Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-10

correspondent Of the \. York Express WRIT,
as follows: In one Of my letter, II la.
week, | gave you "A bret statement ii theatre.
Of one Michael d., "A man who had rawurt
at various offices of the Mont de Pete. scyr.
raj ingots of metal closely resembling >iIyr-
which were accepted n such but whch, un
analysis at the Paris Mint, turned cut to D.
composed OF substance immensely inferior i.
value IL genuine silver From later dryroi
mrnts III this singular affair il would Seen
that the accused did not deserve IL hr pal.
among the class ut common swIuiirr>, ami
that his autecrdents are excellent Il BIZ,
been ascertainei that, tor the last tl,rr
years, this man has devoted his eu;lrr time
and attention IT, experiments, whose rr>u'
has been the discovery Of metals hi'hyra
unknown to science, and that II was tnu'
tain means of pursuing his investigates
that he pawne,l the bars of supposed SILVER
Moreover, no Indignantly denies the mpg
,ation Of having pledged ia" bars a, s"na
inc silver, and says he explained t. thu prr
sons i'm charge, that the metal offered va, H.
product Of y new discovery. whose raw m
terial was of even greater value than ,I!'F
coin: and he now adds. in proof OF TIN all.
CATION. that il the ngots seized are .
turned Ia him, hr will extract from ltrp
metals far superior IN value "a the sum. ~
yanccd him by the Mont d" Plrt" IT,
sole condition he imposes Is that he shall .'
shut up in IA room, Nv himself. a. under
take the transaction. n he will not r"Ne..
the secret ol his process. even u Obtain
his liberty The question now y, wha's
this strange persuuagr u swln'llrr. M.
man, or a beneiactor la science and industry
Whatever the truth may turn out T. De, ~
circum stances attending the affair hay" hr"n
considered sufficiently important Ia induce III
authorities t. order Il careful analysis 81 u.
new metal, and the curiosity "t several run
nent sayantS has been So lar aroused that itrt
too, are endcayoring by examination AMI -
pertinent, 10 penetrate the mystery W
shall probably soon know whether ur not '.r
philosophers stone, or something m''la
akin Ia it. after so many ages "i 'ruur'
research. is t. hr added IL TIA" dl-,'urrr"'
Of this brilliant and prolific nineteenth ,"'
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