The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-04-03

presume that you expected to mad .
letter bstwesa the stamp and the sigma
tnre'v5 sis han m
Something Of that kind. The fact il,
I felt irresistibly impressed with a presen-
timent of some vast good fortune impend.
ing. Lean scarcely say why. Perhaps, -af-
ter all, il was rather desire than an act
nal belief; but do you know. that Jupiter's
silly words. about the bug being of solid
gold, had aremsrkable. effect upon my
fancy. And then the series of accidents
and coincidences---these were 90 very ex-.
traordinary. Do you observe how mere
an accident 1t was that these events
should have occurred upon the sole day .f
all the year in which it has been, or may
be. sufficiently cool for fire, and that With
ont the ere, or without the Intervention
of the dog at the precise moment in.
which he appeared. I should never have
become aware of the deaths head, aud
90 never the possesso. of the treasurer
But proceed am all impstience.'
Well; you have heard, of course, the
many stories cn-rent---the thousand vague
rumors afoat about money buried. some
whore upon the Atlantic coast. by Kidd
and bis associates. The rumors must
have had some foundation in fact. And
that the rumors have existed so long and
SO Continuously. could have resulted, it
appeared to me. only from the circum-
stance Of the buried treasure still remain.
ing entombed. a ad Ti4ias 8
Had Kidd concealed his plunder for .
time, and afterwards reclaimed it, theru-
mors wonld scarcely have reached us in.
their present unvsrying form. You will
observe that the stories told are all about
nsney seekers, not about money finders.
Had the pirate recovered his money, there
the affair would have dropped II SEEM
I'D to me that soms gAccideut-sa say the loss
of : nemorandnm Indicating it's locality
had deprived him Of the means Of recov-s
sring Il. and that this accident had bs>l
come knownto to his followers, who other'
wise might never have heard that treasure
had been concealed at all, and who, busy
ing themselves In vain, because snguided
attempts, to regain il, had given 6rst
birth. and then universal currency, to the
reports which are now 80 common
Have you ever heard of any important
treasure having been unearthed by the
diggsrs for money along the coast7'e a2l
'NeFer.'1 - -GI
But. othat aKidd's accunulations we're
immense, is welf known. i took, it for
granted, sherefore, that the earth still held
them; and viii scarcely be, surprised when
l tell you that I felt hope, nearly amount
ing to certainty. that the parchment so
strangely found. involved q lost record of
the place of deposit ~ gs5 fg9
ia But how did you procsed?' Il I
f Il held the vslInmiagain to the fre,s after
Increasing the heat; but tnothing appeared.
now thonght itpossible that the coating
Of dirt mighs have something to do with
the1failure; sol carefully rinsed theaparch-
lnent by pouring warm water over isiu a
tin pan. with the sknll1 downwards, and
put the pan upon furnace of lighted
charcoal. In q few minutes, the pan Lav-
ing become thoroughly heated, removed
the slip, and, to my inexpressible JOY,
found it spotted in several places With
what appeared to be figures, arranged IN
lines. Again l placed it in a pap, end
saffered it to remain another minute.
Upon taking it of. the whole was just as
you see it now .si1ef yssmeo .a..l5s a -
Here Legrsnd submitted the parchmen,
10 nv insnectioni The following scharac.
ters we're ru6elys traced bet ween the deaths
head and the goat;
ri 5atttso5lSsS;4sl e)t4t;sos*,4stsI
s0)(s5; (:t*s*sa{8s16*t;46Gss*s6tl
G5*t2:*t(4s5e*2*-74f8*, f8*,4O6s2s5);s1
SAT-; l;(s;ASQsIis;stl ;4sts5) D4S5tsS
0s*slQs;4s;4(8S;4t( (234;Aal l4t;l6l;tl
But, said ] returning him the slip. i
am as mnch in the dark as ever, Wer,
ali the jewels Of Golconda awaiting nj
upon my solution. Of this enigms, / an
tquite sure that should be unsblsuto earl
them.n inosa asa@ {sat5 sfas5 sd asa
| And Jet, said Lsgtsad, ..he ,solutio,
10 by no means SO difficult ss you might b
led to imagine from the hasty inspection
Of the characters. 4 These characters, 9.
any one might readily guess. form.aLciphe
that il to Say. they convey meaning; bu
then, from. what is known, Of Kidd,
could not suppose him capable Of con
structing any of the more abstruse cryp
togsaphs. / made up my mindoat ono
that this was Of q simple species such
however. aas .oald sppear, to, the crud
intellect of the sailor, absolutely insolubl
without the key. 'Aas eisy 3ad s.f'
/ And you really: solved itf'
Readily; I hare solved others Of q
abstruseness ten, thousand times creates
Circumstances. and a certain. biaa of mind
have led me to take interest 10 such ria
dies, and it snay well be doubted, whethe
human ingennity can construct an enigm
of the kind which human ingenuity ma
not by proper application, solve. /
fact, having once established sonnecte'
and legible characters, I scarcely gave
thought ts the mere difficulty Of develop
ing their import.
/ I'm the present case--indeed in a]