Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-02-09

ceeding and show you how this proof was
brought before that committee When an i'm
migrant would arrive in that country, ard before
he had hardly time TO erect a og cabin and put q
few conveniences on his location, all agents Of
this so called Immigration Company would
ride up 10 his new built cabin, aud with good
deal OF pompositv enquiries, who liyes here
Tells him. WHATS your name! Tells him.
Are you head of family! Tells him. How
many children have you got! Tells him.
How many rounds OF ammunition have you
got Tells him. All through-perhaps he
would tell the honest immigrant who he was
and what was his business. That he was
employed by the Colonization Company to 90
over the territory and collect information of
this kind, ascertain how many immigrants
were in the Colony, and take depostions that
these immigrants were introduced into the col
ony at the expense of the Company They
were called to positively swear that they had
been introduced at the expense of the Compa.
ny. AT first, many of them refused to do so.
Their friends in;erlerrcd, howe> Grand prevailed
on them to do so, and told thcmt ere could he nc
Improperly in sodong. Theysaid, 'Siryou live
in Peters Colony,and certainly youco have no
objection TO swearing that YOU are Colonis', y
yet, Sir, they were not introduced al the ,x
pensc of the Colonial Company, MS was con.
tmcted that they should b.. Ii lhey had been
brought into The county NJ the expense of the
Companv--if cabins md been erected, pro.
visions. ammunition, g., had been found them
as agreed in the contract between this Compa-
ny aud the Presjdenr cr the Republic, there
cou have been no impruprcty in their max.
ing these statements. But, this WAS not the
case. They had entirely failed to comply
with that contract. And immigrnis were
told ,hat il they did not swear that they were
Co!ouisrS-thai they had teen introduced At
the expense of the Company; that cabins had
been erected for them, they were threatened
with retusa! Of the rrghi Ia perfect their little
to their location aud totheir iams. And wiih
such rouuiving Us this ltev Induced the hon.
est Immigrant to make he dcpo>tions which
he did.
Mr.. President, onror for NY life believe
that the passage OF ,hIS bill will destroy the
rights OF b., in any maGnrr prrjui,"ia to .he
interests of the conlrrC,or>, ioi # | rroprrl
The provisions oI this b0l, it smpli
requires thut The Commissioner OF the GeneMl
Land Otti'e shall NOT issue any patents 20 lho,c
contractors u. Ill their rghi to such land >h,lt
have been decided IN tie Courts OF he country
until the legality Of tha; gmu car be frlIl
aiudraed and settled. think rather, that
they should rOnr,--$vek investigation, in nrGvt
to have his thn,r "huIcdin the public mind
As remarked before, Sir | shall vo,e for
the encrosSmcnt Of the bin, for i were other.
wise a,n satisfied | would kill myself ppl,j-
cally, forever, claim to represent the wishes
q! my Constituents. know they have been
opposed to the granting o. tn,s 100 sections
0i and to the contractors, Hniarc now opposed
to it, and knowing thiS S,att of things does ex.
isl, shall vote for the eng, ,0ssmcnt Of the bill.
Rehearsal OF the French Emp "Oy's S. ;h
The Paris correspondent Of the Manchester
Guardian relates the following anccdotc:
at is certain thar Lonis Napoleon ,lcnIarsd
admirably the effects Of his >pnerh, knew That
they ought to be considerable, and was rssolv.
ed on his own par, to leave nothing undone
which should assure to his SPEECH Its fules!
measure of success. An anecdote, the au!ien-
ticitv of which can vouch for, will show YOU
how determined he WAS that nothing IN So
serious II matter ShCud be left Ia chanrc. The
great fear was lost, in so vast a hnilding the
sound OF the human voice should be altogether
lost; and it was predicted that even the enor-
nous mass of instruments and choruses would
have very small radiance OF sound, The
Emperor was seriously prc-occupled by this,
for he knew he was gong TO speak 10 all Eu.
rope, and that it was necessary all Europe
should hear him distinctly. He consulted
several men bf art on this nojni, who advised
n recurrence 10 the system ot the ancient, and
suggested the placing of what are called veS-
sells of resonance uuder the throne and u sta.
ted angles of sound in the building i'srlG This
was done, and 'hose l~amedin the ocoHstic
science We're Of opirIon that everything was
in order. Tie Emperor howcver, was not
vet satisfied, and on lac night ofthe IAN 18Th
between one and two O'Clock N the mnrnlng,
he arrived to mike Il ria! in his own person.
b. Eve or six 0f his suit, 0ad
having appointed Il cnmmiSsary Of rhn Crystal
Palace to meet him, he entered the giglnrc
nave of the Indu~,rie, and posting his followers
in different parts of the building he delivered
ia loud voice his speech from the throne
The resonance WAS immsrSe; each hsarer in
succession assured him of this, and he qmety
replied: 'Nnw, then, AN sure Of my ju,ons-
ions You may remember that on the 18Th
he subject Of universe. astoniShmenl was the
ouGness and sonorousncSS of she En:phror'S
;oice, which is naturally neither loud nor son.
,rous. The remark Of every man one met
vas, what stentorinn ione>! How did he
manage to be so clearly heard in such sparel
tell YOU this because, as said. can answer
or its absolute truth, and barause it shows the
extreme importance Louis Napoleon attached
to the success Of his speech I
Ever one will remember the story Of B"rke,
who on one occasion had just risen in the
House Of Commons, with some papers in his
hands, on the subject Of which he intended 10
make motion, when rough-hewn member,
who had no ear for the charms of elcqueuce.
-udely started up and said,
"Mr. Sneaker, hone the honorable, gentle