The New York Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1872, Page 3

THR WORLD'S PEACE JUBILEE ae Inauguration of the Great Bos- ton Panjandrum. THE FOREIGN BANDS. Mayor Gaston Receives the English and German Musicians. GENERAL BANKS’ OPENING ORATION. A Medley of Music and Po- ‘litical Insinuations. THE FIRST DAY'S SLIM ATTENDANCE. Ten Thousand Outside and Seven Thousand Inside the Coliseum. ae pepe AN UNFAVORABLE CONTRAST. ——— Twenty-one Thousand Vocalists and Instru- mentalists to Amuse One-Third Their Number. PROGRAMME. THE A Great Crash of Instruments—Much Noise, but Little’ Harmony. shackled eS THE ANVIL OHORUS MONSTROSITY. sat AY Se Anvils, Cannon, Be' and Brass. y Platte Boston, June 17, 1872. The World's Peace Jubilee, that great interna- tional and universal musical event which Gilmore conceived and commenced a year or more ago, was inaugurated here in Boston to-day. Nothing like it was ever before attempted except by this same irrepressible Gilmore, whose name is identified with the great jubilee here in 1869, in honor of the dawn of peace after years of strife and war, That event was an unexpected success and an occasion without a parallel in the musical history of the world. The great international festi- val inaugurated to-day on a broader and more com- prehensive basis has been begun, like its prede- cessor, under auspices neither encouraging nor flattering, so far as the attendance and popular enthusiasm of the people is concerned. Three ‘weeks or more intervene, however, before the great entertainment for all nations is ended, ‘and the managers are hopeful that the millions whom they have so generously prepared for wil, avail themselves of the privilege of indulging in What may in all sincerity be termed the greatest musical festival the world has ever realized. The magnitude of the affair in all its details has been frequently and liberally commented upon, and the public only await the de- tails of its success or faflure as it pro- gresses from day to day. The story of the mammoth Coliseum, with accommodations for an orchestra of 1,000, a chorus of 20,000 and an auditorium for 25,000 spectators; how Gilmore Went across the ocean and secured the services of English, French, Prussian, Austrian and Irish bands of the first order; how he imported the cele- brated Strauss from Vienna; how he gathered together and trained thousands of America's leading and choicest singers; how he invited all the leading and representative men of the world to come and participate—all this has been pub- lished to the world time and time again. At just this time, when the great event has but fairly com- menced, it is hardly reasonable to predict its triumphant success or lamentable failure. The dc- casion itself is arare one, with few if any faults, anda boast of all nations; but whether or not it will arouse the enthusiasm and draw the masses of humanity originally predicted is a matter of grave doubt. RECEIVING THE EUROPEAN BANDS. Mayor Gaston undertook to receive the British Grenadiers and Kaiser Wilhelm’s band, which he accomplished courteously, and spoke in each in- stance to the point as the following will show:— WELCOME TO THE GERMANS, “MR. LARO AND GENTLEMEN OF THE KAIZER GRANZ. GRENADIER BAND :—It is with a great deal of pleasure that I welcome you as representatives of our great country to Boston, and1t hank you for the honor ie have conferred in visiting us on this occasion participate in the World’s Musical Peace Festival.” CONDUCTOR LARO’S RESPONSE. “I thank Your Honor for the hearty compliment wh you have bestowed upon us, and for the handsome reception we have met with. We have with pleasure foliowed the call to this country and 10 the peace festival. Though we have come clad in the garb of war yet we come with feelings of peace and friendship in our hearts, and beg leave to assure this city and country that we are well pleased with the happy inauguration of this joyful occasion.’* WELCOMING THE GRENADIER GUARDS. Mayor Gaston, in welcoming the British band, said ‘BANDMASTER GODFREY AND GENTLEMEN OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS BAND-—In the name and on be- half of the city of Boston and its people I greet you. We desire to express to you the welcome due 0 the | og nation from which you come, and our hope that your stay among us may be mutually agreeable and satisfactory.’ MR. DAN GODFREY’S REPLY. To which Bandmaster Godirey responded ; — “Your Honor, on behalf of my associates and in ‘the name of our mother country, have so kindly alluded, I desire to thank you forthe Ki spirit of cordiality and amity which has character- ized your remarks, to express our pleasure at ps pen and our wishes for the success of the great International Musical Festival which we have come hither to participate in.’ OPENING UNDER FAVORABLE AUSPICES, The opening day was well chosen, for on the 17th of every June Massachusetts indulges in a little frolicsome celebration over the affair of Bunker Hill. The jubilee, therefore, had the benefit of the Patriotiam and inspiration of this anniversary, as ‘Wellas the presence of its usual participants to give it an enthusiastic send of The weather ‘was unexceptionable, clear, cool and balmy, and every element of nature seemed to smile approv. ingly on the great musical event of the ninteenth century. The city was fuil of people, literally full at sunrise, and all the trains of the forenoon came in heavily loaded, swelling the crowd in numbers” much beyond what was anticipated by the most sanguine and enthusiastic. These vast crowds, however, did not wind thetr way to the Coliseum and Jubilee in such vast numbers as was expected, The horse cars were not uncomfortably crowded, neither were the thoroughfares leading to the scene of the great fes- tival. COMPARING THE PRESENT WITH THR ‘69 JUBILEE, Outside there was exhibited a vast difference be- tween the Jubilee of 1869 and the World's Peace Festival of 1872. Scarcely ten thousand lookers-on composed the crowd which hovered about the out- skirts of the building to-day, and that ten thou- sand was almost altogether composed of people who were suffering from impecuniosity to such a degree as to render them incapable of liquidating the inevitable demands of the door- keepers, Another great difference between the two Jubilees also brought inte juxtaposition is the mat- | general and lasting peace. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1872.—TRIPLE ver ofenthusiasm, All the bells in Boston chimed | with the gratulations of the populace tn 1869; but now, three years later, there are few who look, outside the “almighty dollar.” ‘There were few Bostonians present at the concert to-day. The crowd generally was com- posed of people from the rural districts and from abroad, and were as appreciative as a crowd of that character could possibly become. Strangers as they are, however, there was @ general. good feeling prevailing among them, which tended to render disturbances a matter of great rarity. It was a good-humored crowd, albeit it was a comparatively smal! one. There were not suMcient people to render jostling a necessity, and there were too many to get up a big row. Hence there was @ season of quietness and good order. Inside the Coliseum there was a lar presenta- ton of quietness, The assemblage applauded dec- orously and in the right tame, and there was no occasion for disturbance, 4A GREAT DEAL OF FUN was witnessed in the side shows of the affair. The big drum which was recently paraded through Boston streets as a grand advertisement for the Jubilee, atter having fulfilled its purpose, has been hung at the foot of the building, behind the rear gallery, and now “looms up big” as a matter of ornament. Its practicable use is for nothing else, and there it rests, subject of the comment of everybody. Then, too, the efforts of foreign importations to speak English, and of native-born Americans to make themselves under- stood, has been provocative of a great deal of mirth, A number of amusing blunders of this character were noticed to-day. THE AUDIENCE INSIDE. Three o'clock was the hour for the exercises to commence, At this hour perhaps six or seven thousand formed the audience, while the per- formers who entertained them numbered a good round 20,000, The contrast was conspicuous to all, ridiculous to a good many, and probably pain- ful to the projector, as well as those who guaranteed the expenses if the affair should prove a financial failure. The Grena- dier Guards’ Band, Great Britain’s representative, was among the crowd that created spontan- eous enthusiasm when they entered, as did also the Prussian band, which came in a few mo- ments later. Aside from these little incidents, how- ever, there was no enthusiasm of a preilminary na- ture: all was reserved for the approbation of the meritorious feature of the afternoon's performance and the merits of the respective artists. OPENING PROCEEDINGS. Before the exercises proper, the divine blessing was invoked by Parson Phillips Brooks, Probably his prayer was suitable to the occasion and elo- quently fervent, but a positive assertion to this effect must come from the source to which it was addressed. The confusion in the Coliseum was so great at the time that scarcely a word could be heard; the same may also be said of the address of welcome which Mayor Gaston delivered. Only the stentorian tones of General Banks, when he commenced his inaugural oration, actually attracted the attention of the audience, Only stray passages of even his remarks were distinctly heard at the extreme end of the Coliseum, but when he had finished every- body applauded, for some reason or other; it might have been on account of rejoicing at his conclusion, or it might have been in conscientious approval of these very feeling words which he uttered. GENBRAL BANKS’ ADDRESS. The following is the address made by the General to which I have referred :— Amid the complications of diplomatic and litical controversy, the struggles for bread, he aspirations for wealth and the con- tests for power which agitate and dis- turb the world, we consecrate this temple to the spirit of universal harmony—(applanse)—and the occasion to the promotion of peace and good will among all nations and all people. (Applause.) ‘There is no race, no government, no interest of the human family that does not share our sympathy and is not remembered in our supplications. Our fraternal regard embraces all to whom “the Sire Omnipresent” unfolds the world’s harmonious vol- ume, there to read this transcript of himself. “Honored by the patronage of the President of the republic and of Prominent executive, legisia- tive and judicial officers; by the ' presence of the principal diplomatic — representatives of Europe. and America; by ambassadors trom one of the great emplres of the East so re- cently opened to commerce, civilization and Chris- tianity; assisted by illustrious artists of the high- est genius and renown from every land of music and of song, and surrounded’ by so many thousands in’ whose name 1 speak, we may Well rejoice at the auspicious inauguration of our enterprise and welcome its results as an honorable contribution to the peace of nations and the brotherhood of man, (Applanse.) Welcome to all who are with us! Gratitude to those from whom and in whose name they come ! TO THE AUGUST SOVEREIGNS AND REPUBLICAN of Europe especially we owe grateful thanks for the co-operation of their most esteemed artists, whose genius sheds lustre upon the brilliant courts and cities of the Old World, with this democratic assembly of the new for the promotion of art and the perpetuation of peace. Every song of praise that here peals from ‘nations rather than from choirs will ascend freighted with good wishes for the prosperity, harmony and hap- piness of the human family, The day is an honored anniversary in American history. This day (1775) our fathers, on the neighboring hills that command this beautiful and patriotic city, stood for independence. (Applause.) We do not associate with this event thoughts of contest or carnage. It suggests no ideas of rivalry, of enmity nor of reve! Fe It marks an epoch when two great nations by ditferent courses achieved unexampled success, The elder and Sava with- drew from the control of a distant continent, and concentrating on her own shores her great resources became the arbiter of Europe and the mistress of the seas. The younger, her daughter, entered upon new and = un- | tried paths, gave unrestricted liberty to her people, and by freedom of thought and unconqnerable energy attained in these generations a position among nations which older governments had reached after as many cen- turies. It was peaceful separation which gave them prosperity. So wise and successful an ex- ample ought to be observed and imitated, Perhaps, by other governments in our own day. ‘These na- | tions being enemies might destroy each other, but united their influence in any just cause would be resistiess, Of one origin, one race, one language, one civilization, one religion and Spyerently one destiny, they owe it to each other and to mankind to avold immaterial dissensions, and lead the world toa This anniversary has yet another memorable distinction. It marks the ratification of the recent treaty between Great Britain and the United States, designed among | other less important purposes to give the world the | first grand practical ILLUSTRATION OF PEACEFUL INTERNATIONAL ARBI- TION nT a substitute for fratricide and blood: material, itis utterly ineonsequent! august international policy 18 yet unexecuted. It Was scar to be anticipated that a conception so wise, 80 elevated and so novel could at once circum- vent and baffle the traditions and specious arts of diplomacy. It is not impossible that its complete success will demand its submission to the wiser, simpler and more direct negotiation of the people. That would be # triumph of itself. This annjver- sary marks not the termination but the opening of the contest for American linerty. It is the com- mencement of great events that constitute the memorable epochs of human history. It ig thus with this effort to substitute peaceful international arbi- tration for fratricidal and bloody war. Suspended, not inanimate, deferred, not defeated, this sublime principle upon which we predicate the future i of Christian nations will not perish. he great triumph for which humanity has suffered, justice pleaded, philosophy and Chris- tianity supplicated will yet be realized, It embraces ideas for which men might well have died and war. [tis 1, that this nations have been sacrificed in battle. Let us give thanks to God for His beginning and mark with appropriate and fresh Gonors | tie hallowed anniversary upon which it occurs, It would be unjust fo consider this anni- versary a8 & mere exhibition of startling artistic effects by an unusual combination of voices and in- struments, It has other and higher uses. We need not scan too closely nor criticise harshly methods or style. Every school has its master and its partisans, Familiarity reconciles us in all pursuits of life to ideas at first deemed inadmissible. The music of one generation is ineMctent for another, and the harmonies of the future, if we could anticipate them, might be to us incomprehensible and ansatisfactory. GREAT MASTERS DISREGARD RECBIVED IDEAS and seek the development of new thoughts by novel methods. We cannot ourselves fix the stand: ard of genius. Success alone does that, and suc- cess depends on fidelity to nature, justice, truth and beauty. There is no triumph without it. The rulers of the world are subjects of this tmimutable and immaculate law. We come to attest the fact that there ts nothin; in animate or inaminate nature from which, wit! the requisite art, genius may not distil the notes that constitute the grand harmonies of the soul, If from the shouts of savages, repeated and varied with unceasing change of incident and object, the harmonious and expressive languages ‘of the human race have been modulated and perfected, we may assume with re- ligious contidence that every sound in earth and air has @ common chord—its own harmonic tread— scores of this divine art, In one of the | majestic oratorios of Haydn, whose inspired com- positions were at first received in England as the rhapsodies of a madman, he imitated the appal- ling reverberations caused by the fall of rocks from cavern to cavern in the mountain chasms of Derby- shire. It is scarcely possibie for us to discover oy any analysis in our power in what manner melody and harmony impress and influence the human heart, It is not left us to determine what mysterious fabric of the mind The deep-telt joys and harmony of sound Result from airy motion, To comprehend music it is not always requisite that it should be heard. Poets become blind; musicians deaf, Homer and Milton had inward poetic visions of outward beauty which light and sight never gave toman. Beethoven, the greatest modern masters, unabie, from defective hearing, to conduct an opera, could sketch a landscape never attempted in sounds before, as perfect as those of Bierstadt, with life and beauty. Color could not give the hum of insects, SONGS OF BIRDS, TINKLING RILLS and murmur of running brooks in music sweeter than their own, The grand harmonies of the last and test of his works never entered the portals of nee 3 an impenctrable deafness deprived him of ti pleasure of listening to — that nd composition, to which he said he ven =his §=most exalted thoughts, ad Its wild melodies and inspired harmonies revealed themselves unaided by the organs of sound to his imagination and soul. This Convention will stimu- late the culture of music in America more than a generation of individual effort. It is to this stud; what the railway is to travel, the telegrap! to communication, and the steamship to commerce, It is as essential to the proper direction and elevation of public taste as the caucus or convention to popular gov- ernment; it economizes time, concentrates masses: of people, discloses the best methods of progress in diferent communities and nations, enlists attention, excites enthusiasm, stimu- lates ambition, encourages exertion and study, and suggests preparation for similar convocations in our own or other parts of the world. It familiarizes to vast multitudes the mas- ter works of genius, and renders to them, with a embodied in national anthems, or the songs of the people which fire the blood when- ever and wherever they are heard, What other means can secure in the same time such results? The study of music is of the highest national importance, Its introduction in public schools is one of the most important acts of this origin in studies for church service. There is no secular occasion when it is not welcomed by the people. It supports, strengthens, cheers, and sol- aces the mind In all situations from THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. In Joy or sorrow, in peace or war, in youth and age, in affluence or poverty, in sickness or health it is the same. There is not an interest to which it might not be applied with immediate and certain advantage and profit. During the Jate war 10,000 school children sang in one of the public squares of the city of New Orleans the patri- otic songs of the Union, accompanied by vol- leys of musketry, the roar of cannon and the chimes of church bells, in the ap- plauding presence of 50,000 parents, friends and admirers with a spirit and enthusiasm that was never surpassed. No person, friend or foe, who heard the precious music of their young hearts or their shouts of joy at the close of each patriotic song in recognition of their own beautiful and thrilling success can ever forget the scene or efface the impression it lett upon the public mind, Among the army of conquerors, and of the lesser but nobler company of pacificators, the name of Gilmore—(applause)—then as now’ the inspiring genuis of the occasion should be and will be forever remembered. This memorable convoca- tion of illustrious artists and generous devotees of music ought not to vanish at the close of its ses- sions as the pageant of a dream, leaving no record and no result of its genius and labor. (Ap- plause.) May it not be anticipated as its necessary Sequence that the enlightened cities and States of otr country will accord an portunity to the young, at least, by perma- nent and competent institutions and generous rewards for progress and excellence to develop whatever CF ae and capacity they may possess for that high art which is here to be presented in its noblest productions and grandest form? No country is more aMuént in untaught and NATURAL MELODY than our own. We can observe traces of what is well called American minstrelsy in the most popu- lar and brilliant productions of the age. lod, 18 the soul of music, as imagination is of poetry. It is upon this foundation that the classic schools are based. The harmonies of the great masters would be incomprehensible and unsatisfactory without the motive or theme which melody in- spires, Our products are, indeed, rude, but the native ore is rich. It is abundant, for it is in the masses and the lower orders of them that it most, abounds. Age ripens art. Jenny Lind sang for every peasant boy and girl whose voices had echoed ‘in the mountaing of Sweden for a thousand years, The pYedominant characs teristic of Americans is u@iversal capacity— @ rude and undeveloped abitity for everything. ‘This in itself is no advantage. But may it not, ought it not to become the basis of universal supe- riority? Welcome the day when this work shall begin. In & century America will be the rand central point of the fine arts, 1 nationalities are here placed on a level; ancient peculiarities become extinct, and a new humanity, fused from all nations of greater capacity, with higher aims and a nobler destiny, will be cre- ated, The musical genius of other lands will culminate here, as popular governments and written constitutions surmount all other forms of administration. Music will impart to the new de- velopment of national life an equilibrium and har- mony not to be derived from other sources, which is essential to peace and power. this ancient and honored anniversary, already identified with national independence and universal peace, crown the chaplet of its renown as the era of peace for all hations. (Prolonged applause.) A GRAND SPECTACLE. At three o'clock all were in their seats, and the eye of the spectator dwelt upon a spectacle such as one may perhaps witness but once in a life-time, From the frontof the stage to the extreme back, occupying & space of more than two-fifths of the entire building, was a dense crowd of singers and instrumentaliste, a sea of heads rising in rippling waves one over the in the distance beyond ana around the monster organ. The coup d’qil from the extreme end of the gallery fronting the stage, the best place in the uilding, a8 far as acoustic properties are con- cerned, was magnificent, marred only by the host of empty seats all around the auditorium. The roof, with its gay banners, many hued devices anid ene bunting; the huge re of the organ rising above the heads of the chorus like stately trees in the Yosemite Valley; the far spreading circle of ¢he orchestra, In which sat one thousand instrumentalists, and the murmur of voices like the distant surf on the beach, were all calculated to raise expectation and enthusiasm to the highest pitch. GILMORE'S RECEPTION. Therefore it was not to be wondered at that Gil- more’s first appearance at toe conductor's stand should be the signal for a perfect tempest of ap- | plause, For some minutes he could only bow his acknowledgments and smile benignantly on his en- thusiastic admirers, THE GLORIOUS OLD HUNDREDTH. There was @ hush, and the organ pealed forth the “Old Hundredth,’’ that imperishable melody which will last while a spark of religious sentiment burns in the human breast. The rising gf the chorus added a new feature of interest to the scene. It was like human billows undulating at the wave of a imagician’s wand. Twenty thousand voices and one thousand instruments then took up the glorious old hymn, and its solemn cadences never Were rendered With more grandeur and majesty. Yet the audience looked upon it | solely in the light of a mere introduction, and even the “Rienzi” overture, which followed, «id not ex- cite any special enthusiasm. Carl Zerrahn made his appearance at the conductor's stand for | the overture of Wagner, and was also received with signs of marked favor. The orchestra did not appear to advantage in this work; strange to say, that most uncertaim element, the brass, was the Most satisfactory, THE OPENING TRUMPET CALL and the noble, majestic movement that followed Was weak and unsatisfactory in the rendering. It conid not are with the performance of the same at Central Park Garden. The contra passes and celli were either badly placed or so few in number as to be almost inan- | ble in some of the most important hrases, Yet small as was the body of the tone he ensemble was really good. Zerrahn is not a conductor calculated to inspire his men with conti- dence and enthusiasm, and that may account for spiritiess manner in which the overture was yed. In one part of the work occurs a long imolo for the violins, and the effect with such a Vast number of strings was indescribably beautiful, costa’s “DAMASCUS.” Then followed one of the gems, if not the most brilliant one of the entire concert. This was the grand triamphal march and chorus called “Damas- cus,’ from Sir Michael Costa’s oratario, “Naaman.” It has @ grandeur and simplicity about it, and the chorus and orchestra came out in strong relief at | times in dialogue form, and again in one exultant cr outbarst, ecial pains seem to have been taken in the rehearsals of this noble work, for it was ren- dered with due expression and spirit, ‘A PIANO S010. The next number on thé programme was a piano solo, Liszt transcription of the skating ballet, from the “Prophete,” played by Frang iendel, a Berlin artist. This was @ disastrous failure, not on the ertist’s side, for there is every’ rea- gon to think that, under other cirenmstances, he would have gained deserved laurels, but the piano was one of those instruments ‘that are neither fish nor flesh, a sort of stringed and keyed monstrosity with harsh metallic tones that antict the ear in @ most futolerable manner. The conse- quence Was that Liszt’s dashing work was anu! meaning Jumble, and the uniortunate German Pes retired overwhelmed with confusion, Yan- ee notions embrace a good many articles, out in the piano line they are nuisances. RUDERSDORFF IN ROSSINI'S “'FLAMMATUS," to which all ae in earth and heaven may be attuned Jn ecstatic union. There ig “nothing above or below the cavactous | Passing over Mendelssohn's unaccompanied four part song, ‘Farewell to the Forest,” wich was re- | power seldom equalled, the inimitable gems of art | Might at generation. There is not a public interest that | it does not strengthen. It is indispensable to pub- lie worship. The modern school of music had its other, until the eye could no longer follow it | ceived with indifference, we next came to a very interesting feature—the “Inflammatis’ of Ros- sini’s “stabat Mater,” in which the well known London prima ‘donna, Mine. Rudersdort?, took part. She acquitted herself much better than | any one could expect, and, considering the time she has been on the artistic stage, it is really | wonderful how well her voice is preserved. With- out the roundness or freshness of Parepa-Rosa’s voice Mme. Rudersdori! has all the experience and mstincts of an artist of the very first order, and she manages to smooth down or hide many of the | angularities ofa voice that has stood art bravely | rough an unusually long artistic career. | THE FIRST ENCORE | was awarded to the celebrated “I'Estelle,” from | “Lucla,” sung by what was called the bouquet of art- | ists, consisting of sixty prominent operatic singers. ‘The rendering of the immortal concerted piece W splendid, and, although the principle of singing operatic ensembles in this manner cannot be com: | mended, yet the result in this instanee was very | successful, SECOND PART—THE ANVIL CHORUS. » The United States Marine Band, from Washington, commenced the second part of the programme with @ pot pourrt of English and American airs. They | were under the direction of Mr. Henry Fries, and | received the honor of an encore, | Next followed the sensational pieces of the last jabiiee—the “Anvil Chorus” and “Star Spangled Banner,’ which were rendered as before, without any marked difference or improvement in the per- formance, The cannons roared, the anvils ¢lau A the bells rang, or were supposed to ring, and iu fine | there was plenty of harmonious noise. AN OVATION TO STRAUSS, The sensation of the occasion culminated whe! the handsome face of Johann Strauss app the conductor's stand, and chorus, orchestra and audience seemed for the moment to have lost their senses. Thousands of tiny pocket handkerchiefs | fluttered like suow flakes in the surging crowd, and | the cheers were absolutely deafening. The waltz ; of all waltzes, | “THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBR" 1 was given witha dash, spirit and brilllaney that one would not look for in a huge orchestra like | that of the Jubilee, ere is &@ magnetism | about St irresistible, A critic | to the theatrical clap- | trap of his m | gestures and Jullien-like action as conductor—now playing a few measures on his violin, then whirling his arms above his head, bowing, gesticulating and at times act- | ing like one’ of the Vokes family; but he held the orchestra firmly up to their work, and got more sound music out of them than any other leader in America probably could do, and made the waltz one of the most interesting fea- tures of the concert. | ‘The last two pieces God, to Thee,” and chorus from J. were the hymn “Nearer, My K, Paine’s’ un- published oratorio, “St. Peter.” ‘The — last mentioned is insipid and uninteresting, and | if the rest of the — oratorio is” lke this chorus the best thing Mr. Paine can do ts to keep the whole work out of the hands of a pub- | Usher, The rays of the setting sun, toward the end of the concert, threw a rich glow over the bril- liant sce: To-morrow (Tuesday) if to be devoted to England, and the Grenadier Guards Band will be the main at- | traction, It is to be hoped that the auditorium will | present a less beggarly array of empty benches | than at the opening of the World’s Peace Jubilee of i night Boston is gay and festive. Thousands of | strangers are in the city, and theatres and all other | places of public resort are crowded to their utmost | capacity. The members of the German, French and | English bands ure the guests of their ‘countrymen resident here, and are being hospitably and agree- | ably entertained, | THE PROMIBIORY LIQUOR LAW ) is as dead a letter as ever, and cooling beverages | are the general rule rather than the exception, but, | still the city is quiet. The spigots of thousands of | lager beer casks are loose, and even within | the precincts of the Coliseum itself the | refreshing fuid flows freely and the measures of | “Die Wacht am Rhein” mingle with the “Marseil- latse,”* od Save the Queen” and “Yankee Dood Who will say that this is not a peace jubilee? AMUSEMENTS. yeas has | ‘allack’s—“On the Jury.” | | | Watts Phillips’ drama, entitled “On the Jury,” which ran so successfully In London last season, was presented to an American audience for the first time last evening. Its plot will not bear a very close analysis, and the author himself would not, perhaps, deny that he hag often sacrified probabil- ity to the exigencies of a “striking tableau.” The story turns upon the misfortune of Mr. Tibbits, a clerk ina bank, whe 1s convicted, on circumstan- tial evidency, of having embezzled the funds | of his employers. The son of one of the partners of | the firm is the real culprit; but he has not the moral courage to step forward and save the innocent victim of his misconduct, ‘Tibbits’ wife dies, and, having in some way gained hia freedom, he sends his little daughter to a fashionable boarding school, under an assumed@name, where she remains in ig- norance of her paternity, until she is old enough for the brother of a fellow pupil to fall in love with her, or, rather, for them to full in love together. At this point the drama begins. The father of her lover (Mr. Sanderson) has discovered the passion of | his son, and would be satisfled with the match if | the family and fortune of the young lady were reasonably good. Tibbits, however, has at this time met with some pecuniary reverses (of what | character the piece says nothing), and not being able to pay his daughter's schooling tells her that | | he ts her father an { that he is ruined. Immediately | | afterwards Mr. Sanderson enters the room, and having been on the jury that convicted Tibbits, cognizes him as a quondam felon, and of course determines to break off the match at all hazards. The end of the story may be guessed. After all sorts of | distressing “situations” which admirably sustain | the interest of the audience, whatever may be | their intrinsic improbability, the guilty man, who is, | of course, an inffmate friend of Mr. Sanderson, confesses his crime and frees Tibbits from the bur- | den of an undeserved infamy. Then the lovers are put on the high road to matrimony, and everybod: forth his or her entire and’ absolute happl- s nd the curtain falls for the last time. It may be said in behalf of this piece that, con- trasy to the established practice of sensation | playwrights, it is illustrated with a well written and at times a singularly brilliant and effective dia- | logue. The scenery is good throughout, and the grand | tableau in the third act, where a row-boat, contain- | ing the heroine and an absurdly incompetent boat- man, is run down by a careless bully in the shape of a “Citzen” steamboat, brought down the house, and deservedly, in the wildest raptures of applause. | In the cast Mr. Brougham naturally holds the most conspicuous place, His Dexter Sanderson {8 an | admirable representation of the successful mer- chant, who talks business and common sense and acts sentiment at the slightest provocation. Mr. Stoddart is an admirable Professor Schmidt, but he part. scarcely gives him as good an opportunity as he deserves, rt. Fisher's Tibbits 1s as pathetic and singularly realistic a piece of actifig as Mr. Kinggold’s Robert Sanderson is lifeless and tame. Among the ladies there were three débutantes at Wallack’s—Miss Ella Burns, Miss Frankie McLellan and Miss Carrie Martin—and, though a little nerv- ous, they all did remarkably well. iss EMie Ger- mon made a very good Cockney maid of all work, and Mrs, John Sefton will doubtless be an admirable Miss Nippingale when she is fully familiar with the text of her part. The piece was a decided success, and will, no doubt, draw full houses for some time to come, Bowery Theatre=“The Swamp Angels.” Down in the brush and sand and swamp of the State of North Carolina a family have made them- | srives known to the civilized world—a family of bandits and outlaws and murderers—the “Lowery | Gang,” whose fame or infamy bids fair to make the rounds of the globe wherever the English language is spoken, This family of half-breed Indian and mulatto blood, bred up in the torchlight of our terrible civil war, and who were cradled in crime and nourished in violence and treachery, have had thelr story told in the columns of this journal by means of its daring cor- respondent, who penetrated the recesses ana fast- | eds might be boldly held up to execration for the information of the people of the United States, From the scattered chapters in the lives of those bad but brave and revengeful men, and from the dashing yet dangerous and thrilling adventures of the H&RALD correspondent while following up these men, and during his imprisonment by them, Mr. Charles Foster, a playwrght of weil known celebrity, has woven a four act melodrama before which the “Corsican Brothers” or “Six De- greece of Crime’ must pale the splendors of their, ineffectual fires, For three fall hours—which seem only a8 80 any minutes—while the eyes and ears of the spectator are feasting on the ensemble of this truly terrific drama, his mind is kept up to an intensity of stretch that is really astonishing. Perhaps for fifteen years no previous play put on the Bowery stage has been produced with as much effect as this of the “Swamp Angels.” If ac tion be the soul of the stage and the life of a drama, why then we have here enough to satisfy the most ravenous and greedy nature, There are rifle shots, musketry rolls, battle smoke, devoted love, assassinations, HERALD energy and enterprise, with a delicate soupgon of treachery and low comedy in every act. ‘The gods on tho stage and the gods in the gallery were athirst for four mortal acts, and as midnight tolled last Mi on the audience which swarmed out of the old temple of the legitimate and thoroughly drama their nerves were braced and the eyes of | wearing a drab caster hat, des | and a handsom | tell the truth—the public e: nesses of thelr swampy retreats in order that their | SHEET. ie Conpnpeste of the HERALD correspondent amid all his vielssitudes by fen, marsh and bayou, ‘The Bowery Theatre last evening was crowded in every possinie crevice from the orchestra vo the ms ‘Yy, Where the dusky Ethiopian abides at half price It was nine o'clock, and the great curtain arese to slow and mournful music from the siumberous mu- sicians who have mantfuily stood out against the eight-hour strike. ‘The lights burn diguly in the cabin of old Pop Strong, in the mulatto- wopled village of ScuMetown, in North Carolina. there is a dialogue between the aristocratic slave- holder Barnes and his fellow villain Harris, of slave-driving and slave-lashing prociivities, Old Pop Strong, who seems to be an amicus curte of the Lowery family, hasa ticket for a prize jm the Havana lottery. By a fortuitous stroke of villany the venerable Old Pop, who isonly brought | on the stage to be killed, loses his life and his beloved $10,000 lottery ticket at the same moment. Instrumental in this deed of be-lood are the high toned Barnes and the too profane Har Miss Rhody Lowery, who is the amaigatnated atti of Hen Berry Lowery, chief of the bandits, descends upon the scene and'is hailed with a rapture of applause by the audience. The cold, damp and unpleasant | body of Old Pop Strong is ‘discovered, and Rhody Lowery, unduly exercised thereat, and being under the delusion that she is his daughter, takes a harrowing vow of vengeance, (Tremend- | ous cheering.) Enter Henry Berry Low as hard a looking, teeth-gnastiing villain as e appeared before a Bowery audience, Another of vengeance. Wild applause, Then there is a coro- ner’s inquest, and such a coroner's inquest as this is. Twelve young gentlemen from the Bowery, who actas a North Carolina coroner's jury, lift their hands to heaven and swear impressively to the verdict, | “Shot by some person or persons unknown”, &c., a8 is the fashion with all coroners’ juries, musi Act second (slow music)—The Lowerys have killed Barnes by “blowing a hole in his roof,” as they kindly expressed it, They are now in jail, and a Yankee drummer from Boston, an agent for indel- ible ink, who has no business to neglect his employer's interest for such a purpose, in- splied by @ feed of baked beans, rescues the Loweries from jail, And now appears, awid the thunders of applause that proceed from an over- | heated dexeited audience, Allen POWery, father of the band of outlaws, with a make-up half Indian half mulatto, Slow music again. by a group of North Carolina constables, among whom js the flend Harris, | Bat here ts andther wild cheer of deep import, as a young gentleman, in splendid clothes, and as the steps of the station at Moss Neck, with a rattan in his hand fifteen dollar leathern satchel | thrown carlessly over his shoulders. Inspiring and joyous music now. Uurriediy taking in the situation, he runs at the vile cor Hes who have beaten old Allen Lowery badly, and, in the style of the London Prize Ring, he knocks twoof the assail- | , &C Slow | ants down and kicks five or six others | around the stage amid the greatest cheering | from the audience. “Who are you!” shout the 108b the discomflted rudians on the ground, “1 correspondent of the New York HERALD, the fear independent journal in) America or the I am here to protect innocence and virtue and get the earliest news for the New York HERALD.” The theatre rose to aman at the gallant correspondent and a halo of glory and enthusiasm surrounded his noble head and’ fell soitly on his handsome features, The excitement became more intense among the audi- e ag the correspondent, raising his cast-iron beaver, solemnly pronounced the words “I nyust ta faithful report. The next scene is really an excellent one and well placed on the stage. We are introduced to the log cabin of the notorious Lowery gang—father, mother and sons, with lots of frolicsome mulatto girls, all being present. Every mother’s son of the Lowerys 13 armed to the teeth. The HeRaLp correspondent, eager for news, visits the cabin while the negro festival isat its height, sour looks and threats greet him, id his life is in dan “Why don't you shoot’y” he says; “Iam only one unarmed man among five, but the HERALD has no cowards on its staff! Do your worst! and he folds his arms like Washington at the battle of Brandywine. Slow music and & storm of cheers for the HeraLp from the audience, The five rifles are cocked and drawn, and Rhody Lowery, moved by a deep, de: voted, sisterly affection (although she d not know it) dashes between the rifle of her darling and tender husband and the correspondent of the Hrkatp to the Pocahontas at Yorktown, More chcers und very slow music, At Unis moment, as fate and the author had ed It, the State eoldicry dash in, a flerce fight ensues between the ‘outlaws; the stage 1s bathed in smoke and red fire, although but a few moments before the eutire conipany were dancing a country jig to the melodious tune of “Felix Lirkii,” and a hired negro had just tin- ished “Babylon is Fallen.” The curtain descends, the Hunan correspondent Rhody blessing Lowery, his savior with one hand and taking notes with the other, while he looks with upturned eves into the depths of the Mies, rapturous cheering for the 1ERALD and its correspondent by the entire audi- ence joining in, n the third act we have a railroad scene in Lum. berton, with the outlaws drawn up across the track’ and their rifles pointed like ow band of savage Indians. Khody, the good angel of the “Swamp Angels,” emerges from the brush and slime of the swamp with the HERALD correspondent, The outlaws threaten his life, and selze his details and letters of credit, causing much anguish to ndent, He 1s sentenced to die and tied His doct ments being captured, avor to read them; but, alas! hoolmaster his not been abroad tn ScuMetown. And here is shown the triumph of the pen over the rifle. They are com- pelled to release the correspondent in order that Te may read his oredentials—“L am. not arrald die; the HERALD must get the news; I wish I had you in Aun street, you cowards—five against one—and I would " put a head on you,” he cries, like Leonidas on the Pass at Thermopyke. ‘The’ audience now become frantic with enthus and shout for the HERALD with stentor lungs. ¢ correspondent is saved for the time being. “Heaven has interposed for me; the paper will not be beaten In the ne 1 he adds, and the entire audience join in the he first arte ic now we are brought to the third act. Rhody sa the Ife of the corre spondent, Who has seized a moment amid all his peril to forward an account to the HERAL She snatches the poison from his hand, which 'Tom and Andrew Lowery had given him, and the correspondent, grabbing two revolvers, keeps the villains at bay. “Hi, hi, hi!’ shout the audience, and again he is saved ‘to slow music. ‘The correspondent discovers that Rhody Lowery 4s his sister, and protects her just as Henry Berry Lowery is about to take her life. “What are you doing here? That is my wife!” cries the desperado. The correspondent, like the hero that he is, shouts back in a terrible voice—“I am here to protect my sister, the noblest work-a free American can be engaged You threaten extermination. My blood be on your head, The great_and powerful journal which I & represent—the New York HERALD—(cheers)— will not let me die unavenged, You shall get extermination and not one of your band of bloodthirsty villains shall be left to tell the tale when the HERALD hearsof it. Come to my arins, my darling sister.” Cheer after cheer rung through the vast theatre, and men, women and children were visibly affected, and wept at the peril of our correspondent. The — soldiers burst im, Harris kills Lowery and Low- ery kills Harris with poetical justice, and the curtain falls with a scene at the HERALD office, the correspondent, with his sister and her child) re- ceiving the congratulations of the HERALD employ- ers. The gallant correspondent retires to his home and his salary amid cheers, weeping, slow music and tableaux, the curtain falling on the Swamp Angels. are ‘ood’s Museum. A drama of the strongly sensational order, called “The Red Mazeppa; or, the Madman of the Plains,’ Was enacted last evening at this theatre. The prin cipal part—the madman—was performed by Mr” Albert W. Aiken, the author of the piece, who claims to be a colloquial actor, If to mouth and to strut about the stage in the inost approved stage fashion is to be colloquial, then indeed Mr. Alken is fairly entitled to the appellation. The action of | this blood-and-thunder play is supposed to pass in Mexico, and most of the characters are, in conduct ax weil as in personal appearance, red-dyed vil- lains with an insatiable thirst for blood and a huge expenditure of gunpowder, The plot is too wildly absurd to be amenable to criticism. The madman as depicted by Mr. Aiken is really @ strange being, who has nothing like human nature’ in his composition. The young lover, “Gilbert Vance, surnamed the lustanger,” was represented by Mr. T. W. Keene, who did the best with the character. The chief villain of the drama—a very murderous, character—found oP pad representative in Mr. T. L. Connor, but in truth deserved no better. Mr, A. H. Sheldon, the ge § funny man of the plece, relieved the gloom of the surroundings by his amusing mimicry. Besides these characters there were sev- eral pompous humbugs, called Indian chiefs, who talked of themselves in the third person. Misa Jennie Carroll, as the heroine, was stiff and stagy and seemed to be constantly straining for effect. Miss Jennie Arnott, in the part of Silver Spear, the Red Mazeppa, was only intent on appearing pretty. Terrace Garde: This pleasant little summer resort has been opened for the season under the musical direction of Adolph Neuendorff, The programme of the amusement consists of @ vocal and instrumental concert of ahigh order, For the most part the selections are classical, but seem to be drawn somewhat with a view to attract a large German Parone, though neither the music of taly nor that of France is ignored. The execution of the orchestra is good, and ex- ceptin the rendering of the “Last Rose of Sum- mer” they answered well last night to Mr. Neuen- dori?'s baton, but the way in which this delightful air was given did not reflect much credit on any one concerned. Mino. Loulsa Lichtmay and Mr. H. Wiegand sang effectively arias from ‘“Lombardl’ and “Lucrezia Bor ‘These open air concerts furnish the only rational means of spending the sultry nights. Itis a pity that some enterprising manager does not #!o start a summer theatre on scores of fair maidens were suffused at the memory Of the Bayard-like chivalry and Chricutow-like ac- the same model, He is set upon | Talcahuano and came by 3 AGASSIZ'S EXPEDITION. Enthusiastic Reeeption of the Distinguished Savant in Chile and Peru. ees : | SANTIAGO WILD WITH DELIGHT. | aes The Professor’s Success Dem- onstrated in Lima. THE HASSLER A FLOATING MUSEUM. + Hospitable Invitations and Honors in Profusion Tendered by Peruvians. VALPARAtso, Chile, May 14, 1872, The United States Coast Survey steamer Hassler railed from this port for Callao and Panama yester- day morning, having on board Professor and Mrs. Agassiz and ex-President Hill, of Harvard College. ‘The coming of this distinguished savant has been. looked forward to with great expectation, and his reception by the authorities and the people has been in the highest degree attering. He will carry away from Chile not only many specimens in natu- ral history hitherto unclassifled and undescribed, | but also remembrances of hearty appreciation and admiration, The I essor left the Hassler in land through the great Chile Valley to Santiago, crossing in his way all the rivers which flow from the Cordilleras to the sea, | from nearly allof which Ke obtained new species or varieties of fish, While ta Santiago he was the | recipient of attentions from all the leading men in land selentifle circles. A public reception politic jdered him by the Intendente of Santiago, was t which, on account of the state of hishealth, he was compelled to deciIne, His stay in Santiago was rendered more ples from the hat the Kector of the University and one of the professors (Professor Domeyki and Pro- fessor Phillip!) were college mates in Paris forty years ago. Dr. Domeyki gave to Professor Agassiz duplicates of his entire collection of fossils, by far the most complete and yaluable in South America, and which he has been thirty-five years tn collect- ing, so that the museum of ProfessorAgassiz will have the most complete collection of South Amer- jcan fossils ever made, Grand Reception of Professor Agassiz at Lima—Visit of a Herald Correspondent to the Hassler—The Professor's Work— His Estimation of the Expedition and Its Success. Lima, May 27, 1872. On the 2d inst, the United States surveying steamer Hassler anchored in the bay of Callao, On board are a party of distinguished savans, prestded over by Professor Louis Agassiz. This is now the sensation of the hour, Your correspondent, al- though he considered himself well acquainted with Peruvian — character must express his astonishment at the enthusiasm and admiration | Manifested towards the distinguished guest. The | leading newspapers are eloquent in bis praise. Many of the most prominent men of Lima have signified a desire to do him honor; but the retired habits of the Professor and his vast labors render it Impossible for him to respond to these marks of distinction, The Hassler has the honor of his society, and his admirers on shore are fearful of dis- turbing his privacy. Nevertheless, some of the more determined ventured to visit him—among them your correspondent—and the gentle, genial manners of the Professor inspired as much regard asthe reverence excited by his profound attain- ments, THE EXPEDITION A SUCCESS. In the course of conversation Dr, Agassiz Te marked that the results of the voyage so far had far exceeded his most sanguine expectations. The various and valuable specimens he nad suceceded in collecting would, he was confident, form a museum of which the country might be 3; and the dif- ferent ob: phie and in other part would prove In & word, the if sor congratulates hin ith the idea that | the experiment is a success. When we take into consideration the well known modesty of the man our own impressions conce: ning the benefits to be derived from the labors he has so valiantly undertaken cannot be exaggerated. The Hassler is.a study of herself. Accustomed to the grim se- | verity of the ships bearing the American flag that honor the waters of Peru, the appearance of her decks cause the most extreme astoulshment and | surprise. TIM PROFESSOR’S SPECIMENS AND INSTRUMENTS, Great packing cases, contalning specimens of al- | most everything that fles, walks or swims in their | latitudes are piled up together amidships. Aft an intelligent-looking man was discovered in a most extraordinary position. Seated on a camp stool, with a color-box before him, a live fish in one hand, | and acamels’ halr pencil in the other, this indi? vidual was busily engaged in depicting the fading hifes of the pejerey on paper before consigning the unfortunate animal to the spirit bottle. A complete photographic apparatus stood close by, ready tor use on the appearance of any uliar phenomenon or striking lanscape; quantities of sclentitic | and unheard of instruments, the use of whic correspondent was diffident’ to Inquire, cove: hatches; coils upon coils of sou 4 the decks, and even the face seemed to possess a degree of wisdom seldom found in men of their class. The example was c nly con tagious, It LS te rahe that Captain Wragre, with his manufactured science, would ve been a valuable companion for your corresponde he was obliged to iisten and regard with wonder and admiration. Descending into the cosey little cabin, the Professor looked up cordially froin his writing and welcomed his visitors with sich grace that the eaaey excited by the appearance of the deck were speedily removed. Mr. Agassiz waa especially emphatic when speak- ing of the tnvaluabl sistance afforded him by his associate laborers. Indeed, he went so far as to remark that the object of the expedition would be as perfectly accomplished by them even without his co-operation. CORDIAL HOSPITALITIES OFFERED Mr. Henry Meiggs, whose hospitality is proverbial, on learning of the Professor's arrival, sent aspecial messenger on board begging Agassiz and his estl- mable lady to visit him, The fessor consented to accept the offer, but for an unfortunately short period, as the Hassler will probably leave for Pan- ama about the Ist of June, ‘The only point upon which Mr. Agassiz appeared pore | rg was concerning the vessel itself. He complained that she had deceived them on several occasions, and that her sea-going qualities were not of that nature calcnlated to aid him greatly in his efforts. But, at the same time, the excellent officers on board, by their good judgment, had, In a measure, neutralized this de- fect. AS & specimen of the spirit of the public press I subjola a translation from La Patria, one of the leading journals of this city. It says:— PRESS COMMENTS ON AGASSIZ, A really creat man has arrived at our shores—a revolu tionist in science, a wonder ul naturalist; born a Swiss, an American by adoption, he may be considered ar lican trinity, from his native and chosen country, ait tho hich his lite and labors have ollered to d the ing lines littered f the scanty crew services wi the triumph of universal wisdom, as Well in the establishment of scientific principles as iu relatlop to the ination of reiivigus eller, “Sgamls rbkened ol herbs f ef, Fase Z eh ol Thor yesterday, in the United | tates ‘vessel ander. dg wich him. th a ringing with him, the elentifte Commission appointed by the United § government, and of which Count Pourtales 1s tinguished member, To fully comprehend the position and name of Agassiz it is enough to remember that ne ranks with Humboldt and Darwin, 2nd that he is the Columbus of the scientifle universe. " salute this Mustrious man, this apostic and ind able laborer towards universal el viliza ut the press, the mouth- piece of the people he strive ly to benefit, has the jonor to bid him weleome to o' try. This is buta faint specimen of the enthusiasm of the Peruvian journals toward the distinguished uest. It is satisfactory t remark that, even while dreaming of gunpowder, time can be found to ex- press such laudable admiration, It is another proot of the advancement which Peru is making. In political circles nothing of moment has oc- curred since the date of my last despaten. The situe ation is unchanged, and peace reigns supreme, A GENUINE RAILROAD WAR, KINGston, N. Y., June 17,1872. Anexciting railroad war has been carried on at Rosendale, nine miles from this city, for several days. The Walkill Valley Railroad Com- pany commenced laying tracks through the roperty of F. 0. Norton, a cement manu- facturer, alleging that permission had been pre- viously given. This Norton denied, and obtained an injunction restraining the company from pro- ceeding. This injunction was set aside and one ranted to the company _ restrain- ing orton from interfering with the work, To-day the writ was served and the superintendent of the company, F. J. Hecker, with fifty men, began laying the track, when he was arrestes for trespass by Norton, He was brought before a justice and his trial adjourned until to-morrow. Thomas Cornell, the president of the com- pany arrived in the meantime, and the nm were kept at work and Will construct the road to this city, Itis expected to reach here in thirty daya. ‘The strife has aroused much feeling on both sides,