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only' lovely when her face, is brightened
by theOndy smile of. pleasure 7 -like„the
eartb,,r4:,ten t'hosiou4of,heaven',o lightning
ichßrge,O. , ~!3'OlY 'pall th e' ,skyi so she , in
anger's tempest, or, when theatorm's reign
of sorrow faili; losei her beauty. ,
Three rttrs, have ,elapsed since the
sc:en i c),9f..ctrod which opens this history.
- ,ln i a quiet, neat, cottage, in the prettiest
part of Illinois, stood two per Sons, a lady
and a gentleman, Who had been married
only ,six. months, whe pOssessed ampl e
. m'!.ans,tooommand all tho luxuries Orilla,
whO were , each strikingly handsome; both
young. They were quarrelling--Edward
Beldep's eyo was , sparkling with anger,
his, face was pale, his lips compressed, his
form was quivering with excitement.
His young wife Josephine, (the loveliest
belie of her, oi t tive phice Ives she.when she
woe his love)
,stood before him with ' her
ern:R.olod over her bosom; which was
heaving with emotiOa—lier largo full eye ',
not liquid with the dew of love, but gleam
,ing.like the eye of the tigress when she
seehs the hand that , robs her of her young;
hor small but graceful form quivering with
agitation.
"Sirl" said she, "Edward or husband,
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I , you, no mere- 7 - will 'bear your in
trilerant jealousy no,more---I will prome
triode when I please, go to every ball of
~ t he season, and dance with whim I please!'
"And espeeially with that well known
libertine Werner, lauppose," udded her
husband in a sarcastic tone.
4 , 1 suppose so', if it suits me, sir !"
"Josephine you will drive Inc mad!"
"I have no objectiOns, sir! You are bet
ter suited for a mad house than a lady's
h 9 nr 1 " ' -
"Madam,this is going too far !"
i 1 1
, e ,,on yfollow ,
your example, sir. You
liOv.:oarried your authority too far. I
,marrie d Yon to be your wife not aplcive!"
"And protrised obedience."
.. Pio 1 didn't : ; I skipped that hateful
word:'
"Josephine, if you persist in this course,
we must separate."
„Ilttit all my heart, sir.!" 1
i , ~ ..po ,you, mean this. Are you serious?"
4,‘sovey,wfis I more so, M. Belden !"
"pen your•creelty shall be gratified—
beforp,eight closes I will be on my way to
Oolifittoia—l go , to forget ihet lever knew
such,lflipartless woman., , Josephine turn
not, away yet, for I have a, few words which
i you „m 44, bear!" • ,
i , ‘,/lltst, sir and her bettetifullips curl
c,4 ',,,,,* sico,,rp n A s ,shesOke.
0 ,19 . .TseP,h, fl°,,,c°r, they re the last I
s tl ol eye'. spea t tr to you.: 'I Ilis is .the, first
t'ime•Lhave ever o upbraided, Yeu,' the first
time that my lit 4 lirtv9 aver uttered a harsh
yfard,to y,pu i • pr to ono of your sex. I have
bren• fOreed wade it by, yO,ur own condUct. ,
ou, )I . evp contradicted'. MY every wish- 1
yn,have permitted attentions from a man
rhora li ,deleit, that ne, married, woman
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qt yotg: life.. Farewell and.lo:7;evrr.
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y o sit t r,hFr lips and w i ns half uttered ; for 1
an,tbairtot,, the toonian i n her,
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lelOriteping, in his arms; and to ask a re ;
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and other poin ts, hoping that he might, re-,
teiiie them; and in these she implored
him 'to return, asked him to forgive and
Icon* back 'and love her.
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Six
,months passed away; six weary
months to her. Pale—her once round and
!plump' form, now thin—she sat whore he
lust stood when he parted from her forever.
A servant entered with a city paper.• She
tookit, her eye caught the heading of a
paragraph; '"California.News," one poo
-1 ment she gazed eagerly at it, when with,a
cry of 'agony, , she sunk senseless to the
floor. She had road that Edward Belden
I had been murdered by some robbers. For
weeks sho was confined to -her bed, and
when she rose she was so altered that no
one who had known her but a year before,
as a blooming bride could have recognized
her now.
She disposed of her property in Quincy
and departed, no , one knew whither; but a
rumor 'soon reached the city that she died
in a convent in St. Louis.
* * * * *
It was the most brilliant night of these - a 6
son. Xaupi was in his glory. His saloons
wore crowded with gay maskers, who, to
the sound of glad music, glided through the
whirling mazes of the dance. Yet, there
were some who did not dance, but enjoyed
the pleasure of the masquerade as much,
for covered with quaint masks, and in an
assumed character, they conversed with
others,• who were as unrecognizable as
themselves.
One tall, finely formed man, dressed in
the garb of a Spanish cavalier, seemed par
ticularly to enjoy the sport, for with a
permitted license of the mask, and assum
ing well the gallantry of the character
which he personated, he addressed every
lady that he met. But,' at last (it was af
ter midnight,) ho grew tired. , A lady
whom he had more than once addressed,
was seated on a sofa, and as she seemed
unattended, he presumed to take a seat be.
side her.
"You seem to be alone, fair "Demoi
selle V' said he.
"I am, eir, but not'quite unattended, a
lady' friend and her husband• accompanied
me here," she replied.
"Do we know each otherl" he replied,
"your voice sounds'familiar to my car."
, "We are unknown," she replied, "I
know no one here, no one on earth ; I
wish to know no ono; I came hero by the
urgent solicitation of friends, not to seek
pleasure but forgetfulness."
"Forgetfulness of what?'You who are
young and 'lovely, cannot have seen that
of which yeti Would wish to forget?"
"Yes, sir, hay(); but I cannot forget."
"Madam, beg you to excuse me, I
would like to see your face. I do not :
speak in the petinitted •tones of a master,
but I assure you that I dm exceedingly in•
terested in you. ''Your voice sounds' like
the music of earlier days, your gracefhl
Porn, that tapering hand, all cause 'the to
believe you are very beautiful. Will you
not gratify mydesire teeee your face??
"Excuse me gallant cavalier of Spain,
for ram unknown to all'peons except
the two who rife with me. I wish to re
,
main unknown." • '
"What a charm that very mystery
throWs around you?. Lady do not think it
idle cariosity. I beg you to , answer one
question. Are you married?" •
, "No sir, I am a widow."
"A coincidence—l am a widower. I
once possessed ono of God's brightest , pic
tures, and only was happy when she was
mine."
"Then ,you loved'her ?"
• "Lov'En.l •the world is too cold. I loved
her as the Miser loves his gold—as the
dechtedi Christian levee his God. I loved
RAI-only too milt: , But you seem agitated,
loved.---but sir, excuse me.
, I4feel , that I ought notice talk 'with, you- , - , 4
lOve,Ltroitam the memory of the dead."
"Nays stay, do not rise; do not leave et
least until 'you prornisette correspond with
me, to Permit ma to exchange ,sympathies
with: the only one but hly lost Josephine,
whom Llum.te iwar fel t interested in.'?
.14.16sephine V , '" !The !idyls' form Imm.
bled as she .spolte,: "Josephine, did you
say 1
. o That was the , Mimi , of the loveliest
wife that ever blessed men. It is but lately,
-by thodiScOvery,of aonie old letters, that
fogad ttliow Imuch misunderstood 'her
leal'Oharacter. t!,She is newt an angel in
heaven- 4 4 am left to mourn hei. -team
hero this night to 41401 meltinetioly;t to
try and forget rrivEleigicltamt glad 1 have
come, for in youl feet` that I have found a
:kindred spirit.l,.Will yott not, let me see
.your facet".... LI •) '
"Not now," she replied in a , soft tone ;
c‘aot now, perhaps, in ,tirrip; Ji may. Will
you (mower
_mg: a few yiestionsl"
"Certainly, fair lady:, - •
' ''‘sWere you ever in California V'
"I have. just -rosturned. from California,
k t Ira 'dventy i r s
w .1 ' 4 YI E T ManY' E ' "V a
I.l:7lneb,.were, year ears , as wiping
,I would
relate n's 'Othello told to Desdenienii his
hair-breadth escapes'?" ThelayYtigitatiiin
was :still v ible, though she endeavored
evidently 'to einitriil it. " •
"In truth I have, iwiy. 'l'hilve` laid dri
a each of suffering; for'oveiKauyilli from
' Clearfield, Pao, De
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wounds received in an affray from a band
of sobbers- 7 --have.been published as dead ;
have been 'word) a hundred thousand dol
lars, and within an hour have seen .the
scorching flames shrivel my whole for
tune to ashes.
"Will you tell me your true name, sir?"
"Will you, kind lady, permitono glance
at your face, or even let me see those lips
that speak so sweetlyr
''Not now time you may."
."On,the condition that you sign your
real name, which, it I err not, is Edward
Belden Ah, you start, it is so—it is so."
"Lady who aro you 'I How do you know
me? Speak, I am lost in surprise."
"I knew her whom you have lost—l
know your Josephine, and her last words
were, "if ever you see my Edward, tell
him I loved him better than life, that from
the hour ho 101 l me I was dead to All the
world."
"Had she road the rumor of my death?
I feared after I had read the mislaid let
ters, and heard of her removal from Quin
cy, that it had broken her heart and caus
„ed her death."
"She had heard the report, but some
thing whispered to her heart that you still
lived, and—l ought not to speak of it, yep
I solemnly vowed to her that I would en
deavor to find you if you lived, to bear
your blessings, and—"
The lady paused, seemed still more ag
itated.
"Go on, angel of kindness, go on—
your words are more than life to me."
."She bad? me, who had lost a noble
husband, try to win and wed you, to be to
you all that sho would have been, had she
lived to see you."
"Lady, I am already won—yet in lov
ing you,as I feel I must, I must love her
dear memory. This you will permit—
you who were her: friend, who , closed her
eyes."
"Yes, and you, if indeed we wed, must
call me . Josephine. I will. love you as
welli will strive, to make you as happy."
."You can, I know .you can. put now,
certainly you will permit mo to see your
face 1"
"No—a whim (for all women have
whims,) has seized me. If you will not
consent to it, I shall feel that you have
not confidence in me, and if you do not
confide in me before marriage we may be
unhappy afterward."
"Before you speak your wish I consent
to it. I know not why, but I feel that I
love you—that, with my honor, my very
tire, I would trust you. Ask what you
'lt is that until the, marriage vows aro
spoken bmween us, you do not see my
face. That even at the altar I stand
veiled I"
"What a ,romantic creature you are.—
lam dying to gaze upon your face!" •
"You promised to accede to my wish."
"True, and I do. But when shall the
happy hotir arrive that will permit me to
raise that envious veil, which like a cloud
that obscures the face of Venus in the sky,
casts a shadow on my heart.'.'
"Whenever you please."
"Then let it be to-night—now,' as soon
as we can find a' minister to perform the
sacred rites."
"You are indeed in • a hurry. llad I
net been well prepared by all that dear
Josephine had told me of your beauty,
your noble, but rather jealous heart and
your manly virtues, I should object to such
haste.' But as it is, assuring you that I
dearly love you, Edward, I consent to
whatever you propose."
""You 'bade me call yeu Josephine; I
will,, i for it is a dear name to me. Sweet
Josephine, it , is not late. You .have two
friends, a lady and a gentleman
,with you,
whomin you can • confide. I will call a
CartgeO, ,we will take them Long as
fridrids'end witnesses, and drive at ,once to
the Missonri Hotel; where I lodge. A min
ister shall be, sent for wo will be married,
and then that mask, that prettylbot to me,
most,ediotts musk, shall be thrown into the
fire, and your bright eyes and lovely face,
"for I know •you, are beautifpl, shall shine
out like sun', as it cites from • the
fleWery east. '
"Perhape you'may not find me so behu-'
tiful." The lady sighed as she spoke.
,
"So long as
./ near, your sw eet voice,
,shall love you neverthelw. Go find your
frienda; be ready, I will order a crriage.
• •10 , , *
It was' an hour later. In an elegant
-parlor:of the hotel, before spoken of, stood
,Edward Belden still in his cavalier dress,
but, unmasked, and by his• side the fair
stranger whom ho had met at the ball, but
she was, yet masked. His fine form and
manly face now bronzed by exposure, eli
cited the admiration of all who werepres
ent, for he had invited the guests of the
house to, this singular. wedding. A. scar
whichsearned • his high brow did not im•
pair his beauty.
The minister , arrived. The usual pre
lirninary questions were asked.,-the cere
mony procerieded and Edward Belden and
his new found love were
eyes
man
and wife. Then all eyes Were 'turned' to
wards the bride. As her husband laid his
hand upon the masli jR troinblOd
ember 24, 1852.
clement, her form quivering too, with ag
itation.
He lifted the mask. Two tearful eyes,
tearful with joy—gazed up in hie own—a
soft voice murmured Edward, my own
Edward !"
"Josepine, my God ! have you come
down from Heaven to bless mel Me you
living; is it, can it be my long-lost, long
mourned wife I"
"Edward we are married a second time;
we will never part a second time I"
"No—no I Now, I am HAPPY !"
BRIEF DISCOTBSE.
BY THE CHAPLAIN OF THE N. Y. DUTCIEtIAN.
Text —The gods destroy not.
Ye destroy yourselves.—ClCEß,O.
This text, my beloved was furnished
me by a very dear friend, and I unhesita
tingly endorse it from muzzle to tail. I
am aware that some of my cetemporaries
deem many of you-to be "vessels of wrath
fitted for destruction," but It's a libel, my
friends, upon our good Fathers ; unless
you of your own accord choose to dash
out your brains against the wall. Many
of you are your own enemies, and though
Providence is trying hard to make some
thing of you, like a foolish calf you bite
the teat through which you are sucking
the milk of Mercy, and then complain be.
cause you are kicked into the mire of Mis
ery,-by the indignant hind-leg of Provi
' dential forbearance!
Could the scales of Stupidity but fall
from yout eyes, you would see that holy
angels are around you, to guard you from
harm, even as sentinel thorns protect the
blushing rose-bud from the ruthless fin
ger of the spoiler.
Still you harden your hearts, as the
yolk of the egg becomes indurated by
boiling, and' rush on in your damning fel
, ly, like rain dripping down the peaked side
of a meeting-house roe' My friends,
Heaven is consistent, and works by rules
'as infallible as the Multiplication Tuble:
while you are free agents left to work out
your own will, like stray monkeys in the
top Gran apple tree ! It isof no use for you
to argue that you' are controlled by circutn.
stances more powerful than your own will,
for you will find the Book of Heaven to be
regularly posted up, and a balance strick
en, every day that goes over your heads.
Its all very well for you to pray, and hu
miliate yourselves, but unless your actions
are consistent, it will matter nothing
whether your legs aro bent in suppliance
or not, and you might wear off the knees
of your breeches a dozen times, without
having a stroke of the pen upon the credit
sido of the Ledger of Heaven.
It is certain, my friends, that Providenco
would , as willingly bring you all into the
greet Making of eternity as that a caught
fish would be delighted to be restored to its
native brook, but you knciw- that when we
are turned out like young' colts into the
meadow of life, it is at our own option
whether we jump over the bars of Discre
tion, or ngt.
There 'aro evils besetting the path of
life, that are as tempting and inviting to
you as cocoa-nuts tiro . to a rib-nosed ba
boon. And you too often, my dear flock,
yield to them, and fall into sin, like a boy
upon skates falling through a thin spot uplse
-
on the ice. You can't resist error, e
you won't I don't know which it is. You
sin a little, and like a cat after a dinner of
rrikm beef-stake you lick the chops of Sen
suality, and turn again to gnaw the miser n
.
able bone of Unholiness.. Then, whe
you find that it gripes the internals, and
irritate; the moral stomach like unripe
persimmons in the maw of an impudent
opossum, don't go to lay the blame at the
door of Providence, for if you do you will
find a sentinel angel posted there, who will
drive you away, like crows fleeting at the
sight of a revolutionary musket. My
friends, Heaven is merciful ! Like a ban
tam fowl surrounded by a brood of downy
ehicklings, it is providing for our every
want, and scratching up seeds and kernels
of Lovd for us, even out of the dung-hill
of Affliction. But, as I have already said,
if 'you choose to reject its care, and peck
at the poisonous apple or Disobedience,
you cannot complain when you are afflict,
ed by the gaps of Remorse. .1 would ad
vise you all to rush into the arms of mer
'cyl.;-live near to your Maker: and when
you are chastised for: your follies, run clear
into His arms, like a school boy when his
posairiors are ferruled by his schoolinis
-trds,'and the blow Will fall lightly in con
sequence of the propinquity of Him who
chastens who he loveth I Bemoral, my-be
loved,- be honest and sincere. Love your
fellow man, - and you will love your God
aide. and when' Death rings the bell at the
ticket office of the ferry to heaven, you will
have a store 'of treasure piled away to
your credit, in the bank of Bliss, even as
a squirrel lays up its'herd of chestnuts;'in
the hollow of a sassafras tree.
And so ever be it. Amen I
fp-Messrs. Bell,filack and Tomkins, of
Brindway, N. Y., baits id their 'store :a
UP:mister gold ring,. whieli has' been seat
by a 'number of citizens or Sidi Francisco,
ao '4' present to. General Pierre. lt
pare gold, weighs' half a pound ? and is
valued at two thousand dollars,
if
ROM the Washington ,Urtion; ,
TUB AMAZON IND TUB ATLANTIC BLOM OF
SOUTH AMERICA:"—NO.'B.
The republic of Paraguay lies between
the parallels of 22 dog. and 28 deg. south
latitude. TA may be said, therefore, to be
extra-tropical.
The Brazilian province of Matto Grosso
lies between the parallel of 7 deg. south
and the Tropic of Capricorn. It is inter
tropical. Its productions, therefore, may
be supposed, are different in many res.
pests from those of Paraguay.
This province in its greatest'length and
I I breadth, measures 10 deg. of lath* by
10 deg. of longitude.
Passing midway through it on a zigzag
course from'east to west is the great "di
vide," which separates the waters of the
Rio de In Plata. From one end of this
ridge to the other, from the Atlantic to the
Andes,gold,diamonds, and precious stones
are dug from its sides or washed from its
streams.
On the northern scopes of it the Tocan
tins, the Chinga, the Tapagosond the Ma
dura, tributaries to the Arnazob, and larg
er than any of the rivers of Europe, take
theit rise. Also the Paranahiba, which
empties directly into the Atlantic, has its
sources among the northern ravines of this
auriferous slope.
On its southern declivities the fountain
heads of the Parana and Paraguay are
found sending forth bright sparkling
streams, Which, like threads of silver, are
seen winding their way through the most
luxuriant vegetation and over' sand of gold
and pebbles interspersed with brilliants, to
unite and swell out into the mighty "river
of silver," as the Plato is called.
Let us therefore leave the country of
old Patricia for that of Matto Grosso and
Brazil.
The traveller leaving the republic, and
ascending the Paraguay to the celebrated
gold and diamond region of Matto Grosso,
finds on either halide., he goes up a charm
ing country diversified with pampas and
groves of great beauty and extent.
Turning up the Mending°, which comes
in from the east, and ascending the same
for seventy or eighty miles, ho comes to
the village of Miranda.
The people in the neighborhood are in
dustrious, They raise large herds of cat
tle and great numbers of horses. They
cultivate in great abundance the sugar
cane, Indian corn, pulse, manioc, and cot
ton. The climate is salubrious and de
lightful--many of the inhabitants reaching
the age of 100 years.
It was hero that Dr. Waddell, the bota
nist, saw the "nicaya" with its elegant fo
liage, the fruit of which was described by
the Indians to be of oblong form, and to
contain a natural confection of which they
aro very fond.
Throughout this region they have im
mense quantities of beautiful violet and
other ornamental woods, which are used
for firewood; for though of great value in
the cabinet shops, the people here have no
other way, notwithstanding their fine nav
igable streams, of getting these woods to
the seaboard except on the backs-of mules.
,Returning to the Paraguay, the scene
is enlivened bythe immense herds that are
feeding upon the now evergreen pastures
of the plains. The value of these herds
consist chiefly of their horns and hides.
The village of Pocono, at the mouth of
the Cuyaba, is one of the most flourishing
places in the interior of Brazil. Castel
nau says (and until otherwise stated, he
is my Chief authority, for what follows)
that as many as 8,000 or 10,000 head of
cattle are owned by single individuals in
that village.
Passing Pocono on the right, and taking
the left fork of the river which retains' the
name of Paraguay, 'we reach, at the dis
tance of about one hundred and fifty miles
above it, the frontier Brazilian fork of Vil
la Maria.
The guns that are mounted in thiii fort
were brotight , up the Amazon to the Tap.
jos, thence by that river up Arinas, thence
by• portage across the diamond regions to
the head-waters of •the Cuyaba into the
Paraguay, and so Alp- inieam• to :Villa
Maria.
On the west there • are several fine av
ert, which, rising in Bolivia and Brazil,
fall into the Paraguay above tho mouth of
the Cuyaba. Several of these streams in
terlock with the head-waters of the Madi
era, which is to the Amazon what the
Missouri is to the Mississippi. I shall
have occasion again to 'speak of these
tributaries, of the splendid country water
ed by them, and of the portage between,
them.
, Maria is in the midst of the great
ipececuanha region or Matto GioEip.
In
181'i Francisco Real was sent to explore
the ,diamond region of this province. Bet
it I tarneir out with him . OS
. I apprehend, it
would turn out ,with the pioneers of corn
eke now ; as rich in liicirnoode `as are
the streams and gravel beds or this prey
ace, the, riches the vegetable were
: found greatly to exceed those or the min
eral kingdom.' •
This immense 'natural plantation inClu
des ,within one field an '
,a rea of 3000
square
. toiles. The crop id perennial, and
may be gathered the 'year round. One
I mum, I klatonlon,
I' ail •11 • 11l '
ra l lol9 l llaus 110,;
w sheathe
do'. rt;ntontht ,
) do I It niolitlial '
V 49; lalOilliii. , .
00 77 mouths.
'dP :AV Mouths, ~ k s , _ Mr
A liberal reduMlanyylll be ynige lb MlPtehalbllt AO lithllnr?
Sr he'advedha by ilm yam .bri f
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Our pipet Chad e t
oe is way, selghboihoodomdisp4 l
{toady every lam y In the ounuty—ead Ibillifols 't=rds a
bouvenleat and cheap means for the betimes Ineet,er air
eariaty—the merchant, resublime as all Mbert—te *Mead
the knowledge of their lecaticni , eta. badmen '. WO loo s l d
like to hoed "A Card". ;for every aleellaele,Aletehl
PrOfitstounl Mao to 7hCoolaCtly. Wu bevel pteety+ lMe ' •
withquteucroaching Ap on par rending c01umn5... 9 9 R 9 1 99 A ,
In a lealtitelde batinen VIIII lose by advertightir emedortely..-•
for. es n general rale, the mereatlepilvelF A 004 afircapAlVlin
thettreuter will be Mt Profits. ' •
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Bt Jobs and Blanks,
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OF EV u.'sERY DESUR M IPrioN.
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OFFION OP THE
"C,LEAUFIELD UNPUBLiIOANi" ~ .'I ",
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export hand may collect fifteen pounds of
this root in a day, which .Imi:eight in Rio •
$1 thepound. The work of an ordinary '
hand infix° pounds the day, and the cosfof
laborers from ea 40 to $4 per month. , - '
Castelnau estimates that. from .1830 to '
1837 not less than 800,000 pounds of this
drug were exported from thie,province to
Rio. This abundant supply brougbt denva
its price. But hero is the singularfeatutel #'
of this trade : this produce is taken:46m
the very banks of one of the noblest:iv&
in the world, and transported by Mules'
for the distance of 1,200 miles to th e :tea ,
cost, in spite of Nature's great highway .
,
The ipecacuanha delights in flat ,or saw
dy soil,, and is found also in great abun.
dance on the banks .01' the Vormilho, the ,
Seputuba, and the Catacal.'
Vanilla is also abundant. Its price
when Casteleau was at Villa Maria was
' Ott cents the pound.
But I intended to follow this' intelligent
traveller up into the diamond .country and
with him to visit the "divide" between the.' '
waters of the Paraguay and Tnpajos.
Ascending the Cuyaba, which is the' prin
cipal Brazilian tributary of the Paraguay,
about 160 miles from its mouth you come
to the flourishing city of Cuyaba,thecapit
al of the province of MatteGroaso. It' has
a population of about 7,000. It 'carries ,
on a. brisk commerce with Rio by caravans
numbering from 200 to 300 mules 'each:
This commerce consists of hides, jaguar,
and deer-skins, gold-dust, diarnonds; iliac- •
acuanha, and the like. The freight to Rio
is almost $l6 the 100 lbs. ,
Here, perhaps, among all the wonderful
things that are found in these great river
basins of South America, is the most won. -
derful of them all—a city the Capital of a
province larger than all of the "Old Thir-
teen States" of this confederacy put to.'
gether, and occupying on the bunks of the .
La Plata very nearly the relative position
which St. Louis occupies on the banks of
the Mississippi, carrying on its commerce
not by steam and water, betty the milk,
load, and over such a distance from the'
sea•cost, that the time oecupied by 'each'
caravan in going tied returning is Tioniten
to twelve months. ' ,
That this state of things thould in the
middle of the 19th century be fbund tis`
exist in the middle of Sonth'Anterie , e, up`.
on one of the finest of :3mi:upbeat teatti
courses in the world, whese navigable
tributaries are owned by no less thin gird
separate and independent tratioriff,"' and
which the "policy of commerce," Mk riot
yet demanded to be thrown wide hpen to
navigation and commerce, will' in 'after
times be regarded as more wonderful' than
any' other reality of this Wonderful re
gion.
Nay,' Brazil has, within a stotte'a Ober
of this very capital, and by 'easy portage,
the navigable waters of her own Antainti:;
and yet so fearful hail she been that' the
steamboat on those waters would reVettl'tti
the world the exceeding gteet tiehea - of
this province, that we have hiire'reenact
ed under our own eyes ti worse then Jap 2
anese policy,; for it excludeefrein settlii
ment and cultivation, from eornmerce add
civilization, the finest country in 'the
world—a country which 'is larger than the
continent of •Europe; add in which there
is an everlasting harvest of thd chhieefft
fruits of the earth. , ,
Cuyaba, is in the midst of thh gold 'l4l
gion. The metal is found in veins, tttneng
the pebbles at the bottom of the' hrbcfkg;
and in fine grains in the soil': Afletevery
rain the servants and children inity be'seen
gathering it fgom the washings of 'Me
streets in Cuyaba. (7 ' 'I '
They get in this city a drug' fintit the
Amazon called guaratw, of *hien' the
consumption is enormous, and . xi, 'which
m edicinal virtues tho most astonishing are
ascribed.
On the head•waters of the Cdyaba is
the celebrated diamond district of Brezil ;
and though in this day of sober realities
it cannot be said' that the City bf Diatnen
lino? the principal"' village of 'the distribt,
has its's:refits paved with dieinonds, tit
these jewels are found 'flier& mixed wlth
the earth, like gold in the "diggings" 'of
California. • '
Just before Castelnau was there a"man
Planting a post to whi'clt to tie his'' Mule
found a diamond of ' 9 carats. Thd' ail
dred here wash' the earth in the strhetS lbr
gold, and diamonds are sometime's finind
in the croPs of the fowls.
' This stone is found in the botthm of the
streams ; and the most celebrated . for it
are the Ouro, Diamentino, and the' Santa
Anna, in their Whole length ; the Areias,
the San Franciscos—of which there are
three ; and on the Paraguay ,itself ref' a
considerable distance down the mart
•
stream. • . .
The Samidouro, which is OipthtAkma.
zon: side of this' ridge, is said nisei& tie ex
ceedingly rich in.diamonds.' ' , •
hi
ASpaniard, ono Don Simon, with
s laves,washing on the S'anta.Anha daring
the dry season only; 'got id four year!tit
NO carats Of diamonds.
Castelnad estimates the whole yield of
diamonds from Brazil to the end of 1.648
at near - 880,00 0 , 000 .
It is .'the mineral wealth of thie
shed betweeh The Ll'Platti iindrthe