The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-01-13
Miscellaneous.
TEE YANKEE TURNED TURK.

A correspondent Of Noah's Saturday
Times, Who lately Travelled in Egypt, &c
lates The FOL owing amusing inc.deu, of
Yankee enterprise:
We soon found ourselves 10 The desert.
reversing seas Of sand. The weather was
exceedingly pleasant, and the heat no, SO
oppressive as We appfebended. We had an
agreeable party. determined TO be pleased
with our j,utney, and no, to grumble q,
whatever pr,vstions We en- oun'cred. Ear.
ly on the second day, after camping among
some ruins, aud hearing in the nigh, the
hoai Of solitary byena-not a very plea
sant sound--we saw at a distance what 90
pared TO be shanty near small c'u mp
Of palm trees. |, was rudely CONSTRUCTED
OF rough boards, with an awkvafdly form
ed door. The whole locking like any thing
else but Egyptian architecture butu oc
cured 10 me ,ha, 1t might have been thus
rudeiy thrown together as a shelter for ga.
raas eAplorin. the runs in the nsighbor
hood. Ia iron. Of the door. a Turk was
seated on bench smoking his pipe. lie
locked like an oasis IN the desert. lie had
on pair OF CO ton isoasers. sandals, and
urban, with AL dhdehoa stuck IN q rcd
sash at h,s SIDE, md aeaIns. the side of his
shanty rested long gun. As We ap
preached, he rose W, placed bis hands 10
hrs ban, aud said N Arabic " Dash cha.
lie I" shook hands with my draaoman and
exchanged a sn'uia'ion with the i'm zires,
sho appeared 10 know him. His hair,
complexion tni manner, satisfied IRE Tia,
he was DOT uussuiman. rode up 10 him. /.
4" Halo !"
Halo to youl r. said he in good Eng. /
lish TIE tone aud manner in which he I
spoke. created suspicion that he vas one
of u. After shaking hands with him, he .
looked luquls,lsely at the and said
stranger, mousht nj have seen you
before T.
Wheer
Why IN New York"
81 belong here; but where do you
come from"
81 traded in sloop from Sionlpg'on to
New York, aud am rlsh, saftin tina. ! have
seen you oilen."
pray wh,, are you doing here 10 this
barren and isolated spot y
=" keep this hotel"
"iluielm
Yes, sir,-no,hing else |, isn't the
/ s,of House ; bu, entertain man and beas,
taveIIing from the Red Sea. They rcck
~ sometimes 10 stop the night with me and
10, a cup OF coffee aud chicken now and
hen aud pipe"
Where will the enterprise Of the univer'
al Yankee nation end la what part of I
he world will they no. be! ,
" But, my iiiend, what originally brought /
on here 7" c
81 wen, up to the second cataract on the Il
lie to look after a Two horned rhinoseros e
u June, Titus, Argevine and Co.'S mena' il
erie, but could nj get the tarna' crea. f
u; they would nj sell for no price. So ! v
ssolved to stop here while and keep lav' n
rn." h
as there grea, deal of travelling on a
lis route 7" O.
"Qnile considerable. ! reckon this is 3
, be a mighty country yet Cor trade from |.
lda. They bring considerable goods n. I,
ross. and when we set our railroad" b
Ra,Iroadl 7" v
"Sartan, sir. The route has been ex. "
ored, and :hs Is the depot, and I'm to be Ia
10 acen,--so Le(tenant Wsghorne says ia
nd when We get our locomotive, we shall OF
teak It from Cairo to the Red Sea in SIX a,
purs. Won, | scare the lions, hyenas,
nd other varmn's away with that ere
his,ie !" So saying, he set up q whistle l.
loud as locomotives, evidently show. |
y tia, he had been praclicing. le
/" Stranger, won't your company stop fo'
'enkfast II
| promised halt for on hour or two, ~