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Clje (Kiirliin). VOX.. 4. IIARFERS-FEHF.Y, VIRGINIA, JULY 14, 1S27. KfO. 9 PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY tVESISS, BY JOHN S. GALLAHEIl. TERMS.—One dollar and fifty cents per annum, payable at the expiration of the first quarter, or otu dollar and twenty-five cents, to Ire paid at the time of subscribing. Payment in advance, from distant subscriber, who are not known to the pub lisher, will invariably be expected. Should pay ment he ik'fe.Ted to the end of the year, ?'2 will be required. *,* Postage on all letters MUST be paid. THE REPOSITORY. FR"M THE ARIEL. THE MATCH GIR.Ii. “Will you buy a bundle of matches, Sir 1— only a cent.’ -—said a wretched lookin'; child of apparently twelve years old, in modest, but iin pinring accents, as we were a limn to leave t lie office after the irksome labors of a sultry day. She was dressed in something which might once have, been clean calico, for 11 was now soiled and ragged,.while the flaming figure which yet lingered among a cloud of dirt, presented a me lancholy relic of departed finery A wretched Straw hat barely hid her ragged locks, which seemed as if they had long been strangers to the beautifying powers of the comb, and her countenance was marked with that pathetic ex pression of wretchedness which professed beg gar' know so well bow to assume \ et there was something in her looks which arrested my attention. Though the sadness of her features betrayed the deep and soul felt sorrow that bad been laid upon her, yet there was a silence in her grief, an unobtrusiveness in her petition, which, from its dissimilarity to the urgent irnpu denee of a veteran pauper, wound itself insensi blv into my sympathies, and would have stag gored the forbearance of the most penurious charity. 1 looked at her with a degree of inter cst which others in her situation hut seldom ox cite,—and the picture of her patient mis.-iv made my very heart ache. 1 stepped back into the office, and bought a few bundles of her matches. 10 no supplicated lor charity in the streets of Philadelphia, is now of rare occurence ()pen beggary has very sensibly decreased within a few years past; but the laziness of pauperism has assumed other and more plausible means to gratify its endless wants. 'I lie artlessness of childhood i“ used to tax the sympathies of the public, when the more systematic efforts of adolt knavery have he' n found to be unavailing Children are sent out by tlnor variant parents to prey upon 'he community bv moving tales of misery and suffering at liome, and. if their habits do not teach them, they are instructed to seize every opportunity of petty theft anil imposition Born to the inheritance of pover ty ; nursed in the cradle of misfortune and ne glect ; and tutored even in their infancy in eve TV species of petty dishonesty ; taught to imi tati the whine ol suffering, and to blend with tl the obsequiousness ol a beggar, they are turned out to depredate upon the public—paupers in appearance, but villains in the heart. There are, however, other children who roam our streets in search of charity—the children of honest parents—parents who have been sud denly struck prostrate by the blastin'? hand of sickness, and to whom no resource remains, ex cept the withering; alternative of sending; them abroad to solicit a portion of that charity, which the public has too much reason to believe is thrown away- V arious, indeed, arc the schemes adopted to enlist our sympathies. A basket of kniek nao.ks, a bundle of matches, or almost any other portable commodity of fireside manu facture, is the plea for arresting; the attention, lint so manv are the calls upon our time, that most of them are unreguarded—oftentimes with that heart chilling; insolence and indifference “ Which virtue, sunk to poverty, would meet From giddy passion and low-minded pride.” ! Ol' the latter class of children was the poor Match (lirl who stood before me. relating in pa thetic artlessness, the history of her parents' troubles. It was brief, and like the tlioiisaiid others w hich we read of as the unavoidable at tendants on a crowded population—such, in deed, as the newspapers furnish us for every day's perusal. The lather had been disabled by an accident, and as his little fantilv had sub sisted by his daily labor, a confinement of two months bad brought them to the very brink of ' starvation, friends they had not; and the i 1 lowaid-like benevolence which would search them out in their forlorn abode, and administer I to their wants, was a hopeless resource. The | mother, too, was ill—borne down by the dark | ness of the prospect which surrounded them.— I As a last and only hope, this child was si-111 out ! to procure them food, with a basket of matches in her hand. They had instructed her not to ask for any thing—not to icg—but to m II her matches. The spirit of independence— “ Lord of the lion heart and eagle eve,’’ still bore, them up, leaving them to hope that tiny might vet obtain a living by their own t\ ertions, until the father was restored to health Her success was discouraging—for she was a novice in the business : and when chance (or shall I say Providence :’) directed her to the of lice door of the Ariel, the de-titute family were almost ready to desp dr. and to believe that an Almighty hand had laid it' rod of affliction on tin 'a more heavily than upon the rest of their I i iw-mortals. 1 mentioned thi'ease t,i a friend, i 1 ii' heart was touched at the recital—Ins means ' wa re ample—-and at the end of lour and twenty ! hours a ft e i 1 parted from the Match (iiil the fa i tnilv had been relieved effectually. I Mow many tiumJrfMi chiMrrn un* ihrrr*, most | | lv ui. of nil ages from si\ to twelve \ «-.tr«. I const: oily prowling through our streets, soli eitiaiC 'Mtli offensive importunity, the chanty of the politic, and seeking opportunities to plun der from their houses. ’These children are in deed horn in caprice anil hred in ignorance.— Tutored to iniquity from their very childhood ; practised to distort tlo-ir infantile features into the semblance of grief; and employed hy worth less parents in the most ahject of all occupa tions. beggary itself, how lamentably deficient must their minds he found in all that constitutes j a good and virtuous citizen. With boys, the penitentiary.and perhaps the gallows.ends their career With these unprotected girls, guarded l>v none, hut preyed upon hy every villain—how certainly are they drawn aside from virtue in maturer years, and how taint the hope of dim return ! We hail, with feelings of gratitude to Him who placed in their hearts the efforts ot the ladies ol this city t > establish Infant Schools They will he productive ofinestimahlc blessings. It lin e draw aside a single Match Girl Iron) the path to certain ruin, the effort is worthy oftbr iug made. To such unfriended wanderers of our city their protecting care should be extend ed. It is suchtUoble rtfurts in so good a cause, that beautify and raise the female character—and “ Whose incec. ,e smells to heaven.” BIOGRAPHY. From shin ,Vinm Li e's Mnmrirs of eminent Ft mate writers. Jane Pouter, a powerful an 1 elegant writer, is the eldest sister of Sir Robert l’orter, a gentleman distinguished for his talents as an artist and author At an early age Miss Porter exhibited talents of no ordinary kind, and made large contributions to the periodical publications of the day. The first work of any magnitude which came from her pen was “ The Spirit of the Kibe'!*’ in three volumes. This was followed bv “The Scottish Chiefs,” a romance in five volumes, which was also sucres fill, lie tween the publication of these weeks, however, site published two volumes of “Aphorisms of Sit Philip Sidney, with remarks.’’ Miss Porter has in deed caught much of the spirit of the hero whose character she so highlv admires Hence the lofty and magnanimous style of thinking and feeling which distingu shei her works, all of w hich are cal ciliated to improve the heart, wlnle they elevate the mind. A \ s M vui a Purr in is the y i tinge*-! of 'his fam. ly so rrmarkable for tlie:r literary attainments, and is the rival of her sister Jane, as a wr.’.er of novels. When only thirteen years of age, she published “ Artless halt s,” two volumes . which was quickly succeeded by "Walsh Colville,” in one volume.— She lias since published “ Octavio," three volumes, “ The Lake of Kdlarney," three volumes . “ A bai lor's Friendship, and a Soldier’s Love,” tvo vo lumes ; “ The Hungaiiun Rruther.s,” ihree volumes; “ |) ,n Sebastian, < r the House of llragan/a.” luui volumes; “ I'lie Recluse of Norway, ’ four volumes; “ lhe village of Mnrb ndorp.” four volumes ; “The Fast of St Magdalen,” three volumes ; “ llouoi O’Hara,” two volumes, fee. Ann IUim'MFFe. — Among tne cmimini women who have contributed by their talents to the intcl lectual character of their country, the name of tins lady will always stand highly dsthiguished. She was horn in London on tlie 9 h of Jul\, 1< 01, and was the only child oi W illiam and Ann \\ .»rd, per sons i/f great respc ta ih y At an « a; ly agGahe exhibited extraordinary powers of mind, but the peculiar bent t f h«*r genius was not developed until after her marr.aire. In the twenty-third )car of her ago she married Mr. Will.am UadclifTe, a student of law, but who afterwards became the proprietor of “The English Chronicle.*’ Thus connected in