The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-05-05

a ALE OF IhE
TIMES AND FEATS OF MARION,
BY GEORGE ALBANY, ESQ.
Author of the "The oranee-Girl, of Venice, "rhe
Swamp Steed," "Rube the Ranger" etc. etc.
will be commenced in
THE NEW YORK MERCURY
OF Saturday. April 80, 1859,
Now ready at all News Depots & Bookstores.
No character in history offers better sub
ject for the roma ncer, than that of MARION,
or, as he was familiarly called,
THE SWAMP FOX"
from the immense ingenuity of his stratagems
and devices for misleading and deciving the
enemy, his thorough knowledge OF the woods,
forests, fields, and swamps of his native re-
glon, where he and his gallant band were
perfectly at home, while their enemies be-
came lost and bewildered in the labyrnthne
mazes of underground and morass.
The story above announced is true reflex
of those scenes and times, and its talented
author has most yivdly portrayed, therein,
the many exciting incidents and accidents Of
a tenacious and indefatigable struggle for
Liberty, pursued under the most adverse cir
cumstances. Every chapter is replete with
exciting and romantic interest, historically
accurate, but with sparkling web of poetry
woven through it, which makes it at once
brilliant story and veracous record The
strong lywritten descriptions of events-the
ambuscade-the sudden sortie-the night at
tack-the wild charge and repuse--are all
wonderful as examples of word-painting, and
equally true to the actual facts.
In addition to these scenes of heroism and
lofty daring, the Scamp For is not without
the gentle charm of love-story, for the work
ing and effects of the tender passion are de-
pcted in its pages, as truely and artisticaly
as the sterner emotions, rendering the tale
perfect picture of life and character in the
Days of the Revolution, which cannot fail
to appeal to the admiration, and crafty the
taste of every reader who has spark of true
patriotism in his soul.
The peculiar power and interest with which
the gifted author, GEO. ALBANY, ESQ, de-
scr6es the thrilling period, is guarantee of
the excellence of this truely magnificent
Historical Romance. The vivid delineation
of character, the depth of thought, the fas-
cination of style, the picturesque beauty of
description, and, in word, the power Ian
guage he commands, all combine to render
him one one of the most brilliant writer's of
the age. while his great appreciation of and
sympathy with the pioneers in the cause OF
universal liberty give him grasp of Reyo-
lutionary subjects possessed by very few 9th
ers. This has enabled him, in the Scamp
For, to exhibit the life and adventures of
MARION AND HIS MEN
as they really were, and to do fit homage to
that deliberate valor, that unyieding patriot
ism, which, in few noble spirits, defying
danger, and above the scenes of priyation,
could keep alive the sacred fires of liberty in
the thick swamps and dense and gloomy for
ests-asking nothing, yielding nothing, and
only leaving the field the better to re-enter
it for the combat)
We take to ourselves some credit, for hav-
ingssecured for our columns the chefs d'euu-
res of this masters pen, but we inteded to
give the
New York Mercury
still higher prestige than ever. We be-
lieve it is already the best and largest story
paper in the world end we contemplate ma
king it better and better, with every success
sive number, in spite of all expense and op-
position.