The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-26


nance and he features as Ly tncyements Of the Inns.
and by oral expressions. he fidelity Of the various
denralons wac wonderful. We never saw thrtn
surpassed on The Stage, and satisfied that the sub
ci Could not give them with such ACCURACY in his
usual condition Of mind When under tho influence
of envy for example, the subject alluded 10 seine
ideal charac err pointed 10 a that vcIy plea
SAINT 10 the eye, that presented green and tempting
aspect, bat quietly remarked and in a spirit Of
EMULATION, that there ditch 10 the distance, int
which the object referred 10 would or later
plunge or be enIapped Again, he observed, that
ec'na up was very pleasant AL very fne--but ihe
higher n, anagnhi. ascc died. the further he would
have 10 fall The expression aud The manner, how
ever, were still more striking ihan the language
When ldeelhy was developed he first described
vas, plain, upon which large body Of
m'haIy were moving and then, tho opera
l"r having slightly shifted his finger, h.
threw his head back and seraphs and airy
figures floating above him; and again, the finger of
the operator once mo shifted he stepped forward
and leaned over ayawning abyss. On being ques-
toned, he said II was very deep, and that he was
afraid to approach any closer and that his eye could
not penetrate into It's shades. The organ Of
ton was touched, and his aspect Of alteration be-
came at once solemn and beau iful. With appraised
hands he turned his closed eyes towards some fan
cied object and whispered what seemed 10 be The
outpourings Of prayerful heart The organ Of
mirth hen touched in conjunction with the or
gan Of venera ion, when the subject went through
Mawworm part, in which wit singuary blended
with religious advice. Some local illusions were
made, which in their association and the grave
ner III which they were uttered, not little lu-
dicrous. The organs Of combativeness and deslruc-
uveness produced terrific effects, and organ
caused so fearful paroxysm of despair, that the
subject drew knife from his pocket and would
have used it, had it not been taken instantly f ON
him. Acqui itiveness and the love of children pro-
duced droll efects-in the former the subject evil
IDENTITY taking and conceang imaginary OBJECTS and
IN The latter nursing and crossing imaginary chill
dren, dandling them on his knee and hushng them
to sleep in the real nursery-maid style. These dis.
tnct effects continued about three or four minutes
after the finger Of the operator was removed from
the organ, and then subsidized gradually if the inu
ence of some vision were becoming fainter and
fainter, until It passed away and left the subject in
a state OF quiet magnetic sleep The first effect of
the several influences were preceded by slight
yulsiye witchings OF the muscles, and by occasional
clapping Of the hands.
The subject was kept in this condition, and assiog
through the effects Of the various passions and
tons of The mbi, for about hour and three quar-
ters he last operation was produced by the phys.
can, touching with his finger he back of the neck
near the spinal hone and marrow The subject then
became rigid and stiff, stretched himself back in his
char and his appearance generally nearly Iesembed
that OF death. The operator then with few passes
of his hand, d'speled the Mesmeric nflencc-the
patient gradually unclosed his eyes and reason at
once resumed her empire. He Temcmb red Indistinc
y much that had tlanspred, but said that he did not
az tht HnlP possess lhe VIII 10 prevent ". lie exper'
enced no bodily pain Whatever throughout his various
extranndinary physical and mental demonstrations,
and was mol at all fagued at the close. He had
watched the various experiments Of which he bad,
been he subject for some months and arrived at the
conc!u ion that hey were beneficial his general
health inasmuch they afi0rdel him the kind of ex.
rrcise hat he needed. HIS opinion is that about one
person IN every nine, Is pecuary susceptible to the
magnetic Influence, and that in cases. persons Of
weaa physical frame influence 10 the manner de-
.criDpU tho 4 m bndily bralh nIura poth
But enough OF his SUBJECT for the present. The so-
ry - indeed marvellous one and many will pro-
nounce it exaggerated. We ooy repeat, that The
parii's are of the highest respect hy, and that but
one sentiment If wonder expressed BIZ the ihtelli-
gent company in attendance, most Of whom had until
that night regarded all Stories not only Of Mesne-
rlsm bat of Phrenology, with ter incredibly Pa
Inquirer.