The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-06-02
MARION AND HIS MEN +!

Author OF The " The Oranee-Glrl, Of Venice" The
Swamp Steed," "Rube Inc Ranger" etc. etc
will be commenced in
TIE NEW Y0RA MERCURY
Of Saturday, April 80. 1859,
Now ready at all News Depots & Bookstores
No character in history offers better sub
Ject for the romancer, than that Of MARION,
or, as he was famiIiarIy called,
"ThE svgkHa9 FOX"
from the immense ingenuity of his strataccms
and devices for misleading and deciving the
enemy, his thorough know ledge 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 abyrnthne
mazes of underground and morass.
The story above announced is true reflex
of those scenes and times, and its talented
author has most vividly 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 repIete with
exciting and romantic interest, historically
accurate, but with sparkling web of poetry
woven through it, which makes it at once a
brilliant story and veracious record. The
strongly lywritten 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 10 these scenes of heroism and
lofty daring, the Scamp For is rot without
the gentle charm OF a love-story, for the work
ing and effects of the tender passion are de-
plcted in It's 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 a spark of true
patriotism in his soul.
The peculiar power and interest with which
the gifted author, GEO. ALBANY, ESQ, de-
scrihes 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-
cinaton of style, the picturesque beauty Of
description, and, in word, the power 0flan-
guage he commands, all combine TO render
him one one of the most brilliant writers 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 S,camp
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 unyieldng patriot
ism, which, in a few noble spirits defying
danger, and above the scenes of privaton,
could keep alive the sacred fires of liberty in
the thick swamps and dense and gloomy for
nothing, yielding nothing, and
only leaving the field the better 10 re-enter
it for the combaO
We take to ourselves some credit, for hav-
ing secured for our columns the chefs Feuu-
res of this masters pen, but we inteded to
give the
New Work Mercury
a still higher prestige than ever. We be-
lieve it is already the best and targeSt 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-
noSifion