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US DI?EISOE, REESE & ?0. # .*- ' EDG-EFI?LD, S. C., AUGUST 8, .1866. ; ' ^^:>\;-.'??; :w?n^?. ^Professional Card.. KW. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW j ?nd SOLICITOR IN EQUITY for Edge field aad adjacent Districts. Edge?old, S. C., Maj 22 4m 21 J ODIN E. BACON. M. C, BUTSER. BACON & BUTLER, A;T-TG^i\TEYS AT LAW. AND SOLICITORS m E^tJirr, ' EDOEFIELD, 8. C., WiU Practice in the'Courts of this State, and 'in J Angosta, Georgia. Jan 30 1m 5 J. L. J ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICI TOR UT EQUITY, F.DGEFIELD C. II,, S. C. Office in Law Rango. May 22, _tf 21 "MT L. BQNHAIW, Attorney at Law f?d Solicitor in ED GE FIELD, S. C. OSce formerly occupied by. EMMET; SEIBS?SS, Er*. . J%a'29 tf 5 Deiitristy. TjTfeR. *J. B.' COURTNEY respectfully in 3L9 forms his old friends and the public goneral i y that be is prepared to do ali work in thc DENTAL LINE, in the best -manner, and on short notice. Ile will wait on parties at their roMdeaco when requested to do So. Letters ad dressed bim at Ea se field C. H., or- at Granite ^lre^wiUreceiToprompt attention.-! - ? tMay"22- ?? 3jm*_2* Tor Sheriff. ;The Friends "of Capt, A. P* WEST respeoUul ly announce bim as* a Candidate for Sheriff ol Edgefield at the next elootion. NOT 7 te? 45 ^EBT- Wo have been, authorited by the Friends of Capt. ?. 30ULWARE io announce him Canciidate for 'iherifF of Edgefield ' District at the .nert election. Apr 12 te* 16 ^B For Tax Collector. The Many Friends, of D. A. J. BELL, Esq.. respXictfuBy "nominate him as a Candidate foi Tm Collector at ibo next election. Oct, IS ta 43 For Tax Collector. TOE many Friends o? Capt. JAMES MITCH -ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. . SALUDA. Deo S te* 50 MANUFACTORY. . EDGT3FIELD, S. C. THE Subscribers respectfully announce tba they are now prepajed td do all work in th. COACH MAKING and REPAIRING. B?SI '"?ESS that taiy bo entrusted to them, in a work manlike manner, and with neatneaaand dispatch . We haye on hand ? few CARRIAGES and eu potior BTOGIES, of nnr nwn manufacture, whicl. wo will sell low. All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly anrl warranted to givo satisfaction. ?-"Sk"** Aa we sell ONLY FOR CASH, our price are unusually reasonable. Ail*we ask is a trial. SMTFIT & ?OXES. . Mar 7 tf 10 FISK'S PATENT METALLIC BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS! THil Subscriber has just received an assort mont of these? beautiful Rosewood fin-sL .METALLIC BURIAL CASES and CASKETS -Air-tight and indestructible-for protecting and preserving the D^ad-which hi- will sell at but a moderate advance on original cost and transporta tion. Wherever introduced these Ca??s haye tb preference over all other*. v tgr"Orders promptly tilled. Terms, of course strictly Ca?h. J. M. WITT. E.lgefigld, Mar IS _^ .^tf ll M?) li?EHY Iror I. IV. TJGACOT, EDGEFIELD, S. C H"^4e?sedSl*';Whitakcr Stables for tho pur pose of conducting*' ^general "SALE AND I.rv'KRr STABLE BUSH-ESS. HORSES left in "his charge will receive the bet attention. '."'.S .BUGGIES, CARRIAGES ind HACKS, aid cood gentle HORSES; to hiro whenevor called for. . DROVERS will find ample accommodatioaat my Stables. ga*-"Terms reasonable. Feb 14 - . if 7 -.T2V_,_-_ S - flRHE.Subscribir having been-.appointed Agent JL of then GERMANIA, HANOVER, NUGARA & REPUBLIC JFIRE IX SI RAN CE COMPANIES Of .New Yurfc,-the .n-rgrcp-rtc Cash Assetts of . which is NEAR THREE,MILLIONS OF DOL LARS-is prepared to take risks against loss or }: damage by Fire .-an liberal terms. . I .* ?. W.-CAR WILE, Agent. Feb 13_. , tf 7 SPEOTAGiES For Old and Young .T- HAVE on hand a largo and choice variety ol I SPECTACLES, including Patent Perescople LENS and jscuaine Scotch PEBBLES. Also EYE GLASSES, EYE PROTECTORS, Ac. Give mo a call. I can suit your*Byei. D. F. MCEWEN. Oct 31 -tf To the Public. F. McEWEN, having received a COM FLETE ASSOMMENT OF WATCH _ LTERIALSS would respectfully inform- his friend ? and the publie generally that ho is now .prepared to. oxes a to, with dispatch, all work in tho W&m Impairing Department. G?" All w?rVii?nVtiy Bim will be warranted. Alvina of HAIR WORK and SOLID GOLT JEWELRY mad.j to order. TEP.MS CASH. No woric will be allowed tr> louve the Shop untii paid for. OM :?; I_ tf _44 Just Received, ,try*$ CASE G:SNUINE*JONGRES3 WATER. si* te . For salo by' TEAGUE k CARWILE. May 23 tf 21 D Just Received, RAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS; RUSS' ST. D'OMIS"OTO SITTERS ; .GREEN!? OX YGENATED BITTERS, For Bili low bv ? ' j TJSAGUS k CAEWILE. ftfjSf tf ? 1 BRAZIL. ; AT ?he especial request of many readers, in order supply numerous applies nts, wa re lish from the Advertiser of Sd M..y last, the ablo and interesting Report o' Maj. Rpi MERIWETHER and Dr. H. A. SHA ?v, the Agen the Edge5eld Colonization Society;-, appoint? visit Brazil and explore portie 23 of that Empire.-ED ADV. Mr.. EDITOR :-Moro than six months ago, before the policy of tho govcrnn ont toward was clearly indicated, tho minds of thousand our people were undecided as to -Iheir fufare 1 tiny. The prospects before thein were *so couraging, that many indeed roso red to aban their home?, though hallowed by Ul the ch?ris recollections of their youth, and consecrated the blood of their manhood, and to seek an asy among strangers, in a far distant land. With that purpose in view, they formed th< selves into a Southern Colonization Socie ty, el ec the undersigned, President, and designated Mt ROBT. MERIWETHER and Dr.' H. A. SHAW, this DIstriot and State, as their asen? tcrproo tb Brazil, exploro tho country, make necess arran gemen ts for their removal, an i, in' any eve to report to mo the result of their observations That Report I have the ho not, herewith, submit, and at the request of many citizens, offer for publication. Its intrinsic ni-ritirv recommend it to tho perusal of yoi ( rt rii ri. A our political sky is not yet so clear, ?WI the 1 of reason may not turn towards a (righter hua for relief from the doubt and obscurity that hi envclopo it J vision. " Very respectfully <fcc~ . JOSEPH ABNEY To Maj. Jot. Abney, President Southern Colonii tion Society, Edyefield C. H., So. Ca. Sir,-In obedience to written in-trucliuns I eel ved from you, to examine portions of the E: pire of Brazil, and report to you tlu result of 0 investigations, as to climate, productions, laws, i ligion kc, wo left Augusta Qa., about the 18th Oct ISM, on the R. R. ria Washington Cit where ire procured passports, and proceeded New York* Securing passage on th* North Ara? ion, one of the Brazil and United States line Steamers to Rio De Janeiro, we left New York 1 tho 30th of October, and arrived at.Rio on t1 26th of November. At Rio we mst several ge tlemen from the South, who had boen in Ern: several mouths, on tho samo mission that carri bs thither. Amongst them we formed "the a quaintance of Dr. GASTON- of Columbia, S. ( who had made rather au extensive tour in tho 1 tarior of the province of St. Paulo, ile intr duced us to his Excellency, Paulo Sosa. Minist uf Agriculture, to whom we explained tho ?bjee of our visit, and presented our credentials. Tl Minister offered us every facility desired in tl prosecution of our investigat'ons, furbishing tran portation, a guide, an interpreter, and in mo: cases, food and. lodging. Tho portions of the Empira we were instrucii to visit and examine, wv re so extensive, and F tifficult of access, with the means of transportii ;ion attainable in Era: il. that moro than two year rould have been required for tbeaccomplishmen >f such an enterprise. We therefore conclude ip select a portion of the Territory designated ii mr instructions, which we suppo. ed best adaptei :o the wants and necersities of c .r people a lom?, and (o c<-,n? nc our examinations to thu particular Province. ~ On our voyage out, we stopped at Pefnambuco where we satisfied ourselves that the climat, would not suit the people of our State. It lie: within 10 degrees of the Equator, and perpetua bummer reigns there.* The climate is darrfp an< jot, though said to ho healthy, hut yet tho ever isting beat must enervate the system and brea! he constitution of man. In this province, how wer, is grown the best quality of upland cotton Extracts from an English paper now ut henri mote Pernambuco cotton at from 1 to l*d bigbei han any. other in the great cotton mart of thc rorld. Sugar and tobacco are also grown here in preat perfection. We stopped also at Bahia, two ir three hundred miles south of Pemambuc", There also cotton, ingar, tobacco and all The Tro ncal fruits are grown in great perfection. Still he climate, as in Pernambuco, is Equatorial, and ?able to the same objections. After fui? and complete inquiry and investiga ron, the Province of St Paulo, lying between 22 md 2 j degrees South Latitude, appeared to us the most suitable for our people, oe account of health, climate and productions, b;ing by its irhole length and breadth, just .within the frost Line', except, its higher table lands, which are free from frost thc yeor round. With the purpose of exploring this Province thoroughly, we left Rio, in'company with'Dr. OASTOX, ?*/ho as--above stated, bad ceen a considerable portion thereof, with tho guide and interpreter^ whein the Mini - ter of. Agiiculiurc had commissioned 0 attend us, and went by Steamer to Santos, its seaport tow.,. Wo examined the country around ibis place, f .r fifty miles, but were not satisfied v. itii ita health fulness, productions or soil. *?r Convincing ourselves that the c jtntry, lying between.the mountains and seacoast, ad no large bodies of farming lands, wo directed .dor atten tion to th?-iaterior, beyond the. moun ains which bound the coast Therefore,-wo took thc cr> over tho St Paulo and Santos Railroad, the pr<> prietors kindly giving us free passage both gobi and returning. ? This Railroad is n-H yet com ploted, bat the cars pass over it to about twenty miles beyond tho city of St. Paulo, tho capital of the province of the samp name, and it is graded to Jundice, forty nu iles from the capital. Its whole completed length is eighty or ninety miles,- con necting th> interior of the province with the sea board, at Santos. This port, we omit id to mcm tion, has ? very" capacious harbour, in inlet for ship? of the largest class, and by the first of June, it is thought its Railroad will be finished. A survey has been made to contiuue ir. about ono hu-idrcd miles farther to-Kio' Clara, Ibutnopor 'i'ju of lt is under contract, and. gentlemen con versant with its affairs, imagine soBM time will .'apse before operations . to extend il: will com mence. At St Paulo we wero provided with animals to prosecute our j ours cy over a country almost without roads, for tho entire transportation in the interior is done on packs, except, that now and then, a bullock cartis seen hauling a: short dis tances, over roads which our wagons' certainly could not pass. These carts are nf tho most -primitive character, the wheels and a::les are fas tened together, and al) tum together in moving. Wo .lave often seen as many as ten oyen drawing 't one cart, and sometimes many maro, and not ?.arrying more than two thousand pcunds. The .ixen too, are as. fine a3 w<j hove evor reen. Our first aim was to examine a traci: of country lying between two mountain ranges, .trained and ?:onn ctcd with tho vf. by a navigable stream, .vhore wo were Informed, w?ro largo bodios of i uhKo lands, and thea to s irvey u. portion of country farther in the interior, whem we heard*, tere also public lands, and tb? se the' richest and healthiest of ?the province. Wo com nenccd o.ur tour on the'ISthpf December-1603, g?:ng to Itnp 51'aningufl, thu nearest pas? ovor the mountains to .Tnr-deVination, huton arriving th?re. learned .he utter impracticability of crossing. Neither omn nor btast could pan at that p?nt From t?nico to X ir eric a, a little town on the river ] pe, the head of navigation, which we dc?ir reich, it was forty miles or less, and we wer vised it would take five days to reach it, nil provisions for man' or animal on tho road, al. o beard from'what we deemed good anthe that although the lands were rich, tho climat al.mg-tho great mountain range of this c wi ich separates the interior from the seaboai so damp, that cotton and corn can not bo suci fully-produced. Somo Ono' laughingly repa: that it rained throe hundred and sixty-six i in the year -on the Big Sierra, as they call mountain range in Brasil. It was thorefore pi that we cither had to abandon this part of trip or the-other, and hero we agreed with GASTOK, that he should go over tho mount and examine the lands in that direction, ,v! j we turned in the other. The Doctor promise give us a full account of his investigations, we encased to do the same for him. This all subsequently dene, and his report to us bo apponded to this. We therefore changed course towards the interior, in the directioi Botucutu and Lencoes, whore we heard tl were public lond?, but on our arrival there, foi i- a mistake. All the lands were owned by ] va to pnrries. From St. Paulo to this place, the direct roa'o. is ?tb-ut one ht. >dred aud-f mil ij. Thr present terminus of tho R. E. is rc;i or twenty miles nearer. Tho nod, if ri lt may be called, leading to it, pa-.;us-ovcr a tr o? ?0?.Try, except for ?cinc twenty or forty mi . ?.all'd hero campo,-without treosor other grot upo'a it than grassland a few small bu.-hes. 'J lands on these cumpos are not cultivated at : but used fur pastures. Thc people here conti hst if ploughed, they would produce well, 1 .)<? one hus tried it. In our opinion, th. y aro i ?n'tfor farming purposes. As-intimated abo -here aro some superior farming lands on t route, and we saw cotton that would make c thiMisuud pounds per acre, or more, and corn ll would yield twenty-five or moro bushels por ac all cultivated with the hoc Wo saw cotton in 'stages of growth,-some just planted, and to: up fivo or six inches,-somo in full bloom, a some planted the year previous, with bolls opt Wo also suw cotton gins at work, driven by ste? by water and by hand. All tho cotton here is good quality. The traveller in going from St. Paulo to Bol catu, with the exception of th es o twenty or mc miUs of good farming lands, tnd a patch woodland now and then in which are usually house and a small field, planted in corn and heat will say he has travelled over a vast plain u friendly to agriculture ; and so, in our opinion is. But in the midst of this extensive campo plain," or if you please, barren waste, sudden rises up a mountain or succession of inountair. about fifty or sixty miles long, by ten or twel miles wide, evidently of apeculiar volcanic form tioo. As this mountain District was the most i tere.? tin g visited, wc examined it with the greate care, and satisfied ourselves that it contained tl richest lands we had 'ever seen. This immcm and inconceivably fertile tractis owned, and, some oxteut, cultivated by small farmers. Ask man "bow much land do-yow own," andbiausm reply is " I do not know exactly, but it is fou six, or ten miles long, and from. four to six mil* broad." The lands of Brii7.il, except in rare ii stance?, havo not been .surveyed, and ito one wit whom we have conversed on this subject, V.nor. bow" much land he owns.-All guess. We saw cir growing cn these lands, which would yield mor than fifty bushels per acre. The timber is cu down, allowed tu lie and dry for two months, com monly, und thon set on fire. AU the timber nc consumed by the fire, remains just-as the fire lol it, till it rots. Then usually with a stick-sharp ened at tho end, sometime*) with a hoe-a hole i made in thc ground, the seed, from fivo to lei grains, put into this hole and covered with th foot, and this is all tho cultivation thc crops re ceive. "Corn, cotton, rice, sugar cane, - tobacco coffee and all the Tropical fruits grow here ii frreat perfection. We saw peaches and grape; also ut good quality. The most of these land, are exempt from frost,-tho health of thia regioi is said to be unexceptionable-tho water of tin purest freestone, and tho water-power equal tc any in the world. Stock of all kinds, hogs anc cat ie especially, nre superior. Tho usual deptt of soil is supposed to bc thirteen feet, but it i: known to be twenty or more in some places. Il this tract of country hud convenient and easy communicatiif? with thc trade of the world, il lhere night ho any to ?qual, there could certainly bo none to surpass it. Its present outlet is by the Railroad, one hundred and twenty-fivo miles to its terminus, and from eighty to'one hundred tulles \>y it to Santo*. Another eutlet may be open od for it aerosj tho l?g Sicrraulludod toabovo. In that direction, it is from -eighty to one hun dred miles to steamboat navigation. These Inndrrcan bc purchased ?ii from one te two'.l??ar? piT-a.'rc, and somo tracts or parcels with considerable improvements. li' a large number of families ire in thu States should settle there", wc havo been assured official ly, t?l?'.'gooil road? will l c opened up immediate ly ; ana" UTspracticable to connect thia District by R. R. with the St. Taulo II. lt.. or by R. R. o'ver tho Big Sierra t<> thc head of navigation. Bunning parallel willi Ibis mountain range is th" riv :r Time, and"for about Iwenfy injlos dis tant, . r-iih'-r sido of'whjfb, arc lands of thc best quality, producing br?ry dcecriptiofi Strops, except coffee, in thc greatest perfection and abun dance. There were some fi- Ids of as good, ii not better cotton than we ever saw before and without doubt the best " cultivated graso," whole fields of whioh were from five to seven feet high, and eaten by the animals with the greatest avidi ty^ There too, we found cern good enough for any country. Fifty bushels per r.crc is a small estimate for it Our information is, that for more than one hundred miles down this valley, tho samo quality of land continues. It bolongs to private individuals, and cnn bo bought at from fifty to sevonty-fivo cl.-:, pur acre. It is proper to mention herc, that tho territory forty or fifty miles south of tho mountain range above referred to, is in tho hands of tho indians. Thc lauds in this valloy wo believe to bo as good for cotton as ang in the United States. Tho ordinary estimate of this crop is from two to three thousand lbs, with but little cultivation. Tho character of tho soil is what is usually calbd with-us "Mulatto," and its depth from eight inchos to fivo feet But a great objection to this exceedingly fertile valley is its liability to chills, which are sometimes ma lignant. In describing these lands more ?partioularly, it is perhaps proper to remark that tho mountains, though rising to a considerable hoight, havo usu ally several long slopes almost level in ascending them, and the larger portion of them is levol enough for cultivation. You go along a- slope slightly ascending, for several miles, then up a steep i scent for a half milo or so, to anothjr ' long sbpo almost level, and so on till you reach ; the summit, which is also a large level tract, from a half to two miles wide. Thia land is nearly all " terra roccha," of the first quality. Tho woods are apparently one immense canobrake, though ! the catie ia muoh larger than that grown in the States, and called here " bamboo." Timber is aband-nt ; including furniture wood of the finest grain, and that most aili table and required fox 1 ?bir-bttildiDg. gt Wo have been particular in tho deacriptio these lands, for if .a number of oar people g Brazil, the Districts of Botucatu and Lcncoes, the adjoining rands pf the Tiete river, constil the section we advise them to examine. In opinion, a splendid, future awaits this portioi the province. . - We saw other goodlands,, but they were i high state of cultivation, for Brazil, and co not bc purchased for less than twenty-?ve, fi and a hundred dollars-per acre, since they w planted in coffee. At Arraqaarra, about, tro hi dred milos from St. Paulo, a tract of country, Facienda aa it is called there,-is o fibred ."or sc by Dr. GAVIAS of St. Paulo, containing from ( hundred nud forty to one hundred and eigl thousand acres of land for one hundred andtwi ty-five thousand dollars, on a crodit of ton fifteen years if desired. We examined this, a suppose that from fifteen to twenty-five thonsa ecres of it are of good quality, -including soi coffee binds, and would produce corn, sugar k to perfection. A large portion of it is campo,.! the best quality of campo wo have seen in t province. The other'is woodland, and will pi duce corn and cotttra very 'well. The fifteen twenty thousand acres of good land alluded above is " terra roceha" a? the Brazilians term which moans land of inexpressible richness ai fertility. Upwards of two hundred of very fii cattle aro included ja. this great bargain ; and dwelling house, some outbuildings and. one .hu dred acres of cultivated Jand comprise, the ii provemonts ou thc place. Each of us hus a mi of this groat private domain and will furnish it any ono who desiresjt, with all the inform, tb we have in regard.tc* its advantages. Lands which Ho too. low for coffee, nro ve J little estimated by thc Brazilians, and in li District of Cumperras, within twenty or thin miles of tho B. R. arc sumo very fine farms, this description, with go-d improvomrnts, wi.ic cati be purchased, for from twa to fi. c dollars pj acre. Much of these lands nre- " terra rocuha and all of them will produce corn, su^ar cut and cotton, udniiraWy. Two gentlemen "from tl States, ono from Alabama and thc other fro Louisiana, have already purchased and se tilt there. Br. Gaston reports that after overcoming tl difficulty of passing tho mountains, and tho dat gcrs and fatigue incident thereto, he pushed h investigations in the- direction of Iguape an Cannaneo, and found large bodies of puLlicdand which although not so rich as tho " terra roccba of the interior, yet producing liwe orops of cn sugar cane, rice, tobacco, and, in some instance coffee. The few. days he remained there, tb weather was plcaean?fand tho transportado easy and cheap, costing less than one half of tb price from the interior. He thinks it healthj except on tho water courtes, and the price of th lands is only twenty-two eta per acre, on a crodi of fivo years without interest. Several ramil it from Alabama and Texas havo already settle there. We hope tbis^ section may be as des?r?bl as the Doctor imagines, for it is immediately 01 ono of the routes to a seaport, from tho exceed ingly fertile District! described above, and th .improvements of its rcxritory-wiJl assist; in th settlement of thc other". " The river lcuape i navigable fur steamboats a? fur up as Xirerica distant from tho District we ha# chosen abou one hundred mi lp.-, but unlike the Ticte, ?IP ravi gaiion-is uninterrupted by falls and shoals. *Wc deem it oar duty to ?tato, that the price 0 negroes bas decreased one half during our !taj in thc Empire. It is said that thc outside senti ment is thp cause. At any rate all classes ngrci thnt tho day is not distant when emancipator must come. We have heard of somo gangs 0 negroes including men, women and children, be ing offered by tho year for fifty dollars euch though the usual price is from sixty tn a hundred and twenty. For plantation hand?, the hir :r pays all expenses. The law requires tho purchasers of lands tu pay six per cent cash, one time, on their prime cost, os a tax to tho government. With this ex ception, tho farmer, we believe, never pays any tax during life. Wc will also mention, that it is thought by well informed persons, that this small burden will soon be removed from all immigrants. The health of the table landa of this Province, is represented by the native and foreigner as rcry youd, with tho exception of the flats' and lew grounds near tho larger rivers, which nre .subject to chills and intermittent fevers. A few specr'tic diseases as Goitro and Leprosy are seen. Cases of thc latter appear but seldom, tl ongh a consid erable number of tho former aro observed among thc poorer classes. It is thought generally to bo produced by poor diet, damp houses ?fcc. The temperature also throughout the table lads, notj withstanding we were there during the summer" months, varies from 56 to 30? in tho shade. Du ring winter, it varies generally, we understand from 40 to 155?, though somofimes it comes down to the freezing point producing icc. In Santos, tho seaport of this Province, about forty-five miles from tho table lands, and about throe thousand feet lower, thc mercury varied during the years 18G3 and '64, from 67.1 to 83.2. viz: January 8.3.3, February 82, March 79, April 77.3, May 09.9, Juno 69, July 67.1, August 67.5? September 70.3, Octobor 71.6, November 7-1 C, December 78.2. Tho principal objections to thc country are the language, Portugeso, thc mixed doss of its popu lation, und thc want of proper facilities for edu cation and Un usp or U (ion, though it apueurs from ait thc 'acts we could gather, that there is astoady iuiprot einen t ?? ibo two lutter objections. This report would be incomplete und unsktit* factory, if concluded without a statement ot tim prices, particularly for tho necessaries cf life. The cost then of clearing forest lands according to the custom of the country, is fgum $1.50 to $2.00 per acre. Horses, domesticated, can be bought for from $20, to $40; unbroken, from $15 to $30; mares, from $5 to $10 ; Jacks, from $50 to $100; pock mules, from $25 to $30; riding mules, from $10 to $80 ; unbroken in lots, from $12 to $15; fat hogs weighing two bundrod pounds each, from $5 to $S ; breeders and pigs, in proportion : Sheep from $1.50 to $3.00 inferior and scarce; goats, from $1 to $2; milk cows, ia lots, from $8 to $10 ; single, $12 to $15; oxen fat, from $12 to. $20; work oxen, from $30 to 40; corn usually from 50 to 75 cts., though during this summer, there has been a great scarcity, caused by a drought, during last soason, said to be the firs't for nearly twenty yoars. We poid from 75 cts. to $3.00 per bushel. Beans aro worth from $1 to $1.25 per bushel ; rico from $2 to $3 ; coffeo from 7 to 10 cts per lb ; leather from $3 to $5, per side ; sugar from 6 to 8 eta. ; rum from 25 to 30 cts. per gallon ; banannas, limes and lemons 1 from ? to-? ct. eaoh ; orangos from i to 1 ct. each, and pineapples abundant, and in season, from 1 to 2 cts. each. Tho above are the prices furnished us by citi zens in the interior. In the larger Towns, most of those products, particularly fruit, aro mueh higher. Tho religion of tho4 Stato is Catholic, though dj others are tolerated, still no Protestant is al' lowed to build a steeplo or place ? Cross on bli Church. Should ever our people he lisposod tc immigrato to Brazil, it Is of the utmost importance that there should be a concort of action amour, them. If they contemplate going in any 'consul ' ?rable numbers, preliminary arrangements ehoulc i bc mano for shelter ^nd aib?btcnco, ?md all 0: . them should settle within a reasonable di one another. If this important conside: lost sight of, many Trill, it is feared,* beco satisfied for the want-ofproper association bors'Ao., and tho result-will bo, that tl have to move to other American settlem be morgcdj in a short time, "in ^he-foreign by whichjthey w:!l be surrounded. A fe lies, or a few dozen families can find amp sisterice and stiol'ter in ?'most of "the sett visited by'us, but if moro than these pn settle far in rho interior, at the samo t would advise them in order to .avoid disa meut and. distress, to'make ample prep before doing soi Notwithstnndinjr we utte words of caution, tho citizens assure us th will have plenty to subsist a very large i of immigrants, and in some cases have, ' with, that generosity peculiar to the first < Brazilians, to divido half, their subsistant us, without compensation. This offer ii corn, sugar, coffee, rice-?c. Floor cannot -in the interior, as there is np wheat grown Paulo, though we understand, that at on wheat was ono of tho principle articles of from this Province. Wc believe from the c ter of the best lands," that it could be prow perfeot success.- . . . ' . ' The goV?fnment- allows ?ll -itnurigruM2 tro-hice.'for t^eir'owrVuse", froc'of duty, al Slea cT prir>jc nccfrsity, steh nslools of all "'.tgrns, gear, machinery', furniture Ac. should not be forgotten by'th? ?migrun?, tho interior, you will* find only thc ave, h-ink, and bullock oi.rt, ind they, except th of the rudest mafiofaetofer- Ploughs eau L .oTy in thc' l?rgc-r To'wr.pyhnd-- none havo on by ns'that arc suitable- -for the ordin?r; : i ration of tho products of this country. Seed of every variety, especially for the ga . h"uld be carried in bottles, securely co Clothing, shoes, hats^ dry goodi' ic.,' cn bougbtchoapcriu Brazil than in the United S ilmvy shoes for plantation use, however Scarce in ibis market. They should bc I frt.m thu States, und also plough-gear ol'al scriptions, as well as cooking utensils. Pei it would be advisablo for each fi.ru?ly to pr themselves with a suitable cooking steve, as will find no chimneys in the interior, brick-s and expensive, and stone not very abundar the vicinity of tho best landa. ." . Transportation from New York th Rio D' neiro by tho "mail steamer has been' rcduc ?200 in gold, second class S100, children a creast without cost, from twelve to fourteen, prico, under twelve, one third. All emigran Brazil arc allowed a discount on this lino < percent.: tho first class paying $140, om second.classes $70. But we cannot telHf asir deduction ia allowod the children. Th- steamers on Ibis line make tho tri] twenty-six days, having to touch at several pl in tho dischargo of their duties. Passage ca had on a good sail vessel- at most of the por the United States, nt from $75 to $100 fur tho class, and for the second class, at much less, haps ono half the time hoing from forty to s days. Fr. m Rio to Santos, the principal sea of. St.Paulo it would cost about ?20, though see that tho Government has gcnerously issu that burthen itself, and from thence ta 'he i rior, you can pass over a Railroad for about nil miles. Wo have already furnished you will abridged report of Ibo law of Brazil, Jetting fi all thc points in which the emigrant is ?nteres and will cot elab?ralo thereon in this cxtea communication. In conclusion, you will pardon us for mdulg in some general observations, as thc truthful suit of our ei*pcrk-nco. Tho vast domain of li zi! contains the mo.-t fertile soil in tho I." nive: and ra-rc cheap hinds to ullnro tho emigrant ti any other nation under thc suu. Fer thc sup of thc millions tbat will roon bc flocking to heres, sbc abouuds in the precious metals i . jtly gems, and in the most valuablo produ known to commerce. " Tho cuttle upon a tin sand hills" are hers, and may bc youri, und su cattle ns man never beheld in any other elli The earth yiulds almost spontaneously, the gn and fruir, and vegetable?, tLat mo?t delight t palate ami satisfy thc w.ants of men. To ?rat: the sportsman, the woods aro full of game, deer, of wild hogs, and partridges and quails, a of the most delicate birds of every lino and every description, whilst her innumerable rive and water courses teem with fish of the groatt variety and tho finest flavor. And if the peoi do not catch and cat, it is only because her otb productions are so highly prized that they dec it wiser to devote their time to those, and to "fi: with silver hooks." Thcro is nothing that rn: needs or can fancy, which ho may not raiso procuro herc, with tho least imaginable toil. II water power is sufficient to drive all thc machin ry in the world, and her natural and matcri resources ure equal to thc support of thc po'puli lion of China. Below Rio, tho Seasons hr? precisely oppose 1 ours, their spring or planting season, beginnic wit h thu bcgiiiuing ot' our Kail, and their eumiu< beginning with our first, ano! ending willi our lo winter month. But that nothing may bc wautin for tho encouragement ol' tho agriculturist, in tb happy regii-n, unlike most of the other purtioi or the habitable Globe, thc summer is its wei, uu the winter its dry season, and it3 good lau. never wash away. It may bc asked however,. what uro tho hit drancus and drawbacks to tho population and di velopment of this wondrous territory? Whit natural enimios has lt to man, end to thc product of tho earth, what wild ferocious animals, an enormous reptiles to disturb his repuec, and wlin noxious insects to dostroy tho fruits of his labor When we answer these questions frankly, you wi! be amazed nt. tbe hallucinations under which yoi have labored all your lifo. Wo'traversed on Provinco for over a thousand miles, taking si: months from our departure hence, to make ou explorations, and during the whole of that period wo discovered no ravonous beasts worth uamin? aud only throe or four serponts of diminutiv? sito, and no moro to be feared than those seer every day in your fields and forests. The insect: that prey upon the crops, including tho red ant aro not so destructivo as thoso which infest om richest lands, and thcro ls no rust, or suflicien t fros to chock er obstruct tho growth of their beautifu cotton, Moreover, sinco the memory of man thero has boca no earthquake there, no subtcrra naan fire, no Volcanic eruptions to appal tho heart; or to disturb the security of its inhabitants, ont its men and women live to a ripor,old age that even* in this onoo favored country. Though there aro a few legal and religious ot canonical impediments to tho foreigner or e ui grant, such as that ho rr ay not roach one or l.w< of the highest offices if the State, and may not if a Protestant, erect a Cross upon his Church yet the whole spirit of Brazil is opposed to mci hindrances, and a mighty and united effort is r.ov being made, with the most certain prospects o success, to place the naturalized citizen and tb native Brazilian on an exact equality, in all rights in all privileges, and iu all honors that the Gov i crnment can bostow. i Tho constitution of tho Empire is modele? i after tho British, abating some of the'moat objec . ! t* jnablo features, such as the rights of prirnogen - ' iture, and a hereditary nobility, and the workinj I'of tho government is harmonious, steady, jos f I and po wjrfuL Tho Emperor il a wiso ami mag n?nimous Ruler, sprung from.an ptclkeni illustrious race, and> ready\t all times to scond to any man or thing, compatible wi dignity of his crown, for the advancement interests and the glory, of fis country. JJ his ministry, and indeed, his entire poople, t to bo animated and actuated by tho some cnl "and-generona *iews of the_ future greata? tho.destirjy of his'Wide and magnificent..] The foreigner on entering his dominions fii prejudices to combat, ho trntiptfthieii to avoi a liberal Meister ready to wefooine, and a Lotion ro.grect him, .and a Sovcrcigtf' to,offe the powerful protection of" his government. . A large society.for.tho promotion, if emigi baa been organized, and some of t be ables most honored personages ia the com try appi its directors, Its special objects are to ni< tako caro of tho foreigner onlsis larding, tc tect him from want as well as from the frau the designing, and .to vindicate his right! privileges before the Governmentand the con of^be natlqn. The Government hi s a?s? e lished a Hotel for thc shelter and ac :ommodi of the same class of individuals.. C ?rp.? of < neers and-surveyor^ JI.ITO been >apj)o.inted to road? and surrey*Jan.d.Jr and themis ? spontan I nirfveiaeat of -tuc wbule Empire to open wid arms for ?ho men of enterprise and labrr ol nations who bavo u-xiind to seek tH gran 'b?a'j-c for:thc exercise of their energies anx Ji.-pTay of their goniin over presented on the 'o?'tho ?rreen earth. t " ' '.-..>. Very respectfully, .Your^obedient servants, . . ?> . -*R0BT. MER.RX*t'i"ETHi!l H.A. SHAW; ----? -- Homicide. Hr. Lemuel Lane,, of this district, was 1 tidly murdered fist Friday night, by?a ni jier pt' freedmen, together with one ot' yvliit?jnenj as weare, informed.. The inst ment used was-an ase or hatchet. It appe , thai be was.hMcep ond?r the-shade of-a la u'ee near thc door, of bis dwelling, wit little son" by*his side. The party stealtl ii.proachcd tho sleeper,.and with one blow despatbed thu uufortunatc ?uan, v passed, apparently^'without" a groton or ni mur, to the eternal world|-for bis little ? ! ?lept calmly on, unconscious of his latbt "mel fate. Mr. Lane had in bis poese-* between eight and nine ^thousand dollars gold, which was the key to this a'rocious sign. His daughter, eldest son aiir? Sir. Hell ? a guest, escaped. The two latter were c ried some distance and tied, but sccceeded liberating themselves. It is believed that l party, after getting the gojtl, mad j a gene distribution, then stealing a quautiiy ot mc whiskey and two mules, went in tbe directi uf Columbia. Before daylight, -Saturd morning, as soon as a few men could be ?} ' together, pursuit was made. Burnt ringe i the ways ot Providence. It would szem tl two of the party, arriving near Columb met several little boys at play, and accosti them, asked if there was-not 3 nigh cut acrt. to the Charlotte Railroad, which was j swered in the affirmative ; also if there w oot a spring near by. The boys went wi th?m to point out the spring, when, in s tor ing to drink, a bag of money fell from cte ?ibeparty, which'-excited an exclamation surprise from the boys. They wrrehush up with an oath and a threat. Th? men th ?eft Ibo spring, and tbe boys, alarmed, we home and informed. Pursuit was :hcn ma by several citizens of Colombia, wherenpi the party discovering their pursaeis, instar !y ran in opposite directions. They wou not halt. One was shot and the other ca j tured. Thc man sbet was recognized by colored boy wno formerly lived here, as Jo! Counts, alias John LJawkins, the other w confined in the Columbia jail. John Conn lind eighteen hundred dollars in spode aboi his person. The otLcr, who gave his name i Cook, bad a small amount of momjy, and pistol with Mr. Lane's name engraved thereo We understand that twelve or thirteen ni under arrest -jere suspected of complicity i the murder.-Newberry Herald, 1st inst. From*the Columbia Carolinian we cull th following additional particulars of %the li mentable aud fiendish murder of Hr. Lane It is now definitely known that seven persons were engaged in tho murder of tb unfortunate victim, and ail the circvinstance indicate that ikey bad prepared the way fo ihe committal of tne crime. Two young mon named Heller end Lani (a son of the.murdered man,) were asleep 01 the piazza and were awakened to fivd H whit man and three or-four negrors standing ovr 'bern. By these they were bound and-kep tinder guard, the killing having already t?kei place, and the robbery of e p.-onuVs o ui Qicnced. Scarcely anything of value wa If fr, even to the bacon and provision::. Then were S8.5O0 in geld aod silver and :'<2,200 it '/reenbacks in thc house, all of -which w< learn was taken. Ai goon rei the robbers had disappeared :!;"! young men freed themselves fi om theil ?nd.?, and then for ?tito first time tho ful measure ol thc cym'.' was made knewn. Thc i'ar;:i was immediately given and bartie! commenced to -earch for tho perpctiators. Une or the teamsters on tho plantation who but recent I j' accompanied Mr. Lane tc 'Columbia, was arrested and made "x> bring back n quantity of bacon, which be did aftei Ihe lat .ne of an hour ; and, on a second trip? \chich lasted only filtoen minutes, he brongbt hack more, bacon and thfdogs that JiadpH vwuily been taken ?wnj. He is said to be ihe brother ol' the ?jan John, killed near Co lumbia by Mr. Starling, and with three others \* confined in the Newberry jail. Of the white man nothing is yet known. .GENERAL BEAUREGARD IN FRAM E-Thc .correspondent of thc New*York Times, wri ting from Lon lon, says : General Beauregard was well received in England, in private circles, but I do not leSrn that he had the slightest official recognition. But in France it was far otherwise. He was 6ent for? by tho Emperor, with whom ho had a long confidential interview at the TuMleries. after which he conversed with two Ministers of State, M. Roucher and M. Drou> n de L' Huys, and was taken in a State carriage to the Legislative Chambers. It io reported also that he has had and declined tho offer to take command of the Roumanian army. The Emperor Napoleon, in these polite attentions to the Confederate General, ia carrying ont the" principle of perfect neutrality to the end, and makes no distinction between Federal and Confederate, except, perhaps, to treat the latter, as tho conquered party, with a more delicate consideration. To tho Emperor, General Beauregard ia only a bravo and ac complished soldier, of the merits of whose cause he will not pretend to judge. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.-A horrible tragedy was enacted in Caldwell county, Kentucky, on Thursday last. Andrew Alexander, sixty years of age, had; frequent and violent quar rels with his wifi?. Earljj on Thursday morn ing, when both man and wife were alone in the house, the wife shot her husbatd twice killing him instantly. Alexander's son wat at the barn, and hearing the roporls of tht pistol, went to the housc^ As he entered tia door his step? mother turned a?d fired upoi . him twee, slightly wounding him each time ' He fled fo tho nearest neighbor's for assis ' tance, and while op the way he heard the re I port of the pistol again. When the oeighbon t arrived they found her dead in the yara, she - having shot herself. Philosophy tar the Times? Let those who will, reptne at fate, ' ' .And. droop theit-headg vita sorrow j I laugh when.cares apon mo wait ?I JCDOW they'll leiivo to-ra orto ir. My purse is light, but whr.t of that ? . My heart' ia light to match it, And if I tear my only coat, I lapgh the while I patch it I'vo seen some elves, who call themselves My friends, in Summer weather, Blow far 'away in Borrow'? day, "Ar winds would blow a tether. I never grieved to see them go ' . (Ibo rascals, "who wonld theed 'em?) For what's the use of having -friends, If false when most you need 'em 7 . '?? - ' I've-toen some rich in worldly gear, . * Eternally repining; . .Their heart's a prey to every fear Wuh. gi ad D? i? never shining*. I would not changer my lightsome heart, ' ? For all their, wealth'and sorrow ! For that.'? a thing that all their wealth . Can neitherb?g nor borrow. . . And still ss sorrows come to rae, As sorrows sometimes .ooma-" . I find the way to maire them flee,. Is bidding'.tbenrright .welcome. "They cannot Drooka cheerful look.; They re used to sobs and sighing ; And he that meets them with a smile,. Js sure to' meet them flying. -"?-.??"-? The Memphis Riots. . The report of the majority of the Commit tee appointed by Congress to investigate all the matters connected with the late Memphis riot, is j dst'what was expected from the Radi cal character of its members. It is, a? was doubtless designed, a i?rty report; It will be ?sed as a campaign document for the ex r remists against the restoration of ike South. It lays tire whole blame of the occurrence ?ipon the officers of the City i?overnmecr and. . ?ie Electors' of Memphis-? It declare* th at ; !,ere is u? loyalty there either to the Gove* n nejit or the flag. It charges that while p-o fessing to accept the situation, that its people a re "inspired with deadly hatred to-the Gov ernment. ' Nor does the report stop here. , I? ur.r'er ukes to affirm that (he sentiment of the "Sooth u not one of acquiescence in the" results of ?he war, but there still exists/t hope that thc ioctrine of secession"may yet be vindicated. In the words of tho report, '"they believe iu the doctrine of secession the same as ever. Though they have been beaten by arms, they asser*. and maintain that the principle is tko same and hope for its vindication." It recom mends that the Sooth should be kept under .ni itary surveillance, that the alleged offon >rs should be arrested, tried'and'punished by tho military authorities, and not before he civil tribunals of thc country, and that a tax should be levied upon ibo citizens o? Mt-'mpkis.sufficieut to cover the losses of ail property destroyed. Mr. Shanklin, of Kentucky, dissented from the feport. It thus appears that Congress, on the heel of its adjournment, is- determined to manu lacture .ill the capital il can" for the great issue "before the people in the ensuing fal: elections. When will the people cf the North allow truth and reason to be beard and recogni-/.! and.eatitr.ate these documents at their prot r worth, as feared and intended, not for the advancement of a common unity, but to ?ti f?ame pasaion and prejudice, and thus aron si* a sectional agitatiou, by means of whic!< alone a sectional party will be able to ma : - tain its power and rule over liberty with a roiof iron.-Charleston Cdurkr. *-?? ~o- * TUE MORALS OF WASHINGTON UNDKK RADICAL AuaricES.-Thc Washington corres oo.udent of the New York Watchman, a ti l? gious journal, thus depicts thc state of mor als at the National Capital under Radical auspices : " Licentiousness and drunkenness are thc prominent features of Washington life this season. Members of( Congress spend their afternoons and evenings in billiard and drink ing saloons, and their nights in houses of ill-fame or assignation. Five-sevenths of the Republican members of Congress spend their nights in licentious dissipation. While a majority of the Democratic members Ure working for the goi? of the country, the op position, relying on its majority, goes in for a good time," so called. Washington, under Abolition auspices, is the most licentious, de praved city in the Union. Drinking sal.* UH. ?.ambling houses-of prostitution and assigna tion are about the Capital as side-show: are about a circus. Harlots and niggers cco.py i he galleried, smile on their pet members 01 the floor, and throw kisses to the " Gua and morality" representatives of honest constitu encies. Sad, sad indeed, but eyery word true. Let us hope that, the next election wi'l send here a different class of men. . MALCOLM." GREELEY ON THE COMING CIVIL WAR. Greely, in his paper of Wednesday, says : " If any one needs the assurance that "tho Radi cals" have no idea of engaging in a rebedion, . then we solemnly assure him that they have never thought of suoh a thing. There has been some apprehension of an attempt; back d by the President, to thrust ex-rebels into Congress by force, in defiance of the laws of the land ; and some thought has been given to the proper means of resisting such gross usurpation, should it be attempted-as we have no fear" that it will be. That is the - foundation-and all the foundation-of Mr. Raymond's preposterous Roorback." A SLANDER SUIT IN MISSISSIPPI.-A ven erable widow lady, in Macon, Miss., in the course of a tea-party conversation, intered some insinuations against*the character f a young lady, an orphan, residing in the ^<rue city. The young lady was plucky, at A un willing to have her reputation, her only pos session, taken from her in that. wa., the old lady was Indicted for slander. Tho hr .dot latitude was given to the examination of wit? nesses, and every incident in the lifo of the complainant was made the sub/ect ol' inc,ni y. Sushacase naturally created mach excite ment in the-neighborhcod. Not a stain co- ld be fastened upon the young lady's character, and the jury brought in a verdict of gui rv, five members uniting in a recommends; ?. ?f mercy on account of the age and iimrmity cf the defendant. The Court, in an impr- s ive raamv.r, sentenced the slanderer to b? tined five hundred dollars and be imprison i-d six months. On hearing this, the yourf: -indy who was the subject of the slander boret into tears and implored the Court io remit ihe sentence, declaring that her only object w is the vindication of her character, and s lis t she had no "vindictive feelings. Her pier, 'or mercy was successful, and the fine and rn? prisonment were remitted. tS^Somo broto bas stolon tho foo?-stoni om the grave of little Joe DaviB, at Hollywood, [need there as a mark of affection by the little I ?cd giris of Richmond. pf A" couple of Frenchmen an nco ed in , Paris that they have discovered-ibo phil' ? peer's ? stone, sind are prepared to convert wire, ti >. cop. i ( per, Ac, Into gold at the shortest notice. : irtles i having the precious metal on hand hud better close :4 out at once for whatever it will brisg. ?