Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-18

the exhibition of the Mechanics Institute that seve
raj heavy straw importers recovered large sums back
from the customs through nisconsuuction Of the
tariff. There 10 no duty On raw silk imported and
IN the straw hats imported there was the Iolowng
rato silk, per cent; straw, per cent iaoor' ~
per cent.
The duty was thrown oil the whole on account Of
the silk, and one house recovered fortune in draw
back duty, viz: forty thousand dollars.
But the effect Of this on the Connecticut silk busi-
ness was disastrous Three hundred looms stopped
in Hartford alone as instantly and effectually as
though they had been destroyed by the lightning's
flash Three thousand looms were suspended through
out New England, and five thousand young girls de-
prived of the means OF earning tnelr daily bread.
The specimens of silk the fair are very beautiful,
and deserve the attention of all the visitors; they
in the ante room on the right hand side, at the ex
tremty of the saloon, and the mulberry leaves CO.
coOns, &c. up to the manufactured aruce can all De
seen there.
EDITORIAL Observation-Disclosures of young men,
Of the present day. receive each good educatlon and
possess much general talent but Tor want OF practice
or knowledge they cannot make it available. There
is kind of literary talent that is better paid or more
deserves it, than newspaper talent Why 500 Because
combines taste genius, and eoquence with the eve
ny day events of social life.
Yet, though there is much talent in the race OF
young men, there is great of that for newspa-
per literature. To remedy this defect in mental edu
cation propose soon to take half dozen Of young
men, ofliberal education, who possess general taste
for writing, for the purpose of teaching them the
cret of that most difficult of all kinds of literature,
newspaper literature. The profession of an editor OF
intelligence, TACT power and genius will soon become
the leading intellectual profession Of life The pre-
sent race Of editors are lazy Ignorant oafers. have
by long experience, and general education for the
basis educated myself for editor, and believe that
any young man of general talent andindustry can be
made as good writer on the new system as | am
have now organized my Office in such way that
can teach half dozen young the secret of turn
Tag talent into use, and of becoming in short time,
piquant and sprghtly writer's.
The revolution now begun in the newspaper press
will spread the country. The old oafer system
is dying fast. Talented editors will be in demand
SECRET DOCTRINES OF THE ANIMAL MAGNET1-
zERs.-Under the m ysterious forms of animal mag
netism it is known perhaps, that the professors
of the science, art, are Propagatng new species
of Christianity, which they say was the real opinions
and belief of the primitive church.
Their leading views are these the mysterious Son
of Mary was only great magnetizer-he cured every
disorder by this peculiar facuty-he oretod events by
the same power over the nervous system-his SER
mons on the mount were only mixture of magnet
ism and eoquence.
Animal magnetism in this country originated with
Poyen French philosopher in Boston. Its first be-
levers the female disciples of Doctor Claiming,
who is an Unitarian in religion, that is one who believes
that Jesus Christ was man. In the early ages
of Christianity, it is said by these men, that the fe-
males who attended the apostles were only subjects
for their magnetic power, and that the whele hison-
cal incidents, miracles, &C. in the old and new Tesla
ment must be understood as the phenomena of mere
magnetism.