Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-06
MATTHIAS THE IMPOsToR.

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denied the truth of Mr.. FOlger's al
legations that the money he obtained from that
gentleman was got under false pretences, OF
that he was ever actuated in his conduct TO-
wards him by unjustifiable motives. he stateu
that he was born in the town OF CamOrluse,
Washington Co., in this State, that ne Is ~ yeai'
old. and that his real name is Matthias. on Dc
ing asked where his reldence was, ano "n"' was
his occupation, he replied:
am traveller, and my legal residence is
Zion Hill, Westchester county; am JEWISH
teacher and priest of the Most High; saying ana
doing all that do, under oath by virtue OF my
having subscribed to all the covenants that
Cod hath made with man from the beginning
nm TO this time | am chief hgh-priest OF the
Jews of the order of Melchisedeck, being the last
chosen of the twelve Apostles, and the nrst In
the resurrection whchis at the end OF - OO years
after the building of Jerusalem by Cyrus, ana
1860 years from the birth OF Mahomet, wnich
terminated in 1880, that being the summa ol Tue
mower of the false prophet; | am now denoun-
cling Judgment on the Gentiles, and that JUG,
me6t is to be executed in this age. All the blood
from Zaccharias till the death of the last witness,
is required Of this generation. That before TINS
generation passeth away, this Judgment snail De
executed and declared. The hour OF Gods Judg
ment is come!
ed to impress the mind of Folger with the truth
of what he had stated2-he answered:
In nv general character as preacher. en-
deayored to impress all men with the import OIL
what have here stated, but not more SO IN re-
lation to MIR. Folger than any other person.
He was then asked whether he had ever told
Folger that he possessed the power OF lie ana
death. the remission of sin, and the salvation OF
the soul, and that if he, Folger, believed in him
he would be saved, and if not that ne wouid De
damned? to which he responded:-ln my char-
acter of preacher say, that my person Is as d
trumpet for the spirit of truth to speak oy, ana
that this spirit the trumpet declares, that every
nerson must believe in the said spirit OF truth,
and practice obedience thereto, as did Jesus OF
Nazareth; and that this obedience will secure
eternal life. NV general declaration was, that
If they believed in the spirit OF truth, they would
be saved; if not, eternal damnation awalteu
them; and that the spirit OF truth, whlch actu-
ates them, must be directed from themselves
and by themselves. To the question whether
he had ever received money or property from
Foger, and il so, what amount OF money or
description of property he answered: In my
general character of preacher, declare 10 all
men. that will not accept any thing from them
as of their property; but if they have any pro-
perty In their possession which they believe 10
be Gods property, then they are 9. az Liberty 70
On being questioned if he recollected having
received from Folger: or any of his family,
sums Of money in gold, and if so, to what
amount, and in what description Of coin, he re-
Piled" Mr.. Folger and Mr.. Pierson repeatedly
declared to me- that they believed was the Fa-
Their, and fully qualified to establish Gods king
dom upon earth, and in conjunction with them
l erected the establishment on Zion-Hill, for
which purpose they furnished money from time
to time. As the Father, had control over the
funds, and in the progress Of the establishment,
various money transactions took place between
us, in which we mutually accommodated each
other. Mr.. Folger on several occasions fur
nished me with sums of money in exchange for
bank notes OF his own. | have no particular re-
collection of the five twenty dollar bills men,
toned In Folger's affidavit and believe ii to be
mistake Of his. once received bank notes
from him to the amount Of $1,000, and at vari-
Gus times other sums, which cannot remember
The general fund for the establishments of Mount
Zion, and for the house No. Third street.
wherein Mr. Folger resides, amounted to ten
thousand dollars including mortgage on that
house to secure to Mrs. Folger about five thou
sand dollars, her separate estate. This sum is
exclusive of about a thousand dollars, eXpend-
ed in furnishing those two establishments, the
bills OF which Mr.. Folger has in his possession.
After Mount Zion had been established, and af-
ter the transfer of the property to me as the Fa-
Their, some difficulty arose and bill in chance
ry was filed against me- and was required to
give security for ten thousand dollars; but, to
avoid further trouble, re-conveyed the proper
ty. The house and lot in Third street were to
have been conveyed to me in the came manner,
and Mr.. Pierson had actually given orders for
the conveyance to be made out, but he died be-
fore il could he executed. | have nothing fur
Their to say at present. Whereupon the magis-
trate committed him for trial.-N y Cour.
To THE PusLIc.-I had intended, by the ad-
vice of several judicious friends, not to have no.
ticed any of the statements of the lmpostor Mat
thias, or the wild rumors growing out of the de-
fusion have been under in reference to him;
bat as the statements made by him in his EXAM
ination before the Police yesterday, as publish
ed in the morning papers, are calculated to in
jure me seriously, think it best to deny those |
statements, the object ofthem with Matthias be- |
ing, no doubt, to crush me if possible have
no objection that Matthias, or any one else
should state the Thole truth in reference to any |
transaction of mine, but that which is untrue, I |
must protest against and when necessary, meet
and refute.
Matthias stated in his examination yesterday |
that on one occasion he received from me So
700; this is true, as far as it goes-but the whole
i; hat arlu in he I oil |