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A. A. EAELE, PUBLISHER. I 3NTo Moro Oompromiso "Witla. Slavery. I TERMS, 81,25 IX ADVANCE. VOLUME 1. IRASBURGE, VERMONT, FRIDAY JUNE 18, 1856. NUMBER 24. itcrarn Sclecttono. THE PIRATE OUTWITTED. Not many years ago long enougb, however, for Bangor to grow up from a little wild, uncouth lumbering village in to a beautiful city there might have been seen, one Jay in September, a small fore-in-aft schooner lying at one of the rude log wharves, taking in a regular as sorted cargo of pine lumber, potatoes and codfish. If you step aft, a .id look over her stern, you can read her name Sa rah Ford, Bangor. And that afternoon, after her cargo was all on board, if you could have g.'t a peep at her manifest and bill of lading, yoa would have seen that she was commanded by Captian Jo siab. Forbes, and bound for St. Thomas. Josh Forbes, as he was commonly call ed in Bangor, was born on the banks of the Penobscot, and brought up at sea, and at this particular time was just twenty three years old, and master and owner of the schooner Sarah Ford. Josh had named his little craft, which was nearly new, after the daughter of Colonel Ford, a yery rich, aristocratic merchant of Ban gor. There was a perfectly safe under standing between Josh and Miss Sarah, entirely unknown to any one but them selves; for Col. Ford would a3 soon have followed his only daughter to the grave as consented to her marrying the skipper of a down-east coaster. Reader, have you ever been to the isl and of St. Thomas, in the Danish "West Indies ? "Yes." Well, I am glad of it ; for you will agree with me that it is one of the lovliest of all those ocean gardens the Virgin Islands. "No!" Well, then, come with me. It will cost you nothing, and a short visit will amply re pay you for your time and trouble. The Island of St. Thomas belongs to Denmark, and is situated just far enough "within the tropics to enjoy all the advan tages of a tropical climate, so liberal in its variety of fruit and flowers, and just far enough to windward of the larger isl ands, to insure it against the ravages of .yellow fever and other prevailing disea ses, which often rage with such malig nancy during the summer months in the West India Islands. The island is about eleven miles long, and five in its greatest width. The city standi at the bottom of a beautiful bay, opening ia from the south-east, and pre sents a magnificent appearance a3 you enter the harbor. The fresh trade-winds, blowing entirely over the island, renders its climate cool and delicious during the greater part of the year. About half a mile to the westward of the town there is an old Catholic burying ground, which 43 the favorite resort of the St. Thomas idlers. On Sunday afternoon, about four weeks after we had seen the schooner Sa rah Ford alongside the wharf in Bangor, you might have discovered her cemman der, Captain Josh, lying Jiis full length on a black marble slab that covered a tomb under a huge tamarind tree iu the old Catholic burying ground. Captain Josh was figuring away, with -abigpieceof chalk in his fingers, and the marble slab for a slate, calculating the expenses of the Toyage and the actual profits to himself, after having paid for his cargo, which he had bought in Ban gor on credit. After awhile he got through with Lis calculations, and drawing forth his hand kerchief he carefully wiped the chalk 3nark3 from the polished marble, and la zily rolled off the slab into a perfect little thicket of lilies and honey suckles, which .grew up in wild luxuriance alongside the omb. His intention was to take a com fortable afternoon nap ; but just as he was about to close his eyes, the sound of "voices near by, and approaching still siearer, aroused him, and a moment after, two individuals whom he had often seen, since his arrival, seated themselves on the very slab which he had so recently occupied. These- two persons were one, his ex cellency the Governor Van Sholtonberg, ' -of St. Thomas, and the other the captam of a beautiful armed schooner under the New Granadian flag, which had for a week past been lying in the harbor, well out towards Prince Rupert's Rocks. For several years past, the Governor of St. Thomas had been suspected of be ing connected with the slave trade, and . twice he had been called home to Copen- hagen to answer to charges preferred a- gainst him. But he had each time been able to prove his innocence, or the gov J erntaent had been unable to prove his guilt, which amounted to the same thing, .; nd the Baron Van Sholtonbeig still re , taioed the ofce of Governor of St. r" Thomas. Captain Josh was perfectly concealed under the friendly shade of the honey suckle and lilies and lying very quiet, he soon learned from the conversation of the two gentlemen seated on the tomb, that his excellency was not only engaged in the African slave trade, but that he was also connected with a still freer trade, in which the cruisers wore the black flag at the main peak. He also learned that the pretended captain of the New Gra nadian schooner was no less a personage than Charles Mitchell, the celebrated Pirate of the Gulf. Captain Forbes heard a great many tilings mac astonished him; and when the two worthies left the old grave yard, he crept out of his place of concealment with a much poorer opinion of the world's honesty than he had when he rolled off the marble slab an hour previously. The Granadian schooner went to sea on the following morning, firing a salute as she got under way, which was returned by the outer fort. Three days afterwards, Captain Josh, finding he could not get a homeward car go in St. Thomas, got under way, with the intention of running down on the south side of Cuba, into some of the lit tle by-ports, and purchasing his cargo of sugar and molasses; shrewdly calcula ting that if he went into some of the out-of-the-way places, he should get his car go much cheaper than he could in any of the larger and more frequent harbors. As soon as he made Cape Maize, the eastern extremety of Cuba, he hauled close in with the land, and running along down to the westward, he kept a bright lookout for some little obscure inlet, which would suit his purpose. He passed Trinidad, and began to think that he should be obliged to run round the North side, to llavanna or Mantanzas, when one afternoon, as he was keeping lose along the beach, inside of the Isle of Pines, his eye caught the entrance of a little narrow channel that looked just as if it would suit his pur pose. The schooner's helm was put hard up, and off she went before the wind, and in fifteen minutes she was in side of the little harbor, that had proba bly never been visited by an honest American vessel. Captain Josh Forbes was not very of ten astonished at anything he saw, but he was taken all aback that afternoon ; for when he got about a quarter of a mile up the narrow creek, he discovered moored alongside of the bank, half a mile further up, the New Granadian schooner he had seen at St. Thomas. In double quick time, the Sarah Ford was running alongside the bank, and tied up to the trees, which grew close down to the water's edge. Josh Forbes, for once in his life was in a quandary. He couldn't get out to sea again, for the wind was blowing square into the creek and he knew that before the land breezes would set in at night, the gentleman from the schooner above ' would pay him a visit ; and then good bye to all hopes of marrying his little ' schooner's namesake, for all that he was worth in the world, and considerable more, was in the vessel He had with him the whole proceeds of the cargo which he had sold in St. Thomas, and which he was yet in debt for at Bangor. For five minutes the Yankee captain was lost in a deep study, when all at once a bright idea seemed to strike him, for he brightened up and calling his lit tle crew of five, all told, aft, he address ed himself particularly to the young man who acted as mate of the schooBer, and said : "Warren do you think you .can take the Sarah Ford home to Bangor?" "Yes, cap'n, I do," replied the young ster ; 'but what are you going to do ?' "Me? oh, I'm going home in that schooner up there !" The other looked at him in astonish ment ; but all inquiries were cut short by Captain Josh, who again addressed his mate as follows : "Warren, you jump aft there, and take the bearing of that vessel by compass ; and then take the compass out and bring it along, for we must put for the bushes, if we ever want to see Yankee land again. Til tell you my plan after we get into the woods." In two minutes the Sarah Ford was deserted by all her hands. Captain Josh took the compass from Warren, and led his little crew back from the creek about a quarter of a mile, when he shaped his course by compass, so as to. keep alon ; up, about parallel with the bank. When he judged he was about opposite the pi rate, he took the advance and proceeded carefully down towards the creek. In a few minutas, they came in sight of the pirate schooner, and at the same moment Josh made a grand discovery, which was that a little ahead of where the schooner lay, there was an arm of the creek, which ran off about west, and opening out into the bay by a different channel from the one he had entered. He saw at a glance, that, as the wind was, a vessel could run out of this channel with a free sheet. About the time that Forbes and his crew come in sight of the schooner, the pirate had mustered all hands and just started off down the bank of the creek to over haul the Sarah Ford. , As u thoy were out Of sight in the bushes, Forlw fKpcrcU to nis men : "Now's our chance out knives and cut her fasts. Then jump aboard and shove off, and then put sail on her." The captain's orders were promptly obeyed and in less than ten minutes, the New Granadian armed schooner Brandy the favorite cruiser of Mitchell, the pirate was under all sail, and passing rapidly down the western channel. At the moment that the pirates reach ed the Yankee schooner, they saw their own vessel under way and going to sea. Instantly comprehending the Yankee trick, and boiling with rage, they imme diately got the Sarah Ford under way and followed her. In half an hour both vessels were out side. Forbes, with his new command, was running away to the westward, about a point free, and keeping the luff of his sails lighting, so that she shouldn't go too fast through the water. The pirates were standing right on his wake, crowd ing on all sail to overhaul him. After leading them off about ten miles, Captain Forbes suddenly tacked ship and stood back on the other track towards the pirates, and passing them to the wind ward, just out of pistol shot, he hailed them : "Now, gentlemen, you will please to keep on as you are going. If you at tempt to haul sail, 111 sink you." A yell of mingled rage and despair rang out from the pirate's cheek, and im mediately the schooner's helm was put hard down, in order to go on stays. Before she was head to wind, a nine pound shot from one of their guns came crashing in through the schooner's bul warks, telling them in the most emphatic manner they had better obey orders. And they did, too. In an instant the schooner's helm was put up, and she was kept off on her eourse. Captain Josh reefed his fore and aft sails, so his vessel would just hold way with the other schooner, and then he kept on after, just within point blank range ; all through the night which was clear and beautiful whenever the pirates ap peared to forget their orders, and began to keep off, or'hanl to off their course, a gentle hint from Forbes long pivot gun brought them to their senses directly. And thus he drove them all the way into Havanna, where they were secured by the authorities. The Governor General of Cuba was so well pleased with the affair, that he gave the Brandy (Torch) up to Josh, just as she was. And he also gave special orders that the Sarah Ford was to pav no export duties on her cargo, nor was she to be subject to any port charges. In a week, Captain Josh Forbes sailed for New York ; and if he did not find quite so much gold in his prize as Kidd buried along the coast, he found enough to make him the richest man down east ; and Colonel Ford was perfectly willing that he should marry his daughter Sarah. The Open- Cikccjifolar Sea. The discovery of the open Circumpolar Sea appears to have been made by a Russian offleer thirty years ago. This was Lt. Wrangle, who, somewhere about the year 182-1, advanced by sleds across the ice from the northern coast of Siberia, due north to the open sea. Lieut, (now ad miral) Wrangle took frequent soundings during the trip, and found the water shallow, with n muddy bottom. The climate became more moderate as he made northing. According to his esti mate of his position at the margin of the open Polar Ocean, he must have been near the parallel of 82 degrees north, on which Dr. Kane was when he saw the same sea, almost on the opposite side of the Pole. Lieut. Wrangle concealed provisions in the ice as he advanced, which he cut out for supplies on his re turn. The party slept in lodges warmed by a spirit lamp, which also cookd their meals. Their sufferings were not as great as those of the land parties that have gone out from the British explorin ships. 65" A book is brain preserved in ink. From tha 5Vei'.-fie:er Kews. ! GARDENER'S ISLAND. This Island called by the Indians Mon chonacl, and by the English Is'-e of Wigit, was one of the earliest ERglish settle ments in America. It lie? some three miles and a half east from the nearest shore of Long Island is of an irregular oblong shape, lying in length, to the North west, and South-east, and contains three thousand and three hundred'acies of ara ble land. t The Island was first purchased cf one James Farret, Agent for the I".! of Stir ling ot Scotland, by Li arO:nor. MarcIiTO,lCoJ -Itavhig previous agreed with the Indians for their right, and to whom he paid, according to tradition, one large black dog, one gun, a quantity of powder and shot, some rum, and a Jew Dutch blankets ! The price paid the earl of Stirling was very little, with an annui ty of five pounds, if demanded! Lion Gardiner was a native of Scotland, and belonged to the republican party with the illustrious Hampden, Cromwell, and oth ers of the same stamp. Prior to his de parture for America he had served in the British Army, as "Engineer anl Mas ter of Works of Fortifications," with the rank of Lieutenant in the low countries. Through the "persuasion of some well effected Englishmen of Rotterdam," namely: The Lord Say, and the Lord Brooke, and others, he engaged to serve them, "only in the drawing, ordering, and making a city, and forts of defence" under the direction of John WiBthrop, Governor of the Colony of Connecticut. Accordingly he came with Mary his wife. trom Voerdon to London, 10th of July, 1 035, and from thence to New England, in the barque, Bachelor, of twenty-jive tons! Thos. Webb. Master ntr-ivm after "many great tempests, with passen gers and goods all safe," at the mouth of Connecticut river, November 28th, 1G35. He built the Say-Brooke Fort and commanded the garrison four years du ring the most perilous times of Indian hos tility, and of threatened invasion from the Dutch from New Netherlands. Governor Winthrop in hU provincial notes of 1637, says Captain Gardiner and family came near being captured by the savage Pequods at Say-Brooke "narrowly escaping the worst of deaths." On the return of Captain John Mason and party from their great victory over the warlike Pequods in 1637 marching across the country of New London to the Fort at Say-Brooke they reached the river at sunset, when Captain Gardiner observed their approach with great joy. "Never," says Bancroft's History, "did the heart of a Roman Consul, returning in triumph, swell more than the pride of Mason and his friends, when they found themselves received as victors ! and nobly entertained with many great guns !" Soon after purchasing, Capt. Lion Gardiner removed to his island, "where he fixed his residence." By an examination of the early colo nial records itia ascertained that Lion Gardiner was the first English settler within the present limits of New York State. That his son David wa3 the first white person born in the Colony of Con necticut, and that hi3 daughter, Eliza beth was the first birth by English pa rents hi the Province of New York. Lion Gardiner, the first proprietor of the Island, died in 1662, and left issue aged 64 years. David Gardiner, eldest son of Lion, and second proprietor of the Island, died in 1689, and left issue aged 53 years. John Gardiner, eldest son of David, and third proprietor of the Island, died in 1738, and left issue aged 77 years. David Gardiner, eldest son of John, and fourth proprietor of the Island, died in 1751, and left issue aged GO years. John Gardiner, eldest son of David, and fifth proprietor of the Island, died in 176-1, and left issue aged 50 years. David Gardiner, eldest son of John, and sixth proprietor of the Lland, died in 1774, and left issue aged 36 years. John Lyon Gardiner, eldest son of David, and seventh proprietor of the Is land, died in 1S1C, and left issue aged 46 years. David Johnson Gardiner, eldest son of John Lyon,aad eighth proprietor of the Is land, died in 1723, unmarried and intes tate aged 25 years. John Griswold Gardiner, brother of David Johnson, having discharged the in terests of other heirs, is now sole owner, and ninth proprietor of the Island a most valuable domain. Since iu first settlement, the Island has been a plantation by itself, and has descended from father to eldest son thro' a line of eight generations of the saia family as above described, and for a pe riod of two hundred and sixteen years ! A parral.el case cannot be found on the western continent where the present owner of a homestead and farm can trace his ancestors coeval with his estate extending nearly two centuries and a ; quarter! Of the personal characteristics of this long lino of ancestry I am comparatively ignorant. I wish it were otherwise. The first, the third and the seventh pro prietors, are the only ones of whom I have noticed anything particularly im portant, and it is fair to suppose tlicy were superior men of their time. It appears Lion, the first proprietor, was one of the principal founders of Etu-t Hampton and Montauk, L. I. lie is said to have been very friendly with the In dians, and possessed their confidence to an extraordinary degree. He was ouee in- strumental in restoring to Wyandanch, the Chief of the Montauks, his only daugh- ter, whom the warlike Naragansetts had captured on the night of her nuptials slaying her husband upon the spot. The noble hearted Chief in acknowledgement presented his good friend with a deed of land now in the limits of Smithtown, L. I. The deed of gift was dated July 14th, 1659. On the death of Wyandanch, Lion Gardiner and his son David acted as guardians for Wyoncombone, then a minor at the request of the deceased father and Chief. Lion Gardiner expressed his opinion very emphatically against the repeated outrageous aggressions of the Whites up on Indian rights and territory. He was essentially an Indian rights man and ben efactor, as abundant records fairly prove. The great William Penn treated with the Indians for the lands of a large Province, in 1681 but here is an earlier, though comparatively obscure example of "doing unto others as you would that they sho'd do unto you," in the purchase of this Is land of the Indians prior to 1639. I find John, the third proprietor, reign ed "lord of the manor" during the most eventful period of the Island's history. At one time during the absence of this proprietor, the notorious Pirate Kidd visited the Island, and requested the mis tress of the mansion to roast him a pig. She being afraid to refuse him, cooked it very nice, and on his departure, he pre sented her with a piece of gold and silk cloth, which has been handed down to this day though very much diminished in size. I examined this ancient relict with considerable curiosity. The gold threads in the fabric were as bright as an half eagle fresh from the mint. It is of Spanish manufacture. At a subse quent period, Captain Kidd visited the Island, and in the presence of the same proprietor buried a quantity of Gold and silver and precious stones under the most solemn injunctions of secrecy, mak ing its forfeiture the proprietor's life I I am told by the present propietor that many have sought the Island, and asked permission to dig for KidcTt treasures! He says he always permits them to dig on condition they give him half of the trea sure, and cover up the holes they make. As yet not one of the gold hunters ever found where the treasure is kept on the Island. The whole amount of gold buried wa eleven hundred and eleven ounces Troy Weight. The silver is two thousand three hundred and fifty three ounces. Nearly thirty year3 after the removal of Kidd's treasure a piratical vessel an- cnoreu in uaruiner s bay, and on the en - suing night attacked the atn proprie- tor's mansion, taking possession of his i.j-,,.. . plate and other valuable property, and wounding the proprietor himself. Every attempt to capture the piiates proved abortive T..!. T .1 ..... aa ia evinceu Dy me result ot ins labor now extant. Most of the records of fain- oouu a, on, me fcevenm proprietor, ; chance to squat uj-.n the fa- of the earth, ; bribery. What is the resource prohi appears to have been a gentleman of j which goe in for a privil.-g.-d ord-r, and ti.iou Thui it h ea-y to a-al power more than ordinary capacity and learn- j usually tor the priviteg.. of government f.-0m the u,:u.v to the tew. Ami m.uu; of ing, and of superior practical knowledge, j with it. j ,;.. h1i0 at t'Lc ,.,..,.,.; ( t;,,.;r ,.r;,je UUW,J -euJitm ' nanu-wnting, : otic party oroKe li.eiregg at ll.c wa.!, ti.cmcKe the Hice ot cau Jr a fa and bis peculiar and tasteful improve- j and the others at the large end. and a t-r- ! UJ Uj, lHa lU of prohibition to ments are visible in every artificial deco- j rsbie war ensued. Of course, the uc-! narrow. ration on the Island. Amid so much wherewith to interest fput. Amtoerucy of birth i, au oM idea the antiquary I cannot make mention oft of the effete monarchies of Ilurope, but everything. jwe have tr.oJcra "mMum" in i.roof of Nature seems to have bestowed much n ... i,...:.- i i.. i .i . . ulu" wraumu wuwiiuu WX IU: Cl.Ure construction of this ea-girt plantation, . . . . nu certainly a very cnannmg locality, , ... , , . . . ., . J out a neeoi muca anmcmi emoei.ioUn.erit to mitke it a r.r&ii.u! For farming purpose the iurface lies hanOs.iae!y sL'ghtly undulating, and there is an abundance of woodioid aud good fresh water. Iu viu J a farm has been set d own ut $75,O.A. The present stock of the farm is about )wo thousatuWieep, sixty hogs, eighty horses, seventy-five cows, and some four hun dred neat cattle. As to the particular adaptation of (he foil. its chief pr!uetions, and other like things I am wholly incom petent to speak of at this writing. The preset t mansion is large and com fortable, having been built about t-ixtv years since. In the parlor arc portraits of John Ly on Gardiner, and his lady Sally Gardiner half size, in bridal costume, the i ri valling style f J.ulf a century ng-. Al-- iho p-Tr;'.-u:t or .T.iT.n O.i'v.MI, r , New York, a sifter of the l.t rame 1 !;. dy ; and lady Scarlet of England, a ve:v o!d painti:! a 'jo. taken more than a centur Over the nwtile-pioee hangs a frant" .-oataiumg ttv Coi! of Aniu of tin1 family ; un wrought on silk-velvet with fine jjuM j and silver cord. This beautiful piece of j needle-work was wrought by a daughter j of the fourth proprietor of tho I Ian 1, j while attending school at Boston, Ma.-s. j This daughter is said to have been very extravagant, as well as aeeompll bed. ana m one year wtnio at selaxu c-t more than the value of ull the cattle on the In land. After finishing her education she married a poor minister very much a gaiust the wishes of her parents. All this happened more than a centurv ivj-o. 11 ' This Coat of Arms represents the ii signia of the family of this particular stock "Jy the name of Gardiner." The design, both in the Arms and Crest, indi cates great antiquity to the family. Heraldry is of not much account in this country. In England, and in other countries of Europe, a Coat of Anns ha' always been the indispensable appendage of a gentlemen. The feudal lord and his frowning fortress, the mailed knight and his gorgeous tournament, have both long since passed away heraldry alone sur vives 3 A Coat of Anns is hereditary, in the family and when traced to an au thentic source it is equally an object of pride and display. It is simply a dis tinguishing mark of honor, once bestowed upou one of the name for meritorious services, and in compliance with the usa ges of the country, has been handed dow n as a kind of family seal hence it serves to discern a particular family. In tracing a pedigree, frequently for the purpose of establishing a claim to property, a mere seal engraved with a Coat of Arms, by chance in the possession of a member of the family, has been known to serve as a clue to trace the descent clearly. The family burying ground is contained in a plot of about one hundred feet square surrounded by a fence and ornamented with trees. It is located near the center of the Island, and has but twelve graves j in all ! The first burial was of the fourth proprietor who died July 4lh, 1751. All subsequent proprietors are buried here, and have monuments to mark the place of their remains. The first proprietor was buried at Eat Hampton, L.I. The second at Hartford, Conn. The third at New London, Conn. The collateral de scendants of this family weie t!e carlv settlers of Long Island, and about New London, Conn. From thence it would be difficult to trace them. Other members of the same name, with soinetimos a little variation in spelling, have tetiied in the States of Massachusetts and Malm:. ARISTOCRACY. We must have an aristocracy. It s'-ems ! impossible for the world toi"t nh.u-' will,. 1 i c r. t ; out it. No community can be mipn-meiy I happy until it haa invented a patent fo"r ! some fanciful descrh.tion of the urtiele. j Whether the longing appetite fordi-.tii.c- , tion i- common to the hole human race we cannot pretend to say, hut th-re i- a!- wnys a portion of it, wherever it ntav . I j it was a great l-sne at Lil'iput bet.vc u i the Big-finders and the Liuhj-end-r. :esnful party was the aristocracy of Lilli- ; the fact that it r.lii hauota nmiii ruind. ' . . . - . , CISC nere. ;.tsi ,iUs.;tls, I,..;,..-' sa i the wake of Coaiwetleut, h euW.e.l a 1 t ..... . . . : Vi0u.unnu o miU-n-: uguuut uii r . . . ; cuntiot tend ana write. Ai. J ttu phtte -.f m ; ot ttrtniocrary utuwut as ct.atsjve u any that has piece led it. The proLim.ou j way r.,w;h hut coa.paru.iv e fc , there .or tUewhere. But if it could praetkaliy ' -ILifraacLL oes hvt?.t liuw. it LouM be od'ous to every other honest man in the 'eommutiitv. It may well be Asked at the outset bv what standard such a proposition is to bo j regulated. We have all heard of the peda gogue's toast at a rustic festival "The three UV."' And when beirg called upon for an expl.mtioti, he complacently ex claimed "Reading, luting and Rithme tie !'' Now, under the sagacious prohi bition of Massachusetts, wa that man en title 1 to vote ? Is it to 1 c a part of the doty of judges of election to swear every . man whether he can tva and write when S h- co-in i up to o'e ? Or i. ho to read j. i .u ;i.v ni-Ai Krrsfrr ft s-K". t passage, for the edification of the chal lengers; We should hhe to know the modus yvranf tie- ati'l.ir. The next legi: lature, of eoui'.-c, nil! add the very essential qualiil.-auoit to such an esthetic st;, h; of nri-to.-rncy, that every man shall spell. I'or what is reading and v. riling, without orthography ? And then then; will be a glorious demand tor Vic liter's dictionary. In some, communities, how ever, it is a proof of aii-ioctaey to spell afior ia-hion ;uite iiidenendcnt of such a r,, ; JW a .iict.oaarv. And wc have heard of and h ii well authenticated in stances of men who have "made their mark" in the world, whose "hand-of-write" would not only puzzle a Mas aehu-etts judge of election, but two hours after it !,.,,,. rr ,i ,, , . 1 1 , ,i i came Hum the pen wouM tax the iiisrenu ity of its author to pick his way through it without frequent and nerious halting and toiifii.aon of word'. Wc should like to know if a man who can't read his ow n writing is a qualified voter under the aris tocratic prohibition of Massachusetts. But why not carry oat the prohibition against anything short of a classical edu cation ? Because the majority would be on the other side, and the classics would presently be disfranchised under the old spirit of retaliation. If the number who cannot read and write had been greater than those who can, at the present day, we should have heard nothing of this pro hibition. Popular sentiment would have been the other way, and for the sake of ihu votes it would have been ron.-idered as rather primitive and honorable to bo destitute of such accomplishments. At all evrnts a very good excuse woi.ld have been found for the majority. Other wise the majority might have laid the prohibition upon those who can rend and w rite and there would have been a pretty frolic over the alphabet. We do not hesitate to denounce such prohibition as this of Massachusetts. It j is infamous. Tim pretence on which it is trumped up is utterly frivolous. Is it to be presumed that all the political stuff that is written and printed is it ad by those who can read ? If not, how can it be made quite certain that everybody has seen everything that this politician of the other thinks he ought to see? In our country there is no topic of pub lic interest that is not thoroughly dis cussed in every man's hearing. The hus tings, the stump, ar,d the ready, fluent orator are everywhere. No man, though he should never have seen u book or new s paper, or pen and ii.k need be ignorant of any matter pertaining to the policy of the age. It i desirable that evry child should be educated, duultlc s. It ii the misfor tune of tho.-e who are not. But if pru h.biliou ir JesigiM d to operate a a a la.sh to whip men into r--a liu' tv.nl writing, it is the luo.-t odious, and extremely obnox ious to the broad principle of equal rights. umy fancy tbai it i in li pc.-abl i 'f proper cx r. i of the right of su! ' Uu-: that a raah-Lould . this, !,.,,-, 1 !-r the other once a v.e.l. What U th. j remedy prohibition ? (J.L, r, may deen. m , a c-jnq eten. -v i, , ,. ,.-ary far ! r a- I tlou of the j-url v t,( I'ur. ballot hot si--aiii-,t r J reajd.ee ,-ti ike hi U:i iitf. ri'.riiy it; their eighbor's to-d.iy, n.av flod a d f et in 1 AU ma(ikil.,i 6r(5 Lft.t;!;r U LiV. ; U:U Ua.iyy , M tl)..f j(- maU 'a-,,, !...,. ,'1 ,.,. ,.. , ... , i , ...... M.Uft'. ti.l.I.i lmi'KT ... . i 1 J j m ny yeu.-s hence by the memory of iL I'r.A.. a. There U a natter Oowri in : f, ,4 1 , , , , j i:eheter, who 1 such an advocate for ace, that he will not Jtave ; , clock in Lit i,.,. ..,. .. . .. ., ' , ; fcy -Overcome evil w itb good," the ; ulkuu-M t.dd when he k.-ked down a ; UrAxr with the fan.;! v B.ble. J