Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-20

,,d Lecture at the Exchange, and mace
/ oad his Ss Mssmerism and Phreno Magnetism A
girir'eh' respectabe audience was present, ana
1 ,.s sna Its we're intensely interesting we were
IL siPe ,nust confess that without loop mole 10
s.su' a" ~ an with regard 10 the fairness OF the
ir: a'Y' series Of phenomena were adduced wh'ch
er s,%s mos, astonishing and curious nature.
we w, of the experiments, was Emma, ser
~ The So" an,;nr 10 Mr. VIM. Ritter. Most OF the
r.r.e '. ,.sre IN Phreno Magnetism, and went 10
. 4 ,.psHme.,, ,b Of Phrenoogy, and Magnetism al inc
n rove 'u Tho ooerator excited the passions oil the
ans t". ,,Il by placing his fingers upon the diner
.lsef' y a. described in the chronological CHART
cot os,a,n,,ely sang, laughed, cr'ed' prayed, ~
sc ains''"s,l, Tucker of William and Mary College
i.e bevel'' ,muncation with her BY Mr.. French,
as p''eI his touch, expressing the passion IN
NJ sne n, filed the large audience win astoh'sn'
1 9,oner 'Aa' n"'N
cent .,n s,e ak further of these surprising and deep
eve phenomena We shall speak OF them as
'h.ch we're made manifest, and when were WIN
'..Ilnsion-clearly so. "hat 70 ''''nA y 49,, '"
4 lieOno Are they attributable TO constitutional
'no~ "v. of the patient: Or are they not! In our
;''y"' .k enouiry al once assumes the most solemn
pHo'' w. should be prosecuted with the utmost ar
spec" '"s he The scientific community, until 1t 10 tut
1 an' 1'4 # the theory of Phreno Magnetism is es-
se"'I :, III be at once the most wonderful DISCO
:0' VA ,,echanism of man, If not the most wonder
4 made. we KNOW uot "hos ~ th'hH
:ai 's ,b,nk il the duty Of scientific men, to en-
!" 80, ZINC il more fully to the test. Let experl
te" de mon intelligent and respectable patients,
-, tho ;nonlry be carried TO It's uttermost extent.
as in C,ncinnati is engaged IN this auoaoie pal-
4 e''' :, The example be followed here in communl-
'@1 has been and is highly excited on the sub
I'VE firmly declare that we believe tue experiments
osssed on the patient above alluded to, were con-
w. c.,,lv and honestly-what 10 think of them we
80. trcn and whether or no they establish general
,,b. IN nature, we unable TO say
A. PERFECTLY agree with the Compiler, that these ex.
mod phenomena are facts, and that there has been
~ roluslon-,hat they are wonderful discoveries anu
,tsd 10 the mos, serious notice oil scientific men,
M man tell u.s. that it is too much to believe
- tint We should have TO swallow both MesI1er-
-, and Phrenolopy, al one dose, with other logic oi
,nil.r force No such sophlsn ought to intmida'e
,or independent man from following the dictates OF
A. osn understanding. He is bound to trace out the
~. of Nature, written on the Universe by the IN
eescrbabe and unlimited power OF the all-wse DiVl'
n,y-,o bow to his dspensatons, and not presume 10
lrl, his power Because Phrenology and Mesmerism
ed light on each other, therefore to dsoei'eve
IN evidence of our senses' In tact, no" appears
,ha. Mesmerism furnishes the best key 10 unlock le
mysteries of Phrenology and TO confirm OF correct e
s5ors ofSpurzhelm and Combe. what they ona o.i'ti
psrenoloeists have been attempting 10 deduce from
orsands of cases from the moral characters oil PERSONS
ed with the peculiar organs Of their skulls, the mes
perst is about to deduce al once from Tue esmeiic
srye,opnents of a few heads Nature herself speaks
through the lips Of the MesmerZee-and really II is
odetfu to behold how accurate in many respects are
me principles Of the Psychologists, obtained as they
have been by such devious ways, through 50 much Ia
hon. and By so much logic.
So wonderful, indeed, are these Phreno mesmet,c
,aenoinena that prejudice cannot be satisfied and folly
.c,n cries out collision. 1t has been boldly insnu-
siet that Emma was taught phrenoiogy by servant
u ,, Frencl-or By Mr.. Fowler. THIS is all folly
and deuson Mr. French has no servant who knows
,b,enolopy himself Even Mr.. F. himself is not ac-
5,sD,ed wth the science. Fowler (the phrenologsO
has not, we understand, been here TO teach any one
The whole family Of Mr. Ritter expressly declare, that
Emma has had no opportunity to learn lt-has never
l-arn t-and does not know one bump from another.
In fact we hold 1t as proposition that may be truly
serrd ,ha take all the Phrenoogsis that have ever
led and written, and touch their skulls with an
o,b.rs finger as Emma's was touched, and not of
lhem could have answered with more promptltude and
correctness than tins uneducated, unintormed negro
srl None of them could have answered as she did,
immediately on combining one organ with the other
not indeed by calling them by their scientific names,
but by such gvngs out of the passions OF Nature, or
such simple definitions from her lips, as migkt have
pleased Johnson himself But why fancy any colluson'
Have mol similar phenomena been exhibited IN the
West, aud in the North, among others by Doctor
HS'>e>
political Editors in the Union, and IN Europe,
within the last two years Are not the pages CT
the Cincinnati Journal full of them: Was not Mr..
genchs boy Allen exhibiting them at the Exchange
on Sa'urday--without his knowledge--under the
hands Of another operator, at the very moment when
smother hand was drawing them out from Emma lips
:! our own house? There, too, Mr. French, though a
mss. welcome and honored spectator, had no part in
HE transaction. But enough!
A CARD.
To TIE EDITOR or TIE ENQUIRER.
Deer SIR In answer to your enquiries whether the
reports in circulation as to my grl Emma's having
been instructed in Phrenology are true or not,
have 10 say there is not particle of truth in them.
When first. heard ofthese reports, thought them too
ridiculous % notice but having since learned they were
believed BY many, | made careful enquiry Of my ia
y also of the gitl herself and the result is as above
stated | am informed, that when Intercepted by one
Of the medical gentlemen on Friday, if she had ever
heard any person speak of Phrenoogy, her answer was
she had lf,hey had made further enquiry, they would
have learned that two years since, when Mr. Her
N, the Phrenoogis, was here, Mr.. Cowling, who rec
with me- had his head examined by him. II was the
conversation which then took place, to which she had
reference. In my humble opinion, she knows just
about much of Phrenology, as | do of the geology
of the Moon Yours, VIM. RITTER.
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