The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-09-04

The price Of admittance to these concerts is 35
cents; and private boxes are let to exclusively
disposed hearers at g extra. The receipts of
the establishment are now very large, and Mr..
Thomas is at last winning the solid reward to
which his energy and musical skill entitle him.
For ten years he has been struggling for success
in this city; and with the establishment of the
Central Park Gardens he seems to have conquered
his triumph. He is still young and full of
energy, and is destined to n brilliant career as a
musical conductor. lie is of German birth but
coming to New York while still child, he be-
came Americanized, and is now bi-Lfnguai, speak
ing English and German with equal correctness,
an accomplishment which was an essential to
his SUCCESS in musical leadership.
OF the Boston Jubilee you have heard at
length before now / did not attend 1t, feeling
confident that thousand musicians gathered in
Discriminatory from all parts OF the Union and
set To playing without rehearsals, would not be
likely to make the most satisfactory quality of
music. Still, the crowd and the noise were Ger
titled to be interesting phenomena The Boston
press is still bitter over the lack Of enthusiasm
displayed in New York upon the subject OF the
Jubilee. One Boston paper says that n New
York correspondent, during his visit to the Hub,
- actually spat in the Frog Pondi" 1t may be
conceived that the Jubilee has not LEFT the Bos-
tonians in a very happy frame Of mind
Gen. sicklcs, the newly appointed Minister to
Spain, was rendered reception on the evening
Of the 3Oth ult., which pleasant and brilliant
affair. Among about 400 gentlemen present 1
noticed Admiral GodOn, Capt. Nicholson of the
navy, Marshal o. Roberts, Rev. +. III. Chaplin,
Horace Greeley, Judge Davies of Orleans County,
ex-ColIector Wakeman, and other prominent
New Yorkers. Gen. Sickles received the COM
pany in the elegant parlors Of the Everett House.
He is n handsome man, in spite of the fact that
he lost limb at the battle of Gettysburg, which
has not yet been replaced by mechanical art
He made a little speech toward the close Of the
evening" in which he illustrated the art Of cleverly
saving nothing in well assorted words. Gen.
Sickles sailed for Europe on the following day.
The Academy of Design closed last week,
after a not very successful spring exhibition Its
management has not been the best during the
past few years
Captain Worth, of Hilo, after spending few
weeks in this city, has gone on to Boston. He
is looking excellently well.
The first great exodus of the year takes place
to-day from the city of New York. The second
occurs ut the time of the Christmas holidays.
To-day is the eve Of that uncomfortable anniver-
sary when the comfort and peace of the citizen
are given into the hands of boys with fre-crackers
and torpedoes. Every one who can escape from
the heated town improves his opportunity to-day !;
and the rush incident to this OCCASION added to the
crowd which always leaves New York on Saturday,
the present day Of the week makes the most crowd
ed of jams upon all the railroad and steamboat
routes. People fiy from the city Fourth of July
as from n frst-class nuisance. Public feeling,
indeed, is becoming yearly more and more in
favor of checking the noises, discomforts, and
dangers OF these irrational celebrations by gun
powder. The privilege of discharging crackers
in the streets is now limited by law to that day
alone; the more dangerous fireworks were pro-
hibited and the time promises to be not far dis
tant when we can stay in town with some modcr-
ate degree of comfort upon the Fourth of July.
CALAMUs.