Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-30

"a Emma, Mr.. Ritters girl, never
4 Ia ref'. a member Of Mr.. R'tters family un.li
"a m, ~ night, preceding my puolc e1"'o..," ~, ba
I Thsrsda! had heard, in conversauon, that sne
4 ra:,y n'T, h.,o,, few persons some very remark
4 t,d eIho, ., much so, to shake the incredibly
4 ,.t Phs"O" Ilrn | therefore desired to see her
4. D'co' ,,antance with MIR Ritter, or his family,
lisr'fs n,. was kind enough to VISIT HIM. ana ge'
4 lotiS' Iba, she should come TO my room, al sie
4 Ms caaS'"' hs m.smerized She came, IN company
llcdanEt Inc and found Doctors Dove, Haxa!l, ana
VIII VI ~, roam THIS the first moment ever
l Rw9'F'" her Doctor Dove, at my instance, re-
sd eyes ary;ous to show that others cond mesmef'
Cause cms IN another room, IN company win DOC
4 re- ..s,. 10 mesmerize her Dr. tiaAah 'ooN "
'' y" room Mr.. Wallaces ben' ana acco".pa"e0
nahs' lou, the passes-and so passed some ''''e
hn' " hl ;, WAS announced that Doctor Dove hao
Aver W. IN producing deep somnabuilsm. DOCTOR
sst"s' he subject and went to witness the e3Pe-
t'ia" nn MIR R,l,er's girl. The experiments were
b perfectly satisfactory, and tne community .,
''u.,on established, beyond douot Doc'of Low na'
fa'a'' III ,onb, from the minds OF Doctor hitchie,
;snore1 avail. bv his satisfactory experiments =
saa N a,,-ed the room, the experiments IN taste,
WIZ" oyar and a proposition was made 10 wake
A. "s ,L;s moment, DR.. Haxall suggested that We
hsF ~. avoarimeuts in Phreno Magnetism. was
snou'I h Doctor Dove rapport with her--she, De-
,t,, lime being isolated, and incapable OF nearing
tLarv
80! w. ,b,n IN Phreuo. Magnetism, were more bril-
any had ever seen, and was aston'shea
'A"' .I,.,sd 10 see Mesmerism ard Phrenology de'
''u -, 10 nv mind, beyond the shadow OF doubt,
%' '"..oSe of each oiher Up to the moment that
az n'sced Sy Doctor Dove en- rapport wth this suo
~" + aver that | had never touched her, nor spoken
fe,' ~,vs common sauta,ion when with Nr Cow
-, f,y, entered the room. The girl was walked
'"s'n ,,y,pc the Phreno Magnetic experiments, and
'fd hsr Inconsistencies of all that had passed
The next day the Faculty met, against my WISHES 70
rsyate Nesner;sm-For, stated To several ir'enos'
,n,, c,rn If convinced them, should sun nave 70
.,ny,oce those who had not seen for themselves
w. therefore preferred more public exhibitions MY
,;,,,on was overrued, and consented 10 the inVes
. ,oo believing that if ! could obtain Mr.. Ritter 5
>, mo human being could doubt the existence OF e.
f,,, Mesmersm or Phrenoogy without denying ms
so.es The kindness Of some person. do not a. .n''
,.s recollect whom, obtained for experiments before
,s F,cul,v this p.rl of Mr. Rtter-l myself, having
,oacouaintance with Mr.. Ritter or any member OF ms
.mly The girl was brought before the Faculty oy
,9smber of Mr.. Rtters family; and, with a wish ''
place the whole subject beyond the possibility OF co,a
.lon proposed that DIR. Dove, who had so successu
IL nosnerlsed the girl, the evening before, sn1u'o
ss,in mesmerise her, and try the experiments Inc
Fscully consented that DR.. Dove, one oil the'f own
bodv should mesn,erise the subject-he ga 3d. IN
r,lvale room, in the presence OF the con'n','ee, a
she was then brought BY hun before Tue facnity-ahu
then, 10 my surprise, the hchmoho "e"'y 'J1'
n IN, Of their Oca body try Me erperimsns-on SUP
4e, he lad magnetisrd though they were anxlously
.s,kinr TO investigate The subject OF Mesmer,sm Tue
.x,er,nenis were tried, and are before the puoiic
,rhoprh several circumstances, which tended very
much 10 dscompuse me, and thereby destroy the tx
vsrlments are omitted. The Phreno Magnetic eXpef'
m,nts we're forbid, which could not have failed 10 con
VINCE any one who would have examined them IN
sol.,t OF p!uIusophc enquiry Why:
u, Dove who had thus far aided me Kindly IN
uy xoerlmen,s promised after the adjournment OF the
Faculty 10 return that evening, and | hoped TO gel
han 10 mesmersc the subject for me II she could
Re had My own effort, TO obtain her Tor pubic ex
Lb,,on were unavailing and finally succeeded only
through the agency of two Of your most respectable c
,7snS, to whom beg leave 10 tender my thanks
saw nothing Of DR.. Dove, whom expected TO mes
merse the subject for me, up to the time oil my lecture
when that over, note was handed me from MN
excusing himself professional business lhet
sen, for the girl, 10 mesmerse her myself, and wa:
mucn rra,fied TO learn that DR.. r. was kindly saving
me the trouble This gentleman was among the mos
shep,cal / met with my first visit to Richmond
lod had never heard of his having exercised the
power-Emtna, MIR Ritter girl, was brought IN mes
lnsscd aud the experiments proceeded as reported II
the Compiler and Enquirer. Mr.. Wallace mesmerlset
Ben and brought him in III truth the idea oil collu
son IS precuded from the fact that | mesmerse mel
,her Of the subjects the night OF the public exh'o
lon-and before the Faculty 1t is precluied, because
the subject there mesmerlsed by member o
Their body and up to this time OF writing, have
nryer mesmerised the girl who exhibited these won
te,inl phenomena. There are circumstances connect
ed with this subject, which satisfy me, that no proc
would lie deemed satisfactory, by those who have ar
tayed themselves against it, some OF whom calling Il
Their nd riucu!e and prejudice, instead OF reason
contend that the Phreno. Magnetic experiments can ca
.iy be produced By collision. This charge believe
Is made merely to m,sead those who do not think TOT
lemseves-If not 50, then let Us test Their sincerity
/ wi! wager one thousand dollars, that no member OF
tie Richmond Faculty, nor any Editor in Richmond,
nor even the te negro boy, who, report says has
taught phrenology in half hour, If he shall be
deemed apt, IN one week be taught TO re
syond Internationally to the touch of his organs as
did this grl Of Mr. Ritters lie shall be blindolded
securely placed rapport with some dis'nterested per-
SON. and discriminate between the touch OF different
persons did this girl, obeying, at all times, only The
touch OF the person. This wager shall he open
for acceptance Tor two days after s publication, and
The experiments shall be conducted by the same gen
titmen who superintended at the public exhibition on
Friday night, who shall have the exclusive power oil
testing they shall think proper, whether or no the
sam. experiments can be produced by any method oil
teaching. With regard 10 community of sensation,
vii wager one hundred dollars, the money in each
10 be deposited with the committee, that mes
ne;zed subject blindfolded at distance Of, say SIX
evi, "!! BE- able TO tell, with more accuracy, what his
az her the person rapport with hIIn OF
her dong, what he may be eating or drinking and
whether he she IS eating or drinking at all
the experiments being conducted with the utmost
silence, than will any member Of the Faculty, or any
Editor bhndolded, and tried precisely in the came
way, that the nesmerized subject shall be-or, viii
fifty dollars, that If any member Of the Faculty
of Editor be placed en- rapport with mesmerzed sub
Jet, and remaining so, take dose of pccac or tartar
emeuc, il produces the effect on the mesmer
7ed subject that it does the person taking it
Fifty dollars thst by mesmerzing subject, can
make the pulse of that subject harmonic with my
own, though very different before mesmerzation, as
did the pulse of Mr.. Rtter's GIRL when mesmerized by
Doctor Dove before the Faculty, and that member o
the Faculty can another member, produce the same
effect withou, stimulan,s, depess the pulse of the
subject # it shall be higher than my own or his own
as viii by mesmersm-and Fifty dollars more, that 4
mesmerzed subject, securely blindtolded, will chew
when do, and swallow when do, more in harmony
with me- at distance of six feet than will OF the
Faculty, any other person placed at the same dis
lance, and securely blindiolded
These propositions made, not through any dis
position 10 notorety, but as earnest OF my sin
cerv, and because do not believe those sincere, who
say that nerimpnts copdncfed No mine haze hos