DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN BRAZIL.
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letter, received by gentleman in Baltimore and pub
lshed in tho American in that city, dated Aracaty, February
90 gives hearrendng description Of the suerngs Of the
inhabitants Of portions Of Northern Brazil AT Aracaiy, in
consequence Of the proacted drought the trees wiihcr
ing, and the people amshng for want Of food Tho
writer says Should the drought continue until May June,
we shall have few persons left here They have already be-
gun to flock to Perambuco, the capital and il opportunity
offers, all that remain will Immediately follow" The writer
was al leo the 9th February, and he there families
who short time since enjoyed abundance, begging from door
TO door, They appeared, lie remarked, like skele
tons than any thing else Many dying in the streets Of
want daily and the deaths that the
Of mortality could not be estimated Articles Of first
ty had risen to exorban price quarter Of flour (ha


bushe could not be obtained for less than "a mreas.
Sl2 and biscuits weighing half ounce sold for 80 rcas
and hall each. Salt, which short time prcvi-
selling at mircas held at l6 mlreas. In the
districts Of Inhamum Cato the Province Of Parahyba and
the neighbong country excepting tho scacoast the distress
great beyond description and the inhabitants perish
ing Of hunger in all directions