New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-15


and painful. ht., .ca
Although the Brazilian women do not suffer from
incorporate husbands, the old Moorish traditions
make them the objects Of much jealousy. They
cannot appear in the streets except in charge Of
male relative, without q violation of etiquette.
They also suffer from perpetual mouotony BY the
arrangement Of their households. At early dawn
the whole family is on foot, and the principal work
is accomplished before o'clock. The ladies' then
repsir to the balconies for few hours, gosspiue
with their neghbors, indulgiEg in TIE delight of
lopp about generally, or looking ont for the milk.
man and fruit seller. When the peddler of silks
and musns makes his appearance, universal ex.
element takes place. He anr ounces his approach
BY the click Of his yard.stick, and is followed by
one or more blacks bearing tin cases on their heads
He walks up stairs, sure Of a welcome for if the
ladies do not wish to purchase they depend on the
anusen ent Of locking over his wares. The negroes
deposit the articles on the floor and retire. There
ia general rush to examine the laces, and the
peripatetic merchant uses his most seductive eo.
quence to entice them into a bargain. These
Italian and Portuguese pedders sell the most
expe nsye and beautiful articles. Brazilian lady's
wardrobe is almost wholly purchased at home.
Almost every mistress Of family makes her own
DIR. sses. or at least cuts them out and arrange
them for the slaves to sew, according to the latest
crotchets of the Partisan fashions, which are kept
steadily in sight.
The markets of Rio are sbundantly supplied with
all kinds Of delicate fish and vegetables. In the
cool of the morning they make an agreeable show.
Fresh bouquets shed their fragrance around, while
the green vegetables and bright fruits contras,
finely with the dark faces Of the stately negresses
who sell Il elm. The native fruits of the country
are exceedingly rich and various. Beside the fa-
miliar kinds Of oranges, lines, cOcoanuts aud pine.
apples, there are bananas, maDgoes, pomegrAnates,
and many other species whose names are worse
than high Dutch to ears polite, but which quickly
convey to Brazilian the idea Of rich, refreshing,
and delicate fruits, each Of which has peculiar
and delicious flavor.
In the cutter circle of the market you fud small
shops filed with birds and animals. Gay macaws
ard screaming parrots keep up perpetual concert
with chattering apes and dminutive monkeys. At
little distance outside are huge piles of oranges,
pabniers of different luscious fruits, wicker baskets
filed with chickens, and bundles of palmito for
cooking. Another street is appropriated to the
butchers. Here you buy some lean but not Ill.
favored beef an apology for mutt)n. easily mis-
tsken for patriarchal goat, and the flesh of neH.
born calf, of which the soft, pupy substance is
considered a great delicacy.
In many families cup of strong coffee is taken
at sunrise and then substantial meal later in the
morning. Dinner is usually served about or :
O'clock except in the rare cases where foreign
hours have been adopted. Soup is generally pre-
sented, and afterward meat fish, and pastry at the
same time. An excellent dab, which always makes
part of the family dinner, is compounded of the
black beans of the country, some jerked beef anc
fat pork. Mandioca flour is sprinkled over 1t, and
it lie worked into stiff paste. This -four forms
tie commousbread Of the country, and is almost
Ike sole food of the blacks, who eat it in their fin
gers. Coffee or mate is often taken after dinner
end the use Of tea is becoming more common.
s. me families frequently have supper of fish, but
usually nothing is taken after dinner, and they re
tire to rest in excellent season.
We have already seen the advantages for female
education in Brazil, and on the general subject,
which is one Of peculiar interest, Mr.. Fletcher
gives many valuable details:
The education of the Brazilian boy is better thsn
that of bis sister. There s, however great deal of
superfoslity; he is made - little OLD man" before
he is twelve years Of age-having his st black silk
hat standing collar, and cane and in the city he
walks along as If everybody were looking at him. and
as il he were encased in colses. He does not run or
Jump or rundle hoop, or throw stones as boys in Eo-
rope and Ntrh America do At an early age he is sent
"a cotg o, where he soon acquires the French lan-
gusge and the ordinary ,iments OF education 10 the
PortUguese. Though his parents reside in the city,
be boards at the coeg0 and only on cerain OCCASIONS
does he his father pother He learns % write
q "good hard, which is a universal accomplishment
among the Bruzilisns; and mostof the boys OF the
higher clnsses good MUSICIANS become sdepss IN
the Latin and many Of them are taught to speak EG-
glib with credable fuency. The examination was
formerly great anniversary when the little fellows
were staIchel np in their stff.st clothes aud their
minds were " crsmmed" for the OCCASION. The
boys acted their parts. and the various pro-
fs.0Tcs, in txcl.a.ion Of their office, read or
dsvered m.m9rhr speeches TO the edmIing pa
Ienit; ard the whole was wound up by some
patton Of the school GROWING with immense wre ses
ibc good boy" who stood highest during the ses-
sioD. The coLIegio then took vacation u lev
weeks, eud commenced ogair with its boarderr, the
"v6ry yjupc gentlemen student But these things
have greatly changed for the better, aud may cole
gios are ably conducted. .
q The principals of these establlshments Then gIed
with go, adr.isisrave capacities reap large sueis
One with whom | was acquainted hed, after fe"
Yeas teaching, 2O,O&sO0O tan thousand dollars
placed at Interest,". The pTos5oreS do 70; always
Ie.de in the c@Lgio, but teach by the hour for
stipulated sum, and are thus enaoied 70 nsuuc' Ia
number of schools duing the day. The Eogish lar-
gusge has become such u des,derdtum at Re, that
every colegio has its professor Iagie-.
There has recently been q great improvement IN he
ccegios as well as in the public schools The pro-
&. tvo 4 "a
Suoer terdeIt Of Public Instruction 70 appear at the
Miiilsry Academy, and thers to be examined as to
their qualifca ions ion giving instruction II ihey
passed heir xsmnatiou, which was nost rlslc they