The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-25

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| 'Where II JOINS the spinal marrow 'Yes.' sWhat
occasioned itP j fell from the great beam In the
barn. HIS mother here asked him, why did you
not tell us beiorea feared you would not let me
play there Can Er. A. cure YOU > No, lWhy
not" He don't know any thing about it, very de
cidedly.) Can Dr. CT NO. sWhyp .NHe don't
understand it, 'Will the medicine you now use do
| you good mo- sOf what is it composed eTher.
is urpentiBe in it - Does the doctor give it 10 YOU
for tape wermi yes Have you anysr mo,
w ould you like to walk Yes Well, walk
He arose promptly, stepped between the chairs and
said, well sir, where shall go" From the wall
to the door and back This he did, avoiding every
obstruction, and at my direction returned and sat
again with his father now, without notice to any
one placed my fingers the organ of Benevoence,
thinking at the moment it performed the office Of
Veneration, and said, Would you like to pray9-
With some ghtness he said mo- Some questions
were asked by his mother and myself, about the BIZ
bic, &c, but no generation appeared. then recol-
ected the true Office OF the organ, and said have
you any thing in your pocket? He took out knife.
Give it to me for my tile boy which he did
promptly. | removed my hand. Have you any
Thing else" Il have pencil will you give me
that for my other boy" 1T has no head Never
mind, give it, won't youp Il should like to- -
Well, but you will" Il couldn't come it, with Pc
head of the pencil is. where is it, Henry well,
sir in the parlor.' whereof 'On the window
Azubah Why, picked it up and put it there to-
day (tie certainly did not know ths) then said,
the paror in the dark and took the pencil case head
from the window, to the very great surprise Of us
all. Indeed we were all so astonished that it seem
ed dream during these and subsequent proceedings.
He spoke with promptness, boldness and propriey,
in advance of his years, and beyond himself in hi,
natural state and perfectly evident that he
was in somnambuc state, that no sceptc, verify
believe ceuM have doubted. ...tl Intult u3 qilg14
AT my request, he returned to his seat. touched
benevolence and instantly he handed me the pencil
case tEoryn Yes cir hen
and without any willing and with feeling Of Gu
rosty to and test the matter, touched reverence
His countenance at once assumed sonened and So
Tenn aspect. Henry, would you like to prayl"--
'"Yes, sir'' ," You may" He then commenced pray
ing naudibly. "You may pray aloud" He then
prayed in low, audible voice. On touching tune
he sung tune, though not in the habit of singing
On touching combaveness and destructiveness, he
raised his clenched fist to strike me. He was gno-
rant of phrenology, and also of my intention to touch
any particular organ; nor did in any will the
activity Of the organ | took out my watch,
and holding the dial towards myself, and above the
line of his vision his eyes being closed and his head
bowed forward, and my hand also between him and
the watch. Henry, what time is it"' Eight
O'clock sir'-whch exactly the time by the
watch, though by the clock in the room it fifteen
minutes faster. Henry, how leng ought you to
sleep'" "Weil, sir must sleep two hours and five
minutes" "Wl you then awake;" Eyes, sir
every well F" This did for the purpose of testing
his knowledge Of time, aed by Townsend, all
English clergyman whose work on this subject !
had read.
| then said, ssWill you go with me to Mr. Hall's;n
eyes" swell now we are there; now we are in the
paror; who are here 7" "Nlr and Mrs Hall, Mr.
and Mrs. Bardwe." "Who ese!" he did not
give their names, but intimated that they sran-
gers. He described the and the position OF
things, all Of which found correct going to the
house shortly after. These persons were in tho
habit Of being there in the evening, but company ha-
wing come in they were all together at that moment
AS this in his town, did not deem it proof,
and SO said, ''Will you go to Batavia ~ "Yes."--
SNOW we are there-now are at my house-now
will go into my room-what do you sees {"
large table covered with black cloth, and with
books and papers scattered over it." GLOW large
it ~ alt is about FIVE feet long" GLOW many
book cas- % "Three sir" "What sort of stove !"
He could not describe this, for it queer thing
not to- be easily described. Nor did press HIM,
for all his answers had been correct, and sui-
cienuy astonished, for he had seen my study,
and no other minister sure, has such table @
feet by l2) or left it in such confusion mine
at that 'ment.
| may here say, that during the whole period of
his sleep he could hear the ques tons Of others put to
him, and would answer them, if were willing but
if wied otherwise, 'r forbade him TO speak, a. |
often did, he then would answer one but myself,
father or mother; could he hear their
conversation with me nor with each other.
! now left him for an hour, and went back TO Mr..
Halls, giving him leave TO only with his IA
Their. On my return, | found him in the same state.
he utterly refused TO speak to any but his father,
and told him he should not have another fit till the
following Sabbath (this was Monday EVENING" which
proved true; but when that day came he had several
At nine o'clock and three minutes, holding my
watch before, and standing eight nine feet from
him, asked the time. He gave o'clock and five
minutes. Look sharp said |. Oh three minutes
said he. We were curious to see if he would
awake himself AT the two hours and five minutes
and the clock in the room reached that time he
did not awake, | said, Henry did you mean by ny
watch or by the clock " BY your watch, sir Very
WELL At the exact moment he opened his eyes and
looked around and that without any act willing OF
mine; aud what was very affecting and convincing,
he could no longer speak al all and was Unconscious
of all that he had said or done.
have said that he had return of fits till the next
Sabbath. One day after that Sabbath, he came in to
has mother much agtated and apparently going into
fit and making the passes, he solicited his mother
to do it, who merely 10 pacfy him, pass ed her fn-
gers him, and he fell into mesmeric sleep,
and escaped the fit. After this he was so highly
charged by his sister, that when she in the
room in the closet he would instantly taste any thing
she tasted, eat what she ate, Sc. ..f... ...
In ten days returned and tnagnetised him again.
and went through several of the above experiments
He always while in the mesmeric state, declared
that it benefited him, relieved all pain, and would
cure linn
After | left, at my suggestion he was daily mag
netsed his fits left him, his voice returned the sore
spots on his head and back were removed, and be
covered rapidly TIL the family could no longer
merisc him A man in the village found, who
could and daily did, till he appeared entirely wel---
On emitting II be had ht or two and IL was re-
sumed and when last saw The father, he informed
me that they considered the child cured.
| may add, | have since cured toothache greatly
relieved tic doloreux ard removed other pains aud
swellings, as well as headache. / am not however,
full believer in all which is affirmed of claryoy-
ance-w what see and know believe. Ia respect TO
many well authenticated facts, | neither affirm
deny. That there many cases of gross dece pton
and imposition fully believe On such subject, IT
can hardly be otherwise. This, however, IS rea-
son why men Of character and intelligence should
investigate it, rather than otherwise. But il is de-
cepton.' Well, then, let us expose II by fair trial
But it is the work Of the DEVIL How do you know
What is the evidence What harm has il done
Oh bad men have used il for bad ends y And what is
there in the world that has not been usedl Ii it is
the work Of the devil then are not to be ignorant