Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-11-14

Pa'riot, a democrat and man of the people
nave fought the battles Of my country and
Ole Roman hero. You are too MANY for me,
gentlemen-twelve hundred men against one,
ana a regiment OF scalping savages behind
you L surrender, and am ready to die. ]
am democrat.-But what is one democrat
among twelve hundred hired myrmidons of
power l know you'll kill me but don't
care all ask OF You is TO do justice to my
memory, 10 bear witness before the WORLD
| (here his voice was almost drowned i'm sobs)
-"to bear witness that die like a brave man
die Like apatriot-the victim ofdespots and
martyr of freedom,''
Great was the CONSERVATION and confusion
that now prevailed. The man was mad-mad
north-north west and all around the COMPASS.
poiiticaiiy mad--a mad patriot-nobody
doubted that. Some asked what was TO he
done-others would have argued the mailman
out OF his irenzy-others again slipped out of
the door, and stood ready for run.
In the mean while the maniac. re-inspired
by his own eloquence or the pusillanimity of
his enemies, which even Il mailman might
perceive, lifted up his voice again, but lifted
1t in voice of defiance.
''l on are the hired myrmidons of power -
he cried, ''purse proud, rich men-tyrants
that grind the face Of the poor-that live on
the sweat OF the poor mans labor. and rob his
hungry children of their food am a Door
man and the poor mans friend hate YOU.
DEFY you, call you to the reckoning Yes"
he roared, snatched up his knife from the
floor, and then wavingit aloft, as tito unseen
hackers; 'your triumph is now over, your
hour has come | call you to the reckoning
to the reckoning of blood! Advance, men of
the people, and cut their tyrannical throats!''
And with that he advanced himself, flour
ishlng his weapon against our aristocratic
breasts. There was no withstandinr this
terrific charge-pell nell we went, one over
the other, ont of the door, which we esteemed
ourselves fortunate in being able to close. and
thus secure upon the distracted assailant
we then made our way down to the bar
room, where we found the grum host and his
naughty spouse III as great alarm and as ele-
giant dlshabllle as ourselves, they, indeed ey-
cry soul In the house, having been aroused
by the madman's vociferations.
WHAT was now to be done? The unfortu-
nate manw was still raging; we could hear him
humping against the door, as if endeavorinp
to break through, and roaring all the while
with frenzied cry of '.victory with that
savage knife In his hand-nay, with Il dozen
knives perhaps, for arms and clothes were all,
in the hurry of our flight, left together in the
rooln-wlo should dare attack him ? Nobo-
dy showed an appetite for the enterprise; and
although the ugly landlady proposed, in her
ecstacy ofterror, plan that might have ended
the dlfhculty-namely, that some one of us
should take her husbands gun and shoot the
bedlamite through the key-hole, (and really
she did not seem to consider the shooting ola
mad Yankee any very atrocious crime, 1.-THE
business was ended by our sitting up ali night
In the bar room, in our exceedingly simple
costume, debating the difficulty
l., !.
rousted from the garnet, did not continue
long but was succeeded by strange, half
grooming, half snorting kind of noise, that
was represented by some who had the cour-
age once or twice to creep slowly to the gar
ret door to listen, to be particularly terrific.
and wh'ch, indeed, lasted all night long.
When the morning broke, we held another
consultation, and finally growing more coura-
geous as the day grew broader wrought our
selves to the resolution of proceeding in a
body to the travellers room, the landlord
magnanimously leading the van, armed with
a broad axe, ourselves intrepidly following at
his heels, some carrying such means of de-
fence as could be gathered, and others cart
ropes and bed cords to tie the mailman. and
mine hostess behind with the bull dog We
paused moment at the door, listening to the
grooming sound which was still kept up, and
then softly entered the room, where we had
the satisfaction of finding the poor fellow w.
Ing very soundly and comfortably asleep in
the best bed, sending from his upturned nos
trI!s those anomalous and horrd sounds.
which now appeared to us the natural music
OF sleep. He opened his eyes, stared upon
us somewhat inquiringly, yet with a look so
extremely natural and lucid, that we refrain
ed from laying hands upon him, as we sup
posed would have been necessary.
"Good morning, gentlemen said he, quite
ike sensible person ga fine morning we
have after the rain. And a very fine sleep
I've had too" he added hope you can say
the same
TITS his lucid moment, poor DEVIL said
the varmlnt, and gathering up our indispensa-
bies, we all went down to breakfast.
Here the yankee was the observed ofal OBJ
servers-as solemn, as sad, as modest as ev-
er' ana to all appearance quite unconscious of
MS late paroXySm. We were all too prudent
or generous, to remind him of it even by
distant hint, and for the same reason, we all
took care not to cross him in any thing at the
table. Whatever dish he looked at was inn
medlateiy surrendered TO him; even the ugly
landlady requested his acceptance of tumb-
Ter OF cream she had poured out for her own
use, but on which he CHANGED to cast his eve.
Ana mus 1T happened that our gentleman,
whose appetite by no means suffered from his
dfiiictlOn, ate the best as well as hugest break
fast oil all; after which he ordered his horse,
| called tor and paid his bill, with every air OF
sanity and with every air of sanity departed
A few moments after, we We're ourselves
upon the road laundering along in ,lr mail
coach, and by and by caught sight Of our ex-
ira Iodger on the top ola hill, at d cross road,
Where, indeed he seemed waiting for us, as he