The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-06
Sunday Mornlng, June 8. 1859.


'tGreat National Peace Jubilee" at Bos-
ton, during the third week of June,
bursts upon us, despite its advertising
arant.coyaTiers ard preliminary process
sion of ibeheraldipg bravuras, with daz-
cling splendor. The New York Times
says of it:
Regarded asknnce. at first, by the
sober and solid men OF Boston, sneer-
&gly sighted rs merely another adver-
k1lnote, its artistic excellence, patriotic
IMPOSE, popular favor, and mercantile
}artnges, SO combined, at length to
sarnI hostile criticism, That f5em, BEING
sort OF "monster concert" undertchSu
y tie Jullien of Boston rs Alatter of
EatAand Pecuniary speculation, it has
toSe regarded rs a>gfand emblem
kslcome Of peace, and has sweiled
Rronprtions of IL national fest or
C 1t is patrenized by the Pre-
superintendent by Mayor Shurt-
the Boston city government, and
Ny the subscriptions OF :ner-
:, fausicians-in short, it is q
: tccess. .'
called the originator OF this
Ee Julien OF America; and
IfStOrf~NNtES Observation-Disclosures anu arrange
4 )nts justify the title-he himself, with
/charming Jullienistic adl,,ixtrre of
7 iAodesty mud assertion, simply describes
himself thus: "Projeotor, Mr.. P. S.
Gilmore" But his magnificent appoint
nents, his superb choruses, his mighty
crchestras, his anvils, his drums, bands,
bells and batteries, dwarf Jullien's
erandest conceptions, throw all memory
Of Jullien's Immaculate kids and broad
expanse of spotless shirt bosom into
deep eclipse, and make this Ossa of Or
chestral leaders but wart.
Everything is grandiosc in this festi-
val. The building itself is ''nn immense
coliseum" capable of holding SO, 900
persons. The expense of preparation is
announced to have been. and really had
been, extraordinary. The "oratorio
chorus comprises no less than 500
choice-we had almost said "yoices," II
our enthusiasm, but CHECK ourselves il
season to put it the way the programme
c.oes-"S0O vocal organizations. The
grand orchestra is of 1000 musicians,
PICKED from the best bands and musica!
>psrcieties in the country. Indeed, every
@1hing is done in round numbers. The
very anvils for the "anvil chorus" are
100 strong, and 100 stout fellows ere
lircu to hammer them; and the 100 an
vil-players are chosen, by stroke of
cen;us Julien himself might envy, from
the Boston fire ladJies. And while the
onvils clang, 1000 musicians chime in
with full force Of wind and string, n
battery OF artillery roars for the bass, q
chime o: great bells scfters the crash OF
the guns, and the chorus Of 500 voices
l;ses Harmonious over all.
So, too, when the jubilee opens with
Iather's majestic ''Ein' Fest Bwu," the
largea! crGHn attainable accompanies If
il be / select orchestra" that performs
the overture to '7dinh1iiser," vet this
"sel:c5'' body is 600 strong. No voice
hut PareDa- Rosa's coald be thought OF
il sneh an auditorium for tie soprano,
- Lore but Fh;llipps for the c3a.rnIo; but
Wien l.. former sings the ':Are Maria" "
from, Gotaoil, che Introductory violin
cLii2ato, usually rendered by one per-
formc..'' played by 200. SO, in the
cyer,ure to FRA D;ucclo," fifty trum-
leters essay tie trumpet solo" part in
that to .'S'tlat!eiia, Il reed band Of 500
rerfor..s. When the sStar Spangled
Ban-sl" is given. a. the terrific business
C the anvil chorus is again done; and
when My Country It's OF Thee is
sang, everything gees OF at once-cho-
rus, orchestra, organ, bands, every drum
LeE DeallnS, every Doil ringing, every
r-asician blowing, the infantry al firing,
and the cannon pealing in the distance
Il exact time with the music"
All this goes on for five days, with q
performance each day whereof these are
lat faint indications. The very bass
drum is eight feet in diameter, and it is
said that Baldwin, the illustrious prize.
fighter, has consented to serve with tie
Grum-sticks; ;and though by instinct man
CT war, to join in the cry, 'Let us have
Feace' he will probably make it point
Ct professional pride to burst the skins,
O., at all events, to give them "what
Paddy gave the drum" We cannot
Doubt, i'll Gne, that this will prove in
Gced 'a feast OF sublime and inspiring
harmony as per advertisement; nor,
CT the other hand, can we doubt that,
when tle fifth DAY closes, and all has
lcen said and sung, that the audience
will breathe, even more fervently thar
ct the beginning. "Let us have peace.
There would, doubtless, be great in
GuX of visitor: from the South, provided