nambulism and its phenomena are among the established laws of nature, because the phenomena fre. quently occur naturally or spontaneously. Martinet mentions a man who was accustomed to rise in his sleep and pursue his business as a saddler. Dr. Dyce of Aberdeen states an interesting case of a patient of his in the Edinburgh Philosophical Transactions: "She was a servant girl, and the affection began with fits of somnolency, which came upon her suddenly. On one occasion, she repeated distinctly the baptismal service of the Church of England, and concluded with an extemporary prayer. At one time she laid out the table correctly for breakfast and dressed the children of the family, her eyes remaining closed the whole time. Once she was taken to church while under the attack, and there behaved with propriety evidently attending to the preacher, and at one time she was affected to tears. In the interval she had no recollection of having been to church, but in the next paroxysm she gave a most distinct account of the sermon, and mentioned the part of it, that affected her. During another attack, she read distinctly a portion of a book, which was presented to her, and she sung much better than she could do when awake." Abundance of similar cases may be found in medical works. The far-famed Springfield somnambulist referred to by the affirmative, is a case in point, and also the sleeping preacher of NewYork, as she was termed, who a few years since

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excited so much interest and astonishment. instead of being analogous to witchcraft, magic, &c. it will probably strike a death blow to superstition. The superstitious through ignorance, attribute natural appearances and events to supernatural causes; when the principles of animal magnetism shall have become generally known, then superstition will depart like the early dew before the bright orb of day.

We know that this subject has many opposers. Multitudes opposed .Columbus, Gallileo, Luther, Harvey and Fulton, in their noble career of opening to mankind vast and important truths, and the more important the discovery of any new truth, the more enemies it has had to contend with, but it has always become victorious, so that we have no fears but that animal magnetism will survive all the puny attacks of its enemies, and prove a great and glorious blessing to the world, not only as an auxiliary of medicine, but also of Christianity, in striking a death blow to materialism, the foundation of infidelity.

NOTE.-Homer, the first of poets, was doomed to beg his bread; Socrates was condemned by a court of justice to death by poison, for teaching truth; Pythagoras was burned alive for his knowledge and virtue; Plato was doomed to slavery, and Seneca was bled to death.

OUTLINES OF DISCUSSIONS.

DO MALES EXERT A GREATER INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY THAN FEMALES?

A.—Influence is moral power. Males not only occupy exclusively the learned professions, but also offices of every grade.. Commerce, manufactories, banks, the press, armies. A large share of the wealth is in their hands. In all nations that are not civilized, all females are slaves.

N.-Females mould the character of all individuals and nations, and early impressions are lasting as time and as enduring as eternity; they are also the most vivid; to illustrate this I need only to refer to Philip Doddrige, John Newton and Washington. How true, "Our youngest are our most important years."

The beautiful Helen was the cause of the ten years siege of ancient Troy by a hundred thousand men. The Maid of Orleans delivered France from the shackles and tyranny of Britain. Semiramis conquered nations and subdued empires, Many females are ornaments to the literary world.

NOTE.-Catharine had such influence over her husband Peter the Great, that she saved the lives of many from the fury of her husband, and inspired him with humanity. A word from her mouth

in favour of a wretch, just going to be sacrificed to his anger, would disarm him. At one time she was the instrument of delivering her husband and the whole Russian army from eminent danger of total destruction by the Turks, which would have enabled the Ottomans to subdue Russia also.

ARE THEATRES BENEFICIAL?

A.-Any thing is beneficial when the good resulting from it overbalances the evil.

All persons need amusement, the Theatre affords it. The Theatre is intended to delineate human nature and to dissuade from vice; also to be the standard of taste and literature. In France all persons, from the beggar to the king, attend the Theatre, and if the actor mispronounces a single word, he is hissed from the stage.

N. They are unnecessary for amusement, because there are abundant sources of amusement in every city, without the Theatre.

We can see human nature delineated every day without going to the Theatre, and instead of dissuading from vice, it is a school of vice as its fearful prevalence in the vicinity of these schools demonstrates. Thousands of youth here take their first steps to ruin. Clerks rob their employers to obtain the means of attending the play. There is no more reason that we should imitate France in attending the Theatre than in her mad career of infidelity and atheism.

DOES WEALTH EXERT MORE INFLUENCE THAN KNOWLEDGE?

A. The wealthy man controls many.-Girard, Astor, Van Rensselaer, Rothschilds. The main spring of the worst vices.-Arnold, Hull, the pirate and robber.

N. The teacher, lawyer, physician, statesman. Aristotle held unlimited control over the opinions of men for fifteen centuries, and governed the empire of mind wherever he was known. Cæsar's superior skill enabled him to conquer his adversary, Pompey, with one half the force that was opposed to him; this also is the secret of Napoleon's wonderful success. The influence of wealth is short

lived; not so with knowledge.

WHO DOES SOCIETY THE MOST INJURY, THE ROBBER OR SLANDERER?

A. The robber not content with money takes life also.

N. The slanderer is a robber of character, which is more valuable than money, and where the robber kills one, the vile slanderer slays a hundred with the sword of his serpent-mouth; and these wretches, like devils incarnate, keep whole neighbourhoods in constant broils.