The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-19
BosroN. juno 16. 1SGq.


lack of excitement in the streets of
Boston to-day. The President arrived
at an early hour from New York, was
welcomed by Mayor Shurtliff and the
city committee and escorted to the St.
James, where rooms were retained for
his party, and where at nine o'clock an
elegant breakfast was provided.
Before the gentlemen had left the ia
BILE a battalion of the lads from the
high schools of the city came up in mil
itary style, armed with muskets, and
officered as regiment, with band at
their head, to be reviewed by the Presi-
dent. Their appearance was fine, and
they received much applause from the
bystanders. The review was hardly
over when company of cavalry, the
Roxbury Horse Guards, attired in a
brilliant uniform of red coats with
chapeaux and white fountain plumes,
having been detailed as a guard of
henor, came up, and escorted the Presi-
dent to the State House. Here he was
welcomed by the Governor and the pre-
siding officers Of the Legislature, and
made q short and characteristic re-
Spouse. ....
The inevitable hand-shaking having
been concluded, General Grant depart
ed in company with the Governor and
his staff for the Southern District, or
Highlands, as it is called, formerly
Roxbury,) where the entire militia Of
the State, under command of the dis
tinguished General Butler, were order
ed out to receive them. The usual form
of review having taken place, he was
hOnored with marching salute and
loudly cheered by the troops in passing.
At three he was conducted to the CO.
liseum, and welcomed most heartily by
the enormous concourse which complete
ly filled the entire edifice. When the
were over, the musical
feast began, and, if anything, was more
successful than that of yesterday. The
programme was entirely varied from
that of the first performance, and was
mostly oratorios, music, selections from
the Creation" "Judas MacCabgus,"
and Messiah" being given by the full
band and grand chorus. in which Miss
Adelaide Phillips and Parepa Rosa were
the solo performers.
Beside these, between the parts was
repeated the performance of yesterday
of the "Star Spangled Banner" by the
chorus, with orchestra, military bands,
drum corps, Ginning of bells, and artil-
lery acCompaniments. This was follow
cd by the "Anvil Chorus"-by the
chorus, full band, Ginning Of bells, ETC.,
and one hundred anvils, beaten by
members of the fire department. This
was under the conductorship of Mr..
Gilmore. For the chorus, new words
had been written by Mr.. Ball, as fol-
lows:
God of the Nations in Glory enthrOned,
Upon our lOvd country Thy blessings pour;
Guard us and guide us from strife in the future
Lat peace dwell among us forevermore!
Proudly our banner now CLEANS with golden lus
Brighter each star shines in the glorious cluster
Liberty forevermore;
And Peace and Union,
And Peace and Union,
Throughout our happy land
The scene of excitement witnessed
yesterday was surpassed by that of to-
day-words cannot describe it-but the
coolest heart could not Look on I'M
moved.
The second performance of the Ju-
bilee Festival has thus been brought to
a successful close, and the conductors
deserve, and are constantly receiving,
the warmest econiums of the public.
The city is fall of strangers. This
forenoon at 9 o'clock a delegation from
the Washington Grays, crack indie
pendent cavalry organization of the
city of New York, arrived at the Old
Colony depot, bringing with them
number of noted officers from other New
York regiments. 1t is estimated that
upwards of thirty theusand visitors
from abroad have already arrived, and
"the cry is, still they Gomez Thou
sands of persons who arrived last night
and by the early trains this morning,
whose curiosity would not let them wait
for tho opening of the performance,
visited the Coliseum at an early hour.
Many of the retail stands were not open
when the crowds hocked the streets.
The keepers had forgotten the maxim
that the early bird catches the worm"
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore has immor-
tallzed himself, and we may pronounce
the Peace Jubilee, musically speaking
success. CAXTON.