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


HJa'ing prisons.
va ~e'e oil as happy rs birds freed
from cage, when the extreme point OF
Trumbai Island >hu, out the marine soniry
on the ioiecasile Of The c frina,e.
" There coca tho last Of plpe.ciay, ;" ex.
claimed NJ. A marine Is useful a,
lines, tot often too fond OF showing his oar
10 wheie Il Is no, wanted.
| must not, howe er, tire The readers pa
licnce by repeating all sc SAID on the SEQ
jet, hut al once transfer them To The nelell
borhood OF ihe sccre Of ny story. Our
destination was P0oiao, or Wofshippers'
l,laad, h'ch lay thou, tao hours sal! from
our anchorage.
A!ler couple Of hours sailing and scu,.
Ing our Chinese boa. made tie eulfance Of
a liitle cove, where we usually landed, and
~ o les minutes atcIaai3s We were v lid
IN. aon- one Of lie LeaD,i'u' and shady A,,le
pa.hs Which uieIsect the leland IN every
direction. Wept.sej several iorts Of the
Pness, some oil recent construction, 9th.
FRS moudcrng away, iasi iuioaiug III the
wake o! tlnc. Here ard here We also ob.
served a sIlitary aud bareheaded P.lesi Of
Budaa, @i'h folded hand, and dosncasr
eyes, stealth. slcniy along. lis ausicre
and Solemn 10 king face uoi altering us ii.
gdry IN Tie least, as he raised his locked
hands 10 his heart, and mul,cted the Usual
chin.ehln" in passing.
What lie lLese men lead 4 CON
pletely shut out from the world are they,
as IT IS poss.L for any one 10 be. No lay
men ore allowed on the island. The softer
ser never set their feet within IFS precincts,
and durn. my stay IN the Cbusan afchl
pelIen, VII CHI was upwards Of three years,
never saw soul CA this island, excei.ns
'hc'r religious meu aud iea OF M broth
ct GdtbGriGHs.
The latter mus, have been cons.an,
eyeso'e 10 these poor people bu, there
vas 80 femedy for II. " here there Is any
taIna 10 b. seen, ,lere ) Gu viii meet her
u John BJl or Brother jonathan. It's
perfectly useless Ia attempt 10 resist the in.
road. Of these bthAiians | walls air
bul't. they scule lhen. | lhey raise bat
teflrs 10 TIE on lhe,r cGemlas, The batb4u
al ships IN u few hours level them with the
dust. III they have any lhin. worth ha,.
iog, John or JJhnalhan Will have II -
" WI hat Tor you cone 80 lon. way m4kae
hun. bun. paoi Chua man was the qles.
u Po, to me by iucesaau nj Chusau;
aud blush 10 confess could alse no fea
son,bie ausaef Who IL o ansAef Tor The
Wholesale slaughter OF lhs sud other wars,
all b. answered hereafter. 4 var Of de-
lence aud to ress INVASION may be pardon.
ed, bit apar OF cu,clousucss, where the 10
,ade,, are ;hlfsIug Tor their Hctgtb IS
goods. Is, tn),, eeuain'y "a NY opinion. a
breach %! The tenth commandment. Eauush
Of this, haAevet, must TO my story:
AIer visiting Two uf three uiiupf 1sa
houses 90 our way, We dr,ceuded lnfu lie
principal valley, loiloana rather "e.l
paved c4usesay uni,l we came II stone
bad. ., get Ct ttcim;l Of the bridges
dc ,uealcd "a the conmon blue ware. TINS
led acro,s poud ~ o. gold ord SILVER fish,
shich ~c observed swimming about 10
great numbrrs,) md brought u, 10 The ,,'in-
cipal entrance ol the large temple.
ih's "as'he principle leap!c on the -
Iatd. but Ike al the oilers se observed IN
thna, It by1,'s Of ~ display &C atchI'ec.
iurl taste nor ha.r any at,iacttou 6su. ii
,ullI 'icut Ia uyti the attention ct ,jsllof.
Red aud White pant ~ pioluslon, eided .
imag :, huge dium, incense pots. &C.,
were all there, and no doubt may inspire
the sui j"cis oil the Enpitorof tic Sun wl,h
feeling q ave; but We barbatlans, am
sorry TO say, fel, The spun, OF lua aioae rise
0uhla u, on Lehodps Them The huge
dun was TOO gteaI temptation for It.le
Buy. Nrh a huge wooden mael did the
iutla iai middle pcll away uatil the very
y ooden pillars Which supported the tooI
began 10 shake. Tnen NJ, uot 10
be bsLl ,dhand, commenced humping the
larg suaotous bell, aud AN ASHAMED TO
say, s. ia' forge, ny sell as 10 sclz small
bar Of irpD and bc,ahof ouc OF the incense
pots SO ,jo'ertiy that. from the peculiar
metal II was made of, the sharp riaen.
noise fairly dove my companions oil ,be
fed.
hld ceased, aud for some seconds KEEP,
my eur close to the edge OF 1t listeuIn. 10
the revcfbefa'lns aud melancholy qo,set-
Iug sounds as they grew alalef aud more
lalnt, when Jist over the pedestal Of the
rod of anger, | observed scoallng pair OF
black eyes glarng uron me. ! looked
round tor my co nphnlons, but they had
gone TO some other part Of the huiliIn..-
Every thing VAS still as death, and con
Tess felt lillle alarm. could scarcely
believe it was n living men | behelJ. so
s:ll was he at length, however, ob.er
we'd his eyes turn Toward the entrance, and
cll as II weight had been removed from
my heart.
am not naturally supersi'ious, bu,
from the peculiar circumstances IN which
was placed; Alone in large vaulted
apartment, with JIsl hight enough to reveal
hs features OF the hideous images, the
Stiffness SO Intense alter the noise had