^ Y „1101{,Atip': , ,,8z.'XPOSIT.OR . . earitott. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1841 Irterenttlierance i• heXuallorland County Temperance Society will ke - figt lTin {h Ist Presbyterian Church, on FRIDAY NEXT, ne4,.o'Clock , P. M.. for the 'pur, pose'of electing officers for the ensuing year, and choosing „delegateslo• the State Temfierance Convention. The'Report of the Executive Committee will also be laid before Ole Society. S. :ELLIOTT, . • Sec. Cumb. Co. Tenip. So. 10 1 " The news by the steamship Colum bia, which - arrived at Boston on yesterday week, , is of no importance to our readers. firi'VFe had written half a page of fools --nap-onTtlioTeubjecrof-a-series 'of - pnblie lec tnresin our .borough; when we received the' , Corn niunication of "'Caiiisle." _giVe place:to it with the hippo that iis truths_ will not be disregarded. -Our correspondent alludes to thelectures which .were. delivered in the Equal Rights Saloon "two or three years ago." Who that :heard them' derived from . them no • . , .. mental improvement ?.. . 0 ' - We have a number of professional and . literary .gentlemen who, if asked to . lecture, . mthesitaiingly. yield to the , call. Let r - -- ue have them_ out. - 10:7•We hai , e•heen fornished,with the -..". Catalogue of Officers and Students 'of Dickinson. `College" • for 1841-42, from whixh, ii appears that theretare in 'College one hundred• and,thirty students, including the students Of the Law School attached to the lostituthiny which - tfierti - " , atitiltie. - The of the drammar School • number fifty-eight. - licrlVlren we _wrote last week_ about Mesmerism, it was our intention •to recur _i'sgain-to-thersu f bjec . t.---F-e-havehii‘iever, - been. favored with a communication on this shallow' imposture. which we chierfolly insert; inasmuch as its atithor, who is in __:_finitely-beuer-qualified. for _a-discussion Of 'this topic than we, has. laid bare the im pudentfrinds.of the "corps magnetique" in a way which we think will prevent these itinerant cheats from ever again attempting to gull the people of Carlisle. Our correspondent is a gentleman whose k leientinc acquirements -are unquestioned, -a►d who, like every other true philosopher, neither condemnb^•aor applauds a new the ory because it is new, but investigates for ...himself. We invite attention. to his pro duction. From the Frederick Herald we learn_that requisitions were "made . Upon the officers of the Frederick County Bank for'their at -44, tendance at New York in'the case of Mr. Justice Wiley'on. Mondaylast. We are glad of .itA ! . Justice has been .slow,..riow let her be sure. • ler The Washington. Correspondent of the lournal of Commerce writes that Gen. Gaines has been arrested for coming to head quarters withouforders. • PRESIDENT MAKING.—An Irish member of • the.tritish Parliament, .alluding in de bate to the French nation, gravely rethark ed th t at they "were the most troublesome' people in •the world, and that they .would never be at peace until they were ,en " However pa of tho honest Hi . will. apply.. with ions of certain edi ting every nerve to t; each. tiis. favorite :ncy. It seems as be at p ence unless , fare;-and, although ifore•we .shall be P resident, - we al nave in :the• rfieid an liost for that Jr. , 'Yale : Miran, Clay; Tyler, Stewart, ate, Buchanan, Johnson, .Benton. and • .undty of the lesser lights "too 'numerous to mention," 'are now•in training toelhe political jockey, course: • • ' We . '4aye studiously xeriained from press ing upon our readers, the claims's:id pre- gaged radoxim • bernian , much ft tors Wb bring bt — I though . - ogageti O V, tentipmf:of any:of these gentlemen; not be- fauSsld not willingly support et • least onset them, but for the reason.that we hay.B :thought, and think . still ! that the agitation' of this questiorr ld -premature. When thaproper lints to ieleci a %up can -_--di~ac~;~hell'hagesrrived~we shah-then-bold iiiiidnieguiviiaillyexpress our preferepee for the , distinguished 'individual who is our j choice. , If bovveverOte should not obtain a ncoutatkon, weoball support the gond ' nee of the Whig National .COneendOn.end shall use every tneaitsin OUJE power to pro; mote elet,tion, But, for the present, Obeli urge-the claim s 'Of no moOl-beJlev .infp•tliat it. is now -impolitic to agitate:the question, of "t4i SueOession."glohp 'l4 , , .. , =hope yet inore than three yeers fa serie, and _ , . rei -we big7e hi m ± #! or hetterifor woise." 'When Ite,Piireimii a 'mei # o o4''Of -Comalnda lion, we shell Pldiud" ilim, and, wi!e'rhis measures do not come op-* our nigioai 91 ME what is right, we shall be•amongst the first to censure him. In this early agitaiimi of-the Presiden tial question, some men areitn . tuatsit by tile, vain . desire of. Awingciinsidered wicks," or :Mashie - at:m . 4am' and . (Anis hope, in thetvent . of their favorite succeed rave a friend at court, and thus 'se-, cure to themselves a , small portion e "spoils." • Either motive is unworthy, and wo trust, that no Whig will be. guilty of advocating the claim of any men, merely benause he hopes to acquire office and in fluence. We go .for the Whig, party: .° - • For th e Herald & Expodlor ANIMAL 'MAGNETISM. Mn. EntrOrt'; , ..--The writer of this arti cle was, present at two public and two pri vate exhibitions of - the.corps .magnetique, whiCh recently visited our borough,,under the command of one Mr. lOhnson, chief As magnetizer. - ' i; was well - known tit new " philosophy,:fAlsely so' called," litte:Lbecti-I counienanced/by -, Men--:Whotte. , learning gave .; authority , to., their opinionS, 1 and-whoseintegrity-placed-Ahern-above-thOv suspicion of french. the writer resolved to avail himself of the opportunity_ to investi gate the subject for himself, and to aittisfy himself whether or not such men as Presi dent Wayland until:of., StOne had been the dupes ,or imposture; It . is very easy to prowl - mice a matters a 'truth or a humbug by a hap-haiard assertion, and the man who thus juMps.achis conclusions, is gen erally wiser 'in his loWn• eyes than seven men who _" suspend judgment" till they can - 7 - rendera-reasow.-----Nhen-eitravagant pretensions are ~z set, up, '. the - wise. man doubts but I.lareti not say it is impossible. He knows that many things, which unthink ing men, to show their superior sagacity, have pondeinned, at sight or. without sight, - as humbugs, have afterwards turned out to be realities. „Commencing .his investiga, lions in this spirit, the, writer has been forced ,so,the;powhision. - that thgt.-.'strhibitions in, •anitnal,MagnetiiM,.iouts6.bi,iiihnion - and. his Companions, were 11 - Emil, imposition upon the public. . , - . _ Mr. Johnson's,. subjects were the boy Frederick, and rite girl . Harriet. ', The th •odas operandi is this—Haffiet sits id a rocking...chairomd_Johntion,placetribitheell bra - -chair _before . her, taker; her thuMbs in his hands, and "gazes ivith__a_fixed_.'arttl.in, tense expression into her eyes. After a feiv minutes he -makes passes with his hands - from'. the. head to_ the hinds of the subjectoill - stelalls - inlo apparent sleep ; and when - his hands attract hers, as a mug net_attr'acts iron, the process is complete. The subject, being ready _ for expriment, the 'magnetizer now- declarea r let. Theta sympathy in- sensation - now - exists between him and the sleeper, by whichAmpressiona made upon.hi%'ilenses are ctuninUtrieated to hers; but-that lie is lop* insensible to all: impressions mat - .K.7 upon' her organs' of sensation, in apfother way: - 2nd. That she is, obedient to his will, and wherever - he may he placed, he can by a mere voli tion, with Out, word or'sign, : make hir lift an arm ; rise upon ,her feet, and perform 'any other act . which the audience may re quest in,writiOg. - 3tl. That by a few pass es he can put her in the same sympathetic and mental Communication. 'with another, which she has with himself; so that she may be carried mentally to any place how ever remote,, and will describe objects which are at the time before the mind of her conduCtor. . .. These declarations so far transcend what we know by tip - erience . of the poivers Of the human mind, that no' reflecting man would Admit them unless they were sup ported by the • strongest proofs in , the ab sence of all circumstances which could taint them with the suspicion of fraud.— The celebrated... argument of Hume, erre neously applied to another 'subject, *mild hold in the present case.- • It is more in ac cordance with our. experience that men should attempt to deceive us by falsehood And fraud, than that events should happen epntrart to _the established constitution Of nature. • )re may therefore fairly 'assert, at the outset, that there-is a strong presump tion- against'the truth of these declarations. .Again, we remark that a ,single failure in the experiments made to prove these ex traordinary mental states, is - primer' facie evidence of imposition. If the 'eubjeet'is obedient to the.volitions of the magnetiier, she ought to-obey-in-all-- cases; 'unless - a satisfactory explanation of the disobedience can be given: So if she sees what lie looks upon, she ought to describe the ob- ject accurately and without mistake ; and if she• can . be carried mentally to distant .placesi she ought to .be able to ;give a clear and-definete uccountiof thew was oh- vious to all oheervertr, that both Harriet and Frederick made repeated failures in all these thruelaises of experiments. We will mentioW,illeW un'ller.ench let. 'Qbedienieto:4he will of the Harriet obeyed him when he willed her to lift' en arm, but' disobeyed When required to Much her loreheetl.With her hind. , She obeyed him hy rising , on 'her feet. but when he willed her to sit down again, 'she walked along the floor. When required to raise the right arm shera . ised the lerc h and when she.ought to have raised hiithrlogethir; she 'raised the left - first.--• Frederick could - nbt be made - to-Opeti:bie mouth, nor to touch his ear with .his hand, loir to lift his f00t... _ I ttl. B,yminnheriefensafirm: — The es criplidn of articles !vas never specifie. - but always 't*itui(*OCgt‘lterOl.', Nothing was named:: The shape waif/or:08k or round- Fgh ; ' and ; : IN) , cOtor# whitish q gaikisk whitioh,was_conetrued to 111 0 4.1.i:1y c o l o r from snow white ,to 'brOwnish grey ; and 61clakfirk eve,ry, color; red', not excepted; from brownish. grey to jet black. • With such - latitude in eonittruction; the :mleeper Min ,tie:Bifinewliatiduli-bh not to_ beiiglic r lah' i - half' he trials. , Ii as, obs erved,, also; that the descriptions were 4eldom given without' Ennui!, urging, and ' _putting the lineation in, several different.. forms, till the sleep-wa)tereotouinenlito to the proper answer &OM the questions`.. themsolvel; When -the- sleekwaker was ,puailad;ithe answers were' so' that Pabotlibat magnetizerths' cquhrgoiiitiiibend 001.- . - ' • " • , ... . ~._ .. , . . . J(ihnftia was - pinCliedylidently•oethe-arm. moved - her erme-foofor-mati Without:AP - Fraeriek,-;:madanO.:: Okitiatt: r •;:ta . : - . What . tiCulty.,; ,Itad , then stieimaddnyolttotat'y con hurt` .yeit„ - Eriderielc't:' - '4l*..t itoit!;.:, fib irectititf oftliantusciea„ta.bring, ',it iiaeit,to .thciii . , : ;*:Vhy .? .Alie...tt.4urt 'MC. Q. liti. - Plaetc ,:.WitilesheiWite liiilding,heintia, Where:::diii . it • hur t :: :. • Ane.-Tit',,A .41 ui:i horizontally; in what•johesen-eilled,apar.: tnit...-I:bp..,doliimitiiii.repOrteitthet alytic !a(cat.,•: she, was; seen . to ,moyeber they;eittitidOef , , tell :Whether :be . Jaid ear, thumb , wh ich had been . ressing against the aritiiiee . C . *,' hand. • ,:Johnson, though end 'Other fore Anger,,,,to the end Other' eeierat4aidit distant, uoile . otaiiidliqpi s eiN .iniddle , fir ' ' • , Singul -aralv '. that!' dieleet'ititte6tinkerked.'.tliathe tioi4gll%.ihe .. ,:: 416;' " toplikkvainft7Nov - boy-Aie-- -hei peafPricisely.What'Yea''said, befeW . f . .::lt, ma hark trik arm.! 1. saye . :Fred.;, ancithe go o d- ,whL Ape natured audience were.aatished.,:..,Whenn untarily., ' ~ • . , • ..,, ~ -:- ~ ,•,.,... 2 , _.. ~ bottle,. containing a snake , preserved ,hi ' toth. , '-' . IVhen . JOhnriow l :tyarr;.rierfortripig: alcohol, was held -behind, iiiM, - Fred, his experiments with,the:will t ehe : .tpened -it •wes-? - ilongish; end. roundish and con- her head towards hint . io iteohleniiiiimir . ',4B tained - black' water; that's all." He evi- to look out from und er ilittlotie-biridoge dently ~,tniateolt' it . for a 'bottle of ink...- and see.:him . .. ',Johnson,:hed.'heep required . Johnson' held a- . pair •of • spectacles: -Q. in 'writing-to. make her-xiaeAut: her feethy• Fred what do I hold. in my, hand ? Ana. volition - . Before she tuned, her head, she .4 long 'round thing: Q. What is it nsed hesitated and,seemed at. a loss what - to do; for ? 'Ans. To walk - with l . 'Tho , boy ii after she looked atiiim,,she'gredaally sc oop- Irish, and it is saitiyou must alwayslet an ;forward and rose : op.;i: lohnson i wpoSition Irishman_apeak_twice._AeCordingly-owihe-was-aboutten - fect - ta:ttr leftiTtind- - a - few second trial, the •sPietadles were a thiugto ' feet Oack - frikm . .-hcp,iclitiir..4ltoy one Will use—tahold , over'-the head-toAcep, __the: Jiaii - -italiiikerchOati oelioNhie eyes, he r'nen -- efft --- irlie'third - *tine; the . itiectielei will that-hyibrowirig.:lXtek iihr--head were' to war .'an:thi: headto see with. and turning it; as shadid, - ,44*ten 'ape ony - Vo gliet - right - inic - Cr - iiiihree 'times- is • not ~ objeir in - theriiorif.n It. Wes *.ratmiferit - that remarkably sharp guessin&L s - The Yankees:. the bandage was . pot over her eyes' to en can beat thatwitliont - thelilMp . of magnet.; ; - able hex to open them unperceived by the ism. ' • Johnson, tasted , sugar. Frederick , spectators. -- • • ... • : ••- '. ' - didn"l like *that—sickish—unpleasant—l Bth. Three slight dischargar Of electric thee s all. When told to describe a WatCli,•! Po , . from a Leyden jar were passed through he failed utterly ; and on being-informed it' ,' her, each of which caused her to start like. was a watch he could not tell-the time.— 'a, person awake. ,She• was afterwards Harriet said water tasted sickish—unplea- 'placed upon an instil - Sting stand, and elec &ad—don't like - it: Vinegar tasted sour- Inci sparks drawn from her arm, chin,-lips ish .tadish ;(a itit,) - but being immediate-' ar.d pose. 'She started at every spark but ly tried again, it :was sweetish.- When: was too Well, trained to - makaanoutery.— - asked-the-time-a-watchi-shasaid A it_was n tho_preparation_for_the_s_e_e_xperiments_ ; fifteen minutes past eight. It was exact- : and during their performance, 'she became ly eight. Harriet Was generally niuer k, eiceasively agitated; and dolinson,-exhihit more cute titan-Fred., - . • • ling unequivocal signs of alarm, proceeded . 34: CVmmunication. Mr.... Johnson put to• wake-her forthwith! . .. .• ' - Harriet in magnetic communioition - with a- 1 ••. These •are the reasonseWhich haie-indu nother.- - She Was taken mentally to a • ced the writer to pronounce the mesmerie tent part of the country, and told todescribe shimber a deception, bad the whole series, a hou - se.. „SeveraLenswers were..wrong..,- of exhibitionsinade by• Johnson and his ' as= She taid .. he; the Of . the. house was - dark . --'sePi4ce: l 4 . in inqi*iiiim) :on' the cOntmunifY s iihttlie.color.OlthesWindawblindi,liiht , Tthome4*ai feigned; his hiabeenfairly . iiht,'tinti thieeltimilietliv ed . in R.' The ''prOved;, it•Watild „he no difficult teak: to ix house is white;.;-the window blindsi'greetit' plain the successful experiments; however and two families hire in it. Q. Do _you , nuinerena they rilighthe; by some mode of see any Old people initt Ans. 0/dish.--=l-intelligenee,lor-systein-ofeollusion arranged Q. •Is any one sick there? Ana. Some; and agreed on between ::the 'parties: - Ai a -onez:who4ms-beert-sicki-l'he - se -- werolimief-piece-of-00/erif,.lt9i AncOmparribly. -- in= iiiiiiiialY - lire - a ii i vie ii: . - There are very I ferior to any thing the haveever seenond fe.w houses in which there are Mat - persona !deserves to be hissed for-its - awkwardness. who might be called oldish . ; and still few_ The greatest wonder.is, not that the opera '?r in which there is - not seine person who. ter? succeed so often in their experfinents, has been sick: The firs t. .0 v_e.ni ng_ . Fred , . bat.th at. they..faii ao. often.- was exhibited, Johnson 4 . as `requested - to - •; -- ••.. • • • '••' -- ' DETECTOR. put a gentleman of the audience in - coinum, nication with him". After manipulating a long time with . tweditierent 'gentlemen, the boy persistedin, refusing •to answer them. :Some incredulous persons thought, it Wei. too.early in the course for the ope rator to run the hazard of a failure,•„ by which- the imposture could be. detected. ''Three days afterwards the boy was made to answer a third person, in' a. priVatelek. arninatiOn, •but when he, took hint into his parlor, only one answer -. could be ex torted from him, before be-fell into so pro fetind a plumber. that he would ne longer answer . either .his conductor or Johnson; ' and it became necessary to wake him ! Now, we say•that these .nutnerons fail ures, nope of Which were explainedby the magnetizee are . prima facie evidence - of imposture. Brit there . are other circum- ' stanceito strengthen the proof. • The mag netizer asserts that the subject sees, tastes; smells, and feels what' •he .sees, tastes,, smells and feels. _ Why then can she not /sea t he hears? He . hears a pistol' tired il e room, and why does not she sympathize with him in that sensation, as ' 1 2 well as in others? . Mr. Johnson, declines to explain that: Again: as there is mental communication . bejween them, and as he knows th e names of things, why does not she know them also? And if she is Obedient LIE to his. Will, and knows• the names ()fittings, why does he not her to otter them?. . Agaiti: he assertsthat - the'presence of a , magnet in the 'pocket of any one of the spectators will throw Harriet into' convul sions; and he explained her agitation nn the first evening by supposing a magnet Was near. Diving Harriet's private examina tion, a large and powerful .compound.mag net, consisting of one hundred and seventy magnetic bars inclosed in a box, was hung ;upon her arm; without:producing' the slight eat agitation.,,lticitb.she-and-Johnson-sup ,-- posed it was an ordinary weight to test the rigidity of .her 'inn. Again: _Frederick could not be prevailed on to submit 'to the magnetic influence in the same room with an electrical Machine; nor even in-another room till he heil'received a promise'that he I should '_ not he eleatrified._Tet_it ia.preten-- del th at' he id totally insensible to 811 iin . pressians except •through Johnson! nally on this punt; if the "magnetic state is real, why,did not Johnson magnetize some One with whom we sem aconainted,' and in .whom we could • place confidence/ With evident reluctance he made two' privale -, ePl forts, hoth of whieh were unsuccessful:-;-- Huring . the - fiirs'ilays'he was liere,'-he mag oetized„nobody .but . his Irainc d' hirdinga4 tikhOvo n . thus - fee. confined ourselves to• what'May' be .. considered indirect proofs that the imeamerie .sluMber" of Johnson's subjects:Was.feignedr and we ore prepared to sustain the propnaition with div &proofs. . . .Ist. When, ammonia was adddebly,op. plied to. the nostrils of Frederiek,' he, jerk-. 1417back1rier i- inytal;:rad - tenteltirfirell - 7C - ora: - ouirly fronvids eyes. hie, private aminetion, 'Whett - hirr'pretended:ideep -be t eatite*,firrifimnd that lie . ptittld 'Wit hear . hia:magnetizet,, his lips..Werii'alosed to pre irant;his breathing hie month,- and' the .bottle of ammonia was held • to hie net= irilg'tillhe'wascompell'ed,to inhale it. He agaln:hrked.•st wig hie, head, itud'i torrent Of:o . 4tc(faltfrorp)iirt'ayee... 2il '.When the'.:ktelf.elotted:eyes,o(Oar.; .. . riet;•diarilig:thatimeirinlitlanei'wera:deOlar T c+4 by-Johnson to .befixedi . a,.mettirai: 400 1 of the; eyeAbills and, lids iieatiy:og_the:taitielee:sit;;. her *me, 'lmtleistAld,.qht.m ade, it effort'to resist 'the force, applied While' . !he'"ether.extierinieeio4o - jiiirOgres° l thi tioutelea'_Of s, her:air*:,beilarrte,eo. relaxed Asc.', trtight''' . go) '4IS 11-- of • 0 lr rrN • .4 , ]. • "r' For the geritld & Expositor 11 . .efilWCS. • • . Carlisle is; probably, the only large town in Pennsylvania,-itt - whielrlectures of.some kind are not delivered. Nearly all_ the in land towns in this State,•liave Lectures-de livered regularly - rpm' week to week. We -see by the-pacers. that • this, is the rase in 'Ger mantown, .West tThester, and many others. And yet, Carlisle. whielt,is,equarni.mosi of these in population...and inferior to none in point - of intelligence. stiller - it ,the wittier with its lonpevenings to, pass unimproved. What •can be the reason • of. this? •in our opinion, it is owing to nothing else than the indifference of its citizens. It surely cannot, be the .result of ignorance, for we have always 'had . the reputation' of 'being, at least, equally intelligent: with our neighbors. We . certainly must know, as well' as they, the value of every means of impravement ; and as lectures are one of the most popular, - as well as usefutiModes in communicating instruction, it seems strange that we ltave almost 'entirely tie-. glected them.. In Philadelphia, they are delivered nearly every evening, and to very large audiences. The . subjects are various -and diversified, One lecturer will call the attention of his hearers tasome distinguish ed character or:event in history; . another will dwell on some branch of Bterature.;. While a third will be' found imparting valu able information, on soute.departruerit Of the ,fine or useful Arts. ...No one can pre= tend to compute the amount of instruction thus afforded,' fhe time spent in thcirat tendence, would otherwise, moat, probably, be passed—either in indolence, or in some way Which ,benefits neitheethe', head nor the heart. • As an "iimoceni,:tvay 'therefore of tp'enclitig qur ti dolt - initfarteti,'• we ehoit have leeturos . delivered in Ottrlisle. Gen tlemen, no danbt, might ,kesitY be found, who-would gladly - tOce 4uiiVAlr ! _op r iortuni 7 ty of benefiting theii`felloW. citizens. Sides the Professors id the Coltele, those engaged in the different learned professions, constitute a'AutTielefii supply. far-the winter. . . atime tiro or three., yea.rif , ,Airo. we were , so (ortimate as to .0 lets lectures de. livered AU the Eiftfal " Al thmigh the weYer huge, and though considerable interest,, was manifest ed tit the • time, for some unaccountable rea ion_ they have nera' heeUresumed. It is not too lute to begin - thrt work. We shall have at leffst (litee months of long eveningi4. The dire'Ctiita:ot the pont oon) Schools might easily bti_iiithieed to of the use of Folucatimi Hall for this pur pose: As" . wo said men ' can be 01"41 who will 1)4 willitlh'to lecture. .'We would, therefore. resperifullY, but earnest ly urge our 'fellow. citizens to take this Matter in hand. Carlisle known through - - I out . tho State for the excellence, of her Com Mon Schools. Probably in-no district does the system work more admirably than lierey let wititit then to;behind neighbors iii:availingourselves of bilieinotins of i provement in our power. Let us liaie.lec. tures on such, siihignisT r at erelong! f o t er o et . ing and useful. 'l'l47 . 'rill althea - a' means of, spending nurtime.*filiiring the lopg win ter eveningel-thq_willitiltiroy e rbur minds;, and if 'ii . rolittrry Oiroeted. rkr*xert a meet wholeaoroo iotitenee on Our lives , ondtenn duct; -We presitit this iilbjeet, WOOS 'On oiderition of .ont tolg4Ottr4 o :lilein' particular..WeAtivite to it - the aCtentiooof the :Directors ' thik-ediniiinb