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[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,
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[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.