The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-13
A VISIT TO Madeira.

No the western emu OF uhcnhi, AMI YOU . ~
Hbuy there the rreltiest flowers Tor YOU
A4weetheafts hair, and the must mepn o,i.
h oys IN WAN thai are IN the world. IN.
anuns sell them Very cheap, and al they re-
4 rom you gnes in real Chart, In themsehr
,nr their pensioners. Ptrhap. alao ,nu ma,
3see poor Maila, il she he noi dad II All,
gcomes, speak 10 her very kindly. aud CIV,
3my Love Ia her but you do not know IN,
4 or poor Mara either
Maria Clementina, the youngest child ol
EPedro Agosinho, was horn in Madeira. -
n Her parculs had an unusually large IA ully
5and We're lahorlng under some tmbalIss.
Sment from the unlaN 0rahp termination on
\ an important Inv suit. What unfortunate
x'Vent colneded with her bnth, know nnt.
GHut Maria MAS drhkcd bJ her fdurr aud
mother tlotn the first years IT her lniauc,
3ticr brothers neglected her ia nbedlr.ct
v" their parents, and her sisters. VIM mer,
Every ugly, hated her fnr her beauty Eve
sry one else In FunChal aud he neIphhot
thood loved her aud she had nlny off ~ a.
smalrage n thirteen y"ars al aye, which
4 be little maiden laughed 1T and toru ardrd
9t0 her elder sisters. The more she wa.
Apctird abroad, the more WAS she prrseru.
htc d AT 10 y. Ste VS. treated al lem tn
dhk Cinderella Win 80 chance of Il fury To-
ahtlp beI. Amongst other arrangement
I or the purehs-. at commissions Tor two
Sof his danE hfrrs Pedro Agoslipho deter
5mined II sacrifice hrs best and sweetest
lchlld MARI. Al ri.hIrrn she "as placed
Vas uo,lor III this nunnrrv, al nineteen she
took the vel aud Irtuuncrd the world for
yer. At tbs line shr MAS the mnsi beau-
lliu girl IN the island, and, what il remark
Fable III Portuguese, ola fair complexion,
\ with brliilart colour, blue eyes, aud yer,
rlung and glossy brown hair.
A year after this, the Constitutional Go
.vrrninent WAS established in Portugal, and
sone OF the frat and wisest acts ri the Coz
ties was In order the doors of all religious
rhouses 10 be thrown open. Santa Glars
Twas vsittdhy friends and strangers, somt
Z srr the church. some TO wee the g,rd,u,
Aand some 10 see the nuns. Amongst others
ya Portuguese offirrr, at mat lIme quarlered
lin Funchal, saw and fell IN love with Ma.
Lria; he was handsome youth, of good
Family. and Maria returned bis love with
stu rarnestness which perhaps had az much
n desire Of liberty as female passion IN it.
IA nuu is emanclpated from her parent,
band the law declared the vow of crhhfo,
EnuIl and void The marriage was al.
smlned on, her hair perMIttfa = e#Hs a.
sg ,in, her cloihe prep red, and the y ,tdfr q
sday fixed. Na IA tel III, and the phvslel -,
"nl"inrd perfect 4 net for solue llme. Too
wedding Mas TT lly postponed IN tnnih,
1iay, and before ihat dny aitas d his RAJ
gfui MAJESTY hid dissolved his pallamri ~
ssnd, fearful lest Heaven should lose one
'morr o. lis daughters, had revoked the lt,,
zOf the Corlrs, and despatched an express.
ITO notify as much to his Subjects IN Madrl
\ "A. Maria rose nom hrr bed oi aick0es ~
areturn to her cell and her ROSARY hoI
II gets were again mrfcilrssl
Sshoru; the mob cap, the leaihern eafsr.
fthC serge gown we're laid before her, an
ssome old Egyptians, who could moi bette
themselves elsewhere, babe her retuio
Thanks Ia God that she had ~ narrow is
sescapcd mixing again IN the yaulties of the
iworli.
On The 5th of January, a few hours be
/ fore w sailed from Madeira, walked Wit
handsome and very agreeable English
oman 10 visit Santa Clara. 1 was yer,
ianxious IL ser Mar who-r -tory koeN.
sAfter "A lillle hesitation on the part of twu
a ~ three ,tue5 Die ladies', Who first present
lrd themselves at III goat house, Mtff
WAS snintnonrd. $ 20 came II IA with a
mihng conuterancr, and kissed my com
A L., Ii..t
ut hr VS. sill beautifully fnlr, aud The
Exquisite shape at her neck. and the noble
aness of her Iorehrad were visible, under IN
of u dress as uuglacpiul rs
( WAS ever Invented Tor the purpose al NOR
Rtifying female vanity. Shr spoke hrr lau-
Sguage with that pretty lisp which, beiieve
q he critics Of Lisbon pronounce TO bt a
9yicious per1liarlly 81 the natives of hadel'
sra, but also with correctness and an enrr
DIV that indicated powerful aid iugrnlou'
Hmind | took half Of u large bunch OF Vl"'
kIpts which | had in my hand and gave th"r
gtO my frietd to present To her. h"er
bare a dialect of Portuguese which IS sooi
slearnt. She took them, cnrlslrd yerl
Flow, op.ned the fulds of a muslin n"cl
handkerchief, and dropped them loose ~
Eher snowy bosom.
q The sesper bell sounded, the door wa
#closed between the nun aud the world, bu
Ashe beckoned us to go into their church.
awe did so; it is one Of the finest IN tn
Nsland, and ve,y curiously lined with sol
3of porcelaink attached To lis western EN-
his the chapel of the nuns, and double Iro
%gra,ing to enable them to hear aud partici
fpate in the service of the mass. Mari
Ecame with sumo flowers in her hand, whic
ashr had been gathering.iu thr garden. Sh
Atouk four of them from the resi-, and CAV
8them to me through the bars. Sac I'M
Emoraes,n said sh. they we're some com
S.non everlastings.
4 "Qur idade TEN YIN. senhora = SAID l.
81 "Vinte hum amos !"
d az Sc chama--" lTddtd.
4 "Maria."