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

became calm, settled down, and sighed heavily, as
after much fatigue.
aSheis now in The town of Bamt" said some one.
"You can now pat your questions"
accordingly commenced.
"Are you in Bamff Mrs. A.F' askedI.
"Yes"
"What do you see =
81 see a street and houses ?"
every well. Describe IT,"
"Thc street is unpayed and the houses small"
every well,' said ], "let us take walk down this
street towards the river
At this step the exhibitors were very attentive 10 us
both.
"Do you see a river p
ayes"
"Look round" said l, "and tell if you see house
any where on its banks"
"Yes / see house."
"What kind of house is it?'
After good deal of hesitation, for took care to give
her no leading questions, SO that she could divine
what | saw ia my fancy-she replied, 81 see a small
house with basement"
"Very WELL Look round now and then 60 into
the house. What do you see there?"
81 see men with paper caps on their heads, and
with black balls in their hands"
"There" said one os the gentlemen, turning 10 me
sit is printing office. Is there printing Office
thcre1"
Iparried the inquiry.
ado you see," asked l, "a bridge or the river?'
She was silent.
III don't see bridge, l see wharf and ships
tit"
"You see no bridge"
"No"
After some further similar dialogue let 70 her soft
hand.
"There," said ], 81 believe that is enough"
left the chair and sat down in the middle Of the
room. The gentlemen now were very anxious to
know. how accurately she had described the place.
"How did she succeed?' then put on serious
face.
Gentlemen" said l, 81 believe it is better to be
candid and frank with you at once"
They crowded round me.
a. therefore, state TO you, that the whole descrip-
ton she has given is blunder from the beginning to
the end She has not described single object ac-
ourately-not one particle is right Her imagination
IS full of the scenery Of Rhode Islandnot Of old
European town or European scenery. The town to
which directed her attention is an old county town,
with old stone buildings, and paved street. She
has described country town Of New England. The
the splendid casteaed family mansion of the Earl Of
Fife, called Duff House, built Of stones, with about
800 windows and situated on the beautiful banks Of
the Deveron, near Bam There is no such place she
described, with in paper caps and black balls in
their hands. Nor is there wooden wharf, or any,
ships at the mouth Of that river. II has an old bridge
and there is breakwaer, built INTO the sea in ano-
Their part of the town. where few ships come to. II
is blunder, gentlemen, from beginning to end"
"But," said DR.. Doyle, may she net have made
mistake, and lighted on different townT
"were that So still there is no such scenery in
Scotland as she has described. There are no wood
en- houses-no wooden shops there. Your whole sci
euce is a mere dcluson. l can take young girl of
twelve with brilliant fancy, and by proposing lead
ing questions to her, make her describe scenery and
persons that she never saw. The laws Of mental
association are fixed, certain and known. The pow
er of magnetism cannot alter those laws"
then went into short analysis of mental phe
uomena. shelving the utter impossiblty of any per-
son possessing the miraculous power, claimed
bv animal mapnetisers that those revelations were
repugnant TO fact to science and TO their own prncl'
ples-that if if any striking things ever take place.
they were mere accidents like dreams and other phe-
nomena-
On rising to depart, was requested to suspend my
opinion until / could see another experiment. !
partially assented and understood thatt was to take
place last week. did not hear any thing of II till
yesterday.
The result of this experiment is decisive. The mi
racles, Of prophecy revelation knowledge Of con.
temporaneous events taking place at a distance,
claimed by magnetists, are pleasing, unadulterated
delusion and charlaanrie believe in tho existence
Of the magnetic power-but il acts feebly, and has
none Of the effects attached TO il by charlatans.
believe in the existence Of the magnetic slumber pro-
duced through the nervous system, acted on by
citation, contact and diseased imagination. The on
ly real magnetism after all is that which exists be-
tween thu sexes, which causes all the loves, affec-
tons, marrages-and all the relations of father son
and brother Man is the magnszer woman is
the msgnatizee-all others are charlatanism and
| folly
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