The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-05-10

we uAiu Inn, prepared Tor his voyage, and or" /
dered some refreshment 10 be Sent pp 70 his
room a elsven O'Clock. When he had almost
9nished has Fepast,the sailor came 10 call him;
bu. ~ soou N the man opened che door, and
the merchant east bis eyes upon him, he ives
ssiEed with All unAeeoantAhle trepidaiioh, lo-
gsther with an inward eonyieiiOn that he
ought no. % 70 10 Middlebnrg, 90 that all his
reasoning against Il was Of no avail and he
waa obliged 20 cell the sailor that he eonld
not accompany him, 10 which the lattfr ro-
piled that II 50. bs would lose his fare bat
thit nAtiered not--he felt himself compelled
tostAy.
HffSF vEe EEiIdV va gone rEf1i Tiiz7 1'tzi5rI
oooIly rvAected on what might be- tho probA-
bic reason Of this singular mental impulse, in
reality, he HAa SORRY and Yexed AT thus neg
lecting this important part Of his Journey, as
he could not wait for the next niArket-bOat.
TO banish his tedium aud disappointment he
sent out for walk, and towards evening
called al friends house Amer sitting there
a couple Of hours, great noise was heard IN
the street Inquiry was made, and now they
learned that tho Middleburg market boat, ,hay-
ing been struck by lightning, had sunk,
aud that not an individual was saved
My readers may think what an impression
this intelligence made upon the mind Of the
worthy traveller he hAstened homo, and in
4 retirement thanked God for his gracious warn
] ing.
! l can sOlemnly vouch for the truth Of this
relation, &,when rightlyronsidercd one would
think il was impossible to explain il mechan-
ieAily but those who explain away the won
ders OF the Bible, would, however, soon Ae-
oomPlish il they would say, tho heaviness
ofthe atmosphere had produced in the mind
OF the merchant an obscure idea Of danger.
and that this idea had fully developed itself
on seeing the sailor. But in Rotterdam there
was neither storm, nor stormy atmosphere,
only one single, dark cloud had been observ-
ed in the distance, and my departed friend,
with whom associated for seven years. was
not affected by the weather But all such re-
marks M these, are ofno avail; he that will
not believe, will not be- convinced and he
that is too proud tn abandon the system he
has once adopted, aud To let himself be taught
different, continually finds something To OBJ
| ject to, and one has never done with him.
II certainly was protecting angel, that whis-
perNd 10 the soul Of my friend, "Go not with
them, or else some misfortune will befall
thee
In the "Museum OF Wonders" volume 2,
page 1872, there is striking instance of n
prcsentimont, related by Madame de Beau
mont, in the eighth volume OF the Universal
Magazine for Art and Nature" She says--
"My whole family still remembers an acci-
dent from which my father was preserved by
presentin,ent OF ddng6F. SRitihg upon the
river is one of the common Amusements Of the
! city at Rouen, in France. My father also took
great pleasure in these water-pArties, and he
seldom suffered many weeks to pass over
without enjoying IT, On one occasion. he
agreed with party to sail to port st. omer,
about ten miles from Rouen. Dinner and
musical instruments had been sent on board
the vessel, and every preparation made for a
pleasant excursion. When it was time TO 60
on board, an aunt of my fathers, who was
deaf and dumb, uttered kind Of howl, plac-
ed herself at the door, blocked up the way
with her arms, struck her hands together, and
: gave by signs 10 understand, that she conjur-
ed him To stay at home. My father, who had
promised himself much pleasure from this
excursion, only laughed at her entreaties
but the lady fell at his feet and manifested
such poignant signs Of grief, that he at length
determined to yield to her entreaties, and
therefore endeavored the rest also; but the,
laughed at him for being so easily persuaded
and set sail. Scarcely had the vessel proceed
ed half the distance, before those on board
had the greatest reason to repent that they
had not followed his advice. The vessel wen
to pieces, several lost their lives and thos,
that saved themselves by swimming wer,
so much terrified at their narrow escape, tina
|. they with difficulty got the better oft"
No mechanical explanation can apply Il
this remarkable prescntiment. The warning
angel found he could work OH no one bette
than the person who was deaf and dumb, HI
therefore selected her for the execution of
I his commission.
, In the same volume of the Museum of
8 Wonders" page io3, there is an equati!
i. striking presentiment related which the ed
n itor had from the lips Of : credible person.
This individual had a friend who held an eff
: cicnt station in the country. Being unmar
A ried, he committed his domestic concerns Il
o the care of housekeeper, who had been witt
him many years, His birthday arrived, HI
= mads many preparations for celebrating 1t
n and told bis housckccpcr carly IN the morn
ling, that as the day vas fine, she should clear
!. out q certain arbor in the garden, which h'
!. named, because he intended TO pass the ds,
' in il with his gsests, Scarcely had che ~
: eeived this commission, than shG seemed
4 quite in amaze, and delayed the fnlflmen
n ofit. At length she entreated him rather 4
; receive his guests in one of the rooms of thu
o house, for she had presentiment that the ar