Washington telegraph., 1849-03-28

WnSu the ClOhu was d8dlu WlIHuTdW II,
and to our increased anazement we be-
held the tender plant grown into small
shrub, regularly formed, clothed with ver
dure, and having its branches covered
with buds and leaves. The replacing,
Recovering, re-nluttering, were all sever
ally renewed, and after the lapse Of half
an hour, the cloth was once more remov-
ed, and the amazement of the spectators
was considerably augmented by discover
ing that the shrub was now clothed in
blossoms and flowers, i'll appearance re-
sembling those of the China aster.
Again the Cas1et of wonders, the teak
wood box, was called into requisition, and
tne lid having been opened, our wonder
worker took thererom a common round
earthen-ware white and blue plate about
two feet in diameter, and placed thereon
about pound of unboiled rice; this he
handed round in the manner previously
described, and we took the platter, exam
lining it more narrowly tkan any OF the
former articles, resolved that this time
there should be no mistake. All this
time, it must be kept In mind, that al
box it was kept closed, at a dis .ance from
him, and he never approached 1t during
his operations, 50 that 1t was perfectly
impracticable that he could abstract any
thing from it during the time. lie now
put the plate OF rice IN the centre OF the
room, and covered it with the cloth, and
squatted down, he varied the performance
this time, by putting his hands over the
cloth, scrupulousy keeping his arms cover
ed up to the elbows, and then commenced
divers manpulations; this continued for
the space of half an hour, our necroman-
Ger never budging from his post. or chang
ing the attitude which he had first adopt
ed.
We observed sundry movements under
the cloth at divers times, and in various
places; it appeared to be raised from the
grodnd, until the whole presented an
appearance not unlike the uneven surface
and undulations of a model of hlll
country. At the expiration of the halt
hour, he arose and removed the cloth,
walking round and carefully gathering
it up by the four corners which being
thus raised discovered to our view, arrang-
ed In symmetrical order, six dishes or
plates similar to that which had been
handed round but of various sizes, ana
these We're filled with sundry cooked
edibles peculiar to the country, and among
them was 4 dish Of boiled rice but where
the dish of unboiled rice had vanished,
or whence came the SIX dishes, or how
they came there, amply provided as they
were with ready dressed food, It passed
human ken to explain.
Neither is it conceiva ble how he could
have arranged these six dishes without
moving from one spot, as those which
We're farthest from him when the cloth
was removed, were considerably beyond
the reach of his arm. The conluror re-
covered the viandS with his magic cloth.
After some time, we observed the cloth
gradually rising again in the centre, until
it assumed form somewhat cOnlcai, the
apex of which was removed about two
feet or upward from the floor; during
the whole OF this rising or ascending pro-
gress, the manipulation remained without
removing from the spot where ne had
originally sQuatted; but he now assumed
the erect posture and again, for the last
time, he raised the cloth, when, wonder
upon wonders there were the six dishes,
which we had seen arranged fiat and
symmetgically upon the floor, now piled
one upon the other, IN regular order,
commencing with the largest at the bot
tom, each dish, in ascending order, being
of diminished size, until the smallest
crowned the top, the food remaining III
the dishes, thus, forming pyramid OF
alternate layers OF ofearthenware and vlands
The emperor of the conJurors now took
his leave with Il " chin-chln," meaning,
in good honest English, farewell; his
coolee removing the leakwood box, and
some of our own domestIcs carrying out
the Towering shrub, i'll all Its pristine
beauty, and the pyramid OF viands, OF
the latter Of which we have no doubt
they partook in company with our friend
the emperor, and washed them down
with sundry cups of their favorite S1n1-
ShO0.