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Show 1HIM miRO. Tlio KiiiHMor Will Ho Urn1 This I'oiu IVdi'o, omptMvr id Um.'.il, will uaeh 0dei by the. regular i-x-r.$ todny, and will imuuvliately coiuo to S.ilt Lako. Tlu i'Hiiter.r tr.ivel.-i, so far us ho can, ft private yenlleiuiiu. Tho peoplo of Ami-riiM would have been fclad had liiin I'edro pormittfd tlieiu lo t-any him through the country in a Blyle lulit tint; his p.sition and title; but he has persistently declined oyerythiun of an as ton tat ions character. Ho hiw eheokit.1 everythins' like display on the part of the nation and m uiici-palities, uiici-palities, aiul in this exhibits more common senao mid a greater derei! of self-respect than is usually shown by yreat iiersonancs. He conies as a sight fleeing oiciirsionisls, and U Uuveling in the manner to accomplish accom-plish bis object. No refined yentloman, emperor or private citizen, can enjoy himself if the people make of him a menagerie, sutlocato him in crowds, staro him out of countenance on every occasion passible, and weary him with cheering dins and o:itoiiea! displays. Wo presume the emperor knows this, henco his desire to avoid u. i iv imti'is i'j' mo ri-giuar iiitnis, to which his special car ii attached, selects hid own hotels, pays bis own bil'n, and if be does not carry his own valiao, refuses to allow others to boar the expense of transporting that necessary nec-essary article of tourist's bagg-ayo. As the IIkkalu previously slated, on Wednesday Mayor Little dispatched dispatch-ed to the emperor, tendering the hospitalities hos-pitalities of the city, and preparations were being made by the city fathers to give the imperial parly a royal re ceptiou. Yesterday came the emperor's emper-or's reply to the mayor, as follows: Lakamik, Wvo., April -I. To the Mayor, 6.iU Lu c : IVm l'airo will go to Salt Luke before going to S.m Francisco. He thanks the municipal authorities for their kind invitation, but he wishes to maintain the private character in which he travels. Aktiu'U Mav-kde. The following telegram was also received yesterday : CllEVENXK, 21. Jv.hn v'air;, .Sn.'. C. C. L J!,: I LVm Idro will pass over your road on i"'at unlay aftrrnoon, and remain till the Sunday afternoon tniin, when he will proceed to San Francisco. E. T. IUt:i,, Conductor, I'uniinu car. The emperor also telegraphed yesterday, yes-terday, to the proprietor ol the Walker house, for six rooms and accommodations accommoda-tions for two servants from Saturday afternoon until Sunday. We cannot slate whether the imperial party wiil be brought down from t-'jjden by special train, or by the regular express. ex-press. There will doubtless be a large crowd at the depot, but the chaucts of the populace getting moro thin a glimpse of the emperor, are exceedingly exceed-ingly slender. At this time a brief sketch of the emperor and his country will not be uninteresting: Dora Pedro is fifty-one years old, the son of an emperor of the taini-name, taini-name, and succeeded to the throne of in 1S31, was declared ns havnn; reached his majority in 1S10 and was crowned July ISth, 1S40. He waa married to the Empress Theresa, daughter of Francis I, king of the two Sicilies. September -ilh, 1S43. Dom Ptdro is deecendid in a direct line, from the house of Braganza, the female line of which is now the ruling house of Portugal. The royal family of Portugal dud to Brazil in 1S07. In 1S13, the colony was declared a kingdom; the royal family of Portugal returned to Europe in lSiil, and in May, 1S23, a national congress assembled at Kio de Janeiro i which declared Dom Pedro, eldest son of Joao VI of Portugal, "Per-! "Per-! petual Protector" of Brazil. A fter-' fter-' wards, he declared the independence 1 of the country ot all other powers and was soon chosen constitutional em-, peror and perpetual protector of the' country. A3 we have stated, his abdication ab-dication brought the present emperor, em-peror, our distinguished visitor, to the throne. Tht constitution of this vast empire, over which he appears to have most wisely and conservatively conserva-tively ruled, is modeled somewhat after that of the Uuited States in its division of the powers of the state. It is divided into the legislative, judicial, ju-dicial, executive and the "moderating" "moder-ating" power, or the royal peroga-tive. peroga-tive. The law-making powers of the empire are vested in a legislative assembly composed of two houses, the senate and the congress. The provincial pro-vincial law-making power is veas'ed in minor legislative bodies organized in the same manner. The members of both the national houses are elected by the people, but after different forms. Senators hold office for life and are chosen at special electoral meetings held for that pur pose, which choose three candidates and from them the king or his min- 1 istry selects a senator. The senators must be forty yeara of age, natives of Brazil and possessing a clear income of 160. The body is composed of fifty-eight members, who receivn 360 each per year. Members of the houae are chosen by direct election elec-tion and hold their offices for four years. The country is divided into districts, in each of which, every thirty voters appoint an elector, and a number ol these, varying according to population, popu-lation, nominate a deputy. Minors, monks and servants are not allowed a vote, but those who have the right are required to exercise it under a penalty, which fact doubtless renders Brazil a cheerful abiding place for repeaterB. The cabinet is composed of seven members, one each at the head of the following departments re- MtivoK- wir fnrPlrn rtU'.ira infer. ior, marine, finance, juBtice, public j works, etc. The established religion of Brazil is the Roman Catholic, but all other religious beliefs are tolerated and protected pro-tected by the constitution, and no person can be persecuted for religious acts or opinions. The constitution also guarantees gratuitous primary education, and whem the government considers it opportune, it will become compulsory. Preliminary steps in that direction have not as yet beeD taken, however. The area of the empire is estimated at 3,275,320 square miles, with a population in 1S72, when the last enumeration was made, of 10,19(5,-23S, 10,19(5,-23S, or about three inhabitants to the square mile- of territory. The capital is Rio Janeiro, with a population popu-lation ot 274,972. In Brazil, slavery still legally exists, but the number of slaves is rapidly decreasing, having fallen ofl over 50 per centum in the last twenty years, A law providing I r eradual eninncipal ion panned in IS 1, and lU i'H'.tLh are already I'i'ing ttxpi-rieiieed. Thr U ado and c.iioim-i v.' ot Hi. ..'I are very heavy, jh.it only aU.ul our I, u.ti, ol it haa 1 h- t-lofore bi't 11 dii-elr I toward the jlhiihd Sutes, England ciirymg oil lite Iioii'm share. |