The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-11-15

Illuminating, VT moi without IL. lesson Is
ryscorl 1t the ahsurltit~ bsie,ci ai the ,,,sti
CATION Of AN ignoran, mlostor, k~s than hun
/ irI years ago. In his system of u,ysiitication
Caghostro assumed, through his asserted angrl
/ &c ancestry, to pssSs,esS cttain authority o,cl
the Angels, and ,lcelarI that his mission was I,
rasc the faithful to the spiritual affection hy y
physical and moral rec,rmtion. The mWthsl
of acquiring this new birth was altogether ma
teral in its nature. AMI curious on arcoun, a
its ahsunlity. The faithful could obtain u liG
iwl,ienicn, ot the baly by means IT the wais
rta pf,wa, or rd powder, ono form of The
Grand Elixir hut il nsluirsl the Grat Pcnta.
gon to nwioe them Ia thu state of innoccac,'
cu0oyci h'ior the Fall II Man, The l'cn,agou
was to he constructed by raising u ,hrsNstory
building On II mountain ma,msi Sinai on the
second iior. termed Ararat, thirteen masters
wrr 10 pass eighteen hours n day, for t'rty suc,
osssi,e days, in prayer contemplation, AMI pn-
lar,,ion of the virgin parchment, na,h iloin
the skin oi u icw-l,oru male Jewish infant. -
This heinp prparsl. the thirteen masters wer'
put IN communication with the seven first cra.
,ed angels, who. stamping their ~'als upon the
parchment completed the Great Pentason. --
The happy thirteen were now masters OF all
wealth, power AMI wisdom AMI each Of them
hal the privilege, by uwre adoption, II raising
Tven Other disciples To his own happ. state
The physical new birth was lnoW ,liIlAa,lt a.
obtain, anl tle unpleasant proccss hal 10 bc
repeated ~ ofl,n ~ c,ciy my ,rars The im
oplytc war to retire into the country aecumlm
niei by trusty friend, and ther live In con.
plctc scch,sioh, paying strict attention 10 oi.
tain l,,rerih~d regimen for thirty ,hys om
the seventeenth aud ihirt, eecoNl days, the
patient wa 10 lc copiously bcd, AMI siS drops
Of white miNturc administered, two drops
ii which we've to b. talsu every suhs,,uen,
day ,ill the object should le attained On the
thirty first day, h. was 10 h. pat Ia lpsl and
given the iirst grain II the mdferm vrin'd,
which would ca,isc a swoon Of s',rral hours
,luration, accompanied with strong consulsioirs
Oa the thirty third ,la, the second grain was Ia
In swallowed, ul"n which .lellfium would ~.
sue, aml tla hair aud teeth tnl out. On the
thirty-siNtl, day, the taking ii the third grain
would l~ followed by 'Isp sl.p, and the hair
and teeth would grw aean. ''n the 'hiny'
ninth day, the novice wns Ia iT pui into u hath
ten drop. of the balra,ln ot thu urut kop,ha
wcrr To bc given him, AMI on thc hrticth morn
ing he would rise IN the prime of youthful Wig
or. IN whicl, state h. would contintw tof my
years, This Treatment could e renewed every
half century. until The rgrneratcsl attained the
agc Of aj57 years. bu, not longer
In the lplgcs oi this system of Egyptian ma.
sonly, communications were established with
angels aud laophcts To effect this. child wus
selected aini termed the dove. tacliostro, lay
ing hr hand upon the dove. ,css,,,l nInl assoeia
tsl il with The oil of wisdom, The dove waF
then taken into the tabernacle, AMI told 10 look
straiL,s,iy into a h,An of wa',r. where II would
s.s, NJ, apgpl The child would then mtlrHs the
angel, md ren,l,e corresponding replies, which
wcrr carefully recorded During his trial before
the Inanisi,lon ai Rome cagIostro confessed
all hI- mls~itioIa but this common Juggling
trick, audncio,laly insisting that !, was the af,
from Tod, although b. must have well known
that confession would have lss'n l,vs injurious
10 him than such u daring assertion.
Ir we're not matter of history the iniin
cncr this nrtiul rogue acquired aver the miwl-
~ hi. followers would kr nttrIy Incredible
They worsLipssI him for hours. lying motion
lsxs at bis kst, al.I believed Themselves saneti-
fisI by touching The bcm of his garment They
worc his portrait in rings AMI broNbts and mt
up his b,,s, IN ihcir houses with the n,o,io D,ro
fogi,oaro the Divine Caplio~,ro About
this period iorenxA lsvan 10 form f1nalc lpiR
~ 81 the mystical Egyptian nuaso,lry. She was
then in the prime II youthful lanuiy, bul by
declaring that sle was more than eighty years
of age. and introducing everywhere, ~ her a,,
NJ, auuJnriitc, captain Ia tie Dutch service,
who Was hot e-s than fifty. sIe obtaineI inmeirs'
sum- IN money and pcwels, from crslulous old
Ia,lies, who wislod 10 have their youth AMI lsnl,
ty r,s,orsl l,yint remaining long IN o,p plsre,
L..
rctlnre II sis carriages, ha the pur1Wse of ~
tailshing new lodges their d's1p'ions WERE tho
l.-s readily difroser',l aim exposed. Al hnpth,
the first i'entagon wus erected at l,asle and 10
'c oJsari with nmp~inp cereroo'iira, when Gag.
limtro wis s,unm1assi a. Paris by b,s intimate
freud the Prip1 Cardinal Koban, Ia take u
part in the wcllkDown but mystsri0, affair of
ilp diamond Decklan, which Implicated the
narne nnd fanr of the unfortunate 1u'sfI, Marie
Antoimtts On the Discovery Di 'hr ..caUipss
e,sptiraey. Cagiotro was NJf 70 u, Ies1le,
where Ic Wa colfllsl for Dh,e months. dnrihp
which time, the French parliament aSdelyvsd
with petitions fr h's' reiepsS, k,rn n,tD II .f,p'
hiplsrs. rank. III sig~cry.sd' b.T an IA distib'
gnishsd physician, psople' AMI friend of the
human race.
One u his replies, whrn examneI by tbs At
torp.y General N France, with reference 10 the
necklar Amir, Il truly Characteristic Being
asked by what hight h. assumed tlr namc and
title of Count Caxiiesiro, Dc rpIiei:
ct" I have gsre over a Europe by the nanr ol
CsgIow,ro IN to tp title of count. from tho
education have received, the attention paid "a
up by the Mufti HnIrdmmn thu Cpaf of Nee
ca. tis Grand Master Pinto. Pope Clcwent
and most II thc SyuTeigns of Enropc. you may
Judge whether that ia moi NOR a dsguisc u
conceal what really am, than title of bonor.
whu liberated from 'he BasiiIe. being IT,
dered to bavc Paris. k went 10 Pasy. followed
| by thousands u h,s dups. lie was then or
dcred 10 kayc France and when he embarked
Al BoalogIs immense numbers kDeied 10 ro
eeiye his parting bpcdc.iou. Arriving ~cc'
ond tins. in London, be- Immediately 'sran "a
fund iplrcs and bcing joiDd by l<,fd Ccorgs
Gordon, of NopoDery noi0rihy. i'c "on az
auired @ multitude ~ followers. We meet viii
SONG eurious notices ~ him In the newspaper
II tbe period yet In not one of tlem, and "
have Iookssi through several fla>, do we see hir
,.kuouncesl a. charlstan II Was not 10 4
Flanoe. ". Mournbd, editor u PIisia
ncw.parsr. was q bitter enemy Of Cagliotr'
and f~i no opporsusisy n exposing hIs frand'
I'm, Jrcserei0r-
Lake jugger u oar own day, Cagiio.tr
pvtended that he was proof against the ef'cc'
~ th1 ,~r~& vsAr,t ofisOns Tie further state