The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-15
THE JUBILEE.
Boston in n state of Excitement The Prepara-
tiOns for the Peace Jubilee.
From Our O1C1 Correspondent.


Boston !" tons ms" Tor the Pence Jubilee.
From, Our Olon Correspondent
BOSTON, June Ia, 1869.
The Hub is in a state OF feverlsh excitement And
why should she not be7 The greatest musical fes-
tIval she may, America-nay, the tohoe world) ever
witnessed is about to take place in her very midst
t is useless at late an hour to follow up the ggan
tic scheme from its very infancy Enough to be sald
the festival promises to be eminenty successful, far
SURPRISING the keenest expectations of the most
sanguine
BOSTON to-day is filed with strangers, filled as she
never has been before. Every hotel every public
hall every clearinghouse, in fact every available
nook and corner is occupied by shelter-seeking
people and all come here for the sole purpose that
OF helping her to celebrate the restoration OF peace
throughout the country.
The Coliseum.
Amidst all the hustle 1t is quite natural that the
centre OF attraction should be the building in which
this great celebration is to take place, the building
better known as the Coliseum.
The general answer to the question, "Where is the
Coliseum situated ?" is "On St. James Park, Back
Bay" This answer is generally ample to satisfy a
resident suburban, but the stranger needs more
explicit information, and for his benefit we may add
that ST. James Park was few months ago nothing
more or less than part OF sandy plain OF several
acres constituting part OF the territory reclaimed
from the sea under the operation known as the
'iBack Bay Improvement" The Park was laid out only
on the maps, having nothing but imaginary boun-
daries and being in fact "Park" only in prospec-
tive sense. The spot however is easily described IN
the remark that it lies at the foot or western eX-
tremity Of the settled portions OF Boyson street and
St James avenue, which thoroughfares form the
best immediate approaches TO it, The Coliseum
covers most of the surface prescribed for the Park
and extends over considerable more ground, too, in
the direction of the Providence Railroad track, to
within two hundred feet Of which its southerly wall
approaches The building is about fifteen hundred
feet Judging by the eye, due southwest Of the Inst-
tute Of Technology and the Academy Of Natural His
tory, and quarter OF mile, more or less, from the
southwest corner of the Public Garden
The Coliseum is really magnificent building. BY
poteness OF Messrs. Dunham Il Niles (the gentle
men to whom the arrangements for the press have
been entrusted, and to whose kind attentions your
correspondent is much indebted) we were enabled
to get an inside view OF the building this morning
The decorations are decidedly imposing, being rich
and, at the same time, appropriate. or course
bunting in the national colors prevails. Flags and
coats of arms Of every nation float from the pillars
that support the ceiling. The stage occupies about
twofths OF the structure the space allotted to the
orchestra being in the centre.
The organ, erected especially for the festival
sion occupies the very rear the organist facing the
conductor. Close to the conductors stand are a
number Of speaking tubes connecting with the diff
ferent portions of the chorus and is through these
the conductors will issue their orders.
The Musicians.
The chorus will be composed OF ten thousand
singers while the orchestra will be composed OF over
one thousand performes.
In addition to the orchestra various bands OF
music have been engaged, which may be named as
follows metropolitan Band, Boston; Boston Cornet,
Bonds Cornet, Boston; Ninth Regiment Band,
Boston, Edmund's Band, Boston; Suffolk Band,
Boston; Halls Band, Boston, Haverhill Brass Band
American Brass Band, Providence; Manchester On.
H. Cornet Band; Doring's Band, Troy, n. Y; Wey-
mouth (Mass) Brass Band; Bridgewater (Mass.)
Brass Band; Worcester Cornet Band Nashua (N.H.)
Cornet Band; Taunton National Military Band. The
members of the orchestra will wear citizens dress
and the bands will be clad In their respective uni
forms.
Philadelphia is represented by seventy OF her best
musicians. Amongst them we notice Chas. Schmitz,
Charles Jarvis, NJ. II. Cross, Carl Gaertner, l.. En-
gelke, Carl Sentz, William Sto, Jr, Q. Plageman,
and others too numerous to mention.
This orchestra will be constituted as follows, and
will comprise the de Ia of all the nstru-
mpntalistS.-