Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
A RelIsIeus NTanamnnIac.

He CLAIMS TO BE king OF KING AND LORD OF
CONGRATULATIONS HIS PLACE OF soJouRf-
He CLAIMS THAT THE THRONE AND THE CROWN
HAVE BEEN OWEN HIM.
A COMMERCIAL reporter mot, last evening. a
man claiming to be new Messiah, coordinate
with God and unto whom the ruling Of the world
IN r1ghteousness has been committed. has come
unheraided and insists upon his divine right
to administer temporal affairs. He has
chosen Wilmington as hia seat Of gov
ernment for the world, and from this hill-
side city he proposes 10 illuminate his DEGREES.
He has so far experienced great difficulty in &C
quiring submission to his will. and as the au-
thorities at Washington have failed to pay hom-
age az his feet we have concluded to set forth for
him the merits OF his claim to govern the world
and thus bring him prominently before those
whom he claims are his subjects.
The name OF this individual we failed to get,
although in conversation with him last evening
but he is a"cutter of gentlemens garments. :"
and resides in the western part of the city. He
c laims that he is the anointed-the choeen one
--of the Lord, to do his Makers will upon the
earth. and that all dominion and power are given
unto him. The arch-angels of heaven, ne saws
have appeared unto him upon two occasions
face TO face-that the Lord out of heaven smote
his finger adown the sky causing bright light
to CLEAN and the heavens to open to his vision,
and that various other manifestations of selec-
tion have been made to him The book of Rev.
elations he knows as the child knows it's A. lB.
c. q, and he proferses to find therein the author
ity that another shall rule the world in right
consness, aud the visions which have been
opened to him confirm his belief that he is the
chosen one Of the Lord.
Other spirits also. have communed with him,
although he is no Spiritnali-t, Washington, the
first Napoleon, Lafayette Edward the 1st of
England and various other deceased illustrious
ones have all acknowledged his right to reign,
while Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales
stand ready to do his bidding.
He also claims dominion over tie Internal
regions, and says that Satan is now bound at
his command. Sometime ago the old decever
broke lose aud turned up III Chicago and New
York, he says, but he now has him securely
chained in the bottomless pit, sixteen madens
bringing for him the chains by which his Satan
ic Majesty is bound. He also claims that the
Lord has an army Of 200, 900 600 horsemen which
spit fire, and we understand that one of our cit-
zens, not unknown to military fame, will COM
mand them in another day.
But while so much power is given him from
heaven, he Ends it very difficult to enforce his
authority upon the earth. lie wrote to Presi-
dent Grant, while at Long Branch, last summer.
claiming superiority over him, and demanding
that he pay him the homage due him, but the
President has 30 far failed to take notice of the
communication even. Rpery Erenin3 should
have been in possession OF this fact that it might
have entered upon crusade against the indig-
mites of the administration He has also writ
ten to Mr.. Secretary FISH requesting him to ex-
ert his Influence among the Envoys ENtraord-
| mary and Ministers Plenipotentiary at WASHING
ton TO obtain for him the obeissnce due. But
even Secretary Fish has thrust his communica-
| ton aside, and he obtains no respect from any
quarter. He intends, however, to persevere,
| and unless the powers that be at Washington
| acknowledge him as sovereign over all he will
open upon them through the New York Herald.