.Usv.irbineo orth nsrvoan
j produced !y mesmorism.
I .!-..- nWUT in ccirtuin staeea ol lu-
m-:.! i. i:ot unfrcq'ijnlly pre.col m ner
v sfT-ciions wn?rc wc he not hiihcrto
j.orv:ed i cnincidi-nce.
S M-smerism mav, fur tlio cbivc reas.
-,. bc eroplovrd to rcliw, tcmporarily.
j!Jrfe!i'n ofn nervous chsraeter. when liic
.jnal rneans fiil ; bul it shouM l ed j
wnvs witli csution, nnd only when tn.- r.nl
uro'of al! orditiary measures remler its ap
iilicaswn a. tr.a,ttTrofoccc?ii:y.
' 31. Tiio elalnis to a psCtfr.Ar Viedical in-iii-ti.i'n,
set up by n:agnct;z-d persons, or
l":i ir cxhihimrj, is dcsl.tu'c o( f.iundalion
pathu'ogy is usuaily absurd, the pre
sci p'ioiw a-e'inrfliiicBt, dacgvws, or ri-iiu-iih-j,
and af:er si.ty-eig.t yer, mes
f..uii b.T niit detected a new iheory of
du we, v.ag-steJ o.ie useful rcmedy.
In ci'nclmion I may b perhsps jusily,
ch irtrd with jriving to ihe aubjnct of mes.
,nr;m nn iinduc imnorianic, and bcstow.
.-i.t nn ii. a disnrurjurlionitu shara of tinie
n?l Mter.iion. Tlm results, beiug chiefly
r,.,m.ii-.. a.M nl.noit iio'.h'.tm to our stock
..rtrtiWne,acd lhe pretension? nowde-
'.r."niratitely oTrthr0W3i D?ing uiscaiuvu
hlreadv "icommon sens-, nnd lho antece-
an.n:libo- of .th-jr, scarcely riscrve, W
opini ii nf thc wfrid, n pnss:ng nolice
li'jl l tl.ii.k l atn juslified in mv Inborious
-i.itifi-;atio!, by l!ic inlcrct sti.l fell in lho
Kubjct, nci a large part of lbc civilivcd
wuriJ, by tli'5 wnut of digosted and compre
lieiwive f icty, snd by the bcnrin: ofthephe.
domena on ibe pracllcc of rnecicinc, and on
lho physioh'g y nf tlic nervous system. Per
bnps, tow. it may not be uni.tiportmil to tho
jruirdinns cf pnblic and prlvato tnorals, thc
i Jm:nis:ra!or of jnsiice, ar.d tiie corsberva.
c.r of 1. c 'y p.iA clucational di-"cipline, to
loarn, uiint u:is:!;pccicd ihyical agenls are
nt ivork :i ihe liumin fiemo, at aU limcs,
nnd in cl ii.ices. Thcy may ihu? bo cna
i 'fi i.ot m-lv to puird ajainst abuses, but
to iiiake indulgeut and charilaKo cstimates
-if tbe chjr.v ttr aad cstent ofcrimc and er-
I)oub:Ic, the mamprists will say that I
pny loa little Bttention to tho trstimony of
n.'jrrs nn many orthe points in which 1 dif-,f-r
f-om ihrni. and olhers may nl!c;i that
Tr ii1.! ti:nt part of the sulijcct svhich I sdmit
to ho irvp. I pive too much wcight to my
ur.5U5"a'r.cd pe.'scnal (atort and obcrya.
.t.E. To lo'.li. I may with trnih, and with
at ut1u? prtt:ntton reply, tht I did nol
rspect to fviie any quesiian drfinitivcly by
t'letc resc.rci'e?. Tny wern msde care
fullv ai il h?r.cal!r, and ihe results set down
4vtihnut einespration or cxtcnnation, for thc
V'Jrp'JW of mskir.i; ns close an r.pproxima
tiun io rn obacurc tnilh, as tho time and op.
j:)rtii!iity would pcrmif. Olhers. foliowing
i-i tho samc eact paVi. may enfiircc or wca
kcT my conch!sicn3 ; bu! sare 1 am, that it
n o::ly :iii:s ihct we bhall finally setllo thesp
tesed qu"ii"M, r.nl not by opinions foun
iicJ on unrccordcd obscrvaltji.s, or vague
trrn-.-ra'.isIes dorivsd ficm Icoscly kpt rec
ml Whilc 1 find voluines of conclusinns,
I diswer no laV.c-s to which 1 can rcfrr fur
s'.ippnr' or lefutation. I ee many cdifices,
lmi 1 (ihcovcr no foundations for thcm, aivl
nituralir infer thst ai thcy rest on no solid
b se5, ihcy are without weight, aud mado of
iin ii:iuaiion.
A? '-o thi cliarffc of rcfuiing the tcslimo.
cv uf nti'iT., 1 iu:swor. tho! their evidence
it s- r.-.i-fl oiii.g ns to dctioy itsclf. The
nvio stit-i:intial proof, that of distinguished
tnc-:ii.M! iiiin, is usuaUy on iny.side, and if I
) nve nr.t uva'iii'.l my'srlfof ihat, how cin
t .'. c.Hiip'ain 'ho give cpinton on the o:h.
rr Mt 7 Few r.i compctent to observe,
in n qiifftlori invoiving medicnl knowledge.
mid Mlc't'fic Mtaimnent. IIo who would
t'nly ii!iJpr!and fih phenomena, must
l.now n'.l i!i .t isknonn oftho ncrvons sys
f:m. nnd miicli that U tau"lit as physical
Hi:ifn;u. He must have sludic'J u'.'o tiie
lnnn.iti mind in l.t-al'ti and discase, and harc
ixami. rd the kindred coiTipiaints of som
namliulism aii'1 rntalepsy. Now, il is not a
litll? n'inail'Hlile that the nuliiors who have
v. riMKii in favnr oftlie highpr claims of tnes
liic iin , !;:ivo i ol bi-cn thns prrpared. whilc
i if m irt- accomplishcJ cbaerviirs havo de
c id"'l ijnist those claims. Let mc illus-ira'i-i.iis
fiiri,::c. Phonomena aro obsi-r-v-it
in ilip lu-nvcns among the stars. I5v
i gpr tiiein but U vhom Ho wo look
i r j sc pllana'ion bv mliic'.t tht:se phenom
i ar. f'.iioncd into fac'sl For how
imiov iiinusiiid pars did the constellation?
sfl' ilrr,.".- thn zniih, in nihlly brillian
t . 's.Tteil liv rnillions of p.vpr, beforo thc
. '! I 'iMir.oincna assutned to thc humnn
. i. !-rst-i ilinc ihe shnpn ofafuctT Uutil
f) .-ti-! by Copernicus. jt wat a bri-iht il.
-v.!i IU vmj cvpositr of that tchich "
srtu.fi. If tiiix i'lustralimt des not lcsi-n
!-MiifuIrurn -of ii:orr.nt obscrvera iutlieir
i Aprs nf dixpriniijiaiion, I nm at a loss for
i'k-iiis :o lettdi thcm huiriliiy. which can
i ' iitj aive nrjch vahjc to t!w ob?ervatrons
nnv M!if, hoicvcr othcrwiso prepared fo'
nnp:W.i!inn. The sl -e, rs oftcn drscribe
i !l di:nnt places and evcnts, s true ; but
i ci it f iliov that thcy oblain th;- knowledge
t-v tfiiriiual iniipcciion ? Or aro thcy in
' lifcJ to mher and morc intclligible mcans
tS jiscrtmtnntiin 1 It is tiol li'ss truc, that
'ro is homriiines th'j tn'inifcstntion of
irn prrs'ninl sympatby belwean niamci-
r nnd pubjec!, but are lWp not ur.cxam
'.'f ' s.iiiftfps of crror in i!w mosi c.bvintis
"-plm ;iion of this p!ienoinn:)3a t Tha d'.s
- is los lo tho appcaranc.es, than ns
h i v:pw tn&2 iustlv lakcn nf llicm. Tlic
ani! airv'hciujrs tlint drkcned fur ages
! t!""j cfthe 3Ji:ki'n Muuntain, v.cro
...i.iier and tBiior oftiio innranl peas.
" :-vil itirc.cor.ipe'.tiit obscrvers pro.
1-1
'!i in :o bc tne sha-:o rf aumati ue
. cn-il !iv -.l c risii.g sd sc'.tiug sun in
i2!;prnte-d .tnliii::". n s srrcrit ofrlouds.
i.ii v.ii:c'i bid bt-en n fiitlitfui phcnomc
m, lwmi'. 'n irii abi- ftrt. Thc siiad
. t' ii's r.fnrtifiri-.il sonniaaibiilism have
; p.nnuii d.s;l'iyf(! thrir viMOstnry fjnn
i ihf n!;v of IfJimni win-.'pr. Is is limc
n: .f tiirm ".t"t1 truc impnrl whii'h utl! lake
no fi.uii ih" mouni.!:.iik ninl prr!riidcr,
.i i i . r i
-I
. iivi! !:i''in in u. nnnvinn.
inuch
if I Iiv!hvl th.ii I hixp .l"np so
u, .ri:.- n. ..s..p: i y - v.-..
, t 1... ... 1. rrir
ntipp nJ rrtraiii!.
t s sil lic ss'.tsiled
mv llnr hat r.n' b-i ri i:: vaii-.
i iicu" (ii oi i'r. im.icuuii s c uu-
n
iiinn waf. on inoiiii" i-'f. -'
ii i . i'"' '--
-.tpor.ed U!i'il ihe t iu d n.eetiug in Octo.
I..
'.lcd Xrr!::i?. Cclilrr 4lh. 1542.
O-TT'i. Vi -P- M-irisi, i" ihc Chnir.
V ii i.-t' !? ,1'-iibori.
- i i .-ti-vj.vi ! thf rj,T hn-i-
aho r tVtt !;
, ihc C!,,j; k!i5-o.
Mitchell's commanicntion rad nt tbo last
stated and a'djouriit-J mootings, bsihi; iu or.
der.
Dr. B. H. Coatrs rcmarked, that ns no
ono appearoJ dipon-d immcdiatcly to opcn
tho discUMion nf ths imporlant qiieatioii
iubmittiMl fortha considcraiinn oftho Fol
lov7j oftbo Collcge ; and nllb'nih lic had
liifnsclffccn fcw L'xpvrimentd, and had not
particularly atuiicd lhes.nbject ofmssmer
ism, bi; would lake thn libcrty to iolradui'o
llie debite. liy aiking a question of Dr.
Mitchell. He had heon, cerlniulv, mnch
intercstoJ in ihe able and lucid paper rcad
by Iho latter, bal was not rcady to j;o ovrr
it in delail, nnd had raadc no preparation for
this by takinp uotrs.
Ifhc understood Ur. Milcliell correcuy,
)'ie latter cxplained many oftho phcnomena
of mcsmcrism hv dreatrung ; no poru.ii
corrcclly so. No does nnt tliis also cx
p!ain a fact whicli Dr. Mitcbell lias cilcd a
nvidence ofrroi induction, or tiie ii,flu.
ence oftho nervous activity of ono pcrson on
Br.otheri Uc alludcd to mo prouucuon oi
cataluosv or pa'ay, by certain mesmeric
nroccsscs. If so, hc cunsidered this i? as
equivalent to rcferrinj; it to the jmagina-
tion
aeina'.ion.
Is it nol truo, that the condtuon caiicd
I mesmeric clan vosanee and somnainbuhsm, ;
whicn D'- Miichell Mploim by dreauiiDe,
md whicli hc in.;.i ma' 1x5 guleJ ?na j
. j
callcd
by slight sounds, and olhcr all:TowdinR C'T'
cutnstances acting upon thc s'.iarpencti 5n. j
ses, is not unfrcquently accompanied by j
hystericalsymp'.oms, oftun includingtempo-(
rary caiaiejisv, puny, oc.i nuu arn iiut .
lhcso as liktlv to bo euided nnd lcd on by
ordinary drsaminj: and thc shnrpcnod scn
scs, as arc thc visions of clairvovancc 7 In
il'ustration of this vicw ofthe subject. Dr.
Coatcs iHatcd tho caso of ayounp oman
whe had bccn uodor his cire in thc Pt-nn- j
sylvania Hospilal, who had fivo tcinporary ;
a'tncks ofentirc paralysis nf ono arm, Trom I t, haj ever bcen OOServed in any condi
hystcria, produced by a moral cause. of the system otier than that produ-
hVf, that the influcnce cxerted by the onera-
tor, upon thc mssrrcnzeo person, vas pun-.
ly phyjicfth So much so, that hc lias known
tlio phenomena ofthe inesmcric statr, pro.
duced by pasies made by r.n individua! who
was himself ignorant of their efiec'.s. Hc
balicved also that tho samo rosult i:as oftcn
followed tn cases where the mi'kincrized per
sons were entirely iguorant of ihe intcn'.ions
of thu nnrator4
It was possiblc, howevcr, in the highly
excitcd nnd susceptible state ofthe nervous
systcm induced by this condition if the i
dca ofcatalepsy or conyuUiom werc lo
posscss or be induced in the mind ofthe pa
trt, for thee nclually looccur but ho did
not supposc they could lake p1nc, if thc pa
lient wprc ignorant of lliir plienomena.
Dr. Mitchell hcre stnted thrce cases which
occurrcd in one family, illustrattng thc of.
fect of mcntal impressinn.
Ono of thc grcstest difTicuItied ir. cxam.
iniug the subject of mesmeiism is, that Ihe
physical aud mcntal impressions of its sub
jects are so mixed up, that it i exceedingly
difficult to seperatc thcr.i. To understand
tlio phenomena thoroughly, wn must divest
thcm, if poisible, of mt'iital co opuration.
Dr. Mitchel! was askcd by one oftho Fel.
lows, to stato some of ihe inain nrguments
in favor cT the theory of nervous induction.
Dr. Mitchell rephed, that thoso which oc
currcd to him at thc moment were, lit. The
ncccsstly of tho prnsimity of the opcrator
lo produce tho mesrr.cric slecp, and thc al.
moct immediate nwaking of thc patient, in
many cases, if he retired from him for a few
yard. The duration and intensity of the
inrsmaric slecp'bcing, ns a goncral rn'e, in
proportion to tho proximily of 1C operator
to his patient, whilst imluc'ing tho mesmeric
slate. 2d. Th comparalively short timo
rrqutrp-i to Ihrow a patient into the mrsmer-
ic sjumber, whilst sitting or in tho nrect
posture. 3d. Tho neccsMty which there
exists for tha mind ofthe operator to bc in
tcutly lued upon the object whtch hc drsires
to occsmplish : this, it is true, is not neccs
sary in thc case of individuals who have
been repe.V.cdly mcsmerizod, as thc patient
soon ncquircs thc faculiy of assuming vo!'
untarily the mesmeric state, or aiding by Irs
volition, very cflcctnally'i the efTorl.-t oflhe
magnctizer. 4th. The eflect produced on
iho limbs ofan inHivtdual by passes rr.ado
from thc ccntrc toward ihe pcriphery, and
tho chani'c which ii wrought in the condi
lion of tho limbbv passes in the contrarv
dircction. lith. I'ho melhod bv which thc
patient U awokc ; and tho fact that the limc J
rcquired for this purpo3e, is altered nccor-
ding to tha grcfiier or lcss disjancc ofthe'
operator from his subject. i
Dr. Mitchell considercd ihat tha doctrino
ofthe Irans.nission of n fluid cither from or
to tho mognctizer or his subject, U dispro'
veil by thc uct. that n number of iniiividu
nls may bo put to slecp, one after the olhcr,
by tho ama pcrson. and awoko by auother,
without eilhcr being in tho siightcst dcc;rre
sensiblo that he had parted with or received
any lhinr from thc patients opcrated upon.
Dr. tS ood remarkcd, tliat he presumed
few pcrsons r.ow doubtcd tho occtirrcnce of
the physical phenomena produced by tho
procrss described by Dr Miichell. The
only question in his mind wns Aro ihese
induced uy thc operation ol tlic individual s
on n minn. or arc iuev iu uc tiiureij. uacri-
bed in tho influencc excrtcd upon him by a-
nol hcr 2 Tho only way lo test this, would
! a nn . . . I . I . . inMHntHHIi
he :o epralR on a pcrson wliolly unconcious
of what is nbout
io uk oom:. ir. n uuu iu
quired wl.ctiar Dr. Mitchell ha hri'I an op
pormmty ofdalermining this point 7
Dr. M. in rrply rcmaikcd, that this was a
very difficull question to answer. inasmuch
as no patient could bo mesmerizcd, for the
first time nt least. without contact ; nnd this
very contact uould of coursc apprizi the
individual that lio was abou: to be si:njec:ed
io an experiniunt of boiuo kind. Afier thc
first timr, lioucvcr, he conccivcd it lo be
possihle to produce thn mesrnpjic plienomo
na without the knowledge ofthe patient.
Thii hc had himself rrpculedly done, if the
tsiiifioiiv ofthe individuals could be relied
on. I!e hns succeedud in iriducmg nics-
' me,'c S', CP '" 11 '"'y Vihiltt in the rnidst of
conipinv, anu aunng a conversation that
, - . ............ IO ti.:s .w ,i,
, , . ,
luuv i;c.n ciiiirr.iv unanare oi nis inien
. - r . - . . . -
tions, so Ur ns he could judgc Irom hcr
. . - .
rp nnrl nllvr Ili aleen. Iin
. -.1. i . t -
nouiu reier io a case in poinirreiaieu io inm
by Dr. Not', Presidcnt ofSchcncctady Col"
lejio a ,RcnlIeman whoss tcstimony would
b implicitly tccrive'l. Ajounglady.ro
siding inllic family of an Episcopai cieigy
in.111, whoui thu Doctur had rencaledlv ma;
' iu t:7.'d (or tiie rrtnoini oFati ilalina;e ce
nt his $iiggetion, so soated onc prening, in
thomidat of a social circla of friends, that j
the Docior could approach hcr tinpcrceiveJ.
Thc lady wus placcd with her back ncar lo
a baizc door, that lcd into a dark entry
communicating with another room. The
Doctor placed himself, secretly, in the en
try behind this door, and, by there manip
ulating, soou thrcw the lady into a completc
mesmcric slecp. Re-cntering the room, he
ascertaincd this fact, and then returning to
his former position in the entry, he awokc
her. The lady exhibitcd no indication that
she suspccled thc agency by which thc sleep
v.-as induded, but remarkcd that sha could
not permit Dr. Nott to magnetize her any
rnorc, as she was fearlul now of thc spon
tancous rccurrencc of the majnetic slccp.
The samc expcriment was rcpeatedly per-1
formed, before the lady discovered the a-
gency of the Doctor. Now this case would
appear toafTord conclusive evidence ofthe
possibility of mesmeric phenomena beinn
induced without anv knowledse on the part
0t tiie person operatcu on ot wnat is aDoui
to takeplace; and yet soreadily dopersons
repcatedly opcrated on, fall into the mes-
meric state, evcn upon thc slightest hintor
iciKrtir.inn thnt it !t nbnilt tn he indliced m
them. that it is difficult Dositivelv to deter-
minc how far, in thc catc just referrcd to. i
thc j3(i's consciousness was or was not 1
COncerncd in the production of ihe rieep, '
Wci, Dr, Nott very honestly beljeved ho !
- -- - , j
minf liniv fnr Jn the case iust refcrrcd to. I
( i i ;
had produced Qntircly without hcr knowl-
eJgg
pr. Mitchell remarkcd, that there was
anotner moje Qf answering thc question
propounded by Ur. Wood. Ile WOUia ap-
peal to any gentlcman prescnt, whethcr the
merc consciousness on the part of an indi
vidual that something unusual was to bc
performed upon him, could possibly pro
ducc the veay pcculia'r and striking phen
omena of the mesmeric state phenomena
so characteristic that he did not bclicvc
Such an idca could
not for a moment be cntcrtaincd-and hence,
this of itself afforded, in his opinion, asat
isfactory answer to the question : are thc
mesmeric phenomena the result of a purcly
physical cause, or to be attribnted solely to
the operation of the patient's own mind?
It seems then to bc proved that the first
cause of thesc phenomena is purcly physi
cal, but that subscquently they may be in
duced by mcntal causcs alone.
Dr. B. H. Coates suggestcd that the fa
cilitv which a person acquires, of fallinjt
spontaneously into tho mesmeric state whenjerer) wj be adoptcd at this session.
hc his becn frcqucntly subjccted to thc . 'j't.CfC nrc fome propositions beforo thc
mesmeric action, is by no mcaas surprising, Commitlec of NVaysand Mcans ofthe House
it being analogous to what we observe in j f,ir various modificationa ofthe TatilT, which
many othcr ofthe phenomena ofthe ani- jf j sce any propcrt of their being aJopied,
mal body ; for instance, a child after it has i ,ecd you in duo limc. Thcro is ono
once lcarned totakc a few stepsaIonc,rap-.t,ai 1 w;l inention that to imposu a duty
idly acquires thc powcr of walking. The j on ica nnd colT:c a mattcr about whicli
movement of certain muscles, as the occip-. (,rr0 ,ag bccn of latc years morc demngo.
itofrontalis, orthe muscles ofthe car,which i,in than one would suppose could pos'ii.
arc at first cxcited with difiiculty, becomciuly ariseout ofsuclia subjncf.
by frequcnt trials entirely under the control j Tho Locos aro partirulnrly solicitoui
of the will.
Dr. Evsns inquircd, whethcr any pattcnts
laboring under insanity or dementia, had
been experimcnted on by Dr. Mitchell, and
what were the results in such cases? Dr.
E. had himsclt seen thc attempt madc in
tcn or twelvc cases, in persons of both sex
cs, but without succcss.
Dr. Mitchell relied, that hc had tried to
induce thc mcsmerio phenomena in thrce
cases ofmanta, ut had not succeedcd in
cithr.r, vas his imprcssion that any dis
UVroancc of the nervous system, or any in
firmity ofthe mind, offercd an impcdiment
to the success ofthe mesmeric influcnce.
Thc most hcalthy and robust pcrsons were,
according to his expcriencc, the most casi
ly mcsmerizcd.
Dr. Pepper stated, that several yctrs ago,
hc had seen some cxperiments instituted on
this subject, ob some ofthe insane patients
at the Blockley Hospital. ThecfTect produ
ced in thcsc cases rcsembled very clcscly
the phenomena of hysteria and catalcpsy.
Ile was not satisficd, however, as to what
influencc thc imagination ofthe patient
miirhthavc had in prcuucms tliese results;
and sufgcsted thc trial of a serics of cxperi
ments upon thc pupils at the blind school,
without the mtentioa ot being communica
ted to them. These cxperiments were ac
cordinnlv Instituted, and althoueh hc was
not prescnt whcn thcy were performed, he
was informed on cood authonty that thcy
failed in cvery instance. He would Iike to
know Dr.Mitchell's cxperience on this point.
In answer to this inquiry, Dr. Mitchell
re-afiirmed his belief, that an individual
could not be raesmerized for the first time
without contact, and hence the difiiculty,
CVen in a blind person, of expcrimcnting :
i without a knowledge on the part ot tnesuo -
' ;ect that something unusual wasto bc done.
' YJie very fact ofthe lmposstbility of produ -
cmg aiiy impression, in new tosea, nnuutiWelas UI1(luo credlt checked, br arming
contact' is b itself an argument against the t t(,c creditor with tbo power of forcin" a
imagination bcinj the successful agcnt inaiifng dcbtor to go into liquidation before
the case, inasmuch as if this werc the case wasting hiiassets. Again, that the benefit
contact would not bc nccessary. Dr. M. s
opportunttics tor cxperimenung on uik uuuu our suizeni, ana a repeai wouia ne a aeniai
had been very limited. Scvcral years ago(of justice lo others wliose claims werc no
he visited the institution for the purpose, t;8 sirong, and who might have becn res--nrl
tVif Into Alr. Friedlander sclected one trainmt bv inotivcs that should command
( 0rtbe fcmale pupils tor the subject ot ex-
Rhe was taken into Mr. F.'s'
, pr;vale room, and told that Dr. M. wished
t 1
: to try an CXperiment upon her; she sub-
j n,iUe,j) and , htteen mmutes an tne pecu-
liar physical phenomena of the state werc
induced she was thoroughly asleep. On , a beneficenl powcr, nnd one which the ex
awakenins she complaincd of dizziness, as ' pcricnce of all commcrcial counties hns
though she had been drunk, and of a severe
pain in her limbs tor wlitcn slie was ooli -
"ed to go to bca, anu was sick ior severai
days. Some time after he tried thc samc
cxneriment
upon another blind girl, and.
under similar circumstanccs ; she complain
ed in a few minutcs ofshcoting pams in
thc limbs. and bccoming alarmed, rcfused
tn allow thc expcriment to procccd
Dr. Pepper did not consider these cases
as entirely satisfactory, inasmuch .as the
snbjects were informed beforehasd what
was to bc done, and a moral imprcssion was
thcreby created.
Dr. Darrach considered tho influsnce of
the imagination nugatory, inasmuch as the
mesmeric phenomena eould be produced in
childrcn before the imagination bccame ao
tive. Something very similar occurred al
so in animals, as was evinced in the 'char
triing' of birds by serpents, and otherequal
ly curious phenomena. In regard to the
' physical phenomena of the mesmeric state,
, he had not a doubt: clairvoyance,, trans
j jercnce of the senaes, 6;c., he thought were
ib nrp-wjit dueuasion. How I
" f J J u
these peculiar cflects werc prouuceu uc
would not attempt in cxplain, the magnetic
thcory of Mesmer raay or may not be thc
correet explanation. He was fully senaible,
from lris own cxperience, ofthe power
which the fixed cyc, the hand, and thc will
ofone individual, miy excrt over another
who subjects himself to its influencc.
Tiie Navau Couht Mautial on the
f5mip.RS Affair. The reader will obserre
1 that this Court liss decided not to adrait
, Messrs. Butler and O'Conner as attorneys
. fnr the relativcs of Spencer.
It is to be presamcd, or it ought to be prc
sumed. that Gorernment have sclected a
Judire Advocate of sufficient ability to man-
are the case ; and, thereforc, it seems to us
there can be no propriety in admitting two
Lawvers for the rclatives of Spencer to aid
him. Indeed, if this were done for Spencer's
relatiTe, the same should be done for Crom-
rvnll'. nnd the samc fc
maii s, so tnat tna
proceedings undcr t
be likelv to have n9
urt Martial would
we see ittaken for granted thatno civil
pr0cess can now reach the odicers of the
fS W nmnnt :n qiua nf tltic nnrl ira
UIIILl M V UlUUUt vm ww W
nnt 1w ;nmrised fn t n 0.m
coun6e; now employed before the (
Jlartial hereafter employed to bring I
of5eCrs before thc Civil Courts.
uaawuau Mtvw 1 -- 1 W iJHUtV
i-....z' ) ,l i.r. .1 r ,
couilbei Iiuw uciuic iiic vuuii
mesc
CONGRESS.
Correipondcnce of The Triliiine.
Washington, Fcb. 2. 1S43.
There nro nnw but twenty-six working
days reniaining nf this session, and there is
much bJsines of importnnce j'et lo be tran
sacled. If lbc dointts of the Housc this af
ternoon nro nny indicnlion of thc manncr
in which a hunsrv minoritv who aro loo
impatiert for thcir dinners afierfour o'clock
has arrivcd lo do any biistncss, intend !o ob
struct the eflbrts of those who arc willing
to work, there will be but a very small por
lion oftho busines? completcd that is alren
dy waititg Ihe aciion of Congress. I look
upon ir, however, as a settled mattcr that
nothing nf nny great gencrnl intercst will
le done. It ii underslood that n currcncy
plaa has becn for somo timo matureing in
thshandsofa scnator who posicscs much
originalily and vigor of mind joined to a
'rcat fund ofbusiness e.xpcncncc and gen.
eral knowledse oftho watits and wishesof
Ihe great bus'nrss inlcrests of tho country,
but 1 have no belicf ihat onv plan whnt
that thc prcsent Congrcsi adopt thcir o.trn-
at rccommfiulatinns, made in pntate,
that theso urticluj be suhjecled to duty, bc-
cause they aro well awaro that if it bo nol
done by this Congress it must bo by the
next, though not a mothor son of ihem
will voto for lhj measure. Some of our
Pcnnsilvania Whitjs, too, nro afraid of the
oitcry which is sure to be got up itt that en.
Iightcned btne ogainst any man wiio caro
vote o lay a dutv upon theso articles so
jhat betwcen thom and the Locus it ii prob-
uble that the two or morc milhonc ofdollars
that might be properly raised from theso
most Icgitimato and usual suhjecls ofduly
bc IOjSt.
Some of Ihc Locos arc vcrr desirom that
an cxlra sossion of Congrcss bo held ncxt
summor, nnd it U theii talk nbout it that has
reatcd tho bclief that ihe Prrsidenl, enter-
tains such a design. The Presideiii, ns 1
ain infunned. iutends no such ihing, nnd
tho niore intelligenl and l"ss ncedy oftho
Locoi themielvi;! wmli to avoid it, for they
cnn sce that it is frnught with dangcr to
thcm.
Fmday, Fcbruary 3,
BANKRUPT L.WV.
Mr Berricn, from tho Judiciary Com
mitlec, reporled thu Uouic bill repualing the
Hankrupt Liw, wi:h amendments essunlial
ly changing ils charactor, intcnded to aus
lain with luodificatinns the cxisling law.
Mr Bcrrien said the bill was very long.
He stated, however, generally, the views of
the commitlce.
The voluntary clause is rrpealed - a ma-
jority of creditors is rcndered necestary to
auischnrge cnrporations not included.
1 hc foliowing are some ofthe gtounds on
. wi,;ch tho commilteo thought tho act should
nol bo rcpealed.
, That overtrading would bo pievented, as
oftho hw had becn extended to a portion of
our respect
That hv iforMnn of tho nuestion In
one ofthj courts of a State, hcrcitizens had
. . - . ... .
becn deprived ofthe privitegcs of Iho law,
whilc nii the rest ha
had enioved them
That ihe bankrupt law i; the cxercise of
found necesjary; the power to enact which
1 is vested by thc (Jonstitution in Uongrcn,
ana cannot oe exercisea uy M3 oiaies,
That it will prcvent stay-laws, rt
nritrvnl atno. hiv, rtitntnrr
botn cteditor and dcbtor, iinncdmg the col-
lecuon ot dcbts ihrough the medium of state
tribunals,
That such a law will extcnd the protcct
ion of Gorernment to a cla-ss ot ciiizens who
ihougb poor and unfortunatu, should not bo
beyond the pols of protecticn.
Mr Benton snhmitted a rcsoluton calhng
on tho Prctident for documcnts conccrning
the Iato Treaty in its relations to France.
The Orcgon bill then cnming up, was
debated by Messrs. Choato Centon and oih.
e's. A motion to refor it to the Committce
on foreign Ilelutioni was lost, 23 to 24; on
another to atrike out tho clause rclaiing to
to the land bounty was likewiso list by the
same vote, nnd a third ordcring iho bill to a
ihird reading was carricd 24 to 22, the di
visio.n in each cate being as follows: that if
tho voles given- below in favor or the bill
tore oaainit rc-cotsmif.ins il asd s!tts.
sttiking out tho bounty to fettlera. Voto on
thc pnssacc.
Ycas Messrg. Allen, Benton. Huclmnan,
Clayton, - Fulton, -Henderson, King, Linn,
McUoberts, Mangum, 3Iernck, Jf ntlps" 30-
vier Smith, of Connecticut, Smith. oflndi
ana, Siurgcon, Tapan, Wnlkcr, W hi:o, Vi.
cox, Williams, Woodbury, Wrigbt, and
Young 24.
Nays Messrs. Archcr, Bagby, I'nrrow,
Uiitrs. Bayard, Bcrrien, Cnilioun, Choato,
Conrnd, Crnfw, Djyon. Uvnns, Grahnm,
Huntington, McDtifhr, Miller. Porter, Riir
rs, Sirumons, Spragct, Tallmadge, ond
Woodbridge '2.
Thc bill finaliv passed bv a similar votc:
Ayes 24. -
Congress, Monday Feb. G. In thc Scn
atc, Mr. Archcr moved thc rc-consideration
ofthe vote by which the Oregon bill was
passed, and Mr. Linn objected to the motion
as irrcirular. i
After some conversation the motion was sublrcasury that it would regulate and ro
laid ovcr till to-morrow. store the curroncy for thc peoplc, in whosc
Mr. Tallmadge called up his exchquer financ;ai afn.ire Van Buren studiously do-
bill, and went into an elaboralc arsument ... lU . r , - , , .
" x. .i ;c A. n fid the powcr of tnterierence: And ut.
tion of Ccngrcss on the currencv question.
The furthcr considcration ofthe bill was
postponed uutil to-morrow.
The Senate procceded to tne consiaera
tion ofthe bill to preventthc carrying ot
mailablc mattcr bv private expresses. It was
debated at length by JUessrs. t'ortcr ,oa
rad.Mcrrick, Choate, Miller, AValkerand,
Simmons ; and, without coming to any deh
nite conclusion thercon, thc Scnate adj.
In the Housc Mr. Cowcn, reported a bill
for the relief of Amos Kcndall (which pro-
vidcs, in case the vcrdict against him is con-
firmcd by the Supreme Court, for the United
3LUIC3 UUtlilllll" ouicij,uitu iui iow-
lease from prison, withm whcse lnnits he is
now confined in consequence oidamaacs
adjudged against him for an oflicial act as
PostMaster Gcneral. The bill was com -
nulted to tne committees oi tne wnoie on
thc State ofthe Union.
PEOPJLiE'S PRESS.
Middlebury, Fcb. 15, 1843.
DONT FORGET.
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ft Thnrortnv nn hii
.,.... . . . j .- - -
subscribcrs on tlje Routc of Mr. Sprague, ,
and hopes to reccive what is duc for thc
last ycar. Our means of continuing the '
paper without pay are about exhaustcd.
Wc must have help, and wc doubt not we niiJ ,,,a,Icr;jiJr e,fnce Orthopany in
shallobtain it from those who can appreci-, Vunntmt ond New llampshirc,nnd.ss I un
atetheimportanceof sustaining ancfiicient'crstand tho inaltor, ncither Iho version of
vhig paper in this country.
Fcbruary. 14th 1843.
II. BELL.
THE SUBTREASURY.
Viewing tho Sublrcasury simply as a
plan for tbe safckceping ofthe public mon
ies. nothing could have becndcvisedso stu
pid and hazardous. Strijipcd of nll its par
aphranalia, it was nothing mnrc or lcss
than permitting those who collccted thc
rcvcnue to kccp it till callcd for, or ordering
thcm to deposit it in lhe hands of e multi
tudo of receivers all bvcr the Union ap
pointcd to kccp it in a slrong box to which
thcy hcld tho key.
What individual who had tcn thousand
dollars, would notdecm it morosafe in the
Bank of Middlebury or Vargnnnes than in
thc hands of any individual in the county
with a ve.-y few exccptions? Thc hazard
of n loss when cntruslcd to well rcgulaicd
banks, under tho chccks which nino or ten
dircctor.s cxnrciso over tho properly nnd
cach othcr, is vastly lcss than in the hands
of n singlc individual uncontiollcd by any
will orconsciencc but his own, and renping
tho solc frui's of a betrayal of his trust.
So judgcd tho founders of the Unitcd
Slatcs Ilank by which tho public nevcrlost
a dollar. So iudtrcd Gen. Jnckson whcn i
hescized upon the dcpositC3 in thc nation
al institution and placcd thcm in pet banks
whcrc they might have becn comparalive
ly safc had no party schcmcs bcen indulg
ed in their sekction. But whcn Martin Van
Burcn dcemed it nccessary, for pcrpctua
ting his tottering reign, to cnlargo thc
power of of patronage, and unitc thc pursc
with the sword, he dcvised the subtreasury
scheme, which so far as the safety of rcv
enuc is conccrncd is as wido from common
prudcnce asits projector was from common
honealy when hc conccivcd it. Millions of
moncy aro too great a temptation for rnen
of thc highest rcputcd integMty, and far
morc so for officers whosc mcrils nre too
apt to bc dctcrmined by thc valuc of thcir
parlisan scrviccs.
As far ns wc have had any expcriencc of
this short lived subtreasury scheme it has
wofully vcrificd, what prophecy cleariy
foretold as to thc mischicvous- pcculationa
which would flow from it. It has provcd
a project woudorfully fittcd to dcmoralize
one portion of the people, and swindlo an
othcr out of thcir hard earnings. The de
falcations of Jcssc Hoyt, an account of
which may be sccn in another column, who
a lavoriin suuircasurer unaer iir.
r ' . i .
lectcd tho monoy, Xi as ho had a right to do
either to Keep it in his own pocket, or de -
nn,;ip;f;nnnlrt,;ppMnliwnwn order
. .......
and notto that of thcgovernmcnt, as in for
mcr times.
H. j e ,, ,
o now proves a aetamtcr lo
tothoaraount of 8220,000, and it is not
probablc that the govcrnment will ever bo
able to collect a dollar of it from him or!
hU snretipji. Thia sum added to tho defal.
tl catioasof Pricsand Swartwo-jt, amouni
, . 1 .,.a........w.. -i'ho loss on
robbery and plunder to which lhe nation iceed to makc a nomination for j0Sen'--tl an y
would have bcen subjected had the sub-! imnwdioieiy, ,o that t.e news mighl reach . cTjnces ,
V nn Hnrpn. fairlv ilhmf rnlpi thn vsfpmnlip i kn d.;n.rl ik.itnnvAnimn wnnlflnro.!
treasurv bccn fullv develoncd. Hovt cal- nr !r : .-i.:.i ,n h n le U30!0'
j 4 i inc icmtcraiic coiiveuituu, tviiiu " "J ,w
to n mlllion and ihalf swindlcd from the
pcoplo in a,sfnglecity. Had not tho sub
tteasury scheme, which is virtually trusting
tho national trcastucs iu the handsof'a
multitudo of individuals. bcen nrrcstcd by
the overlhrow cf Marlin Van Burcn nnd
Co., similar sccncs of public pcculation
would have bccn cnacted throughout thc
Union, and if possiblc upon a largerscalc
than prcviouily pracliced by tfie legions of
pimpsand pandcrers who for years havoj Sigclau Pkesexivatios. A fow day,
bccn permittcil to live nnd Tatten upon thoinccMr.EmiIius Twitchell was at tro'rk
public spoils. And yct this odious subtreas- J n the now brldge which crosscs the crctk
ury which of all tho measurcs ofthe rcjcc- at Qalr Village in Weybridge, in shicg
ted adniinlstration received a doublo brand unS ,no roo' Suddenly tho scafToidiag
of condomnation from the peoplo in 1840, S0 u'a' anl ne was prccipitated at liMl
is to bn rovived by the very first cxcrcisc of urty eet uPon ,D0 roc'cs below, tha scnf.
Iocofoco legislation in the next congrcss. folding and its contenls foliowing hua jn
It was ncvcrclaimcd ns tho merit of the T "'o descent. He was found slanding umi
1 crv fa,,inS ns a snfc deposr.ery of thc mon
ics, it is truly astonishmg that a uesign
s'lould bccntcrtained by it former suppor
tes ngain tosaddlc it upon this hithcrto a
buscd and quack ridden nation.
THE RANDOLPH CONVENTION
After the pubh'calion last week ofthe
proceedings of tho Rnndolph Convcntion
ns givcn by a corrc spondcnt of some onc of
thcpapcrs, our cvc mct a partial dcnial of
it rnrrer.tnnss. in relatinn tn iho onen n
r ,L ,
. J
'""-'"'" u u..uv..a.a.,ull.s
' twccn him and thu leading locos in rctation
;to the nomination of Judgc Williams.
Thc corrcclncss in tho mnin of iho stato
mcnt firt raadc is however ngnin nfiirmcd
by thc foliowing communication.
THE RANDOLPH CONVENTION.
East Randolph, Jan. 26ib, 1343.
Meisiis. Waltons, In vour patscr of
jycsterday I neticeil an cxtract from thc Lia
j moillo Stnndard. giving a vursion or ihc
Ilev. M r. St. Clnit's rrmnrks relati ve lo tho
' proposed nominalion of Mr. V'illiains fjr
Ur.vcnior Uy TIIO LiOSOlUCilS,
different from
thu accouui givcn byyour Randolph corrcs-
pnndent.
Now I was present nt the Convcntion, and
unvc pnrlicuhu altcnlion to iho movement;.
of ihc Ilev. gentleman inasmuch ns hc secm-
... i t-i r,i ...... ,t: '
your corrcspoiidcnt.or ofthe Liamoilio cuitor
is very fir from coircct.
I hc facH arc tr.eso. In lhe lorcnoon ol
tho first day thc Rcv. cmissary iuformed :he
convpiiiion of ihefict that 'iho leaders orthe
demccratic parltf had propcsed to him that
if this convcntion would adjourn without ma
king a nomination fnr Governor, they would
bring out Mr. Wiiliams as Iheir caiidiuutc,
nnd the 'Libcrly" pirty might then norni
nalo him es thcir old candidate,"cS:c. Tne
gcntlenan madc some further rcmarks, but
it did nol cleariy appcar wncti.cr no wrts ior
or against complying with the proposition
Hoscemedlo stale ll as un imponon. .-u.
self nt thattimc- But many ofto ff
friends understood h.s non commitlal ro.
maiks as vour corrrspoi
ndent did. nnd it os-
casinncd considernhle ngitalion nmong thc
"Libcrly"mr.n. Thc Rcv. Icader was pro
bably rcmonstrated with during tho rcccse.
nndadvistd to correet thc imprejsion many
had received in the morning. At any rate
ho cnmo in carly in thc aftcrnoon, and after
prcmising "that man misunderstood him in
iho morning," went on by way of cxplain"
ing what hc had lhcn said, to make :hc ro
maiks ailrihu'cd lo him by thn Standard.
Tho Editor of rhe Standard was p.obably
not prescnt in tho morning, and your cor
respnndent nol inlhc aftcrnoon, as it was '
soon after dinncr. ,
1 hnpo tho Editor of the Sinndard will
corrccl his account of the matter. so as to
j '
ucludc thc:cio7e of thc trarsaction; for I .
ihink it imporlant that tho faets sheuld be.
understood. as fur ot Ieasl, n tho pontion
nnd language of iho Reo. polilician nrc ca.
nble of being ccnned and reporled.
Tiulv yours,
W.
j On iho 15th December General Arnptan
From tho Lamoile Standard. v received a despalch from Ger.eral WW, i
VT. WATCIIMAN MR. ST. CLAIR. forming him that tho Texinns, 600 or 1.0J9
Tho Walchman nf week b'fore la.t in ajrong. b d taken Lorrdo. n..
giving tho procecding oftho recent Third, VVo . had becn compelled to fa back. !
pvlv Convenlion at Randolph, under the , h- Tenan forces wcro laking ho Borth.
Lad of -or iargaining atlemptcd." , rout townrd Ma.nmoras. O.. lhe re-.pt
sa tlm intelhgoncc Gen. Ampudn. lett
Tho Reverend emissary from Ncwmora, with two batlalions of
Hampshire informed lhe convcntion that mm.rs. m quest ofthe en emy. l kM
leading memheu of the Democratic farty' .50 ' leagues d,s.ar ' ; a 0 -.nd U-
xeithedhmlous' lus tnjlucnee to pMoyme
nominatton until after Ihe locotoco conveu.
tion, and that if the alolitionisls tcould do it
theti ( ihe locos 1 icould nomtnate H iltiam
and tnen the abolitionisls could fall in!"
This staltment is so widc oftho iruth and
so cruelly unjusl, that we feel bound in com
mon fairness, to correet il, and give the
facts as wc know thcm lo have been, which
we should.havc done last week but for inad
vcilancc. "On iho afiernoon oflhe first day of
thc mcetting. white tho subject of raiiinga
committce to r.ominate a stato licket was
under considcration. Mr St. Clair arose and
ftntil. hc had hcard il intirnnled
bv men in
the Democratic party, Ihat Judgc Williamtj
, would unaountediy uo ineir c..OIC? .or
-mn. ITil.oi fntiM Imvn the nrivi esc ol
-w j
' f- ., .u ci i f. if;
,ed the ilay but ono foliowing. and thus pre-!
, vent thcir bringing oui ihc same cnndidatc. j
f The avovod nud opparent object of Mr.fct.;
. ... . L lU.l-l..-
i vyia:r wa iu juiu -..- . - -
i .iia"i;u inm .-- a -j----
Bmal!amalion with tho Ucmocraiic par -
ty in tho choice of a ubernatoraI csndid.,on tho-l(j January, and was rcceivsd by '6a
, ole. .... , ciiizens wilh great rcjoicing and applsu'-
undoubtedly make
uitice to tho accus-
ino .aicuma.. ... u.muu
lhe above corrcctton in justice
cd" ai wc" as to themseives.
JuJging from thetonc cfil.n Tt!trr,
perslhero tseviJcntly baj fel i;rg lcl
tho Prosidcnt's fricnds, and thi.se , f y
Cttlhoun. It is bclcivcd tlmt Mr Tjljj'
prefers Jlr. C. to Mr. Van Burcn. It
now thought that in casa Mr. Tjler ih0ly
fail of bcing himself a candidte fortbc Pn,
idency ho will favour tho election cfJJr
fllc Lean, of Ohio.
the rocks whero Iho water flowed cverio
tho dcpth cf about or.e foot, and with i.
sistancc was cnabled to walk home, whcra
tin wnc f-nnfinml , nmn' 1ia --!-)
11. 1.UXIIIIVU IblX tUU iiilU.e Ct3.
cussion which his framo cxpcritnced, bat
otherwiso received no cssential injurv.
A VAN BUUEN DEFAULTCU.
The Wcshingtnn letter of thu New Y&rk
Exprcss, which will bo foaud in acoihcr
column, givcs the particulars of the dofal
cation of Ihc late Colicctor of New Yurk,
Jesse Hoyt. The sum whlcb thia Ya
Burcn ofiicc-holder pocketed durini; his
bricf nfficial career, nnd "under thc full op.
cration of thc Suh-Trrasurv law," amouists
toTWO HUNDRED ANI) TWENTY.
SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ! For tb
loss of thisqtiarter ofa uiillion ofthe public
mnney the people may thank Alarttu Yjh
Buren. When the dcfalc.ition of l oiiectcr
Swattwout was first published the locpfsco
pancrs sought to scrccn Rlr. Van Rurbs
fron any rcsponsibility thcrefor by insistias
that hc had ncvcr becn favorablo to Swurt
wout's nppointment. Bui they have no
such plca in thc prcsent instance. Jesse
lloyt was nppointcd by Prcsident Van Iia
rcn". For vcnrs previous to this appoist-
mcnt Hoyl'ti personnl a well as poh'lical
relations with Van lltiren werc of ihc misf
intimaic natnrc. Hi habits, rapacity, ac.
charactrr werc pcrfcctly well knct?n t r
V. B. And nt tiie verv titnc tliii thc IV
sident bestowcu upon him this lucrniivti,!.
iice he kncw pcrfectly well that iioy: ..
ovcrwhelmed in dcbt nnd bniiKrupt i;. rrr.
dit. Whcn thc appomtmcnt WHsanntuiic
ed cvery body unticipated that Hoyt Him1,
"fuilow in the footstepi of his ilintriti&i
nrcdccessor," Swattwout. and thcrosu
fully juslified tha general expectnlion.
Albany journal.
RAIL ROAD MEETIXG.
At a mecting holdcn in the city of Vcr
gcnr.es, Tsiesday, Fcbruary 7, 1843, to coa
sider upon and ndopt proper measurcs in
view ofthe proposed conttruction nf afUtl
Rnad through thc Stato of Vermont, Capt.
nhazncl ehernian wasappoinled Chairn:w
nnd Hcnry C. Lawrcnce, Seerelsry.
Upon inoiion cf Samuei Barker, it wJ
rcsolvtd to nppoint a CotnmittSS of scvsa
pcrjons to corrp'nond with gen 'smi.2
othcr tovn, and adopt such oiuc.-rn
as iTill in thcir view lend to p.'om:' i
odiect ofthe mcctin!;. Thc followin" p"
I E Sh. C V
nnntnlnrt nnrn si'J
, g Wm u y y
LG
"c b -ftk. b.
; C. "".'"a
1CCI ior WlllL ll till.-! ntiw 1 ...-
lhe nroner conrse to bc pursued under tat.
circumstanccs. Gcorgc Rich, L'sq. a civil
enginccr, gavc tho mecting much ialeresf
ing anu uscful information upon thc sub
ject of tfie construction of Rail Roads.thctr
cost, cxncnses, incomc, 4:c.
Thc Committce were instructed lo col!
a public mecting whtn thcy shalt be pre
pared to rcport upon the matlers com.T.it
tcd to thcir charge. The mcetin; lhcn
ndjourncd.
JAH'L SHERMAN, Ch'm.
II. C. Lawhence, Scc.
FROM MATAMORAS CONFIRMA
TIONOFTHF. CAPTURE OF TIIE
TEXIANARMY.
By lhe arrivul oftho chooncr Dorir,
have alviccs from Mutamora confirnwto.'j
of tha intclligence received by thu lasl a!it3
er from Tcxas, that lhe divisiou of theTei
ian army under Colonel Fishcr and Gicco
had been canlurcd at Mier.
--jr "'-T'. ' SrY' Z h-,,1. in tte
iuiUHuia iaiv .-.'.-', - ,
meanlime, crossed lho river in the mght ana
attactcd the t'own in lho ni-jlit. Iho Ma
icantroops stationcd in that neisl.borhr.os
immcdiatelv went to the a.is!ance of ll
city w"hcn a'n cngagcmcct look place whtca
lasted seventeen hourt.
Evcrv houso and street was desperatcir
dcfended. After the batllo had b-en m:ic
tained on bolh sidcs with dctermination and
obslinacy for such a great length of iii"
lhe Tcxians, finding ihemsclves surroua.ei
on all sides, resolved lo surrcndor. and fia
ly cnpitulated on hor.oroblc teimf. '
r..1 1- T?;hn nH firofn. had. in
l fcarcrr. however, that tho articles ot sunC
nm fa;lhfuIv con:i,iied with oa
, . 0f Mexico. . .,
i .'. .. . . .1..:. i,.. ,!,i-m" tf
a icm ' i i"T ti - r : i . :.aji b iiiwii
r .
nn l.:ilJ 130 wiUii
etiffasiemeni ai ii riHt" - 1f.
tne part oi:nc
Iwoundcd. Th.sgrci;''?,r;
he superior.kill of.hel'.
fire-arms.
wouJ Jj Q Slpp0ie that they only
ren(jer(,d afier haveiug exausted ihetrIB
.... TllB .UCCC3S 0f the .Mexic"
u army aner
IMUl " . . f. 7
1 fler suir0rjng to severny, pe" -
orihpir COUrBgo anu ncraciaui..
' -..i i-.mj;.
Hebroughl h;m 212 Texian prison
( ;ncludinr Colonels Fisher and Green.
'lexiara vera
to lear Jjatamcrxj -