New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-14
LETTER IRON NEW YoRK.


The Heated Term-Parade Of City Militia
Grand Jubilee at BOstOn-The Foreign
Bands-LOng Branch Races-Seventh
RegiIneut-U. s Grant, Jr.-TheatricaI
Properties Imported-TheatrlcaI Cos
siD-Lydia ThOmpsOn-BaItimore Con-
venfiOn-Poesy.
Especial Correspondence of the Republican,
New YORK, July 8, 1872.
The heated term still continues, although
the weather has moderated a little during
the last few days. 1t is stiIl very hot, and
the cause of unlimited suffering There
has been over $50 cases of sUnstroke-a
large proportion of them fatal--in this city
during the past week, and the rate of gem
eral mortality has been greatly increased.
On the fourth of July a grand parade of
the city militia took place, an,4 the men
were marched over long route during the
hottest part of the day Many of the regi-
ments lost fully half their men before the.
parade was ended, and some of the cases
were fatal The General in command,
Shaler, is severely eensured fer not having
disbanded the column before taking up the
line of march.
The grand jubilee at Boston has come to
an end. The many thousands who visited
Boston to enjoy the monster concert have
dispersed. The European bands who took
part in the affair are, with one exception.
on their way home. 1t may, we suppose,
be taken for granted that Boston is not dis
satisfied with the resultsof Gilmores grand
conception. How far Gilmore is satisfied is
hard to tell On Friday night the British
Grenadiers' Band publicly babe farewell to
America in the Academy of Music, in this
city, and those who were present on that
occasion, and shared the enthusiasm of the
evening, will not soon forget Dan Godfrey
and his gifted associates. Never, perhaps
was the "Star Spangled Banner and "God
Save the Queen" so gloriousIy rendered.
Most certainly never before, not even at
Boston, did one and the same audience so
heartily appreciate and so warmly approve
both performances.
Yesterday the Grenaders sailed for old
England, with the full conviction that they
were carrying with them the best wishes Of
their American cousins.
The German Imperial Band arrived in
this city yesterday. Last evening they
foated their musical fellow -countrymen
back to FatherIand on the "billows ofsweet
sound" Jones Wood often gay and bril-
liant was never more gay and. brilliant
than it was yesterday evening. The French
band arrives in this city to-day, and viii be
received by the Garde Lafayette. The
Irish band has not yet been heard from, but
they are looked for at an early day.
Strauss, the great composer and leader,
is here, and will give three -coneerts at the
Academy of Music, with an orchestra of
seventy-fye performers, commencing to-
night.
Many say the Boston Jubilee has been a
failure. Failure or no failure, whether it
does or does not pay Gilmore, the Bos-
ton Jubilee has done good. 1t has given
our people a specimen Of first class musical
rendering. 1t has whetted the musical APP
petite of the American people, and it has
harmonized the various races who compose
the population of the republic. After all,
music hath charms" and whether it can
'soothe the savage breast or not, it does
certainly sweeten civilization.
The races at Long Branch during the
past week were finely attended; over
2O'oOo people witnessed the great con
test between Longfellow and Harry Bas-
sett, and great deal of money changed
hands on the result. The Southern. and
Western men are happy over Longfellow's
| splendid victory, and have "scooped inn
any amount of money.
The Seventh Regiment of the New York
State militia-the crack military orpaniza-
ton Of this city--are in camp at Saratova
Springs. enjoying themselves greatly and
attracting very large number of. visitors
to the village,
U. S. Grant, Jr., son Of the present occu-
pant of the White House, departed on a
European tour yesterday in charge of A. j.
Drexel, the celebrated Philadelphia banker.
Franz Abt, the German composer, started
home yesterday in the steamship Main. of
the Bremen line. Miss Fanny Janauschek,
the great tragedienRe, was a passenger on
tie same vessel.
The steamship Vile de Paris, which ar
rived yesterday from Havre, brought six