The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-03-23

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Such V tie character which I have
heard asoribcd to The Valcncians bat
Il was given hy natives Of the prov
iucc \ Naloncinu might perhaps
soften the burshcr features Of tie
portrait mud show how some of the
| peruliariIics Of the character belong
ing to bis race are often modified into
virtues. That the customs of the
| place arc unsoeial, ! suppose cannot
be doubted. ~ hnyc lived here
eleven years" said d Spauiard from
another province, "and my family
has formed no intimacy with any
other which puts rs on such Il footing
that We exchange visits. An cvsn-
ing party Is n rare thing here. There
has not been single one in the city
this season. All my acquaintance
here are street acquaintance"
! must admit, however, that there
are some means Of social intercourse
among the gentry of Valencia. They
have boxes ut the thcatcrs, in which
they call upon each other in the even
ing, and chat while the performance
i going on. There is fine Alamc-
da, a mile long, ! should think, on
the bank of the Guadalavir, opposite
to the city, broad, well-trodden pro-
menade, between rows of trees
where people meet each other towards
The evening, and walk slowly back
: ward and forward. Those who pre-
fer drive in carriages-and these
are many-take another part of the
Alameda, and are driven up and
down with equal slowncss; but in
+ this case every family is shut up in
its own tartana, and their only con-
versation is that Of its members with
each other.
| brought to Valencia letter spe-
cially commenting me to the civili-
ties Of a gentlemen of some distinc-
ton, whom / found exceedingly
intelligent aud agreeable. He was
very kind, and took our party over
several of the public buildings, which
had their interest as monuments Of
an earlier time, or as containing OBJ
jects worthy Of curiosity. lie called
upon us twice, and once his wife
also to see the American ladies. There
the acquaintance dropped, for the
time at least, to be continued only on
the Alameda, or in some other public
place, IL our party had remained in
Valencia. / could not 20 to his
house, for neither he nor the lady
had used the common form of Span
ish courtesy, "Our house is yours"
"Our house is at your disposal" " and
, even II this had been said, il means
80 little that we should have hcsitatcd
to return the call which had been
made on US.
The Valencians are an ingenious
race, and some Of their manufactures,
such as Of silks and gloves, are Of
great excellence. The valencian
school of painting produced some
eminent masters, such as Espinosa,
Ribera, Ribalta, and others, some Of
! whose finest works, now beginniag
! to be dcfaccd by time, are TO be seen
! in the long, chilly aud somewhat
} gloomy galleries Of the Museo. These
artists have a successor at the present
day, but in another walk, a landscape
painter, Montcsinos, In whose studio
: | saw several views Of remarkably
; picturesque spots in the province Of
, Valencia, possessing no little merit,
: both in the choice and the treatment
/ Of the subjects. "But i have n pupil"
said Montcsinos, "who paints better
J than !" and Immediately produced q
landscape by young man named
B Morales, marked by greater vigoI
and freedom Of handling, which b,
was himself engaged in copying, 50
c much had its bold manner Of treat
ment won his admiration.
The whole amount, principal an,
! interest, Of eompound-interest note
: Z outstanding Is sl70,s26, ,b6l prin