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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
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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
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ME%
Adam and Eve,