The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-18
THE HUBBUB AT THE HUB.

| Tile HUBBUB AL IHE HUB
PANDEIONIUM- AMONG THE BoST0
MINIS YESTERDAY.
First Day of the Musical Earthquake
The BATTLE OF Bunker Hill Outdone-
A Procession all Over Boston-TwentJ
Thousand Voices In Full Blast.
.e BOSTON, June II.
The grand International Peace Jubilee opeDl
with delightful weather and brilliant prospects
of success. The special feature In the morn
ing was the arrival of the British Band about
sunrise, while cannon were firing and~bells
ringing In celebration of the battle of Bunker
HILL The band was received at the depot b!
the Jubilee executive committee and break
tasted at the quarters.
The reception procession for all the visiting
bands, except the French, (Which had lis re
cepLion last week. formed at eight o'clock
and embraced delegations of all the British
Scotch and German societies of Boston anc
vicinity, and citizens generally. The Firs
Regiment N. V. M. acted as escort. with
cavalry battalion and the Boston Fnsliers
Dense crowds thronged the sidewalks and
windows along the whole route, and the
visitors received hearty welcome. All the
bands appeared in parade dress. A review by
| Lne CITY gOV6rQIneuL duu D CulIaIlou cuuCu lus
morning parade.
People are pouring into the city from al
quarters and by all conveysnces. Every State
and Territory Is represented In the chorus al.
ready here. The city is decorated with flags
and nearly all business Is suspended.
The last touches have been made to the
| Coliseum building, and 1t Is fur superior to The
| former Que. Great crowds, Including people
from all parts Of the country. are In the Vlcl:
nifty, attracted by curiosity. The grand chorus
assembled for the fret time In the Coliseum
this morning, assumed the. seats assigned to
| them for the jubilee. and rehearsed the pro:
gramme of this afternoons CONCERT. Cari GI,
ZerrahD, Herr Strauss, Franz ADJ anu dii-
more, In turn, assumed the baton.
the First DSy's Programme.
II will be seen by the aboFe dispatches that
the tremendous enterprise, oyer (which little
Boston and little Mr.. Gilmore have gone we'll
nigh crazy, has begun under the most auspi-
clous circumstances, and with favorable aug
ury of success propcftlonate to the size ofthe
undertaking. The final preparations for the
affair: and the programme of the first days
concert are described as follows by Boston
correspondent OF the World:
The time ia now drawing near when the
musical enormIty OF the Peace .Jubilee-that
hyperlrophy of sweet sound-lhat elephanlia-
sis of tone. The painters are doing their best,
and are making the building sight which, to
the New England mind, Is "lruly Inspiring" :"
and by the time next week shall have arrived,
Mr. Roeth, the great decorator, Will have done
his utmost to make the structure bright and
decorous, and fll'it, as the Frenchman said of
NapoIeon's tomb, with the ''grand, the sub.
lime and the proper" The ceiling OF the re-
ceptiou room Is receiving It's white cloth,
which will be frescoed; the floor Of the parqnet
will soon be planed and polished I'LL 1t shines
like barn door, or like the face OF regene-
rated esoterlc philosopher chanting orphic
rhymes, and, TO crown all, DR.. Wilcox
viii craiuilo onsly Introduce in the great organ
the megalophonia stop TO drown the poor little
Vox humana and vox cGlestts. The whole af-
fair will be conducted on strictly temperance
principles, so tar as the wetting Of whistles ls
concerned, and at the Coliseum not one drop
Of ole, wine, or liquor OF any degree Of ardor
will be sold, save only lager beer, which the
foreign musicians must have or die. The
notion of having liquor exclusively for
foreigners Is one OF those amiable pieces OF
humbug of which the Bostonese are 80 emil
nently capable. The dark and mysterious
EsIa5b 8a t9peTs to 5hs
bourbon and rum will not, however, be walled
IN, and as of old men-even straDgers-may
with safety attempt to explore them. IL )s
supposed that the Grenadier Guards Will ar
rive here from fair Albion next week, and
British born residents have already set about
to make arrangements to give them grand
reception. 1t will be flue affair. aud JIG ts
rnmored that some OF the Harvard boys think
of challenging ting band to an international
musical regatta to be blown and sailed on the
Charles River. These Brllishers must be
beaten In some way and-best OF all Wsys-0n
American soil. The band sailed from Queens
town, In the City of Brussels, on Friday last,
and will have ample time to brush up It's mu-
sical and aquatic knowledge on the trip.
The Prussian band will room at the Lancas-
fer House and the Marine band at the Quincy
House. Still everybody is as busy as mailer
rehearslng. Last night the Boston Club had q
mass rehearsal in Music Hall, where Professor
TourIee directed 1t. On Thursday the Handel
and Haydn Society, the West RoXsury Unlon,
the Lynn Choral Union. and the Salem Orato.
rio viii show In Music Hall jubilee apprecia.
ton of Israel in Egypt" New Workers. Will
doubtless be oyerjoyed to hear that all the
festival bands will visit New York when the
Jubilee has sung and blown and twanged Itself
out of breath. wind, muscle and patlence.
The series Of monster concerts which Mr..
| Gilmore has planned opens on Monday with
remarkable programme, as follows:
Prayer by Rev. Phillips Brooks.
Address Of Welcome by Hon. William CASTOR,
| Mayor or Boston.
| Address by General Nathaniel P. Banks. Subject
| 1.-THE Day and the Occasion"
/. Grand Choral (Old Hundred). ......... Franc
To be prodaced by full chorus OF 10000 voices
| great organ grand orchestra and military band,
| as follows: organ prelude, lst verse PIP, with
| orchestral accompaniment only; I'd verse, II, al
the voices and Instruments combined.
| Q. Overture, "Rlenztn. Richard Wagner
Grand Orchestra Of IL, 600 performers:
8, Chorus, Damascus" Grand Triumphal
March from Oratorio OF "Naamann.. .Cosss
Full Chorus and Orchestra.
4. Four-part song, Farewell to the
By full chorus Of 10000 voices iunaccompanled
S. Grand Concert Waltz, "On the Beautiful Blui
By grand orchestra. conducted by The eminent
composer and director, Herr Johann Strauss, ol
| Vienna.
| Sung by Nine. Erminia Rudersdorn, OF London
with grand chorus organ and full orchestral &C
\ compartment
Band, Of Washington. Henry Frlesi direc
tor.
8. National Air-"Star Spangled Banner"
| The three verses to be sung 8s follows: Firs
verse, male voices, ending with full chorus; sec
| ond verse, soprano and alto, ending With ful
| CHORUS; third verse, soprano. solo and grand chO
rus Of 20 600 voices great organ. orchestra OF lO0
| instruments, military bands OF 1000 performers
i all the bells OF Boston In chime, and artillery &C
| compartment.
IThe bells will be rung and the cannon fred BY
electrlcity.l
| "Chl ma 1rena". .UOnlzett
Sung by the "Boquet Of Artists" compris
ing 16O Of the leading soloists OF The country, &c
| companed by full orchestra.
10. Grand Scena from I'll Trovatore," Anvil