Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-03-21

A. New ORLEANS, March 6, 1857.
Mis- .,,u 49,, The gay season Of Carnival, which
y oNs... ';.o" sfpll in the Union, makes sbow
AL, ''he' M, sssed aud ,yo -. 80.
all good ca,bolios ,SSspen thrive most, and when
: much fish as thew IA pOint Of piefy to eat
~ -. whatever may be thSly eaD--l mean Lent.
800 IN regard to religious pns of our French
'"s~ seryient to pleasure: Pline, they make
yet lost nyhng Of its poie,v ar city has, as
Nes Of Mardi Gras ps
49, ~ squers seemed to enioy of very
"nr's' :. ~ sGnts Of the -four thiSlselves,
= 49, ~. -, 40. In the evening, lib
~, yy ~, who style tiemsS-
''rhe Mystic krewe OF ,, -,
torch light procession. II nau sp'endict
first book Of Paradise Lost, Sd Ha ~ rom they
Internal regions, and every one 'ypss IRON the
ritan Is kind enough to accommodate wy o'a ru-
there, from Pluto 10 Cerbergs, were ~ " OeF'h
The body Of DR.. Kane having arrived thagn'ea-
ing from Havana, received fsnernl hOnors fF5lIa
city, and was laid in state at the City Hall y.
The Firemen's annual procession took pFsse on
the fourth instant It was quite a magnificent af-
fair, aud was two cigars and half IOng-Q mean
1t took the length of time to pass q given point
which it took the undersigned to smoke the cigars
aforesaid. This city deserves great credit for its
FIRE organization. The companies are well discf-
plined and orderly, and their promptitude in at
tending fires is quite marvellous.
Although there is little ifany decline in the bust
ness of the city, it is yet apparent that the season
is almost over. The warm weather is now begio-
ming to set in, and'in few weeks lhe theatres will
close, and the city be again comparatively desert
ed. One pecaiatity Of the city is that there is
nothing like cOuniry surrounding it, where rich
cts could spend the summer. 1t is either all city,
river, or swamp. There are no prOmensiles, and
there is no such thing as taking walk any where
off the Pave. In this region distance most GER
tainly ''lends enchantment." When seen at dis
lance, the woods, despite the funeral aspect given
them by the pendant Spanish moss, seem ft places
TO revive the garden of Eden, but he who seeks to
penetrate them finds nothing but mud, miasma,
and hideOus reptiles. The great difficulty expert
enced in building railroads here is the quicksand-
like nature of the soil, which in short time would
swallow up rails sleepers and all; and q ride over
one of the roads here almost leads to the impress
sion that it is built a stratum of feather beds.
Whatev er Disadvantages this city may labor un-
der, the lack of amusements is certainly not one.
They are many and varied The only opera wOr-
thy the name in the United States is one of the in
situations here. The best artists from Paris come
here annually, and the mis- scene of our theatre
cannot be surpassed even in that city. Spalding
& Rogers have engaged the Marsh juvenile come
dams, who are all the rage at present. The troupe
consists of 43 liliputian actors, all under twelve
years of age, and their performances are truly
wonderful. The weather has been n little cool fol
the past three days, but is again growing warm.
Yours, H. G. w.