The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-02-20

Jenny lind II nssf oFIeans
Jenny Lind gave heS fret CONCERT 4
u New Orleans on tha pth ipst sRe qpfn|
to the city On the Fa|cons Tie BulletlI
says;
approach 0f mo steamer 's'la hefai
gled ihfough tiie eily with se'fgfapilc ee
lleriEy. When tire steamer ipne1ed tilf
n Arlaarf d dense crowd was gan m ms
Handing ana sVas found nece aNH 20 lfap'
slfice a fuse Is enable Jenny 10 feaeh |iel
s.carfiage from the ship. lady pa sengel
on the Falcon idaEtyriz hefseli ID iA1.
\ pefsonating HE Niglitin0 K, and afi0f gfslA
family plou ding her way through The stub
Esble 81 humanity that coyeredl TIE I1egee,
plunged into a cab, and as Jehn cracked
4 lis ukip and drove off alta rapid pace, vas
lrewarded for her hefoism, by the fcfveuf
# cheering of the mista ken multitude. The
I carfia ce was followed by tlle Grove, and I'M
tie meantime Jenny ripped ashore, alidil
i a brief space was ensconced IN her palace
/ The cheat being discovered, the tllrong az
/ ndolled the pursuit of the count felt, and
sbesetfing the quartz of he real Limo, was,
/ afteF few mi nutes, gratifed with q view
of her person.
III IS stated that there were al. least TWEEN
sty thousand strangers in the city and they
were arriving con tIy in Grove 81
OO0. 600, ays one paper will be LEFT ~ the
city by these curious folks
Tile tickets were sold at auction, and "
cents was the price of admission to see
them sold From this over a hundred dol-
lars were realized and devoted to charity
The entire proceeds OF the. first nights
concert are estimated at more than $40, ii
600. The seats IN the dress circle par
quette, orchestra and four sidelatticed boxes
brought S6,373. The first ticket, with a
choice of seats in the house. was. bought
by a dealer in hats, Mr.. ID Arcy, for 500.
Below we give an account, from the Delta, |
of the bidding lit viii he seen that
learned and disting uishdd individual from
Mobile was a competitoE
Here Mr.. Palmer, in high shirt collar,
and looking very insinuaf ing, took the stand
and stated that he should now proceed to
sell the first ticket, or the choice of all the
seats,
What's bid for the first ticket, gentle
men?D cried Mr. Palmer.
Fifty dollars, exclaimed some one from
the crowd. We looked over. and saw that
the bid proceeded from our learned friend,
Mr.. Fryer. the Indian Doctor.
The bids then followed rapidly sixty,
seventy, eighty ninety, one hundred dol |
lars. Here we noticed ahat our friend |
Darcy, Familiarity Known as Count D' Or
say, was taking part III tile game. From
this it became close and brisk race be-
tween the two candidates for immortality.l
The Big Medicine man put iii his bids very
promptly and briskly :-onr friend, the hat
ter, was slower. and more deliberate.
Neck, and neck, shoulder TO shoulder, they
passed around the two mile post, and as
they got into the two hundreds. ID Arcy
fell off and sackened yisibiy, 50 as tocte;
ate in the minds of his. baclSers an aPpre- :
hension that lie. was about to let down.
But orr friend, The Aboriginal Esculapins,
Kept smart up TO his worknot hair was
raised, his ringlets maintained their infexi- ]
petitor so fast. that he did not observe, un-
Ill reminded of it, that lie was running with
MS own bidding against himself. |
lie then suddenly hauled up, and looking /
behind, and seeing no one contesting The &
ace, he drew tight his snaffie 1t was then q
hat. ''Arcy saw his chance, and let out
With might. and main. Fryer stuck fast, +
n let down, most essentially at S235, when
O''Arcy shot ahead with $40, and took the b
,nrse. .Hnrra for darcy, ID Arcy | /:
Ieads. the crowd, !" loudly exclaimed the as p
emily, and Immediately our friend the !
ortunate drawer of the Greek Save, adj Hi
ed the additional claim to Immortality Of G,
eng the bidder for the choice ticket at e.
emmy Lind first concert in New Orleans. u u
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