The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-16
Third Day OF the Carnival,

The sports and revelry and noise and excitement OF
the winter carnival are not yet over and IL could
take the OF the whole population the question OF
their continuance dare say they would not end for
month at least We thought that Thursdays and Fri
days leighng world have used up all the snow in the
streets and far the leading thoroughfares-BFoad
way and the Boweryare concerned such has been really
the Hardly vestige Of white Is to be seen, and
that little consisting only Of the heaps shovelled oil the
sidewalks on the first morning. and standing
rampant wall Of three four feet high but preserving
little Of its native purity The centre Of the streets is
swimming with indescribabe clement composed Of
and mud, and generally known under the very
pressive designation OF slosh But this such it is is
taken substitute for the real material and through
it the eghs have been all day rafting with full
of men women, and children, determined sport
they have been during the past two days But the
sleghs have not by any means, had undisputed posses
sion wheeled vehicles have made ther appearance
and though yet far in the minority they porend the
speedy termination of the seighing career
The navigation Of Broadway has been rather difficult
affair either for seighs wheeled vehicles and to
pedestrians attempting it, that is feat which
would require great stretch Of heroism and legs We
thought that the gds about Canal street were not far
astray when they shouted to pretty young lady with
neat ankles and up to that time, spoess pantaletes
who was attempting the passage, Don't venture, Marin
Amt you afraid of being drownedt' But she was half
way at the time and to retreat than to
advance she resoutey held her course and gained
the opposite bank amid the cheers and shouts of the
bhoys.
In than respect, a sleigh ride up Broadway
yesterday might not napty be termed navigation. The
ridges Of frozen which crossed the street trans
verse at six feet distance from each other having
a deep channel of slosh between them reminded of
e,nLp III ula;o
regular and, doubt not, pleasant as the
motion of vessel We did not notice that any of the
passengers sick, though such thing would
not have been at all surprising considering the rough
passage. 1t a regular
. Here we go up, up up,
And here we go down. down downy'
sort of amusement INDUCED in by the babies Of a
larger growth amid shouts of laughter which almost
drowned the tnkng of the BELLS But the wheeled
omnbuses, which constituted perhaps fourth of the
conveyance proved themselves not whit better sailors
than the eghs in fact they much worse and like the
old round Dutch vessels they rolled about far than
the CLIPPERS that their passengers must have found
the motion disagreeable causing of them doubt
TO feel disposed 10 be awkward.
Here and there throughout the rough channel be
the wreck Of of these Dutch built which
had been unable to weather it through The seghs gene
rally nayigated successfully; sometimes however coming
into collision when would be found necessary discharge
their cargo into the mud The Colonel Baxter stuck
shoa at Canal street and unable get Off for at
least half hour notwithstanding the nhuman exertions
of her driver and conductor who if whipping could have
Effected anything in their perlous condition. would have
certainly entitled themselves to the thanks Of the Com
pany of Underwriters However after having discharged
their passengers into about foot and aha deep of the
muddy element, she rghted and got of in safety.
Though Broadway in such condition, all the side
and streets in fine state for sleghng and
disturbed out of their ordinary quiet composure by
the shouts and laughter of the merry -makers There
were fashionable people indulgng in the
yesterday than either Of the two previous days. and
with the bright, clear sky over head and the bamy air
which prevailed the city presented gay lively and ami
mated appearance. OF snowballs inds-
rensable ingredient in the fun and during the day
ming fights maintained with great spirit between the
rival companies and their natural Prosecutors the boys
along the route Added to this avalanches of
thrown of the roofs Of the houses the sidewalks be-
low ard if unfortunate pedestrian buried under
any of them due to the cautious look he
must have kept than to any the part of the
shoyeler above
To-day the omnibus seighs will have rest, and when
the Sabbath over think that the carnival will be at
an end and
AS frui.ess viii be the task
or many JOY to ask
As the snow