Litchfield enquirer., 1843-06-01
ANTuAI. MAGNETISM.

that there is something in Mesmerism, beyond | all dispute. Mrs. Davis, of Eddington, has suffered for some time with tumor m the right shoulder, and was advised by her phy- sician to have it removed. While thinking upon the subject she heard of Animal Mag netism and came into the city several days since to have it's effect tried upon her. MT. w. E. Small, of this city, who has recently 1 been practising magnetism among his friends and found to be successful manetiser, was called upon and succeeded in mesmeriZing or in putting her into the magnetic sleep.- l This was repeated several times within few days when the physician and several friends met for the purpose of removing the tumor l by surgical operation. The excitement of the preparation, Mrs. Davis remarked, was so great that she doubted whether MT. Small would be able to mesmeriZe her sufficiently for enduring the operation. MT. Small con- menced magnetising her and in eleven min- utes she fell asleep, and the operation was continued as much longer, when the surgeon, Dr.. George B. Rich, made an incision in the shoulder over the tumor, of about two inches in length and inserted hook into the tumor, which was about half the size of hens egg, and dissected it out and dressed the wound. During the operation Mrs. Da- wis manifested some slight uneasiness, like
 
 slight spasms in the opposite arm. On being taken out of the sleep she was told that they had not been able to extract her tumor, to | which she replied that she had feared that they would not as she was so much excited about it. She was at length apprised of the result, of which she was previously quite un- conscious, and the only sensation of which she was in any way conscious was that of being asleep and wishing to wake up but not being able. Nor had she suffered any pain up 10 last evening. We have this state- ment, substantially, from those who were present; and the parties are of the highest responsibility and who have no motive for an erroneous statemcnt.-Bangor Whig. THE COMET STRUCK THE SUN !-Sears c. Walker, Esq, of the Philadelphia Observa. tory, has communicated to Mir. Chandler's Gazette a series of observations which he made upon the late Comet, and which have occupied him eight or ten hours day since the llth of March. Mir. Walker has been assisted by Messrs. Kendall and Downs.- MT. w. concludes that the late Comet did, on the 27th of February last, strike the Sun and rebound! Tfthese calculations prove cor rect, this must be considered the most re- markable circumstance in the annals of as- tronomy. Wa have time and room only for the concluding passages of their communi- cation:
 "Mr. Walker states that "Enckes comet is gradually winding itselfup, and must some time or other experience the fate of this CO., met of lS4:'. That is to say, it must actu- ally come in contact with the atmosphere or permanent portions of the body of the sum- It has already been matter of speculation with astronomers when this event shall oc- cur, (howcver remote) what will be the fate of the comet Twill i: join the mass of the sun-a drop in the ocean-or will it rebound and glance off in another orbit, an hyperbo- Ia, for instance, and never return! Now that which is destined some day to be the fa:e of Encke's comet, seems actually to have oc- cured with the recent comet. It appears 10 have come in contact with the pernt nt nt portion of the atmosphere of the sun, and to have been so much resisted in it's course as to pass off in path which, prolonged back wards, enters the Sun It may have been before parabola or an eclipse, and it may have been the comet of 1868 or l6S9, or both. and in this case something like a shock or rebound, must have occurred at this perihe- lion passage, which has changed the orbit into hyperbola, passing through the Sun. Whenever shock of two bodies takes place of which one is considered as fixed, the sub. | wards, passes through the first. We repeat it, that we offer these views of the subject as suggestions merely, and hope that others will be more fortunate in arriving at a posi-. tive certainty. The perturbations have not been computed. It is hardly possible that they can have produced this alteration ofthe orbit. If such an alteration has actually ta- ken place, the powerful resistance of me- dium near the sun-Or actual contact with the suns atmosphere can alone account for it.'
 The Liberty Party" held their State Convention at Hartford last week. and nom. mated State Officers for the ensuing year. That modest and unassuming gentleman, s. M. Booth, seems to have constituted a 1 great portion of the embodiment of these modern sons of liberty. We find the Con- vention was called to order by s. M. Booth temporary Secretary,S. M. Booth;-stand- ing Secretary, s. M Booth ;-Business Con- mlttee, s. M Booth ;-Finance Committee, s. M. Booth ;-Report of Finance Commit. tee, by s. M. Booth ;-Delegate to the Lib- M. Booth ;-Address on the carrying the Liberty principles into the To,on Eelections, by s. M. Booth ;-and the proceedings are made up and signed by s. M. Booth. In fact, s. M. Booth seems to be the factotum of the whole concern, and no doubt Liberty, or at least the Liberty Party will die with him. Herald.
 ALARMING FLooD.-The Vicksburg Senti- | nel of May 5th says