The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-06-05


4CoRwIN, NoIRIs.
a The Senate then adjourned.
4 New Prophet.
In n letter of the Paris correspondent of
ga London paper, the following singular
5ssatement appears. /. .rsIsittj tns tqu!
a 3" Wonders will never cease inI'aris. a
Hdiscoyery which has lately been made of nm
sseXraordinary Individual living at tho Bar,
Atiere d'IGufn,a and who proclains himself to
athc world, ms the heir and, successor of je-
sasus Christ, llas created the greatest curiosity
@samong tho mracle-hunters of oiir capi.alM
Il This man Is peasant of tho name OF Peri
amond, about FIVE and forty years Of ugc, OF
:1siInpe and nnPrctending manners and
9homcly speech He is, however, manifest
j ly under some extraordinary magnetic influ-
aepce, for he has, cured, by the effect of bis
5touch alone, many iundreds of persons who
Hhave been TO visit lin. Flo receives all
sstrangers wlio sock him with the greatest
simplicity, disclaims any credit for the won
ddrous miracles he performed, merely repeat
Jing the assurance Of his appointment ly our
aS'viour, who appeared to him in dream,
! TO go forth 10 the world to testify to tho truth
1 of the Gospel He is OF short stature, and
3of full and expressive countenancc. His
ahair, parted on the forehead, desccnds on
aeither side OF his temples. There would bc
ano,hing remarkable about tic person of tho
man, were it not for the circumstances
(which has given rise to the wiful lie, Or ll,eI
SnnaPpy delusion whichever it may be, that
4 She thus openly advances were il not for Tho!
scxtraordinary stigmates on his hands andI
Sfeet, and tho deep cicatrice N his side
awhcnce during the whole Of Passion Week /
Jhave issued large drops OF blood ManyI
spcople worthy of belief have told INC that!
there is no delusion about this. The hands;
and feet nrc pierced through md through
and tho wound in tho side is abontI
4 Two inches long, mud very dccp;-ln,
they have soon the blood oozc from thoseI
wounds slowly and drop by drop FOR hours|
sring all this Icrinond remains exhausted ons
! his bed. lying rs ii were in trance. wi,b-i
out food or nourshment, aud 10 nll uppcar-t
5ances dead. After sunset he revives: tl,et
sblcedirg ceases he recovers his senses. I
Eartakcs Of some slight refresllinent. nniE
passes the whole nigh, ii, prayer! IisE
adress consists of n short tunc of whito lin.
len reaching 10 the knee, with long full trowy
sers OF the same. On his head he wears, n
/ swbitelinen turbanof the Jewish form. IIss
Scarrics no ornament on his person save nj
igold Clasp, which iastens the band to which,
sfastenS the band to Which his waist Is con
lined. The police have been most actirein5
jcausing the strictest Investigations TO bck
made into tho history and antecedcats of tlnl
NAM. ;l,nt yet nothing has tE,nI. d;ar,u
/ cd which can in any way servo as eycuspE
] FOR molesiing him. All that is known is ,icf
{ fact that he has recently arrived from GreD-s
soble, where he hnd lived II holy and rel;giouss
5tite, much beloved by the old peasant woniauI
swho had reared him, and who even 10 thos
shour Of her death, declared to have toundi
! him ono morning lying beneath Il hedge ncars
her cottage. Notrace of his parcntago hasI
] ever been discovered. He never stirs abroad,
! an discouragos all meetings or assemblies
! at his house; therefore the authorities off
Paris have nonght 10 do in this case. Sew
erai physicians Of eminencc have alrcudys
/ been TO visit him, but none have as vet beenE
liable to solve tho mystery Of the long fasis
land bleeding. DR.. C, the great anat,-s
mist, after remaining two hours in his roo,nl
last Friday, left in despair, declaring, witl,E
an oath, tha, tho juggle was too well man.
tagged for discovery, and, therefore tho ,nvs-5
tory, like that of the ecstaic virgins of tlles
5Tyros, remains mystery still"
UNITED STATES RAIL RoAp GUIDE ASDS
aSrEAaDoAr JOURNAL for May, 1850, No. Al
lSVe have received from tho publishers.
Messrs. GEO. r. HNLpRooK g. Co, ll4I
Nassau street, this periodical. 1t isa cheap
the price 5ai.,g only II ccnts--and we have!
nc doubt, useful pocket companion forS
travellers. We oi,aerve, one error, howcy-
( er. which the publishers should correct ini
! their next number. The camden Branch,
R. r" is put al page loo, Immediately alter
tho Richmond and Petersburg r. r. as if III
were located in Virginia, whereas it should
have come Mt page los immediately nfarl
1 the ''Columbia Branch Rail Road"
Correspondence of the Courier
j WASHINGTON. MAY %.