The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-19

rent- Of gravity, Iwas- hauiea pyo1ioa
s. LII old fupctionarT and compemn,so
- d;snlav my Terpsicborean aklll. In ane
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" snrt ~ solemn wiggle,. composed OF ~.
- A. ga u;tty.nat ateus, hard to no and very III
s w p when done. Forced TO par
.;n;note T thought it would do no harm 10
10. little animation into the perform
a on Co and 90 I spiced it with few extracts
erorn ,he Old Virginia Breakdown. and Tas-
taninr q remorseless clutch upon the girls,
roye them such squeezing I'D and SHAKING
Down "a made them look Wild for an hour
afterwards. .r.~. ~. .y
In this goodly company, and amid these
pleasant pastimes, we spent sixteen DAYS.
AS few Americans are fools enough 10
travel by this route. we reaped all the bene-
f.s which the rarity of the event naturally
commanded, being treated with the highest
consideration by the officers of the ship and
b. the passengers In generous regard for
our isol ated situation, they conversed with
us BY the hour lin SPANISH; and all hands
zealouslv combining to indoctrinate us IN
the mysteries Of the language, they pa
tiently caused US to repeat words and
phrases till our tongues were ready to cleaVe
to the roofs of our mouths and our jaws
were fit to drop. Early on the morning of
the 18th of February we passed in sight or
the southermost Of the Azore islands, the
glimpse of land thus obtained exhilarating
all nightly and inducing the captain that
night to dance, sings scream, laugh, ana
bang on his gourd with most joyful vehe-
mence. On the afternoon of the 18th we
made Cape st. Vincent, and on the follow
ing morning We were at Cadiz.
And this was Europe and | had now
attained the contamination Of the WISH OF
many and many year! But have neither
time, inclination, nor ability, TO sent1-
mentalize the event. will simply tell my
plain, unvarnished tale. As the ship could
not get to the wharf, we had to disem DARK
in boats, of which multitudes came OFT to
US. Amid great noise and confusion, my
friend and I saw our trunks spirited away,
and dashing headlong after them, found
ourselves in boat almost sinking with e1-
cess Of baggage and passengers. we clung
to it, however, end it conveyed us safely 10
the shore. An immense gathering OF Cadlz
loafers and dead beats was waiting TO re-
ceive US, and apparently the whole Wor-
shipful guild Of beggars had turned out ID
honor of our advent. These beggars were
the mcat persistent and impudent scamps
ever encountered, their manners asslmlia-
ting them to highway robbers rather than
to the "poor but respectable persons
they would fain be thought. They collared
US. and pulled and tugged Mt our garments
as if they intended to pull our very pockets
out. In the mean time we had to MAINTAIN
o lookout sharper than o serpent's tooth
upou the yicissitudes which our trunks were
undergoing. In such circumstances 8 man
ia not apt to be very charitable. The reverse
feeling began to wax hot within us; and
finding that our tormentors did not compre-
bend English we'll enough to know what
" damn" its congeners, auxillarles, and
augmentatives meant, my friend took his
cane, and I my old cotton umbrella, and by
vigorous fourishes contrived to gain some
surcease of their demonstrations. On the
whole, we had realizing sense that we were
strangers in strange land; ard what
would have become of us is only to be con-
iectured had we not been delivered by 8
hotel-runrer, who seized us and rushed Us
into the custom house, through whose por-
tentous portals (thanks to the courtesy OF
the officials enthroned within) we passed
out undiscovered, and got US with oil dis
patch to our inn.
Cadiz is city of between sixty and
seventy thousand inhabitants, situated on
q tongue Of land jutsing into the sea, which
almost surrounds it. 1t is enclosed by
wall, and is strongly fortified. In its gem
eral aprearance it resembles Havana,
having the same narrow streets, which pos
sess the Bostonian proclivity for all at once
splitting in two and coming to an untimely
end. These streets are made perfectly
hideous by the hoBls of the peripatetic
puryeyors of fish, eggs, and charcoal.
never will believe that mortal man else
where ever was cursed with such outrageous,
diaholical, esr-splitting, gall-bursting vocal
organs as these perambulators glory in ex-
ercising in comparison, the voice OF the
"NeU Nation bawler" was attuned TO
heavenly harnonies. The buildings are
mostly tall and white, with the lower WIN
dows grated and the upper ones balconled,
and the town is remarkably clean and neat
looking. The people here are of solemn
mien, and wonderfully addicted to the
wearing of cloaks, and the faVorite color OF
their umbrellas is red. What they do for O
livelihood have not yet been able to ascer-
tain. There is 10 Indication that they do
anything. 1t may not be altogether ira
tional to gurmise, inasmuch as the church
bells have been on the ring almost lnce5-
sanity since our arrival, that "prsyer g
all their business-all their pleasure,
praise" The disturbed political con-
dition of the country, | am told,
has injured the commerce Of Cadiz greatly
certain it is that at this time it does not
have o very thriving appearance. The
beggars whom We encountered en- mdSSe
when we landed | have since continually
met in detail whenever and wherever l
walk. Whether the father Of deceit mas
blinded them with that most preposterous
of all delusions, that am rich, or whether
they ore attracted by that beaming berevo-
lence which bristles all over me, | don't
know, but as coon IS | leave my hotel
they begin to gather about me, and when l
return it is generally with full retinue.
1t would be most delectable sight for my
friends could they see me sauntering along
the streets of Cadiz, with nay pipe in my
mouth, and adorned with all that dignity
and decorum which I so well know how 10
assume, enyeloped with rsgamuffius Of all
sizes, sexes, and sorts, smiling upon
them, laughing with them, and treating
them with the utmost urbanity and good
feeling, and never giving them cent.
"The black eyed girl Of Cadiz," who
tickled Byron so hugely when he was in
these parts, has left behind her progeny
worthy of their captivating predecessor. |
am VIGOROUSLY cool and cautious in these
matters, and hence my assertion ought to
have no common weight when affirm that
the ladies of this town are not bad looking.