Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-09-02


magic, il we may believe the show-bills, have
procured for him command 10 repair to st. Pc
tersburg to exhibit before the Emperor Nicho
las. This man is indeed wizard The de-
lusons practised cast Monsieur Adrent, Sgnor
Bilz, and all other magcans into deep shade.
Let me astonish you with a few specimens.
He came into the boxes and obtained five
pound note from one gentleman, and asked ano-
thcr (anv one who chose) to write sentence
upon slip of paper. The note and paper were
folded so that the wizard could not see cither
the number of the former or the sentence upon
the other, and then laid upon plate set fire
to by taper, consumed, and the ashes blown
about the stage. The wizard then announced
the number of the Bank Note, repeated the sem
tcnCe on the slip of paper, and page returned
these articles to the owners in box which the
wizard had not touchcd. lie then handed
box to gentleman nearest the stage, and re-
quested him to deposit any article he chose in it,
and to pass it round for similar deposits by ladies
and gentlemen promiscuously, he standing upon
the stage. When the deposits had been made,
he requested that the box should be placed
where he could see it, with the lid down, and
standing at least sixty feet from it, he named
every article which it contained. He requested
ladies' and gentlemen to loan him their hand
kerchiefs, which were thrown to him from all
parts of the theatre When collected and coun-
ted, to the number Of Il, they were placed in
large ever into which servant poured a
large bucket of water. Having been thorough
ly saturated, the handkerchief. were rinsed and
wrung, and then spread, one by one, into another
vessel, upon each one of which some blazing ma
gcal elixir was poured and within five min
u,es the handkcrchiefs were placed upon a sal
yer and returned to the owners washed, dried,
ironed, folded and perfumed And all this was
done openly, without turning away from the au-
dcnce, and without any of the numbering ac-
compartments Of ordinary ugglery.
We devoted the morning to the pursuit ci
what is classic ground to Americans, and what
had for me the additional interest Of profession
al associations. We found, at No. 81 lincoln's
ago, believe, by Mr. WATTS q have no book.
to refer to- and with whom BENJAMiN FRANZ
LIN worked as ourncyman Printer. 1t is now
occupied for Offices Of various descriptions, by
persons too busy to know or care who was thci
predecessors. We then started for Duke.strcct
where the Juurncyman Printer from Amcrlc
boarded and remembering that it was near
Chapel stepped into a small Book and Sta
toners shop directly opposite a Chapel, TO in
quire if the occupant could direct me TO DI
Frankln's Boarding house, when had the sa
: tsfaction OF learning that | had crossed tn
threshold and stood under the roof of that i
sophcr and philanthropist. He boarded with a
old widow lady, of much Intelligence. and occ,
pied an upper room in the back part the bui
ing. The landlady of DR.. FRANKLIN and Ii
= were very dcvout Catholics. This happens
i be the character OF the present occupants OF th
house. l observed young man reading proof
y and remarked that was glad to find a brotht
y Of our art. The Bookseller replied, AS you al
c an American, sir, may say to you that we al
i trying to carry out DR.. FRANKLIN's principle
II in another respective are now re-printr
d an American work entitled "lRELASD NIND
/ Gated" and we arc staunch "Repeacrs"
c informed him that was with Mr.. OCoNNrI
II when the trades of Dublin PASSED his house al
'r on the stage at Donny brook Green. This l.
= to many inquiries about ireland, and an in'
II tation to attend Repeal Meeting in the sire
N at o'clock on Sunday evening.
OF intended to have gone from this sp
8 through the Mammoth Brewery House
r Mcssrs. BARCLAY e. PERKINS, but there was
a. much dampncss and humidity in its capaco
as vaults, which were not likely to alleviate
10 ague in my face, that concluded TO conte
ad myself with an exterior view OF an establl:
at ment which covers thirteen acres in the hc
nc of the city of London We'll might DIR. Jor
ny son have exclaimed as he did, when Gas
rs, Executor Of Mr. ToRALL, the founder OF the
&C. tablishment) he played the auctloneer ;-"\
do not offer you, gentlemen, those empty o
nd butts and barrels merely-here are the potter
es, alities for acquiring wealth beyond the drea
M OF avarlce."
| MONDAY, JuIy II
dy have been through the THAMES TuNN
ss, This is to London what the Croton Wa
le Works are to New-York, tho great achie