The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-09-25
Miraculous Healing by a
French ZOuaVe.
A. NEW SENsAsION IN PARIS.

New York some time ago. lne
Stars correspondent says:
"The great novelty Of the day,
and the subject ofall conversation,
is the miraculous gift Of healing
possessed by Zouave Of the name
of Jacob, who, by the mere cxcr-
ehe of his will, performs daily the
most extraordinary cures Of para
lyzed persons who for years have
been unable to move without as
sistance. The Zouave receives no
payment for the boon he conteIs;
he is perfectly. unasSuming in man
ner, and does not attempt to cN-
plain by what means he accom-
plishes the cures he undoubtedly
effects. His regiment is quarter
ed at Versailles, but in consequence
of the difficulty the poor expert
enced in reaching the only portion
of this barrack in which he was
allowed to receive his patients, the
Count de Chateauvillaid, himself
. paralytic, offered him the use Of
several rooms in his hotel, where
Zouave Jacob daily administers
relief to thousands who flock from
all parts. The Count publishes in
La Petite Presse a plain statement
Of his own experience in the eff
cacy ofJacob's influence. He drove
in his carriage, accompanied by
his wife, to the manufactory Of
NJ. Du Noyet, where Jacob was
engaged with several poor and
disabled patients. The Count, who
had been paralyzed for years, was
supported by his footman and q
workman, who obligingly lent
him his arm from his carriage to
the sale, where he was allowed 10
take place in the circle Of the
sick surrounding Jacob.
"Persons were being transported
on litters or carried in mems arms
to his presence, many being so ut
terly helpless as to be unable to
sit upright, and only able to sup
port themselves by leaning against
each other. AS soon as the room
was full, Jacob entered, and said:
"Let no one speak until l question
him, or / shall 60 away" Perfect
silence ensued. The Zouave then
went from one sick person to an
other, telling each exactly the dis
ease from which he or she was
suffering. Then to the paralytics
he simply said "Rise." The Count,
being of the number, arose, and
that without the slightest diff
Guilty. In about twenty minutes
Jacob dismissed the crowd. NJ.
De Chateauvillaid walked to his
carriage without the slightest diff
Guilty, and when his wife wished,
to express her gratitude to Jacob,
ne replied that he had no time to
listen for he had other patients to
attend to. Medical men are them
selves taken by surprise, but the
facts are not contradicted."
In later letter the same writer
says:
:'The Zouave Guerisseur' is de-
tcidedly the lion of the day. The
Importance attached by the public,
as we'll as by the press, to the Sol-
Gisaat cures operated by this pri-
vate affords a striking indication
ofthe temper ofthe public appetite
in this country towards super
natural agency. France IS Catho-
lie nation, and cannot do without
miracles. To many the feats ac-
complished by the said Zouave ap-
pear as a delusive farce and ex-
traVagancy Of superstition; but to
many, more I am assured it is a
serious, all absorbing faith. Scores
ofpeople in Paris, as we'll as Yer
saiIles, are actually made crazy by
the miracles operated by Monsieur
he Zouave. He has created the
greatest curiosity, and hundreds
of men and women Of character
sind ability now seek opportunities
to witness and investigate the
phenomena produced by Jacob, le
Zouave.
"If this Jacob is a mere impos-
tor, which many persons broadly
assert, it is nevertheless confessed
by careful and candid investigators
that he is most successful in con-
cealing his imposture. The fact
: is that Jacob, disdaining the for
;mer manifestations fspiritualism,
which merely consisted in rocking,
lifting, rapping, or tapping, has
had the good sense to turn his
mind towards things Of ordinary
and tangible utility. He does not
pretend to Introduce you to So
crates and Solomon, to put you in
Communication with Eoltaire or
Alfred de Musset, and to describe
to you the scenery Of the planet
Jupiter or the star Aldebaran; but
he, more practical and matter Of
fact, undertakes to rid you of
rheumatism, goGt, amaurosis, pal
sy, &c. For startling effects, the
phenomena which he produces are
worthy of the age Of Michael
Scott"
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Plauner, hung himself last week in Gov
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