Daily Mississippi clarion and standard. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-06-20

Imperial authorities at Rio, the orig
inal being also exhibited for inspection
of signatures, and / had lengthy and
satisfactory private and public inter
views with His Majesty, the Emperor,
and his Ministers, in reference to the
whole subject of my mission, entering
into details and explaining orally and
in writing the views and desires ofour
people. My advances were met in
great candor and frankness, every ia
clity was afforded me to obtain all the
information l could possibly desire,
every consideration and encourage
ment accorded me, and every assur-
ance given responsive (favorably) to
the views of those ! represented,
Furnished with an engineer or survey
or, guide interpreter, servants, horses,
pack mules, letters of credit and intro
duction by the Imperial Government,
visited many of the chief cities and
hundreds of miles of country in the
interior, examining public and private
works, plantations, machinery, water
courses, forests, prairies, cattle, stock,
products, &c There were compan-
ions of my tour. a distinguished and
experienced planter, two physicians, a
machinist, and an architect and
builder, from the States of Alabama,
Tennessee, South Carolina and Flori-
da, by whose judgment l have been
much guided and materially aided in
making my notes and compiling my
records. | havs the documents to
prove and verify all my assertions,
together with samples of the woods,
grasses, tobacco, coffee, cotton, &c,
of the country, and numerous maps,
charts, &c, of the localities visited and
examined, and of other desirable dis
tricts for the future homes of the peo-
pie of these Southern States. / have
also schedule of the prices of stock,
cattle, products, &C., prepared from
the account books of several extensive
| planters in the Province of St Paulo,
| in the months of October and Novem-
Der last; which with any other docu-
ments or articles regarding Brazil in
my possession, may be seen at the
Circuit Court Clerks office of this
County, by parties interested, as the
idly curious would occnpy time | can
not conviently spare.
The Imperial Government of Brazil
offers land with soil of richness un-
surpassed and of depth of from 10
to % feet to emigrants and settlers
who 90 in bodies, at the minimum
rate Of % cents per acre and that on
credit-a temporary and comfortable
home in Rio de JaneriO for one
month or more until your location is
selected, and then free transportation
to the new hOme,-free imports fol-
five wears, Immediate citizenship
immunity from military duty for five
years married men are not liable tc
military duty supplies and provi
sions to make start with until yor
become established,-perfect free
DOMINO taxation without represen
tation.-the most uniform and health
est of climates,-charter for railroad.
and all matters of public enterprise
and one vessel for every two furnished
by emigrants or one third of the ex
pense of reaching the country to AM
company that will send emigrant
enough to occupy three vessels.
Societies are organized effectively
in nearly every Province in the En-
pire to further the interests of emf
grants and render them settled ant
comfortable Private individuals of
fer, cautiously, pack mules, palan
quins, &c, for transportation at you
pleasure and a whole years provisions
besides donations of stock cattle, &c
as a start.
In your next number, Part VI will
close these articles. 1t will be brie
and suggestive