New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-24
Tgr WITCHES or NEW-YORK. -. No. X.
MADAME CLIFTON,
No. 1876 Orchard street. near Stanton.

The fenae professors oil the Bihrk an ul'usiO VIZ
aed BY our reporter hac Impressed him with pro-
fond belief 10 theu superpa'urI powers; he was
asnxous," and was /" ~nkesed to inquiry, out ne
It'll had doubts, and there wes great danger OF his
ling ii there want something inmedi5tey
lone for him. He had been gre.ty disappointed by
The sbst nee firm the dOmics ot tbese good ladies' OF
4. the traditional necrousnuc implements aud tools.
gis dispoet,on TO adhere ~ the modern witch-faith
,oud have been greatly strengthened by the sight Of
skull and cross-bou.s: a tame sake or little devil
IN bottle would have fixed his wsverpg belief and
his conversion would have beeo thoroughly assured by
the timely exhibition Of broom stick which he
could see the sadclemarks. None o. these things had
a. yet been forthcoming and our delegate, mourning
The departure Of all tho Of TIE art Of Witch
sh wss fact siokiug into state Of incurable skep-
cism on the subject Of IT'S utility IN the degen-
rate hands Of modern practitioners. Hope had not.
however, entirely deserted his heart but still retained
her tabled position In the bottom Of his chest near ths
important vi.cus, and he therefore coursgeou.y
tpued his pursuit Of witchcra under difficulties. His
rtIt vsit was to Orch rd street and be induces
10 expect favorable results by the encouraging and
positive assertion which CONCLUDES the subjo ned ad
yertisement, that Madame Clifton is no humbug:"
GAN AsTROL OGIsT THAT BEATS THE WORLD,
sry sbsen friends los law sus he She also gives
s ssy She i, Lso mating area, cures ps.on. who
aicte4 with CousumptoO Liver Complaint Scrofula Rheo,
I'd see ts wonderful g ed LADY aud you will
70 sway dsssti6sd N. B-Msdsme CLIFTON 10 no hanbus
Call and s.fy 5ouI'ei,e. Residence NO I'' ofeoard''
s.tween Hous on aud etAutos
Although Orchard street. 10 by no means 30 objsc.
sOnable thoroughfsre az human Ingenuity might
make it, still, in spite Of s peasaot-soundiog name,
Ia not altogether veinal paradise. If there ever
v,s any fitness in the name it must have been many
Years ago and the sncieDt orchard bears fruit
lot low brick houses Of assorted sizes and oOl)s,
.s.dy, and, in appearance stmi-respectaole. Occa-
tonaIly blacksmith shop, paint room or livery
table, lower and meaner and more contracted than
Asir neighbors look if they got ripe but had
shhvened and dropped off before their time. The
treet is in state Of perennial bloom with halfbuilt
dwellings, like gaudy scarlet blossoms, which are
hpened into tenements by the fostering care Of mss0ns
md carpenter, with the most industrious forcing; and
buds Of buildings are scattered in every direction in
The shape Of mortar-bed de and plies Of brick aud um-
her waiting the due time for their architectural
proutiDg.
The house Of Madame Clifton ia of moderate growth.
being but two stories high; it has q red brick from.
and green window. bhnds aud is 20 iogenioHly grated
10 s nearest neghbor that rome little necessary
| determine which is the parent stock. Itpresentsn
s oztside, is but httle damaged by age or weather
md Is seemingly in a FOOD state Of repair.
Anestlookng colored girl answered the bell, and,
moving our reporter into the paslOr. asked his
!usness, and if he Knew Madame Chiton's terms"
Leaning that he only wanted to have his fortune told
" Madame, and had occasion to test her skil in
be expensive departments Of her profession, the
l appeared to be satisfied of the responsibility Of
Ter visitor for that limited amount, and depa ted to
inrm her mistress. urrepOrter took an observation.
The room was nea.ly-furnished parlor, little
snhy perhaps in the article OF mirrors, but the
Sias, chairs, carpet, &C., were plain and not Often
I'VE TO good TASTE A pisno was in the room. but
twas closed and its tone sod quality are unknown.
One curious article, for parlor ornament stood in the
corner Of the room; it was the huge .ign board of
pefumery store, ard bore In large letters the name
e. proprietor Of the Golden Bell, and the
outline Of golden bell was aso blszoned thereon in
u the fnery of Dutch metal and bronze This con-
pcuous article though Mysterious and unsc countabls
vas not cabaistic, and savored not Of wi,chcrsh.
Presently the quiet colored girl returned and in a
sv voice and with subdued, well-trsined manner
,vited our reporter to follow herr meekly oeeyDg, he
Em led up two flights Of respectable stairs into room
wherein there was nothing mysterious, nof wa, there
uythipg particularly suggestive except large glass
Gaze filed with stock Of perfumery. What was the
ynpiety of 30 very many bottles fed with perfumes
and medicines did not at first appear but the assort-
nept Of imprisoned odors, and liquid drugs and the
Ggn Of the Golden Bell down stairs, and Madame
Clifton and the store Of the Golden Bell in Broadway,
and the proprietor thereof tangled themselves to-
geher in the brain Of reporter that he has pever
,ncs that time been able TO dsconnect one from the
ether. Upon small stand were two packs OF cards
the one an ordinary playing pack, and the other
Wha. are known sometimes fsrtune-teuing cards.
The devices on these latter differed materially from
10 in ordinary use there no plain cards; every
one was ornamented with some kind Of significant
design; there wire pictures OF women, OF men OF
ihps and raging seas, Of hearses, and tckoede and
ihrouds, and cofins and corpsee, and graves, and
Dmbstones and similar cheerful objects; thea there
we're squares and ciroes and hands With scaes, and
hands with dagger, and haods sticking through
clouds and purses of money, and carriages, and moons
and suns, and serpents and hearts and cupids, and
eyes, and rays Of light coming from nowhere and shin
NC on nothing and Herculeses with big clubs, and big
bigger than the clubs, and big legs bigger than
b.h together, and swords and spears, and sun diss,
md many other designs equs ly ineligible and por-
en.ous Soon the Madame appeared, and tho stten-
Ion of our delegate was Immediately diverted from
surrounding object, ans invited the incomprehsnsbs
woman tho was ono huubug." and who, according
% her own opinion Of he,eH would have exactly re-
died Mr.. Alfred Spsikler's idea Of "dem'd fne
woman, with no bgodnensense about her,"
Madame Clifton is a woman of medium hight, aged
about thirty five years, with very light piercing blue
eyes, and very black hair, one little lock OF which pre-
essy twisted into very elaborate little curl which rests
the middle Of her forehead between her eyes, - If
70 keep those qusrrelsome orbs apart. Her eyebrows