Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-02-21
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that readers will share in the interest with
which regard The following letter and the accompany
ing detail and conir nj. In temporary subsistence OF
domestic msceanies We can offer nothing, we think,
which would more amply repay perusal In the death
of this LADY, We see The effect Of fagues Of lerayeS
eron of new sphere of life, Of scenes, and Grid
memories Of past eeents and friends, all tending to pr"
duce powerful and strange excitements III IN admins
terng remedy to herself she exceeded the quantity,
and the climate assisted the fatal wok upon frame
decaeiy cnnstilu'ed inference unfaVorabie to the
deceased judicial 10 Gov Maclenn should be drawn
thereirom Those who go from England TO iRdta, usu
nlv 90 as If to de- and confess, that had pssen
,npns of Miss Landnns death in the African ATTITUDES
To the lss notice The presence and influence OF her
fine tastes and to who thinks 50 suscepllby os her.
self always did the combination ct causes enforcing her
DEATH scarcely be traced out OF the ordinary course
of cause and effect in case5 OF the kind.
The following letter from Mrs, Naclcan-to q female
friend in England presume-da,ed on the lo;, oil
Oclpbc the day OF her death, vas found in her writing
desk:
ssMv dearest Mare-l cannot but wrlc you brei
account how enact the part Of feminine Robinson
Crusce must say, in itself, the place Is Infinitely su'
per;ur to all ever dreamed of. The castle is fine
buildinp-the rooms excellent | do not suffer from
heat insects there few none; aud am in excel
lent health The solitude, except occasional dinner,
is absolute: from seven in the morning TIL eeV~n when
". dine never see Mr. Macean, and rnrey any one
else We were welcomed By series OF dinners, which
| I'm glad are over-ior II is very awkward to be The
only lady: STILL the great kindness with winch have
been treated and the very pleasant manners oil many o.
the &c ntlenen made feel II as little as possible Lasi
week we had a visit ro:n Capt Castle, OF the Pyiades
His story is very melancholy He married six months be
fore he left England to Of The beau,iful Miss Hills,
Sir John Hills daughter and she died Just as he receiv
ed orders to return home We also had visit from Col
Bosch the Dutch GnvPtnor-d most grntlemanlike man
But fancy how awkward the next mornings cannot
induce Mr. Maciean to rise; aud have to make break.
fast and do the honors of adeu To hun and his officers
white plumes mustachns and all think never felt
hnys mott
ciey the least do not wish Ia form new friends and
never DOES day pass wi hOut thinking most affection
atey Of my OLD On three side we are surrounded
BY the like the per petuaI dash on the rocSs one
wave comes Up after another and is forever dashed in
pieces-ke human hopes that only swell TO be dissp
pointed. We adVance-up springs The shining fro'h
of love or hope n .moment white and gone forever -
The land view with cocoa and palm trees, IS very
strikinp-it is like scene in The Arabian Nights
OF night the beauty is very remarkabie the sea Is
OF a sivery purple, and the moon deserves oil That
has been said in her favor have only once been out
of the fort by day light, and then delighted. The
sal, lakes were first dyed deep crimson by the setting
sun: and as returned they seemed faint violet III
the twilight just broken by thousand stars, while be-
fore Us was the red beacon light The chance OF sending
this letter ia a very sudden one should have ven
tured to write General Pagan to whom beg the very
kindes, regards Dearest, do not forget me Pray write
to me-'Hfrs George mncean, Cape Coast Castle care
If Messrs Foster T. Smith, New City Chambers.
Bshopsgae street Write about yourself; nothing else
half so much interests your afectonate
~ IL MAGELLAN"
A writer in the Courier snys, in reference to the
above
"On reading the above mos, affecting letter, it will at
once be conceived that it must have produced on The
minds of The Jury impression TO the tranquil state OF
mind of the writer and Of her having therefore, persisted
by most deplorable want Of caution on her own part
Blu, here feel it due to truth and justice TO state
tina, letters previously written by the same hand few
hours a few days perhaps month before give evidence
that ,hst mos, aeconate and noble spirit was not al
ways 90 tranquil 1t should also be distinctly stated,
that she had never been known BY her friends IN Eng
land 10 ha We resoried the Of the deadly medicine
in the Of spasmodic attacks
The evidence also of her husband at the inques, is
not quite satisfactory:
"3eoroe Maclean deposeth and saith that deponent
saw nothing particular about Mrs Maclean this morn
ing except that she complained Of wearlness and after
having as usual given him tea and arrow root at
o'clock to bed again for about one hour and ha
Deponeut attributed her WEAKNESS 10 attendance upon
himself while SICK and want of rest for three previous
nights; that she very subject to spasms and hys,er
cal affections and had been in the custom OF using the
medicine contained in the small bottle produced as
remedy or prevention, which che had told him had
been prescribed for her Ivy her medical attendant in Lon
dom (Dr. Thompson that seeing her use It, depo-
ne nj had threatened throw il away and had at
time told her that he had actually done So when she
psared so much alarmed, and said ii necessary
70, the of her life that deponent was pre-
vented from afterwards taking away; that he had been
called by Bailey that morning, when he found Mrs !
Maclean on the floor, the door, quite senseless
thu, he Immediately sen, for the Doctor and assisted
carry her to bed ha, the er,s Of the Doctor 10
store life were in van and that deponent cannot assign
anu cause for her dea that the letter in the following
words now produced To this Geponent, and stated 10
b,ve been iound in Mrs Macleans desk this morn
inc. is in her own hand writing; and that an unknd
word had neve, passed between Mrs. Macean and de
ponent."
msn,sd The lovers Of elegant literature have long been
familiar with her writings which displayed tenderness
and decacy of feeling, with nconsiderabe powers
Of observation and poetic genius In the letter to her
friend given above, her aeconae spiri, breathss forth
with IFS won,ed kindness; at The same time, there are
indications of tina, susce ptibty Of temperament which
.hone forth in the literary productions ~ affected The
t,iiy eyj.'encs rf I. E T.