PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS UY JOHN FE.NNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS, PHILADELPHIA [No. 3, of Vol. lII.] true and genuine Discovery of ANFMAL ELEC TRICITY and MAGNETISM: calculated to dc ttel and overthrow alt counterfeit defcriptiovs oj the fame. IT is generally admitted, that there is a ple num, or universal fluid, which occupies all joace, and that all bodies moving therein, abound with pores or points of introduction, and imer ftices to receive and return it ; that this fluid coiififts of fire, light, air, or f"pirit, which flowing through one body by the currents which iflue therefrom to another, as in a magnet, produces that phosiioinenon we call Animal Magnetism. Now as it is the nature of all fluids to tend to an equilibrium, therefore the efforts which bodies make towards each other produce Animal Elec tricity. Animal Electricity is no more than the effect produced between two bodies, one of which has more motion than the other; aphaenonrenon proving that the body which has moll motion communicates it tothe other, until an equilibri um of motion be eftablilhed between them ; with inequajity of motion there is Animal Electricity : with<equality and reciprocity of motion there is Animal Magnetism. It is the purpose of nature that Animal Eledtricity should exist only to pro duce Animal Magnetifin ; the former ends where the latter begins. The human body may be therefore compared to an electrical machine, the arms the conductors, the fingers the pointers. Hold the fingers of both hands for foine time to wards the invalid's pericardium, and you will soon perceive all the effetfls of eletftricity on the patient : continue the motion till hq is filled with the eleiftrical fluid, which will flow with great velocity from your fingers, in proportion as your mental faculties are engaged ; this yon will soon kijow by the commoto or crisis he will be put in to, if his disorder requires either the one or the other. But if the treatment does not produce either of these, depend upon it his restoration will be very fan* bmught about without ihem. This fcitnce, has-been kept hid and concealed from the multitude, and great fuuis have been giv en fomhe knowledge of it : but I can allure the public,that it is as fairly laid open in the following little treatise as it possibly can be in a few words. I have had the happiness of beinginftrutfted in this wonderful fyflem by a gentleman of the firlt abilities, and who has treated, many days, more than an hundred a day, and with great success in many instances. And I was not taught it un der any reftriition, and therefore can with free dom and pleasure communicate to others what I have received; and 1 doubt not, bnt any person of even a common capacity, by attending closely to the rules here laid down, may become as tife ful an operator as tliofe that have paid large funis ft>r their knowledge. But let not those be dis couraged who are but beginners, but let them persevere and exert themselves in the practice of it, and they will fee, in many instances, such suc cess as will doubtless give them spirits to go on, and encourage them to persist. If you would w:(h to treat patients with success observe the following rules or direttions, Firjf. Be as much cbftraffed as poflible ; put every other thought and idea out of your mind, and seek to enter in, and for a time take pofief fion of the fubjcift, whom you are about to treat. Secondly. Let your mind be filled with affcfl'ton and bcnevalonce towards the subject that you are treating. Let all the energy of your foul be fix ed on the relief of your patient, and generally success will follow. Thirdly. Let there be a constant intention within you ; keep tip an idea of the complaint that you wish to remove ; be earneltly desirous to give all the assistance in your power towards the relief ofthe fubjecfh Kindness, pity, constant inten tion, and companion, are great promoters of suc cess in this matter. Strange as this may seem, ynu will find it true, and tliofe who have consi dered the amazing; powers of fvmpathy and anti pathy will eafilyfee it reasonable. Fourthly. Exert the strong internal faculty of volition, or your will, towards thefubje< r t that you are called to treat ; determine to do good to the diseased ; and you will find oftentimes a strange connection with those whom you are treating.— This is produced by the incorporation of the at niofpheres, and as cach body lias an atmosphere around it, they have a strange power over each other, asthe principles of this science, are in themfclves very powerful, the more they are combined and exerted, the greater will be their Saturday, May 7, 1791. force, and the more conspicuous the effects of the treatment will be. If the power of the mental faculties in men were known, they would be surprized at them . selves ; but these powers lie hid till they are proved Ivy sensible operations really to exist. It has been frequently observed, that when persons are spoken of they are near, and soon come into fight, and when you think on absent persons, it is of ten found they are at the fame time as carneft ly engaged in thinking on you. Many inftan eesof the amazing power offympathy mult have been manifefted to all attentive observers. Con sider this, and apply it with all your might to the present fubjeiil, accoi ding to the above directions. (To be cor,eluded in out next ) EXTRACT. AS beauteous Phosphor, in his flaming robe, Looks thro' night's curtain round the spacious globe, Sees the pale Moon in weflern skies decline, And bids the motn in blulhing radiance shins ; Soon as Aurora breaks the (hades of night, Sinks down, embofom'd in his native light ; Thus Franklin (hone; and round life's fields afar, Pour'd forth the effulgence of the morning star. He walk'd with nature thro' her mazy road, And eyed the beauties of the forming God ; Taught us why lightning its red wings unfurl'd, And why the thunder rock'd the aitonifh'd world; Search'd the deep system of ele&ric fire, And fliew'd it dreaming on the conscious wire; Till Heaven, admiring, calj'd the sage away, And mix'd his radiance with celeflial day. But while, in tears, we mourn the long adieu, Lo, Adams rises t» the enraptur'd view. As some fair fountain, in the vernal plain, Breaks thro' the ground and pours its streams amain ; Thro' all the vale in foft meander spreads, Clears the choak'd foil, and wakes the verdant meads ; So from his feat the exalted patriot stands, And gives new ardor to reviving lands; O'er every clime his voice, in thunder hurl'd, Sounds sacred terror to the admiring world. Britannia, fearful, hears her funeral song, And the dire death-watch founding from his tongue. See, fee Columbus ! from the tottering throne, A George defccndrng to embrace thy son; From realm to realm the immortal ftatefraan flies, And Independence rushes down the ikies. His pen, his voice his country still (hall guard, By Heaven inspired, end for the talk prepar'd. And thou, great WASHINGTON ! immortal sage! Pride of the world ! thou Phoebus of thine age ! Whose awful name the tyrant dreads to hear, And startled envy drops the bloody spear ; Say, can the Mufc confefs the rapt'rous fire, Nor found thy praises on the tuneful lyre? Thrice grateful talk! thy God-like deeds to sing ! What flowing numbers fhou'd adorn the firing ! When firft, from Britain's shore, involv'd in blood, Black war rufii'd vengeful o'er the billowy flood ! When death, behind, difplay'd his horrid head, And the grim Furies left their iron bed ; Round these fair climes, where peace, unknown to arms, And freedom, sacred freedom spread her charms; Hurl'd their black fhafts, fiom hell's unbounded ftoie, And desolation crimfon'd all the shore; The WASHINGTON arose, to grasp the shield, And flew like lightning to the.gloomy field. The rnurd'rous crew, aghast, cOnfefs'd the alarm, Nor dared the vengeance of his wafting arm. Round every plain unerring fate he fends, And death turns traitor to pursue his friends. Peace reigns again : And fee, from smiling skies, Returning freedom to Columbia flies. Science comes down to wake her native fires, And WASHINGTON to Vernon's shades retires. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, On the fubje£t of rhe CODAND WHALE FISHERIES, [continued.] THE plan of the English government, fmce the peace, has been to prohibit all foreign filh in their markets, and they have given from eighteen to fifty pounds (lerling, on every fifhirig ves sel complying with certain conditions.- This policy ii said to have been so far fuccefstul as to have raised the number of lea men employed in that business in 1786, to fourteen thousand, and the quantity of fifh taken, to seven hundred and thirty-two thou sand kentals. The table No. 1, hereto annexed, will present to the eye, this history more in detail. The fifheiics of the United States, annihilated during the war ; their veffcls, utensils, and filherincn tleftroyed ; their markets in the Mediterranean and Biitifb-America loft, and their produce dutied in those of France, their competitors enabled by bounties to meet and under fell them at the few markets remaining open without any public aid, and indeed, plying aids to the public : Such werethc hopeless auspices, underwhich this important busi ness was to be resumed. Yet it was resumed, and. aided by the mere forcc of natural advantages, they employed, during the years 1786, —7, —8, — g, on an average, five hundred thirtv-nine vessels, of nineteen thousand one hundred eighty-five tons, three thousand two hundred cighty-feven seamen, and took two hundred fifty thousand fix hundred fifty kentals of fifb : (fee No. 2,) and an of ficial paper, (No. 3) (hews that, in the last of those years, our ex portation amounted to three hundred feventy-five thousand and twenty kentals, and thirty thousand four hundred sixty-one bar rels, dcdu&ion made of three thousand seven hundred one ken tals, and fix thousand three hundred forty-three barrels of foreign fifb received and re-exported. (See No. 4.) Still, however, the ralculatioDi in (No. 5) which accompany the representation, shew, 9 t#t&o [Whole No. 211.] that the profits of the sales in the years 1707,-8, were too (mall to afford □ living to the fifherman, and on those of 1789, ihere was such a loss as to withdraw thirty-thiee vessels, of the town of Marblehead alone, from the further pursuit of this business : And the apprehension is, that, without some public aid, those flill re maining will continue to withdraw t and this whole commerce be engrofled by a firtgle nation. This rapid view of the cod-fifhery, enables us to discern under what policy it has flourifhed or declined in the hands of other na tions, and to mark the fa&,*that it is too poor a business to be left to it itfelf, even with the nation the most advantageously fttuated. It will now be proper to count the advantages which aid, and the disadvantages which oppose us in this contest. Our advantages are— 1. The neighbourhood of the great fifheries, which permits our fifhermen to bring home their fifh to be salted by their wives and Jix'dd ren. f/1. The shore so near at hand as to enable the vefTels /so run into port in a storm, and so lefTcn the risk, for which dis tant nations must pay insurance. 3. The winter fifheries, which, like houftiold manufa&ures, employ portions of time which would otherwise be useless. 4. The fmallnefs of the vefTels, which the fhoitnefs of the voyage enables us to employ, and which, consequently, require but a {mail capital. 5. The cheapness of our vefTels, which do not cost above the half of the Baltic fir vefTels, computing price and duration. 6. Their excellence as sea boats, which decreases the rifle, and quickens the returns. 7. Thefuperiority of our mariners in (kill, a&ivity, entcrprize, fobrietv and order. 8. The cheapness of provisions. 9. The cheapness of casks, which, of itfelf, is said to be equal to an extra profit of fifteen per cent These advantages are of such force, that, while experience has proved that no other nation can make a mercantile profit on the Newfoundland fifhery, nor can support it without national aid, we can make a living profit, if vent for our filh can be procured. Of the diladvantages opposed to us, those which depend on our- I selves, are, — Tonnage, and naval duties on the vefTels employed in the fifhery. Impost duties on fait, on tea, rum, sugar, mo-1 TTf j • t lafles, hooks, lines and leads, duck, cordage and C fifh'ci 11C cables, iron, hemp, and twine. ) C 1 Coarse woollens worn by the fifhermen ; and the poll-tax levied by the State on their persons. The statement, No. 6, shews the amount ofthefe, exclusive of the State tax. and drawback on the fifh exported, to be 5.25 dollars per man, or 57.75 dollars per ves sel of fifty-five tons. When a business is so nearly in equilibrio, that one can hardly discern whether the profit be fuflicient to con tinue it, or not, finaller sums than these fuffice to turn the scale against it. To these disadvantages, add ineffe&ual duties on the importation of foreign fifh. In juftification of these last, it is ur ged that the foreign fifh received, is in exchange for the produce of agriculture. To which it may be anfwercd, that the thing gi ven, is more merchantable than that received in exchange, and that agriculture h«s too many markets to be allowed to take away thofeof the {liberies. It will reft, therefore, with the wisdom of the legislature, to decide, whether prohibition should not be op -1 posed to prohibition, and high duty to high duty, on the fifh of other nations : Whether any, and which of the naval and other duties, may be remitted, or an equivalent given to the fifherman in the form of a drawback or bounty; and whether the loss of markets abroad may not, in some degree, be compensated by creating markets at home ; to which might contribute the consti tuting fifh a part of the military ration, in flations, not too distant from navigation, a part of the necessary sea stores of vefTels, and the encouraging private individuals to let the fifherman share with the cultivator, in furnifiiing the fuppliesof the table. A habit in troduced fiom motives of patriotism, would soon be followed, j from motives of taste : And who will undertake to fix limits to I this demand, if it can be once excited, with a nation whichdoubles, and will long continue to double at very short periods ? To be continued. LONDON. BEETHAM's New Portable WASHING MILL is now so improved, that all denominations of afl'ociated communities, private families and individuals, may derive the mod unbounded ad vantages from adopting it to walh silk, linen, cotton, woolen, &c. &c. PECULIAR (QUALITIES. 1 Simple confirmation. 2 Facility of operation. 3 Saves great expences. 4 Preserves the linen. 5 Beautifies the linen. 6 Thickens the linen. 7 One person works it. 8 Not liable to injury. 9 Wants no repairs. jo Works by preflure only. 11 Saves soap. t 2 Saves coals. I 3 Saves manual labour. 14 Saves boiling of linen. 1 j Soon clears the price. 16 Turns the linen inceflantly. 1 7 Washes as much as ten women. 18 Vibrates in half a second. 19 Waihes cleaner than common. 20 Easy to manage. 21 Waflies 24 shirts at one time. 22 Saves 15s in one guinea. 23 Firsts and seconds at onetime. proportionate prices. A mill large enough to wafli 8 fbirts, 41. 4s — 14 ditto, 4I 14s 6d—lß ditto, jl 55—24 ditto 61 6s—and one to firft and second, 81 Bs—Wringer 1). is.
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