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i THE FLOWER GIRL.
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/ «< Pray buy me a nosegay of a poor
ferphun 1” said a female voice* .in a plan
tive and melodious tone* as I was pas
sing the corner of the Hay-market—
-1 turned hastily, and beheld a girl a
db«»dt fourteertj l , Whose drapery, though
’ragged w»s;clean, and wbpse form *w;\s
nuchas© painter btye cbosep
a youthful Venus. Her neck# without
Coloring was white as snow ; and her
features though not reguarly beautiful
Mere interesting and set olTby a trans
toarent complexion ; her eyes dark and
Snlenigent were shaded by loose ring
lets of raven black, and poured their
fe e ell y supplicating beanis through
it he silken shade of very long lashes.—
sty” arm hung a basket full of roses
*nd the other was streaobed out towards
p»e with one of the rose-buds. I put
ghy hi nd into my pocket and drew out
feme silver, “.Tufee this my pretty
il'i I u
jfc her of the fatherless be the preser-ey
©i your existence and virtue I—Virtu*-;
©us poverty is no crime.”
) } was turning from her# when she ‘
taught my withdrawing band# and put
ling it to her lips, burst into a .flood
Wl tears. The action and the lock
(Which accompanied it touched my soul ;
Jt melted to the artless gratitude of
|bis poor flower girl* and a drop of
Sympathy feel from'my cheeks. For
feivt me# sir,” s*>;d she recovering from
|te,r transport, while a sweet blush cli 1
fUstd itself over her lovely faCe*f- % ‘ my
lit ai t was full of what it could rrot ex
jprt&fe—nattu e impelled me to so free an j
action. You will pardon, when 1 tell
/you they were the fust kind words l
have received, since 1 install that was
dear to me on earth/’ A sob interrup
ted her discourse ; she stopped, and
Wtpt silently ; then raising up her faci‘
fo.m the hand on which she had laid it
fO. sir, 1 have no father ! no mother !
nr relattonl Akis,.l have no friend ii
the
‘s}s’ silent lot a moment before she
cr r c cc 1 — wjVjiy only friend isCiod !
’pr. r. m .
<>, y | lay tlutt 1 may support with for
t. cue the miseries I am born to expe
dience;! To him kind,.sir, this htaft
sh; l always pray for you. May. ..that
■f-* °b iorever>p rotect you ¥’ added* she i
dropping a epurtsey itill , of ; humanity
fend native grace, as she retired, 1 re
turned her benedictions, and went on 1 .
!■ 4l* And can 1 tit us lea ve'thw pobr crea
ture T* said 1 as I walked, pensively on.
C.ivn f feave her forever without emo
tion ? what have 1 done for her* that can
I entitle me to hey pray ers ?yf Preserved
jjher a few days from death, but that is
felt And shall I quit thee fair flayer
to see, thee no more 1 To .be blown
down by the rude blast of adversity ! To
be cropped by some cruel spoiled, To
ijrop thy lovely Head beneath the blight
Os C ,rly sorrow ? No 1 thou lias ,been
reared on some hajipier bank—thou
[bast been nurtured by the sweet tears
wf fraternal affection—thou bast once
{bloomed beneath th£ cheering sun of
Idomestic content, and under It thou
•halt bloom again | H 4 turned as I spoke
•*—my hCatT beat with its sweet purpose.:
.1 saw the beautiful • flower girl before
jfoe. 1 approached and caught her hand,
w P.rds of triumphant virtue burst ,
thy lips—i- .•
‘•’Conte thou lovely deserted girl !—•
■ CmfleC- aftd add one more to-the happy
whp calpme their father !;/ i heii
Shall be thine—thou shaft’ shite,
their conUons—thou shall’ be Ucau( ‘
ATHENS THURSj)AT t APRIL 13,1815.
trtth them that virtue their father tries
to practice l” ■ ‘ <*#
She stopped member eyes flashed
with frantic, jcy—sire flung herself on
her knees before me and hurst into a
flood of rap urous tears. ■ f hushed her !
eloquent gratitude, and led. her to a
home v of happiness / and* piety—She
loves my children, she loves their father
and is mutually beloved by them* all—
and the poor orphan of'the Hiy Market
is notw the partner of toy only sod. % !
JAMESMONROE. P'-kH
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From the democratic press.
There have appeared in several Ga
zettes state men s that Cdl. Monroe
was not to be considered a candidate for
I’the next Presidency p and that, it the
choice of th.e‘nation should call bjpvf
forth as a proper characte r for this hish|
trust,be would not serve in that office
Although I consider a discussion oi the f
questidn of a successor/ to our present
‘ vii tuoiiß and enlightened chief magis- ,
; trate, at‘this time premature,, yet the ■
propriety oT ktbpmg tfip sphere for tHe \
choice of the people as extensive as
possible; and a sense pf justice to a
fnetitbrlous fellow citizen, against whbm
i mprope r i mpt es&i on $ might be made
on thd public rnind» induce me tp make
the representation which follows: ,
That pok Monroe does not hold hftu-
Self up as a candidate for any office is
true ; his Respect for his own character,
and his regard for those principles by f ,,
which our presidential elections have
ever been regulated, forbid if. But iffiit >
Col. Monroe, if selected by the republi - *
cans for* this office would refuse to,
serve, is contradicted by the unvaried
tenor of a life devoted to the service of
his country.
*7 “i bis gentleman, with a magnanimity
Wh i c h,do't s liim great honor, lias ai way s
said*to his friends that he was aware
thnt some might have objections to him
pt rScruliy ; that objections might be
made to him on of the state in
which be was bdrn /and resident ; ‘that
he wished these objections, and all <>-
fd.be weighed:by his friends and’
the republican party generally / wiibb&v/
regard to >him and if they should,
think the fiifolic interest w ould :> derive
advantage from putting ilyim entirely
out of view, that they would do it ; that*;
he was not a candidate—that his great
object had been, arid was, to support our
free government, and to aid as far as in
fiis power, in bringing this war to an
honorable termination, on wbi ;h he bad •
lopg been of opinion, that the stability
of our union and government as well as
the future rank of the United Stales as ;
i nUlion, and their best interest in other
respects, essentially depend and ; that to
hese great objects. Wofy other con uri
e ration ought to yield; that he; would
give his support to any ofher person m'j
whosp republican party might
ui ite to secure these objects,, and feel
and consider it the proudest bet of his
life. :. .. .. • , V 1 sT+
■"•/These are the sentiments which gov
ern the actions of tbfy* gentleman. de«
<monfetr tiog to the world and to his tel
low citizens, shat all. personal and i sel
fish considerations are wholly, disregar- *
ded, and thatihe qf his country,
and thermal of the • cause of
free government, are the # so!e motives of
liii public conduct* / Surely suchdisinte
, t ested magnanimity is not undeserving
its consideration in the estimation pf his
.lelldw, Citizens. 1 1?
MS. ROSERTSON’s ‘
L .:/:/ J Hv'*
• In thie Bouse oj Representatives on, the last
f nfght of the session , on the amendment
proposed by the commit Ue of conference
and agreed to by the Senate, to increase
the Peace Establishment from six to ten
thousand men r , 7/ ,Cp ‘ ■ /,;/, “■ _
‘•/ Mr.,*Robf,rtson said, that he hoped
the report of the committee of confer*
re nee would be"agreed to. He had voted
. against the reduction of the army to six
thousand. He was now prepared to
sanction a much larger force. : Circum
stances had occured which produced
considerable effect on his opinions. A
report had been alluded to in debate
which merited much
lis !said that the Floridas had been ceded
•by*Spam to Britain. Britain had very
formally protested against our taking
possession of 9 part of the country den
omir* ed West Florida. He had ne
dosjfit, from information recently receiv
ed, that an attack was about to be made
on Mobile. “ The enemy were buildifig
barges pn hoard their fleet evidently
with a View to continue the conflict* He
had nr> apprehensions of their again vis
iting N«w-<)neans—they would not
soon, they would neyer make another,
attempt upon the city. He believed
Mobile was the object—-they would be
desirous of doing something to break
Their fall—to retrieve the expedition
frorh utter disgrace. It is by no me&ris
clear, that the knowledge of the treaty
would arrest their designs. ‘ He had no
confidence in the good faith of England* ’
He believed that war still raged in? the
routH. He had said, that notwithstanding ,
t;.e tieatyv it was probable an effort “
would be made to seize on west;Floiida.
He entertained another opinion which
he would express ,* he believed, that
b;id the English succeeded in getting
possession of N<gy-Or!e *ns, they would
iiot baVe given il up ; but they would;
nave found out some pretext for ‘hold
ing it. Why was the acs*‘uisitiori v hi
Louisiana introduced into discussion at
Ghent ? Wnat connection had that sub-,
ject with any questiou * of controversy
between the United States apd Eng
land ? It liad reached us through vari*
rious channels, that all officers necessa
iy for the civil government Of;the coun
try had accompanied the grand, expedi
tion. Perhaps it might turn out, op ex
planation, that many important steps
with a view to conquest and permanent
Occupation, had been taken after,tue de
termination to sign the treaty had been
formed*
i ‘ Under present circuMstances, though
hostile tb a large, army in time of peace v
he was himself disposed to retain a lar
ger focceHhan ten thousand 1 men*; but
he mpSt earnestly hoped it Would not#
reduced below that number. >
i ;| Prom the Boston Patriot .
PEACE BETWEEN BRITAIN AND ~
America. •
‘On the late auspic ious and happy news ,
of ah honorable PEACE, we cordially
congratulate pur fellow countrymen
throughout the.: Unrbn. The brilliant
and tiiiparalleUed victory at N Orleans,
has closed the war in a blaze of glory,
•md placed America ®n the. very pinna
cle ol fume. ‘Henceforward ether En«
gktnd, nor any other country will be
anxious to seek a quarrel with America*
Our beaten them with in
ferior numbers bn the land, and our sea
men on the Ocean.’ Their choicest Ve-t
terans have fallen before -otfr inexper -
enced but brave militia, and the stripes
aa4 stars of America have in almost
every instance waved triumphant over
the flag of Britain. The world will see,
that v regiment against regiment, ship s
gams<t ship, army against army, and
squadron against squadron, the Ameri
cans ate decidedly superior to. their in
solent oppressors, the British Islanders.
In comparison with the ‘national honor
and respect which we have apquired,by,
the, war. its expeuces and privations
have, bqen blit as “ dust in the balance*” ‘
America .wanted nothing so much as
national character* , The conduct of
gland, war of tjhe Revolu*,
lion, has been peculiarly haughty, over
bearing and insolent.,. This has lessen
ed os in the estimation of other powers.
The glorious , vicfbrieVof York, of Uhip
pewa, of Niagara, and of Erie;;
gallant repulses at Plattsburgh at Balti
more, and at Fort Erie,, as .well as the
splendid lTrom letter placed
and “ last, though not least,” the aston
ishing victory af New-Orieans, will ek-. ;
alt the character of Re
public throughout all civilized Europe.
In addition to this?, our gallant tars have
annihilated the character of. Britain lor
naval invincibility. They have shewn,
.both on the Lakes and on the ocean,
that man to man, and gun to gun, they
are superior to the self-styled * ( m»s
tress>of the seas/* The truth is, we
have beaten them handsomely both by
sea and land, and oiir country now holds
, a distinguished rank among the nations
of the dearth- ’*,«>• • ; *.. X*‘". ? V, *
f ‘ln the ki’ents of this ntps 1
gonous of ail wars, a series of the mas*-
brilliant successes and exploits on the
. part of our own country presents itself,
almost unbroken even,by the semblance
of disaster. What teal victory has Dri*
tain gained during the whole war ? On
what part of the ocean, the lakes or the
► land, have;the laurels of her heroes ac
quired additional ferdure ? Can they
exultingly poinuto the Atlantic, to Erie,
to Champlain* to PlattsbUrg* to Bajti*
more, or r Qrleans, as ‘tie scenes
of their naval ah'd military renown ?
M ill they bfe over-anxious to recur even
to Washington, to tffc river Raisin, to
the Chesapeake, &hd to Hampton and
Havre-de-Grace, j as the. evidences pf
their prowess, mhgnaiwnity and honor ?
il he faithful answer Nol
in a voice of thunder, and tell to poste*
rity, that in the second war forced upon
America for her v indepeifdencd, she low*
ered the arrogance of jiritaiq t,o aJgreatht
degree than it had,been bv fht
twenty* years conflict in Ehrdpe which
preceded it, and which shook to their
foundations some of the ndgbliif&t cm
pu es of the old world.
, . Kaskaskia, (l. TV) Feb. IS. j
. Information, which ft’ is supposed
may be impjicitely relied on, ftas teen
received, indicative of the hostile inten
tion of the Mississippi Indians ; of their
threatening various parts of our frontier
by an early movement in the spring ;
of their determination to nftke. all the
neighboring Indians join them ; of their
having already coipmenced hostilities
on the Missouri, by having in dfiew
days past killed three men, cut off their
heads, ripped out their hearts, and oth
erwise mangled their bodies irt the
°tkipg marine r< f 100 indelicate
tp mention ;) of their having also, taken
J prisoner j and of thdt having; twelve
aifferent war parties now put watching
opportunities to murder our citizens,
and depredate their property. ; X
t v Under %ese wp are
happy to that the enterprising and
vigilant officer who commands on our,
frontier is putting the force under hi*’
command into active operation and
using ill the efforts in bis power to giv©
protection to the country. *
hi--- LoN»ow/Jjatiuary 14.;
It is reported that lord Ca*tlereagh is
to return here by the first week in Feb:
and that he is to occupy the of fir*t
Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor
of the Exchequer. ;> t-'.&jy y ‘/'? .
i The glorious peace 1 Which w$ have
’ Ignited States, “’commen
ces already’ tp display its effects whids
we should have e*pecsrd. We copy from
an evening , paper: two’ ‘following
facts—* A. vast plan is just finished and
with great ingenuity, to enchurage oms
ignition from Ireland to the United
States* ~ \ . v
/ 4< It is said, thlt ohe of the negocia*
tors (probably Mr* Gallatin J is coming
do England** The first of 4 these plans,
is of great consequenree |unioi,
;■ ■sss the object pf High in* view*
W/fir sjipuld Hot, be suypci zed to see
. Gallatin arrive to sound the .views of Ire*
and see what advantage could be
derived from them. \
t :% VIENNA*/ January
;.* The rumpr that the Congress would
finish in three wee|w, agre<vwttb the <r<*
port that*the Emperpr Alexander,; wfll
leave thie tij*, Sflfih, having declared for
some time: back that he only .waited the
Settlement of the principal subject before
the congress* His carriages are aft read**
for
. Oh the Russian JTew r Year’s ifay, it Jh
reported, the Emperor of
announcedby the congress, Grand Duke
of Warsaw, f\ 4 other words ~King of
t .. As for assured
she will be reunited in a great part to
Prussia, Thesejire not the only reportt
prevailing here—One more extraordina
ry is, there was a project of carrying off
the King of Sfexony*. which was dicove
red and defeated; they name, the place
of his destination and eyen the persons
engaged in a plot which appears absurd
and without object. The fate of hair is
settled, except Naples and the affair of
Legations which the Pope makes <: some
difficulty about. Dantzick, Hamburg,
Luheck, Bremen and Frankfort are free
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