Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-07-03
THE z JUBILEE.

Tomorrow the grand international
peace festival, i~naugurated at Boston
on the 18th Of June, the anniversary
of the battle Of Bunker Hill. will come
TO a triumphant close. What the
programme for the day Is we know
not. but 1t must Of necessity be q grand
elimination Of musical and national
glory and popular enthusiasm. The
ne plus ultra Of concerted musical
crash and laundering sound grandly
commingled, would seem to already
have been abundantly attained, and \
tirst.class earthquake with volcano ac-
compartment or q grand universal
explosion which would send the huge
coliseum In whlrling fragments sky
high, people and al, singing, shouting
and waving their hats as they went,
would seem to be the only thoroughly
appreciable wind-up to this greatest
Jubilee the world has ever known.
BY many the great festival has been
ridiculed as n grand humbug and fall
ure, yet they were simply prejudlced
or no good judges In the matter. 1t
has been no failure thus far BY any
means, and will be conducted trium-
| phantly to the end. Even BY the most
critical or cynical IL must be admitted
to be a wonderful affair. The drilling
of thousands Of people, chorlsters and
performers, to any degree Of concert,
Is, In itself, a most remarkable tri-
umph. The whole affair has been en-
loved with an enthusiasm which has
overlooked the shortcomings insepsra-
! BILE from the enormous proportions OF
the concerts, while the successes have
been greeted with the warmest ap-
plause. The Jubilee has shown that
thousands Of human beings can be
moved together without the impulse Of
/ fear. or terror, or hate, or passion :
| simply by musical expression. MODS
of men have been seen actuated by par
tisan feeling, or military ardor, BY
hate, or by the pursuit Of some Vita
object Of interest, terrible In their e1'
pressions Of fury, or mad In the excess
Of Joy. Such an exhibition Is terrific
las carrying with it the threat Of ven
geance, or Indicating the triumph o.
victory. But In this "peace jubilee, y
music made the expression Of the love
OF art, and that alone has given 3 sub
limo spectacle Of the power Of the love
Of harmony, and the love Of peace.
A friend writing from that part o.
the country under date Of June sd,
says: Speaking Of the Jubilee at the
Hub" l have been up there, and ]
tell you it Is a big thing. There Is no
halfway work about 1t. Money seems
TO DO the last thing thought of, and ths
most lavish expense Is INDUCED In to
make it a perfect success, which Il
really Is. cannot describe 1t except
by saying that 1t Is "immense." That
word Is the only n that expresse:
the thing right. The day [ visited the
big music show there was In all moi
far from $50, 900 people present. ant
when the foreign bands struck VI
"Hall Columbia and "Yanket
Doodle" I did not know but that thu
audience and chorus would lift th'
roof off with their huzzas and shouts
On Saturday the chorus OF ooloret
people, numbering 100, sang "olt
John Brown" and on Its repetition
the whole immense audience, singers
musicians, big organ and all, took W
the refrain, aud such a scene Of excite
ment was never witnessed before
Boston Is in her glory and cares no
for expenses. 1t Is no uncommon
thing to see on any Of the railroad
from 20 to 40 passenger cars full Il
OVERLOOKING going In or out Of the city
The railroad companies are getting
rich, but during tho coming week they
will run for half fare, and the price o
admission to the Jubilee is fixed Il
nearly half price. Our next President
Grant will DO there, and as old Massa
chusetts intends to roll up her largest
majority for him this Fall, Sumner OF
no Sumner, you may depend there will
be a rousing time, and no mistake.