New-York daily tribune., 1844-12-06

London papers by the Britannia state that Miss
/ Martineau .,he wellknown authorese, has been
\ highly benefited of late By mesnerisn. / have
been told OF letter from her to a friend in this
country, in which she abundanay confirms the
report. She had been given over by her physi-
cisns, who told her that medicine could afford
ber no relief. She had been confined for many
| months to her chamber, which, as she says. sac
never expected 10 quit, unless in he. cofho."
She had been unable during that Time 10 procure
cyen an hours sleep, excep. through the aid OF
/ lauasnuni. The consequence was. that both her
neRtsl and physical powers were fest yielding
10 4 painful, and, as IT was believed, utterly IN
durable disease. Al length IL occurred TO her to
| iry meslnsrism, The experiment was mate, and
ii was successful Although not thrown by IT
| into the stale of trance OF which We hear such
| wonders, gentle and refreshing sleep was III.
duce1. which lasted twelve hours. On It's ter.
mip alton her physician declared that such had
| been the change in her whole nereoua system
| that they yentured 10 entertain hopes OF cure.
TIE me.meric process was continued at various
intervals; and now the Glstlns ulshed patent has
so far recovered that, from ro bang able to walk
across her room, she can, ii her own language,
(. walk three miles at O time with relish"
cannot be thankful enough" che says, "Jor
such rssurrection." Miss Martineau, as all
who know her will admit is not person of
fanciful or imaginative temperament. Her case
will probably induce many TO regard with more
respect and attention science, the believers III
which, although Cuvier and La Place may be
found among the number, ere often cIassed with
Mormons, Nliilerites, and othe, fanatics. The
following intimatlon, from the London Literary
Gazette, of the present condition OF this science
IN London, is perfectly applicable at thus moment
to New.York: "Mesmerism, which has rapidly
assumed vigorous vitality, and the reality and
utility of which have, despite the shallow wit of
unphiIosophicaI critics, been maintained by
number of cautious and practical men, is for the
moment retarded in its progress by public ezh,J
itiOn Of its often paintul phenomena; and bur-
ried, on the other hand, to a maturity that has
no real foundation by enthusiastic followers,
whose inteiiects have apparently never been
trained to the severity ofscicntihc investigation
Tais is e brief but sensible view of The whole
matter. n. Y Cor. Nat. Intel.
A COMPRESSED View OF ScANDlsAviAN Ny
TKoLoGY ALL nations have sought, by means Of
my ythoogy, to explain the origin and govern
ment of the world, the destiny Of man IN this
life, and his state after death. The belief and
ideas entertained by the early Scandinavians on
these points may be found detailed in an ancient
work entitled the EdGa. According to that
work, there was in the beginning of time, neither
earth, ocean nor sky, but ono hugh gulf, called
GinnuDgagap. On the one side Of the gull lay
Niihem, a region Of frost and cold; on the other
Muspeshem, where Surtur reigns, the region OF
FIRE and light. When the vapors from Nlflhem
met the rays from Muspelshcm, they obtained
life and became great giant, called Ymer.-
This giant was evil, as were all his descendants,
who were called Rimtussar. But the three Gods,
Odin, Vlls and Ve killed Ymer; in whose blood
all the Rmtassar were drowned save Bcrge- |
mer, who with his wife saved himself in a b)at,
and continued the race Of the Rimtussar.-
Ymer's body was carried by the Gods into Gen.
nungagap, and of it they made the earth. The
blood was tarned into sea and lakes, the bones
became mountains, the hair grew into forests,
the beard into grass and the teeth became stones
The skull was raised above the Garth, and became
the armament. dwarf was placed under each
corner, called East, West, South and NORTH
The Gods then took sparks from Muspclshem,
and placed them as stars In the sky. In the Gen.
tire of the earth they raised strong castle made
of Ymer's eyebrows. This castle was called |!
Midgard, and there the Gods resided; but the
giants were permitted to dwell without on the
sea-coasts. The Gods once found on the shore
the trunks of two dead trees. OF these they
formed the first human beings, AK and Embla,
from whom the human race have since descend |
ed; and they dwct with the Gods in Midgard.
Andeos Fryxell's History of Sweden.
LABOR AND ITS REwARp.-Thomas Hood, in
b;s Naoa,;,e for Novemhpr fal,es occa sion I'm