The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-03-23

| VI CT COulu hlISCt tUe sd UucU.
BY means Of our Chinese boa,men, who
could speak Chusan English very ll1en,ly,
We asked great many ques,lcns-iht
uses Of the various articles We saw; and
anon. others which attfacted our attention,
The meaning Of hollow piece Of bamboo,
ull OF slips Of paper. which stood in cen
splcuous corner. In answer ue were Civ
en- TO Understand tia, they we're 10 tune
telling papers. Here was treat. With
one voice We agreed 10 lHve our fu:ure
history revealed aud accordingly our inter.
prefer made the priest acqIanicd viii our
wishes.
Again did ee,le same malignant, look
pass over the features oil the priest. II
eyes Tor moneni appeared 10 buTn in his
head. 1t was but o moment, hoHeter;
visible change came over the,n ID he Iook.
ed al -, and inuletea bis uuin,e'ii'
gib'e iacantutluns. " o could see The ., sd.
ual change 10 malignan, triumph d. t.c .eld
he slip oil paper he had chosen over the
eGiake OF the burning incense and haLd.d Il
10 ~
I Iron BlIy, he is eyeing you most Gerco.
y. remarked to my freud W, the
instant observed his eyes resting on hm.
l he same look and change again became
visible through tie smoke, and the impot.
'ani paper was handed over with the same
ceremony as before.
Nov, ,Lopght |, i, is my turn; tu,
81 the moncu, ! perceived his Lasll,k
eyes resting on me, | GAed nine on him
With all The tiercencss could assume aud
hls look gradually assumed the appearance
ofex,ieme sqrpoinIment.
lloaiee, lo@lec, good, good said the
cd fellow as he delivered my lis, q paper.
Fampnpef ('lol,aO as ihe sum demanded,
which pad over to HIN, and gladly made
my exit from the place.
We ali ia.t chllod and low sri'ied l,r a
"hrlc, aud Il WAS no, I'LL wo had each IN
b'bed portion Of he contents oil our can.
teen bottles that our former geyety reluIued.
Ny tao lncnds observed that for solnc.
time they fell an uaaccoun'ab'e feeling Of
depression On !cavIug the tempe. ms
soon wore 90, however, and 10 few MN.
uies We were again enjoying our days lark
as middies usually do, forgetting every.
:h'ne IN the CT pymeni Of The present, aud
etJ ylng many good aush over die seilo
comIc adventure we had rlst me; win.
We continued cur ciuzs round the DIFF
'eFeut ls'uuds iili su dowp; turning the
bats head home wards by pulling and sal.
~, NO fca. I'D the (rie,te JIsI Us The eve
uin. gun ~as fred. We soon mounted the
SIDE, Owed dawn in the nain hatch, and
J1in-d the e0cIAi atd happy cree OF md.
dies IN the 1e,,h. lle,e all was ,!lny and
iun the res, Of the evening, uhA ,be warn.
ing voice Ct the master alarms INFORMING
IS that II ~as high time 20 put the h,h,s
out, sent Billy bui nv self to cur own craft.
A few days after, IL, VI
anI nyseif went ashore 10 gc,-oug forttnts
interpreted, having previously agreed 10
keep the whole alIllr profound secret.
aud that in the even; Of my fortune hoieaf
ter beng ,eolIzcd, 1.-the last man On the
list, should have the prIv,lege ol revealing
the whole TO the world.
We procured the services Of gentle
MAJ well competent iot the talk, and who
carefully translated hem, and give each OF
Us our destiny observing With All amused
smile as lie handed them 10 US, that" sail.
ots were n century behind the wolId ia oil
things, aud would continue o sufefsli,ious
race to The tud ofilmc." We read them
over 10 each other 81 slon as we found our
selves alone. Tao .o,Ioains being he sub
stance OF each:
NJ, IN very shor, time, would
be sHepI by mighty wave into the sea aud
drowned. That his ship, a steamer.
would be lost N snail sea, aud ~ AL, all
the people and that another severe loss 10
his family would follow soon IN ccnsc.
qafn.e.
W, nbou. the same time would break
his neck IN far OF country. Aud was
doomed TO undergo 10 en- OF troubles, aud
visit many loteigu places, but e,en'u1ly
succeed m all my undertakings. A few
other events were also iorctDid, which
must ask The reader patdon Cor not d.vul.
ginr.
Now comes the slrsngost par, Of the
story. II ian Elgu.h paper, few months
ago, read an uccoun, of the loss OF Que of
Tier MAJESTY 5 steamers in the Mediiefta.
u, an, with every soul an board, excepting.
believe, four persons. The survivors re.
ported that The last they saH OF Lieu,euan!
u was his making the a,tcmp, 10 gCI
TO the ioreparl of tho ship after che struck,
but al that moment huge wave covered
everything, and no more was seen of him. I
Ga reading the above, he prediction of the s
priest, which had nl then allowed to es.
cape my memory, returned TO my mind,
aud made deep impression on ne; but
my feelings may be more easily imag'ued !
than described, when, few days after.
wards, | read in the Indian Mail" an &c. 4
count Of The death Of my poor friend b lily. q
He had been g,llopng along the espsnade
a, Bombay, as ughllessy as usual, when c
he cane in violen, contact with buggy, l