The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-19
THE CARNIHAL oFNOLsE.
FULL DESCRIPTION OF TIE OPENING OF THE
BOSTON PEACE JUBILEE.
The scene in the Coliseum.


day Of the Peace Jubilee at Boston. We copy
the greater portion Of his dispatch:
The Coliseum is built on the Back Bay,
where it takes in the open space known as st.
james Park, and even extends beyond the
ground. Externally it cannot be called an Or
namsnt, though IL is not 80 ugly % 1t would
have been If We had built 1t in New York.
Imagine, il you can, sort OF niagnifed and
elorided Park Barrack, such as we used to see
in war times, only neatly rooted and painted,
and you will have perhaps as good an idea OF
figures of It's length and breadth, the feet Of
lumber aud the number of ten-penny nails used
In ito construction. I will merely tell you that
its length is only one-sxth less than that of St.
Peters at Rome, and its width one-third less,
and it has seats for 40 900 persona, or sixteen
times an many as our Academy Of Music. 1t Ia
very hard to approach the Coliseum, however,
with any sense Of solemnIty; you have to
run such gauntlet OF side-shoys. Whole
streets Of shanties devoted to the sale OF
apples and pop, wandering arubrotype wagons,
patent swings, circus which promises
the spectacle Of lovely women In ethereal
tights, q score Of tripods beneath which
you can be weighed in spring balance, nu-
merous tents auttering their canvas in the
damp east breezes, and vociferous peddlers,
touters and exhibitors, who won't let anybody
alone-are sure to put you in an trreverent
frame of mind before you reach the ticket
Office. But once within the building you for
get all this outside vulgarity. Ths interior ls
very elegant and veyy impressive. alike by the
symmetry OF its proportions, the gay good
taste OF its decorations. and the splendid vista
which breaks upon the eye whichever way one
turns. high up in the trussed roof hang fes-
toons OF the national colors; painted drapery
ooyoro tho ppal1a. hannarq DannOna. OOftraitS
Of composers, standards Of all the States. are
fastened to the tall columns and the arches.
The effect is brilliant and graceful. it does
not remind you, as such places almost always
do in our country. OF o shed at cattle-sbow,
but OF some stately temple decked for high
festivlty. Above thu entrance is the Angel OF
Peace, Of bieness corresponding to the
erly speaking, there are no galleries,
but parquet, balcony and dress circle
form continuous bank OF seats, rising
from the centre to the front and side
walls. The chorus occupies o similar bank
at the rear of the building, forming three
walls OF square funnel, and IN the PIT at
their feet is the monster orchestra. wlth t1e
in the middle OF the chorus. near the top Of
the rear bank. Except for about three feet
above the floor, 1t has no case, and its huge
pipes, with green drapefy behind them, makes
an excellent background to the scene. The
conductors desk is furnished with row OF
speaking tubes, by means Of which ne commu-
nicates his orders to the leaders Of the yari-
GUS divisions Of the chorus. " the various
ante-roous and Offices surrounding the audi
tor1uuo. nv memory hardly suffces to give
list. Out OF the great pit-like cen re OF the
Coliseum open broad passages like the gate.
yavs to the dens Of Roman amphitheatre.
Follow one and it takes you to suites OF recep-
ton halls, rooms for the musicians, offices Tor
editors, correspondents and reporters. An
other opens into refreshment saloons. An
other carries you beneath the stage to the bel
the open air. The completeness OF these MI
nor arrangements is wonderful.
By hard work, night and day the Coliseum
was finished this morning.. The dirt was-
swept out OF sight, and ct O'Clock the whole
orchestral band and the whole chorus had
their first and last general rehearsal. Strange
as it may seem, they never came all together
the Common Council received and feasted about
two hundred members osthe press in one OF the
and most Of the loafers in New
England hung about the doora, trying to get
IN.
The performance opened little after three
O'Clock. Long before that hour the SINGERS
had taken their places the fiddlers were all IN
their seats, and DR.. j. 81. Wilcox sat patiently
at the organ. The view Of the stage as you
entered was highly imposing. There WAS
grandeur in thai compact mass OF more than
ten thousand human beings rising, rank above
rank. in solid order, with the great organ pipes
towering above them in the back ground, and
the monster drum, eight teet in diameter, and
colored brilliant scarlet rising out IN the
middle. The view from the opp 'site direction
was not so pleasant, for the seats hued up
a h11il
more than three-fourths full. At three o'clock
Admiral Farragut and various other dlgnlta-
nes took the seats Of honor reserved for them
near the centre OF the ball, and after tho ap-
plause which greeted them had subsidized, the
Rev. E. E. Hale began the inauguration prayer.
II was commercially short, and where / sat
was entirely inaudible. This, however, was not
surprising, because as soon as ne commenced
all the people in the back seats scrambled over
the benches into the better places peyond
them, By the time this rush was over, the
PRAYER was over. too, and 81 was the short ad
dress of welcome by Mayor Shurtlef. and the
Hon, A. II. k.ca was well under way with his
congratulations OF mankind upon the restora.
ton of peace throughout the land. MIR. Rec
had PREPARED a very long speech, and sent 1t to
the newspapers in advance, but he delivered
onIy little bit OF it, for 1t came to his ears
that he would be coughed AMI clapped down II
he spoke longer than ten minutes. AT the nrst
symptoms Of im patience, which took the form
Of Ioud and long applause in the midd OF
sentence, he wound up, and the business OF
the afternoon began. few chords on the
organ gave the signal for the chorus to r1se,
and showed at the same time that the lnstru-
ment, small as it looked, possessed marvel
lous power, and also very good quality OF tone.
MIR, Gilmore, the originator and principal or
canizer OF the Jubleo, took the stand amid ap-
plause which bordered upon frenzy. feopie
shouted, and waved their hats, arms, and
bapdkerchiefs, 10 way which would have
astonished New York, and in calm, phl'osophi-
cal Boston, seemed little short OF insanity; but
durinp this week, as had been SAID before.
Boston means to be insane. Many other faVo-
rites had o similar reception. There was a
grand uproar, tor instance, when Ole Bull TOOK
his seat with the orchestra, TO play the nrst
violin, Carl Rosa playing beside MIN; mere
br1t the greatest honors Of all were paid to
Carl Zerrahn, the pet of Boston, and Prince
of CONDUCTORS, who drilled the choruses. The
fil st piccc on the programme was Luther's Ia
NOUS choral, sung by nearly 10 600 voices, with
the str1ne orchestra and organ. 1t was done
with great precision, and seemed to settle the
doubtful question whether 30 lLr9e O company
could be brought 10 sing together without pro.
duel q mere babel Of noise. The HYMN OF
went smoothly, and IN general, I may say, that
all ths slow music vas. successful. But
cannot the ezpesmsnt OF
Near thssrase the noise Vas certainly loud
enough, but people at the further emu ct the
building did not fad tho din quito as awful as
they expected it. 10 person sitting II the
front row of the balcony. opposite the tao,
the music was Unexpectedly weak III ~ effect.
Ten thousand voices in tue Collse AN sound no
1,aara nounrtnl than five lurI .oa ,na..ll en,.a