Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-11

employ in works of charity. Some tim. e.
considering the dignity and revenues Of HI; aug
cIesiastical character precarious, he r.non,
il, and again returned 10 The enioymen, ~ Ns
litary honors. In 1910 he conferred unon In W.
self the appointment Of Inspector Gereral AM ~,
in that capacity called upon a Commiss,,rsa. ~
War to submit his registers to him for nsI!..
ton, col from him considerable sum If
ney under pretence of organizing an ann.
Catalonia, and left the Commissary encL.r,'s
with The promise he had made him of n,oc".
ing him the Cross Of the Legion of Honor, A.
Nismes, by similar practices, he got ip,o h.
hands Government money to the amour, =,
100000 francs 2,oool.) and al Mon,pelj,, o,S
err large sums But his stay ia this las, town Dra.
ed fatal to him. One day he reviewed tn. lroo,,
at six o'clock, A, M. then called upon the p,s'
feet, whom he complimented upon his exeel.r,
administration of the department, and promi,si
to have him made superior officer in The t.,
gion Of Honor; but, unfortunately, two hou,.
after, he was arrested, together with % oScrr.
who formed his staff. His adventures. how.
ever, did not close here; few days after his A..
rest, the Project, having numerous con,papv
to dinner, wished TO let them see ,hi. famov;
svindler. He was accordingly brought 10 III.
Prefecture by TWO gendarmes, and placed in,
room contiguous 10 the dining room, until b.
should be brought in along with the DESERT
Finding in this room one Of The cooks Cotton
night caps and apron, he put them on, and, tax,
ing dish full Of some viands or olhe. in each
hand, he kicked, as if in great hurry, aeans
tine door, which was opened by the gendarme,.
and the pretended cook walked boldly into III.
dining room, and in few minutes was clear
out OF The house. When the ex-inspec,or gen.
eral was called for, he was, OF course, absent,
without leave. Great was the confusion Of tn,
project and the disappointment Of his guess;
and the former, in the frs, moment Of his an.
ger, offered a reward Of 10000 francs to any
one who would bring him the fugitive, alive or
dead. This however, proved useless, though
the object Of his pursuit was concealed in !
house next TO the prefecture during an entire
month, and could see the project every day
making his toilet. Whilst in this retreat he
happened to find treatise on os.eology, by
Sabatier, so much Of which he got by heart,
that it enabled him to pass himself of as sur.
geon major, and in that capacity was actually
employed by General Donldieu, then command.
ing at Saumur He afterwards praclised asa
civil surgeon; but in some time, becoming less
mundane in his ideas; he became memberof
the Ecotes Chret,sanes, at Toulouse, where he
took house, and set up an establishment lot
norices. When he had the house filled with
them he disappeared, and left them to settle ac'
counts with the proprietor. Pursuing he
| course Of his adventures, he arrived al Roche
Beaumont, where, 10 lull the vigilance Of tn:
police, he look lodgings in the house Of tn:
commissary Of police. Here he made the &C
quaintance of some officers, to one Of whom he
talked great deal OF his estates near the
Rhone, and Of his desire to find trust worthy
person to supply the place Of steward, whom
he had been obliged to discharge. The officer
proposed 20 accept the place, and was given II,
on condition that he should mary. as luflne'
sen,ed, his marrige took place, and he set out,
furnished with letter giving him full powers
10 enter upon the stewardship of estates, the
precise situation Of which he has, of course, no.
yet been able 10 discover. 1t was not until
1919 that The adventurous career Of NJ An
theme Collet terminated, by his being arrested
at Mons, for some obscure and insignificant in,
fraction OF the laws. For the last eight years
Collet has been dead 10 the world. II is sin,
guar that genius Of such infinite resources
should not have before this babe the Bagrio
adieu; but as yet he has made no attempiat es'
cape, and has conducted himself remarkably
well.