Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-10
MEMPHIS
The Carnival a Grand Success.
The City Given Up to Fun and
FrivOIlty.
Fifty Thousand People Witness
the Magnificent Display.


Fifty Thousand People Witness
the Magnificent Display.
Graphic Description Of the GeorEeOus
Decorations and the Scenes and In
eIdents OF the Day.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 9.-Tbe streets are filed
with maskers, and Main street is gaily
decorated with fags. The weather is pro-
pitious and everything indicates a grand
success Of the Carnival II is estimated
that fully 10000 visitors are already here,
and every train and steamer arriving is
crowded. Among the visitors are Mayor
johnson, Of Cincinnati; Mrs. Gov. Davis,
Of Minnesota, and a number Of prominent
members Of the Mystick KfeWe Of New
Orleans. Business is entirely suspended.
second Dispatch.
The carnival to-day has been an i'm
mense success. From an early hOur the
principal streets have been one dense mass
Of surging humanity, intermixed with
maskers, representing eyefythins eoneeiya-
bic in history and mythology. Never be-
fore has Memphis witnessed such con-
course Of people, and never before was the
city as completely given to mirth and
fIiVolity. The weather was clear, though
title too cool for comfort; bVt this did not
deter those 6ho had come to witness the
festivities Of the carnival, and from early
in the morning until 9 o'clock at night, the
streets were flied with spectators, the low
est estimate being $4,000.
At 3 o'clock the UlSs or Mischief Makers,
under the charge Of the German Casino,
made their triumphant procession, which
consisted Of a splendid burlesque Of every
thing animate and inanimate, fIOm the un-
paid policeman, and life before the deluge,
to the spirits of the vast deep, and a mixed
school under the civil rights bill, which was
greeted with shouts Of applause as it passed
along. But the grand feature Of the carni-
yal was the pageant Of the MemPhi at
night, with the streets brilliantly illu-
minated with calcium and rarti-cOlOred
lights, accompanied by three bands Of mu-
sic.
The first float or tableaux represented
Chivalry. Scene, a mountain and cavern,
the dragon lying partly in the cave, is slain
by st. George, who with drawn sword is
standing VIGOROUSLY over him; Christian
in combat with a MOsletn, who IS slain; in
the contest a female figure, typical Of
Christianity, grasping the Cross and point
ing TO Heaven, surmOunts the Whole, sur
rounded by ten Knights in complete
armOr.
Tableau SacOnd-ROmance Of chiValTy.
A bower or summer-hOuse, approached by
broad and graceful steps with ornamental
bsllustrades, plants; flowers and vines; IN
the bower Is a cavalier richly dressed,
with a falcon psrched on his hand; he is
gazing on a CasUillisn lady, who returns
his look with tenderness; midway on the
stems is a trOubadOur Of the province,
strikipg tue ctiE-ris cf auitar- and hard
bv is a Spanish cavalier in halt arnor,
listening: lower down is seen the quaint
and grotesque figure Of Don Quixotte, IN
full armor, ascending, reading with Won
der and delight the romantic stories OF
Amadis Ce Gaul.
Float 3-Visi0n Of Columbus. Scene at
Genoa, A. D. 1449; Columbus, aged IA, IS
seen asleep on a bank. CT flowers, and IS
visited by the spirit Of the MeInphi, who
inspires him with the daring ambition OF
discovering America; the figure hOyers over
him and points forward to America, typl-
fed by the figure of Atlanta, who IS seen
,:anding in a fAnciful bark on the sea,
holding in her hand a star and beckoDlnS
him on, below the figure OF the Memphl IS
seen the spirit Of Evil. with bat-like wings
and menacing countensnce, symboiical OF
the misfortunes which befel the discoverer.
Float 4-The Vision cOntinued-Seene
q. Washington. a. ID. 1870; the result Of
The discovery as exhibited in the present
power and greatness Of America, with
representatives Of the capital, railways, and
STEAMSHIPS on the Potomac are in the back
ground: the President is seen standing on
the stems Of the capitol, between the statues
of Prescott and LOnCfellOW, who represent
history and poetry. while in the foreground
are seen the Emperor Of Brazil, the Ja-
panese ambassador, and other foreign dig
nitaries.
Float 5-Columbus az Court. Scene at
Salamanca. 4. D. 1856, in the grand
throne FoOIh, with medieval mOresque ar
cbitecture. with columns arches, etc
Characters: Ferdinand and Isabella in robes
of State are seated on the throne, listening
attentively to Columbus, now aged 90,
who. with chart in hand, is exPOunding
his theory of the earth's rotundity, and pc
titionipg the suvereigns for authority and
assistance TO discover the western world;
In aftepdanre on the court are the Duke
Medina SedOnia. commander Of the armies
of SDain. Gonzales de MendCss, Grand Car
dinal Of Spain, Count Rivers, OF England
and page.
Float 6-The Last Sigh Of the Moor.
Scene in the Alhambra. January l. 1892;
the night before the surrender Of Grenada.
This float represented the hall Of the am
bassadOrs, constructed Of Arabian arcades OF
open filagree work, slender alabas.er pillars,
lofty ceiling Of frOst-wOrk and pensil oIna:
ments, all delicate and graceful and OF ylsld
eolors. Characters represented: BoaDdll
Ell Chico, an Cfieminate Dut brave frluee,
the last of the Moorish Kings; his wife,
Morayma, a beautiful Moorish woman; his
mother. the proud and naughty Ayixa Ia
Hora Ysef Aben ComiNai the Grand VI
zief, Musee, The warrior and hero, VINO re
fused to surrender, and Hamet AOen
Zerrax, who accuses the King Of treachery
and denOunces him with the vengeance OF
Allah.
Float The fall Of Grenada. Scene,
January, 2, 1892; q Moorish castle is repre-
sented in ruius, one or two arches IN
Morisco still are standing, the remainder OF
Grenada IS a mass of smoking ruins. Come
valo de C0rdOya, with stained sword, elevat-
ing the standard Of CASTLE and AIagon,
stands VIGOROUSLY amidstthe destruction; a
Moorish woman at his knees, in the attl-
tude of supplication; near by Moorish
Knight dead and another wounded.
Float S-HOw a world was won at CHESS
in 1892. Scene at Santa Fe in front OF
Grenada; a royal pavilion and grand stair
way, partierre Of followers, royal and cap
tured banners. Dramatis peTsOn8-klng
Ferdinand, seated, is engaged IN game OF
chess, with Foresca attached to his house
hold, is about to lose the game, when
Queen Isabella, by an unnOticed remark to
the King, assists him to win, and takes the
occasion to obtain the Kings consent to the
petition Of Columbus, as represented on
Float ;. a servant Of the royal party Is
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