The New York herald., 1871-01-14

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figured rather conspicuously in the affair from
the beginning. His first stroke was TO
BUY UP ALL THE PARoUEr
and most Of the balcOny-a man1uvre which the
other Beacon Hill and classic snobs could not good
naturedy submit to. row was the result, and
some Of the men Of letters said very hard things
about the other men of letters well about this
Jordan OF no particular letters except those re-
quired to distinguish him from any other man.
trouble of this Kind at the sober second thought
was not Just the thing the distinguished gentle
men who mad gone so far in the toadying line
towards the actor OF many nationaliries. The only
way to get out OF it seemed to be to let all the tick
cts GO at auction and arrangements 20 dispose OF
them In this way were made accordingly.
OLD MUSIC HALL,
with the big organ in full view and with the crusty
Grabbed and omnipresent Peck were all engaged for
the accommodation Of the multitude who were TO
''testlfy their appreciation" and so FORTH OF Mr..
Fechter. 1t would not be fair to say that the hall
was not full, or that the crowd was not represen-
tatlve one Of
BOSTON SNoBoCRACY.
Probably there were two thousand present at the
time Mr.. Henshaw began the auctioneering
On the platform was the
LARGE-HEARTED CHENEY,
the proprietor OF the theatre and the Yankee Jor-
dan, together with others Of less renown. ON the
floor and In the galleries were scattered the man.
ayers, propriet0r actors and ballet girls OF the other
theatres clergymen OF the Back Bay and South End
churches, and literary crowd who swore to every
thing, from the NEW YORK HERALD away down
to the Atlantic Monthly.
When the hour for the sale commenced Mr.. Hen
shaw, with smile that was childlike and bland,
came forward and spoke as follows:-
MR.. HENsHAw's SPEECH.
WIN
arrived &C, Will merely read you note from the
committee. that all the seats in the house. except
VIII be sold to the highest bidders. The only
motive in dspostng OF the seats In this way was to
It was found that the demand was 50 great that the
people at the box Office could not buy seats IN the
usual Inn manner ssat. We VII, commence and sell
right Of chsce orders for the seats viii viii be ready
All the seats not sold not called for by twelve
O'Clock tomorrow will be sold at the box ONCE
Seats viii be sold at so much premium over the
regular price.
The sale then commenced, BIDS being offered for
the first choice OF seats in the parquet The first bid
was
FIVE DOLLARS.
This was increased by haf-dollar bids up to fifteen
dollars, and then jumped to twenty dollars whereat
there was applause They then advanced by one
and 1.-TWO dollar steps up to seventy-lve dollars,
The second choice sold for fourteen dollars, ana
subsequently for SO, s4 SO, 81, SIS, IS, s3 $5 5o
So 50 SO so, 81, SO so, Sc so and so on the sales
being IS So So or 50 5O In one or two cases falling
to sl4 40, until about sixty sales had been made,
which exhausted the supply Of seats IN the parquet
The sale OF parquet seats amounted in round num-
bers to about 81 200. Music Hall Peck made the
sEvENTY-FIvE DOLLAR BID
Tor the first choice of three seats; but 1t ls
generally understood that he acted as the
representative OF Mr.. Jordan. The private
Doxes were then disposed Of the highest premium
being twenty I'VE dollars, and the balance bringing
from ten to fifteen dollars The balcony seats sold
at an advance Of from three to seven dollars, and
the family circle. or 'nigger heavenv chairs were
left for the general multitude and Will be offered az
the box ONCE tomorrow morning When the sale
had concluded there was arumor circulated through
the city that e - =
!. FECHTER AND CHENEY
had quarrelled, and as the story went 1t seemed
that the actor had allowed his enmity toward wal
lack to overcome his judgment and that the liberal
Cheney was as usual, the sufferer. pretty good
account OF the affair is given by Mr.. Ball. the ira
Yees dramatic critic, in this evenings paper 1t ts
headed
IAN UNAIT1eArED OUTRAGE BY CHARLES rEcHTER,n
and reads as folows:-
Some weeks ago we endeavored, until we could no
longer help It, to keep all reference to the quarres
at the Globe theatre out Of the columns OF the ira
afternoon Of the l4tIl Of December last and re-
quested to publish his statement OF the troubles in
this paper, we begged him TO keep out OF print, on
the ground that newspaper quarrel would only
munity; but. with an unyiedins obstinacy @ 'V en-
tirey characteristic Of the man. he refused
70 listen to reason, and so went before the public
we had hoped that for his own sake, after this Mr.
Fechter would have kept himself within bounds,
at least have assumed q virtue which 1t would
appear he is not really possessed OF.
For the past week he has thrown u series
OF petty annoyances in the way Of the
efforts TO inaugurate the new management OF Mon
day evening next, and IN this respect has shown a
petty narrowness ana Jealousy unworthy CT man
who makes his boasts that all he does Is for the Ina
These annopances eliminated this morning by Mr.,
Fechter, acting, as we suppose, under his presumed
privileges as s0le manager refusing the use or the
stage for rehearsal Of ''As You Like In threaten
would not act night and this refusal Of the stage
was made at a time when the stage was not needed
for any other purpose when rhere were no reheasals
OF any OF Mr.. Fechter's pieces and when the use
OF the stage would in no way interfere with
manager This action on the part OF Mr. Fechter
Is as cOntemptuous as 10 Is unmanly and uncalled
for, and takes It's rise In a jealousy against Mr..
James w. Wallack.' Mr.. Fechter has declared that
Mr.. Waack shall not set foot on the stage during
his management, and In return for all the Kindness
shown him by Mr.. Cheney, he attempts TO hamper
him in his endeavOrs to serve the public and actual
ly prevents Mr. Cheney from controlling his
own property In his own way. Mr.. Fechter has
and we believe If this insultfor il can be nothing
lese-t0 the entire community had been known be-