American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-08-30
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INDIA JUGG'LE.RS.

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INDIA JUGGLtRS.
The conversation Of u friend, recently a:r.v-
ct from fadia, enables Us to notice Que or two
Of the surprising performances of the jugcfors
Of that country, Winch, thcCgh familiar to rsr-
sons acquainted with eastern matters, may be
new to many Of the readers of these pages.
party Of juggier0 came forward ore orc &C.
casion to perIorm pHblicly in the yard &C the
barracks at Madras Many hundreds Of people,
of alFknds, ages and denominations, inc4giing
the soldiery of the establishment assembled to
witness the exA,btticn, and some little tempo
rary arrangements were made, that oil might
hear conveniently.
The leader ofHhe jtlgglers, who were all, of
course, natives cailinds5tan, requested the com
handing officers toplace guard Of men around
the scene OF dsptay;,a precaution which was a.
dopted and proved avery wise one. The floor
of the court, be it'oboerved was comr osed of
sand, firm ano we'll trodden Qm this ground,
then, after serae preliminary tricks cf an infe-
:rior kind, enc vas left alope with little
%glrl, the Latter seeming or Rine years old.
Beside them stood e tall narrow basket, per-
maps three or fou. feet high, by little more
than fectfn WIDTH, and open at the top. No
other object, living or inanimste, appeared up
on the geeuad. a lter a short period spent by
the man In conversng with the girl, he seem
cd to get -eagry, and began TO neil loudly at
her for ieer'negidc: OF some wish IS his. The
child attenspted 20 soothe hiue, but he continu-
ed to show an Increased degree of irritation as
he went eg.
By degrees he dashed hia,selfnto such appa-
rent fury 'thstthe foam actually stood upon his
lips, and being naturally of an ucprepossessing
conference.-the looked to the white spectators
at least as like en- enraged demon as might he
Finally stis~wrath at the gin, rcse seemingly To
an uncomfortable height, and he seized her and
: put her beneath the basket; or rather, turtse1
the open mouth of the basketo2e r her person,
She wae thus shut entirety up, the turned bot
tom oftke basket closing her IL above. Hag-
ing thus disposed of the child tin spite of her
screaEas and entreaties, the .,nan drew bis
sword, which was as bright es tie surface Of a
mirror, Ierd he appeared as'if about to wrssk
some further evil on the object cf his ire. And
after sos.ae'Enoments, darlRg which he talked to
himself and to the enclosed girl es if justtying
his anger, lie did actually at lergth plunge the
sword down into the basket, land drew il out
drippigs,with blood, oc at least,bood-red drops
The child screamed pitecusly from her prsen,
but lie vsin for the Maa plugged the weapon
again endea yain into the scene Of her confine-
ment. As he did so, the cries IF the girl be-
came fintrty degrees, and in the end died r.
way altogether. The deed of death was con
sumnate3.
So, at least, thought SEcst Of the horror-strack
persons who witnessed THE action. And well
it wasfor the chief performer in it that he re-
quested a guard to be placed, for it required al
the exertions of this guardto prev snt the ARGUS
ed sosdiers,v-ho believed this to>bo no trick, but
disbolcal butchery, trena leaping into the
nd faor tbo 10 Hha
ctabte Irshren amongst the nuclber in parti-
cular ground their teeth against, one anotker,
and uttered language net very complimentary
TO the iuggler. Even the officers, whose bet
ter education and experience made them less
open 20 such feelings grew pale with uneasl-
ness. But otleIve the Issue of all This.
When the.man seemed to have carried his
rage to the last extremity; warned, perhaps, by
the looks of the soldiers that it would be as
well TO close tie exhibition withon. delay, he
raised his bloody sword before the eyes of the
assemblage, and then struck She basket smartly
with it. The basket tuHblsd over on a side,
and on the spot which it had covered, in the
place of the expected corpse Of the GIRL whose
last groans had just been heard, there was seen,
nothing! No yostge of dress, .cr any other
thing to Indicate that the girl had. been
there. The auiszement of the spectators was
unboGndsd, and it was, if possible, rendered
more intense, when, after the lapse OF few Sc
conds the identical little girl came bounding
from the side of the COURT ard-from among
the spectators feet it seemed, and clasped the
,uggler around the knees, with every sign of
affection, and without the slightest marks OF
having undergone any injury whatever.
,Wehave seid the actonshment Of the assembly
was mmeasurable; end it might really we'll be
so, seeing that the feat was performed in the
cen.:e Of court every point of the crcumfer-
once of which was crowded with spectators
whose eyes were never off the performers for
,one instant. AS 10 She notion Of a subterra-
ssean passage, 1.-The nature of the ground putthat
ext Of 4he question, and, besides, that nothing
OF that kind existed was made plain to all who
chose 10 satisfy themselves on the subject, by
looaing at the scene of performances when they
had closed. Every one was sure that the glN
had been put beneath the basket, and that she
Did not gst out Of it in the natural way. But
she did gen out, aud how? 1t Is impossible to
say, hat there is nc doubt that it was accom-
plshed by some skil!ful mangauvre.
A somewhat similar feat is sometimes per-
formed with animals. A iuggler will place
lean dog below one of the baskets, and presto,
pass! when he lifts it up you will behold litter
of as fne pups as ever whipper-in could desire.
Bat most people will probably think the tree
lrGk more wonderful one than auy of these.
| a jAggler, in performing this chooses either
| Sml!! pot Of the extent of two or three feet
square, and in the open air, or he takes a large
tlo1r pat and ellis it With mould for his purpose.
(1,cr q the ways VIII do Having this small
plat of Garth before him, and his spectators
ranged around, 1t I distance Of TWO or three