New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-21
MADEIRA, AND A VOYAGE rHrHcR.

Correspondence Of The N. Y T4abaps.
Noe 1.-Among the many dspensat.ons Of Providence
for which We can evince sufficient gratitude not
the least is that which enables IN our rst happy mo
ments TO blot out from memory the recolectOns OF
paet, even though recent, miseries A warm bath,
change Of linen and the cuisine of the American Consul
here whose guest became on landing, made mo soon
Indifferent 10 the dtsagremens, the delay and the dis
asters of the voyage They became, TIE first day
of my arrival, as shadowy and iadefnable myths
some up the advantages and Disadvantages.
the lghts and shadows of Madeira life alter this
"On the whole, if Madeira were ones world lie E0lld
certainly tend TO stagnate but temporary refuge,
niche in on old ruin where is sheltered from the
shower il has great merit" That is all true, and Yet
not all that ia true Ii viii be- granted that Madeira
not the place for turbulent life hot youth would
seek liveler gayer, and less subdued selour; bat
when We have been sufficiently deceived by our best
friends, and jllted by car mstresses when We have
seen and shared enough in the oes aud vices OF the
world, when we have completed our apprenticeship %
the trade Of life when, IN word we have perform ID
80 our satisfaction az least, the role, dcat yet
20 necessary, Of Gil Blas-I know. place than thus
better calculated for contentnent What man seeks
more than the Island affords sayoreth Of evil.
In beauty and submity Of scenery, Madeira Is unsuT
passed by lands more famous for both while the mode
ration and salnbrty Of its climate w0rd-ren0gaed
II produces spontaneously the fruits of the trOpiesshe
orange the pOnegranate the banana, the guaya, the
ctron and the oliyeaud though not in equa perfection
the pear and the apple and other productions Of colder
attitudes Inc grape thdt IL uOQIslcc IN lLoSC hu1
more favored spots affords vine Of richer color aud
superior excellence 20 any Of sunny France, or the
boasted Vineyards Of Germany; while the isn of is
waters the game OF It's mountains its herbageed and
luscious beef tuTkies, and various wehiooted birds,
supply rich and ample cEiStES.
well-selected hbrary-wine that has been maturing
20 the legal age oftweny ouea choice bat not prOuse
table, and horse sired by an Arahan-what Ea,s-s
man more for happiness What can he. Ind il aay
country OF CbrstendOmi
I - tr,a and ae frro tera her IN
some measure shut out from the busy world the
municSton between US snd either Continent not being
periodically more regular than once fortnight We,
therefore take in no daily Tnss newspaper nor the da
" Herald or TSIbSns and escape thus the frequent
wounds 10 sensbtes from the record OF crimes
various and atrocious the passions OF man Plato
bSnished all poets from his model Republic with mach
greater reason would he have excluded editors, whose
fctops are much more incredible AMI dangerous In
deed. great rewspaPer is great evil and smaller
ones in proportion"
Speaking of Plato reminds one that be placed lis il no,
SO his f.lGxfis somewhere west ofthS columns 0. Her
cules; not indeed al Madeira since according to geelo
ests II coah not have then mmerged from the Ea'efs
but in the Cape Dc Verbs perhaps or the Csnaries Ii
is the general belief Of the intelligent that the Nts0
raakeroa' the Islands Of the Blessed comprised this
cluster of Western Ises and surely no more grateful
resdeoce could have been selected for he retirement OF
sAose favored few whom just Jupiter had loved n l.e
For their sakes however il much b regretted thai
Madeira the most attractive Isle OF all hid not been
called sooner into exisenee-ior here Achilles, recover
ING from the feonstToke Of Paris nigh, vel have co
graduated hiInselffhat he had exchanged FOR inmort
ty ofnAme, the tedious eng; days AgamsmnOn too
we'll though toe late convinced Of bis Arrogant celahy
IN awies ten yesrs conSancy might stu have sound
lace IN sensual indulgence and DIDO Orsetng him Who
had asurped tne privileges without coneedng TIE nans
Of MISUNDERSTANDING even what hardly woman for
giyethe sPretaqss i.zra orme sated coatempt Of
her eharms-mght have renewed her youth and beauty
amid scenes and climate Of snch immortal ioyeliness
At lesst, doubt Dot they would have been glad %
have made the trial ior suspect they wen. farther and
Jared worse.
The approach from the gives Is Funehal the Wild
ideal We may have formed Of the pirate Lsnbros ale lin