The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-13

ton OF the treaties of 1875 by siding with
Italy against Austria; and the reconstruction
of the map OF Europe, Philadelphia clergy
man has stepped in ana beaten the Bohe-
mians at their own game, and has borne
away the palm from them by boldly declaring
that the end of all things Is at hand, and
that Napoleon Is himself the AntOhrist who is
to triumph for space over Christianity; to wipe
out Waterloo by conquest OF England; to esta-
blish his authority over this continent; 10 cause
o terrible persecution of Christians everywhere
during the latter half of his baleful reign; until
finally, with the descent of Christ, he shall
perish at the end OF the war OF Armageddou,
about, or soon after, the year 1874. All of this
(and more) Is contained in pamphlet which
the parson in question has ust been good
enough to give to the public, and whereby he
has, In manner driven the Bohemans to the
wall and occupied the front seats himself
The method IN which our Pennsylvania
Nostradamus proceeds to strengthen his view of
the French Emperor's course between this time
and the fatetul year of our Lord 1S74-the last
of the Christian Dspensation and the earthly
fnis-does not vary sensibly from that pursued
BY our Bohem1ans. He takes care to fOItify
himself with thine diagrams and two maps"-
explanatory OF his views. In common with the
vast numbers OF profound and learned men
who, for so many years, have devoted themselves
to an explanation of the Apocalypse, the new
Interpreter settles upon the present period in
old mother earth's history as the closing
days OF all transltory things. Looking around
for u justification OF the idea that be has ad-
vanced, what does he see2 He sees vice
seated on the high places, and crawling about
the low. He sees man universally arrayed
against man, and in every quarter OF the
compass he sees the marshalling OF arm les
against armies, and the bonds of brotherhood
every where dissolving or dissolved. He sees
war in Europe, war IN America, war in Africa,
in Asia war. He sees that the times are ripe for
another leadership than that of the lowly Child
ol Bethlehem, and that if ever the reign OF Anti
Christ were to commence, now is the day. With
these manifestations before his eyes (and these
things, too, the Bohemians cannot fail to see),
the next thing to he done is to point out Anti
Christ himself-the physical representative of
the horror that is to belall humanity when the
apocalyptic prophecies shall lind their fulfil.
ment in the overthrow of all that is good and
the establishment OF ali that is bad.
Better informed upon the true facts the case
than the Bohemians, the Philadelphia seer fixes
his eye upon the man who truly presents suf-
iciently mysterious attitude to warrant the
Beenest solicltude of the most unobservant Bo-
heniian. That man, the present possessor OF the
throne OF France "a sort OF earthly stepping
stone to something tina. shall come after); the
sombre, inscrutable being upon whose actions
the civilized world may be said to attend; for
whose words the dWellerS on two continents
listen with ieversh uncertainty; this man,
filing the history OF his times with the report OF
his thoughts and deeds, rises up before his eyes
with something OF the ominous effect of the
shadow in Bulwer's "Strange Story" and he
proceeds, boldly enough, to mark him as the
subtle spirit OF evil to whom is reserved
the strange dispensation OF preparing man
for the Millennium. In thu concusion-as
far ahead as can be of the foolish Bohemians
who pass their time IN speculatlng upon
changes in the political system of
Europe to be brought about by Napoleon's course
our Quaker City philosopher presents a new
and entirely original view of the French Empe-
ror and one which the speculative Bohemians
would do well to adopt for the sake of variety.
The grandeur of the conception OF our new ex-
ponent OF the Apocalypse throws the feeble and
puerile efforts Of his rivals so lar in the shade,
that any future laundering on their part in the
mazes of the Rhine or belating themselves in
the terra igaaotd of new divisions of the map of
Europe would be out of place. The Keystone
prophet has settled the business, and has decided
the mission of Napoleon III. Therefore let the
Bohemians give up their random theories upon
impossible conclusions; let them hail the as
cen6ant star of Anti-Christ, and prepare for a
greater change than could follow the oblitera-
ton OF all earthly Kingdoms and principalities;
let them give heed to the words OF the wise
man of the City OF Brotherly Love, and view the
Man of France rs he presents hmself-the ORA.
gon of the Apocalypse