, 1873-08-24
MRS. DR.. POWELL,
Her Belief thnt She II Endowed will.
supernatural Powers Direct from the
AHntghty".ts 1t u frnIlucination, or
fln9 the DnY Of NJ ltracfca Calnn 1rn.n1

Her Bclicf TINT She II Endowed will,
supernatural Powers Direct from the
Aimtghty".Is 1t Il 1nn1lucination, or
fane the DnY Of Miracles Conc Aga1n2
-. From the oi,ley {fil.> II,nes, Aug. 20,
Wo llavo horotofore rofrainod from ~ MAILING
any mcntion OF the fact that a lady Of Olnoy
claims to bo endowed with supernatural powors
Tor the hoalipg Of all the ills TINT her follow
moftals are holr to, partly out Of regard for tho
1eolinge Of herself and family, aud partly ia Or
dor to be ablo to Btato something definite in the
way Of results. But now that tic matter haa
not only become common talk In Oluoy, but ox-
aggorated and erroneous statements have boon
PnbhBhod in mauy newspapers nt diatance,
silence on our part mny ba regarded as lack OF
journalistic enterprise d point upon which wo
arc very BonHitiyo.
Tho lady in question ia the wife Of Dr. IA.
rowoll, Collector of Internal Revenue for this
distr1ct, and Is not only highly intelligent aud
educated, put has been for years 4 truo Chris
ta1' nos only " profession but in her daily walk
and compensation: Whatever opinions aro en-
tertaned in regard to her strange doctrines, no
ono haa pretended to belioyo that ahe fa not por.
feetly sincore, and TINT, il she is not posaossod
Of tho powers she claims 1t III the result Of hal
luclnation, aud not of IN intention to decoive.
For several years 1t las boon known to a
small crola that sho was @ clairvoyarst and
nor AID has boon invoked on more than one
occasion Gee ion to assist in revealing matters hid
den from mortal kon, and it iB clamel with
remarkable auccoss in several instancos. On
one occasion ahe pointed out tho exact location
OF grave, al marks Of which had become oh,
liberated ~ iapHo Of years, although tho rolls
burial bad failod to find it. At tho Hame tino il
~ said ahe related circumstances connected with
the death and bnrial which the relatives tFlem*
selves lad forgotten, but which wore recalled to
sble that she could havo had any knowledge Of
theHo matters in tho regular way, AZ she was not
resident OF this part Of tho country at tho timo
Of their occurrence. Thaso facts wore published
III the Times IL dotail at the time, though 10
somo months ago it was revealed to hor that
she was to bo gifted with power direct from tho
Almighty to heal all manner Of tlieoasoB, sinco
NJ Mnich l tmo She has been using hor powor upon
all WHO have applied to her, until hor fame Inns
sproad abroad, aud those who visit hor arc num-
borod by hundreds daily. slle mikes no cllareo
ard WILL accept no fec or reward Of any kind.
Az to results. nothing has como to our knovl-
would bo effected by tho faith that is inspircd
by any one who might claim to have mysterious
powers On tho other hand miraculous cures
pred'otcd by her Of afflicted psrsous In Olucy
have failed to DO afroosod, though tho timo fo'
tlolr accomplishment AaB expired as understood
by hfra Powell. ~1''''"
.,, There q, sre those WHO arc Of the opinion, in
OF theea wonderful gifts is purely al hallucna-
tion, and one Of tho saGdeat features connocte3
with tue affair is TINT the victim is such an o..
klMHD0 lauy.
However. other partiea WHO hayo had eoualIv
good, II not better, opportunities to judgo tllo
plenomen0n than wo have are fully Convinced
TINT sao will DO able to demonstrate hor ability
to 90 al taat aho claims, and assort that lor
only thoso who visit hor, hut othcra whom sho
has noy.r Hoon, could only proceed from srpor-
Taaen altogether. tic caaa
ta yeX yoser15s ana my DO that s
said "T4ole is nothing new under the sun"