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compass to do it. On page 38S we are told that the commander at Acre had strong garrison, and depended on Sir Sidney Smith who was cruising of the coast, to support him, and he supplied him with engineers, artillery men. and ammunition, and captured the French siege artillery on their voyage from Alexandria to Acre. A foot note says that Bonaparte declared at St. Helena that the chief cause of his failure at Acre was, that Sir Sidney Smith took all of his battering train which was on board some small vessels
 Thiers says on page 391, that on May 7th, the French attempted to intercept twelve thousand troops on their way from the land- ing to the fortess of Acre without much suc- cess. Bonaparte, obstinate to very madness gave two days rest to his troops and on May 10th, ordered another attack that was unsuc. cessful, and then abandoned the siege, after being there two months. The prophet does not allude to the French after the contention at Acre, but leaves them there, and follows the victorious parry, and that party is the power that furnished the means to defend the assaults of the fortress. It would be useless to say how this Egyptian nation got rid of the French, as all the world knows that they did.
 So far the Millerites mainly interpreted this prophecy of Daniel in 1884, that is to the Al verse, and we then supposed that the five last verses described Bonaparte's acts, until he ar HofG Halo ho picture of our feelings as they were, in not realizing our expectations in 1943, but we soon found relief from the same source.
 We supposed that the Ottoman Empire was not brought to view in Daniel, but that it was confined to the Revelation of John at Patmos. We now suppose that the Al, 42, and the 43 verses describes that power very minutely. Dr. Scott in his comments on the last two verses of Daniel chapter XI, says that this part of the Prophecy relates to events yet future. Some think that the Persians who border on the Turkish dominions to the east, and the Russians who lie north of them, will unite against the Turks and that in the land of Canaan the Turk will come to hls end.
 Dr. Adam Clark says this part of the prophecy is allowed to be yet unfulflled, and what is portended the course of prophetic events will show. But if the Turkish power be understood, as in the preceding verses it may mean that the Persians on the east and the Russians on the north will greatly embar- rass the Ottoman government. All his con federate and tributary kingdoms ,states, and provinces, shall desert him, and leave the gov ernment to come to shameful end.
 We now come to the A verse, and we learn that this Ottoman Power shall have tidings out of the east and the north that will trouble him. They had difficulty with Persia but that was soon settled amicably, but the tidings from the north, the prophet says, shall stir him up so that he will leave his dominions and go with great fury onto the territories of his enemy, todestroy his power, to annoy him, and in doing so, will make away many. We now turn to the Historians of our day, to see the fultillment of this prophecy.
 Complete History of the Russian War, from it's commencement to it's close, by Russell, correspondent of the London Times, published by JoLn G. Wells, New York, 1959 this will in part give us the history to show us that the prophet was moved by the Holy Spirit to write it for our guide on our voyage.
 In 1855, the United States government di- rected the War Department to send to Europe three commissioners to gather war statistics of all kinds for our information as nation.
 Major k. Delatield, Major A. Mordecai and Captain G. B. Mcclellan were appointed, and they sailed from Boston, April II, 1855, and after remaining in Europe year, they return ed home and made their report to the War Department, and the report shows that this prophecy of Daniel was fulfilled in remarka- ble manner.
 The first act of the Turks is to go forth, leave home. Russell, on page 2l, says, that in the beginning of October, 1853, the Sultan who could wait no longer for the Allies and, indeed, no longer restrain the eagerness of his people, declared war against Rassia.
 The declaration of war could not have been further delayed Even before it was
  ube, about thirteen hundred Redifs suddenly passed the river and made 8 foray on the Rus sian side. They met some Russians whom they fought successfully and rcerossed in safe- ty with their spells. Page g, says, that Omar Pacha, the commander ot the Turkish forces, determined to divert the Russians from pass- ing the Danube by passing it himself. On the 2d, Sd, and 4th of November, Omar Pacha forced his passage fifteen miles lower down, with thirteen thousand men. The Russians were numerically much stronger.
 Russell, on page 29, says, that on the 6th of February, 1854, the Russian minister to the Court of St. James took his memorable depar- ture from London. On the same day the Rus sian minister at Paris said farewell to Napole- on III.
 Thus England and France, confederates for the first time in great military struggle, were left face to face with the most important war which had occurred for many centuries, and beyond comparison the most awful Gin the means of destruction) ever known since the foundation of the world. On page 164, we are told that couple of large steam frigates arrived at the mouth of the rlyer Sails and came to anchor within gunshot of the town of Old Sails. A boat was lowered, and an of1- Ger and seven sailors proceeded to sound the mouth of the river and channel. Soon four more boats joined them, and one of the boats landed with the offices in command, who in- quired of the principal inhabitant, whether the vessels lying in the river were government or private property.
 The gentleman replied that they belonged to him and his people, the officer replied that his positive orders were to destroy them, and all others that they could find along the coast. Entreaties were of no avail, the sailors set fire to all the vessels and returned to the frigate.