The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-17

he creating furor at one theatre carIotti c;rio
"nT sncn mvorte With the Psrisians another
NY Sarnivai Is now finished; IL on Satur-
DAY the 9TH at one O'clock and continued Gig dnv,
except Friday and Sunday ending Tuesday the 18th
street and the Windows and bscouies In fact every
available place was hung with rich drspsries The ear
riags pass up one ode and down the ether tho In
mates exchanging flowers 6ouqus.s and son 5ons with
those In tbs windows along the street and on the sde
O'clock when ths strs. untn gun nrss at fonr
nClsemen make passage through the crowds allow
teen horse. VI 20 en- Usually from to four
punes anu arc driven forward by means Of balls with
steel points which beat against their tanks but tho in
sumo. o. Inc animals gives the spirit Of competition
hcienty The prize Is rich banner and sum OF from
$50 to $50 rs the judges After the races again
commence the showers Of flowers and BON bons some
real and some made Of plaster The last night inisbed
with an illumination every having taper The
vvacy and enthusiasm Of the Italians enabi. them 10
pass atonce from the to the most CAV occu
pstions. -
On the o2i tomorrow the Americans in Rom, oels.
prats the day by dinner have an
to be there.
Yesterday we had funeral attended by the Ameri-
boston who died qf pleursy of long standing His re-
mains, at his desire, VIII be taken to America.
VIENNA, March 90, ls47.
Description ef tAs Carnioal-Lent in Yienna-Tae Mu
steal Seoson
In this fnr famed metropolis the jolly beer drinkers
and merry sausage devourers among the people, pro-
pery so called sing yorte song the burden Of whose
rhyme Is TO produce the conviction that there IA only
one Vienna Imperial city, "Es siebt nur Elm
Vein, es sieJf Kai,er,todtn Familiarity with
many bnssmay, and do doubt does produce contempt;
but familiarity with Vienna and the Vicnnese serves
only to induce profound respect for the truth contain
ed in this peoples ditty.
The joys Of the carnva have tolcd their last peal
and the musical festivities OF Lent are in the full tide OF
happy execution. The travelling Musseman was not
FAR out OF the way when he named the period of the Car
nva the crazy Of the people who live towards the
setting SUM- and related Of them the most wonderful
things to his listening brother husssenen whose very
boards shook with marvel at the recital At certain
period Of the year. says he the serious Franks
are suddenly attacked with singular mania They tie
black unseemly masks before their faces nut on the
most outlandsh dresses and costumes and in abort dis
ngure themselves to such extent that the father
niso his sister Thus alfred they repair TO certain
gorgeously decorated and brilliantly Illuminated places
OF resort. where during the deafening noise Of number
eis lstruments they jump about II stark mad until
the Precipitation streams from the entire BODY Thi.
last: Tor some weeks when finally the mania having risen
20 the highest pitch the poor deudsd souls hasten
early, on certain morning, to the affairs OF their
enurches where their priests ashes on their
heads whereupon they suddenly to reason and
quietly resume their accustomed OCCUPATIONS ma n no
thing had taken place. do not pretend to saw that
thus ass tourist has done justice to the vennese and
merely reate MS story to give specimen ideas of
An incorrigble Turk relation to the pleasures of our
Carnival We see in his opinion the very symbol of
the being who does not admire the wdness OF the gallo.
pade-the life OF the Keeling waltz-the graceful move
zurka
Tho present carnival season has not bcen verv bril-
one IN the court circles on account Of the death of
the raatne OF hungary who closely related tho
imperial house Of Austria, and which crcumstanoo
clothed the entire court and nobility in deep black an
early period OF the carnival There but one of the
brilliant court balls, for the of which Wen
ma Is renowned The nobility have sympathized with
the court and their select balls have been ies
than usual If turn to the other side of the picture
however, the peopswho, by the ay never seem mel.
ancholy about auythng-we find that the bl. of1are
has been every worthy of the guests We have had
balls Of every hue and dye The military officers have
had their dance aud the civil officers had thers
the wealthy citizens have realized to their hearts
tent In their select balls and the Shyock bankers the
bulls and bears and their satellites have for moment
forgotten their calling and joined Ia the general gaety
The lukewarm professors of the classical schools have
deserted Virgil aud Homer for Ovid and erpschore and
the urists have thrown aside Justnian ceused
ing ABOUT the code Napoleon and declared their pre-
ference for habeas corpus while the voares of
have left the celestial pleasures OF nhang ether and
given themselves to the terrestrial joys Of the may
dance
Descending few steps in the scale Of existence VIC
meet with the dandifed elegant and perfumed clerk
with his beautiful mustache, waltzng with Parisiau
grace with the pretty little mlliner to whom he has
vowed ms heart and following in his wnke comes the
fashionaby atired tailor his gently resting the
waist OF his fair Ducina the charming flower gir And
then come the plump and hearty cooks, why should
whom fate has destined them to feed nd ftcn in lux
ury' Why should the poor cooks cave
heir
delicate hands and arms bus hing with tho deepest red
In Partisan kid Of the purest white, Why should their
well developed pedestas which they live day in and
day out, not for once be decorated Chinoi,c And
then comes another cass Of bns-thc washerwomen OF
Vienna form craft cut of from all the cont aminatng
neighbors around them-cean, tidy proud of their
occupation and they have for their exclusive sutton.
the common soldiers Of the city garrison Many them
are blooming and pretty girls and MS they mako more
money than their male friends the latter AR.
invited by them, and the unluckv wight who has
the audacity to intrude upon the washer ball
n fair e..
seard-a soap-suds bath is his Inevitable lot The
Motel walters not ot behind the travelling public
whom they live to serve and the English Lord-the
French deputy and the German noblemen can see
themselves in miniature cnptally portrayed by the
children educated under their personal supcrvi-
sion The walters ball IL au fat in eyery thing that
belongs to the hau ton and why should Il not be when
TINS class has tho brilliant portunity OF learning
nnsmet OF manners and critical prOpriety etiquette
under the most distinguished tutors And then comes
the chimney. sweeper's ball. which is by no means 80
rooty an AFFAIR rs its name would Indicate and the
waterans ball. aud finally, when all others are on the
stool Of repentance on Ash Wednesday the poor cab
men, who have been duty incessantIy driving all
and every night weeks take advantage Of the few
hours during which their employers dec II necessary
lie In sac-cloth and ashes and dance with fd.ity
which proves them to DO convinced Of the necessity OF
making the most Of tho only night in the year they
are free.
farewell TO the Christian saturnaa and sensual plea
sures farewel-and let us fast and be meek But in
our season OF humility we must have amusement; with
out that we Eiennese cannot live and what Is more
harmless what is eevatng aud ft ted to tho pre
sent moment than the harmony Of sweet sounds In
leaving the goddess who presides the light fan
tastic toe commit ourselves her who guides the
harmony OF the spheres and lent is therefore, emphat
cal y the musical season in Vienna so far MS quanti-
ty Is concerned the present cannot he called
brilliant one Jenny Lind the nightingale ofthe north
with her protector, Meyerbeer have frightened the
smaller warblers away Lists, Thalberg Bero1 David
and the numbercss host who wont TO enlven the
imperial city have fed and given up the sole possession
OF the grove to the sweet singer Jenny Lind il per
forming an engagement for forty nights which she
receives twenty thousand dollars IL has so far been
brilliant In the extreme The piece Of the season
- "Vieka or the Camp Of Silesa composed expressly
Tor her by Meyerbeer and shall reserve for nv next
full account OF and nl musical Of the present nnscn
'eaSoh O. =. O.
VIENNA, April 4, ls47.
Music aud The Opera Meyerbeer's neto Opera-Jennv
Lind aud her triumphs-Her Mopemen,s-TL, Op,ra
t!sewhere, &c. &c.
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