Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-05-18

'N w 10 " CHOW oil only one person walk
ing on II, toierably well primed with liouo
pfeceoou oy ms htdmutgar carrying lghte
,orch' LON suddenly checked the song he wa
9eno",hg OUT on seeing his servant throw
uown inc loren, and rush into the STREAM,
ny me I,ght oil the still burning brand he be
heid cobra Capella already dancing ON il
mii ready TO spring at him, its specialized eve
oeaining IKE two red-hot cinders. its hoo,
raised, It's every joint in motion. Tom dir
NOT IKE inc looks OF his enemy, but still he
scornGd 10 ny; so, drawing his sword. he
uianiuiiy attacked the serpent How he man
Seo II no ono ever knew, not even himself
gut certain II is about half an hour afterwards
ne was found lying fast asleep OH the BODY o,
w." w.. s,'ahe' .ne mead Of the reptile having been
'"I cream OH by asiroke of Toms sabre.
! Out perhaps the coolest, the most determin-
eu' PROOF oil ms resolution, was one that han
t.n'u rev Gays before was introduced To
nia"' IKE many others III India, chose
Mp up many oil his European habits, and
euu 0'hers, that of preserving a neatly
III III was aoic 10 nave constantly displayed the
su'er ornaments and mother of pearl bapdleI
razors, contained in a splendid case given ~
HIM by an old aunt, when he sailed from r'
rope. His boots were RANGED with c,ro al.,,,.,
the wall, his whips hung round. spor,ing MINIS
studded the chunam ia composition. or shin
ing mortar resembling marblel sides If the
chamber In fine he had regular Englisb
looking dressing room.
Now one morning Tom was pullino on
9oat, when he suddenly felt sometime in !,
IL was cold and clammy the chill of lie M
lure struck through the thin silk stocking he
wore. II moved, it wriihed it was evident
~ snake. Who can imagine. far loss n.,r
uay' the agony of the poor fellow. who y,
once believed he was dead man g.
men, indeed ] may almost saw every ono
would have paused under these circumstances
or attempted to have withdrawn his foot In
ei'her Oh these cases death would have beor
me instant result. This all flashed. with = |
rapidly which nothing but thought nossessos
across the mind Tom. The snake WINS nm
ucr Ills foot, evidently pinned down. s,riv;no
10 urn itself in order to bite. He at once save
HIS only hope. He pulled on the boot with
CONSIDERABLE swiitness, and starting I'D. stamp-
eu on The iron edge ofthe Venitian blinds. con
ti'"ihg TO do so with the very fury of desnair
Ior nearly minute, 10 the surprise and hor-
WI !" Ills srdar, who thought his mas
.er iau suddenly gone mad.--1hen sink
ny overcome with agitation and latirue. ON
"o chair' he ordered the man to pull off his
'ou'' lie ana SO, when out rolled small green
'n'Me' one OF the most deadly of its kind. crush
- nv w. uealti' damned 10 perfect lely.
ne man who had accomplished such deeds
nE 5 R9kfg a aeF AIS a. one Of the
Tom Philan at his mess The dinner passed
oh with much iestivity Many had been the
proofs OF daring recounted to us Of members
81 the corps present, and many the boast ofl
what they intended TO do, when suddenly
young ensign who was rising from the table,
nrned round and uttered piercing scream.
we looked back, every eye was directed to-
wards the spot on which he had glanced, when,
o our horror, we saw an enormous snake
slowly crawling towards us. In another in
slant every soul had risen from his place, and
we're flying away across the square in front of
he canionment as fast as our legs would car
~ us. Tom Philan led the van, shaking with
ear, as If the monster were already coiled
round his limbs. A few minutes reflection
emboldened some of the party to return We
found The reptile already dead, despatched by
one of the servants. Ii was rock snake, an
animal wholly innocuous. 1t measured some
eight feet long, and was beautiful specimen
OF It's kind. begged to have it, in order to
;end it home to some friends in England to
preserve. 1T was given me: and | returned
home with it dangling on my arm, laughing
ut the cowardice displayed by one, when ably
frightened out of his wits in the
midst of an armed assembly by harmless
reptile, who had single handed performed such |
feats of valour, and destroyed serpents of the |
most deadly kind.