, 1860-12-18
The Myk.srIouh Journey OF the French
1IMprcA%--The Fate Of Josephine Pre-

The Mys'srloua Journey Of the French
l1utprCA+--The Fate ofJOsepllnoR Rre-
dicted tor Her.
The New Orleans Dcta publishes a lettsr
from Its London correspondent, from which
ne cxtract the following marvellous statement
respecting the Emprese Eugenie:
It Is reported she grieycd too much after
her sister, the Duchess d'Albe, and wonld rise
iu tic middle Of the night to visit the chapel
where the rcEatns are Kept, and stay there On
her knees, praying Oh the cold stones, NO en-.
treaty prevailing over her 10 return to 1he
palace till day broke, md the tpirit spell was
but faithful believer III spiritual commuaica1
tiou with those who hare left for better life.
Her Spanish and her Scotch blood are indeed
happy mixture for the formation Of char
acter which loves to dwell in mysticism the
Scotch "second.sight" and tue Spanish "quick
touch" being stock on which bohemian
might travel. In the power Of nec1omancy,
she has implicit ioith, aud it 10 related Of hcr
visit TO Afgiers recently that she went into
the tent Of one Of the chiefs Of tribe, and
the conversation turning upon nccronancy,
tho head beauty Of the harem proposed the
introduction Of Nubian lag. who, che said,
was all potcut in the "blaek" ast-,,at 1rsllly
enough, 1t mag be thought; when her color is
taken into consideration. The soreeress en-
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proper to be worn before gentlemen, as 1t
closely clasped I'll: skin from toe to neck, and
thus exhibiting the hidcous phrsio :nouy
which The Nuhians arc renowned for, the
whole covered with white turbln+ The witch
Was In frenzy Of passion. which caused Eu-
genie to shrink back into the arms Of the chief
lady Of the hareH, who would have dismissed
tho woman, had not m Irresistible impulse,
and the fascination for the dark art, which is
80 iatcrmixed with her own Temperament, In
duced her to desire nl1 the knowledge which
the misunderstanding being could impart.
With vo1ubiltty that seemed rs though reoG-
Ing from the book Of fate itself, In clelr, bold
past with uncrripS fidelity, and paused when
the future came to the next point in her pleas
ant discourse Stecled for the result, and era
wing to know the secret haps Of the future, she
beg.,ed earnestly for further detail
Unsparingly md unhesitatingly the request
| was complied with, and the poor Empress was
at the climax carried out Of the tent weeping,
and SO prostrate that she would neither see
nor be seen during her stay in Agicrs. This
Is wcll-kuown-and that she WAS prepared fol
the death Of her lister, and to lind her on lcz
| arrival fn Paris, eycn as she lay. But further
still the gossipping world tells the story Of the
Interview with the fubian, to wit: that she
told the Empress her fate would be like thai
| of the Empress of the first Emperor Napoleon
| as surely Is tho fate of the third and the tint
| Emperor would b. Of kindred character. Ths
English regard the visit Of Eugcnle to England
| SO hurricdly made-the journey from the rail
way in two common street cabs-aud tht
humble bearing Of the Empress as the rrccur
| sor Of this proPhesied state Of things. 1t wifi
| take much, without the fable alluded to, te
drive the notion out Of English heads ilIs1
there is Misunderstanding at the Frcnct
Court of grave nature, and regrrt much It
| hear that the populace on ler departure flou
the hotel in London made amongst themselves
too loudly dispasaging remarks as to the fat'
that had befalleu the Emprcss- -