Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-05-25
Il em arkabIe Old World Prophecy

Ever since the discovery of America by
Columbus, it has been popularity believed
that Seneca and Plato had plainly predic-
ted that event, SO important to The inter-
ests of humanity. A learned legend,
whose signature is V. W. Y. Y. T., and
who need not here be named has sent US
a remarkable prophecy, said to have been
written centuries ago, which seems curi-
ously and empha,ically to refer to the pre-
sent condition Of the country. He pre-
faces the original translation, with this
introduction
The following Monkish Latin verses (of
whicn | have attempted a translation,
with what success others shall judge) are,
indeed, to say the least of them, wonder
tul as describing so accurately aud min
utely some Of the events ,rauspiring in
cur own day and country The structure
of the original Latin q need not tell YOU
was frequently practiced in the middle
ages, more particularly, and in the reli-
gious houses of Continental Europe, and
mapy parts of Great Britain and Ireland
Indeed, such leonine or Monkish Latin
verses we're much in fashion from a very
early period of the Christian era until the
revival Of classical literature. To what
particular age or country the Leonnes
now under consideration belong, it would
be difficult to conjecture. They would
seem, however, to be assigned to period
somewhat prior to that when Latin lam
guage lost much of its idiomatc beauty
and consciousness of expression. The
clision of the vowels (the terminating
vowel Of one word before the succeeding
beginning vowel in another word is close
" observed in the present verses.
In the sixth line, the word ''ejus' is to
be pronounced as though the j were alb
sent, aud somewhat like the English noun
''use,' the M Of loSunt, in the same line.
Is of course, eIided in reading, as i. is
most generally, ''anto vocalem."
As the verses have never hitherto been
published, (existing, as they do in manu-
script only.) / know of no better medium
for bringing them into the light'of day
than the columns of the Press They
may, perhaps, thereby obtain as wide
dissemination among the other journals of
the country as their literary merits and
prophetic accuracy entitie them to.
The Latin verses, rough enough to be
old, are as follows:
Anteqnam Tres Dccemque Conjncti
Trplipatai stint parte perfuncti
Aquiia. bell fHgure strata.
Deciiet coea dedesorata.
Quinn Sexaginta finius crit
UnuSquc Iucum cius OCcupaverit,
Stimuli fratres fatribuS succensi,
Muitum tribueut mutuae uffrnsae.
sed 81 alba alba, ct ngra nigra. manent.
C0njuncti, iterun, faustque clarent,
Quaudc inter steiias CrHN apPHrebt,
Nuiius ifas inter vidcht.
Onr friends translation, accurate, as
well as lowing, we now subjoin:
TRANSLATION.
Before &Thirtecn United
Shall lie thrice what they are,
The Eagle shall lie biighted
BY the lightnings Of war.
When fSixty is ended
A al one takes its place,
Then, brothers, offended,
Shall deal mutual disgrace.
II white remains white,
And black he s;ll black,
Once more they II unite.
And bring happiness back.
But whenever tho TCross
Stands alott moug the s.ars,
They shall gain by their loss,
And thus end al thcir wars.
He has appended few Notes, which
may fifty close his very curious commu-
nication:
*Ihis undoubtedly refers to the thirteen
original United States Of America.
iThis must mean wnen the year 1860
terminates and ls6 begins.
1.-THE meaning of this mey be, as cer-
tainly Is white is white. and as certaXlv
as black is black, once more Union feel
ing will rrevail, aud consequent happi,
ness be tha'hsult, ...
This mosst assuredly means, if the
Banner Of. Ii, Cross stands side by side
with the :'Star .Spanged Banner" or, in
other words, if lie masses of the people
become christianizsd. then, and then only,
shall they become a united, a victorious
and happy people.
The force Of the illusions must be evi-
dent to all. They would have startled
Francis Bacon. Phil Press