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fish— -on which the Crocketts, father aud sou, sumptuously regaled “O. David Crockett' Dav.u Cw»ek*w!” siiou «■-! ilia hjfstaiiilers—“Duyou think we are going u> believe that .' “Certainly,” said Datrid—“lt is every won) true—-ask my sou, a it is uut; he wjutd not tell a ho foi the wotlti I” A tew days afterwards, wlule travelling through a wild tract o‘ country, the detach •Vnent came to a small si ream, some or ten feet wide, slid from gi tto twelve inch es deep; in which appealed to he plenty ot fish. “Where is Crockett I” tvus tile ciy, “bring him to the irout.” When David .11 t ie nis ippe nrdtice, he *vas req.iested'to prepa.e to drink the si ream dry —and his hungry contrad-s would siaml by when he tv is re. l ly. nliitr.w out the lisu ‘ Bn* Crockett declared hint he coul I only driuk when he was tuns y, and that he was not in the least thirsty at in; time ! Con sequently the stream roiled onward—aud the fish escaped for a wi.i.e longer. One morning, ss the detachment was en camped on the banks of astnn'i yet deep river, the opposite bank being covered with stumps and trees, a hostile Indian warrior was discovered among the sumps—recon uoitering their position. As soon as he tv.,s conscious that ne had been seen, lie tried to escape, by practising the wiles ennmou in Indian watiate. lie would throw htm selt ll it on the ground, behind a stump, so that no pait 'of his body could be seen, wliere lie wool 1 lie fur a few minutes, ibcu lie would glide almost as iastas the lightning flash, behind another—and in tins way he w.ts in a fair way ol reaching the covert of some bushes near at hand, notwithstanding several muskets had beeu discharged at him ’>y the soldiers—when Crockett, who had been gazing on ihe scene, smilling aj (lie ill success of the marksmen, said, “.1 -ee 1 shall Rave to pink that lellow—now look, and I will show you how and is done.” lie caught up tiis rille, and directed it 'not towards the stamp behind which the India 1 was secreted- —bat towards the one, where he supposed the savage would next seek 1 shelter. Iu a moment afterwards, the Indian dashed for his biding place—the sharp crack ofCtockett's rille was heard— aud the Indian sprung several feet from the ground—-uttered a loud yell and expired— being shot through the heart ! “There,” soil David Crockett, with a hearty laugh, “that's what 1 call pinking an Indian!" From Ihe New York Sun. Messrs. Editors:—As the season is fast approaching when the most tormenting of all complaints (the II teuinatisin) is likely tobecom- prevalent, I Iran toil .von the re cipe of. < huimant for us cure, which would no doubt prove very acceptable to some of your readers, if'you think proper to give it a place in your paper. The recipe is as foi lows:—Take ®f the oil of tutpentiue 4 oun ces, camphor (broken in small pieces)*’ ounces; mix them an I stand aside for a lew days until dissolved; then take of o'd rye whiskey 2 quarts, of hops 2 pounds, of the fresii leaves aud lops of wormwood 2 pounds, place Uiem in a well covered earthen put up on the fire, and let them remain until boiled down one half, then strain off the liquor through a line linen cloth, aud add 2 ounce - of powdered opium, place it again on the fire for IS minutes, and strain off as be.ore, then add the first mixture, shake them well together, aud put iu a close corked bottle for use. Previous to using this preparation, I had been afflicted with this cnmp'iaiut lor sever al winters, and had tried many remedies with bur temporary effect. Early in tlie month ol October last w bile traveling through the State ol Missouri, I *'ad the most severe attack I ever experienc'd, which became so violent as to render it impossible to proceed on my journey. In this situation l stopped at the farm house of an old Germans settler, by whose kindness aud the use of this pre par t ion I was enabled to continue mv jour ney in five days, and though I traveled m ar ly the whole winter on horseback, aud was much exposed to the inclemecy of the weath er, 1 have never had hut one slight attack since,-w hich was promptly removed* by the application of this remedy. [BY RKtJUKST.] From the Columbus Enc'uiie r . Gentlemen.—ln an article on “Method ism,” adopted by you in your paper of No vember 6, from tlie National Gazette, as “more comprehensive and instructive than any which you could have framed merely from memory” upon that subject you have been led. amongst others of less importance, into one very gross error, which you will no doubt be willing to have corrected. You say, “Thomas Coke, LLD. of Jesus College, Oxford, was on/idn Bishop, and en tered upon his dimes iu 1784,” and that "in the same year Francis Asbury was ordained tothesameqffi.ee." Now it is a notorious fact that ueittier of these gentlemen were ev er ordained a Bishop and nothing cat; I emore surprising than the making of the asser tion in view of the evidence of the case. The Testimonial giveu bv Mr* Wesley <0 Dr. Coke, “under liis hand a.id seal,” is as follows : —“1 have this day set apart as a superintendant, by the imposition of un hands and prayers, (being assisted by other ordained ministers,) Thomas Coke, Doctor of Civil Law, a presbyter of the C torch of England, anil a man whom 1 judge to he weli qualified for that great work—aud I no hereby recommend him to all whom it may concern, a« a fit person to presiue over the flock of Christ.” That Dr. Coke was not made a Eisliop by this act, or even intended to be, is alike evi dent from the teuns of the testimonial, and from Mr. Wesley's expression of opinion when the title of Bishop was assumed by Dr. Coke and Mr. As'oury his associate, in tlicir address to “rite father of bis country.”— Toe testimonial recommends him as a so perinlenaant only. Mr. Wesley writes to Mr. Asbury ;i6 fellows*—“ln otic point, my dear brother, I am a little afraid both the Doctor anti you differ from me ] study to bo little, you study to be great. 1 creep, you strut along, i four.l a eltoul,*you a Cos lege. N.iy, and c ill i> after your ow :r names! O, beware! Do not seek to be something! L*-i tlie be nothing, and Christ bs ait in ail. One instantc u: this your greatness, has given me great concern. How cto yon. how /are you Suffer yourself to be tolled aHi shop ? tsi mi tie , I start at the very thought, -l/i-’i nia / rati ie akn tee or a foal, a rascal, a sr.uua 'rel, and l am content; hut they s .all never by my consertt, cad me a Biohop ! For my sake for God's saac, Jor Christ's sake, put a full tn l lo l/tis ! tat the. Presbyterians do wh-tl they please,but let the .Vfetho lists know their cat ling better .”■? Mr. Wesley, being only a Presoyter of t'i«* C lurch of England, eoi/hl not even if he had wiamed it, hare made a Bishop, and that be did nut’wish or intend it. inu-i be fully evident irfim his expressions in toe orego ■ing quoialums of Ids letter to Mr. Asbury. To say, therefore, that-“ Thomas Coke” or “Francis Asbury” were either jt»f them er duined Bishop," is a manifest error. * A* E. D.. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. it has been a long while since our columns contained any notice of tins new tangled theory. As public Journalists, it is our du ty to note the progress of the arts and sciences, as well as the phase- ol jroliltcal opinion. Animal Magnetism, like- PlirOuul ugy Ua* its proselytes and professors among tile most learned and scientific men of the day and they are urging its pr tensions as 1 science with no ordiu .ry ability. Wheth er it is a humbug, or based <>n correct prin ciples, from the noise it is making, aud has made in the world, it deserves serious at tention, and when an authentic account of its movements and phenotnina reaches us, we should at least give it that regard which its importance, (provided it should be true) demands. The following account, written by one of the conductors of Chamber's Edinburgh Journal, is the most authentic that we have seen, of the wonderful per formances of the Magnetizing Doctors. VISITS TO DR. ELLIOTSOX'S. Oue day lately, while residing a short time to London. I dined at the house of a gentleman iu ike neighbourhood of Port iinu square, wireie I happened to meet and form ’he acquaintance of the celebrated Dr. Elliotsou. 1 had heard of Gus gentle m,in only by vague report, and knew little further regarding him than tint! he had been zealous iu the pursuit aud practice of ani mal magnestism, for which he ha i incur red not a little obloquy and professional animosity. Much as this subject lias re cently been discussed, 1 had never paid any attention to it, aud probably in v< r should, but for the accident of meeting this eminent inagnetist, and being gradually drawn into conversation with him. The good humour of the professor, the vivacity of his manner, and the truthful force of his obs rvations when they bore upon philosophical subjects, gave ir.e reason to imagine that deceit formed no part of his character; but at the same time f put myself on tny guard, and was resolved to be carried away by “no sort of nonsense.” On my b inging the conversa tion round to the subject with which his name was so intimately connected, 1 found that he had formed no distinct code of laws or precise theory regarding mesmerism, as he called it. lie said that the experiments lie had been able to make, were, in his opinion, highly interesting, as developing physical ansi mental phenomena of no or d: ,ary kind: that he felt assured there ex isred in nature an unseen agent or agency, an nflttence, or whatever it might be called, which flowed from one living ani al 10 another like a stream of electri city, although at the time.the animals were •<ot i contact with each other; and that in highly irritable conditions of the bodily frame, that agency produced certain phe nomena of a most remarkable kiud ; that lie did not pretend to account for or to under stand the nature of the agency ; all he in sisted upon was, that such an agency exis tiM, that it could he excited into activity, and was therefore, as a truth in nature, worthy of being examined, and to have its phenomena duly recorded. “1 do not wish to lead you one way or another,” he con tinued; “but if you feel any inclination to pursue the enquiry, call at my house, end 1 w ill perform some experiments in your pres ence or. two patients, and you can think for yourself." Thesecxplanat.ons were so candid and fair, that l at once agreed to go and see the experiments. Tuesday next at four o’clock was appointed for tny visit, and at that time 1 pr ceeded to the doctor's house an e'egant tn .nsinn in Cond' it street, taking with me two gentlem not tny acquaintance, one of them a medical man. who had never seen any experiments in mesmerism and who 1 hoped would have all his eyes about him to make sure that there was no trickery or collusion. We were shown into a splendid suite of rooms, and ti e doctor, his assistant, and his two p tit is. immt diately imtde their ap | • ranee. 'l'he two patients, as he men tinned to me were sisters. Elizabeth and Jane Obey, the former eighteen, and the latter sixteen years of age. In appearance, however, they were, much younger, being small in figure ; and 1 soon perceived, that their bchavioui was marked by an extreme still ness or infantile imbecility. They laughed, giggled, spoke broken nonsensical : the room like two children t ; lay . TANARUS! t y could, howevi r, un derstand who’ v. as said to them, and do as they u ■ •liden. their imbecility not being that of . -olute idiots. Tilt-' doctor ex plained to us that they had at one time been atthi ted with epileptic tits, for which they I:ad been placed ;. der medical treatment in one of the London hospital ; that he had cured them of that malady by r mesmer ism, but that they were left iu the infantile condition in which w- now saw them; that this condition was a mode of existence quite peculiar; they had no recollection of any tliiug, not_ even of who they were ; and they had every thing to learu afresh. He also mentioned that their sus ceptibility of mesmeric treatment was now excessive ; that a single wave of the hand could stupjfy them, or send them to sleep; ami that they were further susceptible of h' mg thrown into a state ot perfect aomnam bulisiii, or Hoiking slap, in which they were in a condition of existence different from the preceding. If 1 understood him rightly, they are susceptible of three conditions: ft sr, the condition of silliness in which I saw them; second, the condition of som nambulism; and. third, that of rationality, in which all their old recollections revive and they remember nothing of what has passed while in their other conditions. To these susceptibilities, however, there are occasional and very remarkable exceptions, and at all times their respective states of ex citability are different. Both are sometimes so slightly irritable—or the force of the agency is so ineffective—that they cannot ' e operated upon in the usual manner; but a mode has been discovered of rendering them excitable. r I his is done by the touch ot gold or silver, the contact being made on the palm of the hand. The first experiment performed was some thing leally startling. I had asked for a drink of water, which the doctor ordered Jane to hi ti'; into the room. She had just set .down the water bottle and glass on a side ta' I •, when Dr. EUiotson, at the distance of ■•bout twenty fcftg, and unseen by her, by a wave of his open hand transfixed her in the attitude in w hich she happened to be at the moment. She seemed frozen to the spot, a id thus stood for a minute or two, with the rigidity of a statue In half a minute she recovered with a sort of shudder, and enrne running back, whining as if affronted, and sat down op a chair. The series of experiments performed on her while she was looking at us, was equally striking, though some ot them might certainly have been the result of previous rehearsal.. A wave of a single finger, of two fingers, and pt the whole hand, had each a peculiar el- feet in setting her asleep. The whole hand being passed through the air 111 lru*'i ol her, made her, as 1 have said, still aud mutiou less; tier hands were clencued so firmly, that I coul't out with ail my strength open them. From this rigid Male, and with her eyes >fiut, she wa« recovered by the doctor hohling ihe point ol his Itai.ds pile two p tints pressed together) directed to her hand, a process widen seemed to relax the inuscies as tl someliimg had passed out of his into Iter hands, (hough at the distance of one or *wo inches. A little breath blown by the mouth also ap|ieared to transfix her, and tue same 'lung seemingly recovered her, the breath simply causing an alteration of condition in eitner way. The touch ol gold, silver, or nickel, or friction with any object, proouces a similar effect iu setting her asleep. Gold, if held previously in the hand of the operator, has a particularly powerful effect ; and a streak of water with a mall brush, if the water 1 has been previously blown upon, and hail the fingers of person in it, has the most powerlul effect of all ; so much so as to be iu some measure dangerous to the patient. 'The touch of iron, always loosens the ri gidity, and awakens the patient. One experiment appears to me wo thy of particular description. 'Hie assistant pro cured a thick pasteboard, which he held to the neck, and round the face of the girl, so that she could not see any thing before Iter. We sat down iu front of her. The doctor rubbed the palm of one 01 her hands wilt a piece of lead the size of a pencil. He repeated ’he experiment several times, but no effect was visible. At length he rubbed the lead on a sovereign which he held in his hand, and toen applied the lead to the girl’s palm ; instantly the hand was t c!enched into rigidity. The doctor now took me to the door, and said, “Tell me how many times l shall icpeat the rubbing with the lead alone, and at what time 1 shall touch the gold.” I answered. “Touch the gold in your hum! at tlie fifth time.” We returned to our seats and tlie experiment being repeated, lie rubbed four times without effect; when, at the filth time, having, as 1 perceived, touched the lead with the gold, her hand became clenched like a vice. While these experiments were performing, her lace was so enveloped with the pasteboard, that she saw nothing of the operations; neither,! feel assured, could she hear any sound from the rubbing of the lead on the gold; if the operator or his assistant made any secret signal to clench her hand, nothing of the kind was apparent. These, and most of the other experiments, were peiformed on Jane, the younger sister, Elizabeth, the elder of the two, a beautiful girl, of a dark complexion, with finely moul ded features, and who had been amusing herself meanwi ile in running over the keys ol a ptai o, was now experimented upon. She possesses a degree of mesmeric sus ceptibility which permits the performance of an experiment very elegant in its nature By certain passes of the hands, and other mi ans.-.lie was thrown by Dr. Elliotsou in to the somnambulic condition. In this she stood fixed in the most graceful attitude for several minutes, her eyes open, but looking vaguely forwird while an innocent smile played upon her countenance. The doctor spoke softly to her as she thus stood gazing in a statue-like attitude (harsh speaking being, as he said, hurtful and displeasing to her while iu the somnambulic state); he as ked how long she would remain in the way she was, and she replied, '“ten minutes.” At about tlie eleventh minute, as I reckoned by my watch, she passed out of the som nambulic condition, ly falling back in a kind of swoon or sleep, and was immediately recovered by being flown upon by the breath; she awoke to her condition of in (rutile playfulness. While this experiment was performed on Elizabeth, my companions were chatting with Jane, and as 1 afterwards learned, experimenting upon her. My medical friend, by a pass ot his h ind when lif r bark was turned towards him, threw her at once into a sleep, and she would have dropped but lor-tlie timely support which was given. This extraordinary susceptibili ty. and to all appearance the entire absence of deception, astonished my friends not a little. Tite experiments were altogether so cu rious, and so unexplainable by any known laws, tint Ihit my mind bewildered. I tohl Dr. EUiotson that I had now seen what seemed very cxtiaordinary, and almost mag ical : still that I was not convinced, and should like to see soineting more ; how ever, that could scarcely lie, as 1 intended to leave London next uay. Dr. EUiotson now mentioned Unit he was to have a public exhibition next day at three o clock, and that he should be gla 1 if ! would remain in town one day longer, and make o .e of the company. I agreed to this polite proposal and returned next day accordingly. I found on this occasion horn thirty to forty ladies mul gentlemen its file room,along with Dr. Elliolson, his assistant, and the two palien s, as before. The company being all lift, a series ot experiments commen ced, similar to those which I had already witnessed, with a few others that 1 had not seen. Not to be tiresome. I shall briefly describe those that were new to me. Jape was placed in a chair, beside which stood on the ground three iron weights tied to gether, making eighty-six pounds, which she was tol l to lift by the ring of the prin cipal weight. At first she could not per form this feat; but. her hand being placed on the ting. Dr. EUiotson drew his hands upwards several times, as if drawing some thing out of her hand, and. after a certain number of these upward passes, her hand actually lilted ilie eightv-six pounds off the fiooi and swung the weights round. Being relieved, she rose up, and 1, among others advanced to try our powers of lifting; but not one of those who attempted it could raise the weights in the sitting position. Several gentlemen lifted them stun hug. The circumstance of a feeble girl of six teen, with one hand, liltuig or swaying off the ground a weight of eighty-six pounds, ami at the same time sit ing in the worst possible attitude for performing such j feat, is of itself a most extraordi ary fact, and the cause of it altogether baffles rny Com prehension. Tne next thing done was the recovering ot tile same girl, Jane, from her condition of imbecility to that of sound reason. Tjis was a disagreeable experiment. The dot tor closely pressed her face with his hanilX while his assistant similarly pressed the back cl tier head, 'i lie mode of applying the hands was peculiar. Tbev were placed across the lace and across the back of the head. We were told that if they were placed up and down the face and head, the desire and effect could not be produced. The point ot the patient’s nose was only visible, an I left at liberty for breal ,-iitig. A wave of the hand downwards first se"t her to sleep, and the process of pressure, as I have de scribed it, proceeded. Once or twice she s eiricil to be recovering but by an instan taneous application of the hand lon <jtu dinally, the sleep was continued, it being important that she should not recover too soon,for theu her irrational condition would not be dissipated. After some minutes were spent in this manner, the doctor said he be lieved she would now certainly recover to couseiousness. IShe heaved suttdrv deep sighs, tlie operators took off their" bands.' and slie awoke to all appearance anew crea ture. She seemed astonished to see such a clowd of persons, stood up and courlested to the ladies, an spoke with modest difli der.ee on being addressed. Site had no remembrance ol any thing that had taken place while in imr former condition ; she did not kuow w'.o 1 was, although she had known an,d named me previously. from hav ing seen me the day before; she knew her sister, however, from early recollections in her rational condition, but her sister did not know her. Alter a little time, she wis al lowed to go out of the apartment. At a subsequent part of the proceedings, she was recalled, and, by a pressure of the doctor's thumbs on her palms, sent back into her in fantile condition, when she immediately be gan to speak acd act nonsense. he reader will here naturally ask a ques tion which occurred to my own tnind. and which I put to Or. Elliotsou—if the patient can tints be restored to reason at the will of the operator, why not allow her to remaiu in tha t condition, aud so restore her to so ciety ! The doctor, in answer, explained that the infantile condition would seem to be a state of mind most suitable for the progressive strengthening ol the physical frame, and so permitting a cure, of that nervous irritability w hich in the first instance produced epileptic fits—that while in the infantile condition slit* was gaming health and strength--that, in point of fact, both girls had greatly improved in intelligence since they came into 1 1 is charge—and that ultimately the nervous irritability would possibly be so much alluved. that a final and complete restoration to reason might be ventured on with safety. This, as far as I can recoiled, was the substance of Dr. EHiotso.i’s explanations, and I gathered his meaning so far as to comprehend that it was in reality an act of humanity to allow the two girls to remain in tlie mean time in the half-idiot condition in which I saw them. I further learned that the doctor had cured olher patients of epilepsy by tnesmtrie treatment, and that all persons were less or more liable to be acted upon, though in many cases a month’s treatment (that is. waving the hand towards them for a few minutes once a day for a month) would be required before they could be rendered so susceptible as to be thrown into the mag netic sleep. Dr. Kiliotson now proceeded to show another experiment, that of drawing th>* girl, Elizabeth, after Dim by action of his hands, although at a considerable distance from tier. Having placed her in an easy chair, and set her to sleep, he retreated s'owly from her backwards, his eyes look ing steadily at her, and his hands held to gether anti pointed towards her. As he re treated. he repeatedly drew in his hands towards him, as if Mi a* itig in the air dong with him. lie thus retreated the breadth of tlie room and across a lobby into another apartment, a distance of perhaps fifty or sixty feet. As he retreated, the girl at in tervals appeared convulsed, and endeavour ed to raise herself, or to bend forward, as if desirous of following the operator, but al ways fell back into her position of repose. The experiment being performed, the gitl was recovered. This experiment did not make a deep im pression on the company, for the phenome na it exhibited could be too easily accoun ted lor by supposing tiuit the girl stimula ted. The next, which was the touching the palms of Ehzibetli with unaurified and afterwards with ativifieil lead, was more stri king and unaccountable. Determined to pre vent collusion betwixt tlie operator ant! pa tient, if such existed, 1 solicited the office of performer, and the doctor being quite willing, I forthwith began. AH was expec tation. Fancy the girl reclining in an easy chair with a thick pasteboard hdd sloping upwards close round her neck, so that she could see nothing but the root; I sitting in a chair in front of her; the crowd of spec tators behind me on seats; and the doctor, by my request, placed out of sight Hoar the door. In the right hand I held the stalk of lead, in the other a sovereign. I to'd the eirl to open her hand, and 1 then tubbed it with the lead—perhaps twenty or thirty rub bings on the palm. I told he to close her her hand; she did so. I told her again to open her hand : and she did so. I thus nib bed her ird\mthri.re, as I at each time caused her to close and then open her hand. It was evident to all that the lead had no effect. I now rubbed the lead 011 the sovereign, and rubbed her palm as before. I then asked her to shut her hand, and she did so. Now < ame the trying moment. I asked Iter to o pen her hand, but she could not; it was stift’and clenched. A murmur of surprise hurst from all around. It appeared as ifthe contact of the gold with the lead had caused this remarkable phenomenon ; and it was e qtially apparent that thete was no collusion. I feel satisfied that the girl did not see wirtt 1 wa.s doing. How the nitrified lead should have had the effect it appeared to have (gran ting there was tie deception *n the case) is beyond tny p wer to explain. I next proceeded to perform the experi ment of streaking the fingers of ilie patient with water. Two wine glasses were half fil - led with common water from a jug, and into each was put a camel-hair pi noil, into the wafer in one giass the doctor’s assistant put two of his fingers, and also breathed several times, a« if to affect it with some kind of in flueuce. To the wafer in the other glass nothing was done. The girl sat on the chair in a deep magnetic sleep, with her face shiel ded by the pastboard. Using the common water, I now streaked the hack o' the first and third finger of her left ban !. which was conveniently on her knee, ami then streaked the second and fourth with the mesmer ised water. I repeated the streakings three orfourtimes. After an inteival of a min ute, and while all anxiously looked on, the fingers touched with mesmerised water moved and pointed outwards, but the other fiug-rs continued fixed as they happened to tie. On touching both thumbs with the mesmerised water, they shortly moved in the same manner. The patient was recov ered by the usual means, though with some difficulty, as the mesmerise 1 water has, as 1 said, a very powerful effect. Both belore and after this experiment f had unperceived by Jane, waved my hand behind her. and it uniformly and constantly fixed l or into rigidity. Ollier gentlemen present took similiar opportunities, of mag netising her by a pass of the hand, always with the same result, for the power seems to reside in mv one. I need hardly say that fills by play caused extreme astonish ment to every one who saw it pratised, and all confessed itiat they could imt previously have tiie smallest conception ol its effects. Towards the co elusion of tlve proceedings, a cockatoo was brought into the room, and when the girl rubbed it with her hand, the same kind ol stupor was produced iu her pei sou; the lower amiuals, as well as man kind, being agents, as I was told, of this uijsterious power. Before my departure, I took out my watch and held it tow ards her, as a person holds a w atch before a child s fact* loeng ige its at tention. 1 askeit hvi to kn-s the watch, aud doing su, she was iustauliy lixed in a stupor iu a bending attitude ; the gold, as was ex plained, fiad produced this effect. She re covered b_y my blowing iu her face. Again she became fixed by taking hold of the chain ; but mi afterwards kissing the glass ol tlie wa cli, she was not in any way affect ed. 1 touched the back of her neck with the gold side of toe watch, and, it stupified her; on touching her wi;h tlie glass, no ef fect, as before, was produced. 1 now finish the account of this very strauge exhibition ; it will be perhaps a>ked by the reader, what is nty opinion on the subject; Put I profess my inability to give one. My feelings are (hose of astonish ment. I cannot believe that any deception was practised, although I possess no proof that there was not. Dr. Elliotson pledged his honour that there was no collusion ; and as he is a man of education and fortune, above being acted upon by sor lid or mean motives, 1 cannot imagine tiiat the phen omena which 1 have described occurred from any trek on his part. I, however, leave the reader to think for himself, and simply content myself with having given an account ol certainly oue of the most curious ‘•sights” of London.— Chambers's Edin burgh Journal. wall street BY 81. M. NOAH. In spite of the o’erwffe.tiling difficulties which surround us—the tornado that sweeps over the whole county—in spite of every thing tending In make us sail, it is amusing lo p iss an hour in wall street, about the time tlie Honorable Board of Brokers so called ex gratia is about dis solving its sittiug. The whole world dis gorges itself into that street about change hours. Men who seek relief, aim men who see'- news— speculators in co.n, aud purchasers of safety lumi m tt*s—jobbers who are seeking comfort aud merchants seeking aid—all is bustle confusion and anxiety. Men hurry here and there; a.d the diversity of opinions on die policy and impolicy of rite banks suspending or con tinuing to pay specie, is discussed at every corner. Here and there arc small groups— some talking loudly, others in a whisper— some swearing bitterly, others offering tlie most consoling reasons for 'lie state of things—politicians appealing to the Whigs to turn out and vote, and Lorofocoe.s chuck ling over the ruin they have produced.— We *ook our stand against ihe iron-railings of the Bank of v tnerica, first making our bow to tlie marble pillars, and —soring die gen leinen within not to be afraid, that we did not want to borrow any thing. The first who addressed us w is a buyer and sel le'r of Bills of Exchangs. “Wd.y do you want the Banks to suspend ?” “I want no such thing; i want them to go on if they can go 011 with safety to the mercantile community, anti sustain themselves beyond all question ; but i do not hesitate sayirfg, that if merchants a*e to be sacrificed, banks are no longer of any use.” “Don’t you perceive that things are gradually assuming a better aspect---that money is rather more phmiii .l—tii it the sound condition of our banks, and those at the East are giving great stability to our credit—that our State Securities will command a ready sale in market, while all other bonds are a mere drug. Is it not highly honorable for New- York to ustaiu specie payments while other commercial cities fail. Our merchants have seen darker days, and we shall go through the firery ordeal unscathed. Don't discourage us therefore—keep up our spirits-—carry ns through the storm, ami those who now suffer will have cause to re mice hereafter. New York credit and New York honour will be the theme of every tongue at home and abroad. Ifspecic is to be sent any where, here it must come, bectuse here vve can be trusted with it.--- Banks should pay tileir notes as well as citizens; t ey have exclusive privileges conferred upon them by the laws, which should compel them, more than others, to redeem their issues in coin. There is no more reason in saying that because banks fail in other States our Banks sliotild fail likewise, than there would be in declai m * that because one speculative merchant -tops, an >' her prudent oue should stop likewise Credit f ol!ows credit. If vve in this State and city can continue .0 pay spec e while other cities fail, we shall trmsact all he business, collect all tile coin, and make this city what it really is and should he, "The Commercial Emporium of America.” By this ti ne vve had a snug little crowd around ns; and a fierce little gentleman, remark able for volubility, of speech, cried out, “will you iet me answer that'aregentleman, Mr. Editor?” “Certainly, if you don't speak more than three minutes; vve can't afford to lose more time in these hard times.'' ‘ Well, only threemin ttes:’* Now, mister —-I haven't the pleasure of knowing your name—hut you talk like a sensible gentle man on the wrong side of a question. 1 must talk fast, as 1 am limited to time; now then— “Ought the Ranks in the city of New- York, under existing circumstances, to pay specie? Are there not more than one hundred millions of dollars due to the city of Xew-York from other parts of the United States ? Will it not cost 10 per cent, more to collect this stint if out* banks pay specie, than it will if they suspend ? Will not this loss fall u;>o i men who nearly lost their all in the troubles of 1836 aud ’37, and who must sink under it ? Must not a large pro portion of our merchants fail/ Will not trade from the South and West go to Philadelphia instead of coming to New- A ork ? Is it not easier to get 10 percent, more for goods than to collect 3 per cent exchange ? Is not the reason, that in ex change one can see nn actual loss, where, in the price of most kinds of merchandize the loss cannot b° known to exist? Will not merchants who owe New-York take their f«nds, which belong to us, and buy goods where their funds will pay tor them? Will not all kinds of produce from the South and West go to tlie best market, or rather to the highest market? Is not the ■ eason that the shipper of produce from the WTst can sell his drafts on Philadelphia to the merchant who wants Eastern funds, at a less rate ofdiscouut than the dire-t ex change between the two places ? When oar trade has gone to Philadelphia, can we at our eall bring it back ? Are our banks morrlly hound to pi y specie if the communi ty to whom they owe their specie prefer that they would postpone present payment ? Is it honorable for them to persist in paying specie, if. by so doing, they must destroy those whom thev were created to sustain ? Do the advocates of specie payment, uiffler existing circumstances, claim that we shall gain any tiling besides The honor of having paid specie ? Will not their course be pronounced honorable or dishonorable iu regard to the ill or good effects which will result fiom it? is it necessary that the banks should pay specie at this time, in urdei to retain the confidence of the public in their ability to nnet their engage, ■•mins * Shall the merchants ol New- l ol j, be sac> diced so long as theie is help witLn, their reach !” “Slop, stop, Mr. Chally - the three minutes are up.” By this tune ’he group wa' dispersed —shot off'm several diiecuotis* on perceiving the Linkers, with books u u ’ der their arms. con.mg out ol their cham ber. “Well, how is Uuittd States?” “Down again to 7(i." * Delaware and Hud son,” “Harlem,” “Exchange on Phiiadel. phia ?” “Eli—how—what’s the aspect 1" Queiies on queries followed each other in rapid succession. “Wi 1 you buy a certificate check on Ohio for SIOOO ?” “Yes, for 25 p er Cpllt discount.” “Mercy on us—where is this to end. A bustling 7>>co Foco came out of the Batik with a little bag of gold, chuckling with great delight. “Aiut I doing the clean thing for the Fag Barons,” said lie. “llow ?” “Why, yan see, Snigger, the broker loaned me a $l!K)0 note o 1 one of our Batiks— l’|| trouble you, sir: says 1 to the Teilei to give me the better currency for this ere note of yours; so lie shelled out the gold and 1 sold i' to Snigger for a small profit.— So he givet nre a SIOOO note on another Bank, and l did the same thing; and would vou believe it, with that tie $ 1000 note changed some twelve times, 1 sucked iu every Bank for a •$ 1000 in gold, and sold it fora profit, and to tight I’ll tell the whole story at our meeting of the Butt-Enders in the old Eighth.” This is only one of the able aits now practiced to drain the coin from our batiks. “Will you sign tiffs petition ?” “What’s it for?” “To compel the banks to receive all Hie Safety Fund Notes at their coun ter.” “Can they do it with safety?” “Certainly t.hey can —they hold their char ters under one law there is one fund out of which t tie it delinquencies me to be paid—they are a kind of joint partueis their Banks are in as good pn-ition as our city Banks—why make the people pay five per cent to tedeeai the notes ol specie pay ing' Banks ? Let tlie city Banks receive the country notes at par, and discount iip «n them liberally, and pay then? out.” In this way there are a thousand opinions, a thousand plans, a thousand mat.cnivies to explain and overcome the dificuttus of the times in Wall street daily. It is con tended that the money market is easier.--- It tnav lie so, but the great difficulty seetns to be in the collection ol debts due to this city from other States—an impossibility, considering the condition of tlm exchanges, without ruinous sacrifices. No merchant can afford to lose 323,0,10, i 1 the collection of SIOO,OOO due him - the nett proceeds vv ill not enable him to meet his engagements here, and it is vain to conceal thesedikicnl tios from ours iv s, that if such is to be the issue ol tlie collections din* to New- York, very few merchants ami jobbers «,|| be able to st tnd tire pressure. From the Georgia Arens. BANK INFLUENCE. I'or. several years back we l,; ve beard a great deal about bank influence*. Almost every newspaper paragraph, and every po litical speech, whether it be made in 1 lie legislative hall or at a political me ting, ts full of it; yet while it i-, every where spol.m against as a great evii it seems to have oc curred to nobody to examine into tit - t au-e of it. Why is it that » c hear no c-omplai as of the mercantile influence ? ol the t anting influence? or of the mechanic influence? That those who cotiiroi bunks c-xeictsc an influence to wnicli they are not cntitfi-d, there is no doubt’; and that the jaivvei they possess is oitcn unworthily exerted for lire purpose of pro luciug this influence, is tin ■; but the evil is not attributable to banking. Banking is as legitimate a business as mer chandising, planting or any thing eise, ant! as useful to the country, nor is there in it any tiling that is tie. cs-utnly evil ; tDo l ow er that toe banks have to infl ct injury upon the community, arises, not from the privil ege they enjoy of passing their ptomissciy note as money, but from the exclusion es others front the exercise of the same previl ege. Give a hull a dozen or hall < hundred men in each ol the large trading towns of the United States, the exclusive privilege of merchandising, or to the same number of men in each county in the Cotton Si ares, file exclusive privilege of raisin, cotton, and you would create a power, compared with which tlie power and influence ol the banks are as the helplessness o! infancy lo the gi. Hit’s strength. You might requirt tb merchants to sell their goods at a fair price, and they might do so, but they wo it Id choose their own cn .1 outers ; you might regnlnte the price ot their good*., but they woii!d t rc..*.ulate the price o 1 very thing else ; :! tic- power is applied to making cotton in sfead 01 merchandising, tlie power would be still greater; they would soon own all the good land-, and would regulate and contiol ail the labor of the country. Men who ywttcd good lands would sol* them to the c ompany a* half price, and pay high rout lor the previlege of making cot.on in Hie uame ol the company. Give to one man the exclusive privilege of supplying Columbus evei. with fire-wood or with beef, aud vou make him at once an important and powerful man. Vou give him the power of levying a tritm.e upon every man who should bring a drove of beef or a load of wood in to the city, he would either buy it at bis own price or compel them to pay him for the privilege of selling it in his name. it is this system before which the most of the governments ol the world have fallen, and under the blighting influence of-which some of tlie fairest portions of the globe have been depopulated and laid wa te —- Compared with it, “war pcsti ence. and 1”mil e” ere but light and transitory curses ; they may desolate for a season, but the coimtiy whose soil yields a rich return for the labor of man, will soon be filled up again if you "leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and happi ness.” it is rot from foreign foes that a country lias most to fear ; if a country offer inducements to the invader, a more hardy ora more intelligent people may drive out or exterminate tiie inhabitants; but if the conquerors be free, the country w.ll flourish in their possession. The Indians have been driven out and exterminated by the whites, but the country lias not been desolated.--- It is the enemy at home, the oppression that invades the fireside, that does ilie work of uistrucr on. Shut up against the mass ol the people the avenues by which industry and interprise many win their w iy to wealth ami distinction-—confine by law all the profitable employments to a favored few, and you may build up here and there a g >rgeous palace and call it wealth and -splendor, hut you will soon have an idle, an ignorant, a profligate and a beggared peo ple. But to return to the subject of banking* We have never been able to set any reason in confining this branch of business to a few individuals, but it has often been to us n :t --ter eff great surprise, thai a people,prif 4s