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NEV. ENGLAND FARMER 



DEC. 3, 1S40. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



I Wallace himself rushed on the pirate captain, 

 and a dreadful strife began betwixt them with such 

 ~ , fury, that the others suspended thoir own battle to 

 WALLACE AND THE PIRATE. WooV on, and seemed by common consent to confer 



BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. | the issue of the strife to the fate of the combat be- 



Durinp; the brief career of the celebrated Sir t"'eeii the two chiefs. The pirate fought as well 

 William Wallace, and wl.cn his arms had for a , "s man conld do. But Wallace's strength was be- 

 short time e.xpelled the English invaders from his yond that of ordinary mortals. He dashed the 

 native country, he is said to have taken a voyage^ sword from the Rover's hands, and placing him in 

 to France with a small band of trusty friends, to i such a peril that to avoid being outdone, he was 



try what his presence (for he was respected through 

 all the countries for his powers.) might do to in- 

 duce the French monarch to send a body of auxil- 

 iary forces or other assistance, to aid the Scots in 

 regaining their independence. 



The Scottish champion was on board a small 

 vessel, and sailed for the port of Dieppe, when a 

 sail appeared in the distance, which the mariners 

 regarded with doubt and apprehension, and at hist 

 with conl'usiun and dismay. Wallace demanded 

 to know what was the cause of their alarm. The 

 captain of the ship informed him that the tall ship 

 which was bearing down for the purpose of board- 

 ing that one which he commanded, was the ship of 

 a celebrated rover, equally famed for his courage, 

 strength of body and successful piracies. 



It was commanded by a gentleman by the name 

 of Thomas de Longueville, a Frenchman by birth, 

 but by practice one of those pirates who call them- 

 selves friends to the sea, and enemies to all who 

 sail upon that element. He attacked and plunder- 

 ed vessels of all nation.s, like one of the ancient 

 Norse .sea kings,'as they are termed, whose do- 

 minion was upon the mountain waves. The mas- 

 ter added that no vessel could escape the rover by 

 flight, so speedy was the barque that he command- 

 ed ; and that no crew, however liardy, could hope 

 to resist him, when, as was his usual mode of com- 

 bat, he threw himself on board at the head of his 

 fellows. 



Wallace smiled sternly while the master of the 

 ship, with alarm in his countenance and fear in his 

 eyes, described to him the certainty of their being 

 captured by the Red Rover, a name given to de 

 Longueville, because he usually displayed the 

 bloody red flag, which he had now hoisted. 



"I will clear the narrow seas of this rover," said 

 Wallace. 



Then calling together some ten or twelve of his 

 followers, Boyd, Keril, Seton and others, to whom 

 the dust of the most desperate battle was as the 

 breath of life, he commanded them to arm them- 

 selves and lie flat on the deck so as to be out of 

 sight. He ordered the mariners below, e.xcept 

 such as were absolutely necessary to manage the 

 vessel, and he gave the master instructions, upon 

 pain of death, so to steer as that, while the vessel 

 iiad the appearance of attempting to fly, he should 

 in fact permit the Rover to come up with him and 

 to do his worst. Wallace himself then lay down 

 on the deck, that nothing might be seen which 

 would intimate any purpose of resistance. In a 

 quarter of an hour I)c Longueville's vessel ran on 



board that of the champion, and the Red Rover 1 The St. Louis Pennant objects to the phrr.ses, 

 casting out grappling irons to make sure of his " beastly drunk" and " drunk as a beasl," some- 

 prize, jumped on deck in complete armor, followed times used to describe people in a state of intoxica- 

 by his men, who gave a terrible shout as if the vie- ] tion. It is a gross slander upon the beast creation, 

 lory had been already secured. But the armed We never saw a beast that was not too respectable 

 Scots darted up at once, and the Rover found him- to get drunk : man is the only animal that is mean 

 self unexpectedly engaged with men accustomed enough to doit. Shame, shame upon him who 

 to consider victory as secure when they were only calls himself lord of the creation, and yet makes 

 opposed as one to two or three. himself lower than the very swine. 



fain to close with the Scottish champion, in hopes 

 of overpowering him in the grapple. In this he 

 was foiled. They, fell on the deck, locked in each 

 others arms, but the Frenchman fell undermost; 

 and Wallace, fixing his grasp on his gorget, com- 

 pressed it so closely, notwithstanding it was made 

 of the finest of steel, that the blood gushed from 

 his eyes and mouth, and he was only able to ask 

 for quarters by signs. His men threw down their 

 arms when they saw their leader so severely han- 

 dled. The victor granted them all their lives, but 

 took possession of their vessel and detained them 

 as prisoners. 



When he came in sight of the French harbor, 

 Wallace alarmed the place by displaying the Ro. 

 ver's colors, as if De Longueville was coming to 

 pillage the town. The bells were rung backwards, 

 horns were blown, and the citizens were hurrying 

 to arms, when the scene changed. The Scottish 

 lion on his shield of gold was raised above the pi- 

 ratical flag, and announced that the champion of 

 Scotland was approaching, with his prey in his 

 clutch. He landed with his prisoner, and carried 

 him to the court of France, where, at Wallace's 

 request, the robberies which the pirate had commit- 

 ted were forgiven him, and the King even confer- 

 red the honor of knighthood on Sir Thomas de Lon- 

 gueville, and ofl^ered to take him into his service. 

 But the Rover had contracted such a friendship for 

 his victor, that he insisted on uniting his fortunes 

 with those of Wallace, with whom he returned to 

 Scotland, and fought by his side in many a bloody 

 battle, where the prowess of Sir 'I homas de Lon- 

 gueville was remarked as inferior to that of none 

 save his heroic conqueror. His fate also was more 

 fortunate than that of his patron. 



Being distinguished by his beauty, as well as by 

 the strength of his person, he rendered himself so 

 acceptable to a young lady, heiress to the ancient 

 family of the Charteris, that she chose him for a 

 husband, bestowing on him with her hand the do- 

 mains annexed to it. Their descendants took the 

 name of Charteris, as connecting themselves with 

 their maternal ancestors, tlie ancient proprietors of 

 the property, though the name of Thomas de Lon- 

 gueville was equally lumored among tliem ; and 

 the large two-handod sword witli which he mow- 

 ed the ranks of war, is still preserved among the 

 family monuments. Anc>ther account is that the 

 family name of De Longueville was Charteris. — 

 'i he estate afterwards passed to a family of Blairs, 

 and is now the property of Lord Grey. 



Too much Physir. — It is an opinion which we- 

 have formed after much observation of the habits 

 of different persons and families in the employment 

 of physicians, that if there was not ever over one 

 dose ©f physic administered where there are ten, 

 the ages of men and women would be much length- 

 ened out. Irregularity of habits, want of exercise, 

 fancied inability to move about, very soon put a 

 person into the condition of sending for a doctor; 

 and when the doctor comes, nothing will satisfy 

 short of a dose of physic. 'I'hat too much physic 

 is taken, is not so often the fault of the physician 

 as of the patient. The administration of the first 

 dose lays the foundation for a second : if it recti- 

 fies the passage of the bowels, or the quality and 

 circulation of the blood, nature will require the aid 

 of the same artificial stimulant so soon as the effect 

 passes away. Thus we find many persons who 

 never can pass by certain times and seasons with- 

 out g iing through sundry severe operations of 

 medicine. The consequence is sooner or later that 

 the constitution is undermined, and the career of 

 life shortened sometimes ten, twenty, thirty, fifty 

 years. — Farmer's JMonlhly J'isitor. 



GKEGN'S PATEXT STRAW CUTTER. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. at ihelVew England Agricul- 

 tural Warehouse and Seed Store Nos, 51 and 62 Norlh Mar- 

 ket Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw, Hay and 

 Stalk Cutler, operating on a niechanical principle not before 

 applied to any implement for this purpose. The most prom- 

 inent effects of tills application, and some of the consequent 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1. So great a reduction of the quantum of power requisite 

 to use it, that the strength of a halt grown boy is sufficient 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this morieiate power, it easily cuts two bush- 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been claimed 

 by any other machine even when worked by horse or steam 

 power. 



3- The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in which they 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of any other 

 straw cutter. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, made and put 

 together very strongly. It is therefore not so liable as the 

 complicated machines in general use to get out of order. 



Oct. 14. 



ElVGLtSII ACORNS AKD SPANISH CHESNI TS. 



Just received and for sale, a few quarts of English Acorns 

 The tree is very beautiful, and one of the most ornanienta 

 of the English forest trees. Also a few Spanish Chesnuls 

 — twice as large as the common sort — } rice 50 cents pe 

 quart. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Oct *8. 



HYACIIVTHS. 



The subscribers have received a large assortment of Don 

 hie and Single Hyacinths of every color and shade. Also 

 Tulips of mixed sorts, Crown Imperials, and Lilies; the 

 have also at their garden all the fine varieties of Preonies 

 which will be furnished at one tiav's notice. Lilies ani 

 PiEonies, and Crown Imperials, should be planted in Augus 

 or the first of September. We shall receive a great vnriel 

 of Bullions Roots, from Holland, in a few weeks, when no 

 tico will he given. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



August 26. 



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TUTTLE, DENNETT AND CHISHOL-M, PRINTERS, 



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