The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-05-12
MARION AND HIS MEN!

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A TALE OF THE
TIMES AND FEATS OF MARION,
BY GEORGE ALBANY, ESQ.
Author of the "The oranee-GnI. Of venicea rhe
Swamp Steed," ''Rube the Ranger" etc. etc.
will be commenced in
THE NEW Y0RA MERCURY
OF Saturday. April 80, 1859,
Now ready at all News Depots g. Bookstores
No character in history offers better sub
ject for the romancer, than that of MARION,
or, as he was famIiarly called,
THE SWAMP Fox"
from the immense ingenuity his stratagems
and devices for misleading and deciving the
enemy, his thorough knowledge of the woods,
forests, fields, and swamps of his native re-
gion, where he and his gallant band were
perfectly at home, while their enemies be-
came lost and bewildered in the abyrnthine
mazes of underground and morass.
| The story above announced is a true reflex
of those scenes and times, and its talented
author has NEST vyidly 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 a. sparkling web of poetry
woven through it, which makes it at once a
brilliant story and veracious record. The
strongly-wrilten descriptions of events-the
ambuscade-the sudden sortie-the night at
tack-the wild charge and repulse--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 FOG is not without
! the gentle charm of a loye-story, for the work
/ ing and effects of the tender passion are de-
picted in its pages, as truely and artistically
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-
scribes 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 oflan-
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 Revo-
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 unyieiding patriot
ism, which, in a few noble spirits, defying
danger, and above the scenes of privation,
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-
ing secured for our columns the chefs d'euu-
res of this masters pen, but we iDteded to
give the 5f
New York Mercury E
still higher prestige than ever. We be-
ieve it is already the best and largest story
paper in the world, end we contemplate ma.
king it better and better, with every success.
sise number, in spite of all expense and op-
position.