The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-24 00:00:00

EVANS r. HOHENLOHE.

The following wonderful case is from the Area Fora
Commercial Adter, tiger, and is apparently as well authen-
ticated as any of the Ilohenlohe miracles :
From the Evansville Gazelle.'
The following singular relation of facts has just been knded to
us for publication by General Evans, who has just returned to this
place from the residence of Judge Prince, in Gibson coenty. Prom
the known respectability of the writer, we consider his statements as
entitled to the fullest credit :
Gentlemen--On the 14th instant I witnessed one of the most ex-
traordinary phenomena perhaps ever witnessed in any age. on
my arrival at Princeton on the evening of the 13th inst. I was in-
I formed by Dr. Thompson and several other gentlemen of hish re-
spectability, that a young orphan girl, 'Fed twelve or thirteen
years, resident in the family of the Hon. IS illiam Prince, about
seven miles from Princeton, on the 7th instant commenced sweating
blood, OT in other words, the blood ran freely from the pores of the
skin of her left cheek from a apace considerably larger than a dol-
lar ; that it continued in this way until the evening of the 11th i nst.
when it ceased ; that on the morning of the 12th a large drop of
black blood, the size of a large bean, suddenly emitted frdm her
cheek below the eye, to which was attached sundry fibres, tendons,
or something which rumbled the legs of a large spider, which legs
or fibres appeared to possess life, by their manner of contracting
and extending themselves, something very similar to the legs of a
spider ; that shortly afterwards a lump of pure clean flesh, about
the size of a large pea, suddenly emitted from the same place, and
in a few minutes a solid, firm piece of bone, near one-fourth of an
inch square, suddenly proceeded from the same place, and that no
hole, opening, or appearance from whence these stikritanm emitted
could possibly be discovered by the strictest scrutiny ; that the girl
remained in perfect health, entirely free from the most distant
symptoms of pain or soreness ;—and that no change of colour or
other singular appearance manifested themselves at that part of the
face more than any other part. Thus I have given, as briefly as
possible, a history of the facts related tome by Dr. Thompson and
others, on my arrival at Princeton. Dr. Thompson 'hewed me at
the same time sundry pieces of bone and lumps of flesh, which he
had removed from her face with his own hand.

Notwithstanding the confidence which I tell myself bound to
place in those gentlemen, I could not persuade even cre-
dulity itself to yield belief to their statements, lit the fullness of
their extent ; or at least I believed, that could I witness the facts
myself, I could discover sonic hole, opening, or appearance, from
whence those bones and lumps of flesh proceeded. But judge my
surprise ! On the next morning merles visit foe this put pose, in
company with Cieneral John Neely and Dr. Thompson, and soon
found myself bound to assent to the truth of facts which put even
credulity itself to the blush.
We arrived at the house of Judge Prince at half-past nine
o'clock, A.M. and were informed by Mrs. Prince that nothing of,
the kind had made its appearance since sun-set the evening before.
The girl appeared in perfect health, quite cheerful, and pursuing
her ordinary occupation ; I examined her closely, but could disco-1
ver nothing unusual in any part of her fine. She is a handsome,
smooth-skinned, plump-faced girl, of agreeable and expressive
countenance. After waiting half an hoot, I was about to depart,
presuming that nothing of the kind would again appear, when sud-
denly the girl, who was walking the floor, turned round with a
snide, when I discovered a lump of something like black blood,
about as thick, and nearly as black as tar, near the size of a cherry,
just below the inner corner of her left eye, which I instantly re-
moved, and found the skin underneath perfectly clean, smooth, and
solid. Being assured by Mrs. Prince that in a few minutes a lump
of flesh, and soon after a bone, would follow, we caused her to sit
down, and examined the place with the nicest scrutiny, but found
no hole or aperture could be discovered. In precisely 16 minutes,
a lump of clean flesh, without any mixture of blood, suddenly
made Its appearance on the outside of the skin, about the size of a
large bean, which linters' Neely instantly removed, when no hole
or aperture in the skin could be discovered. In six minutes atter-
wards a solid piece of bone, near one-eighth of an inch square,
suddenly made its appearance at the same place, which being in.
scantly removed, no hole or aperture in the skin could be discover.
ed. Precisely 14 minutes afterwards. a lump of clean flesh, as
la.ge as the end of a man's little finger, to the first joint, suddenly
appeared at the same place, and in eight minutes afterwards a solid
piece of bone, as thick, and about half the length said width, of a
large grain of corn, when the nicest scrutiny could not discern any
opening, or appearance of any aperture from whence those bone
and lumps of flesh proceeded. During this time Judge Ernmenon
came in, and witnessed the foregoing bets with equal surprise.
In this way it has continued up to the present tune ; at intervals
of from live to twenty minutes, lumps of clean flesh, sometimes an
inch in length and as thick ea a man's little finger, and bones of
various sizes, one of which, I am credibly informed, dropped from
her face on the evening of the 18th lenient, as large as a well-grown
grain ef corn.
The girl remains in perfect health, free from the most distant
'symptoms of pain, either in the part affected or otherwise. She is
Indy sensible of a slight degree of twitching, or tickling in the flesh,
at the instant those emissions take place; the colour of the skin at
Zitttploce is not changed, nor can any appearance of a singular kind
vet be
-observed. But a most inexplicable mystery is, that
!quickness of vision, or, in other words, the poems of discern.
meat, cannot discover the commencement of those emissions of
bane and fleas; The first thing the eye can discover is the clot of
14lpod (which emits first, and but once in the day), the lump of
limb or the boots, as the case may be, protruded on diet outside of
,ilseskin, which being instantly removed, the skin underneath is as
and as free horn any hole, opening, or aperture, which can
aid by the strictest scruuny, as the meet solid part of
174.air'n'of a man's hand. R. M. EVANS.
Evansville, Ind. Nov. 11, 1823.