New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-11

NssmeriSm { IairyOyancc.
The Utica Fc0ngelical Mqg0sae in IN article
on 'Mesmeric Revelations. thus aims to throw
the light Of experience on dubious subject
"slnce Davis's wor, has been published we have
spoken in very decided terms IN relation 20 That
and its high pretensiOns, prOnOuncng 10 unequiso-
cslv and Enthusiastically hUmbug. So have our
correspondents so have our Unversaist editors
generally. and we believe almost II not quite rstt-
ont an ercfpi,0a. 50 We honestly and conscien.
tously think and believe. But some are disposed
10 inquire as we unhesitatingly pronounce DAVIS
book a humbug and an impOsture whether We now
deny the existence Of Mesmerism. or animal mag
netism. and what is called clairvOy0uce We IN
hcsitatingly answer no We do not deny the cA'
istence OF such state. We believe, and are COM
PEELED to believe. that on abnormal called the
uesmerc state, il often produced by the manipu-
latons and will OF one person OF strong nerves upon
another person Of weaker nerves and OF a suscep
tble temperament-that this is neither the natural
waking, nor the natural sleeping state, that IN II
the mind is often highly excited, perhaps exalted.
and 10 a very remarkable degree sympatbizes
with the magnetizer-t thinks, feels, and acts with
him and is generally entirely under the control OF
his will. We have often seen persons mesmerzed,
and in that state known them 10 exainIse persons
and things and describe them infinitely, although
their ewes were entirely closed and thickly banda
ped nj the time 10 examine and prescribe for pa
tents. both present and absent, sometimes WIN
remarkable accuracy and success, aud sometimes
to utterly fail IN both. Some twenty months slLce,
I n celebrated lady clGlrgOyant OF Central New ORR
was put in communication ZEN r0ppOrf/ with lady
of our acquaintance, who desired her to Vlsit ex'
anime aud prescribe for a sister OF hers some Two
hundred miles distant IN the valley OF the Connec
ticut She at once went to the place, described
the village. the houses. the churches. the river, the
bridge the public house the dwelling where her
sister lived her person and the other persons pres
emit told what profession her husband followed pre-
scribed for her complaint, described her fathers
residence and the persons IN his house, &c. The
! persons the dwelling, the village, sc We knew to
/ be accurately described
letter was Immediately written over to the
/ valley OF the Connecticut nswating particularly
! the clairvoyants descriptions oil the persons, and
! their whereabouts. at the time ot the VISIT ana re
| questing On answer informing whether her account
was correct. When the answer arrived 1t was
found tha, she was sadly mistaken as 10 the rheTe'
0Ioufs OF the D. described at the hour 81 ner
vstation-for about one half OF the persons de-
scribed were not at that hour ta me place mere Me
| des,y,LeA them 10 be-! so l.ttle confidence was
placed in her prescription that II vas never fol-
lowed Shortly after this event we were speaking
| of il 10 a Young lady in Mad son County, who had
some months previously been several times mes
merized for her health and IN the mesmeric state
cairvoy ant And what was remarkable m her
case abe recOeced IN her normal state all max sire
saw and said--sll that trans pred with her
in the abnormal state. On mentioning to her the
sad mistakes Of the olarvoy ant before described,
she remarked that il was so with clalrvoy ants, and
had bcen so with her-thai size distinctly recollect
ed that when in that state she had olten described
things different, from what they were-had stated
things that sre1e not true and that SIZE kHcc al ne
time OF stating them that they rcTe not true; but
she could not help U-she was constrained by some
invisible but irresistible impulse 50 TO speak ut the
time.
-. Now this young lady is very honestand anna,
/ bic young woman Of very respectable family ana
we are persuaded would not on any account IN het
normal state, make misstatemcnt OF facts. And
/ If she was constrained 20 do 50 IN her abnormal
state the important question arises, why, or from
! what influence vas she thus constrained 10 state
4 that which she knew TO be untrue Was II not
/ from her sympathy either with her masnetizer or
/ some other minds in contact with her o"n-tnose
/ minds being mistaken md she though conscious
/ they were So unable 10 resist the power OF sy mpa'
thy and irresistbly yielding 10 their feelings IL
seems TO US we must admit this position unless we
/ take the ground OF Prof Bush, (which we think few
will be willing TO do and admit that some evil
spirit the spirit OF falsehood or delosion Tor exam
pie from the invisible world, interPosed aud COM
pelled her 70 give a false answer
/ But whichever view we take OF the matter,
whether we suppose her erroneous answers pro
| ceeded from her sympathy with mistaken MINDS
around her or TO have been dictated by Invisible
and evil spirits. 1t makes but little 1t any dlher
eucc for in either case no confidence IS 10 DC
placed in these pretended revelations OF clairvoy
ants and we believe quite as little confidence IS
to be reposed in Daviss Revelations as In those oil
the humbless and most obscure clairvoyant IN the
/ country nay, we think less OF his than we DO OF
theirs for this ne comes out directly against
! the Bible and its teachings and the long estab
lished and fundamental truths which all consistent
theists admit and firmly believe, while the rest OF
,bsm tho more humble clairvoysn;s, attempt no
snch rash and Heaven-daring work, 50 fsr as We
have We; learned.
/ IypRisoSMrNr FOR DEBr.-There appears to oe
/ nroSpect that bill to abolish imprisonment Tor
5ebt viii be passed during the present Session OF
the Legislature OF Mary land-a bill IN the Senate
for tha. purpose having been made the order oil the
day for next Thursday Should Il pass the senate
il is thought il will receive the san tioA VI INC
House OF Delegates.
FIRy IN ALBANY GEORGIA. shp from tne
Office Of the dlbdRy Courier, fGd.J states INA. a
fire occurred in that town ON the night OF the Isl
inst. at the corner of Bread and Washington SIS
down Broad st. TO the City Hotel, and up W ash
ington ST. Loss $4,000.
~ In Floyd county. Indiana on Saturday.
Young man named Keithey accidentally sho, bis
sister, who expired Immediately. Lou Jour
MuRpERs.-At Goshen. Ohio. on Christmas day
man named James Dunlap killed another named George
N,ers ana seriously wogrene third named slade- The
murderer ESCAPED. AT II; Lous woman named bri'se'
ur has eeen arrested for causing the death Of her has
hs,t nv ushng him into the fireplace while he was in
.,,st snI he was so severely burned tina, he died.
'0AN~S' Louisville journal. ith.
TsryaR,Ps TO FoRr LgAvEswoRrH-At a
.a,,ne ~ ct,ens Of Brunswick, on Tuesday last they
$500, ,h,, ,hrv will Give their hearty ccopersiion IN
rcicor.nh line from the MISSISSIPPI 10 Tort