Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-20

NJ have h3d our time ana times \
OF laughing at animal magnetism. We Z
shall laugh at il no more. There is I
something awtuHy mysterious in the 2
principle, beyond Tie power Of man Y
to fathom or explain. Being in Pro- II
violence on Saturday, Sunday, and
Monday, the Goth, 27th, and 28th olq
August, an opportunity was afforded
us Of seeing and taking part in a Sc :.
rieS of experiments, with q young
blind lady, while under the magnetic
influence, the resata Of which were
not only marvellous in our eyes, but
absolutely astounding. The exhibit
ton was not public, and the parties
were all people Of the FIRST respecta-
Ibility, professional and otherwise
Having heard much upon the subject,
and disbelicvcd all, the experiments
were made before private circle OF
ladies and gentlemen, at our own W-|
gent solicitation.
We have written q narrative ofthct
circumstances, comprising some nifty
or sixty pages Of ioolscap; and we
venture to say, that nothing hitherto
published upon that subject, Is 50 Won
, Iderlul by far, as the facts OF which we
were wincss-all of which we saw
land part Of which we were. We shall
: publish our narrative, on taking It 10
Providence for examination, provided
we can obtain permission OF the par
T ties-who have hitherto avoided pub
= licauons, or public exhibitions.
p, Que surprising incident we will
4 mention, On Sunday while we were
e in Providence, a small package was
!. received from Mr.. Stephen Coy'll OF
a Troy, containing, as he wrote to ms
Q friends, a note, which he wished Miss
,fI B. to read. while under the magnetic
influence, without breaking the seal,
= if she could. Mr.. G. had been indu-
II ced to try this experiment, IN conse-
G qucnce Of having heard OF eXtraordl-
l. nary performances of the kind; which,
d Of course, he doubted. The package,
n or letter, was evidently composed OF
9 several envelopes. The outer one
Q was composed Of thick blue paper. On
a Sunday evening, Miss B. who, IT must
d be borne in mind, when awake, Is
: blind, was put into a magnetic slum
t. Der, and the letter given to her witt
e instructions TO read it. She said shs
!. would take it 10 bed with her, and rcat
r it before morning. On Monday NOR
\, ming she gave the reading as follows
C "No otlcr man the eye Of OmnPo
u tencc can read this, IN MiS cRrciQPe
o. meRt. 1897 .
h. We made memorandum OF thI
in reading, and examined the packag
to containing, as she said, the sentence
70 She said, then, on Monday morning
that there were one or two word
st between the word 'cnvclopemert an
,o the date, as we understood her who
m she could not make out. We exam
IN med the seal with the closest scrut
to|nv. The seal Of Mr.. CovIIl was III
SIS broken, and to turn the letter, or t
as read it without opening, with huina
on eyes, was impossible.
,o After our return to the city, VI
,T on Wednesday last, we addressed
,f letter to Mr.. CoviIl, to ascertaI
ed whether the reading OF the blind sol
r.. .nambliust was correct HE follow
on ing is his reply:
MI HuoY, Sept. +, 1851.
IT,. DEAn SR-Iour's Of yesterday
an received by this mornings mail, Al
M. as to your enquiry relative to Il
= package submitted to Miss j. VIII
or.undcr the magnetic influence, ! ha
mr. TO saw, the package came TO hand y'
no. tcrday. The sentence had been WI
-. ten bv alricnd, and sealed by hlm
yos nv request, and in such manner
the was supposed could not have be
lde read BY any human device, withc
Law breaking the seal. We think ihe SCI
have not been broken uutd roturn'
MOO The sentence as read by Miss b. Is
or"No either MaR the eye Of OmaPo'eI
and can rcad this, IN This cnr3iopemenI
avs 1881" And rs written IN the or
IN nal, on a card, and another card /
,cn ced on tac face Of the wrltlng, and
ont closed in Il thick blue paper enyei
losc led, was--"No other Than The eye
,;nr Omuipotacc caR rcad ms sentence