The President, like old King Saul, when his term was about to expire,
was in a quandary concerning a further lease of the Presidential office.
He consulted again the “prophetess” of Georgetown, immortalized by his
patronage.
She retired to an inner chamber, and, after raising and consulting more
than a dozen of distinguished spirits from Hades, she returned to the
reception-parlor, where the chief magistrate awaited her, and declared
that General Grant would capture Richmond, and that “Honest Old Abe”
would be next President.
She, however, as the report goes, told him to beware of Chase.