The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-09-18
The Great Ticket Auction.

at length we know at what rate jenny
iind's notes will be cashed in America.
In despite OF the rain, about three thousand
people attended the sale of tickets for her
hrst concert on "Wednesday evening; pay
ing IL IL cents each for the privilege of
gong into Castle Garden to make their bids
Leeds, the head Of the auction firm of Henry
Leeds d-Co Wall street, held the yenJue,
and standing upon tho stage where Jenny is
TO sing on Wednesday night, sold the seats
IN their order from best down to fair and
mlddi'ng. The king place Of all, which
stands IN the centre of tie semi circle of
seats nearest TO the stage, was the object
OF brisk competition. The principal bid
ders were MIR. Monro, of the New Nork
Hotel, AIR. Genin, tho halter of PA Broad
way, and (report says) Drs Brandreth, MOI
lat and Townsend. The first bid we heard
was 500. From that point it was rapidly
run by $lOs, Sl5's and $s25's to $500.
Mr. Gen'n's agent then bid S225-"Shall
say $2,0l' insinuated Mr. Leeds, in his
biandest inaniier. You might have heard a
mouse run across the room the people were
so ostlll. hut no one spoke; and after short
pause, and comprehensive giance round
the room III search Of :S25 nod, Mr. Leeds
Knocked down the coveted prize to Mr.
TENN. Three cheers were at once piycn
Tor the cnterprIsing halter, and The applause
continued at intervals for full ten minutes.
between fourteen s, fifteen hundred ticko,s
were then rapidly disposed of at prices va
rylng from SD 10 50 and averaging nearly
81 caci-ihe whole producing the neat
little sum OF S0,otW or ,lsercabouts. Three
THOUSAND! tickets were sold in all, bringing
S2u,OOO. The sale will be continued on
Monday. as there are still four or five thou
sand tickets unso!d. II is cstmatod that
the entire sale vii! produce about $40. 900.
We s'.ail not be surprised if il reaches
S45, 900.
AS tar as we know, 1925 is the larges,
sum ever paid for concert ticket Under
the corrupt administration Of Lord North,
It would have gone good way toward pur
chasing the vote of member OF Pariia.
lnent. Many persons at first supposed that
the sale was merely a nominal one, and this
coming to the ears of Mr.. Leeds, he called
| Mr.. Genin up to the front of the stage, and
asked HIM III the presence of the reporters,
q It was not cash sale. Those who know
Mr.. Genin, may well suppose that he look
cd somewhat astonished at ths question,
but he replied at once that it was. At this
4 moment, N! st lon the. well known cait.
lear stepped apS and sud 'tbat hs ii Mould is Ie
very glad To eive his friend Geniu bonus
Ct 500 for the ticket If he would transfer
It; but Alr. Genin shook his head, as well
he might. his book keeper having been
commissioned to bid up to one thousand dol
lars II necessary and directed il it went be-
yomd that sum To use his o,cn discretion !.
Within twelve hours after The sale closed
MIR. Genin's name aud number. and ,hn
price he paid for the seat, were placardcd
upon the bulletin boards Of all The pripci.
pal newspapers III the Union, and there is
scarcely sheet published within the linn
IT'S ol The Republic i'll which they will no,
appcar-St4r.