The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-11-10
PRESIDENT TYLER MEsMERIzED By
MR.. FISK.

Editor of The Commercial Chronicle.
MIR. EDIroR L; The following facts are
worth pubilsaIug, sou are at liberty to use
them:
1t is said thai persons Of nervous tempe.
rament aud weak N boi,'y health aud
mind, are the best subjects iUr INT s'neric
operation. THIS sir. FISK found TO be
true, by his experiments OH Mr.. ~ lef.--
Mr.. Fisk arrived here last Tuesday, aud
was Immediately SET! for by the president
to visl, hm at The Rip Raps Mr.. ti'h
repaired .hilher With alacriiy, thinking per.
haps the President might wish to give nun
wlsneu 10 De GIesuTerIZra mir. tsa very
willingly agreed 10 make the trial, bot ex
pressed his doubts about succeeding, 10
doubt thinking Of the many yetoes. How.
ever after the arrangements were made,
Mr.. Fisk requested permission, should he
put him 10 sleep, to carry him as far as
possible, as he WISHED 70 Try some expert
men,s with the two sciences, phreno!ogy
aud mesmerism. Mr.. Tyler consented, as
he doubted things he had heard about The
science, and because he wished TO satisfy
himself and the gentlemen present and
he hoped, should he say anything improper
IN his sleep, thai it would be in coDtideuce.
4 rocking chair was placed in the ceutre
OF the floor, and the Plesiden, took his seat.
Mr.. Fisk proposed to magnetlza glass OF
wafer for the Presden; to drink, but he OBJ
jcc,ed, as ho had been afflicted with The
bowel complaint, and by the use OF Btr.
nard's cholera remedy he had recovered,
and he drank as little water as possible /;
but If 1t was actually necessary, he would
drink it with few drops Of brandy to take
the cold off. Dir. Fisk willingly agreed IL
the proposition, and expressed II as his opin
ION lha, The more brandy that WIS mingled
with The water the deeper tho sleep.
The glass Of water was drank WITH the
accompaniment, and silence was observed.
Mr.. Fisk made several passes and Mr.. Ty.
Ter began TO look drowsy al las. one eye
was closed and the other little open as
much as TO say should like 10 see the
operation, bat a few passes 90 that SIDE
closed il fast. Mr.. Fisk asked Mr.. Wise
to speak to the President, which he did, but
received no answer. Il was clearly shown
tina, MIR. Tyler was 10 ncsmerlc Sleep
Mr.. Fisk explained to the gentlemen pres
ent how the Two sciences should be brought
together, and that he would show the effect
produced by magoetlsius any particular
organ. Some OF the gentlemen wished him
TO magnetise the organ of tune and auo,h.
er knowing the President was fond of good
living wished The organ Of almenllyeness
touched also. Mr.. Fisk said /, would be
very proper to maguetlss both at once,
which he did, and the effect was astouish.
ing. After placing his fingers on lhe two
organs, the President commenced singing I:
Come landlord Gil the flowing bowl,
Until it does run over,
For this night we'll merry, merry be,
And tomorrow we'll get sober
You Cannot imagine the astonIsbmeni Of
those present, but 1t ended IN hearty
laugh, and the experiments we're continued.
The next was the organ Of self esteem
he arose and walked across The room with
an mir Of importance, las much as to say
keep ou, of The way Of my nose,) and a,
tho will Of the magnetIser he took his seat.
The next organ magnetlsed was beneyo-
lence,' and be thrust his hand III his pocket
and produced half dollar; Mr.. Fisk asked
him what he wished to do with the money
aud he said be would treat, which produced
another laugh. Several other experiments
we're tried with similar results.
| am fearful that am spinning too long,
and will wind up by saying, that whoever
had doubted Magnetism as science, should
have witnessed this scene, and their doubts
would vanish like snow before the summer
sun; aud il appears that Mr.. Fisk possesses