Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-17
MISC ELLA .
From the London New Monthly Magazine for February
THE STAR OF DESTINY.
TRUE TALE OF THE WARM ArrcHArrsrAs.

IT was one of those enchanting moonlight eve
nngs only 10 he seen in Bombay, aud if seen, on =
" be enjoyed there after the dverwh Ginning heat
and oppression OF the day, almost overcoming
sense, as well as sensation, and depressing the
mind with the painful consciousness of being I'M
able to exert lis powers, and with the lear of their
energies gradually becoming torpid uHder the in
huence Of an Indian sky; as benunibing, though
from different cause, Ms the icy climate of the
Northern Pole. such an evening is well known
20 many of our readers by descriptions in hooks,
or in The accounts of their relatives who have SER
we'd in the civil departments of India let them i'm
sgine it in its beauty and freshness, the night am
speaking of
Let them fancy an apartment, furnished with
the utmost lavshners of taste, expunse, and uSu-
ry, which, though the military accourelnen,s cast
carel ssSy about it, and the solder-like trlties
which hetray, TO practsed eye, military occu-
pant marked il M the abode ot an officer, bore in
dispplable evidence, in lis costly and protuse dec
orations of greater scale Of fortune than Is COM
mon among The military inhabitants of India /; for,
though the glitter aud trappings ofthe army dance
brightly before lis eyes well does the match nluk-
ing or match seeking world Of Bombay know lal
it is the -ornatnentcd civilian, with his horse
devoid OF gay rappngs, and his figure of military
decoration, who can show around his bride those
beautiful luxures the offspring of his Indian gold
which can make life in India ono marvellous and
gering fairy tale An experienced Indian eye
could mark, moreover, that the youthful Occu
pants Of this apartment had only lately arrived il
the burning land, where they sought accession tC
fortune, 10 tame, or TO pleasure, rs their nigh
be- Every one of the countless little luxurles
which the most skiul artists of London, Of Par
is or of Germany could produce, was heie, in it
newest and brightest form, mingled with the still
more exquisite productions, with which new com
ers in India SO eagerly surround themselves, o
the older, and, it may be, tho once higher cuItva
lion oil the eastern hemisphere The soft and spen
did shaWs, The long pendant chains OF that pecu
liar pale yellow color of Indian god which, ono
seen, l. never forgotten, aud has made the heart o
80 many returned Indian ihrob with happines
or with agony, following The recoeciions it recall
ed OF the brilliant days OF youth, glory, and peus
ure, succeeded by an lonured and happy old az
in England, or OF wasted life, aud hopes exlln
gnshed by slow degrees, IN pursuit OF that falt
Indian gold and, it may lie, a mixed feeling
both, to the young mother, who, having left he
darling in England, TO preserve its life, returns
India 10 gladden. the lie, not less precious, OF il
father, and drops her last bitter lear Oh the pal
golden bangles of her infant.
That most exquisite Of pets, the little uous
deer, have disputed the possession OF pile
cushions which ii walked round, with beautilt
little Blenhem, with the shortest nose the large
eyes, the longest ears and the most silky locks tn
mad ever paiied along The shores OF llindosiat
and the immense and lavish flowers of the ca
decorated this fairy room, in contrast 10 The dimi
ullVe drawings, tho gifts ofyouihlul friends, oitl
fairest flowers of England and, perhaps, Il
strongest contrast furnished by drawing
lis MASSEY frame of an old English residence, wi
us dark clumps of green wood, It's cold sky oflig
blue, and masses OF dark cloud against its gri
roofs aud walls, compared with the soft melllI
atmosphere of every Thing which surrounded it.
Upon u sofa reclined beautiful young crealu
OF eighteen, her lair complexion contrasting wi
her bluck folds Of loug hair, and the delicate b
healthy hue upon her youthful cheek she wed IN
the trials OF an Indian sky 10 The most healthy L
Topean, and with The most prudent care had
YET commenced, nor could they, Tor Clara had sa
ed from Southampton only two days AFTER h
marriage with the husband Of her choice, and
very lew weeks had passed since their arrival
Bombay. Yet, though the whitening influences
India had not yet commenced their slow but ,