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silent. Pah! Vat can dese miserable devil do — when dey 

 have de arms dey put de ball into de gun first, and den depou- 

 dre — vat use is dat? eh!" He accompanied the concluding 

 question with a shrug of the shoulders, and an elevation of his 

 brows, that threw his forehead into transverse wrinkles ; and 

 take him altogether, the speaker looked like a mammoth note 

 of interrogation. 



" Then the conflicts were not very bloody, I presume 

 "Bloody !" exclaimed the old man, changing his posture 

 and features till he resembled in some degree an interjection, 

 I tell you. Save, one hundred good men vill take de town 

 any time. Dey allow fifty black rascal to run about de street 

 widout opposition, and cut de troat of de women, vile de sodger 

 run in de house and lock de door ! Bloody — vy ! Sare, dey 



are d d coward, and as to de property, dey are afraid to 



steal it !" As he concluded, he made his exit by a back door. 



The regency, I believe, is a trinity, or triumvirate, or tri- 

 umviracy ?" 



Yes ! It is composed of three members of the general as- 

 sembly, elected by that body, the eldest of the three being the 

 president. All decrees and laws are issued by the regency, in 

 the name of the emperor. The following are the regents and 

 present ministry. 



Regency. 



Francisco de Lima e Silva, ) 



Jos6 da Costa Carvalho, > Regents. 



Joao Braulio Muniz, 3 



Jos6 Bonifacio d'Andrada — Tutor to the Emperor, 



Ministers. 



Home Department^ Jos6 Linho Coutinho. 



Foreign *B.ffairs^ Francisco Carneivo de Campos. 



Justice, Diogo Antonio Feijo. 



War, Jos6 Manuel de Moraes. 



Navy, Jose Manuel de Almeida. 



Treasury, Antonio Homen do Amara^li 



