The Arkansas banner., 1850-09-17
Magit h Rran,r

fouls Canfredi. Cute of the parish of Aceouls At Marseiiles was accused of magic and arrested at fae hexianinr ef the sesr I6it CAfistSgies Gau- fredE his aRcls of fearFicfes, In tke aetwhborood af BeaaSefsse, seat hsnV stx months before lfe (Chrtstopher) died, Iittis paper book, tn l6snc. wst AiK leaves written epoWs as ss bottom of every leaf were tive verses ts feesch and In tlse ssher r part were characters or eypaers, which eoatsined mssScal mysteries Eoais taefredl at first Thought very stls sf tiie SoSk, and kept R for Gse aspsrs
 Al the end el that iisne, hasiss read the Fs-aeh verses, lhe Devil pseseAi~i hmsell under 4 human shape and 6y no means delcFed and told hia ...=; be was come ,o lnIds sH his wishes, II be ,voala give fim credit fnT as ks gOed works 6sasltressi agreed to the condition. He asked of the ..s.Doa that he might enjoy great reputation for wlslosn and virtue issnens qesseas ot ps b-ty, and that he ngbt iRspise wlth lays all ,lhe sxomeD al,a yoanc girls he pleased by sipipt, breathing upon ihuln - Luciier promised him all ibis ia writing and Gaa. iFeh very saw Che serfesf sceo.nptishthsnt ol bis Aesisn. Mns iaspisrf with love vasne la.ty. named Maglalea. daughter of geniemAa w,aeSs name vas Mshdoie dr ls Palad This girl was oniy nne yesrs old, khen GanlFed, on pfeteilce o devG. ton and spirituality. gave her l0 uuaefstand thai as her spiritual iAiheF he had right 10 dspose oa her and persuaded her to give herself 10 the devil; anu
 some years afterwards, he obliged her 10 give : schedule, sgaed wth her own bIo1d, tn the aev,l io d+fveT herself up 10 hlm sIi more. IL IS eyen said
 that he nade her give, rom thai titne of eht ether schedules. ter ihas he hsea he'd a,,on hrf inspired bpr with violent passoa fer hiasei aall took advantage of hei he gave her familiar ,e naa who served her and followed her everywhere Oae day he transported her to the witches sahhath hell! on high monntain near MtFseiltss; he saw There people o all nalicns, aud, In particular. Gaairesij who held there distinguished rask. ahl who caIse,, chatacteis 10 be Impressed or stanp~I on her head ant m severSl nsher parts Of her b~iy. 'fAs girl afterwards became oI the eraer of Ss. Ursula, and passed for being possessed hy the devil
 Gautfedl also inspired several other women with an irregular passion by breathing them: ah this diahoIicd power asfe'i for SIX years. For ai Last they found out that he sorerrer ant aagie ian; and Maiemolseile de Ma dole having been are .,ed b. the qnisiIion and errosated by aiAel Michae Jacobtn, owned great part ol what we have in%t io,t, anal during lte xofcis'Ds discovered several oher things. She was then nineteen years ol age. All this male GAuired known 10 ihe Parliament oi Provence. They arrested him; and rtoecedlhgs again ,t him counm nees Fsbuay. I5iI They hesIl m particular Ihe disposition. ot Magaaea ds Ia ra- Ind. who gave complete history of the magic oi Ganiredi. That f the iasi fourteen years he had been a magiciat and head ef the msg eiais; and ii he hal been taken Sy the EssiIeaty power the dsyii wouil have carried him hcdy aud soBl lo heil.-- Gan'redi hal voluntarily gone b prison and from the first examination which he underwear he denied everything. and represented himself as an upright man. But iron the deposltions made against hun. il was shown that his heart very corrupted and hat be had sednced Msdsmoiselfe ds Nj MlIs,ole. and other women whom hc eohirssed.. Thss young lady was heaid juridicaly the 2Ist Febulry, and gave the history ol her seduction, ot Gauifedi's inlgic, and of the sabbath. wh'her ie hal einSed her 10 te nsposted g, yersl tim~s. Some time siter thts bsias confronted with GAairedi. she owned thst lie was woithy man, and that all which had been reported against hIm wss imaginary. and reirac, d all sue herself had avowed Alter this ex- position of ihe things related abovr The attosne uI li. .t.~l.s sta tH..a the said Gauredi b. derlare s,,aiHted and convic t of the circumstances impaied 10 bn. and as re,a- ration o ihrm, that he be previously degraded fft m the sacred orders by the Lord Bt-hop ot MarseiHes hls diocesan. and afterwards eondemned 10 make honorable amends audience day, having his head and feet bar. a eori about his neck and holding d hghei taper in his hands to ask paldon ef G the king and the cont oi laslee--ihsh. lo br de- verea into the hsBds oi The X 'cuoner of the high conft oi law 10 he taken to a the chiei places and crossroads of Ihe city oi Ak. and torn with red
 hot pineers In all parts ol his bodyy and after that the Pace drs Jacobns, burned ayr, and has ashes scattered to the wind; and, before being executed, let the question be applied To him, and let him te torEnented gfievously can be devised in order to exuac' from b,n The ei his other accom- plices D liberated the 18th Apfil. l6li. and the decree in conformity given ihe S9ih Apl, l6l '" - fhP Pha3fon Wo,H.