Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-11
MISS NrAVOY.

the singular aud meHplcablc case of this
young lady still occupies 4 large portion of
public attention. To The facts we last week
TecoTdcd, we are enabled 10 AIDA Few Others,
which we've witnessed by the publisher OF This
paper. on Tuesday last in tue presence of
company which night CONSIST OF fifteen or
twenty persons. II would he unnecessarily te-
dious 10 detail all That OCCURRED AZ thus VISIT,
after The very ample space we allotted 90 the
subject IN our last paper. We shall therefore
coniiRe oar relation, TO "a general statement OF
those facts which seem TO have tie mast direct
tendency 10 eiuc.dhtc.the rationale CI tie case.
10 casual, o. no skiltn observer, there does
not appear 10 he defect m the ,,si'a organs
of vision, the eyes being in All respects appa.
rently pegteri. but this would seem 10 be of
ht!i2 consequence, Is She rcHdily consents To
have her eye iids euGce,y closed HE eNEe
rtnlcntS we are about 10 relate. we're pCriutai-
ed Wit. equal iaci,itv, whoB the gogy.irrs de
srnbeu ~ Our last paper we're tlcdrlQSc4YO
yer her ewes; when the eye lids were ShG lnd
gQld-bedtcrs skin ccmcnlrh over them and
when the gogelels Or a haudtcrchipiWErC- t!c,t
upon the gold bcatcr'S kW. several piece, OF
COiOred Sih were placed ueiurc her; and ias-
sing her fin GEMS over tbcm size rvddtly teidtne
different shades, ard pGuted ont the patterns
OF vGrCuS prints. a small class wal WAS lsgt
INTO her hands Coniaiatng several pieces of
silk, OF different colors, aud She Disseminated,
az like manner, the various shaties through The
vial. Some lctterswcIc produced, the diFec-
lions Ot vhicl, she READILY dcciphered, through
equal distances between the object and her
iacc, her fingers touching The glass. with q
inagfityins . lass placed iu the same situation,
her powers ~ d,sccinment appeared 10 DC in
creased. Sh" also described the features uf
several individuals ia the company, as reject
cd IN a looking glass placed on her knee The
faculty which, it is said, She possesses of DIS
t!nsui shiug objects wheH placed behdd her,
was not, on tiIe.-.csCnt avCasou. at al Ia cpcra-
ton, Tor whenever her attention VAS called 10
dH object not placed in direct line down.
wards from her face, she uniformly failed TO
ascertain any of its qualit her pnwprs
seemed also gone, when amy thing opake inter
veaed between her face aud the object she Gu
dravored TO recognise.
. The cIse tlius remains euvplOped i'm mVs-
terry, in whatever light is viewed. Against
the theory OF the touch alone being concerned,
is the tactwe havejuSt stated, that as far as our
observation goes, she requires unlutcrrupted
between Iie q face and the object
examined, which COhld not he necessary Il che
ideas were conveyed 10 the braiu, as some have
supposed through the nerves OF the fingers.
On tie Other haud, We can scarcely conceive il |
possible hat she Cuuid see through the usual
cianE ,atteT iiie means we have described, had |
b:cn adopted 90 Keep down tie eyc-iidS. We
have heard it suggested as possible that the
pupil OF she eye II the iachrynal duct were
considerably enlarged, might be presented
down the nOStriiS, so a. 10 afford The means OF
vision through tins medium but on this point
we dare not undertake 10 otter decided opi-
nlOu; all we can venture upon IS, HAT allowing
the anatomical possibility of the fact the pine
n0mend Ne witnessed may easily explained.
l1agerpool Pa9cr.