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United States when the event was still talked 

 over in the coffee-houses, and in private society. 

 I passed a week at the house of the secretary, 

 and during that time I had free access to the 

 room which contained the accounts ; and I 

 spent much of my time in perusing them, with 

 the scrutinous eye of a lawyer on a brief. So 

 clear w T ere the statements, and so respectably 

 attested, that conviction flashed on my mind at 

 the conclusion of every page. These original 

 papers were copious enough to have formed 

 many volumes ; they contained the most satis- 

 factory proofs of individuals being cured, at all 

 periods of age, from the beggar to the prince. 

 I was particularly struck with the cure of the 

 Princess Schwartzenburg, and that of a French 

 lady, who had been stone blind, and who had 

 come all the way from the heart of France to 

 Bamberg, where Prince Hohenlohe then re- 

 sided. She attended at the mass, and no cure 

 took place ; a second mass was said on the .fol- 

 lowing day, with no better effect ; and then 

 the prince told her to be resigned, as it seemed 

 to be the will of God that she should remain 

 in darkness. Still her hope did not abandon 

 her, and she earnestly requested the prayers of 



