say q
group of sixty-eght men, women ana ch'iaren,
had arrived from Rio Janeiro on rriuay
night on board the steamship SIRIUS. AFTER
stating that they were destitute and were 9esIous
of going to Kansas, they were SUMMONED peloie
SECRETARY Jackson. of the Board of Commissioners
of Emigration when they gave statement Oh thelr
experiences for nearly four years past OF winch inc
They resided in the colony of Croft, Southern
Russia and. reading pToSpectuses sent TO them Ill
relation TO the development OF Brazil. tney sen. y
committee to Brazil. Upon the report OF tue COM
mttee that Brazil was IA fertile country, suitapie
for products cultivated by them at home, ana ana
that the climate was good tney a wna" h he
hold goods obtained their passports and started lot
their new field of labor They had been promised
grants were careless OF their money , anu
when they reached Bremen, where they
were to lake the steamer, were obngeu 10
borrow from the others. They took passage
by the steamship Berlin, and arrived at
Rio ,Ianero the latter part OF January, ~ tne
course of the VOYAGE two OF the women ana tnIIty-
two of the children died. At Rio Janeiro they were
met by an interpreter and two days aiterwafd wen'
by steamer 10 Antonio, thence TO Cordera nv wagon,
a journey Of three DAYS. where thcy were We're
left by the agent to look ont for themselves IneY
fOund employment III building publc ROAD, put re-
ceived insufficient pay for Their iapor TO suppoa.
themselves Having received lniorina'PS ai ,ma'
they went there and were allotted sections
of land by the Government, which also mr.
nishe1 them with corn, wheat and other seeds LOT
nlantlng They purchased horses and agrlcuItmIa
indictments intending to settle in PALMYRA. ne
soil proved sandy. and the land rocky Inc CROWN
from the seeds reached about an men Ill hois"''
when II withered and died.
They remained at Palmyra about a year ana n
half DURING which time they proved their lnapiu,y
10 raise coffee. rice, tobacco or cotton, ana inc
health of their families failing they concluded 10
r. turn TO their native homes. or to the Unteu
States The Government furnished 1904 10
Them and they went TO Baranqua. Where Il
large number of the emlerants, VINO coulu
afford to pay their passage, went PACK 10 EUROPE
The rest OF them renamed and camped out IN the
woods where they were again PROVIDED WIN aeeos
bv the Government. Their efforts to raise crops
again failed, and six months afterward they went
into the CITY of BaranQua, where they were ehl-
Moved on the streets and received cents day each
which enabled them to support then famiiles AIieT
a few months they were sent TO Rio Janeiro at the
Government expense. and lay about tue docks cX-
posed TO the burning sun and the weather lor
abont two weeks They then taken TO the police
station and after remaining about two weeks
were sent to Para du Bahia. small village Sixty
miles from Rio Janeiro. They remained mt tins VII
lage nearly six months being supported by the
Government and were then sent back TO MO ia
metro and on July 20 sailed from RIO Janelro LOT
New-York.
The party consists of fifteen men, thirteen women
and forty children and the entire funds IN their
nossession Is 1921 10. How they Will he DISPOSED
of the Commissioners of Emigration Will decide III
few days.