Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-15
MORE MIRACLES.


MORE MIRACLES
The Acts Of the Apostles are growing to be no.
thing TO the wonders which every erran, mounte
bank in the country performs and the ancient Jug.
sler Of the Enquirer celebrates.
That Ingenious and charitable personssc gives &c
the world, in his Journal OF yesterday fresh batch
OF MesmeFic feats, declaring them 10 come from a
gentleman Of great intelligence and worth. But, a:
the sentieman's name is not given this anony NOUS
testimony rests for its value, only upon the word OF
one who will call any idio, or knave Intelligent and
respectable" when, by that means. he can trepan
him or others.
Fortunately, however, we have the t.s,her's own
staiement-a somewhat safer touehstone of the high
qualities alleged than is the estimate OF Mr.. Ri;chie,
even when at the sineeres,: TOR siaes he certain
Iy has sometimes becn-ss when he pronounced
Gan. Jackson utterly unfit to govern this country;
Or again, when he went for setting all the negroes
free; or, on:e more, when he denounced the Pro-
fclsmation; yet again, when he opposed the Sab
| Treasury.
But the new adept and his statements lie, us glance
| at them.
This Intelligent" eentlemin magne zesa little
boy Of ~ years old, who had never heard OF Ami
nal Magnetism" Now, in this oge of Newspapers
and newsmonge;ng, he must have sought long, to
find an uechn 20 unsophis,iea,ed and, moreover,
by the time tina. he had, by searching in,erroga,o
ries, ascerained the boys "greenness," the boy
would probably have known quite as much of MAJ =
neiism rs himself.
But out philosopher OF tn fid proceeds TO pu,
the youngsler TO sleep. Now, in the fist place,
we have never been able TO attach any very great
stress to the putting little boy twhi,e or black;
asleep, by keeping him still little while. As o
the latter Sort the difficulty of keeping them awake
much greater than TINT OF casting them into stun.
he. And flor the reason already advsrted tol We
should pronounce the boy Of IL years old. who
was so apathe,ic as 10 know nothing OF Animal
Magnetism, already sort Of Natural Sleepwilk.r.
But now for the eIperimen..-are they such q,
speak for the Intelligence Of him who makes
them1 They are decisive Of nothing bl, the sha,-
| owesi credulity.
| First Of all, the chap displays an utter uncon.
sciousness Of al tweaks OF his own nose, or pir-
ehes OF his cars, or kicks OF his shins bit discov
ers the acuiest sensibiity any like infection upon
the person of the magneiizr. It is mos, likely tha,
one who can't feel with his own nerves should feel
with anoiher's-should feel what another feels, but
not what he feels himself, But how are his senses
affected and not affected at the same time 2 His
sensbity displays itself by cOniortions OF his own
body. when another has piintul sensation he
feels then-but yet is issensiblel But mark the
contradiction: here. the p,rsonal sensibty OF tie
magneiizsd is destroyed: now, without any change
of process. let somebody clap his finger on this in
sensible body's own organ OF comba,iveness mot
the m1gnetizer's) and he goes to loggerheads with
| Ill ....Ih L.
in ever so low a tone, and his suspended sense,
catch the slightest whisper: or hold book before
him, and he reads, with his eyes shut! This is
admirably consistent. And why, indeed. does the
masne,izsr speak to himi wha, need OF that
when he already knows and feels every emotion
and every sensation in that others sensorium7
Afterwards, a gold Watch is held concealed be.
fore him: he tells, a, once, tina, it is gold Watch.
silver on, ia then substituted for i, and thi,
call, ga white wateh"-as il silver and silver
Watches were likely TO be unknown to a boy Of ~,
or more unknowa than god Watch
But on this Watch (which he could not see) the
boy mistakes the hour OF II for . WI en- our philo
sopher forthwith explains by tn, fac. ,ha. the same
Roman letters reversed onlyl signify the two
numbers. Blu: all this is making the youth feel
with MS own perceptions. not the magnetiz,r's. II
he latter knew the hour, the former 10 whom all
his sensations were lrlnsferrst) could no, mistake
4.
An experiment Of Reading en,uss, equally ri
dicu GUS. The magneiizsr Looks into B.b'e:
whereupon the piiieni holds gu, his hands as ia
book were in them, and there reads very slowly
what the magne;izsr had already read without DIFF
hculiy. Now, it WAS not the former, but the later
that vas reading. The sensation was his; and tths
other msrely h'vins It's tran,fe.) why did he no,
have it faithfully and exae,ly1
Afterwards toe mlgnsliz.r ,ou,h hes the KEYS of
piano, and the patient Instantly moves his 6ngers,
as plying. Very wonderful this, tia, boy should
move his fingers, when he hears some one playing
on The pianoi
But We thank.the ingenious experiments, for this
asst idea: IL has suggested to US a -, the ea.es,
the flres and the Suresi in the uor Of the reality
J Of An mal Magnetism.
| Let two pianos or ldles or flutes he taken, and
magneirzsr who can play on the instrument. Let
him then magns.izs ons who cannot pay. Then
place the mesmerizsd OF one piano, while the mes
marzsr begins TO play on the o,h,r. 1.-THE former
plays also, Animal MignsIism is true; and he can
J no., it is false, nfillibly.
| F,om the skill With which lhass experiments ME
conducted, one easily sees Whit the "inteleenee''
ofIhe Ecqure,S correspond en-, 10. Another trait dis
covers what is his morality lie is good enough TO
suggest that our en- nnsrs anil morals" are such
in refusing cre5itlo Mesmsrsn, thit W. deserve TO
have Our head come "under the aIep-dsc,pitation
being thus, in his view an abpnJln1y mild doom
/ Tor oil who do no, bsliovo in Mr. French, Amy,
Ben, and ths Editor Of the E1quir,rl
We perceive by the Star Of yesterday, that or
poles officers have feuetted on, and captured some
Of tho nscals who reeeoty robbed Mr. Putneys
Store. Some Of the plumber was found in Rum
mill tho Basin, with parcel Of srdware, VII CT
had been stolen from Richards & G rrdner. The
keepers OF the dram shop aud Two black fellows are
| IN custody.
Fye.-An old building back Of the ruins Of u q
Eagle, took fire yesterday morning and was mos .
ly consumed. The child Of eolored woman, WHO
occupied part Of the tsnsmen', about seven years
Old persisted in the flames.
iD% The Boston Post speaking Of the Clan
County Convention holden at Taunton on weJn,s
daysays:
There vas a feeling, an energy, an enthusiasm
which indicated that the democracy Of the banner
county are prepared to do their whole duty TO them
selves, their brethren, and the State"
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