Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-12

10 lfau.luve mi nds Il ore is perhaps not hing il
Inc whole sacred canon which has tx,nel 81
much euriosity .nd conjecture as the dsscrip
ticn ol tho bars. and his characteristics SIS dc
sci!bsd In the l3ta CHAPTER OF The Book Of Hers
ton; 1T has beon believed from time inm. NJ ,
ria! ny thoug htlul Bible readers from, tho n,.
scr'FL'ons and hltti OF this comm one found ir
n''E thd ol ! md New 1cs:aInenis, th t. 1T some
l'na or otncr an ungndig power hesded bv
seElh ambitious chleitaln, would succeed in cs.
iao!ish!ng M universal empire and for a thor,
t!iEe eaaeavor - blot out al knowledge 1f God
ir"G lho earth, ma during This short season of
terror many !aith'u Christian people will suffer
mHrLyrdCm.
Iha chnpter referred g il Rev xiii clesss az
'oiio"s iier" IS wisdom. Let him that hath
unuaFst.n0iHS ct urt the 1aMb.c OF the basrt .
!or H. ls Iho number OF Ii man; ard hia humber is
six huAGTec, 1hrss tcJre and tix'I-6tG,
Eil forls ct theories aad explanation, h.vo
nsch ur2ed assolutioNs to lhis prophetic enigma,
and ms KNOT hiss baen cut more than omen, Th ha
uSurGs now III use, as IS we'll knuwn aro rom
par"tiYely modera, being an Arabic invention.
and LOO shcIeats employed the letters Of their
.lphnbets AS uumeraIs; hence the only way The
prophecy can ba cXplalL cd is ID show a nsme
which spelled In Greek letters will add up GG6.
Ever slt CO th6 prophecy Was uttered men Iiyin q
Id Franco oil her lost territory. and. bv =
Ia tho hsrent ag6s bEve sought in vain to An 4
human form which have 0verrun ditr.rent narts
"i the world. tut in no instlrco uoes history
sh0W satisfactorily Any power or person which
haS ever iuihlod the predictions CT this ron ark
tb's chaptar. Some have wildly imagined tho
fn:acy To be meant but this notion ia inst eo
unGtth ,ctury 10 well balanced minds as tpe VA
riouS othrr 'eIplaEaticns' which hHyo been
gwen from time TO tme, Snd tho numerirsI
enigma is still s.it to be he, IL etical,y sealed
but rs We are living IN nervous and excits.
o'o age ~haA no one can toll what 4 day NAV
9ring forth, Wa might as we'll give our s,tentjnn
10 prophecy AS To many mcre Il msY subjects. "a
ioF srgh! wo khow this ten-Aing gdomei con-ed-
.ra'y, under tn imperial head, may be formed
IN our day, and Wo be iikened uuto Israel or
oid-iools, for rtt being able TO discern the signs
OF tho tiTes. i! IL :. well knCWa fact to MANY
E.b.a s.9-o:ts tbs! TIC name Napoleon ia Cf
Greek derivation. and in the dsliye case
or 10 Napoleon" would, necessarily be
written Ndpoteonti. which would be- the
most likeiy, as the name should undoubtedly
be used In dedcatory sense, as the Inscriptions
on heathen temples generally wero Thus
spe1ea n we nave the curious number, as follows:
epsilon 5, omc;on 20, nu 81, tau 800 lola 10
total 6GG. And the fact OF the name Nauoleon
containing thls number has boon regarded AZ
suggestive by q we'll known, sober. thinkinw
hns slish divine. a..--0
Now that Providence has taken the Young
considered miraculous if at any time his uncle
jerome Napoleon, shoulG succeed in reaching
The french throne, and in short time restore
coalition OF certain European powers, re. .estsb.
ilsh the old Roman empile and accomplish in
despotism and cTuelty all written of the Great
Antchrist.
European nations are row armed to the teeth
watching the manouvres of each other, and when
the costs OF such heavy armsnents are taken into
consideration, and the heavy burdens Incurred
thereby seriously thought Of, the idea of coali-
ton, iGr mutual protection and lesseninp of
taxation, doss not seem 60 impractical to some :;
and when we think OF the deeds done on Ere, cn
soil In tho namo of "libsrty and religion" in
times gone by, who can say that she may net
yet Cause ono OF her 'Teigns OF terror" to be-
come universal?
Certain it is, that should an opportunity Offer,
ZION flon Will lose no time in taking sdvant tae
It IT, and the recent expulsion OF The Jesui!s and
other unauthorized eixious societies is look ed
upon AS omlhous, especially when Jerome, sa-
liatod with qoitsirian notions offers his ''syu-
pathie5' TO the prosecuted ones.
10 relIsve any anxious mind Of the dread Of
this country having produced man of univer,
Sal periaiatlc tastes it is Sisted that tha letters
OF the mama Of the would be third tsrmsr only
count UP 81