New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Facts.

IaoTc!o1fy tust ie" Jcle"i's' P0'AioSa' WI S'S
them; but as c;,n swcar 20 thcrn as an eye wit
ness do no. hesitate To proclaim iheir truth, and
+ you Judge them worthy Of public attention au
.Iorise YOU, IN Publishing teen. to give Eny siaIre
II necessary.
have always been more than skePtlcal on
gflz, is called M.smeJ.am or AHmai MagReiisrl
( I,ad, heretofore, suspected deception when the
parties interested wc,c unknown 10 rne, OF Illusion
and credoty if thc yeracily Of the Persons could
not he questioned Bot, IN spite Of myself, must
confess that conviction has been forced upon me
4f.er wha, took place Thursday l.st, The itIl INST
al Dr.. r. Leger's rooms.
a week previous was, with several friends,
present at 4 private Lecture that that gentleman
delivered on the science thai he calls Psycho-
Dunang. | was indeed not little puzzled to
w.toess experiments which prove the SIGHT with
ou, the use Of the eyes, and particularly TO hear
i. snrnnambule giving a correct description OF the
diseases Of persons who we're present and could
neither be expected 70 have called or their Elaia-
dies be knoxn in advance. sill these singular
,henonnend Of cl4Irvoyance and intuition have
oeen recorded already IN many books wrI;tsn on
| the matter whilst the experiments OF thursday
las. exceeded any thing ] ever heard and 90 not
believe that similar facts have been related be
ore.
The Doctor had announced that ne would Try
10 imo4r, by sole power OF his Will TO person
in :hc Pyscho. DunarDic sleep, any thought, senu-
fnc,It or passion that the audience would "Htc on
piece OF paper, and elicit the mlrmcal,'spohen
and musical expression OF 1t, although preserving
himself the most profound shencc ana without
ouching or communicating IN any physical way
with the somnambulc.
Al9ut forty highly respectable persons Of thi-
ci,y met at lhc appointed timc, in the rooms oi
,hc Doctor. No II Broadway, To witness the
cxpernents that 1 wii! now succinctly relate
without farther comment.
As soon as the psycodunamc sleep was rTo
duced, the audience agreed TO write on slip oi
ospcr: "Ioycot Children" and TO eiycit 10 tic
Dr. lie appeared TO compose himself ior short
while then extended liis hands towards ms patent
keeuiDg them al more tiran foot distance, ~ e
commanding manner, without uttcrIng any word
or sound Several minutes elapsed without any
perceivablc effect; when slowly and by degrees
the sonnambule begun 70 raise her arms SIZE
crossed them over hc- breast as Il pressing fond
ly 10 her bosom a ianclcd babe and Initiating al
the motions Of nurse who caresscS her infant.
The features of the DR.. assumeda stcrncr aspect
and short while after she opened her mouth aud
said IN ii low but perfectly audible yolce; Don't
speak he wants TO sleep and she rocked gently
bcr imagined child, singing IN an under tone,
Bayou babe babe haye Nc
You can casly suppose The general aslonlsiiincnt.
Rutii was nothing IN coppals 10 what happened
immediately after. Scarcely had the Doctor hy
icv motions of his hands, al II distance, calincd
ms SUBJECT. than Love OF God, Ncneration,'
had been written on another piece OF paper and
handed 10 the Doctor TINS time his silent cxer
tons remained longer without effect. Ncverthc-
less, n kind of electric commoton appeared to
shake the patient, she loncd her hands, bent
down her head and .ecmed lost IN a profound and
nous meditation A few minutes after she turn
ed her head upwards aud her lips moved as If
utternr fcrvcnt prayer; then again, as II yield
lnr TO a superior force she opened her mouth and
pronounced iu a very emphatic manner piece Of
noc,ry. the first line Of winch, If | am correct
wSs-
.'rhc 'hufch a,anc, her weed, OF mourning ncw Ac.
She rcmnll cd while as ii lost IN deep thought,
during which the Doctors mental energy WAS
evidently increasing. Though he preserved the
came distance, he seemed by peculiar motion Of
his hands TO compel her to kneCl down, and when
IN tha, situation he kept them above her head
Then she sang. with voice remarkably sweet
aud Impressive, the hymn
Othou To whom all creature, bow, sc.
Shortly after, AT II new motion ot the Doctor
she rose and sat down. her head fell on her breast
and she appeared TO sleep again soundly and qua
etly whilst the Doctor, evidently exhausted and
wet all over with pcrsplraton fell himself on his
scat hu, IN \ few seconds resumed hls self pos
session.
Not word had been uttered, the audience
was struck with knd OF stupor. In the same
silent way we then desired the DR.. TO excite sog
/ row.
lie renewed his cXeftlnns. which for stiii
! longer time renamed unanswered. At last tie
patient became agitatcd she sighed, she appear
ed despopdcn, she claspcd her hands. Sobbed,
and tears fell along her evidently suffering lca-
lures. The DR., always mentally wied her TO
/ speak and she exclaimed IN great anguish ~
my dear mother why have lost YOU ain
now alone, YES alone IN the world" and her
crlcs and sohS smoihercd her voice
The emotion and sympathy OF the audience
was extreme. But soon the DIR. by gentle mo-
ton his hand. always at distance and without
ut,crnC ii sound, succeeded IN calming her; then
/ hs if he wished her in open her mouth he moved
his hand before her lips and shortly after with an
cAprcSslon OF feeling that could not describe, she
sang the song entitled The Old Arm CHAIR
Some persons will believe, perhaps, that the
patient could see the motions and gestures OF the
Doctor, and be guided by them; but, alas THIS
last cn;rcnchment is not even LETT 10 the Sccpuc
/ the patient is stone blind orphan, we'll known
as born blind and educated at the Asylum for the
Blind of this very city.
Ii Dr.. l.. could affect only one person,-if his
wonderful power could take effect on this subject
alone, we would, perhaps refuse to believe our
own senses, aud suspect, although we could not
detect H. that VIC have been nevertheless deceived
nv some skiliul delusion. But several other per-
sons have obcyed IN the same manner, and nearly
AS iullv as the blind orphan, the mental commands
o! the Doctor have, myself, been compelled to
move my limbs as he wished, in spite OF my eA-
crtions 10 the contrary. Should this cxtraord-
nary power be used by him only 10 elicit those
/ singular results, il would indeed deserve already
the attention OF the Scientific and the Phoso-
phcr as illustrative of some of the mos, interest
~, ,O;p,s Of psxr,oCv En-. the i,nnortancr of