The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-06-21

question be definitely settled; let Slave
ry Agitation cease, for Zadkiel's
Almanac" for 1854 tells us they will
be fatal to our .:omestic peace And
did not Zadkiel foreteIl the woes of
France written upon the solar eclipse
OF lS47, with the death of The Empe.
ror of Austria, and of Louis PhiIIipe.
and the Chinese insurrection. Not
that the Idapsburglr. was old, or the
Orleans sonty and dropsicaI or that
ihe mutlcrings of .lissension had been
heard years previously is>the howery
land Of fMca, but that these events were
prognusticated by the stars and fore
ahadowed in the eclipse. Be warned
therefore by Zadkiel, who has placed
his astrolabe to his prophetic eye, and
thus reads the fate of America in the
A~mutar Eclipse cfMe San, at WasA
,ngton in America, 81. 80 m. 6s., Muy
26. 1851. lnean Time IN Mat City.
Ibis great deiect of the Greater
Light OF Heaven will be of most
remarkable character, for the very
moment OF the eclipse is that of the
solar conjunction with the evil planet
Saturn. The Sun, Moon, and Saturn
viii all three be found. in the 18th
minute OF the 9th degree of the sign
Gcrmin, which rules America. Such
II pIieronelon does not occur in many
cel'luries--pcrhaps has never before
taken place. At The time We find
Mercury ruler Of the eclipse, in the
ti.ird drgree of the same sign. and
Mars casting balelul square thereto
ir"'' the 9th degr.t.of Virgo. At the
very momcnt oI The ccIiptic coniunc.
ton, Jupiter falls IN the lower ,nerdi
an exactly, and Venus is found descend.
ing below :hc western horizon, forming
bal"tul square 10 the greater fortune.
1t is no Idle task to read the great
and momentous indications of these
heavenly indices OF the sovereign will
OF their Great Cre,tnr; Alas! for the
inch, of slic United Ystatos tliiey ,,sc ,,Scl
about 70 be visited by the avc,iger.-
me cup OF llieir national 'iniquty is
Iuii. ihe c"y. of the crashed and toll.
worn mise. able slave has reached his
Maker he he'll born system Shall
cease hut not wi.!suu. fearful strug.
sle' which like the rush of the mighty
waters OF Niagara, shall shake to pieces
the social system founded by. Wash.
nSton, wh' left the fatal taint of sla.
very AMONG his c"nntry's institutions
the oni failing in that immortal he
r"'s Character. Yea, before this eclipse
shall end its ,rule-nny, before Saturn
leave> the sisn-American blood shall
How like water--the federal system
T s''aii be rent as'nder-thc pride Of the
American people shall he humbled, and
their cruelty punished. They, too,
shall feel the heel of the opprcssor-
Their vauntcd liberties shall be curtail
ed-clvIl war will rage, and martial
law silence the bravest defenders oflhc
U"ipn. The whole worlds attention
will be DRAM TO the destruction of
the power of The, American eagle; bu,
from it's ashes Phoenix will arise
freed from the stain of Domestic Slas
very
III. 25'h of June, and especially the
lst OF September, will be periods when
the eciispe Will begin to work; but its
chief effects will be felt in the spring of
1900, when about February, great and
sad VIII be the scenes Of bloOdshcd in
the United Safes" no longer meritinp
that title. Not till Two ears shall
have passed away, will America know
peace, or cease to feel the sting OF this
great celestial phenomenon. AS the
great solar eclipse OF October Sth. ls.
47 was seen through France and other
European countries, just before the
fearful revolution OF lS4s, SO will the
line OF central and annuIar eclipse in
this case cross exactly the very heart
OF the United States,
time will again reveal the yeaIitv Of
the powers Of the heavenly bodies on
nations and Individuals, Mt the moment
OF these great "clipses, as recorded and
established by the old Chaldeans, and
in vain denied by the professed phi.
losophers OF our skeptical and inlidel
times. Let my readers turn back to
the predictions hade by me from that
oo'pSo' ' AOf'i ioT Instance, the death
OF me great king under the domin-
ionof Libra and observe the speedy
end of the Emperor Of Austria, ruled
by " Libra and the death Of Louis
Philippe, born under Libra" And
again, The following, speaking of China.
ruled by "Libra" at p. 45 of my AL.
manac for lS4S. "The people will
rise in insarrection, and there will Dc
ctVii sOuy raging an the land, and death
to the Emperor"
Have not our newspapers teemed
with accounts Of the vast insurrecton
in China that has been "raging" ever
since ls40, in which ycarl said the
effects would there be first felt?
But this eclipse will take effect in
many other countries, though not be
lig visible, It's power will be less than
~ Alnerica.9 London will feel the sting
in4noStr,tlins degree, more especially
during the stay of Saturn in the Gem;