Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-11-11
From the Esscr County Ohio) Republican.
AYANKEE INCIDENT.

! Not long since, but before Judge Cowen
decided that people must be tried in this coun-
try for crimes committed, there happened to
be i'll one of the principal hotels in Montreal
pompous discussion among quorum OF
British officers, upon the subject of the i'm
prisonment of Mcleod. And, after turning
! the subject over and over, and bringing to
bear upon it all light evidence, and reasoning
that the subject demanded, the gallant officers
and other goodan loyal subjects, concluded
1t expedient and right to call out regiment
of Her Britannia Majesty's soldiers, march
down to New Y ork, and liberate the insulted
prisoner, Mcleod, and bear him in triumph to
his home, as becomes the dignity of SO great
and powerful nation as England
''Gendemen," and in moment all eyes
were turned to remote corner of the room,
where sat, before unobserved, u very comfor-
table looking stranger, in whom, however, at
one glance could be discovered the true Yam
kee; for indeed, he stood, (as we say,) or ra-
ther leaned, six feet, six and hali-a perfect
giant; aud there he sat, seeming only to adj
mlrc the beauty of the ascending volumes of
smoke, drawn from the end OF his huge cigar
the like of which, together with whips and
fiom Quebec to New Orleans NGen,lemen.n
said he, 81 hope before you undertake to carry
your deliberations into effect, that you will
use a little consideration. What, talk about
taking Mcleod out of prison with regiment
OF soldiers! Why, gentlemen, you talk like
children.
Why, all the forces that you can drum up
between here and SO far north that the Their
mometer wont rise at all, can't march down
to the city of Albany and back again, no way
you can contrive it, Now am little, small,
delicate specimen of vermont, and would like
to tell you what the Vcrmonters have done
for your case. They have made PROPOSE
ton, through their Legislature, to the General
government that they will whip out, clean
and smooth, the Canadas, New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia, for the sum of siXty-five dol
lars.
The General government approveu die
plan, but thought the price too high. The
Legislature reconsidercd the vote, and made
second proposition, and agreed TO do the work
for 1886 so cts.
This, the General Government accepted
and now the only remaining question TO be
settled is who finds the ammunition. As soon
as that is settled we shall be over here
The boys are headed this way, and it is all
the Government can do to hold on by their
coat-skirts to keep the devils of you; and
mark my word, i'll three days from the time the
Government LET'S go, there wont be British
Government enough left for a by-word. But
gentlemen,'n you persist in going for Mcleod,
arrange your affairs for long absence; and
for Heavens sake, and more particularly for
your own, don't go by the way OF Platts-
burgh!
The conclusion of the matter was, that if
Vermont had actually got started, and if the
Yankee then with them was, as he said, but a
small, delicate specimen ofwhat was TO come,
they had better abandon at once the idea of
sending for Mcleod, and arrange their affairs
at home for such unwelcome visiters.