The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-10
1u.,I,ry ProDl,eI.

The following curious statement is made 10
a recent letter Of The regular Paris corresPon.
dent OF the London Atlas:
"Wonders wlll-heveF cease ia Pans.
discovery which has lately been made Of an
extraordinary individual living al the Bariere
d. Eufe, and who proclaims himself 10 the
world as the heir and successor of Jesus
Christ. has created the greatest curiosity a.
mong the mi acle.hunlers OF our capital. This
man isA peasant by the name Of Pefimohd,
about five and forty years of age, OF simple
and unpretendig manners and homeiy speech,
lie il, however, maniiesily under some ex'
traordinary magnetic influence, for he has
cured, By the effect Of his touch alone, many
hundreds of persons who have been 10 visit
him. lie receives all strangers who seek
him with the greatest simplicity, dlsclalms
any credit for The wondrous miracles he per-
forms, merely repeating The assurance OF
bis appointment, by our Saviour, who aP2ear
ed to him in a dream, 10 go forth TO the
world to testify TO the truth Of the Gospel.
lie is Of short stature, and offull and exrpes-
sive counlenance. His hair parted on the
forehead descends on either side Of his tein-
Piles. There would be nothing remarkable
about the person Of the man, were il not for
the circumstance which has given rise to the
wilful lie, OF the unhappy delnsion, WhicheV-
er it may be, that he thus openly advances,
we're il not for the extraordinary Stigmdtes Oh
his hands and feet, and the deep cicatrice
in his side, whence during the whole Of
Passion Week have issued largo drops Of
blood! Many people worthy Of belief have
told me there is no deluson about this :.
The hands and feet are pierced through aud
through, and the wound in the side is about
two inches long, and very deep; and they
have seen the blood ooze from those wounds
slowly and drop by drop for hours together,
during the past week, and that during all this
time Perimond remains exhausted on his bed,
lying as 1t were in france, without food or
Inourishment, and to all appearances dead.
After sunset he revives; and the bleeding
ceases; he RECEIVERS his senses, partakes Of
some sligh. refreshments, aud passes the
whole night in prayer! His dress cons
siss Of short tunic of white linen reaching
to the knee, with long full trowsers Of the
same. Ga his head he wears white linz
en- iurban OF the Jewish form. He carries
no ornament On his person save a gold clasp,
which fastens The band 10 which his waist is
confined. The police have been active in
causing the strictest investigations TO Oe
made into The history and anlecedents Of the
man ;but as yet nothing has been discovered
which can IN any way serve rs an excuse
for molesting him. All that is known is The
fact lha, he has recently arrived from Gren'
oJle, where he had lived holy aud religious
life, much beloved by The old peasant woman
who had reared him, aud who even TO the
hour Of her death declared 10 have found
him one morning lying beneath hedge
near her cottage. No trace Of his parent
age has ever been dicovered. He never stirs
abroad, ard discourages all meetings or assem-.
hIies al his house therefore the authorities Of
Paris have nought to do in this case. Several
physicians Of eminence have already been 10
visit him, but none have as yet been able to
solve the mystery of The long fast and bIee'l
ing. DR., c., the great anatornlst, after
two hours in his room las, Friday,
left in despair, declaring with an oath, that
the Juggle was too we'll managed for dis
covery and therefore the mystery, like that
of The ecslatc virgins ofthe TyroI, remains a
mystery still"