Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-27
DELUSlON

| DELOSlON.
we are told ofthe author Of ii, "An.lo,vu
"'nop Butter, that being seen enc day in p,of,nnd
"eiHa'ion, and requested TO deveope the subi.,,
VI hs thoughts, he said, q" was considerisS vLeb.,
- 'nu'S'dua 60 mad, whole nitioas do not also 90
"'-u' Inc conclusion at which TN q gifted philoso
phcf arrived, has unfortunately been los, 10 po.,er
", OUT 'here are many instances Of popular inf,tu
auon on record, which 20 far bsyond III. Iun,c;..
Of bedem itself We have seen oil Euros. b,;,,I;r,
with iances and shaking with the ,r.nn Of the red
cross warrior. Why this extraordinary exci,.,o.n,
An absurd and visionary idea Of re,,u;cy tho coo.
seefated shrine from tie hand Of the Mo,Ieno III.
Punes OF ehivlty faded ard Tine broke III. spelI
o' bauye love and war, romance and knizb,lv
WORTH odt the Crusades we're succeeded bv soo,s
o,3er phah'asy, every Viii: as Wild and chiae,;.
England has been favor.e theatre f,, H..
csc o. deusion and one time il would ero thu,
'he arch hend, in 7ropria psrsoaI, had taken i, un.
osf his exclusive dominion ID .ernbod,.d soi,i,s
walked The earth, and frighuul appari,ion. were
seen on every hand. The Cock Lave Gbo,, for
"h'e TERMED the metropolis, until some individual
less superstitious than the mass, exposed the IN,
Io'i'lon' In I'LL, the South Sea Bubble lks n
o'he'ul star, arose. IL held out inducements IN,
i"meu'a'e wealth, and was the Open Sesame 10
te'su'y OF gold more plenieous and abundsn, than
wu' wren "as un!oded to the astonshed gaze Of
AL o'oa IN The Arabiln Tale. But this soon or
plodsd, having involved Thousands in a tuinon,
speculation. 'D'''u'
10 say nothing OF the trsnsmuta,ion OF the me-
'e,' Inc search o: the Rosicrucians ae- the EI,Y;
~ immortality. the tulip mania OF Holland or the
u uminatism OF Germany, let US turn ~ o,r 60
country. Here, the Tage for building lo,, tLc C;,J
WINS humbug, and the Morus Mu.ticauI,s n,,s
GIo'e Us with the rapidity of phanissms go,ia-
10y species OF char!aianry, that ingenuity could
oeVSe or rascaiiiy execute, has been nBt N reo,,;
siNon 10 supply the psbI.sm for q blind creduiitv
anl now that invention is well nigh exb,us,e1
hesneiisn, revised and corrected has been broushi
arr as y new vo ume IN the CHAPTER Of man -
"A theoTy IS set forth, based mon ern,rirn,.,
which assets that by a process of nosn,nnis,,o'
ana wa, person may be thrown into n .ethsrsv.
IN which pleasing condition he see, with his rhio
dlsoo1rses eloquent music" describes the appear
.nce oil a chamber which he has never ,n,s,od ,na
IN fine "exhibiis the contortions Of the LIZ ~
her Inspiration" Independent Of thss. .t,r,Ii,g
Phenomena there Is a complete prostra,ion of ths
nervous system and q total inseusibility to main.
which latter fsci is conclusiyeIv ds-,o, $3.50 49,
the subjects submitting without huron, - ,b,
pheNins CT prs pinching, the knife Of The Surs.oo
auu various otheT experiments OF a similar nature
Nh'eh, % person in natural slste, are decidedly
700 eliminating 10 be agreeable.
Lot Us look for moment. bow,,., n, ,his ,,,.
mere slumber The subjecr, Of er answerioo The
MashetssF tfat he is asleep "a fact bv the Wv
without parallel in the annals OF soo,nol.rry,i
800 ~ tne loueh oil any one not rapport. How
" : 'haI Tue SUBJECT evinces symptoms Of pain Z,
mere touch, and yet bears nmputation Ike s,o;c
IS as great paradox ever puzz ed the n,sll,ct ~
man. he votary Of the science tells us !, /, ovrs
me Of the patient, and envelops vi al
5 ne cam OF explain IN beuIldeTing mysticism-
SHADE OF the departed Me.mer a,is, -
c very slarins Inconsistency presents itself in
n the Community Of Sensation" The me,me, n !.
r tastes, feels smells, f!nki through the mes.
mer-er. when tie latter drinks the formers
organs CT swallowing dilate If he puts in.
70 LIS T"oath pepper, the subject feels a burr.
{ us sSns4lon. Suppose the operator is in
> .he h1ot OIL chewing tobacco, which in this case
oil course agreeable 10 him, why is the subject
Y dFsusted Strange indeed. TIE eeinss nj ly,,b
are identea, and yet we have the Anomaly disnlzv
60 oil one deriving satisfaction and the o.her nausea
! rom the same substance. very convenient ar.
ransemenI IS eitorded by this COMMUNITY. " thst
the food necessary fsr one is capebl. of s1I,,i;
Two individuals; an improvement in Political Erono.
$ my which Say and Ricardo would hav. rsear5.t =,
E utopian, and The like OF which Malthus or Ovsr
Of e'ea'h
fora decisive overthrow OF this Giraffe brrnL,,
we nave only iorefer TO the report Of the Pb
Inc writer OF this article was presen, at the eTnsr;
, mems on Mr. Pepper. ct MIR French's room. and
c was satished az tie Tins OF the perfect usnt ~
j evdenee 20 sustain mesmeri,m. MIR Frenrb an
nounee5, after putting Pepper 10 sleep ara r,c;",
r Lim ~ communication WIKI DR. Haxail. Ina, n,
k would converse with no other person than the n,
ou r'sh' IN The face Of this as.ertion PEPPER an
n sWer, readily the questions Of Or C,bel' "'
= Ater aIl, MIR Editor, this nesmsric fever bss No
heen wholly without us good results. /, has de
mons'faied the Possibility Of gulling the vene,obI,
n EiIor OF the Enquter, ios whom ii would rsmorl
C tn passsHtl entertain the highest regard VIVA
. could be moro irresistby lucicrous IN N IN -
IS gentleman ct the hoax, crying Gu, with an the Ger
= vor Of disnterestei enthusiasm and with an lmnst',
r, osty ne was unable to psrar, Throw ON I,,I
b 'to 81 ne Mud, these experiments are 50 ysrv ,x
" haustns'' We might be almost inclined 10 blsn,
the young men who carried nm the the,,ri.sIs Az
= We not have the authority OF Alexander Pono' en-.
n 20 SEQ by The younger Nix Weller, lha, "Wo,eve,
% u, IS night, as tbs young nob'emln svcstiv
oSe'E,l ven 'ney put him on the pension list, col
L his vie's uncles mohcr's grandfather vonca he, 49,
o kings pipe With portable Under box +.
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