Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-03-06

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SIR WILLIAM WALLACE
Durng the brief career of the celebrated Sir Wi
liam w allace and when his arms had for n t;mo 49,
peeled the English invaders from his nntiye out
"c 10 saio 10 nave undertaken a voyane tn France
WIN small band of trusty friends totrv what hi.
presence torhe was respected through all the coun
Tries TOT his proWess) might do to induce the French
Monarch to send to Scotland body of auxiliary for
ces or other assistance, aid the Scots in
their independence.
The Scottish champion on board a small vee
Sell and steering for the port of Dieppe when san
appeared in the distance which the mariners REGARDED
with doubt and apprehension and ut last with conf
sion and diSmay. Wallace demanded IN kno,v ,,,ha.
was tiie cause OF their alarm. The captain of the.
snip informed him, that the tail ship which was beau
ing down. with the purpose of boarding that which,
ne conulahded, was the ship of a celebrated rover
equally famed for his courage strength of BODY nn
successful piracies. ~
III was commanded by gentleman named Thomas
nc Longuevlllc, Il Frcnchman bv BIRTH but nv nrac
t'Co one oLthose pirates who call themselves friends
10 inc sea. ana enemies to all who smiled upon thut
clement lie attacked and pundered vessels of all
.dllohs' IKE one OF the ancient Morse sea kings as
| Ihev were termed, whose dominion was upon the
mountain wovcS-1'he master added. that No yes
sci could escape the rover by fght so speedv ,yas
the bark he commanded and that no crew however
marcy, could hope to resist him. when as was his
usual mode ofcom bat, he threw bmself nm bo.ra -,
! the head his followers. ~
wallace smiled sterny, while tho master of tho
SNIP win alarm IN his countenance and tears in his
eyes described to him the certainty of their being
captured by the Red Rover, name riyen to De on
guevie, because he usually DISPLAYED the blood ~nJ
flag which he had now hoisted. N
Wallace ''e 'o'ef' SAID
| Then calling together some ten or tueiye ofI; ~
followers, Boyd kerie, Seaton and others tn yrbo,,
the dust OF the most desperate battle was as tho breJ
o. me ne commanded them to arm themselves and lia
IN nSt hoo -
dercd the mariners below, except such as woo 81
lutely necessary to manage the VESSEL and he gayo
the master Instructions upon pain of DEATH SO "a,
steer as That, While the vessel had an nnno,r.noo -
attempting TO fly, he should in fact hermit the 80
i'oVcr 10 come up with them and do his worst Wat
lace himself then lay down on The deck that notb;no<
Ut seen which could intimate any purpose of re-
S'staiice' In quarter OF an hour De LongueviIIes
EesseI ran on board that of the Champion and ths
hu l.oVer custing out graphing make sure of
MS prize Jumped on deck in complete armour follow
| ea ny MS men who gave terrible shout as if tho
victory had been already secured Rrt tho orno5
scots started up ut once and the Rover found him
sell Unexpectedly engaged with men accustomed f.,
consider victory secure when thew wera orv Nv,
posed as one to two or three "
w alace himself rushed on the pirate captain md
dreadiui strife began betwixt them with such fprv
mat the others suspended their battle to look ON
and seemed by common consent to refer the ssne i
the strife to the fate Of the combat between tho ty-
chIeis- The pirate fought well IA man could do,
but W aiiacc strength was beyond that of ordinary
he
hand, and placed him in such peril that to AVOID ~
ing cut down, he was fam to close with tie Sco,s1,
ChamPion IN hopes of overpoweriRg him in the orpn
PIE; IN tins he was also foiled, They fell on the
deck locked III each others arms b,t fhe Elro,.t
man fell undernost and Wallace, fixing his grasn On
ms gorget compressed it closely notwitbstana;nr.
1t was made ofhe finest of steel, that the blooI
gushed from his eyes, nose and month and be ,t,
only able to ask for quarter by Sims His men tbro
GOVT thcir weapons and begged for mercy, when they
saw ,heI err leader SO severely handled The victor
GRANTED them all their lives But took possession of
thelr vessel and detained them prisoners
When he came in sight of the French bprbo,,.
wallace alarmed the place by displaying the Rovers
coiors as # DC Ionguevile was coming to pillaos
e ro"I. ine bells were rung backward, horns we're
Dio"n' and the citizens wefe hurrying to arms when
the scene changed The Scottish Lion on his shield
Vi goo WAS raised above the piratica flag, and an
nounced that the Champion of Scotland was approcb
ing ike the falcon with Lis prey in his clutch He
landed with his prisoner and carried him TO the Cont
OF France, whore, at WalIaces request the robbc"
rle7 which the pirate had committed were forgiven
and the King conferred the honor of n;rStt
on Sir Thomas De Longueve and offered 10 toGo
MN INTO his service. But the Rover had contracted
such friendship for his generous victor that ba
insisted on uniting his fortunes with those Of Wallace
with whom he returned to Scotland and forrbt h.,
ms side IN many bloody battle where tho novver.
OF DIT Thomas De Longuevic was remarked az in.
terror to that ofnone of his heroic connperor
patron. " no
Being distinguished by the beauty as VOL NJ
strength Of his person, he rendered himself
bic to young lady, heress of the ancient famv ~
CharteTis, that she chose him for husband beytow~
ing on him with her hand the domains onneyeJ 80
Their descendants took the of Charters as cc
meeting themselves with their maternal ancestors thr
onccnt proprlctors of the property though tho nape
OF lnomas dc Longvevile equally hoiored arnonr
tnem and the large two banded sword with which bo
moved the ranks of war is still preserved among ,LG
family monuments. Another account is that Tho
family name oDe Longueville himself was Cha rter
estate afterwards Daasod m
and is nowthe property of Lord Grey
Sngacity of Elephants.-Elephant in y eacp md
war know their duty, and are more obodient to tho
word Of command than many rational beings II Is
sala tncy can travel on an emergency two hundred