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:i.cwtVs4,:"j h n t (on 1 vol .l GltKi'WSflOKOUGir A CJVIWNKSDJW. JilLXE ? i?n NO 0. plained wilh siiMicient distinctness.., Afier the restoration f' (he family Alliert Lae, the son of Sir Henry, who waa supposed I'u have bern kit- THE PATRIOT, la printed and published- weekly by At Two Dollars per anuum, pay able will. in three months from the receipt of the first number, or Three Dollari after the expiration of that time. . Not exceiling 10 lines, neatly in serted threo t,imes for one dollar, and 23 cents for every succeeding publi cation ; those of greater length in the h no proportionr-Letlers to the Edi tor tnuKt he post paid. WOODSTOCK. The following extract from the vfly44i4K-VVrJyter'iS'-u-ov by which,., Cromwell -is tJe. in el at tf e above title, we presume may Woodstock by Tomkms, and conduct- be amusing 'n a portion ol our rea- eu uy him through a secret postern V J il l, .lit s . ami piaceu at me oeusiue 01 uuarjes, without qiiv alarm being given. On led ilthc battle of )Yore?stcr, sud-ljByJll)eli'orgoUen words of disclpliu. uenty reiurns, accompanied uy a 011th who attends him in the capaci ty tf a pug, called Louis Kerneguy, out, who is no other than Charles Stewart himself, who in this djxguine remains in the lodge. After.theeuiovul f the Ctunmis stxr; YViktns- fctlll lingers 'ar the Lodge nnder the pretext of removing the baggage of the Commissioners, but in fact, as a spy on the family. He has art enough, however, to con ceal his treachery, and is trusted by guard-house. 80 he had to listen in oc6fstion lo Poize your musket lie t y 0 fi rm osket C 0 c k j ) 0 u r in u s -kei-MIandle vour primer? nod ma V oo.ti(atS length the words.. "Order yotijfftmusket," ended the drill for the time. , Thy 'name, friend?' said the officer to tbeVrccraW, when tho lessou was oyr'rH' - - ijjjirnim, answ-re! , the fellow, with an 'affected twang through the nose. 'And what besides Uphraimr". . 'tiphraim Cobb, from the' Godly city of Gloucester, where I have Ivtelt for seven years, serving ap- Dr. Ilotcheeliffe, an old clergyman j prentiee to a praise wothy cord who directs the movements of theroy al refugee, with secret which enable him to communicate lo Cromwell'the fact of Charles Steuart being conceal ed in the Lodge, aud to arrange a plan The scene of lii novel is laid at V .odtocU, the neat of the Le fam il . . 8;eady and f'earlf st ndhcrents to (e iMiartu, iu the day when rhe c!i ul wa over and the sours;' Upon tl ni A collateral b-anch f he fMmily, however, the brother of Ilr-niy Lp. and hi sonMa-kham htkve declared on the side of the Cum monwealih. and between Markham and hit cousin Alice, Sir Henry's Haushter. an attachment ha xuted with the performance of divine ser vice in the church of Woodstock, by Ir. Holdenouh, a pastor of the Churfir of Kngiand. who is arrested fit hU fuevt;: to lb pulpit by a tdu7 hi ! r-trMig to Cromwell's army, named Tomkins, and who. privileged by-Ins m I AxjUl.Abi.li wilh?. nett led chnr aitr.of the times, mounted the pul pit Vn the room f the pator of the ttoeJnanrt neiti form m f nai-ranimg the very day however, when this plan was to be carried into etfecl, Jocely n 1 JolifTn discovers the hypoerytical Totnkins endeavouring to commit an outrage on I'boihe Alayilower, be tween whom aad JoliH tberf t'Xisix an ntlKchmeot. Totukii.s, ou beitu deiectetl. fires at Jo.'iflV but fnim' him. and Jodlfe return the asuu t with a blow from his quarter stall' vn the lemnie of tbftoldier which w. I the remarkable; ner.on to whom he an end to the listenee of the trooper Cromwell in the meantime arrives a the mn at Woodstock wiili a p.iuy oi soldiers and waits there for v"h' hour, eitpeHiog t'e stivhI of I fiin kins, lo the meantim , li"g. r ML drake, ybo, with Markham Kveraid is tarrying at tha same Inn, put hi little page out at the window, and de sires him to speed4o Alice with a fetber and a communication that h strain which was pceuli rto the uge.,had won bis wager. The boy roaches It hppea s that 1 omktns is one ot the t'e Lodge, and gives hi me age. 'i.llcwers nf the three ( oriimissirtners; Alice reads the riddie, q'iestion$t the -l)eboroug'i. Bletson and Harrison, who wore sent by Cromwell to seize, and qut'itrate tb m inor and valu abVs at Woodstock iLodtfe. Hr bov, learns the arrival of Cromwell. and by this Mm !y discovery, Charles is enbled to make his escape before the troops arrive at the Lodsre '-The Il"tirv lee and In- danghter Alice . attack on the Lodge is full of inter- Toluntarily quit the Lnde, on liear- est. All the family, sivo Alice ing of th'e arrival of the Commission- who has conducted the King to the er at Volul stock, aud take Up their dwelling of one oT the uoderkeepers, abode io the houe of one of the do whence he is conveyed to (he coast, roeTfeiof the family. Jocelyne Jolif- ami embarks for France are senten fe vlarkham tiivera'd the nephew ced by Cromwell to death : but the of Kir Henry, undertakes the ardu sentenceinot executed, and is sub- ou tak of inducing Cromwell to -e- seqtiently revoked by the General. Wrtuier.' (It it a goodly craft, answered the officer; but custing in thy lot with ours, doubt not that thou shall be set beyond thine awl, and thy last to -boot'- -. . . . - ,r- m A grim smile of the speaker ac companied this poor attempt at a pun: and then tnrning round to the corpo ral, who stood two pftces oft', with the face of one who seemed desirous of Fpakiiig. aid,.4lIow, now, corpp ral, what tiding?' 'rre is one with a packet, and please yi.nr Kxceltcncv.' laid the Cor poral 'Surely my spirit does not re jjice in him, seeing 1 esteem hi:n as a u ntf In sheep's eloiiitng.' By tlit-se words Wildrake learned that he was in the. actual presence ol did not impose; respect; and ihPre were even times when that dark und subtle spirit expanded itstlf, so us almost to conciliate affection. The turn fur humor, which dinplayed it self hy fits was broad; and of low and sometimes practical cruructer. Something there wnj in his imposi tion congenial to that of his coun'try tnen; a contempt of folly, a ImtrertV.ot aileetaMon, and a dislike ceremo ny, wluch, joined to the siront; int. ti sin qtiaimes or neuie and courage, made, him in many respects not un unlit representative of the democracy ofKngland. . His religion must always be a sub-' jeet of much doubt, and probably of doubt which he hiaixclf rouid hatdly have cleared up. Unquestionably there wa a time i his life when he. was siucerely enthusiastic, and when hi natural temper, slightly subject to hypochondria, was strongly agita ted by the am-fanatieism which in fluenced so many persons of I lie time, On the other hand, there were peri ods, during his political career, when, we certainly do lum oo injustice in charging him with hypocritical af fectation. We shall, probab'y, judge him and others of the same age, most truly, if we suppose that their religious proffssfonsAvere partly in fluentiiil in their own breast, partly assumed, iu compliance to their wn interest. And au ingenions is tho human heart, in d ceiviog itself as well as ethers, that it is probable nei ther CTomwell hirntclf, nor those ma-. guished piety, could exitlly have fix ed ll c point at which their Mtthusi asm terminated and their hypocrisy commenced, or. rather, it whs a potnt nm fixcdlii) i o f, bul fluv; o iling with the state of h. alth, of good or bad fortune, of high or low spirit, aft c( ing the individual at the perii.d Such was the celebrated person who, t r n i ng r o ti'n'd o u W i Mrn k . a n d scanning Jii cuntnanee closely, seemed ko little satisfied with what j'onsider in what maimer he ousrht lo address him, The fiiKf: r.f Oliver Cromwell was is g'ti-rally koown, m no w y pre-po-3"ing'. :'evas of inibJle 'sta t orf, strongly and eoarKtdy mode, with harsh and severe IVatures, nidi eative. however, f much natural sa iraeity and depth of thought. His i'Ves were grny and piercing; his nose too-large ia proportion-to his other feat u tea. II s manner of sneaking, when he he beheld that he instinlivelvhitcli had h" pirpose to maki- hiaiself dis ' ed forward his belt, so as (o bring tho', tinctly understood, was energetic and handle of his tuck sword within hij forcible, though neither graceful nor : reach-. . But yet,.foldinjWsraiJtt-X eloquent . No man could on such e- j his cloak, as il, upni second thoaght? f:7; casion put his meaning into fewer 1 laying aside suspic on, or thinkfng i and more decisive w ords. But when, i precaution beneath him, ho asked tho -as ii often happened, he had a mind ; cavalier what he wai, and Swbence io uiav itie orator, ior ute uenent ot . ue came. people's ears, without cnlighleuiug their understanding. Cromwell was wont to invest his meaning, or that Which seemed to be his meaning, in The character of Charles is placed ? in a correct, but not a verjrfavonra"- ; hie light, in the scene between him and Alice Lee, of which we giye the"! such a mist of word, xurroundintr it ; following extract. Loose in his mor with so many exclusions and excen-! a! principles, ever thoughtless, ever IraC his intent on of confiscating the Here, in fact,1 ends the norel. The, tions, and fortifying it withsuch a ready tqplunge- into-pleasures the Dtonerty of the Lodge. With this concluding chapter tells us of the , labyrin'h of parenthe es, that though most criminal, u ilhout refl. ctio on -f II. . a -1 t ' s uiic ui uic moKi siirewti men in luiig land. he was, perhaps, the most unin telligible speaker that ever perplex view, he sends a packet to the Lord marriage of Markham and Alice, the a. , , , i - .rei i i .,. li'nerai, Dy me fiaous OT a Willi, ec- rys'urauun ui iiinnrj, uuu me gittic- Ies, coliedge-ehiim, whose heart is ful reeotlectibn which he cherished with the King, but who is compelled, of the service rendered to him by the in consequence ol his life having oeen family at tVoodstock. waved bv Everard, to act under his The great skill of the no superintendence. This Roger Wil- however, is exhibited in the tracing drake has ani m his well, who gives an order to Everard drama. The character of Cromwell to remoye the Commissioners from.it accurately aid strongly, sketched the Lodge and suffer thejjee family in the following extracts taken from j concise, and intelligible than what to return to ii. m no uoou, hc mat part oi ine novel to wiiieu we : ue reany inienuea snoulu ue uuurr pehds a condition delivered verbally have referred, where Uoger Wildake ' stood. the consequences, ever the slave of iiu pulse, whether gqd or evil iu its - na ture, he exhibiti, in this attempt on ed an amlience. lJkaA-4)wirf sincAasfthV historian, that a col- a fair specimen of-1 lecuon oi me rrotector s speeches would make, with a few exceptions, the" most nonsensical book in" the world: but he ought to have added, that nothing eould be more nervous, to Uoger, that, should Charles Steu- art (Charles II.) seek a refuge there, ns he was then flying from the di ai rous field of Worcester, he should lfe u'r rendered to Cronvvell. Uoger howrer, Contents himself with j?iviu.r . t th nrder and keens the dishonora-bl)' mi:. ''.M the.Commissioners at the Lodsje. has beeni rendered peculiarly unpleasant, by strange noisesv appearances anr tricks, which' they very readily, in that superstitions- age, attributed to supernal oral agency, but which art-; e (Te c t ed hir rrtr m a ri matr:--1 1 j o w a 1 1 theie tfaisg are managed, ts out ex. bears to him the tequest of Ins friend Marktiam. tor the removal of the Commissioner of the Lodge, i t In the midst of the floor stood an oflieer, as he seomed by his embroi dered shoulder-belt, and scarf round bis waist, otherwise very plainly at Jjred, 'b'wM 'ena'ed a in drilling a out bumpkin, lately enlisted, to I he mandal, as it was then used. The inotions and words of command were twenty at the very least; and until thej were regularly brought to an the corporal if id not permit Wil drake eitherlo sit down- ertnove for- tvard beyond the tljrcihhold of the It wag llso remarked of Cromwell that though born of a good family both by father and mother, and al though he had the ustiil opjiortunitie of education and breeding conne tm with such an advantage; the fan atie democratic ruler could never ac quire, or else di dained to practis the courtenes usually exercised a mongtlio hiheiclassc in their i t rcourse twith each other. His d meanour wai so blunt as 89metimeo might be termed clownish, yet. Xer w as in his I angn a ge and iriibff fjorce aud. energy carrcspou.dii)glo ii: character, vt fiich ioiprcticd awe,' if it "I wish, M it rem Alice, you would but intimate your slightest desire to me, andyou should see how I have practised obedience. . irf 1 Vou never brought me word what iif pV'clo- k it -was th'S morniog,'' replied v ilie-ynnng laily, "and Jhere I sat, quel- sustained, at thetnlireTmatureTiicrtt when lie was called to tbe throne of his farther. lionmg of the wing of time, whii X should. have rpmmbered that gentlq men's gallantry can be quite as fugi tive a ime himself. How do yoi know what your disobedience may ave cost me and others? 'adding hm! dumpling may have bee a burned cinder, foj, sir, 1 .practice the old I imeJic rule if visiting the kitchen; J. may have missed prayers or 1 rt ty have been too late for D ap , dntmerjt, simply by the ngllti?R i , . .) I a s ut.Xm Kutti&yiM t j "g .io 1 et me kooir. the xvut of the day,,, X:. - .i i I t t:l :::
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