The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-11-15
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| No one ever worked the rich mite of huns,l
cnsluli,, 81 long and so protitahl. as iosrp'
/ Balsamo hctter known by the assumed title I"
Count Caslios,ro From the Nvor|s oi Tho
French policy AMI the Roman luquis',ion. VT
can CLEAN tho history oi the greater part oi his
liE, but many og the enigmas at his nt,s'eri
ol,s carver will probably never he explained
| llc himself pretended that his lrs, reolIcetioi,s
wclv of the las, the land oi mystery. lite
| was brought up, he sad IN Medina attended
| b, a sui, Of cunuchs and slaves, AMI instructed
| in all the occuit sciences by Sage termed The
wisc Althatas. IN his twelfth YEAR he went to
Mecca whcrr he lived for thrc y,ars with h,s
uncle, the sheriff Ilener hn started Oh hts
travels In Egyp, he studied the l"rc "' the
priests. and r,~iVol with delight the knoNh
edge of the ancirntS preserved IN the pyramids
In 40. hc maie his appcan,nr IN Malta
where the t;runj Master received HIM With dis
tiDguishel hnnors
Now the truth II, lial~amn was born Ia la
lrrno in 1i3 and a, the age of thrtSn was
a,ni 20 ehc convent ol the Brothers ot Mercy
al tarlasioriir, whsir h. Was committed to the
tuition oi the apoth,ear,, under whom m nc,
qurty his first insight into the chemical ami
medical secrets he afterwards uad so SUCCESS
fully Expelled from the convent for irregular
conduct. he commenced lt' on his own account
IN Palermo. Forgery seems Ia have 1t, his
first method If fraud lIcing an excellent Isn
man. hc c,nlnlc,titcd wills papal dispcnsatlors
permits lot monk, To leave their converts at un
canunical hours. and even tickets 10 the tu'aire
At last he was compelled to al,sconl. for hay,
nv cheated shrr-m,th ui si>iy ounc,s ol
II A.. a ht,hLul
nrc iIe hed 10 Mtstainl,, und there joined u
kinl'L spirit, no'~i iuggler, vrrsel in Ara
bic AMI the languages oi the East, Travelling
with this companion ~ syria aud Egypt, iial
s,mo picked up that soaierng of the ori'n
tai tongues which proved 81 usef'l to him IN
his subsequent dcocptions. Al hngth a ship
IN which tlss4n two woob,er were PASSENGERS
was driven b, STRESS Of weather Into Malta !
and BalSamo, learning that Pinto, the then
Grand Master, wa addicted Ia alchymcal par-
suits introduced himself ~ ,hc descendant of u
Christian princess oi lrcbizonic tho jnggler
larsoua,ing his tutor the wise Althai,,s. The
deception was completely suct,~siil. VI" ttaiid
Master assigned them apartments IN his palace,
AMI they worked daily IN his laboratory. In a
short time. however, the juggler died and bal
si,rno, inco,lsoablc for the death ot his tutor,
Icf, Malta. furnished with letters oi rec"mnHp
,la,ion from Pinto Arriving at Rome, bc was
introduced Ia the Pope by the Maltese a'nhas-
sador and shortly afterwards he married
woman naiusl ior,nz,, whose rar and slngu-
lar beauty, combined with an extraordinary tai
ent Et intrigue and ariiec, ca'rasl hrt to 's nh
invaluable partner Ia such man About this
period, assuming the tiile Of Count Cagii~ro,
le cnnsenccd his travels, waiting every eoun
try IN EurolT, IRON SPAIN =" H""s"' !" "P
pear that he actually mus nave l"'."s~" S'''~
mh'licai skill by prescribing hd tue i"r W"
It's, npd giving away iarpr sums ~ 'hari'y' ne
became cxcsrsiinp, popular wherever bc went ,
but to the rich l't sold his miraculous l,,'b ana
balSima at miraculous prices i'e lfo"Tsn w
be able Ia convert i'as into silks, ana rce''.n
large suInS "i money rom ~. d"ls~, pr niso"
sing the process which, IN all probability, waH
soDcwhn' similar 10 that ~" known ~ ,i'au'
%ons patent Tor making haseheo''op We aiSo,
f0r u handsome c"i1thfnfDn' confef'H s'nhb
diamonds into large onet, by s'if,stiihiInp past"
cooDicrhriis, which h. was skillf1l ~ making,
for The 1omst ~" iir"t arrived ~ '~''hoi' ~
it'o' ana ur'nRh 'h'" T'o'''F'"''' " e".'''n
b'e "eh''h' "ih H' S'iof'n' "a "'' "" '"'''a'"'
~ gaining ni'nss'ah i"to we hiR"f c"e"@ !" -"
ch,y. I'urfhg his s,ny III 'D's'o'i u, 'hia pr
"l, he go' ih'oiteh VI Ssefhi 'o"S"''' ai,n "n
conih'i.1' tp prison ~ hTo 'i'hi "" "."'',''
time" " appears 'h"' "i,h MI hm cunning T"
bTi'li@ The prey " hui'''rf o' 70" Nha,T'r
and solicitors. rh"' from MS is'"f"',e % a'ig
lhi 'n"', 'n'hi'" a'h 'us'od'H s"'''s"'' w h''c'
my nm 70 no 'h"n esbh'
TN" ol th"@' 'a%~ v cnf,'H' WI" rty
enircat"i tagl'"tfo To bi' "f VS. uup'st u
ticket when w"td Rnin pm, ~ wl"ty
tlfn about to '~ drawn lie a, mrs, n'u%"
hat her 'irlrTa "nir's.trT i'rss'i'il2' M '''k y
ca''al'a'ical looking manuscript "' o' hs 's','
'"r' h''' h'"f "'"h'i,1 "a'ny "'' "pI'"'..
very a's'f''~' calculations told brr 'hs hr'"'a"
nnm'"f 7h' 'm''rs''aif'y IufchD4'' 'oe coz
responding 'skc' airl u" bHipi NOR" W 'ay
li"''ros ait'a"psn' wa" mr OWL " nc'nany
'urmri up prnH. Noi"'sfrTss hpp'sa'"'r
sr~ Then it'"h 70 VI" ""',' not h"'"'"" NUM-
'Srs. i'u' m s,''sh's n''ps'' =" hH'ss n'o''sr
calculation but c'~ut F".s were gwen !"
tlT cunning coon''aH '" r'"e' %r :" WIN
'lp valuable y"fe' h.n p' h'ispab' WIS
Fry not c"'''ei' WIN ,sf n'.. s''""n. p''s'f'-
cd Ionf1a wi'h s"e, .nnh "os, e"".amn"H
diain"'"b !" ti' value I" '@p' oal iah rpe
abr !" ffrFsl upon "g'n~"" '" ""'"." ~.
"''"f "n'n,,f s@ '"'''', nm 10 " ''n1'' r ="
pursuing hl'g" "f'. "'' ''''''', eh "'"n ~.
'he "~'t"''" :" u" W" @n r"'S, ""'' !,
sere 'ro'a'" 70 :" "np'.' WIN .p '..,;,.