Washington telegraph., 1844-11-06
siESMERISM.


ing, to satisfy himself Of ihe whole truth Of
Mcsmerism. We are now full convert
And our only wonder now il. that we have
been SO unreasonable fool SO long The
article is from the scientific pen Of Mr..
Cist, editor of the Cincinnati Advertiser.
He says:-AH. Eagle.
In common with numbers around me,
have seen something and heard a great
deal more on tho subjects Of Animal Mag
netism, Neurology, &C., and without fully
committing myself on the subject am
strongly inclined to avow myselfa believer
in the realities Of this science.
Ii is objected to by many who are not
willing to be guided or governed by the
evidence Of their senses, that the preten-
sions Of these things to the name Of science,
are SO supremely ridiculous, SO inconsistent
with common sense, and the known laws
which direct all science, as to defy serious
argument or belief. 1t is to this class of
people ! wish to address myself and fur
nish description of evidence which can
be attested BY thousands of intelligence and
veracity.
In the State Of Pennsylvania, and to the
extent in which her emigrants may be found
ascertained fact and practice, founded on
The great principle Of sympathy, corrcspon-
dencc or magnetism which runs through
ali nature. Some of these are remarkable
enough, when we compare them with the
kindred subjects Of neurology and animal
magnetism.
Ifa farmer there has the misfortune to
cut his leg, or foot. &c, in chopping wood,
the axe is brought home, well creased. ban
daged and hung up in the chimney corner.
Twice day it is dressed with hogs fat,
and after a suitable time, of which the
neighbors Judge BY the appearance Of the
axe, the man is discharged cured, and pro-
nounced fit to 60 to work again. So in the
case Of treading on a nail. The nail is
carefully drawn, creased, and hung by
string up the chimney, examined from day
70 day, and after certain changes take place
in the surface, the cure is perfected, and
the man goes to work as usual. What
does this establish, if ii did not prove the
power Of sympathy between the axe or
nail, as the case may be, and the wound
They suffer together and heal at the same
time.
If a person burns or scahs himself the
pcatedly upon the injured part. The heat
il Withdrawn by the operator and brcathed
into the open air The process of cure
has been witnessed By hundreds living in
this city. 70 say nothing Of the vast num-
bers III Pennsylvania, who are constantly
familiar with it.
Sometimes blood flows inordiBately from
the nose, by cutting an artery, bursting
blood vessels, or any other case which de-
iies the skill Of regular physicians. In all
such cases a messenger is despatched to
some individual in the ncighborhood who
has the gift Of stopping blood. No odds If
the operator has never seen or heard ofthe
sufferer, all he needs is his name and place
ofrcsidence, and the discharge is sinstantane-
oasly arrested in manner as striking and
certain as it is mysterious
1t is useless to dispute the fact. II Is as
well attested as any Circumstance in labo-
ratories Of science, or courts of Justice
You need 20 no further than Carthage,
Hamilton co., TO test its efficacy. have
friend in that neighborhood, who in this
manner can stop any discharge Of blood
however violent.
l shall say nothing Of the power of the
diyining rod, in hunting for water, minerals,
&c. How does i happen that Iy ifs agen-
cy, not merely can water be found-lor
water may be found without-but of
quality superior to any around it, nav, dug
within five feet Of it, and nj definite depth,
frequently fifty feet nearer the surface ofrhc
earth than where wells are dug under diff
fsrcni process.
Then there is the cure Of the swinney il
horses. defy the ordinary farrier to reach
this disease. In Pennsylvania, they take
smooth stone, and rub the horse ON the
part affected, then they lay the stone On the
grass, with the rubbed side down. Repeat
this three times, and il is certain TO work 4
cure.
There il the laying a charm or spell upon
rifles, and bewitching people and cows,
which prevails so extensively in the same
State. know there are multitudes with
whom a sneer will weigh as much as an
argument, who wont listen TO word On this
subject. But every hunter knows TO his
sorrow, that when his rifle is in this predica-
ment, he cannot kill game, and it is no
Joke to the poor sufferer to be ridden all
night by witches, or his COWS drained BY
that accurscI race oftheir last drop Of milk.
What shall say respecting the count
less operations Of the moon observed in this
Statc-perhaps elsewhere. l need only
specify few The lower rail of fence,
laid in the dark of the moon, is sure to be-
come soon imbedded in the ground, while
another, laid on the opposite side, shall re-
main years out Of the ground, If laid in the