Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-09-23

10 so I",' =, the Exchange, not to speak OF those
.,s puoe' ,srtne so many sceptics, and producing
III tNr.R s.ass;ons Will give you an instance
,,.h deep ,aP s compiler Judge Tucker, standing
nm G'hs5nd. TO the right OF The patent, LOOK 'io'
,,Casy We rocket piece of tobacco, held u IN ms
ssisico'' ND ,nssed j; over the patients head 10
,fntAeo n.' ho stood on her left. Mr.. French took
4 n. tte"e"' or even noise ot motion ana, win
1 pfA'" "A from the patient, some oil the Couuht'
4 .'sre 'ot". them. he put the tobacco IN his
! ne aeuE osantly the patient made a WY race as
noa'9' n,sbinr very offensive to the TASTE was ~
ia'ps",,I and answer TO 9ues.'on sa'S ."a. IS
i sH mo"" This was the most complete head'hs Q,
IS: ie'a'" e ,bs branch of the experiments ana
he "'os .omm,,,ee to stand aghast. Inc same
4 2ueo 80 ..couphinr three tunes IN unison WIN
i IN s'"'s and initiating HIM IN all hrs acts oi open
/ NJ tF". n.y.. and swallowing" AT Mr. H. 8, vinegar
\ 10. "s ~ 70 DR. r.; and, though II mao oeeh pro,
vs. Ioud 10 be wine, she SAID II was V'"ega' a"u
| ''At3sr wes visible through nsf VIZ
! 'sHeD. drinking vinegar herself. oeiy Tue "no'e
% were phvsicans 10 tell much, and as accurate
to'fet " n;nforned female told nstantaneousiy-
4 - Is I M, even rutSS, by any possibility, ohen
lSe' 1900 smel,, felt, &c.-much less 'chdt they
Nf! smeh &c-and this, too, without the posi-
''e'' n, slightest collus'on-ior, these substances
hiy VI 'sd a, random as it pleased the Judgment OF
] ve'e aPP."tI committee with her eyes completely
! s ftsP'I miph, quote some strong conhrmatory
] andaseu. n Tuesday S Compiler, which devoies more
7assas .l,uus 10 a bold and luminous Statement
in'n wv of Friday nghin which the Edit
"e ndonb,,nr evidence TO the truth OF the rhe-
"' I'm, mus, content myself with c,ting Inc
| @i,wior manly and sensible views OF wednesday
| Compiler NJ. p.,,;rors American one Of the
.n,sm,nly, ludicious, liberal and able public
,s m this or any country, IN notice OF iate events
N this city, remaf"s ;,,a,, ,,. .,o facts e,o,h
nprT n
10 a, hs who in the subject may choose
80 The impo>ture u chaaians have done nuch,
"a the rin..ess of aiiona examnaon-sinoe ma
nclulr, trou character Of some OF the lecturers
ntrs The whole thing must be deas,on, snen a.
oh ,,h 10 take IL But Of late scientific gentle
,led their tention 10 the subject Oh actual resu l.
n,d br experiment We know not murh-enonsii however
me belief tina, ricnle such sibJsc! Is out oi place
This - the right view-the view OF the matter
.,rb every intelligent mind should approve. We
ge seen actual results enough 10 all US with aston'sh
, md admiration enough 10 prove 10 US, too, iha
teue on the subject is out OF place, decidedly Inc
,,s., actor that ever breahed could not have ac'eC
;, id the patient whom we saw IL is idie 70 say
M, she was playing part already arranged-the
r,;.,r Of her mode of expression, if nothing else
..,,es that the conjecture is idle. j; was impulse
: impulse produced by touching the springs OF Ma
,ute-no acting could exhibit such truth ana sncn
.adden transitions, from passion TO passion, WIN
sch freedom from effort, with such na.nrai grace
ufs S,ddons herself could act like the Iiierate
lie repor, that she understood phrenology we hoid "
nroposition that may be truly asserted, that, take
N he Psychologists that have ever studied and written,
ana ,onca their skulls with another hnger as Emma
,, touched and not of them could have answered
c,h more promptitude and correctness, than this I'M
.inca,ed uniformed negro girl None OF them could
,,vsanswersd as she dld, immediately on combining one
,sn with the o,her-not, indeed, by calling them by
,bq sclenl ic names, but by such gvngs out OF the
MISSIONS Of Nature such simple definitions from her
jo,. as might have pleased Johnson himself.
with regard 10 the sophsms that the science OF
Nesmerism il. established would endanger society
that II would encroach upon the attributes OF Deity
ma, il would make man machine to be played upon,
Az We cav also with the Enquirer, NO such sophsm
en,ht 10 irtim date any Independent man from follow
n. The dictates a. his own understanding lie is bnnnd
,irace out the laws Of Nature written on the Unit
verse BY the indescrbable and unlimited power OF the
all wise Diyniiy-to bow to his dispensatons and not
presume TO limit his power.
Then lei us this matter fairly and fully, and see
loss FAR i, may be established as general law. If it
he ue itmust form part Of those Divine Laws which
rs our Duty to S;ndy.'
DO we not hear of successful experiments being
made in various parts of Virginia Ia Charlotte,
lea; from the best authority that gentleman, with
cue sf arm mesmerized girl, who initiated his
every motion, even the stiffness OF his arm Clowns.
bend narrates analogous cases)-ln Amelia, the Won
-rs Of this science have been deveoped-and, in Will
!i.r>hurg, Doctor John Semple, by Nesmeric pro-
cess has been relieved from long standing complaint
Have the Physicians examined with care the high
authorities arrayed on the side of Mesmerism' Hear
wat Dr. Dungson "a man who stands high IN his
p,liesson( saws in bis Human Physiology
animal Magnetism would seem to be capable Of
inducing peculiar kind Of somnambusm, in which
a-w faculties appear 10 be acquired and intellectual
opraicus to be executed, which of the most asto
aislne character" And in another connection, evil
ienly without intending that It should give any force
this subject he expresses the opinion, that III pro-
poNi1n as The nervous system is developed, amongst
snnas intelligence is increased or becomes more and
more predominant until in man, it is so ascendant as
10 appea, 10 be the main regulator of the functions
4 committee of nine, selected by the citizens of De-
tot 10 scrutnze The experiments Of Mr. De Bonneville,
have JUS, published long report in favor of this sci
ence and give some remarkable experiments performed
their presence such the extracting Of tooth with
ut pain. Nc. In lSl7 the Prussian Government, by
ordnance, prohibited the practice of animal magne
Ism TO all but licensed physicians. And the Academy
Q; Berlin, IN isis, proposed prize on this subject
10 the present state Of information, when even Gu
ser, Laplace, Brousham the Society for the Diffusion
oi Useful knowledge, E!liotson, DIR. Philip CHAMPION
G! Dabiin Townshend, Dunglison, Mitchell, &c, Nc,
are lending the weight Of their names, is 1t for small
minority oi the Physicians of Richmond, who have
not even gwen themselves u fair opportunity; who
haze not witnessed any of those brilliant experiments
which have been by hundreds of their fellow.
ciizenss II for them, upon two hasty examinations,
made under advantageous circumstances on two
Gays, to make up their own opinions anhortatively-
much less 10 arrest the progress Of discovery, by
neng'e and most unsatisfactory Report,
Hear, too, what testimony is borne by one OF Eng
'Hcs most gifted sons
"Tremom House, Boston, Jan. q, 1c42.
DEAR Sr:-lf possibly arrange IT, shall
'e much interested in seeing your cases, when you
come 10 Boston have hesitation in saying, that
have closely watched DR.. Elliotsons experiments
iiom The iirst-that he 10 one Of my most intimate
aud valued irends-that | have the utmost reliance
on his honor, character and ability, and would trust
NV life in his hands at any time-and that, alter
"aa have seen with my own senses, should be
untrue both to him and mysnlf, if ! shrunk for
moment from saying that | am believer, and thai,
| became so against all my preconceived opinions
and impressions. faithfully, yours,
"CHARLES DICKENS"
appeal n the senses and the sound judgment OF
men Of all classes, who, without the anatomical and
medical knowledge Of the Faculty, it is true, have
lever preconceved ideas and prejrdces TO bias their
Judgments In this country they are All enlightened
and highly respectable class of men, aud freer from
Wrludices than physicians of other countries-but