The Republican journal., 1892-06-09
The Situation in Brazil.

uIF ARMY AND NAVY, PROFESSORS,
CAPITALISTS, EXlLED TO a FEVERIN
st>rEp REGION WHERE SPEEDY DEATH
b.. CERTAIN. A NOVEL COLONIZATION
.OlEME.
,rccial correspondence of The Journal.
,aa DE JANERIo, Apr. 23rd. The other
., the steamer Pernambuco, OF the
y,l- Brazilian line-which had been
5,,d for the purpose and pressed into
.,ite as a Government transport-sail-
,way from Rio, carrying a large num-
&. If political prisoners and their fami-
whom Vice President Peixotto is
ding into exile. Among the captives
some of the most cultured, wealthy
distinguished citizens of Brazil; and
sole offence is having ventured to
.r~t. through the newspapers or by
ot mouth. against some of the high
.ltl and unconstitutional acts OF the
.7ur. WHO'S Just now tyrannizing over
p-s-ralled Republic. Their des-
#a is the desolate and deadly front
Amazunia, near the eastern base OF
.,ts. between Venezuela and Ecuador
.. from theiI homes as Siberia is from
49,. sian Capital reached 10y an ocean
~, at thrce thousand miles and near
many miles more of river tranSpor-
ID Little is known OF that remote
r., ,t Brazil beyond the fact that wild
....- posses it Whoare hardly less pleas
meet than the enormous Amazon
,nucrts thar abound thereabouts as
Hsly as tlies in northern summer
that mosquitoes come in clouds OBJ
.- he sun, and every grain OF sand
tested by poisonous ants and other
potl pests, making life a perpetual
a,nt to civilized people-with but one
mitigating circumstance, that it
F asst long, because the climate of
st oNlands under the equator is speed
aIql to human beings.
,mong the banished men is Field
Il slml Barretto, a veteran Of distinguish
,9AIre in all the wars OF Brazil during
b -- half ecntury-a hero now tremu-
L with age. who in any decent country
Il Ire retired with the honors he de
,s, instead OF being cruelty eNiled to
4 40 death. He is now the Senator
nom his district; but, regardless of
II senptirns accorded by the constitu-
Il 81 law makers, he was aroused from
II 5etwcen midnight and dawn by min
II Y rhe Dictator and hurried on board
4 Waiting Pelnambuco, without even
lid the offence with which he is
- 9I given time to so much as bid
-a his family.
er- are also the Governors of several
Zach the legally-elected choice OF
iie of his section, and who ought
be serving his term in the Gubel-
a CHAIR. but have been denosed by
.,o tuI presumed lack of sympathy
ac present administration. Prom
n mon4 these is the late Governor of
tu ri the Alnazoues, who So gallant
,ta the Dictator demands for his
frW weeks ago, and who compel
laval force of the Vice President 5
,tlutioual appOintee To retire dis
n& leaving the legally elected Gov
utstcr of the SITUATIONS: but who al
aoa voluntarily resigned, to prevent
She'd and to spare the lives and prop
J, hs friends. There is also the
Governor of Geara, about whom
heard SO much of late-a man
Nt.l known and respected through
81 hail and idoliZed by the people OF
HNae a trusted friend of the late Dom
Who made kim President of one OF
- noes. He was bombar,ied i'll his
short time ago for refusing to
4ut the office. to which he had been
= lected, to Peixotto' S appcintee.
y Ae resisted the attempt to violent
>e him. he was sent to Rio and
T nlson until now that he has been
u the ablest editors in Rio are
= mn4 the prisoners bound for ANA
Al hose papers We're the N0ridddes
IAN idt do Rio and the He'iocto, whose
10y was publishing the protests of sew
items against Peixotto tyranny.
:; 1r also three congressman, sever
lM 4-D professors, physician, a den
.om. the wealthiest man in all
: banker OF Two, and other equally
"a @e0t The capitalists above mem
ID HE ell-knoWn Count Leopoldi-
>. t4giishman by birth and a Brazili-
puOn-a gentleman OF education
family, whose title is a genuine
rom the King OF Portugal
N value received in the shape Of
'ts lu personal appearance he pre-
Greatest contrast to the average
reet i' h ing a typical Englishman,
and beefy. His was The 70
Il poor young man. Not a
an} wears ago he was plain Henry
~ les clerk on Il slender salary sent
Alii by London halberdashery
Ns Nar q while he went into business
-, l,,,+ f,;1
1tiej to Rio, poorer i'll purse than
% the wheel of fortune took an
wa turn. Though lame from
lord Byron, and homely enough
1ng VII inlants-with i'll matched fea-
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