Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-06

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f,aken, testhed their Indignation IN more decided man.
ner. The Editor OF the Wing saw his own Inciscre-
|on-and cast nboa for means to escape lis conse
Queues lie was st',ned into silence in his Satur-
aay Paper-not word denial, in reply to our long
article OF the morning before He scarcely knew what
to do lie had not made up his mind to nsnuate that
1t vas "hoax"-and he had no, the magnanmlty TO
express his regret that he had published such
article, or tina, Mr. Peasants had pinned in idle
scheme. Ii it al oer, why did he not proclaim
1t at once: Way does he wait, ua lie finds the pub
lie indignation Using s h'gher-until he sees The
Alexandra Gazets pronouncing "Mr. 7 grand expo
of his grand plot 10 abduct and carry OH Mr. van
Buren, to Albcmare Sound, every ridiculous al
air-until he sees the Globe denouncng 1t as "co1
spracy, showing TO what extremity the creatures ii
Mr. Clay will 20 the effort to compass the fresde
nal power-unhl he finds the Wings themselves tax
1t up, and determining tn demand all Tue detais OF
the plot-in VOID, It vas not until yesterday morn
ing that he puts out the extraordinary article, which
heads these remarks. What does 1t amount 10 -
Can any man tell: Does he mean 10 call this Cor
respondence OF Mr. Peasanls hoax we DO not SO
consider it-aud tre kR0io that some oil Inc most IN
te!lcent Wigs in this city consider The article TO be
equivocaand perhaps as not susceptible OF THIS
interpretation 1t looks that way, indeed II seems 10
iasinuate as much-but the Wing, though apparently
wishing to leave that impression upon the mind Ger
ainly does not say SO tot'acm rcf0s AS al present
advised, thpn we pronounce the Wing article To- he
itself an Intended hoax, and the original correspond.
ence 10 be genuine. We shall Sd treat IT. until MI
Peasants comes forward under his name, and as.
serts i, to be quiz, and declares, positively that no
snch scheme was formed And then II wall De Incum
bent on Mr. Peasants urhe. 10 say why 1t IS, that
Ouz deliberately made up SO full OF pretended iacis
AMI of iesustica 'caSuSis!y, and caicula'ea 10 eA'
cite the public indignation, and to irrtate ms own
friends, should have been sent forth with every CIR
curstauce deceive the world. 1--WE wait Tor his re-
ply" -,
/ A word more as to Mesmerism, We are not ambl-
ous of the homo. ola dcoverer. No could have en-
tered upon the strange and startling Phenomena, when
we witnessed the 26h mud 21th ult, with more doubt
than we did But when saw the Phenomena on The
9th exhibited under such circumstances, cou not
deceive US, did not hesitate 10 avow our belief OF
what we saw-and no more The Richmond Wing
seems soicous 10 twt us about Itand II may even be
guilty Of the humbus OF trying 10 make party ques
ION But science knows no party Truth ought to
shrink from investigation. We have stated the
facts which we have witnessed, as not only very Gu
rous in tlemselves-but likely 10 lead 10 some M
provements in Surgery and in Medicine. How far II
NAV assist the Medical art in lis developments, IS mol
for US or for any 10 predict But the question IS
exciting much curiosity, and experiments n TINS
city-and understand, that several gentlemen are
from sceptlcs into believers The EDITOR OF the
Sar las SEEN and believes The extraordinary fhenome
ma In his Saturdays STAR he details what he saw and
in his Yesterday paper says, that on Frday night I'VE
present al the experiments upon The o!aeK BOY
Ben al Mr. William Wallaces store. We were as'o-
nsbed and aeains, VIII convinced, that There was
not knowingly attempt any deception upon our own
senses The magnetic influence did not seem very
strong bm exhibited itself enough 10 satisfy the most
sceptica.'
ln fact, we challenge the R. Wing Editor 10 the test
when he sees that c. Cet him be man o.! the high
est faculties in the world, with all his attention ava
kenet and all his senses abou; him, except that his
eyes banGsEed cannot discern that any snch SUD
stances in the room, much less the time when 'hey
are presented to the senses of the Band
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bandaged, shall tell rha. they are, and 'chea smet,
tasted or felt by B how this argument be an
swe.ed Bat shall not at all be surprized, II no
one believes until he for himself these asonish-
iap Phenomena We pass over the experiments liia!
have been made in ,his city since the 21th ult We
have parcula! description, prepared b. Mr. Wallace,
of the experiments made by him, IN the presence oil
two physicians. They were very singular and sur
pr'z;ng.
For the present, we turn over the r Wing, how
ever TO the Editor OF the Norfolk Herald, no dis
courseth him. follows:
"MrsMEEisN.-Nlr. French has been demonstrating
10 the intelligent community of Richmond, the truth
OF Animal Magnetism, in which he has been eminent
II sue essul we should Judge, from The fact that he
has wrought conviction IN ths-mnd oithe Editor oite
Enquirer, who has declared himself tell brieFer IN
the existence Of that mysterious power That gentle
has gwen long and very interesting article IN ms
last paper land shall endcavor to treat our readers
with perusal Of 1t al convenient ime IN winch he
reconnts the several experiments exhibited by MIR r.
in puJlc with which those wha attended his lectures
in iii. place are familiar Bat he had better orpor
tunt Of satisfying his mind upon tie subject, as Mr.
FRI nch paid him visit and gave him an opportunity,
in The privacy Of his domestic circle, OF forming dc
libe.a,e and decided judgment, ana OF detecting any
dece p;ion il possibility existed, OF practising any IN
the experiments that were made IN his presence
The demonstration was CON plete and irresistible; ard
he has Given in the article referred 20 above, his
unqualified testimony in favor Of this ne" (and we
nigh, almost call ii supernaiuTaD discovery The
Ed tors Of the Wing per contra Eve are sorry 10 seel
d.rde the whole affair as An exploded humbug, anc
with great voluby talk the history OF It's org;n
10 prove that it is nothing or less than humo:5
invented 10 ill The packets of needy cheats and adven
turers with hom Mr. French IS as unlusy as uncerc-
gluniouslv classed though acknowledged by all "i'
know him TO be a gentleman elevated above the SUSIE
con of any such mean and mercenary principle but
the Editors Of the Wing (they must excuse US Tor say
ING ~ have turned their own TRADE into rdicule ny
contrasting The fact that they knew nothing OF the mat
ter they were writing about and could not say oil their
own knowledge and experience whether Mr.. Frenn :.
was hunbrggng the people of Richmond or not Wc4
would recommend TO their attention the sound MAXIM
OF their cautious contemporary Rd cue IS not 'he
test Of truth The Compiler processes neutrality
Like its ighbors of the Whig Mr. Cowardn had mol
put himself in the way TO be convinced; but, though
little skepcal, he does not venture TO express his DE.
cldrd disbelief ia the truth Of Mesmersm NO DOUBT
he has ere this paid vi French VISIT and become as
much convert to II as his neighbor OF the Enquirer
See also what Mr.. Parry, Editor of the Pennsyva-
man says. He has seen these Phenomena repeatedly
and has himself been mesuerseo by Dr. Mitchell:
"Qu,te sensation has been produced among The gooo
folks Of Richmnnd, Va, by series of recent exper-
,nen,s in Animal Magnetism, performed bya gentle,
ma n from Petersburg, named French. The Richmond
Enquirer, journal seldom troubling ITSELF about any
thing but politics, has been so Impressed by tue phe
nomena displayed that it devotes no less than one ana
half OF It's editorial columns to an account OF the ex
perrnen,s numbc' Of which were privately Periorrnea
in the presence Of Mr.. Richie family. The detail IS
very curious and interesting, though ne facts no not dy
fer in ann essential particular from hosc generally ou
messed J erery cho has taken The trouble to expert
ment IN The matter.
We say to the Wing, then, see before you abuse.
Lord Ashburton has visited Boston and Albany; re-.
ceved The honors of two public DINNERS in the city OF
New York-and was to have sailed in the Warspe OIL
Saturday AT the dinner at the Astor House on Thurs