The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-27

is going on. This Is the great attrac.
ton OF the evening, the procession Of
masks, the Masken,Zug. As to attempt.
ing to get nearit, you might as well try
to force your way through stone
wall; ali ,h"~vou can do is to follow
the stream, and watc}, what is going
on from afar; bat to your infinite hor-
ror you find. all Of sudden. that you
a'e on the verge OF q preciplce, hang
ing en- the very brink of an abyss!
Why, thonsh: .you were already deep
in the bowels Of the earth, and can
there be anything deeper still? Vous
aerre- fout q lheure. Beneath you is
the Zug, vending lis motley way,
large and lazy as boa that has dincd.
The subject of it is the emigration to
California; and all the arsenal o.; Wen.
nese wit has been exhausted to find
notices and devices for the maskers.
Leading to the level space, where the
process on is deGling, is broad and
steep flight of stairs, down which if
there were not the help Of the up
current, you must be plunged head
foremost. In your rear you have Il
good humorcd looking HTlener Burxch,
a gurcon de co1e, or some such func-
tionary, who goes on uninterrnpted|y
exclainng, ScAaun's M! schoun's nu!
! ji't ;mmen, Schaun's ia doch! (Look
We, now look We? Lord love YOU? look
you here whilst Your right hand is
f'anEe1 by Prince L., the brother of a
Sovereign prince. aud our left, by
soldier OF the Mazzuchelli regiment,
who is trying win all his might not to
crush you or injnre your dress. But
this is nothing: the startling sight is in
lront. Don't tread upon my toes! is
a conn. on ohjurga,ion, but here it is.
don't ,re;.d upon my nose! and nothing
can equal the anxiety of the upturned
eyes wi1::h i'nplore of you not to put
.hrm "r;! There! vou nave advance!
a step farther, and your right foot is
on The shouider Of 4 handsome CAPTAIN
OF hussars. VIII" smiles gailantIy and
pays you compliment, the sense of
which Is, that it Is easy for you any
where 20 walk over the course. for YOU
know him, and he is an huJitue at
the Countess D.; xnen this is
past yon find yours # in danger of
sending your shoe through the lace Of
a house maids cap. and to save you
and yourself, you stretch out your
arm and catch in despair at the string
Of dazz!ipg stars upon an old generals S
uniform. The AauJerl IS saved by is
wearer having mounted q step, and
then she laughs, and you laugh,
and the old general laughs, and YOU
lose your hold upon his crosses, and ty
dlnt of much management on your
part and Oh that of your cavalier, you
arrive at the bottom, having, consider.
lug the circumstances, an incalculably
small number of damaged noses to
answer for, but rich is the comprehension
Of what walking upon peoples heads
really means. And even now YOU
are not at the end. Lower still, BY
one long, winding staircase, is lile
Brazilian Railroad, and down you 90.
How deep you may be in your mater
nal element, when you enter upon the
Etsenbahn, is more than can under
take to say, and you are rot much
inclined TO care, for al your attention
is engrossed by the rafting of the cars
on the railroad; the laughing of the
people in them; the cracking of the
Positions Whips, (or the carriages on
the rails are drawn by ponies and
the screaming and chaltering of the
cockatoos, parrots. and monkeys, that
for the sake Of IL couleur locdle are
chained upOn trees zeal trees oyer