Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-06-16
Miscellaneous.
THE ALLEGHANIEs' IN TIE PACIFIC.
GRAND CONCERT l-oRAND RESULTS

The following is from Roro,augo, one Of the
Ilervey Isles.
Thursday, Jan. l9,h.-As soon as breakfast
was over, VIC put off for the shore in one Of the
ships boats. Hundreds Of natives bad already
eoheote6 on The beach, at the only spot where
boats could land. Our agent had pasted two Of our
large pictorial posters together and fastened them
TO the end Of a poe in such O manner that they
could be held nloft as We neared the shore. AT
the sight of this strange picture the eyes and the
nouths of The natives seemed to open wider and
wider as the boat approached the beach. Upon
our stepping out of the boat, men, women aud
children Immediately hemmed us in on all sides
We soon found a native who had been out on two
or three whaling voyages, and could speak q little
English, We gave him several of our small bills,
and explained to him our profession and business.
lie soon made it known to The crowd around. lie
then conducted us to the residence of Mr.. Gill the
missionary, 20 whom we had letters of introduc
ton from the Sandwich Islands. We found Mr..
Gill ct home, and he Immediately gave us a most
uordial welcome, as also did his most amiable la
ey. They we've very anxious to hear US, but did
not know how we could be remunerated for our
trouble.
However, If we could be persuaded to take pigs,
fowls, cocoa nuts, pine apples; bananas, pump
kins, and other productions OF the island, for tick
cts Of admission. they would guarantee a large
attendance. This idea pleased our fancy, and
wishing to have the honor Of giving the first con.
cert ever given in the Hervey Group Of islands, we
most c~hverfully consented to the plan. We in
stautly sent a boat off to the ship to bring our
tickets. instruments, filings, &c, ashore. In the
meantime, Mr.. Gill proposed that we should call
on the King, excite his curiosity, and set his inhu'
ence at work anon the natives. lie conducted
rs to the palace a very comfortable one Story
abode built house, with matched roof, pleasantly
situated in a large grove of cocoa nut and orange
trees. As we were ushered in and introduced to
the royal family which consisted of the King
and Green, and q Prince SIS about ten years of age,
we found them seated on a cane-bottom settee
about twelve feet long, which they filed to its ut
most capacity they instantly arose from their
seats and gave us a really hearty shake Of the
hand. At first sight. their great corpulenco at
tracted our wondering gaze-the three, l should
think, would weigh about one thousand pounds.
After having obtained the royal command to
give a concert, and Mr.. Gill promising US the use
ofthe school house, which is a very large one-sto-
rybuilding, we presented to their royal highness'
a com plimentary card of admission-then taking
our hats, and backing ourselves to the door, bow
ing and scrapipg in the most respectful and ap-
proved courtly style, during this rotrograde move
ment, we quilted the royal presence
Our agent Immediately got up a large poster
announcing that
BY ROYAL COMMAND
KING MAKEA ",
and the
RoRoTANGo NOBILITY,
THE A%LLEGHANIES
will give a
GRAND CONCERT
SCHOOL HOUSE
THIS AFTERNOON, AT 4 O'CLOCK,
Jan. 10Th, 1850.
Price Of Admission :-Ticket to admit one -
l hog, or 2 pigs or l turkey or 2 chickens or
IS cocoa nuts or 20 pine apples or Q punches
bananas or 5 large pumpkins or 2 baskets Or
a0ges ;-child-en half price.
By two O'Clock our arrangements we're so far
completed tuhL we commenced the SAFE OF tickets
The place selected for this purpose was under q
large matched roof. The crowd around this spot
had been gradually increased for an hour previous
and by this time the excitement had become in.
tense what with the squealing of hogs and pigs
gobhIing OF turkeys, growing Of roossers, and
cackling Of hens, rafting of cocoa-nuts, spilling
and squashing Of oranges and lines, the rolling
of pumpkins under feet, taken all together with
the Babei-likc jargan of the natives, formed the
most laughable public excitement lever witnessed;
not excepting the excitement got up By Barnum's
auction sales of choice seats at the Jenny Lind
concert at Castle Garden, New York. The confu-
sion was so great, the swine and poultry having
evidently entered into the excitement with as much
spirit and eaTnestness as the human population all
apparently vieing with each other in trying to
make the most noise, that we found it would be
impossible to stick to our regular prices for tick
cts 80 we concluded to take every thing that was
brought with which to purchase tickets, and fur
nish every one with a ticket.
While it required twelve of the ships crew to
receive the currency placing each kind on it's
respective pile, that is, putting the hogs tied by
the legs, in one place, the poultry, tied eight or
ten together, in another, and the cocoa nuts, pine
apples, bananas. pumpkins oranges. &c, piled
each kind by itself, it required four or Eve other
persons to distribute tickets. Ticket distributors
Lad a busy time of it, though their labors did not
require any very great exertion.
By four o'clock; nineteen hundred and sixty.
one tickets bad been disposed OF, and everything
that had been offered in the way of pay had been
received. The doors were now opened and squeez-
ing, tugging, pulling and pushing commonwealth
an Instant it seemed as il every one in that great
throng was suddenly impressed with the idea that
ne or she must be the first one to enter the door,
IN order TO get the best place just the same as a
slA'iar number of Individuals, collected together
Tor a similar purpose. in our more civilized and
enlightened down east community.-.be crowd Of