Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-05

upan the shoulder ai the perofnefOr when NJ became
The musician herself aud then She recognised the .anf
that was played On being requested by Nj, shes struck up
sung HERSELF aud this fact vas noiiced 1hat as she sang
the n,ssmerizoI pni flower tehof nese when Anne
(the girl.) without stopping her sBag initiated it mo
on Of SMILING. bell was rnng suddenly al her ear
without her st;5tna Appearing 10 laar is innea 5n
the NJ. ung If, he mosihefeH seemed sensible
| Of lis pFesonce
Toaeh.-N.s llair was ppllelpiu some force and
pain aud the girl hon can pinned Of ier ha'r.
.seeiag.--Ihe pheuomrna exhibited ~ VISION Wen
The mos, surprising With he ertiids closed and Ian
deped she was able with considerable accuracy. To dc
scribe the dresses only Of tho mesmerzer bn thai OF
several other ladies, except one IN black, that did moi
seem 10 make such impression upon the sensonur, az
10 be- dsiino. cnaugh Tor expression. Sho described
! the collar around Us neck; and upon being ash
| ed whsilcr she saw bFeasipn IN the bosom, and
what it. replied that the pm was dark, and had
IT, she believed deer-tha PA was oi Mosaic, repre-
sepfup oreyhnuad--hu 81 rrl4siig sideways aud UP
wards as be MADE cut readily bY the natural eye
! The ril. upon being ASKED again, and her attention
wakened TO Il, coffaed lbrsef by saying that she be
liey.d twas dog. in ike manner, she distinguished
handkerchief on the lap Of lady, sitng lev ieel
from her aud occasionally flower in the hand OF one
near her q fan in that ofanolher There no col
Iusion aud It appeared IL rs all noilusan Nesonthfc
10 assert that peIs1u ~ Rlehnond ia full possession
of all his arncs and expecting he lrcked, bal with
his eyes bound up. could hase Disseminated III The sub
stances that lasted snrlt by NJ herself and thu
mere fact when they seo presented Ia her sansos with
the same accuracy and pfemPutndc Us these two unn-
formed nr.nofi7aes-pi'h such eac. and 50 segssy
ware Hpse simple cNperuenis conducted. oi course.
oaafeely expect any ono "a belcye Us, WHO has h9l
seen T. On couTsr, t'l, We ara prepared 10
I've laughed ior cur rans; but. this rdcuc
moi tho test Of truth. We take 6rarauod. that many
tricks have been played apqn The publionany e&tTaya-
gant doctrines have heen put iauhinany pretended
mesmcfi2ers, with their Colleagues have been mposers
but ali tins c1unai ssko the strength of our nnpres
1 4 lin iy N
| concentrated Tor nearly Two hours upon osefy phen0me
~ II was presented. The phenomenal OF Vision
nihl certainly the most difficult to be made. the mgst
Subtle IA themselves. the nlasl surprising IN tbs result,
aud the hardest Ia he iHlcted The natural eye was IN
The rase houfr ua shutoat fuln Is ordinary conmunra
ton with tha external world. The lad was closed rs II
/ hHrmcHgtiiy seuled-aad vas thoroughly handagod.-
onone pcasian, the nj sad size could mol see because
her eyes wore sore. On hoinI It'd Ia rub them. size
applied her hands TO two points on c1ch side Of the chm
-afd subsequently, being asked where he1 eyes Wefe,
,he aTllrt her haafs In the elm, and apparently direct
ue pthf chm 10 the alao- She VIZ dheeed 10 500
/ lhu glf s3nza laag aud painsa d'ny-and WIS after
sline uno ds.nchaHird by the counter passes Of NJ She
arose. rs naturally Noaldda from profound sleep,
and declared with an air If ihc most perfect sincerity
thai Size had recollection ii any Of the sernes which
4 had iassd.--her eating. smelling. singing. &C.
The boy (Allen) WIS nesl mesmen2ed entirely by
! Mr. French wiheut any rauiact with hln-a the dis
Lance 81 several feet lis different limbs (arms, Ices,
and neck were made aid by certain pass.s-and con
tnurd So util they Wrro successfully disenchantcd-
Tie experiments on 4.iinq were made with the utmost
care aud success. On Mr.. L : taking the snuff, The
boy exhibited 40 little dsEns-and lever and anon,
az Shakespeare world sly, would apply (aot the ponn-
cal buN, but ms hand, 10 his no'e until hr WAS die
inasmtraod, and even afterwards. until he left the
hause eve understand that Mr.. Edmund Rniin of
Feierslorg (once seeptlc, and now eenvort,) WAS
once making eNperimcnsaud sultlng the action the
word, gave Mr. French cayenne pepper 10 taste whilst
! he was in communicable with Mr.. peppor-pcpper
manifested the most violent dstross-and upon benp n
Wahcued. complained of Mr. /. 5 giving HIM pepper to
taste, and scenod still TASTE It's popporish heal for
quarter Of an houwashlng his mouth with water. using
hls brush. &c. 10 clear his mouth OF the tase)
Afnn concluded hls exhibition by singing and dancing
humorous jig--and upon being awakened soon after
exhibited the usual appearances Of return conscious
ness-and declared tiat he had no recollection Of dan
enc, &e Ne
The impression made by the whole scene upon the
mind Of every spectator conclusive. None ofus
could doubt tof moment what had seen 1t was.
we repeat, enc ol tte most astonishing phenomena we
had ever wiiuessedyel the mesnerie influence (What
ever II be, whether II be ol maguosu gayansn, cleo
tcity, some element 81 nervous influenced ap-
pears la rs nov 10 be much Of the established
laws OF Nature, ar the laws nt gayllaon or OF light
We will not fhllosuphi1c upon what we have seen, nor
are we prepared 10 believe the other phenomena, about
which We have heard sachas CLirpoyance, such as
chronological nesmcrlslnoh the contrary. play the
seepc until we have satisfied our own mind by the
iual phenomenal bus far only We think II safe to 90
We will neither believe all the other phenomena
which have been attributed 10 meamersm until we have
received better evidence than We have obianednor is
II philosophical nlcfpso any new Ink in the series OF
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