The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-01-19

TEMPERANCE DocUMEEIs.-W cheeFiully
give place to the notice of the N. Y, State
Temperance Society:
TRACTS


Five Hundred Traets for one Doliarl i,
The Ex Com. of the N. Y. State Temper
ance Society have just stereotyped a number
of tracts adapted to the dnes, and solicit
orders for the same. Fire Hsndred Tracts
-four pages each will be sent by naail 10
any portion of the United States, this side Of
the Rocky Mountains, postage paid, for osE
DoLLAR!l Larger Tracts in the same proper
ton. Orders solicited. Let every Temper
ance Society, Clergyman, and sabbath
School in the Union, send for a package Of
Tracts Address, Wm. II, Burleish, Cor
responding Secretary, No. Q Exchange
Building, Albany. .s.. 81
Editors throughout the United States are
respectfully requested to copy this an
nouncement, for the benefit of the friends Of
Temperance.
The SABBATH IN France. Wien an elee-
ton is ordered in France, Sunday is gener-
ally the day the ballots are cast Suudayis Is
the chosen time there, for fetes Of all sorts,
for public meetings, for parades, and so on.
Ii was only the other day that the new En-
peror Napoleon himself went hunting in
the forest Of Fontainebleau, with royal re-
tinue, on Sunday. Tie Fourth Command
ment is thus universally, officially and uno-
tdcially ignored. A nation which thus holds
IN contempt the Christian institution Of tho
Sabbath is not likely to be greatly moral IN
, other respects. Yet, some people are all
while puzzling their brains to discover why
France is not republic instead OF a nongr-
chy, democracy instead Of a despotism.---
A republic implies self-gorcrnment; yet, how
can nation govern Itself when 1t rejects tho
only means that enable it, individually and
in the aggregate, to govern Itself? With
what Christianity there IL in the world, III is
bad enough, even; but net half so bad as II
would be without it. N7Ir3 &a.@eA
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! .g CONFIRMATION OF THE SCaIpTUREs--The
Alexandria Gazette states that singular
confirmation Of the Scriptures is mentioned in
a late communication from Dr. Wright, OF
the HISTORIAN mission, to the American
Board, and a letter from Persia to gentle
mau II Bosom ; announcing wonderful dis
4coyeries made by the Commission employed
tQ run = boundary line between Turkey and
Persia. They had discovered the ruins OF
eAS Ilbf vi JliUSlldIly Ol lIlC WAITS vi
which were many Inscriptions, copies Of
which they secured. The marble pillars and
pavement, as described in Essher H. s. tho
pavement of the colors named J stiil exist
On the tomb near by, supposed to be that
of Daniel, is sculpsured the figure Of g man
bound hand and loot with huge lion in ths
ac! OF springing upon him, a ~
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I EtLGPsEs ron 1858 There viii he TWO
gechpses OF the sun, and ore Of the moon,
during the year 1853. The first eclipse ot
the sun will take place on tie 6h Of june,
and will be visible in California, the southern
portion OF the United States, and in nearly
the whole of South America. The second
will be total, and will take place on the Both
of November 1t will be visible ID Ualifor-
MIA, Mexico, Central America, and nearly
the whole Of South America Both Of these
eclipses will be invisible here. A partial
! eclipse of the moon VIII cake place on tie
2lst of June, beginning at Oh 29m. A3M,
and ending at On 5m. Digl,s eclipsed Fl
on the northern limb "N2 Aat4"3