Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-04-26

sheW how such lmpOstois eui.i ,Ds'o
the corruption Of morals; to the depraya-
t;an Of the human heart, and to that de-
basement of character which superstition
always produces. This impostor also
dealt in quack medicines, as is expressed
.by his card, at "a, King's-street, Soho,
At the end Of which he added some BIAS
phemous lines. He professed to cure
and prevent all disorders incident to ie-
males. The first of the letters, which we
shall notice, is dated Southamptonsrow,
August Is, and is from female OF res
probability. She complains OF having mar
rlied a man with fortune of 1901. year,
whom she dislikes; but she says she had
him in preference to one she loved, as
Powell had told her wealth would pur-
chase loye.-The lady proceeds as follows:
=. / wish to know how long itwill be be-
fore shall be left widow, and whether
that will happen in time for NE TO marry a.
gain; say, pray take pains and search out
my fate /; was born October, &c. &c.--
Haste to discover, and let me know the
bad with the good. Another letter, dat
ed Plaistowe, Essex, desires the following
questions might be Immediately resolved
for 81. note :--.aagust I. ten minutes
past si.r in the erening.-Was the mo-
ney | now think of lost, or was it given to
male or female :?''-Anothsr correspon-
dent sends the following .aagust Cd
half past o'ciock eueniag.--Does the
person I now think on, ever bestow
thought on me ?''-From the same
Z: / return you thanks for your great
foresight; and pray answer the follow
ing questions by to-morrew morning =
july 18th nine minutes past eight Il. M.
is the person l now think on, distress
sed in mind at my absence, Or is he pleas
ed that have left the country? Relieve
my distracted mind !''--Another let
ter, dated Charlton Street, Somers' Town
and well written, desires to know for
II. note, whether the acquaintance,
which the lady had broken off with an
officer, would be renewed, or whether
she should have her fathers choice Fin
another letter, addressed to Powell by
tile same lass, from Farnham, Surrey, she
thanks him for his adrice, and says she
has fled to the protection OF her adored !!
There are many other letters from females
of high responsibility whose credulity has
led them to be imposed on by this Often
der. There are some truly ridiculous, Il
others of the most corrupt kind.
The following Aaecdote is now very
generally circulating at Paris; and much
credit is given to the truth oft amongst
the higher circles there.--lt is said,
g that when Bonaparte was very young:
lust before he left the Ecolc- Militarie,
the officer. who superintendent the young
men. on coming into Napoleon's cham
Der. found him ON his knees, praying with
great feryency, with his arms extended,
and frequently Frustrating his body on
the ground. Napoleon appeared much
asitated, and in iiutter of spirits! so
that ii was some time before he was
sufficiently composed to relate the fol
lowing history. He said that very early
in the morning, almost beforeit was light,
a Spectre, had appeared TO him. with
something like an human shape. 1t had
the likeness Of ar Iron Crown on its head,
and in its hand it held black sceptre OF
ebony.
Napoleon was, at first terrified; but was
soon soothed by the damon, and told,
that if he. Napoleon, would fail down
and worship this damon, and wouldtrom
thenceforward continue, morning and
evening, in the constant exercise OF that
worship, he should soon become possessed
of all tie principalities and powers IN Eu-
rope, and should, in the end be master
over all the known world; that after
some hesitation, Napoleon acceded to
this contract, and that, on that morn
ing, he was for the first time paying
his alterations to this new Deity
1t appears that for some time, both parties
strictly performed their share of the con-
tract but that, about three or four years
ago, Napoleon having restored the Gallo
Church, & having shewn some slight
sympt, ms Of believing in another Deity:
that he told Marshals Berthier & Ney, that
the same spectre had appeared to him :,
gain about the same hour in the morning,
and had declared the contract to be at
end and foretold, that he should forfeit
and lose the dominions he had subdued, in
a much shorter time than he had obtained
them in.-That Bonaparte, however, had
persevered in the worship of this internal
deity but that tie other was memorable!