- ft tgiiit Is . published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., every Wednesday, by AMINES' & DIEFSNDERFER, At. $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and 82 00 if not paid until the end of the year.— paper discontinued until all'arrearages are paid. 00FFICS in Hamilton street, two doors west of the German Reformed Church, directly oppo site Moser's Drug Store. , il:7l,etters on business must be POST PAID, otherwise they will not be attended to. JOB PRINTING. Paving recently added a large assortment of failaionable and most modern styles of type, we are prepared to - execute, at short notice, .all kinds of Book, Job, , and Fancy Printing; ihttit al. I THINK OF THEE. BY MART R. STAINDURN. I think of thee at early morn, At evening's gentle close ; 'Tis then I think on day's by gone, 'Tis then on thee I muse. And when at midnight's silent hour, From care and toil I'm free, When sleep bath spread her magic power, My thoughts are still on thee. When pleasures round my pathway shine, And nature smiles on me. 'Tis then my thoughts to thee incline, 'Tis then 1 think of thee. For pleasure cannot chase away Those things so dear to me ; Nor nature's smiles, however gay, Can turn my thoughts from thee When sorrows cross my peaceful heart, And seem my destined lot, • Hope bids me look to heaven for rest, Then I forget not thee. For sorrows cannot chase away Those thoughts so dear to inc : I think of thee by night, and by day, I think of thee ! I think of thee ! OLD DOG TRAY. A PRETTY SONG The morn of life is past, And evening comes at last— It . brings me a dream of a once happy day, Of merry forms I've seen Upon the village green, Sporting with my old Dog Tray. Chorus—Old Dog Tray's ever faithful, Grief cannot drive him away, [find lie's gentle, he's kind ; I'll never, never A better friend than Old Dog Tray• The forms I celled my own, Bay° vanished one by one— fit ,, al • • -• • • • - have all pasS'd Their happy smiles have ficiwn, Their gentle voicestine, I've nothing left but Oldsliog Tray. When thoughts recall the past, •Ilis eyes are on me cast ; [would say. I know that he feels what my breaking heart Although he cannot spotlit, I'll vainly, vainly seek, A bettor friend than Old Dog Tray. 51. Cale for tt Written for the Lehigh Register. RA-LPH HARDIE R THE PARDONED. BY " A STUDENT." On the Pardoning hope assassins, thieves rely ; To this one altar vile adulterers fIv."—JENvN. " Five minutes of nine, and not here yet but are not stay away ! No ! no ! My plans were t. " . laid ! At nine ho must be here Ile is now mine ! nor power of heaven or earth shall avail aril now ! ~ is lu my power, and serve me he • Rist ! 800 o u: ho sLall !" Thus soliloquized Ralph Hardie, as ho strode to and fro, with rapid steps, the floor of his elegantly furnished library. Mr. Hardie had the reputation of being the wealthiest man in New York city. He resided in the:most magnificent mansion on the Fifth Avenue: His establishment was the most ex tensive in the city; and few of the aristocracy of New .York,.attempted to rival him in the costliness of his-sumptuous entertainments. His resources were immense : but whence derived no one knew or cared to know. It was sufficient, that he attended divine service regularly in one of Gotham's fashionable Syna gogues ; and contributed largely to all the (public) charities of the day. The clock of the City Ball toled the hour of nine ; scarce had the reverbmtion of the last stroke died away, or, been swallowed up by the Bable of noises in the city below, when three gentle but • distinct " taps were heard at the tbick mahogany door of the library, and with noiseless tread a negro entered. ' Gemman 'low, wan see mane !" "'Who is he ? What does he look like?" "l'o'God ! Neber seed him fo'imassa! Tall, Mtiettrt gemntan, har, What look like snow side dis chile ! Look 'jetted like ! han' nigger, dis !" Ilardie took the card hastily from the negro's hand! it had written on it, " I am come."— " lis !" he exclaimed, " Show him up ! And mark you! See that no one approaches the deer!" " Yis must' ! did nigger knows." " Tie' him, ha, ha, ha. The bird is' fairly snared !" ' " Limed ! limed at last ! my agents have well performed their task ! Tha drugged wine ! The cards ! The note ! Ho, ha, ha." &aro had he uttered these words, when the 112111M1211 .Thuo to Tarot nub (karat 30,11:115, Igrirtilturr, (Duration, Rioratitti, Intuiturnt, 311orldo, VOLUME IX. negro again appearing at the door, ushered in, Edward Martin. As the negro had said, he was truly dejected; on his countenance he bore the indubitable impress of an inward struggle ; yet, in neither word nor act was that percepti ble. Tie was evidently an Englishman, and bore on his forehead the unmistakable mark that stamped him gentleman. "I am glad to see you Mr. Martin ! I hope you arc well ! Pray be seated !" " Well ? yes ! lam well. You sent for me! I am here !" " Yes ! yes ! you are punctual ! nothing like punctuality with men of business ! Punctuali ty, is in fact, the soul of business. I presume you received my note 1" " I did." " And from the tenor of it, I presume you can divine why you are hero ?" " Yes ! No ! here is the note .!" Mr. EDVir. MARTIN Sir, You must call on •me this evening at nine. I hold that note: If you fail to call, I will at once expose the Forgery. RALPH HARDIE. " That you had a sinister motive in sending. for me I can not doubt, what the motive may be, I know not. All I can say is, lam here." Mr. Martin, that we will soon understand each other I have no doubt. I hold in my hand a note drawn on Eli Williams & Son for 52000. This note purports to be drawn by Burton, Wall & Co. Who the actual issuer of that note is, you can best tell. All that it is necessary for me to do is to call on Messrs. Burton & Co. and inform them that I hold such a note ; and in less than six hours, the courted Edward Mar tin will be au inmate of the Toombs, and in less then six weeks a resident, at the expense of the State, at Sing Sing. Now sir, it is op tional with you to say whether this shall be so or not. You hold your destiny in your own hands." " Oh God ! it is irnp—h-.. true, atui for that one fault I have suffered deeply, bitterly.-- Father of mercies ! Why didst thou not smoth er me at birth, rather than to let me live to blot the untarnished name of an honroable an cestry ? To the bowl !—the maddening bowl I can trace all this misery ! this crime ! Had I never imbibed the intoxicating draught, and lost my senses, I would not thus be steeped in crime ! lost ! degraded ! and standing on the brink of I know not what further vice. You the rich, the aristocratic Ralph Hardie, have not seht for me for nothing. You would make me your slave. Oh God ! help me in this my hour cf sorest need. " Faugh ! Let us have none of that ! No such maukish sentimentality here. Call on man; man only can help you now. Policy, alone should dictate to a man to appear thus pious and Godlike, that he may the better aid the accomplishment of his own ends. Cast bit - then that air.of sanctity ! it becomes you not !" "Oh ! that I were dead a thousand times rather than hear you talk thus. You the Chnstian: you Ralph Hardie the phila t i„. phist. Now I have the worst to fely....j month since I was happy ! Now, deslnitr stares me in tile face ; then,l was the cour , the admired of alt . 'ow, Oh God ! mg to scorn, to spit upon? In an err), hour I drank to excess, a man whom I deemed a friend led me to a gaming house ; there, I lost not only my all, but also $2OOO belonging to my employers.— Then that friend bids one forge'a note on the housein which lam cashier. Reason bade mo nay ; yet, the tempter (a satelite of Ralph Hardie!s, echo had •led hint .on to ruin by in struction of Hardie) drove Me on. I was insol-, vent, my own note might be dishonored.—The forged note would never be presented—it was only for security—l need fear no evil conse quences from it ; without well knowing what I did, I signed the note. You have that note ! here, take the money, 'tis all I have ! Take all ! but give me that I beg; nay, I implore you no my bended knee to give it to me ! as you are a man, give it to me ! as you are a father and a son, give it to me! I swear, I sinned not knowingly." • " Knowingly or not, 'tis all the same in the eyes of the law. As for sinning, who has said you sinned ? There is but one unpardonable sin in this world, which is to allow christians, the tyrants of man, to progress, when you can make them retard by what the world calls evil, and by instilling into their minds, such noble sentiments,' as may tend to overthrow the present order of moralising." " What are those noble sentiments!" " When you bcoomo ono of us you shall konw." " One of you ? Who then are you 'I" " That you will soon know. I may now tell you and without fear too, that I am the Gen- eral Patriarch of an association, linked together by the most indissoluble, ties ; who deny the book called the bible to be inspired ; or to be other than the work of Priesteraft to' delude the weak minded of the world, and make them subservient to their own ends. *would make society subservient to us, and for that purpose Naavala. ALLENTOWN, PA., FEBRUARY 28, 1855. have linked ourselves together. Wo have in our ranks men from all grades of society ; from the expounder of the so•called word of the Deity, the Lawyer at the Bar, and the Judge, who holds in his hands the scales of Justice ; the lowest thief and pickpocket that walks.the street, all bound together by a solemn compact, to aid the ." Holy Brotherhood" in the good work of plundering the world for our own benefit. This is sufficient for you to know at the pre- sent. To this order you must link yourself.— In a word, that is why you are here to•night." " Link myself to this ! Herd with thieves and murderers.! Never ! never ! Rather death a thousand times !" " Mr. Martin forgets himself ! Hero is his note which I have but to show to make of him a condemned felon." "Oh ! give ! give it to me ! And I will ever pray for you :" " Pray ! Fungi' ! leave, prayers to fools ! I have said it ! Ydu must join us !" " Never ! never !" '" Very good sir ! There is tho door ! I will ring the bell, and my servant will usher you out. Good night! and may you have pleasant dreams 'when on your straw pallet at Sing Sing. You will then, when too late regret the decision youlhave now mar. 7he die iseast ! Good eight, sir !" " Art thou demon to thus gloat over a fellow being's misery ? Oh ! give—give me that note !" " When you join us I will !" " I yield ! I yield! I am toady God help me now !" " I am glad that you have arrived at your senses at last ! The lodge of " Holy Masons" meets to night at 11. Stay! It wants now but fifteen minutes of that time—we will go !" Arm in arm the two sauntered forth, •iow up this street ; now down that ; till at length ar riving at a small house in the vicinity of the " Five Points," Hardie tapped three . times at the door ; it was instantaneously opened a short distance, (as far as a chain inside would permit.) The door keeper no sooner saw who was outside than with a respectful bow he threw the door oier l i. Hardie, now taking his companion by the hand drew him into a dark passage which they treaded for some distance ; then turning to the right, Hardie led the way into a dimly lighted room ; here, Martin's eyes were blindfolded and he was led down a flight of stairs into a large subterranean apartment where the "Band" were assembled. llCre Hardie spoke " Worthy followers of the only true faith ! You have assemb)ed to-night, to induct into the mysteries of this most christian order, one, who by his acts has made himself worthy of your confidence and guiding care. Holding as we do that man has but a time of probation to live here, and that he is not accountable here after for the deeds done in the humanity, we can prey upcn the world at will, without fear of a punishment hereafter. All we have to dread c aration. from the world, and yet living in it. 1 n lies are the members of what are calle. ^ e are constantly devising of our Legislative Halls new laws the better to overt therefore be evident, that it every member of this " Holy B prevent if possible the ennetme and to aid in the good work old ones. Strenuous exertion our old enemies,." the so ca' to have the Pardoning . Power from the hands of the Governo • " Against this unrighteous m fight unceasingly ; it is. our o bulwark of our libeky ; take we are lest !.lOst - ! without tion! Therefore, I recomma and especially to this youn about having conferred on Knighthood, in this order of you tire not! nor falter, in this iniquitous measure. Experience has proved to calling theniselves Christia usf; but we must supply th. by cunning. As in aU cou the majority must rule the not rule us other than 'out found, that to do the world of injury to our own pecuni seem to conform to its hab command, to all of you, that with Christian denominati Godlike and the most cha all, whether from the alta against the abolishment o rogative." The oath was now admi stitution of the society re , thus: "The commanding ' the person or persons, wh be killed, any member of prove recreant to his tru tenco, the sum of one tho After the ceremony was removed from Martin's eyes ; the sight that met his view staggered him ; there, on every hand were Gotham's elite ; the minister, the judge, the lawyer and the physician, all banded with theives. All heartily greeted the a Ivent of the new member. Hardie now ap proached, and taking Martin's arm led him back by the way which they had entered.— Soon they were again in Hardie's library. After.heing seated, Hardie said, " now Mar tin, you have nothing to fear ! you have linked yourself to an association that has its members throughout every part of our broad land. Go where you will you will meet them, and as you perceive by their oath; all bound to assist each other at all times and places, to succor in sick ness and distress, nll 4 pworn to rescue each oth er from the tyrannical grasp of the law. Now that you are a brother you must perform your part for the good of the order. In a broker's office you handle thousands of dollars daily ; for a part of this money, you can and must substitute counterfeit money, which will be furnished by us." "No ! no ! I can not do that ! If lam de tected I will be irretrievably ruined !" "No danger sir. Our counterfeits are too Well executed to fear detection. But e , m were you detected ; what then ?" ' " How can you ask ? do you not know that passing counterfeit money is a state prison of fence? Would Ibe detected,' I would certain ly be sent there." *" Ha, ha, ha, I see that you do not under stand us yet. • We havenot calculatedthus loose ly. We have not thrown our time and labor away for nothing. It is a rare occurrence for any of our brothers to be convicted ; and even when they are- Ha ! what noise is that ? Well Jake what's the matter." " Massa! massa ! de polis is in de hous ! dey ax.por you " Well let them come ! Show them the way Jake. Sit still Mr. Martin ! Do not be at all alarmed, sir." " Ah ! goad evening gentleman ! what do you wish ? This is an unseemly hour for visitior's ; nevertheless, lam happy to see you. Pray be seated. Jake ! chairs for the gentlemen Thank you Mr. Hardie ! We have no time to stay : the chief awaits us : will you and your friend walk with us as far as the office ?" In a few moments tho party was in the tombs ; whore, owing to the lateness of the hour, Mr. Ilardie was obliged for want of bail, to remain the remainder of the night. A charge had been preferred against him for utter ing a forged note, and for being leader of a band of counterfeiters. As Edward Wilson was found in his company he was obliged to remain in the same cell with him. "My God ! Hardie how are we going to get out of this scrape ?" " Martin you aro more frightened than hurt ; you have nothing to fear. in the morning noth ing will be proved against you, the result will be your acquittal. As for me ; I defy them ! Our holy brotherhood will not see their gen eral suffer when they, can aid him. If lam tried before Judge Hodge, as I surely will be, lam sure of escape. My friends will pack the jury if possible ; if they cannot do that, and I • . ''cted, Judge Hodge will make the sen -'ble ; and.even that son - xecuted. I NUMBER 21 the power was created, and for whom alone it should be exerted, seldom, ;fever, have the ben efit of that..power. They have neither the money, political influence, or knowledge of the world to enable them to reap a benefit from it; and it is only men like me, who know how these things are done, that derive lily benefit from that prerogative which is always used with DISORETIOX.' ", " You seem sanguine ; do you expect a par don ?" " Expect ? No ! Certain ! certain ! We never expect certainties. Judge Hodge who is one of us, will sign a petition praying for. pardon; that petition will sot forth previous good character, Sc : for a small sum of money each of the Jurors will do the same. My political friends who are of the order will secure for me a large number of signatures to the same petition ; this will then be presented to the governor, who, out of pure philanthrophy (i. e. a few thousand dol lars lost to him at a game of eucbre,,or a pre sent:of a $lO,OOO, farm) will pardon me." " Can itbe possible.tho Governor of - a State can be bribed ?" " Oh, no ! not exactly bribed, but then be a.:- cepts gifts ; and for those gifts does' trifling phiianthrophic fa7nrs for his friends. Were it not for this I must soon be an inmate of Sing Sing ; as it is I will in a few-weeks as free as any man. My only prayers are for the holy brotherhood and the continuance of that rower, which will only be used with dis cretion (i. e. fur men like myself.) As Ilardie had predicted so it happened. Ho was convict ed ; but was as soon pardoned. The Governor was $20,000, richer ; but what mattered that to the holy masons, their general patriarch was still at liberty to aid them by his council in prop.ogating the great truths of the most Christian Brotherhood." Swindling Gipsies. A farmer in 'Monmouth Co., N. Y., was nicely .swindled, a few days ago, by a gang of gipsics. The New York Sufi says : " The main worker was a woman. She com menced operations by insinuating that gold to a large amount was somewhere concealed on the farm. Its discovery was to be effected by a charm in the following way: The farmer was to procure $l3OO, which would only be wanted 9 . few days. All the money at command was ekt_togethet:4o43o- -.4 _ !, 4 1 e sum was procured all but $B, when the t ipsy said that would do. Some hocus pocus ,as performed, such as folding the money in a " . ysterious way. • The soothsayer next directed ; . e old man to count the money carefully, then e was to count it, and so on, alternately, day day. The last counting was her turn— when she pronounced it all right. Then, re- Unding the bundle, she told him to put it in the loos, lock it up, and, on opening it, ten days after at 12 at night exactly, it would be reveal ed to him where the gold was. Her instruc tions were carefullyfollowed. On the expected night, which was Sunday, the oid man, antici pating himself to be of a sudden, a millionaire, gathered his family, and that into which there had been an intermarriage. They sat watch ing the clock. The hand is on the ominious fig o e 12—it strikes—the last stroke. The old an springs to the box, unlocks it, takes out e bundle, unwraps it—and what .a revela- . n ! The gold and notes were gone—and the Ipsies too. The woman had flown five days ' ro ! having adroitly, atl. g littg . counting, sub ' ^ bundle which bared like A Monster Baby Nurse. Tors MAINE Glitrrrssi:—Her name is Silt*. Hardy.. She•is a native of Franklin county, is. seven feet six inches in height, is. rather loan than fleshy, yet weighs three hundred and thir- V pounds, is nearly thirty years of ago; midis still growing. She has heretofore maintained•. herself chiefly by service in the capacity of. a nurse, having the n reputation of being a most excellent one; . but, for a few months past,`ber•• health has not been good enough for her to. practice this vocation.. Her mother is said for have been below medium size, and her tatter not above it. She was a twin ; and at birth. weighed but three and a half pounds; Her. mate did not live. She has always been• an unusually small eater and accustomed to labor. Her figure is not erect. Her con• plosion is fair, her eyes blue, and the very modest and mild expression of her countenance• is said to be a true index to her character. She has always shrunk from the presence of stria. gers, and it is believed could not now be in duced to appear in publip, but for the poverty that compels her to overcome her extreme sea•. sitiveness. We are assured that she never, as nurse, takes an infant in her arms, but always holds it in her /and. • Placing the head upon• the end of her fingers, its feet extend toward the wrist, and with the thumb and little-finger elevated, 'she forms an ample and admirible cradle ; the length of her hand being equal to the whole length of an infant. •She is unable to. pass ordinary doors without stooping a good deal, and it is said that for convenience 210 usually puts her thimble and other' little arti cles upon the casing over the door, instead or upon any lower object, as a table or desk.-- While she wan passing through the kitchen of& farm house one day with a large pan of milk in • each hand, her hair caught upon a hook which projected two or three inches from the ceiling, and held her fast. She could neither stoop to set the pans down nor raise her hands to die.. engage her hair, and was compelled thus to re main until her cries brought others to her assist , aim—Port/and Argus. We talk of Adam and Eve as having been; before the fall, in a very " happy condition," lays the Albany Register; " but Gino thing hey missed—they were never childrvn! Adana: lever played Marbles. Ho never played 2=l ME% Adam and Eve,
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