Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-05

i'll at length they almost entirely ceas-
I'd, and then, az every one sat horror
stricken and brsathless, and scarcely
knowing where to look, or which way
to turn, then. faint low sigh, drawn
out like the expiring note of an Aolian
harp, was distinctly heard by every one
in that hushsd assemblage, till it, too,
ceased, and oil was still-still % an
Indian noon.tide stillsr and yet more
still, still a. death. The child's voice
was hushsd forever ; was hushsd In tho
lullaby Of death. ~
For a moment "silence reigned su-
preme ;" but for . moment though,
for Is the rage Of the hurricane, the
blast Of tho tornado, succeeds the swell
tering heat Of the MONDAY, so rushed
the excitable Irishmen Of the 9th Regi-
meat upon the wretchsd murderer +; for
believe it mere trick, they could not
they would not; they thought it nothing
but piece of cold. blooded, deliberate,
diabolical butchery. Well was it for
the juggler that the request for guard
had been granted by the officer COM
handing ; else, nothing could have
saved him. All tho exertions of the
guard could hardly prevent the excited
soldiery from rushing into the arena,
and tearing the man from limb to limb;
they ground their teeth with rage, and
cursed every bone in the juggler's body;
even the officers (and l among the
others }, whose better education and ex.
perience made them necessarily less
open to such feelings, grew pale with
uneasinsss. Mark the result Of al
this.
Whom the man seemed to have car
risd his rage to its utmost extremity,
warned by the looks Of the so.diery,
that it would be well to close the exhi
bition without delay, he raised his
bloody sword for a moment before the
eyes Of the assembly, and then struck
the basket smartly with it, which,
falling over on its side, left exposed
the place where it had before covered
Conceive the disnay and astonishmen'
the unbounded astonishmsnt of the
spectators, when in the place Of the ex.
pected corpse of the little girl, which
every one present fully expected ts
see there, for the echo Of her expiring
Sigh seemed still to feat tremulousl,
in the air, We saw-guess reader bu
you will not guess right, if you shoult
guess for week Of Sundays. Well
then, We saw nothing blank, Al
empty space, void of substance, ami
mate or inanimate bald Is true be-
LEVERS head. Nothing but the Aa
sand Of the court yard. No vestige O.
dress, or anything to indicate that thu
girl had ever been there. The amaze
, ment Of the bsholders was, if possible
rendered more intense, when, after tn
: lapse Of few seconds, the identico
little girl came bounding from the sid
, of the court-it seemed from among
! the spectators feet-and clasped tn
!, iugglsr round the knees. with ever.
sign of affection, without the slightss
marks Of having undergone any inju
! ~ whatever. Credit Jueus Apel!a
> non ego, you say, or ought to say, in
,, credulous reader, but though strange
than fiction, it is none the less true.
Mind, this was not performed in
,, room, or on stage, like that Of Pro
!, fessor Anderson, the Wizard Of th
North, replete with contriyances, an'
, pitfalled with trap doors, no J.! no !
then it would have been an easy feat
, but this was an open court. yard, a
we'll known or better to the specta
' tore, as to the performers: the fea
performed in the centre Of q court
every point to the circumference O.
which was crowded with spectators
y who never for an instant took thei
eyes of the performers. As to the no
ton Of q subterranean passage, th'
very nature Of the ground put that on
!, of the question and besides, tina
nothing Of the kind existed was made
plain to all who chose to satisfy them
selves on that point by looking at th'
scene of the performance when the,
. aad closed. Every one was sure tina
the child had been put below the bask'
ct, and that she did rot get out Of i
in the natural way: but she did get out
and how? l cannot say, though there
can be- 20 doubt that it was accom-
plished by some skillful maneuvrs.
Such are few, ve,y few Of the
surprising fsats which these juggler,
perform, and many still mora wonder
full there are, which I may have q
chance of communicating at soma fu-
ture period to the reader tleJ are the
result Of surprising art, address OF
contrivance and for such the natives IF
India excel the whole world.
3Put no dependence on genius.
If you have great talents, industry will
improve them if you have but mod