Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-02-26

'Detire them to bring coffee TO the S0otsn,
said,he msgcian, and 10 form the court These
nrders were given by The boy and he said that
he rnw them performed. The msgicisn had
put the last of the six little strips ri paper into
she cha6cs dish. In the mu,,erincs I distin.
guishcd nothing but the words Of the written
invocation frequently repeated, excepting on
two or three occasons, when heard him sny.
II they demand infotmstion, inform them. and
be We veracious.' ta i HtHi reu
lie now addressed himself to me and asked
me il wished the boy 10 see any person who
was absent or dead. named Lord Nelson, OF
whom the boy had evidently never heard; for
it was with much difficulty that he pronounced
his name af,er several trials. The ma gican de.
s'red the hoy TO say 10 the S,oltan-'My master
saluies thee. and drsires thee to bring Lord
Nelson bring him before mine eyes. that may
sre him speedily" Tie boy then said so and
almos, Immediately added, "A messenger has
gone and hns returned, and brought man
dressed in a back suit Of European clothes the
man has lot his left arm.' lie ,hrn paused
'or a moment or two and looking more intent.
" and closely into the ink, enid, 'No. he has
not los, his lett arm. bnt il is placed in his breast
This correction made his description more strik.
ing than il had been without il since Lord
Nelson generally had his empty eleeve attach
ed tn the brens' of his Goa, but il was the RIGHT
arm that h" had lost. Without saying that
suspected the boy had msdc mistake, I nskcd
the Magician whether the objects appeared in
the ink as actually hctorc the eye, or az il ina
glass, which makes the right appear leN. He
answered. that they appeared ~ in a mirror.
This rendered tho bows description (aul,lcss.
The next pcrs"n ! called for an Egyptian,
who has hreu many years resident in England,
where he hasadop,ed our dress and wIo had
been long confined to his bed by Illness before
I embarked for this country. ] thought that
his name, onc mt very uncommon in Egypt.
might make 'hr boy describe him incorrectly /;
,to4gh another boy former visit Of the ma.
cicisr, had descr,brd this same person as wear
ing European dress, like that in which ] last
saw him. In the present cnse, the by eaid,
Here is a man brought on kiod Of bier. and
wrapped up in sheet" The description would
suit surprising the person in question to be s,l
! confined to his bcd, or ic he be dead. The boy
desctrbed his face as covered and was told TO
order that il should be uncovered This he did |;
and then said. His face is pale and he has
monstaches, but no beard : which is correct.
Several other persons were successively cal.
led for; but the buys description Of them wns
imperfect. lie represented each object as ap-
pear:ng less distinct than the preceding one ne
it his sight was gradually becoming dim he
was minute or more, before he could give any
account Of the persons he professrd 10 see TO
wards the close oi the performance; and the
magician said il was useless to ,woceed with
him. -.f 7.e Of .- 90 sHt
Though completely puzzled, was somewhat
disappointed with his performances, for :hey
fell shor, of what he hsd accomplished in many
instances, in presence of cerisin OF my friends
and countiymen. On one Of these occasions
an Enxlshman present ridiculed the perform
hn correct description Of his own father, o
whom he was sure nm one of the company haG
any knowledge. The boy, accordingly. having
called nv nswe for the pc,sou alluded to, de
.c,;bed a man in 4. F,.nk dress. of course. witt
ri. hand o,,ced 10 hi. be,d. wearing soec,.eles
and with one to, ON the ground. sod the o,he
,.;..d hsh;,d him . ish. s,. s,.,,;,, do,y,
from , seat. Til. descrio,ioo wss ex,c,,y ,,u,
/, evsyv rcsoec, the ueculi.r posi,,ou Of IN,