, 1862-07-01
AWoMAk TURNED INTO CHARCOAL
The Clergy and the Doctors in Con.
gultation.
HER sKIN STRIPPED OFF, It,, &e.

sultation. l
BEE sK1H STRIPPED OFF, It,, st.:
From the New York Express, 9Th ]
The medical gentlemen Of this city have
been In high fevsrish state Of consultation,
for some days past, over very extraordinary |
zs+sts nature-ln the shape and form OF a wo-
meu, whom Dr, E. Perkins, of Oneida, has
az astonished and astounded "world" A
Iet a3fad DUNE, aged, t.
nov about thlrty-seven years, has been, it
seems 7or IonIteen years past, turning into
esa+ey arFes T. thsas shes 7e5y g4od Toman 50
reads her Bible; and her piet3 has 80 inspired
all the clergy Of that aud the surrounding
country, TINT they could not zee why and
wherefore the devil should GET into her, before
che and begin to cover her up with for
III her interior, etc. Some said the carbon for
nation Was forever to preserve her, carbon
being great conservative power: athera,
however, that carbon VAS but latent combus-
seize the saint living, to burn her up quick, AZ +
soon as he could get her. She was praged
over, and exhorted over in 0neida,-but the
carbon dtEn could not be exercised out Of her
by prayers, and hence she WIS looked upon !
by the surrounding country AZ one OF those /
Job-mattYrB Whom7 for some mysterious pur- |
pose, satan was permitted to operate Upon |
living, in compensation for which she was to |
Of th1s lady were o1d-the father comiog upon
seyenty-a deacon in The church too, and. !
though poor, respectable as q small farmer.
The RELATIVES, indeed, were all respectable,
and hence the greater the interest in case SO
4 Do Doctor Ii the village Of Oneida, Of Eng.
nsh orlgn, but . sdgan, Wss struck, Of confse,
BY this living woman daily turning into car +
bon, and being called u, some louryearg agoi !
ever since he has made Miss Perry the sub:
ject Of profound investigation and study, Hla
books never showed him 3 parallel case,of a
human being thus being carhpnizea, living:
and hence he explored snd e1pzousd this case,:
as one not only to give him an exalted medical
and physiological repusataos, but to add to
bis means and meaauTe: Of living, as none, in
this nonapp1ec.!ating world and age Of ours:
| . Hence fer four years past, he has joatrHalianI
I this woman, ali the 'extraordInarY metamoF-
| phoses going on, inside and outside Of her,
| and his reports not only make 9 big book, but
| Hrir,cn. Miss Perr3's left side, not her right,
was not paraiys;ssd and hence It was not case:
of PARALYSIS, but taTeo1sii iised it we may eo1na
| word, Her left arm and her: Left leg were
covered with charcoal skin, and her Iece Was
/ charcoal; while, for fourteen years nothing
certainly not for four years, during which she
has: s:bten under Dr.. Perkins study and e1smi-
nation. During these four years, 'tcertain1y,''
| Ehe has eaten and drunk, With Appetite as
much as such ladies in her isolated, unmarried
state, are supposed to eat and drink; but
| what she ate aud drank were all e1uded from
her skin, In this charcoal formation Of her Left
I limbs and face, or. 6Eeated out through her
skin IN DARK bloody drope. The whole neigh
borhood, the doctors, the clergy IN and about
OF such q case at enee passed from the o5scu-
rity OF the rural districts to the grandeur and
glory Of the great city.
4 broker ii Wall street heard Of this extra
ordinary lusus na<nrm-and fearful that Bar
nun, ever in pursuit Of the mermaidB, giraHtas,
giantesses, &c, would be ahead Of him in in
Producing to mankind and the Faculty Of
New York this wonderful Miss Perry, (the
El Dorado Of his Wall street imagination), he
hur1ied,a at once to Oneida. DR.. Perkins, and
he, at once comprehended the illlnltable
depth Of coming wealth, in this more than
Chang and Eng OF monstrosities, and they
| together formed, If not q copartnership, an
understanding. kooms-elegant rooms-ln
! an elegant mansion on Fourth street, among
the upper ten Of New York, we're rented i; for
Miss Perry WIS first to be introduced to the
upper ten. before the under ten were to hear
Of her. DR.. Perkins seated himself there
with big book Of records, four years fu!l o1
the charcoal marvels. Dr.. Mott, the scien.
Mott-not the young Dr.. Mott, but the
Mentor, the sage-was brought to see, What
even he never read Of, heard Of saw before, il
/ any hospital, American, European or Asiatlc
| Tic doctor came, saw, and If not conquered
.. WIS duma-strlcken, and pronounced it "s
wonderful case, very wonderful iacompre
heDsible case" DR.. Perkins rubbed his hand:
, in ecstacy. The Wall street broker was elec
tIlfied with coming Visions Of shining colder
glory, But DR.. Mott, cool, cautious clever
and "1he Faculty" met in the Fourt1
T street rooms to consult over the t'Wonder
{ ful" Miss Perry. Doctors Parker, Csrno
:. chan, Barger, Jacoo1, Wood, Flint and other
!: among them DR.. Sa5re-gathered about tn
+ wonder, and heard Dr.. Perkins read his book
in part, and instituted personnel examinations
! the nature and character Of which are bette
:. fitted tor medical Journal than for the thou
=! sands Of promiscous readers OF the New Yorl
c Express.
1 Pulse, 70 tt. 80. Respiration Ill right Teeth
: tongue, mouth, all right {Shite not b1scs0. Leg
! from knee to foot, all black. Arm, from upps
aa e ehareoai sei Keetna % m toy q chareoal Pieces
! ;chaTcoal in them to inches long, ~ Inches il
ttci:cumference, etc etc.
In brief,-Miss Perkins was only an anina
ted, breathing, living mass of charcoal, inaId
. . and out and 60 full Of charcoal, that ever
! process Of natural human action was sus
:, pended, except eatiEg and breathing. She dit
!, not breathe charcoal, but nothing came iron
her except charcoal. The doctors were aston
|
!. : Perkins eestecy was aggrandized into subliu
> ity. The Wall street broker Wouilnot hay
> taken Sc, GOO for the speculation.
: But, Dr. Sa5re, that saucy Dr.. SaSre,-tha
;. Miss Per1y's charcoal skin. There was crac
: In the skin Of the dear creatures aucle-{an
- doctors, 1T seems, carry SCISSORS In their pocE
: cts. as editors do), whereupon TIC 1uth}es;
;. reckless doctor slipped out his scissors en-
) into Miss Perry's charcoal skin, and peeled ol
l. 591nH nj r1f%h ri JE33
- - screamed, but the savage doctor kept Q
g g tonahaWking, taking of q scalp, and amor
! he had in bis hand whole sections Of the dea
"a =, Mis- Perry's precious skin. lt9hstruas, hol
. reAdrssl 1figaoi!e dictu! Her skin peeled Q
!. -as peels an orange Or an arple.-but vii
!. this difference, though, that God nakt
L, orange and apple skins, whereas Miss Perry
Il ekiu turned ont to be tcoeess cotton cloth skl'
- woven, Doubtless, in the York Mills Factor
p (oneiea county,, and cotton cloth gumme
!, meath but all charcoal -blackened, OIL tt
=. epide1mis Of the artificial skin. Whs
~ ~ Miss Perry being. thus peeled, she sharp
~ ~ Shined over, and shrieked over the horrih
~ ~ would peel, and did peel off the co;ten clo
~ ~ gummed on skln-to the horror Of Di Pc
~ ~ kids, and to tue anlazement Of the astouudt
q "faculty." But Dr.. Sayre, the ruthleE
:, not stop here. He added hrgely to the n
~ ~ 1nerous pieces Of charcoal and pebble stone
q DR., Perkins had already taken IRON the mai
- ~ en- the trophies ard treasures Of the four yea
~ a. studying sasa.s, and. what is more, with
T., instrument well known to the faculty,
) / demonstrated, that Miss Perry lived, move
Il acted, performed, just as the s'rest Of MI
&c s~ kind.' DR., Perkins ranted and roared; t
~ faculty, the grave faculty laugh .d-Miss Per
~. ~ Wbined and prayed, and the Wall street b1
~ ~ ktr's vision OF an Ell Dorado dissolved. Ereu
- : oms.es-and Miss Perry left her palatial -Four
II. street quarters to go to Bel}ey1e-to be
~ hospital there, among the so-called poor
~ -. the ci.y, where DR.. Sayre has her under
* i eye, feeding her on mush, peas, and other {
ca psn1iug esculents and he has not don.
That with G little helping medicine, il day
two, the fourteen years theory Of living OF
BY eating and drinking will ali explode.
i There never has been 50 great al impOsiti
attempted in this city-and the only mista
: Of Dr.. Perkins was in calling 10 the New Yo
faculty, and not applying directly to Barnu
~ Mrs. Cunningham's "bogus baby" perfor
:! " arce- WIS thought to have immortalized 9
~ New York city. but the Oneida charcoal sk
=, got up in the rural districts, beats us Met
~ po1ita1s ont aud out
~ The Union Dog.
Z. An officer In the 43d regiment III. vols,
be lates the following, writing from Jscks'
ur Miss, June 20, 1862: &
= =; We had . dog with the regiment ever si1