New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-08

With the exception Of ny stage boxes All ne PRIV
egsd spectators sho appeared 20 take crest pi-sors 70
tb experiment nv snGleroe hsd becone grave snd s.
| lett ard heard re voros " ShAfsD "DleoJ1m
psstrg II uuruQr round tn. circle OF credulo0s aeo
stc, VILE ssIirg on ne. seemed >stooeh-i ma
Possessed lore q the physical qualities attributed 70
allowed NY public few moments 70 recover rom
Il emotion prO'uoed By my experiment aaf tie nsa'
| OF tie hercglesn Arab.
| Ors OF tie mesn- employed by the Msr.sou's TO
gam rfLeuce the eye- Of tie Ar.os BY csusi,S
| bs,isf IN ibeir invGlreTsbli;y.
One Of theD, e., instance, ordered gda q ne
ioaced and fred s; hin from snort aiance, bat IN
vain did the fit produce q snower OF spaTksi tae
Marsbosi prOLcurced some csoAsiic SorSs, ADD the
| CUR dc I.t expiote.
The uys;eIy w.s simple enough; the Kan did 10. 90
Of because the Maxsboui hsd skiliily stopped up
| tie yeIt
| Colonel De N4vue explained 70 ma ths importance
| Of osoredtrg suoh 9 miracle by opposing 10 i
s!eght-cfhaLd trck far superior 10 II, And asd me
very Hiice.
informed the Arabs tha. possessed talisrnsn
rebterr NE iLvalrersbe and defed tie best marks
| az il A geria 10 hit ne.
| bad handy uttered tie words ~ben &C Arsb, who
bed attracted ny notice By the attention be bad pad
to ny tricks ouped over four ross OF seas and Dis
csilIg the Of the "prsctcsbls" crossed the or
ehestis upse.trg fnies, e.arionets, and vohns e.-
essdec the s.sge while burning himself al tie foot
| Eghts, ard tber -.d, il excellent Ffench,
" l vii Kill you
Az imn.n.e burst Of laughter greeted both the
Arabs picturesque sscen; and bic urderous inter tens
while al Interpreter VINO stood nea me told me had
| to de al with Msrsbout-
"YOu Wish TO XII me e. | replied, intsting ais &C.
cert ard the ufec.iOn " his voice. W ELL reply
iha, though you sorceror, sm sill greater one,
ard you vii not XII he.
Held cavalry pistol in my hsDd which presented
| to BIN.
Here take this weapon, and Assure yourself it has
urdergoIe Do preparation
The Arab br.stted several times DO 81 the barrel
then through TIE nipple, TO assure himself there ga
communication bs,seen them, aad alter cA7idiy eA
81 ititg tie ;i.,ol, sad
The xespon IL good and viii kill you
you are determined and for certainty, PIT
il a double chsrge Of powdsr, asd wsi % the top
" l. Is core.
wow tere il Ieeien ball. mark It ~ith your
knife so be abe to 7snze it, and pat /; 10 tne
| pistol. with stcOLd Vaf.'
q" II il done"
mos that you are quite your pistol Is los'ei,
and that il sl explode tel ne do you feel no rsuorse
10 scrupls about killing NE thus, although authorize
| you 70 90 so7'
No, for wish to Kill you" ths Arab repeated,
| cody.
Without replying put an apple the point of q
krre, ard, standing few yards from the Marabo1i,
Ofce'ed him TO TIRE.
al y straight q. the heart" said to him.
Ny opp, aimed nmediaiely without the slight
es' Recitation.
The pi.tol exploded, ard the bullet lodged in the
| ceLier of the apple.
earri.d the talisman 70 the Marabout, who re,og
| nizeo The ba. be had marked.
could not say ths. this trick produced greater stu
pefsc,ior than the preceding II; al any rate, my
spectators. pal-ed by surprise and terror, looked
in silence, seemirg TO think Where the deuce
| have got TO here !"
| A p!eassIt soens however, coon unwrinklet msny
of'her fsces. Tie Msrsoout, though stupihed by his
defeat had Dot lo-, hs wts; so prOtnng by the mo-
oeut beu he returned the pistol be seized the af
p thrust /. into Lis waist bst aud could no, be in
duced 70 return IT, perus'ed as he was that ne pos
sessed it II an iIeomperabie talisInan.
For the lssJ Trick in my performance required the
| assistance Of an Arab.
Al the request OF evera interpreter young Moor,
about twenty years of age, tall well bui', soi richly
dressed n'ed to on the stage. BIDDER aud
more civilized oOnbtessy, than Dis conrales OF the
psiDs he walt ed firmly up 70 me.
Grew him toward the tsbls thst was IL the csnter
Of the stas pointed out 10 BIN and to the other
spectators that It lghy built and perfectly lsola'
ted. Aer which, without further preface, told him
t. mount upon IT, and covered him With an eaOrmous
| co'b cone, open At the top.
Then drawing the cone aud ts contents on to a
psnk the suds VI which were held BY my serv ana
myseif We paked to the foot lights With our heavy
burden and upset il. The Moor hsd d.sappeared-the
| cole u.s. perfectly empty .
Immediately there began a spectacle which shall
| never forget.
The Arabs were 20 affected by this last trick, that
DID. led by ar irresistible feeling OF terror, they rose
al parts OF the house and yiedsd to the influence OF
general psnc. To tel tae truth, the crowd Of fds-
q W
e.ad be seen from the agility and confusion OF theee
high ienitsries that they we're the trst to wish to
leave the house,
va;ny did one ofthem, the Caid of the Benz Ssah,
more courageous than MS cUIe3gues Try 70 reetf all
them by bis words:
"Ssy etsy Ne cannot thus cse one Of our co re-
hpiopists Surely we mutt know what hiss become of
| him, or wha; has been done to him. STAY .tay
But the coIegionists only ran away tne faster and
the courageous Caid led away by the;r example,
| followed them.
They little knew what awaited them at the door Of
the theater but they had scarce gore down he steps
when they found themselves lace to iace with the
susctated Moor"
The first movement OF terror overcome, they sur-
rounded toe man. felt and cro.s-questioDed him but,
anroyed by these repeated questions ne had no better
resource than TO escape a; Jul epeed.
TIE re1 evening the second performance took place,
and produced nearly tie effect as the previous
one.
81 Robert Houdsin, it seems, is now reposlng
on bis wizard laures in PARIS The course Of years
| has brought philosophical contentnient, add, &c
! cordipg to bis own confession, - he has reached
the object of every hope" He is preparing an
other volume explaining the mapner in which slight
otbaDd aid other copjuring tricks and receptions
sre perf,rmed which, however instructive it may
be to per.obs fond Of pryiDg into the mysteries Of
eeerot main, Gao scarcely equ. the interest Of the
present entertaining narrative.
| TIE LOST AND FOUND; Or. LIFE ANosS THE Poos By
s.NrEL HALLIDAY limo PIP. SO. Blsz.nan X Ma
/
Within the past twenty one months there have bsen
arrested by the Police o. New York one hundred and
ten thonssrc, nine hundred and ssvenyoue persons.
OF thee about oIe-tbird females and oor6fths
1 Of the ertre number foreigners.
| n,y;, ~ xs,r aim nit ID into the
Als- House. three Thousand eight hundred and ninety
r.rsnn.. into E.neyue Uospta seven thousand nins