The Congregationalist

Extraordinary Case.—A colored girl, about 18 years old, named Mary Jackson, went on the evening of the 12th inst., accompanied by her sister, to the African Methodist Church in Elizabeth-street to hear a blind colored minister, named Harden, preach. When the sermon was concluded, the clergyman invited all who wished to be prayed for, to kneel down at the altar, and Mary Jackson amongst others knelt down and prayed with great fervency of manner. As soon as the prayer had concluded, she fell on the floor and became unable to rise from it, or speak, and was in that state conveyed to her mother's house, and since then, now fifteen days, she remains unable to rise or speak, but understands what is said to her, and sometimes makes signs. She has, during that period, taken no food or nourishment of any kind, excepting, each day, a very small quantity of milk and water, which is put into her mouth. Several physicians have examined her pulse, and found it regular and tranquil, indicating no disease of any kind, and they are altogether unable to account for her singular and extraordinary condition.—Journal of Commerce.