The southern press., 1851-04-04
Eureka.

The dlscords and discrepancies between the
fey notes of the national metropolitan organs,
md the provincial sub-organs of the two great
national parties, have, for long time been pro-
ductive Of great vsxation, disorder and dispute.
The responses from the Northern provinces of
ne empire, are frequently cracked and harsh
with all sorts Of -soilism--th0se from the
Southern are often melodzed with notes of
Southern and of State rights.
This confusion of sounds has at length be-
Fome 80 great, that sometimes the national or
guns themselves are thrown out, and one day
hey run up into Northern talsetto--the next
Southern soito uoce.
As the Presidential election is approaching
Rnd it is of the utmost Importance to both the
great parties that harmony should be estab-
ished, we are happy to announce the discovery
made in the very nick of time, of the art of es-
ablishing perfect unity of thought between two
persons, or rather of perfect subordnaton Of
Thought in one person to another.
1t is the perfection Of one branch CT animal
magnetism. Whatever the operator sees, the
opcratee or sub-organ sees, as appears from the
bubjoined account of the performances Of two
Frenchmen just arrived. We hope Messieurs
GANDou and GoUHENAuT will come right on to
Washington and instruct the national organs in
the mystery of making their instruments see pre-
cisely as they do.
We confess, however, that we are somewhat
apprehensive the organs may be averse to har-
mony, as the culprit was to justice-the very
thing he was afraid of. But we are curious to
see the actual strength of the two great parties,
or their weakness, when they are well under
stood.
From the Nsio York Erening Post.
CURIOUS EXPERIMENT IN ANIMAL MAGNETISM.
The journals of Paris and Havre have, for
some time past, contained accounts of certain
singular experiments made by AIr. Gandon,
upon his nephew, Mr.. Gouhenaut, which they
termed sometimes electric communication, and
sometimes natural second sight. 1t would seem
from these statements, that Mr. Gandon has es-
tablished such relation between his own mind
and that of his nephew, that every thought Of
the former is simmediately perceived by the latter
These gentlemen have arrived in this city, and
the Courier des Elats Unis, whose editor has re-
peatedly witnessed their exhibitions, confirm the
statements of the foreign papers. 1t says that
the re :ults rapid, 80 surprising, and so ut
terly free from oil completely, that the most
skeptical must be convinced, and those best ac
quainted with the ordinary phenomena of mag
netism utterly astonished. The peculiarity of
the case, is, that no preparations, no somnam-
bulisrn, or magnetic passes, are necessary to es-
tablish the relation, but that both parties are al
ways ready to exhibit at once, and in any place
We translate from the Courier:
IN Gandon and his nephew presented them
selves in our editorial bureau. After the first
salutations had passed, he asked person pres
ent to write down any name, figure, or word,
whatever. He kept looking at the paper on
which the words were traced, while his nephew,
who was at the farther end Of the room, with
his back turned, Immediately uttered, in a loud
voice and without hesitation, the words, names,
and figures, as fast as they were written, whether
Greek, Latin, French, English, Spanish, or Ger
man. Mr.. Gouhenaut pronounced all distinctly,
and translated them at the same time
ave had just received our European jour
nails One of us took one Of these up, and
pointed with the finger at a particular line, which,
as soon as Mr.. Gandon saw it, the nephew read
aloud. Thus, the date, the state of the money
market, the foreign intelligence, were all given
with the same wonderful facility. We were ut
terly confounded NJ Gandon looked at our
watch, when M. Gouhenaut told the time to'a
second. We opened Virgil and Homer, with
the original text, when the young man instantly
read the lines we pointed out. All that was ne
cessary was, that the uncle should see them
If, in writing word, the least mistake made,
the young man corrected it at once, and this
without any contortion or grimace &c, The
. two gentlemen seemed to be but one being III
two parts. What the master sees, the pupil
sees; what the uncle knows, the nephew knosw
what the one thinks, the other expresses. What
renders the results still more remarkable, is, that
they are wrought without the slightest hesta-
tion or bungling. The question is no sooner
stated, than it is solved"
These are the facts, says the Courier, and it
then proceeds to remark that the process is not
mysterious one though it has cost many years
of trouble in the discovery. NJ. Gandon will
make a public exhibition Of his power soon,
when the community will have the opportunity
of judging for themselves, Of the nature and
success of his experiments.
f3y" The recent accessions to the Free-soil
strength in Congress, have tended to increase