Evans v. Hohenlohe.
The Times, 1824-01-24T00:00:00

't1.e fbioloing wvondcrfuicsei from the iVi'. York- Co mmer.. &' Ad i-ser, and it, paupantly as welln tetctda n i =hh miracles atetctda lyp LFrom th* vaWrle Gazzelte.1 T-, lig~ sis3iIlar relation of'fscts.;hssjust.beeahanedus for publicatuon'by General Evans,. iho, ha jut rt ed trf thui plac'e from the resialence of Judge Prnnce, intri,on n from tektiown re=peebility of the wriiter, w*e consider ,his- s'tatements as entitled to the ftulest crtdkL Gentlemnen,....n the 14th instant I witnessed one of the most exteaordinar.y phenomneions perhaps 'ever-ivitnemed in any, age., On my arrival at Princeton o,n the 'evening .of the 13th Intant' I was inronnedl by Dr. -Thiompson - and s~vefal other tentimnen of high reapectahil1%. that a young orpan 'girl, aiged F2or3yearTs, resident in the family Of the Honourable WVilliamn Prince, a&tsvnmiles from Princetorl, oh the 7th' ihst-aat, commenced. sweating blood, or, in other -vords,' the blOOd rani freely from the pores of the skin of her left -chieek from a apace COnsideMably larger than a dollar., that it cointinued in. thiis way utitil the evening of the l1th instant, w'hen it ceased that on- dhe Mmoring ot' the 12thi a large drop) of black'blo6d, the size Ofa large bean,. suddenly emitted from 'her chieek below. tho eye, to which was- attached sundry fibres, tendlons or something which resembles the legs (ifa large spider, wh? -legs or fibres appeared to posscs4 life, by their manner, of I tcing and ex- tending themselves, something verysii ih le oa sp;der that shortly afterivaeds a lupoI uecea feh bu thue tize of a large ps udnyeitdfo h aepae n in at'uw minutes a sldunpeeo ine erol.itjfa inchi square, suddel rcrldfo h aepae;ad that no blole opening, Qr appearaticN from whec hs usacsedtc could possibly be discovered by the stcessrtiy;ha egrl remained in pbrfert health, entirely freefo h otitnsip torns of paini or soreness ; and that no change of colourorte ie gular appearance rnanifested themselves! at- that panto~tefc more than any other-par. Tlhus I have given, as bricflspsi ble, a history of the facts relaed to. ime by 'Dr. -Thompsn and ethers, on-mny arrivs-l itt Princeton. Dr. Thomnpson fshoe mne ut the samne tinie sundry Rieces of' bone and lumrps of 'ffesh, wldich hie. had- remloved ffoin her tace- with 4iis own liundi : " Notwithsitanding the conflldtnce which 1-felt, rnyself .onnd -.to jplace in tlhe statemients- of those gendenen; I 'could not, pers4adle cven credulity itself to yield beliefto their statements, in'-tlbe fij1.1 ness CTf their extent; or at lest 1-bielieved. that, 6oiil4 1 witneii-the &ctts myef-oldsoo sm hole; openinrg, or upperance,fropi~ vihence those bones and lumpa of flesgh prowedwhrh.li Jlutdgjjm~, surprie! On he nex nidrung I O ateviloi ups- in' compny ith enealJon Nely nd-Dr. Thom'i-ItV' - ond Z I ereduliy itsel to th blush.W&a 9fi,eIa hMe.hbu,sp o eviag- fond msef bun.tonaenttothetrth f~aet t h Aii6Mof,u ~'rn-c athal pat o~kT~ . i., ndwere- inl3flmied y Xrs. Pnncdtfiat tiatgoin tlie kna bd - made- its. 4paaralee since. sunISct ihoevenis before. The girl appeared'Tin perfect. health5 quire ech&nfill; ane pursuing her ordinary occupation; I examin- ed lir closelIy, b'nt could discover nothin gnuaual in anytiart of her lfac S eis a handsome, smooth.akinned. plurnp.faced girl, of agreeable and expressive countienanIce. After waiting.-half an hour,:i was about to depart, presuming that nothing of 'the kind would aguain appear, when su(ddenly the girl, who was 'fralking the floor,, turneel around with a smile, when I discovered a lump of skPriething like black blood, ablout as tbick, and nearly as black as tar, ncar the size of a cherry,-just below the inner corner ot her left eye, wbich Innsitantly removed, and tobnd the skin lunderneath per- fectly clean, smooth, and solid. Being assured by frs. Prince that in a fen minutes a tummp of nesh, and soon after a bone would fol. loW, We caused her to sit down, and examined the place with the ' Incest scrutiur, but found no hole or ape.rture could be discovered. - -In pecisely 1v min.utes,a lump of clean Resh, without nay mixture o blood, suddenly nnade.it's appeavance bn the outside of the skiis, abolt the size of a large b-tan, whicr. Giierhl Neely instantly re- mloved, when no hole oraperture in the skin could be discovered. ln sis minutes aflterrarda solid piece of bone,near one-eighth of an inch square, suddenly n:ade ifsappearance atSthe sam'e place, wrhich being mnStantly reoved, no hole- Or aperture in the sln could be 3iscovered. Precisely 14 niinutes afterwards. a lump of clean flesh, us large as rte end of a man's little finger, tothe fistjoint, suddenly appeasred at the same place, and in eight minutes afterwards a solid piece of bone, as tbic , and about half the length and width of a arge grain of corn, when the rficett scrutiny could not discern any opening, or appearanceof ang aperture from whence those bones and lumnps t fleshnproceeded. Tiring this time Judge Emierson came int, and witnessed the foregoing facts with equal surprise. s" In this wayit bas continued up to the present time; at inter. vals of frio five to twenty mninutes, lumps of dean flesh, sometimes an inch in length and as thick as a Man's liEtle finger, and boans of various sizes, one of which I am credibly informed dropped from her fae on the evening of the 111th instant, as large as a weeD grown grain of corn. Thegirl remains in perfect health, free from the rmost distant symptoms of pain, either in the part afected or otherwise. She is oult sensible of a slight degree of twitching or tickling in the flesh, at tl einstant those emissions take place; the colour of the skin at the place is not changed, nor can any appearance of a singular kind whatever be observed. But a most inexplicable mystery is, that the quickness of vision, or in other words, the powrers of discernment cannot discover the commencement of those emissions of bones and flesh. The first thing the eye can discover, is the clot of blood (which emits farst and but onee in the day), the lump of flesh or the bones, a s the case may be,protrndecl on the outside of the skin,which beiny instantly retovedi the skin underneath is as smooth and as free trom any hole, openng, or aperture,which cai be discovered by the stricteSt tscrutin3y, as the moat solid part of te oalm or a man's hand. " P.M. EVANS. 41 Evansville, Ind., Nov. 17, 1823." "ANvs v. 1OHRNLOIE-