Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-31

lif any efthsm were guilty. 10 confess his crime.
The magician came. and aid that he would cause
tae exa-t image Of the person who had committed me
thss to appear to any youth no, arrived as The ege
Of puberty; and desired the master OF The house To
call in any boy whom he might choose As several
boys were then employed IN garden a1lscent 10
the house, Of them was called Tor this purpose
Ia the palm Of this boys right hand. the magts'an
drew, with pen, certain diagram Ia the centre OF
which he poured little ink. Into ,hi, ink, he DC.
| sired ths boy steadias,ly look. lie then burned
/ some incense and several bits Of paper inscribed
with eharm,; and, at the same time. called or va.
rious objects to appear IN tie ink. The boy dees'
red that he oil these Objects and last OF ALL the
image Of the guilty person; he described his stature
countenance and dress; said that he knew him; and
directly ran down into the garden, and apprehended
one Of the laborers. who, when brought before the
master, Immediately confessed that he was the thei
"rhe sirips OF paper were inscribed with certain
forms OF incantation, such as 'Turshoon' ard 'rur
yooshoon,' which, he said, were the names Of two
genii, his familiar spirits. ] compared the copies,
(says Mt Lsne,l with the originals, and found that
they exactly agreed. Tho following 10 'ransla'
tion:-
"rurshooi ruryooshoon: Come downt
Come DOWN. be present whittier are eooe
,ad ~. DC the
And We have removed from ;hcc
i 10Y vel and i Thy s,;h, d to Ssy
"rhe boy, on the present occasion, was brough,
in by MIR Lanes desire, from among parcel o.
poyt IN thc tNcct, returning Eonu u
| and had therefore no previous communication with
the old Masus. The preparations being eompet
ed, with all the accompanying mummery, and alter
muttering indistinctly few wcrde, he then asked
was answered 'No;' but about minute after, the
boy, trembling, and seeming much frightened. said,
Il see a man sweeping the ground when he has
done sweepine,' said the magician. tell me- Pee.
senty the boy said, he has DONE The magician
then again nterruptng his muttering to ask the boy
IL he knew what beyruck Tor h,gj VAS? and being
answered yes desired him TO say Bring flag -
The boy did so, and soon said He has broushta
hag.' 'whst color is hi' asked the magician; the
boy replied, Red He was told TO call for another
flag, which he did, and soon after he said he saw
another brought, ard that Il black. Ia like
manner he was told to call for third fourth, nth,
sixth, and seventh, which he described as ee'ne
successfully brought before him, specifying their
eolors as white, grees, black, red aud blue. The
magician then asked him las he did also, each time
new flag was described as Icing broasht,l How
m,ny Gags havs you now before your Seven,
| answered the boy. While this was going on, the
magician put the secoad and third OF the small strips
OF paper upon which the forms OF invocation were
writer, into q chshrs dish; and fresh franknts ise
| and eorianosr seed having been repeatedly added,
the fumes became painful to the eyes. When the
boy had described the seven igs appearing 10 him,
he was desired to say, Bring the S,otan's tent,
and pitch IT, Tina he did; and in about minute
after he said, Some men have brought a tent-a
lage green teut; they are pitching IT. and presently
ne hOOe1t kncy EaNC set " now, silQ tue
magician, order the soldiers TO come and 10 pitch
| their camp around the tent Of the Sooltsn' The
Toy did as he was desired; aud Immediately said, Il
see great many soldiers with their tens; they have
pi'ehed their tens' He was Their told to order that
| the soldiers should be drawn up in ranks; and bu-
ing done So he presently said that &c them thu,
\ arranged. The magician had put The fourth OF the
lutte strips OF paper into the chahng dish, and soon
AFTER he DID the same with the NTH. lie now SAID,
Tell some OF tee people TO bring bull The
hos 10 AL .att ktttf.
It 10 red; four dragging j, along, and three
are beating it, lie was told TO desire them 10 kill
H. and cut it up, and 10 put The meat in saucepans,
| and cook It. He did as he was directed, and de-
| scribed these operations as apparently performed
before his eyes. Tell tho soldiers said the mag-
clan, ito eat it, The 10y did so, and sad, They
are eating il. They have done, and arc washing
| their hands The magician then tod him 10 cali
for the Sooaa; and the boy, having done this, SAID
Il see the Sooian riding TO his tent, bay horse,
AID he has on his head a high red cap; be has A.
lighted al his tent, and "a, dow within IL Desire
them 10 bring coffee 10 the Soolian,' said the msgi
cian and TO form the COURT These orders were
given by the boy, and he said tina, he saw them
! performed.
| "He now addressed himself TO ne, and asked me
| i wished the boy 10 see ony person who was alb
sent or dead? | named Lord Nelson, OF whom the
boy had evidently never heard; for IL was with
much difficulty that he pronounced the name after
severe tials The magician desired the boy 10 say
! 10 the Sooltan-'Ny master salutes thee, and de
sires thee 10 bring Lord Nelson; bring him before
1 my eyes, that may see him speedily The toy
then did SO, and almost Immediately added, "A
messenger IS gone, and has returned, and brought
a man, dressed IN black suit OF European clothes;
the man has lost his leI arn.' He then paused for
| a moment or Two; and, looking more intenily and
more closely into the ink said, No, he has not lost
his left arm, but il is placed to his breast THIS
correction made his description more striking than
II had been without 1t, nee Lord Nelson generally
had the empty sleeve attached TO the breast Of hs
coat but 1t was the right arm that he had lost.
Without, saying that suspected the ooy had made
d mistake, | ASKED the mag can whether the 90
jecis appeared IN the ink II actually before the
eyes. or as IT in glass, which makes the right p
pear left. lie answered that they appeared as # IN
mir5or. TINS rendered the boys description fault
less.
"TLe next person called for was a native OF
Egypt, who has been FOR macy years resident in
Eng and, where be has adopted our Dress and who
had been long confined his bed by illness before
! embarked for this country; | thought that his
name, one not very uncommon in Egypt, might
make the boy describe him Incorrectly. though att
other boy on the former visit of a agician, had
described this same person as wearing a European
dress like that on which last saw him. In the
present case The boy said, Here is a man brought
on kind of bier, and wrapped up 10 q sheet This
description would salt, supposng the person in quss
ton TO be still conhned TO his bed, IT he be dead.
The boy described his face covered; and was told
10 order that 1t should be uncovered This he did,
ana men saic MS lace IS pie and ne has no nous.
tachios, but no beard which IS correct.
THAT there was no coniederacy, says Mr Lane,
satisfactorily aseertlined by selecting the boy who
performed the pact above described in ny pressnce,
IRON number of others passing by in the street,
and by his re eciins pretent which ] afterwards
offered him, with the view Of inducing him 10 con-
fess tina, he did really what he had proiessed
90 have seen. The result was the same with an
other boy on another occasion. Then again, sup
posing by pictorial representations, or descriptions
otherwise procured. many public characters might
admit of accurate description, what previous pre-
paraon could the magician have for describing
certain obscure individual as lying in winding
sheet, or that which follows, which is siil more ex
traordinary7
"On one Of these occasions. an Englishman pre-
sent ridiculed the performance, and said that nolh-
ing would satisfy him but correct description Of
the appearance OF his own father, OF whom he was
sure no one Of the company hsd any knowledge.
The boy, accordingly, having called by name for
the person alluded to, described man in a Frank
dress. OF course, with his hand placed TO his head
wearing spectaces, and with One foot on the ground
ing down from a seat. The description was exactly
true IN every respect; the peculiar position Of the
hand was occasoned by an almost constant head |
ache; 0nd that OF the loot or leg by stiff knee,
caused by fall from horse in hunting"
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Prom the Lynchburg Virginia..
HENRY CLAY AND JOHN POPE.
TIE Philadelphia U. s. Gezeue, referring TO On
alusion made IN this Pr per TO the feelings OF mingled
envy and hostility entertained towards MIR Cav by |