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LETTER FROM SPAIN.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
GsANADA, March IL, 1869.

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| ;csta' I9q GRANADA, March IL, 1869.
Spain is not within the usual track Of
tourists from America. 1t is, however, an
extremely interesting country, and would
strenuously advise, those designing to visit
Europe to embrace it in their scheme ,o1
travel.- Compared with other parts Of the
| Continent, it is little known to us, but it has
| features we'll worthy: of observation and
| study, and it is with regret that the state Of
| my companions health compels us to CON.
| fine our journeys to a limited portion Of, it;
| At the date Of my las, letter, February
23d, we set out on an excursion from Cadiz
to Seville. We went by the railroad. The
cars here are fitted up in the fashion of our
| hacks, with linen covered seats facing one
| another, slings to hang your arms in, and
window-frames that pull up by means of
long straps. In these you are securely
fastened for veal or for woe till you ar
| rive at a station ;when you are temporarily
| liberated; and if you should perchance
| require drink Of water, you can occasion
ally get it at some of the stopping places for
cent and quarter a glass. r. It is, I be-
! lieve, the general European system-a
system which, thanks to our enlightened
| republican institutions, has never OBJ
/ tanned o foot-hold in our happy land.
| The locomotives are Of the exploded pat
tern, resembling assw-mill on wheels, with
| a stove-pipe for smoke-stack, and with
the working-gear out Of sight; and their
whistles are Of the most powerful feeble
| ness. The train from Cadiz to Seville moves
| with the majestic stateliness which distin-
guishes the Petersburg cars, taking nearly
five hours to accomplish some eninety miles
but it has the commendable quality of pro-
ceeding with great smoothness. The con-
ductor traverses q narrow gangway on the
outside of the train, poking his head into
the windows to collect the tickets, and his
manners are fascinatingly polite. With a
most graceful bow he takes the tickets,
punches hole through them with extreme
obsequiousness,g and tears himself away
with, Felicity to you, gentlemen" 1t is
truly delightful to have to commune with
SO sweet-tempered and pleasant-spoken an
official. .seajo . ot ssaao aa sasG ,asssss
The first objects that attract the attention
outside of Cadiz are innumerable shallow
canals intersecting the country. These are
designed to admit the sea-water, which is
evaporated BY the heat of the sun for the
purpose Of obtaining salt. Large pyramids
of this article are seen in every direction.
After going about six miles we reach the
little town of San Fernando, where they
fly kites: extensively. The next station is
Port st. Mary, whence is procured the
water which supplies Cadiz but notWith-
standing this fact, the commodity is as dear
here as anywhere else-maintainiug its
maximum price of q cent and q quarter a
glass. The only other important place be-
fore reaching Seville is Xeres-a large and
fnely-situated town, famous as the depot for
sherry wine. The soil is evidently most
fertile. Olive trees are abundant on the
route and if the Spaniards are indeed lazy
agriculturists, it is not very perceptible
hereabouts, for this region bears unmis-
taxable marks of thrift and good culture.
Our observations on these points were
mostly made in returning from Seville, for
night had set in some time before we en-
tered it. With considerable effort re
scraped up enough Spanish to get ourselves
into the Hotel de Londres, a pretty fair
inn, where they give you mosquitoes in
place of the feas which are furnished OF
Cadiz, and which we would have liked bet
ter had they changed the table napkins
oftener than StoneWall Jackson did. his
shirt. .....a F-Esg.g,.-1 r.sg.a.G
Seville is city of about 120, 900 inhabi-
tants, situated in the midst Of a rich and
beautiful plain, on the banks Of the Qua
dalquiver river. Its history goes far back,
| the most interesting description. The
Phnnician, the Roman, the Goth, and
the Moor, have united to make its story.
Their impress is on it still which to have
seen / shall ever esteem as one of the for
tunate events Of my life. 1t is vain to at
temptto do justice to itin q mere newspa-
per letter, and what I shall say of it must
needs be of very sketchy and cursory
character. Seville has very handsome
houses, and series Of streets sufficiently
narrow, which are laid out after q. pattern
abstruse enough to mystify Philadelphia
lawyer. Along them patter multitude of
female creatures, most lovely to behold, who
glance at you to your extreme peril, and
sometimes even wink in q manner calcu-
lated to deceive the very elect. Along
them patter also, cheek-by-jowl with the
ladies, multitude Of jolly little Andalu!
sian jackasses, who are the medium of the
carrying trade, wheeled conveyances being
rare. The owners Of these active little fell
lows load them till they are out Of sight |;
and then jumping on, ride all over them
from the tip of their tails to the tip Of their
noses. A great deal is done here in, wine,
oil, and oranges; but times are now hard,
the people complaining especially Of the
intolerable advance in liquor which has
gone up no less than 100 per cent, being
now two cents drink. Not the least CRATE
full characteristic of Seville is it's climate,
which at this season, during the day, fis. as
balmly as heart can wish. At night, how
| ever, it is cool. We wanted fire, and
were furnished with o pile of ashes in q
brazier-an arrangement about as CHEEKY
to behold as any other ash-bank, but which
has the property Of giving out such heat as
It's blessed withal apparently forever, at
| the rate Of seven cents braZier full.
To see the sights Of Seville 10 advantage
it is necessary to hare o guide. / attempted
to edo" them on my own responsibility,
but with bad success. Why or how it is
whether INTO congratulate myself as pos
sessing the most winning OF, looks, or
whether / am to bemoan myself as present
ing the greenest of aspects truly I yWist
| not; but certain it is that since my descent
upontSpsin lam becomeItherallying- point
for all the vagabonds who catch sight Of
me. ~ I had hardly ventured ont Of the
shadow of my hotel before I was clamped
by the seediest-lookiDg viilain ever beheld,
who offered to be my cicerone. The only
decent hahiliments he had on were pair
of boots-one with no bottom, and the other
with no top-snd, for his salvation, iti was