New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-17
TIE CARNIVAL At NE w ORLEANS.
Zoo. n O. C,e.ee.t. Of March Q.


Msrdi Graz was blessed with bright, beau ifn wealth
er and az consequence the city alive with MM-
d. Grae making and mumnery. The ex'snt ana va
rety Of the street mssqn.raoDg IN the AFTERNOON en-
ces0ing anything Of the kind We have seen Tor some
years. r..
harlequin and clown DISCUSSES with bags OF noar,
whitening each other and the negroes, add leaving
their oury tracks the bsnquettesn all psr OF the
city The grown up jolly boys galoped on horseback
up the town and down. dressed and painted IS bedoun
Arabs, IndiaDs Turks, Chinese, Venetian cavshsrs,
and African negroes. Groups OF udcrons makers Of
all cor &c iyable descriptions went fly ing around In cabs
bugees, furoitnre wagons. and carriages. AL tho
colre saus in town appeared TO be out mary In male
cottumt Of s kinds, from that ct the prmp canal
street dandy TO the rockpg drunken sailor OF Gsia'
tin street and the green hstboaman OF Perdifo street
great many of tue more prosperous and stylsn f.
males of this clas went around in carriages, dressed
in fancy costumes Of exceeding richness and beauty.
Untold Thousands Of people lined tho principal
streets waiting for and laugh hing At the Tying foosres
From the lower part of TIE Third District ~ far up in
the Fourth distance OF five good miles, tho streets
were picturesque with people 10 NJ ndGrss Disguise;
from little children knee high 70 the largest sized
adults II is fair TO est nate that not less taan twenty
thousand people the great mass OF course being chill
dIen negroes and msce llare0us grosn people) took
part in yesterday street ma'quersds.
In GaIhtsnis the sailor region below jackson
SQUARED all the females were out 10 mems dsguise,
and most OF the were out 10 vomsns di'guise Ia
the EaubOurS IRENE the spectacles were such ~ 70
exceed our powers of description. To sum up New
Orleans in the afternoon, was PandemOniam 0f fan
tactic fevery at which residents looked and laughed
az of yoIe, and which strangers regarded with the
most perfect wonder ard astonishment. Hundreds o.
Lang liable collisions took place between different par
ties Of makers ard between msskers ana tho al MIR
ing crOwos. Orr face aches now ~ We write, from
the constant grin had 10 keep mp during the specta-
cles Of the afternoon.
The funniest thing saw was at the corner OF
Roysl and Orleans streets A troupe Of gsloping
Arabs came in collision with furni,ure wagon, loaded
with Venetian corsss and splendid Circasslan slaves,
supposed 10 have bsea rescued from the bloody Tark
who we're horspg around through otnsr parts of the
CITY How the fight started We could not discover,
but il was short tight and beautiful while it lasted.
The Arabs dirmounted from their borses, and clam
bered into the furniture car. There cracking Of
Whip handles over skuls, tearing of Of masks, q
ieikrg around by hair. sping Vt Circassian slaves
into the street, and general rough and-tanble al
round frantic iDterfer, by the police, and final
separation OF the COMMUNICATING al excited
crowd Of spectators admiring the insane faruitu's
wagon driver, who remained there for half hour,
suearirg and brspdisbing mis- viii phande 10 agony
OF tor satisfaction from any ono or AL " the
Arabs Who, 10 his great grief, 6 id not return.
The morality 81 the general turnout WAS uDqbes-
tiOtsby bad Blu, the staid and sober portion of the
community tUrued TO and laugh a. the hdcroas
specacss doubtless accepting the meniment NJ tho
nummers as polite apology for their eIistsncs IN
tho city and not begrudging them their own fashion
Of enjoyment for one day in the year.