Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-07-05
Correspondence Of the Jeffersonian Republican
r. T,no O6fh lS43

EaSton, June 26th, lS43.
MEssRs. ScHocn & KoLLocK-I have re-
turned to Easlon again from Boston, from
which latter place | wrote you, last week, an
account of the Bunker Hill Celebration.
now proceed 10 give you short account oil lhe
Presidents movements after the Celebration
On the evening of that day, he aud The
members of his Cabinet, attended superb
festival given them by the Mayor and Councils
of Boston, al Fanneuil Hall, the old Cradle oi
Liberty. The Hon Daniel Webster, was also
present They were all toasted, to which they
replied in an appropriate manner. :,
On Sunday. Mr.. TYLER and suite remained
in Boston. and attended divine service. Early
ON Monday morning, The 9th, they left Tor The
great manufacturing town of Lowell, TO which
ihey had been invited by number oi The cI'l-
zens (lhe town authorities having refused to
ion in The invila,ion) They were received
and entertained in The most hosplable manner
yet noticed that, as al most other places IN
his tour, lil,le no enthusiasm was mlh9'eu
with the respect shown by the people 10 iheif
! Chief Magistrate The day was excessively
hor, and on returning to Boston IN The evening
the President much overcome ana ex'
haused by heat and travel, that fears were en-.
teraned for his health. What was worse, The
| intelligence was Immediately conveyed 10 him,
that his Attorney General, Mr.. Legares was
living at the point of death in another part oil
the City. -
About o'clock on Tuesday morning, Mr..
l.. expired beIng perfectly resigned TO his late
The President continued so unwell that he
was obliged TO remain in his room all day. and
could receive no company. On Wednesday,
al ! / o'clock, he had recovered sufficiently 10
attend his friend and counsell6r's funeral. The
same afiernoon he left for Washington; his I'll
health, and proper respect for the memory OF
the deceased, forbddng him 10 continue his
pilgrimage.
For few days past our goodly Borough OF
Easton has been quite Enlightened from lis
propriely" by an experimenter IN Animal Mag
neism, who has come into our midst. lie has
put number of people TO sleep, and whilst
they were in that unconscious stale, made them
perform number Of wonderful, and almost IN
credible things. He seats the individual, whom
he wishes 10 magneiise, on chair, places
himself directly in front OF him, and by The
mere force of looking into his eyes steadily,
and crossing his own hands, puts him into a
deep sleep in about or fifteen minutes He
then lets as many persons as may desire 10 do
So come forward and satisfy themselves, by
investigation, that his subject is really asleep.
After having done this, he tells the audience,
that the magnetised individual will accompany
any of them, in Imagination, 10 any place they
NAV wish To lake him, and describe TO Them
where they are Some person then comes
forward, and calling The sleeper by his christ
ened name, says John, will you take walk
with me- to which he replies, eyes" The
person then fixes his mind upon some place
and without disclosing il 10 any one, asks
"welI, John, where are We 2" to which h.he re-
plies on the Hill, ""by the rirer," in Phil
adelphia," or wherever else the person in i'm.
, aeinaton, may have taken him. He then is
asked 10 describe the place, which he does
although he may never have seen It when
awake, with the same accuracy that waking
person on The spot would. The MagneiIseI
then says, that the sleeping individual will de-
scribe the taste Of any thing, he will pun In his
own mouth, and desires the audience TO furnish
II him with something, so that. there may be nc
deception He then goes into distant corner
of the room, behind the sleepers back and
some person gives him tobacco" "sugar,
"lemon," " bread,' or anything else, which
he puts in bis mouth He then inquiries "John
What are we eating" 10 which he answers
"bread" "Temon," or whatever il may be
Strange as this may appear, hundreds OF oul
Eas,onians are firm believers in the reality o.
it. They say The sleeping man read theil
thoughts, which, they had made known TO nc
one, and that they cannot help believing. Fol
my own part, | shall suspend my judgment fo
RI a while Yours respectfully, J. }.
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