New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-30

B. P.ss esttlerass Of inmsrss vs4Ih. 70
whom, sltss eforsiss GERS an proofs Of lu nsSreos
faculties he sssoarceS tbsi "a force bad tef hms
ara tkas urti the moth Of February Of this ysE 10
skeud be Of 10 more use than the mcs. ordirsy d
vidusl N the world. SIX mon,hs psssed By ssd LAT
month Mr.. Hume made it known that he Wss AGAIN n
condition to attempt any electromagnetic eKpesi.
neDts that might be proposed. Accordingly oss -
tvs stances were given by Mr.. Hume, in dlfierest
houes but now comes the really singular part Of tie
busir .ss About fortIi ht or three weshs back
Cd beriain of the Imperial Cont, mar past 6Ay,
ard the most prosaic and nnimsgna'ive moe in exist
erce. related TO the Emperor and Empress whs had
occurred 10 himself in an Interview with hr. Hsns.
What he related was very extraordinary; bzt L 70
no, my affair to 60 into wbs, touches mere private
rersors wba. am about to relse o.y cazioas 81
sign Of the times and because II has 10: It's seiot h-
,or,csl persousges The chamberlain have s.iudet
to did BY his variations 70 excite the I'M PENAL
that the Emperor Fixed to receive Mr. Hcre - sooa -
ei.pIsy hi. science lie scere, not very cred;soss
certainly to the este etiquette OF Toileriee tooe
place eIdirg in the expuhion from The salon OF one
the Eu perors ODD oitss gerers not amov. Tor
norals or nasEers, and who concsIyes be may a-isv
hrseh sny extent Of liberty even in La master prss
eLce. However, after Gen F ts,i disappeared.
Mr. Hume ssid he unused 10 accidents Ct this
kind: that IL nAQ ClstulDt0 nlUs lnct us
force YES e. an end that he must retire. He did &C.
but the Emperor insisted upon his naming some o.ha
evening, and the persons OF the Ccut whom no
wished to have spectators. Ibis was se't'ed.
and a few evenings back Mr.. Hume esme sgas 70
the Tuileries; ard since then what hePpeneo is in
every one's mouth. The first person VINO ino,nsS
ne was general officer, who was present., Dat ny
next two inforusrts were far more carioa ana more
Greet fer both had received the account Ct the fcncs
from tie lips of the Emperor him self. Ons Geas-
raj Ike IN, frst informant the other Professor o. the
Soi BE- np e ard man famous IN the scieoehc Heres
snd looked upon one Of the gories Of thu county
This gentleman. with whom spoke all last o~ensg. s
exCeeeir ely impressed by What the Emperor told ni
and Is bufy seeking on all sides for rsfsonsi Aos
scientific solution OF the problem. The Emperor, 10
says spesks Of the whole as OF something very gavs
:" and important" ard adds that II there DO "eoms
"phenomtra in al this for which he can conceive
"csuse there are others for which he cannot by 49,
possibility account The Emperor told tnls gentle
usr "befcie twenty people" at the Tuileres s.ae
"Mr Hume had caused hsnd.bel to croes table.
"rse up several inches from the table, and ring !.
"the air." He added that be bad, standing Gone WITH
Mr. Hume be side large heavy table, seen the ssSo
srjse from the foor." The Emperor land E0press
ao suGsd 10 these many facts OF tue same orcef q
equsy strsnge; and, above all, said the Proiesssr.
Sbeh soS ADMIT to having and
(which Was that Of q corpse"
When talking this over, the man Of science hsvs
mentioned used the following arguments, which st'iks
me az worth repestipg "Iris perfectly impossible t.
"doubt the Emperors word upon the facts he believes
"be has seen; beside which, those facts have sevefa
"oher Witnesses; neither "a it possible to expan by
",he supposititn OF any col turing tick. The Em-
"peror not the sort of man to have these pracnsed
"upon him; but there then remains an hypothesis
(which j. TO me the most admissible at once and yet
"perhaps the strongest of al-the purely sJmpsshsas
"or electro magnetic bypotbesis-ths supposto1 aat,
"by very extraordinary influence upon those around
chin the medium forces his public to see and hold tU
CERTAIN that which he intends they shall believe"
The professor have alluded 10 Intends 10 provoke a.
roury upon all this and 10 to assist at the Eext seosce
given By NJ. Hume al the Tueries He Is himse: q
those liberal minded men to whom an immense amount
of scquied knowledge has only brought the cenyicaoa
that all bumen science is vain and limited; ana &c 70
ready to seek mole knowledge wherever il can be
found "Whalever really is has las reason" was hu
argument while talking to last evening" ami whst
" man in bis senses believes he has seeD, ana wat
"teu or twelve people round him believe they have
"ieep, has tqusly reason somewhere, supposnx
seven that you are only to search fer tie reason o.
the power CT electricity individually possessed and
applied, as yet uDguessed at, spd that WORLDS Of
science ole perhaps turning pc petually around -,
wber, Of The most learned has more suspicion ,han
the most ignorant man. was much stiucH with tbs
cor cluoirg words Of the gentleman have mentioned
1--WE do not, said he, attempt to deny the power Of
"attract Of the pole, because caDno. do 60
"pg that with the compass we have turned II 70
"practicsl use; but we do not explain II We accep<
"tbe fact. Well the compass and the electric .ele-
graph are bit the keys to door we have never Jet
"seriot sly tried 10 opep.'
have related all this 10 you in detail not because Il
eitter induces TO believe dsbelleye In the slight
because az ssid before, when historical personsges
are the actors of such scenes the scenes have relative
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