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Voetvy. rHOM THE tlUU'.ESTuV COLTiItB. LOVE'S KSLLrr-DOUX. Love wrote a billet what do you think AVas Love's paper, pen and ink ? Not such thirds as :r:0i-t;ils t;v:.r ; Ink of sable, quill of rjorw, I'ewter stand, and pap ;r wove Out of rags, wont do for J.oc lie cut the heart of a Iov-- in K. , And mixed the drops with honey dr.v ; In an amber vase he placM it then, And went to seek for a lover's pen. lie plucked a ray from the setting sun, A plume of light, as the day is done, Tor Love is warm, tho night invades, And Love is bright among the shades. He waited till the stars arose, lire he his billet would compose ; lie wro'n- on rose leaves, newly blown, Uccause their fragrance is his own. A glass of ccJtHhtir? he quaffed, Then laughing wrote, and writing laughed. " Jf e were for each (.ther born, " We arc from each other torn ; ( Where wc should, then let us be, ( Jwith i'ou, and you with vie.' Love copied then his Iiillct-Doux, One for mc and one for you ; lie sealed them with his own dear kiss, And sent them by the mail of bliss. Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. MAJOK GENERAL Gil ERNE. From the 2d volume of President D wight's Travels. "The Honorable Nathaniel Greene, a Major General in the army of the U. States, and during the latter part of the revolutionary war, Commander in Chief of the army in the Southern States, was a citizen of Providence. This gentleman was born at Warwick in the year 1740. His parents were of the sect of Friends. In early life he was fond of study and reflection : and particularly attached to the histo ry of military transactions. In Prov idence he established himself as a merchant; and acquired a distinguish ed character in the estimation of his fellow citizens. After the battle of Lexington, he went as Brig. General at the head of three regiments to Cambridge. In August. 17T6, he was raised to the rank of Maj. General ; and very honorably distinguished him self in the following December and January, by his gallant behaviour at the battles of Trenton and Princeton : as he did the succeeding year in the battle of Germantown. In March, 1778, he accepted the place of Quar ter Master General, on the condition of retaining his rank, and his com mand during the periods of action. This year he signalized himself, June 28th, at the battle of Monmouth, and :n the action on Rhode-Island the fol lowing August. After the defeat of Gen. Gates at Camden, August 1G, 1780, he was ap pointed to the chief command of the military force in the Southern States. Upon this command he entered in cir cumstances, which would have dis couraged almost any other man. Af ter the miserable defeat above men tioned, that part of the country was, in a sense, overrun by the British. 3Iultitudes of the inhabitants had al ready joined the enemy. Multitudes more were on the point of following their example. The rest, tho' suffi ciently firm and resolute, were contin ually wounded by the defection of their neighbours, and perpetually in fear of t j ravages of invasion. Col. Wil liams had, indeed, with the aid of his jrenerotis companions, Tracy, Banan, Campbell, Shelby, and Cleveland, checked the progress of the enemy by the gallant action at King's mountain ; :.s h.sd Gen. Sumptcr by two honorable forts at Broad and Tigtr rivers. But their force was too small to ob struct, in any serious degree, a well appointed and victorious army, com manded by officers of distinguished talents. In these circumstances Gen. Greene commenced the arduous business of re covering this country from the British. At his arrival, he found himself at the head of 3000 men, including 1200 mi litia. These he divided ; and sent one part under Brig. General Morgan in to the district of Ninety-six ; the oth er he himself led to Hick's Creek on the north side of the Pet-dee. Mor gan was attacked by Lt. Col. Tnrltnn, a brave and skilful partisan, at the head of a superiour force. But he repul sed the attack, ai.d gained a complete victory. Lord Cornwallis, with the whole British army, pursued Morgan's detachment; at the head of which General Greene, after a rapid journey, daced himself, and conducted it with .uch felicity and success, as to reach .v main body, in spite of one of the :iost vigorous pursuits in history, lie is however, still pursued with the , tme celerity until he arrived in Vir inii: but he completely eluded the v igilance of the enemy. The moment the pursuit ceased, hav-. ing received a reinforcement, he march- ed after Lord Conwallis ; and gave him battle at Guilford Court House, now Wartindale. Victory declared for the British ; but cost them so dear, as to produce all the consequences of a de feat. Lord Cornwallis retreated. Greene immediately following him, and finding that he was directing his course to Virginia, returned to South Carolina, and marched at the head of 1100 men within a mile ot Camden, then defended bv Lord Kawdon with j 900 men. i he British Commander ittacked him. He was again defeat ed ; but with so little advantage to the victors, that his lordship found himself obliged to burn a considerable part of his baggage, and to retire to the south side of the Santee. Greene, in the mean time, directed his several detach ments with such skill, and the highly meritorious officers, by whom they were led, employed with such activity and gallantry, that a great part of the British posts in Carolina, and Georgia, were rapidly re-taken, and a consider able number of the troops, by which they were defended, made prisoners. He then made an unsuccessful attempt on the post at Ninety-Six ; and was obliged to raise the siege by the ap proach of Lord Haw don lie next moved his force to the south side ot the Congaree. The British having collected theirs, passed that river also, and took post on the Kutaw Springs, on the south side of the Santee. Here Greene determined to attack them in their encampment ; and the consequence of his attack was a victory, which en ded the war in this part of the Union. Gen. Greene took the command of the southern troops near the close of the year 1780. The battle of the Cow pens fought on Jan. 17th ; and that of the Eutaw Springs on the Gth St pt. fol lowing. The troops under his com mand were chiefly new raised, hdf armed, half clothed, and often half fed. Thev were, however, brave determin ed men ; and wanted nothing but the usual advantages of war, to meet any soldiers in equal numbers, on fair ground. Within nine months, there fore, did this illustrious man, aided by a band of gallant officers, recover with j these troops the three Southern States from a veteran army of superior force, commanded bv officers of great merit,;" and furnished with every accommoda-1 to the many signal interpositions of tion. The country he found in a state Providence in favor of the American of extreme suffering and despondency, cause. His progress through it was a source The following letter was written by of perpetual personal hardship, intense Charles Thomson, Esq. to W. Bar labour, and unremitted anxiety. Sev- ton, Esq. enclosing him a copy of the en months was he in the field, without device : taking oil his clothes, even lor a single iaiv:ii vjii no . hjh ivo, v. v i wj OIK . 1 am IliUi night. At times he was obliged to!for the perusal of ask bread of his own soldiers ; them-! Heraldry which I n selves miserably supplied with food. Yet he never desponded. u Nil des pcrandum" was the motto of his mili tary lfe. The vety letters, which con veyed to Congress, and to general .Washington, accounts of the difficul ties with which he struggled, contain also, proofs of his invincible fortitude and resolution. When he was advis ed, after he had retreated' from Nine ty-six, to retire into Virginia ; he an- cu.r.l uT .v;il recover South Cnroli-' su creel, w in reco cr aoutn L,aroti na, or die." ie. With this gentleman I was well ac- . i ti: .1. miaiiueu. ins ncisou v auuvc inc.,,:, . ,. . ' i i . i r 1 . . 1 , I he Chiet m our arms, on the horizontal hues middle stature, well iormed, and in-, jM tne upner quarter of the escutcheon, or ca- vested with uncommon dignity, tiis mind, possessed of vast resources, was bold in conceiving, instantaneous in discerning, comprehensive in its grasp, and decisive in its determinations. His disposition was frank, sincere, amiable and honorable ; and his man ners were easy, pleasant, affable, and dignified. Seldom hab the woild wit nessed superior respectability. This great man died. Tune 19th, 17SG, at his own house in Georgia, when he had commenced his -ITth year." rrunr the riTrsri r.u r.AztTTE. Arms cf the United State:;. Altho' the study of KeraMrv may not be very amusing to our Republican rentiers, vet, as the eagle with extended wings grasping the arms of war and olive of peace, is constantly presented to our eyes, in some way or other, it may not be uninteresting to give a history and an explanation of the arms of our cotin-trv. In .Tune, 1T82, when Congress was about to form an amorial device for a seal for the Union, Charles Thomson, Esq. the then Secretary, with the Hon. Dr. Arthur Lee, and E. Boudinot, members of Congress, called on Mr. William Barton, and consulted him on the occasion. The great seal for which Mr. Barton furnished these gentle men with devices was adopted by '.Congress cn the 29;h of June, 1T82. l'h-. device is as follows : Anns. Paleways of thirteen pieces, argent, gules, a chief azure ; the es cutcheon on the breast of the Ameri can Eagle, displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch, and in his sinister a branch of thirteen ar rows, all proper ; and in his beak a scroll, with the motto, iC plurlbiis The Breast Over the head of the Eagle, which appears over the escutch eon, a glory, or breaking through a cloud proper, and surrounding stars, forming a constellation, argent on an azure field. Reverse A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded with a glory. Over the eye these words, " Annuit cccptls" Remarks and explanations The es cutcheon is composed of the chief pale, the two most honorable ordinaries. The thirteen pieces pale represent the sev eral states of the Union, all joined in one solid compact entire, supporting a chief which unites the whole and rep resents Congress. The motto alludes to the Union. The pales in the arms are kept close ly united by the chief, and the chief depends on that Union, and the strength resulting from it, for its support, to de note the confederacy of the States, and the preservation of the Union, through Congress. The colors of the pales are those used in the fLig of the United States of America. White signifies purity and innocence : red, hardiness and valor ; and blue, the color of the chief, signi fies vigilance, perseverance and justice. The olive branch and arrows denote the power of peace and war, which is ex clusively vested in Congress. The crest or constell dion denotes a new State taking its place and rank a mong other foreign powers. The escutcheon borne on the breast of an American Eagle, without an' other supporters, denotes that the Uni ted States ought to rely on their own virtue. The pyramid on the reverse signi fies strength and devotion ; its iinnn- ished state refers to the infancy of the American government. The eye over it, and the motto, " Amvtit coeptis" He sanctions our endeavors," allude "Sir : I am much obliged to you the Elements of now return. 1 have just dipped into it so far as to be able to be satisfied that it may alford a fund of entertainment, and may be applied by a state to useful purposes. ifc I enclose you a copy of the device by which you have displayed your skill in heraldic science, and which meets with general approbation. Yours, CHARLES THOMSON." In Heraldry, Argent signifies white, Gules, rc aml Vnre buc ; v hcre thcse colors cunn,)t 'he emblazoned, thc-v are renrc -seated on seals. be emblazoned, thev are represented on seals. j - a &c. as follows, Argent by a perfect blank ; ltcd bv perpendicular, ami Azure bv horizontal lines. gic s breast. IWr. Campbell the Editor of the New London ?Ionthly Magazine, in his number for December last, has en tered pretty warmly into a defence of the American character. He says, " he has no desire to excuse himself for one article, which has given cfiVnce, rather too justly, cn the other side of the Atlantic. lie inserted it without reflection, but had observed its unfair ness, and felt dissatisfied with himself or having published it, long before tin fair and temperate reply which TIr. Everitt made to it reached him." In r jK-ukinir of a friend's communication, whose object is to do away the literary feuds bt -rween Engl ami and A merit i l ut whose manner of effecting this purpose he censures, jNIr. Campbell observes, " for his owi. part he belie e he has known more Americans thai the w riter of that paper. Possibly in 1 the course of his life, not less than a hundred men of various vocations, I characters and degrees of education. ! He has argued with them, and heard ' them artrue on national suhiects : but j he can safely declare that he never thought them more boisterous than j other men : on the contrary, rather dis- i tinguished, in general, by coolness and I travels of their souls to a miserable self-possession. Exceptionsof warmth, j eternity ! He kindled the fire so last, as among the people of all countries ; and fired upon the people so vehement when their prejudices are ruffled, he ; ly, that it alarmed the very faculty, and may have observed ; but unmeasured i made them depart fully convinced, that hatred or redress, never." After com- j what was in itself an unlucky accident, plaining of the bitterness, which En- , had been a powerful premeditated glish publications mingle with their oc- I scheme of the preacher, to rebuke their casional acts of justice towards this ' dissoluteness, and bring them to repen country, we have the following judi- : tance. In some years after he divul- cious remarKS. uy wrangling witn ; the only nation that speaks English, we render the only loreign newspaper that an uneducated Englishman can read, to the utmost extent in our power, a gazette for his causes of discontent. If the American press be despicable, the surest token of our contempt would be silence if it be formidable, it is better to be at peace than at war with i lt. it America nas oeen violent m tnis . man um: uumiiauuu mo uU , war of words, it is clear that we have : vain man is satisfied if he can but ob not been moderate. It were better ! tain it : pride by stateliness demands that the language recording the ties of respect ; vanity by little artifices soli an American affinity to us, were not ' cits applause : pride, therefore, makes the only one, perhaps in the world, in I men disagreeable, and vanity ridicu which he can read humiliating truths ; lous. or irritating falsehoods about his coiin- j Whoever appears to have a great try, and expressions of contempt. j deal of cunning, must, in reality, have How degrading to both countries was : but very little ; for if he had much, he the spectacle, when the American j would have enough to conceal it. press accused Englishmen of stirring ! The vice of ingratitude cannot be their punch with the amputated fingers so frequent as it is usually represented ; of Irish rebels and when England re- ; because the instances of real and dis torted by charging "American parents interested obligations, from whence a with letting their children run drunk j lone it can proceed, are very rare. about the streets." His observations ; He, who will not change his princi on this topic are thus handsomely con- j pies, will find himself, in a little time, eluded: "the sober part of the British j under a necessity to change his party community will scarcely require an ex- j cuse for his having spoken thus res- j pectfullv of the Americans. It was a duty peculiarly imposed upon him by the candid manner of Air. Everiit's reply ; and it was otherwise, as he felt in his heart, deservedly claimed by a people eulogized by Burke and Chat ham by a land that brings such recol lections to the mind as the wisdom of j Washington and Franklin, and the he- m roism of Warren and Montgomery. Charleston Mercury Anecdote of a preacher in Paris, known by the name ot little tuther Andrew. A quick presence of mind often res cues a man from gross mistakes, into which he may have unavoidably plung ed ; as for instance: The little doc tor being to preach one day in the church of his convent, in order that no part of his time should go by un occupied during the prayers previous to the sermon, was playing a game at cards in his room with an inmate ; but the bell ringing for him to mount the pulpit, just as they were in a warm de bate about the hands they held, he said he could not then stay to decide the matter, therefore tucked both up into the sleeve of his gown, for a fair dis cussion of the matter after sermon. The subject of the discourse was the immorality of the times, the too great indulgence ot the dangerous passions, particularly of gaming, against which he inveighed with all the warmth and zeal he was master of ; and both which he could affect to an amazing degree. But when carried awav by the torrent of his declamation, on finding the people very attentive to him, he raised up his hands to Heaven, to intercede for them ; down from his sleeve, that had been somehow loosened bv the vehe mence of his gesticulation, fell the two hands of cards, which incident made some people look with a pious concern. The little doctor, whilst others burst into a violent fit of laughter, stunned for a moment at so unexpected a dis aster in the midst of his sermon, that had gone on so efticaciouslv, bethought him on a sudden of a stratagem. As he espied a young child not far from the pulpit, he beckoned to it. saying, 41 Come hither, my dear, gather up those cards lying on the floor, and bring them to me," which the child did ; he then asked the name of each card, which the. young one accurately told ; he next questioned it about the catechism, of which the infant was en tirely ignorant. Little Andrew dis missed the child, and looking round rhc audience, with an air of indigna tion, (secretly triumphing in his heart at the same time,) he cried aloud kk Wicked fathers and mothers, is not this a scandalous, and a most flagrant proof of what I have advanced, that in this abandoned, this impious age, noth ing is thought of but gambling ! Here is almost an infant that completely knows every card in the pack, is tho roughly learned in the Devil's book. yet is so absolutely ignorant ol the book of his salvation ! What early sacrifices do you make of the hearts of your chil dren to the nrince of darkness ! Ye more than parricide parents ! 1 e be- v.. i . gea now me iaci reauy nappeneu. !No two qualities in the human mind are more essentially difierent, though often confounded, than pride, and van ity : the proud man entertains the high est opinion of himself ; the vain man strives only to mtuse sucli an opinion into the minds of others ; the proud 1 dig Vows. ExtiMcts from a sermon cf the Hew Dr. Wilmer, of Alexandria, D. C. preached June 24, 1820, at the request of Brooke Chapter of ltoyal Arch Masons. The following- passage cn " faith unfeigned," contains one of the most conclusive arguments we remember to Lave ever seen. Winchester Republican. To hold sentiments hostile to Christian ity is one tiling every man has a right to think for himself upon his own peril and responsibility but when he undertakes tQ teach lhcm tQ olhers and endeavors to i sap the faith and hope and consolations of his neighbor, I know Dot by what law of charity he can ey.cuse his conduct. Sup posing for a moment that Christianity wcro a fible yet its veriest enemies have admit ted that it holds out the purest morality, the surest motives to resignation under calamity? the highest sources of consola tion and hope that were ever made known. Suppose that the believers in Christianity are a poor, deluded, ignorant people ; still the question occurs, Why rob us of our hopes ? If it be a delusion, it is a happy delusion. Imagination makes things re al ; why then rob us of our real treasure ? Here we are shipwrecked on the ocean of life ; here ve are buffeting its various ills, and we find religion to be the only bark which rides the waves in every storm the only anchor that supports our hopes. But lo 1 the sceptic comes to our relief: he bids us abandon this as only an imagi nary refuge : he bids us shake off our fears and doubts. And what does he offer as a substitute ? Ask him but that question, and you at once confound him. What will he give us in place of our hopes ? Take away religion, and what have we to keep us from sinking under the waves of adversity and sorrow what comfort when we kneel at the dying bed of one tender and beloved what light to shed upon that ocean vast and dark which spreads before us, when we are obliged to launch away upon its bosom ? Who steals my purse, steals trash ; but he who robs me of this sweet hope, robs me of that which is dear er than the riches of Golconda and Peru. Allowing it to be a false hope,. it does not less show the value of it to one who con fides in it, nor the cruelty of him who would rob him of it. Even supposing religion to be false, it has the advantage in this life in point of virtue and happi ness ; and at the bar of heaven certainly the christian will fare as well as the unbe-t liever. But supposing Christianity to be true at last, how dreadful is the state of the comparison against the unbeliever The bare possibility of its being true is enough to give torment to a reasonable man, w ho is not provided for that contin gency. So that our rock is stronger than theirs, our enemies being judges.
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