The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-10-17
MISCELLANY.
From the Providence Journal.
LETTER FROM MADEIRA.

With the following letter we conclude the
I pilferings which we have ventured TO make
. upon certain private correspondence, agar
asking pardon for the offence, and promIs
ing 10 do so no more-because we fear thai
we shall not have another opportunity.
1t would have been an obvious contradic-
ton to the whole design of nature, if an is
land SO beautiful as l have described. SC
, beautiful beyond my power OF description
, had been discovered in the ordinary course
Of trade or Of expectation If the traffic STAIN
ed sails Of commercial adventure had first
been stirred by its balmy airs. or even il the
spears ofchivalry had first caught lis sunlight
on their glittering points. no key but Ro-
nance should have unlocked this treasure 10
the world, no light but The Morning Star Of
Love should have guided The bark which
first approached these shores. And so it
was. You shall listen TO the whole story, and
The more because IN a letter now before me,
you have the presumption to speak-wretch-
ed man that you are-oi the tabled discove-
ry Of Madeira Fabled, indeed So it is
always with those who, bound in the avoca-
lions of commerce or of politics, can find
nothing real which may not be reckoned in
dollars or ADDED up in votes. Every thing is
fable which cannot be deposited in bank or
which may not be printed in a great hand
bill. File upon you for such perversion Of
nature, such stupid Incredibly. Learn that
the affections and the gentIer feelings are the
home of truth, and that the instinct of love is
a better guide than all the calculations Of in
terest. So listen TO the story. Ii is well
that you are not here, if you presume to
doubt it.
twas in the reign Of Edward III. that
Robert Machim, an English gentleman Of
noble birth, fell in love with Anna D'Arset,
| (Dorset,) daughter OF one of the proudest
houses o. England. To matchless beauty
and 10 all the Accomplishments which the
age allowed her sex, she added what you
would call the more substantial charms Of
wealth. She returned the passion Of her
gallant and handsome lover; but such was
their difference o. station, that they dared not
communicate the secre. Of their love TO her
father. Ii was. however, discovered, and ex-
cited the utmost Indignation in the enrageG
parent, who conceived that nothing less than
deep dishoDor upon his family would follow
so unsuitable match. 1t was not difficult,
j in that feudal and barbarous time, Tor no.
bleman high in rank and in favor with tie
Court, 10 make the authority of the King the
instrument Of his private vengeance. Ma
prison. While be was confined, Anne was
forced into a marriage with man her equal
in rank, and burne away. an unwilling bride,
TO one of his castles in the vicinity OF Bristol,
where it may be we'll imagined that her i'm
prisonment was more intolerable than the
dungeon in which her lover languished. The
ambition Of her family being appeased. the
unfortunate Machim was released, after
confinement of two years, which his persecu-
tors thought would prove sufficient cure for
a love that was now rendered doubly hope
less. But they little knew the strength Of an
affection which absence and Imprisonment
could not change, and which even despair
had not pow er TO destroy. The first use
which he made of his liberty was TO seek an
interview with his mistress. This was no;
easily accompished.-She still pinned in drea-
~ magnificence in her husbands castle,
watched by jealous eyes, and he knew that 10
be seen even in the vicinity wouidbe fatal TO
him and disastrous 10 her.
A faithful friend, who had adhered 10 him
through all his misfortunes, established him
self as a servant in the household OF the la
dy's husband, through him communica
lion was soon established between the lovers.
Although she had not enjoyed the advantage
of reading George Sand, and had never
heard of the Countess Fausta, it required lit
4 tie persuasion 10 induce her 10 renounce the
vows which had been extorted from her at
\ the altar, and 10 return TO the arms from which
she had been so cruelty torn. Arrangements
were made for her escape, and vessel was
! ready 10 bear her 10 France. where the Grim
inality of their adventure would he overlook
ed in its romantic daring. A party Of Ma
chim's friends, introduced by the one who
had gained footing in the castle, bore the
lacy in triumph and in safety 10 the vessel
where her lover awaited her. 1t was
rough, tempestuors night, which favored the
escape from the castle, but rendered the
voyage doubly dangerous. Yet it was inn
possible 10 postpone it. The vessel had been
& en- standing of the coast The escape from
The castle could no. be concealed an hour.
and The suspicious Of the lady's friends would
at once rest upon the daring adventurer who
had been released from their tolls, TO take
such terrible revenge upon his prosecutors.
The sails were set, and amidst the howl
ings ofthe tempest they turned their little
vessel towards the shores of France. so
commenced their voyage Of love. The
friends of Machin, who generously accom-
panied him, were little acquainted with nav
igation. even as twas imperlectly understood
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board, and they soon lost all account of their
position and were driven INCREASINGLY wher-
ever The winds might carry them. For IF
teen days we're they thas tossed about, not
knowing where they were, and in constant
fear of being drivenon some barbarous coast,
or Of being enguIphed in the waves which
roared around them. On the morning Of the
sixteenth day the wind went down, and they
/ found themselves clnse IN the land. They
had discovered this beautiful island. The
most inhospitable shore that ever stretched
a shetering arm into the sea, would have
been hailed with delight. With what rap
ture must they have gazed upon this glori-
Gus scenery, these rocks crowned with YER
dure and blooming with every bright and
beautiful flower. A boat was sent 10 the