Washington telegraph., 1849-12-05
From the Manchester Guardian.
THE MARVELS OF MESMERISM

From tue manchester " U0rUt0n.
THE MARVELS OF MESMERISM.
SIR--In the Manchester Guardian OF
the 29,h of September, you have inserted
short notice of inquiries recently made
of the Bolton clairvoyante respecting the
fate of Sir John Franklin. which, besides
beng essentially Incorrect, seems calcn-
lated unnecessarily 10 Increase the un-
easIiless felt by his friends regarding hun.
As party concerned, feel 1t duty.
therefore, though with some reluctance,
to Communicates the real facts TO you, IN
detail Ii disl,elieved, their publication
can do nu haf,n; and ii ever so little cred
lied, they are rather encouraged than
otherwise. .f
Being cast into mesmeric state, then,
this woman asserted positively that Sir
John Frank lin is still alive, aud now
comparatively well. lie has undergone
great iIardshlps, but has overcome them,
and Is i'll good hope OF getting TO EhSia
in nine months aud half. provided no
unforeseen accident occurs. The differ
ence between the apparent time Where
lie is and at Bolton is nearly six hours,
indicating ditefence ot longitude OF from
eIsnty-ti.e To uiuety. Aud, afterwards,
When asked, being still III the mesineflc
stale, to endeavor to point Oh the map
where he Is, she pul her tuger on the
northwest side of 1ud>ons nay, whlch
is not very far from This longitude; though
The map being OH very small scale, ami
very nnconveniently bound up III a volume
OF the Penny CyclopaedIa. and requested
by her to be rested Oh her head, not held
to her eyes, and thus reversed, no very
precise indication could be obtained.
As she is perfectly uninslructed, and
unable even to read or write, it seems
>crfely possible to suppose mat she eau
know anything OF maps whatever; and.
further tile Indication thus ObtaIned, both
by difference ot time aud her pointing Oh
the map, took the by>tanders quite by
surprise They had not the least idea o.
looking tor Sir john III this direction.
Aud it his ships have been wrecked or
aha nduned uI the west coast Ot BOoihla
or towards Victoria Land, IT Is possible,
though IL may appear to tbs unlikely, that
lie may have tried 10 return TO The east
ward ot buOrhia, which, when he departed
was supposed To be an island. And 1t h.
had succeeded III overcoming the very
great dilncuitleS which must have at
tended sucil route, this is precisely The.
direction III which he would appear. And
further, 1t he got this length too late In
tile season TO save the hudson Bay Com
pany autumn ship. his own impression
would naturally be that he would he de
famed TIL the ensuing spring, which,
would Just make up the nine mouths
specified before he expected to be III
England; tins period not having been
given 10y the cialfvoyante as a prophecy.
but as the Impression on her nnnd, with
which she prOtessed 10 have some mys-
terious uleaLs Ot communication
II Is true that she said tia. he had only
three persons with him; but other parties
of his men are following III the same d.
rect,ou, though some way separated from
him. She saw also the shells (dead
bodieS) of others in different poslures IN
der the snow. And she described graphl-
cally enough the deer, wild cattle, wild
melI, and rough tangled forest that she
passed III going TO him, with all animal
striped down the back and sides, which
leaps very far, and may be the panther or
wild cat,
She also professed to go and visit his
ships one oil whom she said was under
water, with very thick lilnbers. the Others
above it, And an old letter being also
possessed from Sir James Ross, she Went
to visit him too For this purpose she
said she had to go much further. lie l.
fast IN the ice, and unable to turn his $hil.
round, but he Intends returllng TO Eng
land when he can. She added that II |
was showing heavily when she saw hlni;
he had not seen Sir John Franklin The
difference hetweenlh The apparent time aud
that OF Bolton was nearly eight hours,
corresponding 10 llO deg. TO ll5 deg. w..
aud when required subsequently to show
the place OH the map, she pointed 10
l5ankes' Land almost at once. position
full of probability.
.'Slr James Ross, she says, Is well, bu'
much annoyed at being stopped Aho'h-
er snip is not lar from him. and neither
Of them have sailed yet. But there Is
third ship much nearer, and connnS Sp-
pafently from her direction; her difference
Of time is only two hours aud . halt. cor