Southern shield., 1854-02-11
WeSmerism.

We announced on yesterday the sudden disappearance of MT. Law renee, merchant of New Orleans. under circumstances which leave but little doubt of his having been mur- dered or the levee. The following very singular incident in connection herewith is given by the New Or leans Delta, with voucher for its truth and reliability. We lay the entire statement from the Delta be- fore our readers.
 TIE DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. LAW Nothing has yet trarspired to throw any light upon the case of the strange disappearance of Mir. Lawrence, and the unanimous opin- ion is. that he was murdered on last Saturday night, and his body thrown into the river. In connection with this unfortunate affair, the following singular circumstance is related from Q highly responsible source. The veracity of the gentleman from whom we receive the story is unqneslion- able, and all the persons connected with the matter are of the highest responsibility. The wife of one of MT. Lawrence's most intimate friends who had for 6 number of years been on terms of the closest friendship with that unfortunate gentleman, is a mesmeric medium, and her brother is in the habit of occasionally placing her in a mesmeric state. Being at ,he house of an acquaintance in La fayette, on last Saturday night, about ten o'clock (before any person had the least iniima,ion that any misfortune had befalien MT. LawrenceD the con- pany requested the brother to mes merise his sister, as many of them were anxious 10 see the effects of mes merism. The lady was placed in a mesmeric sleep; and, on the reques, of several persons present that he would propound to her few ques- lions he asked her. "What do you see, sis,er?" She immediately replied. Il see three men engaged in fight on the Levee." "Do you know any of theml" "Yes, one of them is MT. Lawrence; the others l don't know one is a very tall man-,he other medium size; and these two men are striking Mir. Lawrence. Why don't somebody help himl Why don't he shoot them! There, now, they have knocked MT. Lawrence down. Good heavens! they have killed him. "What are they doing now?" "The tall man is taking his watch, and the other is feeling in his pockets. He is taking some ank-bilIs out of Mir. Lawrelce's pocket: now he is takingI some gold. They are talking toge,h- CT now and now they pick MT. Law. renee up and are carrying him to- wards the river. Will nobody save him? There, they have thrown him in. Poor Mir. Lawrence is gone!!"
 She stopped talking for moment or so. when she was again asked.-| "What do you now see?" She rel piled, Il see a steamship lying at the wharf. It is about to leave.-| There is great number of passengers. see the two men who killed MT. Lawrence and threw him in the river. The tall one has his watch; they are both better dressed than they were befure."
 Here the company having become satisfied with the experiment the brother woke his sister; and when she was informed of what she had said she laughed incredulously, remarking that she recollec,ed nothing of what had taken place. The sister of Mir. Law renee was present and the company were pretty free in passing their Jokes about the matter; and all were vocii. erous in their denunciation of mes. merism as humbug. Little did they think that the very scene this young lady hao described. was actually al that moment, perhaps, being enacted and that Mir. Lawrence was then no more. It is also n remarkable fact, that two steamships sailed for Cali iornla from the wharf, on Sunday morning. Mir. Lawrence was not seen after leaving his office, with five or six hundred dollars in his pocket, ata late hour on Saturday night No anxiety was fel, by his friends until Monday morning, when. begin ming to be alarmed, they instituted search for him. His hat and some other articles, with blood upon them were found on the Levee, in Fourtf District. All then remembered tho