The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-21

red. But this il seldom the case
the principal object, that of the in
terest. being once settled. the hridt
follows the portion, as a matter ol
course, and IS 0iteu scarcely minded.
There are In this city, marriage bro.
kcrs. WHO have pocket books flied
with the names of marriagcablc girls
Of different classes. with notes dc
stflptise Of their figures aud their
fortunes these people go al ont en-
deaVorlng TO arrange connections al
two or three per cent. upon their
portions. The contents OF the me
morandums arc often very culious. "
4" HE custom or having a Patio
such Is the modern word substituted
for cieALe0) is still prevailing among
the Gcnocse ladies. The patience ot
those individuals are tr0iy astonish-
ing. They arc the humble scrN ants
of their lair soycrcigns they accom-
pany them To the church. 10 walk, To
thelf evening parties, to the theatre ;
they keep them company at home ;
IL short they follow them a. sha-
dows, and submit 10 their whims ;
for which they have, in return.
4 Tree access to the house, and
a seat al table. Strange as il
may appear - Foreigners, this Gus
tom Is IN many casts, nothing more
than matter oi ceremony, the re
mains Of a ca'}alrous feeling Of gal
iantry, or tht result of mutual con
senience. The lady finds her Patio
to be avery useful person, a sine qua
non, while her husband. absorbed in
lis commercial speCalations, has lit
Tie time or patience to. attend To her
petty concerns. The patio, in his
turn, finds her society agreeable, aud
his coartship is nothing more to him
than the means Of killing time he
Is generally the friend Of the husband,
sometimes his partner in business. -
II happens, therefore, that II a lady
has real intrigue, she must keep II
concealed from her patio as we'll as
from her husband, and the object oi
her partially, il tarorii0, az he is
sometimes called, is kept in the back
ground. In the lower classes, and
among the peasantry, however, there
is no pGtitu nor tauortio--thc hus-
bands are Jealous of their prcroga-
tires, and their wives arc attached
10 them and submissilc &C."
4" II two or three persons are con
ycrsng together, one may be almost
sure that they are talking Of money
matters boys in the street are ma
king rules of arithmetic, aud even
the fair sex are by no means deficient
IN the practical knowledge Of that
science. Few opportunities Of profit,
however paItry. are overlooked by
the Genoese. 1t is astonishing upon
how little they live; they beat even
the economical tloreutines in that
respect. Their currency il very
small ; their lire tiWjo banc0 is worth
about cight-pencc English 50 that
the high-soonding SUM ofthirty thou.
sand tire, which is here looked on as
fortune, is, after all, but one thou-
sand pounds. Salaries, profits, mar.
riagc portions, every thing Il on The
same scale. A person in the mid
ding ranks Of society, having az
thousand i7rc, or two hundred pound
Il year, IS rcckoncd rich. II muer b,
said that they live in general bu
poorly; and although they dress wei
and keep up a good appearance, ye
The interior Of their houses often pre-
sents .he picture Of scantiucss ant
stinginess. Their food is very plain
and their meals, except on particular
occasions, arc remarkably frugal"
.."S1sv.
THE VILLAGE or BROCK,
MAR AMSTERDAM.
From TegGnfS Tour.
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