The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-07-06
Letter from New England.
BosroN, Mass., June lIth. ls.2

sionsl Correspondent fres me too with ambition
10 make myself heard. even though not thus to iden-
tify myself with the rest Of the "a Refuse Of CiyiliEa-
tom We kanska wanderers in this part Of the
world do not propose to forget our allegiance TO the
dear Island home, nor 70 the various delights that
live now in memory, such as poo and "a mGka, heas.
~innamerable dogs, Honolulu cat concerts and other
pleasant ~things-but not 10 sentimentaliEe.
1t is : very busy and interesting time here, and
one thing follows smother in beWideFing rspbdity.
The
NAY ANNIVERSARIES
Have just past. the whole Of last week being taken
for them, and about Al Of the churches and public
halls being put in requisition. Boston is prolific Of
most everything in the church and society line, so
that enumeration of al would be tiresome. But a
few may be mentioned. The Unitarians held inter
esting meetings and we're addressed by men of elo-
9uence and ability, such as DIR. Bellows. James
Freeman Clarke, Rev. T. E. Hall, and others, but the
grand event of the week for them, as well as the con-
gregationalists, was the Festival At Music Hall, while
that Of the latter was at Horticultural Hall, and
Judging from appearances il is to be feared that the
reverend gentlemen paid very earnest attention TO
the things of the body, to say nothing of things spir-
itual, which were probably At q discount the festival
evening; we'll, why shouldn't they? No doubt but
that they have worked hard enough during the year
past in their respective parishes. Both of the Collyers
were here from Chicago, and both drew crowded
houses wherever they spoke. Robt. Uolyer IS the
more popular OF the two, however, and since the IRE
has had never ending stories to tell of strange and
thrilling adventures. The CongregGtionaEsts too,
have been spoken of, their exercises have been OF a
very Interesting QAIuTS, SuQ pSTUapS u6Nc EcpTcSGutcu
a wider field of work than any other denomination,
not even excepting the Methodists, for in their ranks
were seen men of all parts of America, and from
foreign lsnds.-men full of enthusiasm, theoretical
men, and others whose wide field of practice is worth
more than a thousand theories. With them too, the
Thursday evening festival was the event Of the week.
The Methodists had unusually interesting meetings,
and ut last that denomination seems 10 have settled
the much vexed Book Concern Scandal, the Commit
tee of Examination having returned a report clearing
every enc from suspicion. proving that all who have
been concerned in the affair were pure and honorable
men, bat that great frauds undoubtedly had been
committed and advising more care IN future. A
report which causes a decided smile everywhere, and
it does not seem to have satisfied DR.. Lanahan either,
for though he is cleared undoubtedly, yet there seems
to be still further trouble, for he has been arrested at
the instigation of DR.. Goodenough, to answer in a
libel suit. If the reverend gentlemen had only put
the thing in the hands of men of business originally,
probably it would have been long since settled. The
whole thing illustrates church quarrels very well
indeed. The methodists concluded their exercises by
electing eight bishops, among whom are the names Of
Jesse Peck, author of a recently published work
- History of the Great Republic and the able DR..
Haven, better known as . Gil Haysn,'' recent editor
of lions Herald, and whose witty and often times
singing articles will be missed from the religious
press of the other religious anniversaries, we
note that of the Universalists, Young Mems
Christian Association, Young Mems Christian
Mission (Unitarion) and the Tree Religious Society,
besides others semi-religiOus, as the Seaman's Friend
Society, n. +. Moral Reform Society, and others. all
by their showing having gained every way during
the year which has passed. Then we come to other
societies significant of tie age and always associated
with stormy times, as THE Eight Hour League, which
has had a decidedly tumeltuous time of it, and they
can most undoubtedly shov q gain the past year.
which is just now showing in the recent, ana the
present strikes in New York City, where the laborers
have been most singularly triumphant. : Bot one
surprising feature OF their meetings has been the de-
nunciations of Wendell Phillips, who has always been
associated with the most advanced theorists of them
all, who avows himself communist and in full sympa-
thy with similar movements. What has got into the
working men1 They will not support Grant for
President, nor Greeley, and acknowledge that it is
impossible to elect a ticket of their own. Next we
have the Woman Suffragists, who show q decided fall
ing away from last years position. Their meetings
this year have not been particularly ornamental to
the sex. But as long as they don't know it, probably
it is all right. Woodruff was not here, and perhaps
her absence lent an air of decency to the assembly
which it would not have otherwise worn. This makes
me remember, l saw in q Honolulu paper that during
the past winter Woodruff lectured to $500 people in
Music Hall on her Free-Love ideas. Your correspon-
dent has doubts on that subject, having been one of
the audience, and hearing not a word about free-loye
or any other kind of love for that matter. Her sub
ject YVES The Impending Revolution, , in which
she tried to show that money is not property, being
merely q representative of property, and therefore
that il should be lent freely and no interest demanded;
besides several other things equally wise and novel,
ending the discourse by blessing the ministry,-in
which the word damn figured prominently,-an
then prophesying that before July 4th, 1876, the
United States would be deluged with blood, and dew
astated with a war more fearful than the world has
ever seen, being the final outbreak of labor against
capital. The audience of four or five hundred people
did not seem to be favorably impressed, as they ex-
pressed themselves very freely by kissing and stamp
ing and laughing ut the finest passages of eloquence
or soleprity. As for the character of the audience,
it was ohe of the most nondescript that ever collected
in Music Hall. With one more reference to the ami
versaries and | will drop the subject. The Mass
Total Abstinence Society, and the same society of the
Roman Catholic Church, met and presented very good
showings for the year past. The cause Is growing
and becoming more powerful throughout the whole
country and though the State laws prohibiting the
sale of liquors are rather farcical, yet through the IN
fuence of these societies they are becoming more and
more observed. But powerful influence and money
are freely used against both the societies and the
laws. and there must be long and hard fighting before
the final victory of temperance and reform.
THE JUBILEE.
OF course this is the great subject of conversation
and thought, and before this letter leaves San Fran
cisco several days of the affair will have passed, and
my next letter shall contain some account of the
various concerts on their respective days. For
months, the notes of preparation have been sounding
throughout the land, musical societies meeting and
practicing the music to be sung, which is of q very
high character, being taken principally from the
leading OratOrios, besides the simple pieces, most of
which are familiar TO all, some sacred and others are
of the popular kind of music, as The Last Rose Of
Summer, Good Night Beloved The Harp that
once through Taras Halls and various national
hymns, HaWaii's being left out for some unaccount-
able reason. Then there are some of the well known
hymns from church music, as Old Hundred"
8 Missionary Hymn, and others. The whole selec-
ton is good-and calculated to create and foster a
taste for music and that of q high order. As a
Musical Festival it viii be something like Barnum's
Museum-a big humbug-though the instrumental
part will be good undoubtedly, for that will consist
of selections well known and executed by those whose
lives are given to music and who could not very well
make mistakes. Your correspondent felt the music
within him, when the choruses began to practice last
March. So he marched boldly to headquarters and
invested one dollar in a ticket and book. and since
then has been a continual attendant at the FRIDAY
evening rehearsals at Bumstead Hall, which you very
likely know is simply a basement of Music Hall.
There are four of these choruses in Boston, aside
from the almost numberless regular societies. Each
of them contains eight hundred members, and when
the music was learned succeeded in making consider
able noise. The leaders have been Mr.. Carl Zerrahn,
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