Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-10
sPAIN. )
Street Sketches In seYIiIs-An-
dRIasian Ssinsfreisy and
Dancing.

Seville Correspondence Of London telegraph
One Of the sights Of Seville Is the
fruit market Of the Incarnation. Il Il
an oblong square, covering more ground
than Convent Garden, and with the ex-
ception of one broad stone thoroughfsre,
dividing il into two halves, and an open
paved way running right around it, Is
completely covered with lofty white
washed brick sheds, cool and airy
through which you may take delight
ful stroll, inhaling fragrant odors, and
surrounded by wealth Of color that
would exhaust an artists palette. From
the beams and rafters above YOU hang
long strings Of onions, their giittering
coats of bright reddish brown-festoons
of scarlet and emerald pePper-pods-
huge coca-nuts ia their rhin0cerontic /
outer shells-gaards Of all shapes and /
hues-mighty eaeumbers and choice |
melons in nets, hung up to ripen. To |
the right and left Of your path are the |
stsIls. small Enclosures ike eattle-pens |
in the center of each squats its proprie- |
tor, hodged IN on all sides by piles Of
fruit. Great bags Of chesnuts are poured
out prodigally at his feet; round his
head are clustered enormous punches of
grapes. hanging from the woodwork Of
his stall; pyramids Of muskmelons en-
compass him round about deep baskets,
overhowing with pomegranatss tinted
ike the falling leaf, yellow and rosy ap-
ples. pimento and delicate milk-white
onions form the front bulwark Of his
stronghold; and close behind him,
shielded By his body from the raids OF
theadventurous, proving Parde s-se7I0res
and boys, is a large osier pannier, half
filed with soft hay, into which he
throws with a lofty and careless air, the
coins YOU give him IN exchange for ms
tempting commodities. i clumsy pair
of scales bangles hard by, in which ne
weighs the ponderous melons and gieam-
inc onions-the smaller fruit are sold By
number, these and the peppers by weight
OF all the splendid objects displayed IN
his store. the only ones that fulfill their
outward promise are the pomegranates,
onions and ehesnuts the rest are far
outside and disappointment within.
Those golden grapes, glowing with the
| hot kiss of the autumn sun, are little but
skin and stones, the former being about
| as thick and tough as a kid glove. These
| prodigious melons, dark green, turned up
| with delicate yellow, are as inslpld a.
| weak sugar and water. These peaches,
biz as cricket balls. are as hard and IN
grateful to the palate; as prOjeetiles IN
time Of war they might be useful-as
comestibles they are naUght. Those
lOrdly- -gilded apples, hecked with PINK
and crimson bars, are so many gally-
clothed globes Of pith. Spanish fruit
which, with ever so little care and cultl-
vation should be. by reason Of the sol
and climate. some OF the finest IN the
world. il merely delusion and snare
it grows in accordance vita the taReitul
decrees Of Dame Nature ran wild. and
Ike many other untended products oi
this hapless country, hath seenly ex
terror, ct roila tout Lingering along
the approaches to the market and Wist
r fully snufing the highiy-scented heaP'
lining their road. come companies o.
patient. ar-twitching donkeys, laden
with bags of chesnuas and pimentC
packed in mating, and carelessly hal
ioed along by being who looks mueE
more ferocious beast than any Of his con.
! voy. lie wears short Jacket of g0atskit
or sheepskin, the hair or wool outside
ragged breeches reaching to the middle
, of his thigh. and kept together by sash
once red. in which Is stuck a murderou'
snickersnee. His beard mixes with the
tawny hair on his naked breast, black
ened by the fierce sun his hand i
swathed in a handkerchief brown viii
/, grease and dirt; and his feet are pro
teeted BY toeless sandals, fastened rounC
the ankle with leathern thongs. Beg
] | oars. afflicted With the most revolving in
! frmities, dog your steps as you saunte
through the arcades, and do their best
: as indeed they do in every part o
Spain-to spoil your enjoyment of tbs
cav scene. At the rate Of cuartO t.
. every four beggars, ROthsehild or Er
! LANCER would. after short residence IL
; this Peninsula, be reduced TO cOmpeti
ton with their Jeaefciaires. Walk onc'
round the Puerta del Sol at Madrid, an,
YOU shall be impOrtuned at least thret
a hundred times for aims. Traverse th'
! short distance between the Plaza de L
Libertad and the Cathedral at Seville
+, and YOUR heart shall be made sick witt
more narrowing appeals and awful mani
: festations of deformity and disease thar
! the experience Of a lifetime in Englan,
OF France could afford you. Besides tn
genuine unfortunates that possess Onl.
too terrible claims to your compassion
there are hundreds of idle vagabonds o
either sex whese mendicancy Is bio
\ upon public deceney Many decentl
\ dressed comedy girls will solicit aim
! from you, and if they meet with a re
i fusal will change their piteous whine t
:. whisper of infamous import. Men com
fortably clad and bearing themselves lik
gentlemen. extend their hands haughtil,
to YOU as you pass them, and rebuk
- your niggardliness with scowl of OF
. Tended dignity when you utter the shib
g boleth, " Per,i0He Uasted pOr DOis, her
maao." Of Spain many curses surel.
: her beggars are among the very worst.
~ Tonight, in company with good.
r. muster Of English and American ladie
It and gentlemen, visited the weekly en-
Il tertainment of national dances given a
As the Salon de Recreo formerly the Con
vent of ST. Francis, in the Gale Tarifa
and was fortunate enough to see tn
ialeo performed by a celebrated Gitana
and to witness her marvellous evolution
in no end of boleras. fandangOs, Oles an
- seguidillas. | cannot hope to give 20
an idea of the nervous excitement IL
s 'e dueed by the contemplation Of re;
c ~ Spanish dancing. Neither the Hungs
u rian ezardas nor the Roman hOra, tn
- Neapolitan tarantella nor the Dalmatia
4 tzietoodra, is endowed with the sam
= magical faculty Of exhilarating the spe,
ly tatOrs that Il possessed by these extr'
" ordinary performances. The locale
1e which they take place Is, in itself, $
- characteristic Of Spain that it deserv,
10 . word or two of notice. Picture
IN yourselves long, low room, dim