The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-22

veal my secret. II BE asked for proof
of my artIwould willingly give it; il
he wanted gold I would make him any
quantity; What need, then, have i to
fear any soyereignY ~ NF =
We should observe here that the cru
city praticed by the petty princes of
Germany at that time to the alchemists
was'well known to be excessive. Per
petual imprisonment was the least pun
ishment they might expect from them.
Some of the sovereigns had gallows
decorated with gold leaf, to hang them
upon, if they did not succeed in making
gold; while Imprisonment for life, or
till the avowal of their secret, was the
fate Of those who were considered to be
able to produce at will the precious
metal.
The surgeon Immediately became a
convert to alchemy; and to the remon-
strances Of his friends, only said 81
cannot doubt my own, eyes" Seton
made another projection in Cologne, in
which, though he used but one grain Of
his powder, he made six ounces Of gold.
Bordemann, rather indiscreetly, asked
him why be had used sulphur in place
of. mercury in this experiment? II
have merely used il" replied Seton, ITO
show that any metal can be changed in
to gold; but you forget, my friend, that
I cannot reveal ANYTHING important re-
lating to my work.
Our limited space will not enable US
to detail the one.half of what is related
about Seton's marvellous deeds p, From
Cologne he went to Hamburg, and
thence to Munich, where he married a
daughter OF Adam Roskoach. Wenext
find him at Crossen, where The Prince
of Saxony heard of his fame, and wish
ed to see specimen Of his handiwork.
Seton then seems to have lost his usual
prudence, for he visited the court Of the
Elector OF Saxony. Prince Christian
was at first delighted with him but
Seton refusing to reveal his secret, was
put to the torture and thrown into
prison. A person named Michael SEN
divogius, an able chemist. was then a
favorite OF the Prince; he got leave to
visit Seton in prison, where the two
made a bargain for the prisoners
escape. Sendivogius raised sum Of
money, bribed the guards, and sue
ceeded in conveying Seton to the pala-
innate of Cracovia, ont Of the territories
of the Prince. Here Sendivosius de-.
manded his secret, but Seton excused
himself, saying he could not commit so
great sin, and counselled his rescuer
to ask it from God. In January, 1904
Seton died from the effects OF the torture
inflicted by Prince Christians cruel
rapacity. Sendivo,i us at once married
his widow, from whom he obtained a
small quantity Of Seton's powder Of
projection, and an alchemical manu-
script, entitled "The Book of Twelve
Chapters" This last he published at
Cracow, with the motto, Angelus doco
mihi jus, which being the anagram Of
his own name, caused the book to be
attributed to him. The old alchemists,
like the Spanish bull fighters and the
English prize fighters, always adopted
a fancy name, by which they were
known to their admirers. That Of
Seton was The Cosmopolite; this also
Sendivogius basely adopted. AS long
as Seton's powder Of projection lasted
Sendivogius lived in great style, as we
are told by Nornoi. After it was ex-
hausted he fell into proverty, becoming
a mere charatan,i and died in Cracow
at the age Of As, in 1926.