New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-03

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sidy. having his cane under his arm. anC
| determined to ls: no imposition be prac
ticed on the too susceptible audience which
! lie nad in charge. examined these hand
| cuIts VITA close scrutiny. In the course
| CT his experiments he inadvertently closed
one upon his own wrist. and l. required
| the conjoint ingenuity Of the professor and
himself to preven: his wearing the orna
men. home to horco4-stricken family
When extr:cated. however. Mr.. Cassidy
shook his head-it is very bushy head-as
II TO say ''let him get It OUT OF that if he
can" The audience applauded the exti9ea-
ton Of Mr.. Cassidy, convinced that these
ligatures Of hemp and iron would have
held Sampson sh:mselt, so perfect was the
confidence of the audience in the integrity
and professional skill of Mr.. Cassidy. Then
to satisfy other members of the committee
one of whom, Colonel Patton. is the sheriff,
and, therefore, perfectly familiar with sealed
instruments-the professor Ii: taper in tne
most magical manner, took what appeared
to the eye and teeth Of the committee TO be
an ordinary article of sealing wax. poured
that wax. molten. upon the knot wherew;th
the rope had been made fast with the
Cassidy tie, and impressed upon it the 'seal
of Solomon" or other mystic device. So
thus were these two young gentlemanly
| men made fast. signed, sealed and deliv-
cred, as i: were, to the spirits. There they
set face to face-calm as couple arrested
| on false charge. with undoubted evidence
OF al alibi, or as guilty couple who had
prudently engaged q few iurymen in ad-
vance. SO they were shut up in the armoir
alone with those spirits with countenances
as cain as those Of DAME! or Abednego, be-
being just as wei. assured Of delivery and
discharge from their bonds. Then the en-
gineer was ordered by the Professor to
''douse tie glim," O. shut of the gas
from the chandeliers. We then. for
the first time. had como misgiv-
ing. OF the spirit character. for they
seemed to love darkness rather than Eight
1t may here be remarked that the professor
had announced that the audience could cali
FOX any music on the guitar they liked. He
prudently abstained from promising that
they would ge: what they called for. A
gentleman having requested THE las: rose
Of summer" the spirits responded 6y such
sounds on the guitar as an inadverten. rat
might cause IN gallo,,;ns over the instru-
melt. But, after sounds on the guitar. &C
companied by violent knocking on the inner
boards OF the armOir. there was silence.
The professor opened the doors. which he
had carefully locked to keep the audience
out, and there sat the young gent iemanly
men. serene and free! Saint Paul himself
could. We say with entire reverence. have
scarcely manifested less surprise at the
miracle which broke his prison bars and
converted his jailor. than did those ;nno-
cent and trusting young gentlemaniy men.
Whether the spirits had enjo;ned secrecy
upon them we do not know: bu: this was
plain, that they manifested less surprise
than If they had been discharged upon
straw bail! by any recorder c. our own OF
any other city.
AL eyes were. however. ciye:ed upon NJ.
Cassidy. There were symptoms Of abso-
Lutte bewiidernmen: on his features. With
Truthful! James," when the heat play
ed on him the identical bower which VIII
liam Nye had deal. 10 James. he asked,
Can these things be- There lay the rope
which lie had tied as only practical sal.-
maker or hangman can tie. Its kno: dis
solved - divorced assunder. az a: the
touch Of Chicago Judge. There were
those patent handouts, 70 which he
must have known there was but one key in
the world. There was one solution, and
tha: conirmatory OF spiritoiogy. Some
cunning old salt, 70 whom Mr.. Cassidy may
have sold q defective sail. mayhap thus
avenged himself. for as Mr. Cassidy dropped
his chin in meditation upon his hand and
crept back to his place there was an eyi.
dent decline in the stock which the au-
dience had so promptly taken in his pro-
.ess;ona! skill, and he was no more called
to the front during cur stay.
THE POsTOEEICE SCENE.