The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-04-28
SOMETHING STRANGER THAN MES
MERISM.

respectable clergyman informs us, that being
recently IN The vicinity of Middletown, Monmouth
county, in this State he embraced The opportunity
to visit, in company with two other clerical gen
tiemen. young female who is exciting at the
present time great sensation in that region
She is. II would seem, another Seherin bon
Preuosf,' concerning whom Kener, a distin-
guished physician in Germany, has written book
The person alluded TO is now IL years old.
For four years past she has been affected with
some mysterious nervous disorder which has con-
fined her to her bed for nearly that whole period
AT FIRST 1t assumed the form of ST. Vtus's Dance.
which was followed some time afterwards with
remarkable sensliveness of the whole surface of
the body, that made the slightest touch very pain
full until recently it has taken on its present mar
velous character. She eats on an average moi
more than half cracker in "a hours, and bowels
operate once in 40 days-vet her face and entire
body remain full and plump, while the skin pre-
serves the fairness and freshness of health.
This may be considered as belonging to the
prete, natural, and the physical what follows
has relation to the supernatural, aud the spiritual
She falls into a sort of trance or catalepsy, in
which condition her soul passes into the other
world. Heaven IS open to her and she is able to
see and converse with its blessed inhabitants
They have, she says constant intercourse with
this world. Deceased persons become the guar.
dian angels of those in whom they felt a special
interest while living She told one of the cler
gymen present at this interview who lived in thai
neghborhood and who had lost a child a short
while before that she saw the chiId's spirit look
ing over his shoulder while he was engaged in
prayer at certain time in his study.
The proofs given that she actually had inter
course with the unseen world, are as follows -
Blood without any wound appeared suddenly on
the forehead, and each of the hands and feet; and
subsequently the posts and Intel of the door Of
her bedchamber, and the marks of which remain
to this time. These things are vouched for by her
mother, who is respectable member ofthe Meho-
dist church, and others. The gentlemen referred
moreover very orthodoxy on religious Subjects and
they came away favorably impressed so far as her
sincerity was concerned
Permit me to suggest to our Legislature wheth.
er before they adjourn, they ought not 10 revive
the old statue against wtchcraft-for, ifths above
is true, and all the wonders Of Clairvovanee are
absolute verities, then surely that sin is vet ex
tant in the world and deserves to be made penal
A.
The above is from the Newark Daily Adyer
tsel. We do not mean to express doubt about
the facts Of the case, but we would merely in.
quire what the blood on the door of the room or
forehead of the patient has to do with the visit to
HeaveD-hOw does it prove the vsit2 Bat we
are more particularly concerned TO know what
constitutes the orthodoxy of the vister2 This
is an important matter--if lady has really been
to heaven and conveIsed with the inhabitants of
that place, she must be able to give much infor.
maiica interesting to common people-she may
deciIe some knotty questions about qualifications
u. S. Gazette.