New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-25


science. Wherever he goes be creates sensation
overlapping all other sensations ard carrisg awav
the golden opinions of all who give him hearing.
The period Of his visit to New Orleans, we learn il
not very far Off When be comes here he viii do
much TO revive the public interest in lectures and
scientific exhibitions, besides reaping abundant honor
to himself He was, at last account, in Austiu and
the State Gazette gives tie following interesting
account of bis lectures in chat city
First, he gracefully but with earnest zeal, intro
daced TO bis audience, the novel subject with whose
mysterious phenomena he designed In future experi-
meutsy TO arouse and instruct those who would
kindly favor him with their polite attention.
His second lecture consisted in an entertaining
history Of the origin progress teachings aud defense
OF mesmeFism, together with the many embarrassing
difficulties Mesmer himself had 10 encounter in the
establishment Of a sGieuce hitherto new and unknown
among his contemporaries.
In his third lecture the Doctor commented with bold
and dashing freedom upon animal and phIeno-mag-
netlsn exposing and refnting their numerous errors
On the fourth night the lecturer selected for his
discourse clarVoyance, in which he handled the
transcendental theories of A. j. Davis and bis de-
celved votarles, without gloves. He showed the na
tqral tendency Of clarYoyance to verge into the deIu
son oP spiritrappings, and secuted the notion Of
separation between soul and body during life as a
dogma unworthy OF the enlightened age fn which We
liYet he insisted that the phenomena which seemed
70 support this remarkable and misunderstanding ism
were hotnhg more or less than the results Of physi-
cal causes more appropriately refefabe to another
| and far different department Of science
The Doctor sixth lecture we can ony cIlaracteriza
as an admirable philippe against and excoriatjon Of
certain sage luminares Of the medical fraernftV who
! persisted in denouucing the principles he tsugbt
without giving to the subject the slightest derTes AZ
investigation Some of the Doctors hits On ths occ
sion were received with rounds Of applause. The
physicians present, however submitted to the IN
csions of the Doctors lancet with phosophe good ma
ture, and apparently as much amused az those
who never rolled pills, Or applied pnlverized green
flies to the necks and backs of afflicted patients.
The experiments Of DR.. Hale, by way Of illustra-
ton Of each lecture, excited wonder admiration and
frequently uncomfortable bursts of meTrment. They
possessed the rare merit Of blending innocent aTnse-
ment with the higher and nobler aims of scientific in
vestig4tion His subjects were for the time COM
pleteiy under bis CONTROL and could be made to COM
init acts absurd ludicrous and inconsistent in the
extreme. be could make them fight bees or eat
honey, when neither the the other could any
where be seenor angle for fish upon foor as dry
as the hearthstone, which blazed the perpetual
winters fire. He could convert them into rigid
parayzed statues, standing upright and mrnovabIe
Lots discbedent wife, when at The fat of the SD
preme will she became pillar of salt. In fact the
living entity Of his subjects appeared for the occasion
to depend only upon the superior and controlling will
Of the OPERATOR Whatever sceptics may say Electro
Biology is certainly an extraordinary science.
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RoAD-We learn from the
Oxford Mercury that the track laying on the North
ern end of this road is progressing finely The gap
between the Northern and Southern end is now re-
duced to about sixty miles with sufficient amount
Of iron on hand to keep the hands employed until the
first of December by which time the first ship load
/ OF iron purchased by MFR. Goodman in Europe is ex-
pected to arrive. We had the pleasure of meeting
| Col Goodman, the able aud indefatfgable President
Of the road, few days since and he assures US that
NJ abia n ,1n ttrn,aS tt ~ ~ - n hli
[Yicksburg Wing.
SUICIDES. J. Bourne, teacher, at BrooksviIfe,
| Miss con,,nirtad srioi7a at tbo+ ,t,oo q 7,1,.,a
4, ,o.I asi
| tue lothi oy shootihg hlnseit IN the head with
pistol. He was young man of fine scholastic at
tainments prepossessfng in appearance and deport
nant and saan,a5 m boJ,s tI,, als,,,-t- ,s .o :,
lifo We bo7o bo,r4 oa,,-,
ne " nave heafu no cause assigned Tor the self
destruction. He had been offered BY the iamented
Dunn situation in the consulate at Havana Where
| ba had onca rasidad AZ tbo ti,o ,f IL, 74t =
~ aSI,,a,1ti.,a - 80 - ll1 uetsh He
iau 40ei"'i'e s'ual'oH q 'eacher ~ broohsVllle
among an lhtelllgent and appreeiatfve community,
which renders the sad occurrence the more mvste.
rions
! A BuRHAS Sr0RY-hTr Winter in his recent work
on Bnrmah oives the goIoyving ga on iI,rsrr,tio &c
/ ~ - 1,.ost ~ ,. 20 - - A''s''H VI
1lg % il9IfS t3j y tsetatul5 WIN u, -
| ne fottea, ana He LIdshe7fndn. in the oldeu
ule' curing Ine era OF thoy-moydha, a potter CON
IG!teu ~ es ueslsu asast I "dsnetInah VINO lived
mllu Goils!ugIdole ostehtGtoh, and belhg unable to
oeat ne sisle =, tg Mealt W1th tne lattef mad ac-
qSu ~ "IuS tioe9' hG ugteihlluel 10 come 70
au oPeh rupture WIN MN. WIN thls view he went
V VIZ hihg aha sag, !" our Malestys royal ele-
Phaus Is oilcH, o1t II you were TO order the washer
Lau 70 wasl y "ulse; "oua you not become lord OF
the e,'.L Wnite s elephant .,..
ms sPeeeh was not made from any zeal for the
order was given to the washerman according to his
suggestion, and the elephant should not turn white
after all the fortune of the washerman would come
t. an end. The King, on hearing the representation
OF the potter, took 1t for granted it was sincere and
being wanting in wisdom, he, without consideration
sent for the washerman and ordered him to wash the