New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-13

I. an annual While looking at ny watch. she s,'
nounced the time within rev sen - ~ imnress
~ &c ,h,. nersop bnt from defect u tar
rec uisjis condition. the results were ce's1'''
factory. uo, o,.v,+s,,ou has been
,,r,naI have been scarcely les Successful ~ -
r.,,ime nts on persons at Q distance On ons -
While spending lev days az en- in he v'l,- H.
smnd n necessary 10 Young man AZ - 80, :.
r,a Immediate presence Of the youIs was VI .
able in portanoe 10 but not k"%mS 'o 90, % H.
&c IN brsiness OF even HE rant e''a nV ci'I ~
P,w In this emergency Grdcrto'A 70 '"iee'dph nt'
by concentrating my mind OF tHe ,As -, -, g.,
fixed determination to BRING n," =, 10 h",se ,rJ
in,ed Sor Z, /. writer Meeting gentleman a. me
dar no askeJ with much appaIen interest Eb.ther
wanted 10 see him On m o1,g .n nerfs beSrc ard
,te ,ctjveIy engaged in his voTkshoI'-distant one
Sn,'b ~ a 1iiehe suddenly felt thot lie must seeh ny
rrSsonce without delay. he declared tht ne was Goa
Ions ., the existence and Influence ~ some strange
mower actin chiefly tho Ghtdoi portion OF Iis bra
and drawing him with irresistible e''sV ms NoiA
beng urgt.t he resolved ~ irt I" resist tls uhtc
cocutahle inclination. bnt after delei nlned elifh
found himself unequal 70 The task. a.
While employed IN ectu-iDg Gt Newt @nnan '"hn.,
.rycrsl years snee CHARGED oGe nifht 20 DC EiA'ns
earucS,y al q yOung mar wlO NGs hYitg IN lhc s1hh
ING town of Norwak--at a distance 81 seTes niles
ard who had been the subject 81 some experiments %
uieyioas occasion THIS oIt' Napp o. ~ ntr'v
with several gel,ieDlen VINO HeTe snblictlhs MN '"
some similar experiments, when al ~ once-dnd N =
1
from their influence declaring. WITT great esrnet'ts',
tiat Mr. Britain wanted ~ him, aad that he must
go Immediately.
collcnt telcgraplio instrument l LAD PERSONALLY ehp
iccteG the lady single o1pIimen'' ieSutht ~ We
cure Of distressing asthinn, hnI " = !. sny ~ -.
forea ,ntersciy for LONG time. bro uct spoken Nh
tlis person f0r three morth when one 0y her aiI'u
I In cc-lpary with her husband, vas eYec'edi! on
uoupced Afiera brief inier' ieu wich did hot3te"i1
Ioo,e than Eve minutes withdrew sAi res.ied ~ ".
,.rlr ., "a the leh lad cfT unfinished, having
Mr. ard Mrs q. with Uy fnjniy and e'vefai ",hcf per
sons NJ, lie sIsitesi a-lGson hal been mAde 10 M!
farther txutriuents, and certainly mono were tien
premediteted
III Silence Of my apartment Was bI0Ltn by SOUNDS ni
rifr proceeding from the company iwluw. Jhoy wcIe
engaged I'm some amusement witch excited spIiied
conversation ard immodeTate laughter. The voice OIL
Mrs Gardner WAS distinctly hea IL - that moment
the idcn oftaing her from the company occurred u
me. But TIE occasion seemed 70 be j. nj Ietpecs ~
favorable. Size had 10 inilmaton tlai aay fucn exon
would he made: she was IA feroie lAtI OF tnc hls
and We we've separated by along go ~ 1irs ana Two
psy1jtlnrs Moreover surrounded " vi crs, end *
cited By outward crcu7 stsDces tie SOL is MOI IN Tue
most suitebc state t. 90 SGcccSny 7pprolchoo h"d
songl, Influenced through tire ghlc. invisible iuedi'
employed by te mind. Ne'erlberSs resolved e,
ale tie Experiment Closing ny eyes 10 shrl OH AL
external ONjeot, I fixed my MIND On Yrs u. Win
determination to bring her 70 me Lhrry rOnnte'
the mental effort in tAat instance. wuhd hsFe been
quite suiccut--had it been epiicd a. OUCH ile nus.
ces-to overcome the physl'r gesisanee OF an cilcc'
ever not little ostorishei wtnrssie; Tie result -
tlis experiment IN about two minutes y door opened
and Mrs Gardner entered With hor eyes c'osed wien
/ tie follow ing CONVERSATION olsued:
" You appeared "a Dr. v,ly haIH MA tAe hIeAuh
! below" observed, inqurilgy.
| d" j was"
| "Why. then. did you leave The company
"Why, or for What unrpose. I'D you como herer'
az thought you wanted Inc, and could not help obey
tvbe On yisit at Nc,vtown. Com. some seven or
eiqhtyears since became acquainted via Miss Sinoc
Goodyear. whose extreme impessiDi.iiy Nls e'ieeht
from her readiness divine The tonghs and feelings
OF those around her In She course o! our
an EXPERIMENT was suggested fcf toe lpse % $500
t.jpinr whether her aite susecpii1my "o.iu an
mi, q her receiving tecerhic communication rom a
distano0. II wGs mutually agreed thai 90 we su to't
ing Tuesday evening, AZ 10 ococf EN- snoHid f.Nie 70
her n apartment, and TTtc hex Thoughts ivT mn
All b, = Curug hicl time was 70 telegraph hei, 81
possible from my house IN Bridgeport lac distance
being about sn hours ride by isiisay The tii1" &c,
apart for tho trial found occupied with sub CO o.
such absorbing interest 1Gi tho hoar t-a-J pissed
before I suspected II hal arrived. y. Uos pfecisJ
thirty minutes after ten. when was sud- refainde~
81 MY enessemeLi Dui u |asdach l"J a., 70 AaAe ''
q proposed trI Under thcse crcuustntc.. resoi' g,
TO make experiment that Il saecsss yon!d De ~
. more convincing, becans- unprecedented hcco o.
inev waited until eleven O'Clock end thirty minutes
when pIes1ming that mott be aslep occupied Ia
remaining haif hour bcie midnight IN ~ eioi to pro
ect certain images before the mind at distance OF
oighteCn miles 1he ldee picture re- eried s.I'an
scene onvened by clear flowing wafer. aAd ysust
Of such natural objects ~ ar necessary 70 compete an
enchanting landscape while benfoth ihe uffng sIrlc
On the hOwCry margin Of the rrln-l placed the
subject Of lie experiment, IND tel, graceful youth
with guitar. whose music L1ed attslt'n aud O.
several aays ane-, received letter corianiag In
substance. the FLOWING you either did not axe
toe experiment nc the tine and IN The uleI sposcl.
or elso did not succeed, as recesed impression.
during the half hour TINT could &c traced u Any foreign
source BIT after retiring for the night udiaing ilto
a natural slumber beautiful dreaU-iko vision passed
iafnra M kubatnufItfN
the dreaiD--her narrative commencing thus. IL va.
standing 5y clear stream whose banks were covered
with beautiful grove " ard the r9m3inder Of tie reoa
indicated striking resemblance Of the dream 10 tho
images formed In the mind VI the writer. Reques'ing
the lady 70 denote "a nearly pofsbe the hour 81 neI
singular experience, she stated that she retired Of
eleven o'clock and on awakiny from the dream found
the precise time to be ten nisus o tSere. which de
termDcs the hour with sufficient ex6cness 20 warrant
the conclusion thst there may hnye been, aud dOuJss
was. actual OF thought and feeling carried
on through tine intervening distance between NeViowI
and Bridgeport
The mental tendencies Of DR.. Britain evidently
Iced him to an active play Of the imagination and t,
an excess Of creduity, rather than 10 the keen
searching methods OF scientific skeptcism. lie i!
apt 70 take mp with legends and traditions without
testing their validity by any critical anayss. Thu
he twice informs US in the course Of his volume
that " old Roger Bacon the anchored, lived tive
years in a hole under a church-ws and at last duf
his own grave with his finger nails" DR.. Britain
style is i'll adopted 10 the successful treatment o
scientific subjects. 1t lacks the colnpactnoss, Gin
plicity, and logical sequence which usually accom-
pany the exercise Of lucid or profound intellect
and is frequently disfgured by gaudy andextiaya
CANT rhetoric. Still his work forms % copious re
postory of alleged facts relating TO the "nightsd'
Of nature" with many of the ancient heir-looms o
marvellous puTport that have come down from gen