, 1859-04-28
Paraguay 1uunters and CuAtOulH.

From the pen If the traveller who cu.lnuni-
cafes to the New lnrk f'ummrr,adi We extract
sumo very interesting uotrs IF the wav they do
things in Paraguay;
NrpE TABLE W.17ENs. Shur,ly after nv az
rival III .issunc;on, wls invited by Stnnr J. ia
dinner, and having accepted tie invitation.
went on the following day 1T the late and FASH
,ora''ie hs'ir Of :. O'Clock on the following day
Several friends were assembled for the ncca-
son; l,nt 1t table mas placed between two Of
tie Misses j.. s"unc, blooming ,fnr most ef the
irnales OF As>uncion Hre very fail, aud without
doubt rcrr pretty women. tfucss, then. n1v cun-
fnS'"n, to tiut that We were waited on at the
dinner table hy half dozen boys nuh girls, lit
tie slaves, all perfectly nude. Their livtrivs had
ao-t nntiAng, their slioc> and stockings had cost
nothing, mt one Of them Ind dressed for liu-
ntr; they were me and a1l in sfu|H td'tru At
lir-t iidl,tted III NY chair, and threw furtiye
glancrs around; but seeing every one on either
side II me. including my fair companions, rs
vnlmlfsel rs if tl'e most r.d e;ugutu had been
studied, gradually recovered my serenity and
learned ttlcnctinrward 10 know that whatever
tlas bccone the custom Of tlr country, is never
supposed BY thc people to have anything o"tre
in IT, How are we. in truth. the creatures of
habit. | get So accustomed ta these unulethed
attendants, during my sojouru III Paraguay und
crientcs, that on MY return tu Rntnos .iyres
thought there was great atftctation in dressing
out tt SANE class OF servants thGre lruIl ton IT,
toe.
cnSvERsA71 A71oS.-.as the body is left loose and
/ unreStruned by dress in Para quay, ~ the cou
vcrsalon of all rlAsSes Is the most un%oIlhisica
| ted III its construction that can bc imagined
Trrs il no circnnlspcction, IN snhietv, No mode
al speech 10y which n.c 1hiHg Is ,aadr 10 stand
tor lnothcr. IT dinner. or anr other OCCASION,
right htitre their daughters, the parents SONG
times give dissertations On tauleatir medicines,
[ Ac.. which make strangers blood run cold.
but which they discourse ubout with all tue VOL
uh!iity ot clrver mothers in their maturer years.
who have raised large family By .lint Of their
| constant applications II the system If tue doc.
tor. and tp Which their da, ,h,trs listen as gra:e
u through tlle details, Us if t1Fy were hearing
| tnn,lsctS on the Improvement Of thu uniut1.
S1GHT llAB1rs.--ln the principal streets Of the
! city, long and CONTINUOUS corridors ore built
wllirI, run along on one side Of it, The princi-
| pal shopktrpfrs and merchants who inhabit this
I Iparl IF the tuwn, on very WARM nights ei sv:4-
| sncr, convert these corridors into common bed
I rooms. The portable buds Of these citizens arc
and it was curious to Scc t'leu., IN YOU passed
alon., toward ien O'Clock at night. preparing
fur bed, aud solne already enjoying their night )
| rrpose. Sonr were TO be scen sitting on the
side Of their 1trctclers, yawnine, or smoking
their cigars: others undressing with the great
est suhy fj:oa{--icrc une snoring, there another
convcrsing with his next neiSlbor-aud every
cue unconscious OF tt.e oddity If the scene III
the eyes ofa strungcr. The same custom pre-
vailed more or less through the city, hetls and
| >trctct,ers abstructiug tue was III every direc-
'i"n. Very little police is exercised III Assun
Cam, but si1ch thing as robbery or theft COM
united during the night is unhcard Of; and in
fact sucl. security felt and enjoyed that peo.
pie rest without my nocturnal fears.