The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-06-05

"a correspondent OF the Cleveland Fialn
Dealer, writing from the Burnet House.
Cincinnati, furnished the following inter
esting notice Of Barnum and the Jenny
Lind troupe:-
! have ensconced myself here at the head
quarters Of the Jenny Lind troupe, and, as
YOU will see, am no idle observer. A per-
son at the distance Of Cleveland, can have
but little idea Of the costlness, magnitude
and msgnificence Of this show. Its like
was never before seen. There are forty
attendants under pay-one of them re-
ceives one Thousand dollars per night; two
one thousand dollars per week several one
hundred dollars per day, and so on, down to
ten. five and two dollars per day, and all
expenses paid. This makes an aggregate
Of about three thousand dollars per day, on
on average, whether singing, travelling, or
doing nothing.
Who, besides Barnum, would undertake
such risk, and what show in the world be-
sides this, would make it pay? But the
wonder as TO the expense is nothing, when
compared to The mysteries of the enormous
income. We speak by the card when we
saw, that the gross receipts from the tickets
already sold here are a trihe over sixty
thousand dollars. It is discouraging fac,
to us dime day ''delvers," that Barnum ia
salting down as net profits by the concern
about twenty thousand dollars per week
This we get from sone who knows" He
has constant applications for his money,
which he loans freely, bat securely. fle
is also flooded with invitations by letter and
otherwise, to devote 10 public and private
charities, and which he does to an extent
The world as yet knows not Of, but will some
day. we know.
have spent most Of the morning with
| Barnum and his associates, and think that
never saw so large business SO system.
lticallv conducted. He is the reigning
prince, sits al his table with vcIve, slippers
gen,eel morning gown and blue velvet cap.
With golden tassel; receives messages
messengers aud telegrsphic dispatches.
from all parts Of the city and country; talks
writes, and dictates 10 clerks the answer.
ing business, al the same time entertains
his friends with much useful information
and the best Of jokes.
The great secret Of his success lies in his
perlec, knowledge ofhuman nature, coup
led with great boidness, energy and tact in
adopting means TO an end. He never rea-
s,ns--conclusions are ever ready with him.
While another is thinking, he is acting, and
when other showmen are calculating their
gains, he is counting the dimes.
So much for the hero Of this troupe
The heroine we have not yet seen-Jennv
is as vet quite invisible. Il was late mid
night when we arrived last night, and this
morning she. although Lutheran, was off
with Bishop Purcell 10 mass before we
were up. She keeps her quarters closely.
takes her meals with her lady companions.
BelIet,i, Benedict and her secretary live
high and quite exclusive.
Barnum paid seventy-fve dollars per day
Tor her board and findings while in Louis
vile. The last check from Barnum's cash
ier was handed her yesterday, amounting
to thirteen thousand dollars. Notwithstnnd-
ing her large donations. she has accmmula-
led from eight hundred thousand TO one mil
lion Of dollars.
She is a little inclined to be homesick,
and anticipating such an event, left loop
in her contract with B,rnum, whereby she
can stop a, the one hundredth concert by
paving B. sixty thousand dollars. Il was
through fear Of this forfeiture that Barnum
withdrew his appointments on the lakes.
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