Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-08

holds husband guiltless, who, undsr.,
circumstances, COMMITS homicide.
Stockholm, S,p,. 3
The creation of a respectable nav,
an object Of particular attention of %
governmental "a, called tie H.,
Charles XIII, just launched at Cd
crona is considered one VI the finest vi
,els in the havy.
Frankfort, srp,. "A.
a complete union has been effected
Bavaria, between the Lv;beran and +
formed churches. In Munich and II,
berg the pastors OF the two sects pr,:a
alternately to the same Cocks. :
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MISCELLANEOUS sELECTIoys
From London papers rsce:red at The 4
flee Of she " /. Daily .ldrutisr
MISS MAyoY.
The singular and inexplicab!e cs
Of this young lady, still occupies a Ias
portion OF pubic attention. 10 the f,Y |
we last week recorded, we are enable |
10 add few others, which were witness
ed by the Publisher VI this paper, q
Tuesday last, in presence of q comEarr|
which might consist of fifteen or twtb't
persons. 1t would be unnecessarily e
dious to detail all that occurred at o.,
visit, after the very ample space we si&1
ted to the subject in cur last paper. N:|
shall therefore confne our relation, 10,
general statement Of those iacts eli. 4
seem to lave the most direct tendency %
elucidate the rationale Of the case. TOT
casual, or no skiliul observer, there dc,
not appear to he defect in tie usual Or
gans Of vision, Tie eyes being 10 al! res
poets apparently perfect, but this ~suI
seem 10 be Of little consequence, as y
readily consents to have her eye.lids Il
tirely closed. The experiments we arss'
bout to relate, were performed with eqnI
facility, when the gogglers (desrribcJ a
cur last paper were tied closely cycrlf|
eyes when the eye-ilds were shu! .al
cold beater's skin cemen.ed over them !;
and when the gogsle,s, or hsndkerrliG|
were tied upon the gold beater's skin
Several pieces Of colored slid we're Psc'
ed before her; and, passing her fn.sD
over them, she readily ted the dIHe Ell!
shades, and pointed out the patterns q
various prints. 4 small glass vial "n
pat into her haIds, containing seren
pieces Of silk, Of different colours, and
she Disseminated, in like manner, tie
various shades through the vial. Son.
letters were produced, the direction. d
which she readily decyphered, through /.
pie,e OF common window glass, PLACED
at equal distances between the object aOd
her face, her fingers touching the GAS
With lnasaiiying glass, placed in tie
same situation, her powers Of discern.
meat appeared TO be increased. She also
described the features Of several indiu'
duaIs in the company, as reflected in 1
locking glass placed On her knee. Tie
faculty which, it is said, she possesses .
distinguishing objects when placed bshtt
her, was not, on tie pressn, occasion, at
all in operation, for whenever her attet'
tim was called 60 an object not placed u
a direct line downwards from her lac,
she uniformly failed to ascertain any d
its qualities her powers seemed a':'
gone, when any thing opaque intervenrd
between her face and the object she en-
deavo'ed to recognise.
"The case thus remains envelOped II
mystery, in whatever light j, is viewed
Against the theory of the touch alone be-
Ing Concerned, is the lact We have ju;'
stated, that, a. Tar Is our observation goe:
she requires an uninterrupted commurI
cation between her face and the obJsc
examined, which could not be NECESSARY
it the ideas were conveyed to the bsaI'
as some have supposed ia. ough the nerve
Of the fingers. On the other hand, VI
can scarcely conceive it possible that 81
cOald see through the usual chaDuel, aits
the means We have described had bee
adopted 70 keep down the eye-.ids. W.
have heard it suggested Is possible, tn
the pupil Of the eye, il the iachrJ NAL doc
were considerably enlarged, might b
presented dow u the nostrlls, 80 as to a
ford the iaesns 81 vision through this ne
dium /; but on this point we dafe not az
deriaAe to oder any decided opinion
oil We can venture upon l., that alo~n
the Anatomical possibility OF toe lac;, u
phenomena we witnts seI NAY oe sfs'
IL explained"