Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-27

and death Of Virginia were related before him. when
he was deeply struck with the tragic end oil that
Young lady.
The historical truth of this is thus I'm 1904,
person having asked inhabtant of the Pample-
mousses, whe lore the same name that given IN
the tale to Virginia. mother, whether ne were not
related to that lady, the latter replied that the young
lady wrecked in the st. Geran did not bear the name
of Latour but that OF Mile do Mallet; that her bro
ther one of the officers of the Isle Of France regi
nent, was still living. That inhabitant offered to
make the inquirer dine in few days with M de
Mallet, who would not fail to tell him all that
authentic respecting his sisters shipwreck. This
meeting took place. Inc conmunlcatioh was soon
de st. Pierre's tale, when VI de Maet entered into
details of which the following is the substance -
"My father" said he, 4" sent my sister to France
to be educated. She on her return, In l743 or
l744, in the company's ship ST. Geran, M: de Mon.
sell commander, when, on the evening OF the 23l
December, a violent hurricane arose In the alter
noon a ship had been signaed, but her name mad not
been ascertsined. Absorbed, no doubt, with the
thoughts of my sister, my mother woke In the night
in alarm, affirming that she had beheld, in Dream
wrecked ship, on board OF which her daughter was
in great peril All that said to quiet her was oi
no avail. At dawn the report having spread at TIE
Pampemousses where we resided, that snip had
been wrecked at the P".:are dor, my mother aid
60 thither herself; but, upon my fathers observa
tons, she was persuaded TO send some blacks under
the guidance OF one named Dominique.
"When thsy reached the part OF the coast where
| the ship had been wrecked, she had quite gone TO
pieces nj. de Labourdonnaye, and several employees,
civil and military, who had repaired the coast
| order to succour the shipwrecked, informed the
blacks that Mile de Nall was among the passen-
gers board the ST Cream and that she had perish
ed. One may easily Judge ofthe despair into which
this nournful intelligence threw my family AS Tor
mother, she had been beforehand persuaded of the
reality of The warning, which her dream had gwen
her"
alt is true" continued NJ de Mallet, " that one
Of the officers of tho st. Geran had fallen deeply in
love with sister the passage; this we learnt
from some of the saved from the wreck, and it
rende red very probable by the circumstance that
accompanied il. When that officer saw the ship
stranded and beaten by tremendous sea, he offered
to my sister if she woald but consent to strip
She refused to do so, declaring that il was mposs-
bic to reach the shore, and hoping that the stern of
tie ship, whereupon she stood, might resist the
tempest. The young man, in despair, then plunged
into the sea- reached the Shore and after erng
some strength, returned on board with little bough
Of shrub, to show my sister that it was impossi
BILE TO get on land 1t was just daylight, and, as, NJ
de ST. Pierre says, one could distinctly from the
shore the ST. Geran's taifareI, beaten by the biows
which were soon 10 scatter its wreck. A young man
also to be seen, endeavOuring in vain persuade
my sister to cast off her clothes that he might
her. The danger increasing every minute he avail
ed himself of moment when the waves rccoiled to
throw my sister over the taffcrel and at the same
time he plunged after her, but they were seen no
more"
Such are the principal circumstances of NJ de NAL
let's narration The fact OF his sisters death in the
shpwreck Of the St Gle ran is correct The name of
| the officer who wanted to save her was LongchamPs
de Montesdre Their corpses were not among tho, e
found on the shore after the hurricane That of Mile
de Malet was not deposited at the Bail du Tombeau
the tale says. That bay received its in the
early times of the establishment Of the colony, be
| cause Protestant lady was buried there The re.
| gisters of the Pample mousses Church have been
kept since the year l7i0, and they make mention
Of any death referring to that of the unfortunate girl
| who sacrificed her life to modesty.-FTench Print