Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-09
CoNMCSICA1GD,
he liberalization OF the Edomitea

Stronger al b c5'.r.ss..rv it will the prpphe
Il nntes.
The Elom!;e-, L ;hc J IS, $. r. The do.
sceDdans OF lSssc, a.! We" thc postcr;.v Of
Eau, as tie Jews ,Srre Q. bis tHiu brother
Jacot; aud what ws.> ther. to sul: the CO ice
lures OF Ueu 10 ,ius Gis:rm oaiug ih-ir fu
tpre history Huna1ly speaking the Edo.
mites nere more likely to b. pres rvcd than
the jews, Tor they rose uGr!er iotu power, AID
were mrre warIike. The Jews were scattered
by nqu nt capiv'rle,; the Eiomites were oct
thus sc,:;ered. Whcu Jerusalem vas taken
by the Romans, the Elomitcs were powerful
aud Il urshicg. Traces OF ma5y toT1s and
villages, sc Tdlag 10 n,odera travellers, arc vet
to &c seen IN Eden, ST 5T!cg it TO have been
oncc .hcsiy h.bi:td Within three DAYS
jGurueg ct he Dad Ses there are uppsrds of
thirty !ulaet tcTns; .n1 IL the neghhorhood
OF NJ. Seir :hcra aie tbs rsnaLs AID rufus of
city ~nlch display gIest irtm>r megniicencc,
But. e h!Ie they boosted 10 their power, and
rioried over their trs, hFan he q. scondapts OF
Jae1b, Gc toisoTin. p:0phsc cs were uttered
Thy tetrlb.eccs5 ka.h deceived thee, ADD the
pride OF thine heart, D lou that dveilest 10
the c:aftS OF the rock, that ho dest the height
| OF the biz: though thou shouid.st urake thy
res ss high as the eaSlc, | will Drirg the down
! from lhcpca saith tee Lord: also Et6m shall be
| tcsolatior: every oac tina: goeth By it shall be
as'on'shcd, add shall hiss at ell the plaques
thereof, Jer. 10: IL, II; there shall net be any
rcWaatg of tie house OF ESau q lad. Is; and
IN Fhe emphatic LANGUAGE Ct prophecy, he,
Esau Is Dot, Jer 40: 10. Though the Edo,
| ( as nST In hon
years, aud many huod;cd fe.rs -ftcr the proph
&c. OF their dcsrCc .loa warc uttered, they
have. nevertheless, beeu cut If: While, as
! p:orhtcr also iIret0id, TIC Jews are 10 every
| land.
III il ii, sam T., K, wish ;aus marked
the Opposite IL vi lha descendauts of the
wi 9r1thc,s, JIG o aai Eau, is also de6ne
| RI: c;:arGc' or u t1nse whu ehou,d be found IN
E!ym sitter ;he Ed ,ii es had been rooted out.
MaiaeHi |: II say: Inty siail Gil them the
bstdef OF W:cSedu.ss: apd such i, is said, is the
lact. Il cnl is 90 lGtatiieG; hut tie misr..
Icy Arabs are uJ.o lyu+ Ter rnabcr2 aud mur.
DIR, aud are described, b. recent travellers, as
most savage and treachrrous race. shall
not 10 lhat day, saith the Ij!d, evra destroy the
wise nca out VI Ejom, AID Understanding out
OF tie Mouut OF Eau p Obid. s The Flo.
| ~: es were DISTINGUISHED tur thpiI wisdom.
| a,
| probably The earliest III txis.auoe, illus
trstes both the wealth arc the Glsdom OF + iom
Cir l:aac Newton traces TIE origin Of letters,
astroD5my and ravi a:;on 10 III N; and others
!hlnk Ii probable that tho Egyptians lcarncd
tro.1 'hen..;hc chronology OF auotarI Kingdoms
| Be- that a. II may; :he Arab usuiefers uow
among the ru1cd ci;lcs CT Ejom, arc SO supk
| IL lG.o --nce arc 5u;'eTstiil,us folly as to con-
| slider these rems!ns ard rrics 0! authority to be
the work oi Hii.
B!y, rc!he: 5, RE mo-, s,r king Of the proph
ee'e7 couc2rolns EtHm Is thar None shall ras.
| through il forever sad ever" Is. "a: 10. How
| but by lnsrirat!cu !rom God could i. tc kuowo
| that this difficulty Ct access should apply to
Ei.m For, at the time it was declared,
r Ion vas cimmeiclsi ualcu, p1ssesslup
morris much IL queoicd, fdrmitg the most di.
rect art .ujmynlrus ohaUn2! OF commu aication
between Jetuss!eul and her dependencies oa
| thc he'd Sea, a. vel as between Syris and
| E.ytt. Some tuo1rcds OF gears after the
prnDhcGg,a Ii III rusi passed dir c ly thraurh
the coIetty, srd Al this tina i: would to;m
shorter route than the ortilary one to luGia.
Never; heIess, that which the Sacred writer's
tJicto!d two Thousand years ago is fulfilled, that
Is that none shall pass through il forever and
ever lisa. 81: 10. |: is stated az fact that
eVcn the Arabs Of ,ho IeighbOriug region, whose
him@ is the desert. aod whose occupation is
Wa"GcrlnG, ar a!caid TO enter It, or 10 c)nducs
any |ltno it borders. Modern travellers have
attempted 1t uGdcr evcry Advantage, but failed,
They enc unGrrrd lusuperable difficulties which
nc otner country presents to a passage
til ough II.
The following poirt should b. observe! also.
ihc same prophets, whose predictions Of dcs1
latl3ns TO Juiea sad llumea. or + ION have
been s!sosliy fulfilled, have ais, tore;oHd, with
regard to Juica, that she SHE'LL be restored 70
'eItillty; bur with >cgari to lum:o or Il lon,
that lis IesoIatl0n shall be perpetual. Aud it
snail come 70 pass IA that day that the mouu.
talus sAali drop d;Tu ueV vine, ucd the hills
shai :" with milk aad sli the rivers OF Judea
shel! Il ~ With waters, and fountain shall
come lorh Of the h0uss 81 the L,rd, and shall
water ne Valley of Sh lin. Esypt shall bs q
d s,lsioo, and + lou shall be desolste vii.
Gern-ss. Joe! 3: Is. 10 la the present dsy.
Judes though lyiDg taste aad troideu under
toe tiot OF the Gen'i,s still prsse.s the capa-
mly Oh DeiHg terIl. our the whole Interior OF
EdcM, OR ldunea Is boco aiuc one vast az.
psnse OF shifting sand drilled from the borders
OF the ned SEES, Wcich will make it as incapable
Of fertility as Sodom and Gomorrah 10 whicb it
is compared by jeremiah, 80: Il, Is.
10 not these facts lrrislst!biy prove to US that
he VINO governs the world inspired these scrin
lures, ana that al His plans sni purposes will
De carried o!s whether men will h ,sr or whether
they viii fcrbesr
I refer you 10 the following prophecies having
Teie ence TO bdom or 1dumes: lss'sh "a: 5 10.
der 49: 80: : < %: Is s.: Ez.k *.
l., &C; joe 3: -; Oosd l: | IS 9, Il and IS
verses; Nal. !: 3 ! Rest for Yourself prr
HORRIBLE CASSlbALlsM.-s Crae Indian
whose name being translated signifies tie Swift
Runner, mas been arrested in Csnsds on tbe
norFlose cnsege of having killed and eaten his
" he!e family consisting of his mother brothe.
vile and i've children, during tie past winter
The police took The prisoner to the scene of the
AAniegso auGcl;y, sad there found the bones of
al the fsully bat one They SHOWED tn At thew
BAD been cooked, some by boxing and others by
5ossusg thus estsb ,ishing the chsrge of canni-
oahSm oIt to The charg. of murder, there is
no otner than strong presumrtive evidence of
his sul The police were uoshle TO nnd the re-
m ANS OF one OF the victims. and the prisoner re-
FUSED 20 say anything about ia circumstance
"hcc IL na'uraiv constr ei to his dlsadvantsge