An Intelligent Colored Voter

George Washington, colored, takes the stand, while four anxious limbs of the law in eager auxiety await his testimony. Q. - How old are yon? A. - Dis cïimmin july, a year gone, I were guyin on close tó fifty. Yes, jess fifty. Q. - When, where, and for whom did you vote ? A. - Yes, sar, I was. Q. - Did you or did you not vote for Knight aiid Sturgu 1 A. - I wem guyin down the street 'leotion day, a white geminen saya, saya he, is you procured wid a l'jket. I included thar were some kind er [interrupted and told to answer the question]. Q. - Did you or did you not vote for Knight and Starge ? A. - I was giv two tickets, one of 'em had those names on and the other didn't, but I vote de right: ticket, kase Mr. Capt. Knight's name were writ on it in big printing. Q. - Can you read or spell? A. - Kin epell. - Can you spell horse ? [Washington at this juncture soemeC. Bomewhat dumfounded. ] A.- Horse ! horse ! Lcmme see. Well, now, you's crowdin1 me most too tite ; but come at ine wid c-o so, or any thew words, I right thur. Washington 's getting so terribly mixed excited some suspicion of the counsel on the other side as to his veracity, and suggested the idea of a further examination, which commenced with the following question s: Q. - How long have you rcsided here, and what is your vocation ? A. - Well, sar, when 1 were 40 year old, my master (that used to was) put me at de blacksmith business, as also horseshoeing, which I were worked at ten year. Den I tuk to carpentring and making shoes, and so on like, and kep pegging away for snm eighteen year more. Sudintly de war braked out, which I den went to Carolina on a farm, which I stayed on a farm till f reedom. Q. - How long was that ? A. - Well, I speet averaging close on to 9 year and 14 month. Times gettin hard I included to work on a steamboat and follered de river sum 17 years more. And since that time - fact fur de las 14 or 15 year is followed mostly 'ligion and politics, and were once ín the Legislature and twice in the penitentiary, uv which I quit jess for de election. Washington was interrupted here and told that was enough. The examining committee were so lost in the fog of events that but one of them remembered any of the evidence. He, however, being of a mathematical turn, had kept account of the time Wash had given to trades, &o., and by actual count Wash was 119 years old, allowing one day in the Legislature and two days in the