Green be the turf above thee,
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Lhe tate Er-Pressdent MoaYoe.- following accurate sketch of the public life of the venerable citizen, who has just departed from among us, is, with the exception of one or two sentences taken from the Baltimore Republican. lis, atthe present moment, highly in- teresting:-

 JAMES MONROE was born in the year F75s, in Westmoreland county, in the State of Virginia, on plantation on the borders of the Potomac, of which his an cestors were the original patentees cen tury and half ago. He was descended from arespectable Scotch family, distn- gaished for its loyalty and patriotism. His ancestor, who came to this country in so,,-., was a captain in the army of Charles \ and was reward cd for his fidelity with a grant of land by Charles II. His father was SPENCE MONROE, a farmer in tho coun- ty of Westmoreiand. His mother was a sister of the late Judge Jones of Virginia.

 Mir. MONROE was educated at William and Mary College, and entered as cadet Tn the year TIC in the 3d Virginia Regi- meBt, commanded by Colonel, afterwards General MERCER, who was killed at Prince ton. He was present at the battles of Long Island, HaFIaem Heights, White Plaias,~~and was with the vanguard in Washington's celebrated attack on Tren- ton. h this battle he received ball through his left shoulder. He subsequent- ly acted as aid -de-camp to Lord Stirling, and in that capacity served in the cam paigns of l777-7S-and distinguished him. self at the battles Of Brandywine, German town aud Monmouth. In IT'S he resumed his studies and commenced the study ol law under MT. Jefferson, then Governor of Virginia. In 17S0 he visited the south ern army in the capacityof Commissioners

 In l7s2 he was elected to the Virginia Legislature, and to the Executive Conn- cil of that State, and in the next year was chosen member of the old Congress, in which he served the constitutional term o three years Tn l7a7 lie was again chosen member of the State Legislature, from Spotsylvania conntg and in the next year member of the Convention called ts consider the new Constitution of tlle Uni ted States. In a79o he was elected 10 thc Senate of the United States. in which sit qat.pn he acted until IDA, when he wa appointed by General N Washington, Minis