Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-21
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what II meTchanr saw In E'asope
CARTHAeErjA, SPAIN. }
Wednesday, April 5tn. 1871. {.


Wednesday,, april 5tin, 1871. !
Dear Ones at Home "A busy time of
1T we had at E alaga las. Monday. When
1t was determined that we should come
this route, we enga sd our guide to go
among TIE steamship agents to learn the
Pr1oe TOR passage 80 Versailles. We saw
II Re'Iorally advertised at 81 5, Spanish
cord, but we knew that woy Id admit of
oscided sbrinksge. After an hour of
maneuvering we were in ossession OF tic
sstS at Sl2 70 each, sh' iDkage of just
$I2.25 Our extra bag gage had come
from Gibra har in the morning and it
muas nee2s go through the Custom House
Willie and TO liowed in the broiling sun
and finally under ID express care of the
civil guard it was transported to the Gus
tom House. Tb@ e we waited just three
hours and forey~F We minutes for the ne
oessary papers to receive thirteen sigma
tures, and then an officer went into an
Examination WI tn thoroughness and mi
uuteness of a, toll worthy of d batter
cause. The .ustom duties of Spain are
something fr2Ightful. they tell US. I state
the truth W Aen say that a Spaniard is
anenable to the law if he take a hogs
hoad OF 80 It water from the ocean without
special permit. Why you ask. simply
because the duty on salt is so high and
the government so eager for the revenue
derived from its importation, that they
prohibit boiling down of ocean brine to
extract the salt. After the officer had
ohalked our baggage, as undutiable we
must needs get permit to take it away,
and SO 1t was that the greater portion of
Monday we were following luggage
which consisted chiefly of soiled clothing
We went to pay Mr.. Kreisler our parting
respects, and received from him our first
letters from home. l cannot tell you OF
the Joy with which they were welcomed.
You might have thought us little chill
dren in our transports of gladness. We
all returned to the hotel with moistened
eyes, and left it with dry ones, we were
not disposed TO cry at thought of turning
our backs for the last time upon the
Fonda" nor upon Malaga, for we had
grown heartily sick of the SAVIOR of garlic
about the former and the homlessness of
the latter. Wilson of London has Joined
our party, and at $50 p. m. we board the
Spanish steamer Guadiana of Seville, and
fe minutes later we were gliding out
the harbor, under the rosy tints of gor-
geous sunset over the Sierra Nevada
range. One of our party suggested an
unusual question. Is not that rare golden
and purple light bathing in richest glory
those commanding peaks of the snow
capped rnountains,a fit portal to paradises
The Guadiana's cabin is filled with pas
sengers, and among the number, most
charming of them all beautiful girl. of
fifteen summers the daughter of
our ships Captain. She very
strongly resembles a certain one known
to you on Hopkins street, Cincinnati.
She has with her favorite pet which she
brought from Seville, and old "Pelp' is
perohed on the piano at the head of the
cabin, more disposed to screech than to
speak They call the senorita Eloiss,
and with child like simplicity and woman
like voice she converses with one and an
other. captivating of vivacity. Finally
she takes seat at the piano, and Joined
by an Eoglsh speaking Spaniard, sings
song 10 their native ton que, doubtless re-
plete with romance and may be teaching
of those early days of ohivalry, when the
beacon lights shone on the mountains and
the Moorish watch fires told of the Span
i-h advance. Wilson, of London, a fine
tenor singer is soon in his element, and
when Eloiss learns that Will can
play her piano and l can sing so basely
and William 80 sweetly, she has no hesit-
ancy in offering her piano to cur party.
The Spsni-h passengers come from deck
aud peer from their state rooms when Will
liam and Wilson lead eff with "Home
sweet home" and succeed it with "Tramp,
tramp the boys are m4rcbipg.' About ten
o'clock on deck we are treated to the
sparkling in moonshiue of the snow cap
ped mountains, which are the framing 30
that picture from the Tower OF Conares
the at ALEXANDRA. With this sofa moon |
light 80 charming night and cruising the !
Mediterranean, am forcibiy, reminded OF
Tom Moores touching wo.ds which we are
disposed to offer you as our Good night"
aboard the Guadians.
"And when in other c''mes, we meet
som i~le or vale ench Anring.
VIII re all ats fuwry, wi and sweet,
And nought but love l. wanting:
W. think how great had been our bliss
II Haven + al but assigned US
To live and die in scenes ike this,
With some we've LETT behind u.s.
Tuesday morning, April Alb, we are at
Almeris, an old Moorish mountain-gi
city, save on the east a great quay of
massive stone walls, against which the
tide ebb is scarcely perceptible, SO placid
is the sea this lovely, lazy morning. We
are rowed ashore, and saunter about the
town for Fonda" for we do not relish
the idea of breakfast aboard ship The
fat rooted houses and lane like streets re-
mind as of Tarquia Morocco, but AL
meria is scrupulously clean and neat
which cannot be said of the Moorish city.