New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-15

THE CARNIVAL IN RoIE-A correspondent of theeNew
Bedford Mercury in aetter from Rome gives the follow
ing interesting description of the great day Of the Carr
val:
The next day. Thursday was the great day Of the Ca
nival. which commenced on the 14th St Valentines iay
At first it was not very spirited the
dresses neither peculiar many But Thursday eyei
body was cut who meant to participate. The Gurso
where it takes place is the chief Rome long
street about the breadth Washington strea ii
Boston but with sidewalks. The houses a,
have balconies and in the vacant places temporary
are built up. which as we'll as all the windows hung
with draneTy generally scarlet. There two wsysof
the latter is the livelier My party did the last and
about two We entered the street and fell into the slow
moving line Of coaches with bag Of confetti and ankle
deep in flowers, tied in little bouquets
Confetti Tade by rolling up -four and water into
,ie bs nke sugar piums and you can buy for twenty
window crowded with handsomely dres cd women and
their attendant gentlemen the streets lined With
peasant and servant girls in their picturesque Dire
scarlet boddices withwte The double
line of coaches passing and repassng trongs Of
men mostly in odd dretHes harequns. noaries- clowns
and even in fmale attire The whole business o the av
is to p"lt people with confetti and bouquets flowers
the ladies, flour for the men 1t uay seem childish
enough. but such is the spirit good hulnor of the
thing. that you help entering into it and
fighting than you refrain from cheer r at y r,n,
After the dash confetti in your face yon lose s
restraint aud fight away like the nr,dast Genau artit
or Roman in the crowd We had nut on bousrs and nS
clothes, and further fortified with wire masks
docking very much like wire dish-coYer as do most
foreigners We rolled slowly down the street with many
the handsome Roman women their black eyes flashing
with fun their black hair and red hodees powdered with
rival coaches fell thick and fast Many the ladies were
in white eloaks with capuehn hoods PAL sy drawn
their heads carage of beautiful girls conpicu-
by their tiaras Of gilt paper another was filed with
in the plnmed hats Of cavslier ballet girls Greeks
Turks, all possible iress~s there s759 -
As passed the carriages under balconies pretty
women would beckon with their bouquets; inviting
exchange and then toss down half coach load flow
ers in acknowledgment of those you flung up to them
In the midst Of this panomme- while yo were select
prettest offering for lady fair, Slap would
whrlwind Of hail in your face. little vagabond in
the street armed with bladder tied to stick would hit
you sounding thwack that startled without hurting
Then stop would and "a standing fight between
two opposite carriages. till air was thick uth -four
broadside and broadside engagements these between
look solemn intent upon any passing purpose as
bit of panomme Irritation, catching the eve Of an ac
quainance, Was particularly marked, and whelmed
at
In the course of two months and half residence in
Rome of course we had number of friends and they
all out all engaged in the fun enjoying them
selves One thing that added the biillant IF ct was
that the women generally set the backs .he
riages with their feet upon the seats and the stood
You judge of the crowd when the circuit once up
and down the Corso about mile long occupied two
hours and more At five O'Clock couple of gun fires
from the Piazza del Popoo announced the termuation
and the mounted Dragons of the Pope cleared the street
by turning each carriage into the nearest side street
Thence at the end whence the horses body
Of troops of the line marched in and cleared the centre
of the street posting sentines all along they went
Part of these troops French and part Papa and
the difference between their proceedings quite marked
The French good natured and gentle their rou
Office permitted laughing joking and pushing the people
on witha good humored schooboy that did their
| work effectually and made i'll feeling The papal
troops pressed roughly hesating to strike any
in their the head and shoulders with their
nuskets They were gentle enough with foreigners bus
their poor couutrymen times savagely
me"d The street cleared. pal y of dragons fur
ther assisted by riding full down the Corsc end
/ back to effect ually break path.
This rough but as the horses without riders
it necessary the safety of the people they
be kept back and that with the enthusiastic Italian
perament is easy matter. Then rope stretched
the starting place and the horses led in behind it
Swinging rearing and plunging Thin slender Barbnry
horses they with little heads and long legs ard
their bodies all covered th rappngs intended to act
Whips and spurs to jingle and prick them. They seemed
fully up the thing and plunged at the rope itrcey
| their attendant grooms could hardly hold them One
second and the buge blew the rope tell and they
away like the wild horse of Mazeppa, the whole crowd
cheering and screaming with all their might. Onemnute
and it The guards broke up their line
the people poured in to learn the event and three gus
fired in quick succession announced that the Carnival
done till one O'Clock, Saturday.
went through the Corso Friday. fast day you
know, and it looked melancholy and deserted enough
all the time. think twice i'll be enough for for
Rome is yet exhausted of its sights The churches
and the studios remain visited either now or when
[ return from Naples, before Holy week Rooms have
been enormously dear. and late have had to
pay nine dollars week and it is difficult to
veyances from here at least for several days to COME
especially to Florence There nearly 200 Americans
in Rome at present and about 2D0 English. besides Ger
mans and OF her foreigners