By William Youatt, 264 The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. By William Hazlitt, 322 American Comedies. By James K. Paulding and William 322 Irving Paulding, History of the Roman Republic. By J. Michelet. 322 Translated by Wm. Hazlitt, Spaniards and their Country. By R. Ford, 323 Hyperion. By H. W. Longfellow, 323 Froissart Ballads. By P. Pendleton Cook, 323 Past and Present. By Thomas Carlyle, 379 The Constitutional History of England from the Accession 379 of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. By Henry Hallam, MUSIC. I’ve Been upon the Briny Deep. A New Song. Composed by 140 Charles E. Cathrall, General Taylor’s Gallop. Composed and respectfully 260 dedicated to the Ladies of Miss Carpenter’s Dancing Assembly. By A. J. R. Conner ENGRAVINGS. The Departure, engraved by J. Sartain, Esq. Title Page for 1847, designed and engraved by E. Tucker, Esq. Paris Fashions, from Le Follet, Josh Educating a Pig. The Gleaner, engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch. Herds of Bisons and Elks, engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch. Paris Fashions, from Le Follet. Saukie and Fox Indians, engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch. Falls of the Towalaga, engraved by Smillie. Paris Fashions, from Le Follet. Saratoga and Stillwater Battle-Ground, engraved by Smillie. Pittsburg, engraved by A. W. Graham. Paris Fashions, from Le Follet. Mandan Women, engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch. Lover’s Leap, engraved by Smillie. Colored Flower, executed by E. Quarré. The Home-Bird, engraved by A. L. Dick. Paris Fashions, from Le Follet. Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. * * * * * [Illustration: _PAINTED BY HORACE VERNET._ ENGRAVED BY JOHN SARTAIN._ DEPARTING FOR THE CHASE. Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine.] * * * * * GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. VOL. XXX. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1847. NO. 1. * * * * * THE OATH OF MARION. A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION. BY CHARLES J. PETERSON. [PRIZE STORY—for which the Premium of $200 was awarded by the Committee.] CHAPTER I. Every man knows best how to buckle his own belt. FALSTAFF. “Did you get the pass, Macdonald?” said a young man, looking up, as his servant entered the room of a lodging-house in Charleston, in the latter part of the year 1780.