The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1869, Page 3

THE PEACE JUBILEE. Brilliant Success of the Great Enterprise. The First Day’s Programme Faultlessly Performed. A Flood of Harmony from Twelve Thou- sand Singers and Musicians. Enthusiasm of the Immense Audience. Boston, June 16, 1869. ‘That great Peace Jubilee and Musical Festival of which so much has been written and said is now @ tact in the history of the Yankee nation. It gota good start this afternoon, and everything promises auspicious for the full realization of all the brilliant anticipations which have been indulged in. The weather seemed to be a little adverse to a very bril- liant opening in the morning; but the old saying tat “if it rains before seven it will clear oi before eleven’? proved happily true to-day, and the thousands,and thousands who have com- bined to honor the “Hub” with their presence are as much dehgbted as the projectors and managers of the jubuec, THE COLISEUM, The spacious Coliseum m which the great festival 4s progressing has already been elaborately de- scribed in the HERALD, and it is only necessary now to allude to it a3 the most generous structure in this country in the matter of room and capacity. If it accommodates 59,000, as is claimed, there was cer- tainly that number inside of it at the inauguration ceremonies and opening concert this afternoon. Early in the morning, in spite of a pelting rain, thousands of people assembied in the vicinity of the Mammoth edifice, and during the entire day, pefore and after the concert, and while 1t was progressing, every avenue of approach was thronged with coming and gomg pedestrians, dashing and prancing steeds, and elegant and elaborate carriages, phaetons and other vehicles, Around the Coliseum, in its imme- diate neighborhood, a junior city seemed to have sprung up during the night. The chief features of it of course consist of eating houses, soda fountains, ice cream saloons and the other customary appen- dages suitable to a gala occasion, including one or two theatres, an opera house or two of the burnt cork character, and also half a score of lager beer saloons, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESS. ‘The only feavure of interest tuside of the Coliseum during the forenoon was an entertainment in honor of the visiting members of the press, provided by the city of Boston. The idea was a wise one, and 80 was the collation; but where there was one news- paper man invited there were a dozen others who probably never saw the inside of a newspaper office, and while those whom it was intended to honor were, to a considerable extent, crowded out, the dead beats and friends of the members of the city government induiged in at least one good meai. The city showed its cleverness, however, and the fact shouid, therefore, be recorded. ENTRANCE OF THE AUDIENCE—A GRAND ARRAY, ‘The doors of the Coliseum were opencd for the general multitude at two o'clock, and hours before this the impatient ticket holders were ioitermg about the different apertures of mgress, all anxious to gain admittance to tie interior at the earliest possible mo- ment, Whea at length the eritical hour arrived, and when the doors were swung bacs, there was a’ pro- Miscuous rush for them, and the services of at least adozen policemen were required at each door to check the stragzling masses of humanity. Imme- diately upongntering the jience were ributed in their seats"by an army of weil trained ushers, and within an hour’s time nearly every one of the fifty thousand seats mM the collosai structure was occu- pei ‘The array of beauty and fashion thus assem- led was probably without a rival in this country, aud the audience, together with the elaborate and tasty decoracions, tae patriotic emviems of peace, and the various national devices, a:l combine to form a spectacle truly grand and tmpressive and upon which every visitor looked with feelings of pride and emotion, and vould only tura trom with greau reluctance. ‘ihe Noor or body of the house was generally occupied by invited guests and other gentlemen, while tae galieries were generally sought by the ladies and gentlemen accompanying them, thus exhibiting to food advantage such a sea of female beauty and loveliness as was rarely uf ever before gathered in one common concourse. PROMINENT PERSONS PRESENT. Among the most prominent of the invited guests Present ut the opening was Admiral Farragut wuo, with nis wile, occupied a seat with Commaader Winslow, of Kearsarge und Alabama fame. He was escorted to the Coliseum by a detachment of the Bosion Naval Association, preceded by a detachment of the Jubilee Gimore’ Bands, ‘The British Minister, 4. Thornton, Was aiso among those Who occupted a prominent place on the floor, and also Consul La- Toche, of Mayti; Mayor Price, of Mobile; Senator wilson, Hon. Ezra Meilard, of Omaha, and a battae liop of mayors and officials trom nelgibvoring States. THE OPENING CHREMONIES. With commendabie promptness the ceremonies of inaugoration were commenced at three o'clock. Avexander H. Kice, as President of the occasion, called the audience to order, and then prayer was otlered by Kev. Kdward Everett Hale. It was sug- gested some weeks since to have the throne of grace addressed by one hundred clergymen in unison, but the suggestion did not meet with the sanction of Mr. Gilmore. Mayor Shurtleff followed whe prayer with a briefaddress of weicome, He said: - To this national festival instituted to commemo- rate the return of peace to our country, the restora- tion of our ancient liberties unimpaired, our national bonds of union uabroken, and our honor and credit unsulied, Boston weicomes you ail most sincerely and cordially. Let this welcome extend as widely as the beneficial and glorious effects of our happy peace can reach and be feit, that all nations and all tongues may join in the joy- ful strains, and let the gladsome}music of this Juviice resound in one acclamation throughout the world and be echoed and re-ech to the remotest re- gions of the universe. Domestic strife has ended; peace and harmony prevail. The sous of the Union Tejoice in liberty and friendship. All, then, are wel- come to join with us in singing the praises of the Great Ruler of events who has vouchsafed to us the most estimable of all biessings. May tue harmony of the occasion strike deep into the breasts of us ail and leave within our natures the most sacred and lasting impressions, and may peace and good will forever reign triumphant. Welcome, rice wel- come, are ali to this our festival of peace. Aiter the Mayor had concluded, Mr. Alexander H, Rice occupied about half an hour in delivering the Jollowing address on the “Kestoration of Peace and Union” :— OPENING ADDRESS BY MR. ALEXANDER II. RICE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—No one, | am sure, can be more painfully conscious than | am at this mo- ment how inadequate is any single voice, much more any words oi mune, to give able expression to the sentiment of this great occasion. The scene itself, in all its fixed and versatile magnificence, 1 its best interpreter, and no eloquence, however lofty or descriptive, can equal the giowing inspiration of this impressive spectacle even before a sound is uttered, There is scarcely an exhibition of physical powememore imposing than a multitude of living umanity, and no display of moral grandeur is more sublime than the movement of that muiti- tude when swayed by @ common impulse ant a kindred sympathy. The law wer and the armony readily unite in one, whether in the domain of nature or of sentiment. For do we not read that when the virgin worlds caine forth, radiant m divine giory and rich in gilts from out the everlasting solitude, at the bid- ding of Almighty power, the morning stars sang their greetings together and al! the sons of God shouted for Joy? So also ts it ordained in the aifairs of men that the highest triumph of victory is the most perfect peace—ihe loudest din of battié hushed in the melody of song. In entire agreement with this thought con- venes this vast assembly, larger than ever be- Sore gathered ina singie audience room upon this Continent—gathered from the Eust, from tie West, from the North end from the South,gto blend the power of numbers and the harmony of sound to- gether—multipiied voice and instrument ot every ing up to Heaven and forth to men & wean of great Woy over the restoration of domestic ace and the renewal our common country. been in unconscions preparation such ® festival, so that the unanimity with which Mame in send! of ats jouncement was received was but an animat echo of that loyalgentiment which, seven ears brought muiitions of volunteers to our tue Is, When the signal guns at Sumter, rever- over prairie and lake, and city and hiilside, made ithe ty decisive aanenearens fra the civil war bud begun. And the culmination of the popular interest in the of the Jubilee ts evinced these w iz th ds, whose hearts throb wit “ye saPecta until tt shall tell its own in the grand outbu: if instrument and usic 18 @ ne univ language; but it is of the emotions ratuer than of wi enerfetic, chi of enapial aba saeaaaa rs: NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1969.—TRIPLE SHEET. of devotion. It has the myst’ of con- Sistine tothe weary soul, and a amid the terrors of the battle f eg“ ir sings in tue hum of the insect’s Wing, 80“, roars in the trembling thunders and in the ocean’ « surge. It is in the song of maternal love by the ’ tants cradle, and it alone can utter forth the m' sity torrent of a nation’s joy. But justice Gemar 4g that we shall pause at the out- set for a by ree 8 homage to the genius which in- spired the tho’ eht of this Breat jubilee, and to the Durning 2€@, gnd steadfast confidence wmeh have vitaiized, 8 execution, To Mr. P. 8. Gilmore be- longs 4 a crown ng honors of this day—to whose proéssional fame, if anything need be added, 1b 18 Saiticient to say that while Unis festival, in grandeur of conception, completeness of detail’ and accom- paniment ana, as I predict, in magnificence and pathos of execution, has had no equal in modern times, if indeed it has had in any age or country. Its only rival Was also the offspring of his genius aud Jorned the double tribute of devotion to his art and of loyalty to his country, on thes occasion of the in- auguration oi the first State Governor of Loui- siana on the 4th of March, 1864 I make grateful mention also of that queen of song whose love for her chosen art illustrates and beautifies her sex, and Whose heroism transcends it while she bravely encounters these acres of space that she muy add to the marvels of this national jubilee the match- Jess etforts of her thrilling and melodious voice. And aiso of those favorite native artists, some of wiom Unger upon our shores before reaping new rewards and plaudits in foreign climes, that they may enrich the airs and chorus with their inspiring tones. And if Lreter to but one more individual among the many here who merit praise, it is because all hearts com- pel the tribute of our thanks to Ole Bull, who with gratuitous service aud irrepressible enthusiasin has Jeaped mto the Coliseum, instrument m hand, and with his bewitching violin, in orchestra and solo, will 500n summon us all away from the cares of life to the delectable realms o/ fascination and enchant ment, Peace is the theme of our song—Peace the ideal goddess of our jubilee. “Let us have peace” are the watciwords of the great hero of the war, to whose nulitary renown the country has now added the high- est of clyii houors. They are both a commentary upon the past and a promise ol the future; they reilect a state of War or Of its consequences, and they plead for permanent tranquillity. We have Leen taugnt to be- lieve and joytully accept the lesson, that the form of government which has come to us by inheritance 18 the wisest and most beneficent which the sagacity of man hus hiuuerto discovered; that its principles are tne yatnered harvest o1 the lields Of social science and the best experience of centuries of national failures and successes embodied m a new declaration ot human rights, whose promulgation marked a new epoch in haman aifairs. But few of the con- ceptions of men, and even newly discovered principles trne in themselves, are not always sus- cepuble of incorporation into active forms which immediately produce their highest and most salutary results, Whether in lraming the fe eral constitution the conditions of civiliza- tion in the colomes adinitted of forming “a more perfect Unioa,’”? which should be free from every element of future discord, is a question Which can now be discussed to no practically useful end. It is well to remember gratetully that the new principles, when enunciated, commanded the almost universal consent and admiration of mankind, and that whatever distrust existed respecting them grew outofr the infirmines of human nature, and not out of the everlasting truths which the ‘Declarauon” proclaimed: and that the elements of discord which have since appeared were not embodied in the Decia- ration of Independence nor in the const:tution, but were inciaentai to the condition of society 1n some Sections of the country, and were then deemed so in- significant m importance that their eradication might safely be lett to the operation of natural causes. How fatal was this mistake more than three hundred thou- sand new made graves, but just now decorated with the beautiful flowers of tis vernal season, and wet with the glistening tears of weeping Kindred, are the most solemn and eloquent testiuony. Neverthe- less, four generations of men, through @ period of more than seventy years ot almost uninterrupted peace, witnessed the growth of a nation upon the foundation thus laid, from a population of three mil- lions 10 More tnan thirty millions of people, embrac- we coumonwealths which presented higher forms of social privilege than had ever before been enjoyed by the masses among any people—a nation whose agriculiure was sullicient to feed half the civilized world, the surp!us of wiose textiles was the main source of supply for the factories of England, and tue toanage Of Whose commerce ;Wwas greater than tuat of any other nation on the sriobe. In the circle of its domestic industry flowzshed the arts of every name. Inveition seemed to unveil the -subtie treasures of her great arcana before them and to in- vite spohation. Its free schools, besides teaching and disciplining the intellects of all conditions of society, Dlossomeg and ripened Into a literature rich in every department of human thought and knowl- edge, AS irom 1ts workshops and factories came men Who have resormed the conditions of manual labor by compelling the elements of nature to toil With engine and pulley, 60 from its academte groves Fame has trausferred to couspicnous niches in her golden temple poets and orators, historians and sculptors, matt ictans aud divines, and re- crowned their laurelied brows with the vestai fires of immorranty, Plenty tiled the public treasury to overflow, Prosperity welcomed poverly as she Janded in tis seaports, giving her farms ‘and employ: ment in exchange for rags, and meted out salvation to her children irom aa orphanage ot wretched. ness, Such, in brief, was at teast one aspect country before the great war of 1861; and s' ulght have been in ail its aspects. For the causes of the War are not to be found in tne faisity of any of une principles of the Declaration, nor in the pro- visions of the constitution, nor in the impractica- biuty of the ideal conception of the government. The war was renderea la only dy deficiencies in the fundamental law, which were magoified into importance ae by events which originated after it was adopted. It was nevertueless not only one of the most stupendous wars of history, and one of the most lamentable in that it was a domestic civil war; but the value of its historic teaching lies in the fact that 1t wes not @ War arising from tne ambition of rival sovereigns, nor a war for conquest, nor a war of retaliation, but a war imto which were cast the essentiat ideas of popuiar liberty in their broadest application, ‘Lhe great argument had been made in Senate and forum. ‘The appeal had been carried to puolic opinion and to public suffrage. In short, the hour had strack in the belfry of the ages when the rigits of human nature mexorably demanded that anotuer step forward should be taken; and the way led through an indivisibie sea of blood. Into its surging billows millions of men leaped with agile ferocity; tiey grappled and dashed at each other's throats with sabre and bayonet. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, fort, frigate and gunboat poured in the terrible mis- siles Of destraction. Death gloated over the carnage of his new implements of monitor ships and mam- moth guns and Minie balls aad repeating rifles, Dauntless bravery, intrepid courage, consummate skill, more than Koman firmness or Spartan cour- age characierizea the conflict, The gory torrents overflowed the land, dashed through the streets of our cities, spread over our farms and villages and lett their memorial stains upon almost every home. Mourning here, aesolation there, debt everywhere, Such Was the scene. Such the conirast aguinst sev- enty years of peace. With bated breath we anxious- ly ask, Will the new peace be permanent? As the causes of the war did got jie in the essential princi- ples of the government—nor, strictly speaking, in errors of administrat ion—but in influeuces and in- stitutions which no eee have power or existence upon this continent, it is safe to say tha! the same causes can never lead to another conflict ef arms. Moreover, whatever differences of interpretation at ae the powers of the separate States and the legitimate authority of the na- tional Union as a supreme government were open subjects of discussion and controveray before the war have been definitively sctiled, Slavery and secession are ho longer questions within the arena of American politics. The country bas passed on to a stage beyond them—to its higher life of freedom and union, and is preparing already for that new aud glorious career which its geographical position, its internal riches and resources and the opportuni- tes of this epoch in the affairs of men have secured to it. Moreover, while it 1s true that @ government which depends for its defence and existence, as well as for its authority upon the consent of the citizens, must necessarily engender that jealousy of its honor and the self-reliance and patriotic devotion waich are the essence and spirit of muitary success, yet the people of this country cannot in any other just sense be called @ military people. The facility with which they learn the science of war and the marvellous precision aud energy with which they conduct martial campaigns have indeed been shown on a scale of stupendous and, tragical nage nificence, which, If it has no other benefit, will be a strouger element of national security than a whole coast line of fortifications. But still the taste of Americans is not for war and conquest, but for the pursuits of agriculture and commerce, and for the Manifold forms of domestic employment and the higher arts of soctal and civil life. Not all tie heroes whom the war has made have sensibly affected the general indifference to the pro- fession of arms. Greater security than ever is teit in dispensing with @ large standing army; and the value of the navy is already estimated more in tts relations to its present aud future service in the channels of commerce than of its probable importance or neces- sity for national defence, Americans have been taught self-reliance by the experience of the iate war; and beyond the nucieus of an army and navy which may expand in @ ratio commensurate with the growth of the country, they have committed tueir security to the inteilectual and physical vigor and vaior of the people, and to the organizing skill and jeaderstip of military commanders whenever an exigency for 1 tial service may occur. For many years previous to the recent war there was a certain latent but pain- ful apprehension among not a few of our sagacious statesmen that the most dangerous eciement to the republic, next to slavery, would be found fa the future expansion of its territory; thatthe weight of the general government rested #o lightly upon the Stave that its binding force was in danger of being overcome by local diversities of opinion and interest; and that we might consequently have, in the not distant 1uture, an Atlantic and a Pacific re- ublic, and a Northern and @ Southern separation, f indeed there should not be @ disintegration of the glorious Union into @ congeries of petty republics like those of Central America itseif; and that this separation was almost certain to be accomplished by a series of wars at least as numerous as the divisions made. But with the restoration of peace All that apprehension has fled; because the war has demonstrated that there is no danger in homogene- ous expansion, and has purified the republic as by fire, puta IS elements of dissolution. ‘The giants of the forest in their miancy might have been crushed beneath the tread of the hunter; but in their maturer growth they toss him among the smallest of their branches and wrestie with the winds and storins. has not come by 4 compromise which might leave within the Ce the of sth mightier or ete wags Ip fayure years, peace a which the different sections of the country shall ye held at bay by military power, as France rest: England and Prusdia tes France, and England reciprocally ~ Bur it is @ peace resting upon the immutable basis of justice and humanity, upon & common interpretation of the fundamental law, and upon a more homogeneous civilization in the States. In fact now, for the first time in our history, 1a beginning to be''fulfilicd the prophetic vision of that republic whose foundations were laid in the Declaration of Independence, and for the of ‘whose sepeemnutare the patriots of the Revolution thought it glory and gain to die. How thoroughly ublic opimion has changed res} dangers ‘om an extension of territory is m fact that every acre of the vast intericr nent, held but recently as an unknown and occupied only by wild beasts and savage men, bas now organized under the forms of civil govermmens with its representatives or delegates in ‘he national Congress; and to these embryo States the paliog of the guvernment invites immigration without limit by inducements which it 1s in the power of no other country to present. Furthermore, not content with poeecening the whole Pacific slope, from British Columbia to Mexico, within a twelve- month Congress has ratified with remarkable ,una- nimity the qaronane of the entire Russian posses- s10n8 On this continent, And the pending negotia- Uons with Denmark for the Island of St, Thomas are the crowning testimony, that whatever were the grounds for alarm at the expansion of the national aomain, they have effectualiy disappeared. If 1t be the gestiny of the United States ultimately to absorb tl hole habitable parts of the continent of North America, as present indications signify, I be- Neve this wilt be done, whether from necessity or choice of those concerned, with entire safety to the national Union, and also by those honorable and beacefui means which accord with the spirit and civilization of this age. Nor will it be surprising if the tendency to centraiization, which some inteili- gent statesmen look upon now with a fear cor- responding to that of the opposite tendency before the war, should soon be seen to be but the necessary, 4s It is the sirongest possible, guarantee of cohesive unity under the expanding vigor of the great con- Uinental republic, ‘Lhe strongest elements of power are diversity in uty; the rope of many strands hoids undci the grejfuA tension; and the diversity of our climate, promcts and pursuits, blending Logetler as they ao in the mterests of commerce and defence, will be a great pacific bond coincident with the longity of the Contineng, not jess strong and enduring tht.o 18 that wonder of enterprise com- cident» with is ‘pea of latitude—the rightly named Pacitic Railroad. ‘The founuers this repablic counted much upon its isolation oceiud- wire irom the political complica- tions of the Old World as a means of nation: and international peace. Such was undoubtedly a ne- cessary and providentia! condition in their day; but it niast be confessed that the security thus obtained Was bouglit at the price of some national insignifi- cance; and so long as that kind of secority was coveted, the monarchies of Kurope made small account of this government in the equations of political power. ‘Ihe clipper slip, the steamshi and the telegraph, in their vurn, have done muct toward bringing this country into greater prom nenee in this respect in recent years. But the ap- pearance of anew sun in the heavens could not more alter the phases of nature than have the résults of the great war whose close we commemorate changed the political relations of this country to the rest Of mankind. Not only for ourselves has the in- evitable test of republican institutions been made, but for them; and in that test the alinost uniform hustory of rebellions and of republics has been re- versed; and the great fact has ac last been inscribed, as with letters of fire in the sky, that a government resting upon the consent of the governed has sur- vived a trial that would have shaken to its tounda- Uons the strongest monarchy im the world; and that it has come out of the bloody ordeal a thousand foid stronger tian when it entered. Of such a people ‘there can be no insignificant estimate in the future, either by monarchs or common men. It would savor of vain boasting to say that the seat of political power has already changed from tie Old Wortd to the New; but it would be untrue only in the same sense that it would be to announce the approach of sunrise when it is only dawn of day. As well in we at. ght tempt to stop the car of Phwbus at the gates of Aurora as to stay “the course of empire’? on its “westward way.”’ There 13 nota first class Power in Europe at tiis hour which is not sensibly affected, both in its policy with other nations and in its do- mestic administration, by the new and increasing importance of the United States. And to their honor and our gratification it may be said that this great in- Nuence arises not more from their appreciation of the gigantic military resources of this nation than from tne ioral grandeur of its position and the force of its example, Within a few days past it has been stated to me by an authority which 1 consider infe- rior to none in this country, that, notwithstanding the known policy of peace on the part 0f this goy- ver:ment toward England im the honorable settle- Meut of the Alabama claims, the representative of one of the four great Powers of Europe, himself among the ablest of living dipiomatists, had declared that, so jong as these clatms shall remain an open question between the United States and Great Britain, the m- fuence of the latter must be regarded as materiaily weakened jn the councils upon European affairs. Aud the same authority also, while commending the telegraphic congratulation of the Prime Minster of Prussia to the President of the United States, on the day of his recent inauguration, as an act of un- paralleled internattona; courtesy, and, as a just tribute to his exalted character and position, saw in the despatch aiso the unmistakable signs of diplo- matic significance. I shall abave noting from the measure of our united affection and respect for the gyeat Admiral of our navy, whose presence here to- day with that of his brave compeers ju march and }an battle, on Jand and sea, add dignity and grace to this jubilee, as thetr deeds add mstro to tic of their country, if J say that the prial houors lavished upon iim in his re- cent expedition were the world’s admiring tribute alike to the man and to the flag which floated apove im. The Atiantic Ocean, with its steamers in eight days from European to American seaports, and be- neath whose freighted waters the messages of inter- communication outrun the speed of the earth in her revolutions, 18 no longer an appreciable barrier to reciprocal influence. On the otuer hand all eyes are already vurning to the Pacific Ocean as the field of an immense Oriental and American commerce in the immediate future. The civilization of the West 1s crossing the Pacific. Like an angel of resurrection it stands knocking at the gates of China and fapan, and wita clarion tones proclaims the tidings that a new era has dawned upon the world. And from their myriad populations will come countiess thou- sands to meet the hardy emigration of Europe and the intelligence, enterprise and energy of the American mind in working the ma- terials and im utilizing the. facilities of this vast,Continent under influences favorable to the highest progress and achievements of the race. The imagination aspires to grasp, but fails in the effort to conceive of the possible greatness of a free and united people occupying a territory almost bound- less in pecgrantitest extent, diversified in climate and productions, and rich in the nameless treasure of Nature—a country located between the two great commercial oceans of the world; drawing to iteeif the long buried secrets and ageacies of Oriental civi- lization, and the arts and discoveries of the most polished nations of modern times; in population practically numberless; advanced in education, !it- erature, science, refinement and Christianity, and stimulated by every incentive that can appeal to the interest, taste, ambition or sense of duty anong men, The opportunity for this great example of human eed and = achieve- ment but jast now hung suspended amid the cries of the battle fleid. For a while it shared the vicissitudes of loss and recovery, ol vietory and defeat, with the forcanes of war. We commemorate the ead of war and the establishment of @ national peace which secures tais opportunity to posterity, and to ourselves the unnumbered bless- ings of this jand of freedom. ies and gentlemen, fellow countrymen and countrywomen, from every quarter and of every condition, we rejoice with Pia) in this great ana beneficent consummation. We greet you with cor- dial benedictions, Let the wuititudinous harmo- nies of thes? days of jubilee symbolize a real unit of friendship and brotierhood which shail be uni versal and unending. We bid you Godspeed in a new carcer of honors and usefulness, and we invoke for our beloved and common country that righteous- hess which exaiteth a nation and which is abie to keep the foundations of the republic secure until the final triumph of ind Virtue on the earth can be ceiebrated only in that greater jubilee of the “innu- merable company” whose haljelujahs shall roi! in seraphic sweetness with the ages through the eter- nal yeurs, Neither the speech of Mr. Rice nor the Mayor's could be distinctly heard by one-tenth of the vast concourse of people, and before the former gentle- man had fintshed his oration the audience became somewhat impatient, but it was too well behaved to induige in any manifestation of satisfaction. THE PROGRAMME. At @ quarter-past three o’ciock Mr. P. 8, Gilmore Mounted the conductor's stand and mstentiy a solemn hush fell over the vast assemblage. Many there were, especially among the myriad musi- cians, who doubted —nay sneered—at the possibility of success, musically speaking, in such a vast enter prise, which included 11,000 Ts and 1,000 must- cians in the fo in| slightest possibility of @ gigantic concert. The lected for one requisite to disp} _ such @ combination of jows:— brought togettier without the adequate rehearsals for such mime Was well se. y the massive power it was as fol- musicians, it orchet & Glory be to God on thigh G00 performers Wweitty sass’ P .Mozart chorus, with orchestral and organ accompaniment Bosse seossseed Gounod r 4 Prager, Habe ar se a mie. Pare . Tho Tatroductory Molin “Obligatar heunite rendered by one performer, was played b; joljuiats, 6. National Air, “Star Spangled Bi by the full chorus, with grand orches a drum ‘core, chiming of bell pauiment, . Tntermi ry 200 vi anner.”” 6. Tnvoeation, “Hymn of quiver Wendell Howey, to the’ von.'* jam Tell” us, “Stabat Mater" ary Rossini Sung by Madame Farepa- Rove, with full chorus, organ and ® Coronation Maren, ‘nt roreta niment._.. Meyerbeer nd 10. National Air, “My Counteys a 0 " Sung by the entire ctiorus, accompanied by the grand orches- ra oF military band of | organ, full drum . " HECEPTION OF CONDUCTOR GILMORR. ‘There were evident signs of uneasiness and Anxiety on the face of the conductor as he moved his baton for the opeping chorals. The reception ind oreheatra, Organ and military band. enters at ever ‘ accorded to him, the originator, the leader, the chief spirit and the engineer of this coternins, was one that might Well make the proudest chief that history immortalized feel envious of had he been present. The entire audience rose to their feet , and joined With the chorus in a perfect volcano of applause. les waved handkerchiefs, and the cheers of 20,000 people roiled up towards the vast Too! asa grateful bation. to @ man who may Dow be termed a pubiic benefactor, THE MUSIC, Martin Luther's weil known hymn seemed to have been placed first as a test merely of the eftect of the chorus and orchestra; then came an ordeal for the orchestra—the overture to ‘Tannhauser.” Julius Eichberg was the conductor, He wok the Tem; ex: ly slow, probably through fear lest the heterogeneous elements beneath his baton should not otherwise follow it with sufficient precision. Then for the first time did the wonderful power of the orehesira become known. The strings over- shadowed everything, even the formidable brass band, The wind instruments were the weak- est. Among the first violins sat Ole Bull, Howard Glover, one or two of the Molienhauer’s and Carl Rosa, Those magnificent passages of semitone scales accompany and adorn the Pilgrim chorus in this overture were given with a precision and spirit which I have never heard before, even in smali orchestras or at the Sydenham palace concerts in England. Even expression was uhere, and as the last notes of the subject died away the violins sounded like the sigh- ing of the winter wind through a forest of unleaved pines. ‘The wind instruments could hardly be heard ‘at the end of the Coliseum when they came in with the Pilgrim chorus. Alter the overture Carl Zurahn took the baton and the first part of the Gloria of Mo- zart’s Twelfth Mass and chorus was rendered. | Or- chestra and organ took up this grand work, There was considerable lagging on the verses, and the conductor had to drag them through with dificulty. Mme. Parepa Rosa then sang Gounod's Ave Maria, Her voice was not sufficient to fll the immense building, though the tones were pure and expressive as usual. ‘The two hundred violin obli- gato was the best feature of this piece, but tnere ‘Was no sound heard of the Bach prelude on which this beautiful melody is built, It is generally played on a piano or harp, but on this occasion was either omitted or rendered inaudible. The ‘Star Spangled Banner” brought the artiliery into play. The effect Was indescribabie. The guns spoke ouiside in exact time with the masic, being discharged by means of elictricizy, and the audience jomed in the last verse, All that has ever been written of music falls short to describe adequately the effect of this piece. As well might one attempt to portray the grandeur of the ocean in a storm or the resistiess rush of the hurri- cane, The “Teli overture in the second part was anot!er triumph for the orchestra. It weut like clockwork. The “Coronation March’? was taken so stow that it became dreary, and, besides, the big drum @ot a little mixed towards the end, But the grandest of ail the works perjormed was the Anvil Chorus from the “Trovatore.”” The scene from the baicony was one to remember for a lifetime, As the choras stocd up, tier after tier, and the steady stroke upon an hundred anvils, mingled with the avalanche of voices and instruments, the ear was deafened with the noise and the cye was dazzled with the sight. A dense sea of heads surged above the seats set aside for the chorus and one bundred red stirts marked the line of anvils. Nothing like this has ever been heard in music before. That the experiment of Massing voices and instruments togetter on such an enormous scale is a success, Would be little to say for the triumph which has crowned the first concert. The organ is the best for the purpose | have ever heard, not excepting the one used at the Sydenham Palace or the great one at St. George's Hall, Liver- pool. Its tones were heard and felt clear over and through the host of voices and instruments. At times it seemed to overshadow all, and 1t3 thunder tones shook the building. CONCLUSION. Another grand concert takes place this afternoon, and it is likely that the audience will be trebled. The scenes outside the Coliseum during the festivities inside were numerous and amus- ing. Thousands whose financial circumstances would not warrant the purchase of a ticket lingered around from beginning to end, and so far as partaking of the musical strains produced was concerned, they were about as fortunate us those who occupied the five dollar seats inside. There were numerous cases of pocket-picking reported, and several of the professiona's were arrested and others ordered away irom the premises by te police, ‘The oaly aceident of any account was the wounding of one of the artillery men by the premature discharge Of one of the chorus guns. ‘The President will arrive in the morning, and his presence at the festival in the alternoon will proba- bly be one of the attractive features of the occasion. The |streets are crowded to-night, and everybody is feeling gay and festive over the successtui siaugura- tion of the great affair. THE GRAND RUSH TO TRE JUBILEE. Exodus of Gothamites for the Hub—Departure ef the Boston Steambeats=Scenes on the Wharves—General Grant—Ladies, Commo- dores, Brigadiers, Soldiers, Policemen, Bane ners and Opera Borfle—Two Bands and an Artillery Accompaniment. ‘The hearts of the hotel keepers of Boston would have been made giad could they have witnessed the departure of Gothamites yesterday for the pious and jubilant metropolis of Massachu- setts, Such an exodus has seldom been wit- noseedagind the wonder is where the managers of the Bfeamboat lines contrived to bestow so many passengers. The steamer Providence of the Fall River line in particular was crammed, and her decks filled with people on the qué vive for the advent of General Grant, who had arrived in the city from West Point in the morning with nis wife and had been stopping at a friend’s house all day. The wharf was aiso crowded with persons anxious to catch a glimpse of the President, and the police had some difficulty in keeping back the eager throngs who pressed forward on the arrival of every car- riage on the wharf, under the impression that it con- tained the General. Several false alarms of his advent were circulated, but his ac tual arrival was finally announced by the band playing “See the Conquering Hero Comes,” He passed rapidly from his carriage to the boat. As he crossed on the gang plank a very faint cheer was raised, which he acknowledged by bowing slightly. Shortly after the Generai had been safely housed on board, four companies of the Third cavalry, New York State National Guard, under the command of Colone] Budke, marched on to the wharf and formed in line. Twenty-five members of the Washington Grays, accompanied by Inspector General McQuade, General Morris and General Tweed, of the Governor's stail, were on board. The decks were thronged with ladies and their brilliant costumes, the bright unt- forms of the military and the semi-naval dreas of the Steamboat officers and employés made up quite a dazzling coup @@i, An unlimited display of bunt ing, which graced every projecting point of the vessel where it could be seen, heightened the effect by a most vivid contrast of gay colors. A band of music on board discoursed airs from opera boufe, piumes nodded, fags and blonde caris waved in the breeze, sabres jingied, jewels and epaulets sparkled, and “bright eyes looked love to eyes that spake in. penn the ere one a ‘pombe of Seeeee, the ng about of heavy Iu , the orders o1 licemen, the cries of yeok arivtre and coachmen, caused a din which vied for ascendancy with the music of the band. There was little contusion, how- ever, in consequence of the excellent arrangements of the managers of the company. The ganugway was kept clear and consequently ngers were not ex, to that obsiraction of locomotion, that crowding and elbowing, which in this country almost invariably atcends any attempt to on board steamboats and ratiway cars. intelligent contraband in white cotton gloves assisted ladies to alight from their coaches and handed them grace- fully to the gang plank, along which they tripped daintily and Grecianly (at least such of them as were young and good looking) without jet or hindrance, to the admiration of all the “male sect.” bionde beauties lavished tender caresses upon each other at parting, thereby exciting the envy of the men; tond Hel laid audible injunctions upon their fast offspring about to participate in the coming testivi- ties at tae Hub; “Chawies,” with whiskers the color of pine shavings, eyegiass and other accessories tn- dispensable to the swell complete, nods a nonchi lant adieu to the “Gavner,”’ while less refined youchs shouted noisy farewells to one another from the deck and wharf, Tne proprietor of Erie and of opera bouge himself stands at the entrance of the gang plank, directing and superintending the arrange- ments in person, and admirable they are, and great credit they reflect upon his inavagement. But the hour of departure has arrived and the order ts given to remove the gang plank, The men are already about to lay violent hands upon it, wien @ mg drives up, @ bionde syiph alights, fcats across that wooden isthinus, and oakum curls, panmier, high-heeled boots and Grecian bend disappear in the crowd. Here comes a gentieman with @ steel helmet and much sword. He 13 a Washington Grey. Make haste my gailant Grey, or you Will be left. So at last we are of and the stately vessel moves out into the stream. At this moment the band on board strikes up a lively air, while a band on the wharf Ey something of a national character, the absolute identity of whica is rendered uncertain by the discord of tue two, which 1s further increased by the letting of of a cannon, giving one @ foretaste of the “artliery ac- companiment” of the jubilee, The Stonington and the Norwich and Worcester boats were well filled with passengers, but not to anything like the extent of the Providence. EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT ROCHESTER. ROCHESTER, June 15, 1869. A fire was caused in Messrs, Osgood & Farley's paint and oil store, on Front street, this morning, by the explosion of bengine, The fames were quickly suppressed, and the firemen were dismissed, when @ second explosion, in the basement, took place, blowing out the windows and doors of the entire butlding. The chief engineer and others, who were in the building at the time, were some- what injured, Subsequently a prick fell from the rool, striking a fireman named Mo gs Russell on tuo head, producing @ bad fracture of his skull WASHINGTON. The Relations Between Spain and Peru. VIEWS UF THE SPANISH MINISTER, The Instructions to Minister Motley. Negotiations in the Alabama Matter to be Deferred. QUR MISSING MINISTER IN PARAGUAY, WASHINGTON, June 15, 1869. A Cable Telegram Denied—Minister Motley’s InstractionsTemporary Postponement of the Alabama Question—No Proposition to be Submitted by Mr. Motley. It is not true, as announced in a recent cable tele- gram, that in an official communicatian Minister Motley intimated that the American administrauon concurs in the reasons which led the Senate to reject the Alabama treaty. Such was not the tenor ot his instructions concerning his intercourse with~her Majesty’s government, and it is not, therefore, con- sidered probable that he would make that asser- tion. It is, however, certain that he was instructed to explain the circumstances attending the rejection or the treaty, without committing this government to any line of pplicy, but at the same me standing by the rejection of the treaty. Minister Motley is not iustructed to make any proposition for the gettlement of the claims, but to say that in view of the irritation in England, owing tothe rejection of the treaty, the present is notan auspicious time to propose the reopening of negotia- tions. In other words, the temporary postponement of the question is desirable, with the hope that when the excitement shail subside her Majesty's govern- ment wul invite a reopening of negotiations. He is not authorized to announce the readiness of our government to make any proposition on that sub- ject nor to demand the payment of the amount of damages, national as weil as individual, but to assure her Majesty’s government of the sincere de- sire of our own tg have all matters of dispute ad- Justed on ters honorable and satisfactory to both mations./ Another point in the instrne- tions is in (effect that the mere proclama- tion declaring the rebels entitled to belliger- ent rights is not in itself a cause for demanding damages or a separate ground of complait; but this, taken in connection with subsequent acts, was unfriendly and showed a spirit Qf hostility against the United States during the late yar, resulting in losses which required reparation. Fass instructions were prepared at the Depart State about ten days before Minister Motley left this country, THav- ing been slightly modified at the instance of Presi- dent Grant himself, they were carefully considered by the Cabinet, to whom they were acceptable, and were soon thereafter handed to Motley without further amendment. The only specific instructions to Motley as to treaty negotiations are with reference to naturalization and consuls, and it is supposed by this time he has entered upon that duty. Spanish Views of the Cuban Question—The Revolution Virtually at an End—Vigorous Policy to be Pursued by the New Captain General. The contradictory reports sent from Caba with re- gard to the respective power and prospec's of the Spaniaras and the insurgents are not the only illus- trations of the wide difference of opinion which exists on that subject. The other day I sent you the opin- ions of Secretary Fish and the Cuban agents on the prospect of the success of the Cubans. It will be remembered they thought the Spanish power was about gone. In conversation with the Spanish Min- ister to-aay I said, “What about Cuba, Mr. Roberts?” “Oh, it is virtually at an end,” he said, with a sat- isfactory shrug of his shoulders. 1 was at a loss to know whether he meant the tn- surrection or the effort of Spain to suppress ti, so 1 said, “Which is at an end, the insurrection or the Spanish power in Cuba?" “Oh, the insurrection,” he replied. “There is very little left of it,’ he continued, “and it will soon be put down—that is, if no new political complications should arise.” By political complications I understood him to mean favorable action on the part of the United States towards Cuba. Mr. Roberts seems weil satisfied that the policy of our government towards Cuba will not be changed, and he therefore gives himself litte trouble on that score. He denies that the Spanish volunteers in Cuba are disposed to be mutinous towards the civil representatives of the Spapish government and does not believe that they contemplate a counter revo- lution among themselves. The new Captain General Rodas, Mr. Roberts expects to reach Havana about the 24th, He thinks he will be installed in his oMice without difficulty, and will set about in good earnest to put down the insurgents and restore peace to the island. Of course Mr. Roberts put little faith in what he terms the Cuban stories about the landing of filioustera. He does not believe there is any considerable number of them on the island, nor does he think it possibie for them to land in respect- able force at any point where they could effect a Junction with the insurgents before the Spanisn forces would be upon them. The Spanish Minister Exercised Over Recognition of Cuba by Peru. The Spanish Minister, M. Roberts, who has been absent irom the city for some days, returned on Sunday evening. Yesterday he was at the State Department seeking an interview with Secretary Fish relative to tue new complications which have arisen in Cuba. Owing to the fact that Mr. Fish was detained at his house by illness M. Roberts did not see him. Soon after the recognition of the bellige- rent rights of the Cubans by the Peruvian govern- ment the Spanish Minister called. upon Secretary Fish about the matter. It appears that since the acceptance by both Spain and Peru of the friendly intervention of the Umted States in their late quarrel all diplomatic busMess between the two governments has been carried on through the United States, The Spanish Minister here does not recognize the feruvian Min- ister officially, nor does the jatter recognize the former, The business of their respective governments with each other is transacted through our State Department. When M. Roberts first spoke to Mr. Fish about,the action of the Peruvian government towards the patriot Cubans the Secre- tary of State did not credit it. He had not at that time received any official notice of it. M. Roberts, however, gave full credence to it. Mr. Fish asked him what he thought of it. The Spanish Minister Teplied that he looked upon it as a breach of good faith and honor with the United States. He did not careand he did not suppose his government Would care for the action of Peru, It could not, in his opinion, affect the Cuban insurrection one way or the other. Peru was too far away from Cuba, and, besides, had neither mouey, men nor munitions the of war to spare, Of course, it Was, as far as it went, an act of hostility to- wards Spain, and did Spain regard Pera as of any account in this business won)d ve sumficient cause for reopening hostilities; but both parties had put their old quarrel into the hands of the United States government for settlement, and both of them were in honor bound not to do anything to cause a revival of hostilities without fi apprising the United States of their intention. M. Roberts does not think Spain is bound, under the circumstances, to observe the arrangement of arbitration entered into by herself and Peru, now that the latter has ceased to respect her part of the contract. Nor does ne think that the United States ought to have anything farther to do with Pera, inasmuch as the latter ia guilty of a breach of good faith towards our govern- ment. It is sait M. Roberts in illustrat. belligerents have confidence, steps in, and both the parties say they are satisfied to leave the matter in his hands, and the quarre! ends with this under- standing. Subsequently, however, one of them re- news the quarrel, without consulting this mutual friend. What would the mutual friend say? He ought to say, “You have not kept your word with me. You do not have confidence in me, and I want ho more to do with you.” Secretary Fish, to be sure, had no remedy in the premises, except to adopt the course pursued by the ‘‘mutual friend” in the Spanish Minister's illustration. It is not ascer- tained, however, that he has notified the Peruvian government of the refusal of our government tocon- Unue longer as an arbitrator in the settlement of her diMeulty with Spain. The Late Saie of Lron-Clads—The Monitors Sull in the Market. None of the bids offered at tne, Navy Department yesterday for the purchase of the iron-clads Nansett, Waxsaw, Chimo and others have been accepted on account of being under appraised value. The high- est bid, it will be remembered, was from Richard Wallach, of this city, offering $160,000 each for any two, but this amount was under the appratsement, consequently the proposal was rejected. The mont- tors are still in the market and bids will be received for them at the Bureau of Construction and Repair at any time. Diptomatic Rumors — Canards Transfers of Ministers, There is the best authority for stating that Minis- ter Thornton is not to be transferred to Madrid, The report that he had been notified of promotion to the Spanish mission seems to have no foundation what- ever. Mr. Thornton has received no such notifica- tion, nor does he believe that any such is contem- plated by his government, Perhaps the only ground for the story is to be found in the fact that there is now a vecancy in the Spanish mission,and that one of his predecessors, Sir John Crampton, was trans- ferred from Washtogton to Madrid, which he has just resigned, ou account of ill health ostensibly, but really, a3 some people say here, because he has found Spanish society very unpleasant since tho marriage of his former wife, Miss Balfe, to a Castilian nobleman, The latter cause can hardly be the real one, ior Sir John might reasonably be ex- pected to have become used to the thing by mere lapse of time. No News of Minister McMahen—Refasal of the Allies to Permit an American Escort to Pass Their Lines. The State Department has received no positive or direct information from Minisver McMahon since, December last, wien he arrived at Asuncion. Al other information is rumor or speculation. The latest official despatches are’datea April 8 from Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro the 24th of the same month, Mr. Worthington, Minister to Urnguay, writes from Buenos Ayres that he had demanded of the Ar gentine government either an escort through the allied lines or for permission for a Uurted States es- cort to pass through them, to enabdie our govern- ment to communicate with Minister McMahon. Both the Buenos Ayres 1nd Brazilian governments have refused the right, on the ground that it could not then be granted without affecting the proposed hos- tle movements of the government, which were soon to take place, and which would open up the commu- nication desired. Mr. Worthington replied that he had already waited forty days for the movements to be made; that the right of the government of the United States to have the communication made was undisputed, and as the aliies would not aid our gov- ernmeut it would be driven on its own resources to obtaiu the communication. Commander Kirkland, of the Wasp, had a sharp correspondence with the Brazilian and Buenos Ayrean governments on the subject. | Samnacr Becoming Unpopular with Foreign Diplomats. Sumner has got to be unpopular with the foreign legutions here. He used to be the “white-headed boy” with all of them until he made that terrible speech about the Alabama claims and alluded in se- cret session of the Senate to some private mforma- tion obtained during private talks with the legation people. Perhaps the only members of the legations that pretend to relish Sumner’s course are the Frenchmen, who in secret gloat over what they con- sider the snubbing of “‘perfidious Albion.’’ Caled Cashing. Old Caleb Cushing seems to be looming up here again. He is getting into the confidence of tne mgh- est people of tie government, and appears to be consulted on the most important matters of policy. What 1s very strange, too, he is the vosom friend of both Fish and Sumner, who represent widely difter- ent interests, One day he is closeted with Fish, con- gratulating him on his masterly foreign policy, and the next he 1s in confidential confab with the ilustri- ous Charles, who, it is said, regards his utterances as those of aa oracle. Illness of Secretary Fish. Secretary Fish has been quite unwell for two days. He has been confinea to his house, but his ailment, thongh unfitting him for attention to business, is not of a dangerous character. A Fashionable Wedding tn Prospect. It is rumored that M. Le Comte de Turenne, Second Secretary of the French Legation, is about to commit matrimony with a Washington velle, The Comte 18 a descendant of the great Turenne, Commotion in the War Department. The heads of the various branches of the War Uffice had a sort of caucus to-day regarding the famous Raw-. ling order dismissing the clerks by whoiesaie. It is understvod that they have agreed to recommend to Secretary Rawlins a revocation of the order. Nearly all of them have written letters to the Secretary repre- senting the impolicy of the order, and declaring that if carried out it would suspend the operations of the whole department. General Meigs has written a particularly strong letter on the subject. Discharge of Government Ew7loyes. The Pension Bureau has twenty-eight clerks in ex- cess of the number allowed, and consequenuly that number will be removed by July 1, and the notices to those named for removal will be delivered in a day or two. As the law no longer recognizes female clerks in this bureau, the twelve female copyists employed will also be dismissed. Thirteen dismis- Sals of watchmen in the Interior Department build- ing will take place this week to reduce the force to the number required by law. Forty clerks in the Land Office are soon to be removed. Authority of Revenue Oficers—Important Decision. Supervisor Perrie, of the North and South Carolina district, informs Commissioner Delano that a case involving the right of internal revenue officials to ex- amine the books of shipment of merchandise subject tointernat revenue tax, which he was instrumental in bringing before the court at Raleigh, N. C., had re- cently been decided in favor of the supervisor tn every particular. ‘The case grew out of the setzure by the supervisor of the books of the Nortu Carolina Railroad Company for the purpose of ob‘aining in- formation concerning shipments of tobacco, whis- key, stills and other merchandise, which seizure was resisted by the freight agent of the company; where. upon the supervisor procured an attachment. Chief Justice Chase was present at the trial of the freignt agent for coutempt, in having refused to obey a sum- mous to appear with the books of the company at the supervisor's office, although he did not exercise Jurisdiction in the case. More Quaker Indian Agents, ‘The Society of Friends have presented to the See. retary of the Interior for appointment as Indian agents for the Central Superintendency the names of the following members of their religious order: Cyrus Beede, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the Neosho agency; John D. Mile’, of Wabash, Ind., for the Kickapoos; Jonathan Richards, of Philade!phia, for the Pottawattemies; Thomas Miller, of Springfield, Ohio, for the Sacs and Foxes, and Nathan Stubbs, of Kansas, for the Kansas Indians. Marder of Revenue Omecrs by Texan Smugglers, Intelligence was received at the Treasury Depart. ment to-day of the murder of Mr. Frank Dupont, Inspector of Customs, near Brownsvilte, Texas. He 1s supposed to have been murdered by s.ougglers on the Mexican border. His body was found in the river. He is the third victim of the smugglers there within the last six montha, Astronomical Observations in Lown. Professors Simon Newcomb, William Harkness And Jonn R. Eastman are ordered to proceed to Exploded ing the matter compared it to two gentile. en quarreling, and one, in whom beth Des Moines, lowa, or within 100 miles of that for the purpose of making observations of Cclipae of the sun op the 7th of Aygust next,