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Second sight.

--An American, Dr. S. V. Bly, is astounding the Parisians by his power of reading any letter or other writing enclosed in any number of sealed envelopes. The Doctor, on receiving a packet containing the writing he is to read, is seized with a convulsive shudder, turns up the whites of his eyes, becomes cataleptically rigid and — reads the hidden writing to the stupefaction of the most incredulous. He bids fair to succeed to the throne left vacant by the retirement of Mr. Home. He was in Newport last summer where he made quits a sensation.

The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 9, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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