Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-21

| think Of the chowder, and the grand Krout Dinner
and the Turtle Club feast at Hoboken, and the min
juieps made by Foster of the Astor, and the gil
sngs, at the bar of Old Tammany, and the good eat
| ing you have had all over the city-and retun.-oh
return to the scenes Of your early love! You cam
be happy where you are; for though you may driv,
out through the Barrier de l'Etoile, to Neuiy, yol
can get no canvass back ducks there-you may 20 Il
Versailles, through the heat and the dust of
but you can get NO mint jueps there. The noise anC
the tumult of the canaiUe of Paris, is doubtless DE-
lighful; but what concord of sweet sounds equa
those to be met with at Tammany Hail. either before
defeat, after victory. The procession to Nors
| Dame on the day OF Assumption Is great; but what
professions compare TO those OF the lOcofOcOs
! election times, headed by Death on the pale Horse
and the brought out by the Devil and all his
angels!
! Come back, then, oh! come back, to the good
things of New York, and the glores Of Tammany
! Hall You will thereby heal wounds in the party
| that mu st bleed so long as your supposed guilt is
unatoned for. You may even make some who don't
know you believe that you not such great
you said to be; possibly you may not be sent
! to prison at all-you may even whtewash your lost
character, and again take the lead in fashionable
socety-again entertain MIR. Van Buren-again spout
at Tanmany Hall-and again fill public Offices OF
! trust and emolument.
| New York, April 10th, 1910.
This appeal we sent direct TO Paris, and have no
doubt it will have the desired effect To the others
we would address ourselves as follows
To Hosea Leeis, late Cashier of the SchuykiH Bank
Most respected and respectable rascal, runaway,
and deiaulter:
Many of your warmest friends and nearest rela-
tons unite IN expressing their earnest Wishes the
result OF the most mature reflection, that You i'll
return 10 Phiadcl pha-go to Jail, take your trial
receive your sentence, and serve out your time in
the State prison. for those crimes which have caused
you to run away from the citizens of that honest
city. Whatever may be the real character Of your
acts, whether you were as great rascal as you
said to be, or not; whether YOU were advised by
bett ri n m. kp trans ni
Kentucky Bank Stock, or not whether Won pocket
ed all the proceeds, or whether some one else got
moiety; whether you wronged only one widow and
orphan or over one hundred; whether you swindled,
lied, and stole much you could, or otherwise;
the best reparation you make is to return and
give up what you've got-that is if you've got any
90 to Jail Of your own accord, and put on the cha
racter Of penitent rascal, with the Jail livery 1t
may be doubted whether You worse than many
you have left ENTHUSIASTICALLY in the Bank of
the United States.
lighter sentence than if you're caught against your
will; and the Governor has been very lenient 10
Bank rogueries, return, OH return: go to Jail, be
happy, retrieve your character by becoming con-
victed felon, serve out your time or part OF II;
then return TO society new man, with more eype-
rience; renew your rides and drives through Pen
sylvania, buy another house, for they've sold your
old one, and who knows but you also may end your
DAYS rich, respected. and happy
New York, April 20th, 1910.
To Colin @ NetUconbe, Esq late Teller Of he
Most respectable, respected and precocious
young scapegracc:
Your warmest friends and nearest relations desire
your immediate return, although every bank Off
in the city does not This is the result Of mature
reflection All those who love to rogue punished
desire that you would come back, be committed by
Bob Whites friend Jack, Bloodgood, to the Egyp-
tian Tombs take your trial before Bob Whites
other friend Bob Morris, the Recorder, and by him
be sentenced get out stone at the marble palace at
Sing Sing, along with several other highly respect
A.. thas. hr.a
you should be lost to the society OF New
York. Your example was so splendid-your pre-
cocity so astonishing-your regard for the feelings
Of your blood relations, and the common decencies
of humanity were so distin guished that every body
wishes 10 you come back to be sent TO prison.
Whatever may be the real character of your acts,
whether you did as you were told by older officers
in the bank, whether YOU only initiated the example
Of Campbell u. White, Bob White, Tom Sufren and
Others and borrowed the small sum Of $1,000, with
the intention TO return II soon you could, whe
ther YOU recklcssly robbed the widow and orphan,
without caring for consequences, whether you were
led away by example in the bank out Of the bank
whether YOU knocked any body on the head with
highly respectable bludgeon, when they exposed
your observation-disclosures you were placed over
the heads Of older and better men, as nero cats
paw for othcrs-whether you put your hand in the
till and stole few thousands as You were running
away-whether you played dominoes and drank Ma
ieira at Dclmonico's the same day-whether you
were as great a rascal you possibly could be or
not the best thing for to do is to conc back and
30 10 PRISON Nooouy supposes you ran away WIN
much money; therefore, you can restore none; and
those who know you believe that you destined TO
hopeless wretchedness, long as you remain out OF
Jail Come back, before you are brought back You
can't be happy whilst You see your old friend oiler
rev ard of $500 for YOU come back-get the reward
stand trial-perhaps you may be cleared-h con-
yicted the Recorder may make your sentence light;
YOU can learn great deal Of roguery and fashionable
manners at Sing Sing; and when you come out, You
will be qualified for broker, or highly respecta-
be Wall street loafer You have lost great many
drives on the Avenue, and great many flare ups by
I cling away; therefore, the sooner you come back,
the sooner you will be received again into fashiona-
BILE society. You may even get clear altogether;
cow ince the Wall street loafers that you are more
honest than any Of them and by dint ofvaporng and
staggering, and few dinner parties, and drive mp
Broadway, and coat, and good deal oil i'm
pudence, retrieve your lost character
Signed by great number,
NOT including Bob White.
New York, April 20, 1910.
Such is advice to all those highly respectable
fulness Of generous heart, we hereby request all
the pickpockets, rogues, rioters, murderers, row.
dies burglars and rsscas scattered over creation to
come back 10 the places that knew them once too
often, give themselves upto Justice and serve out
their time in Jail like good cizens and we say this,
like the Richmond editor, "with emphasis" and "ma-
ture elaboration being satisfied that such course
will tend materially, if not to do them good at least
to benefit society most immensely. special re-
quest, after the Of Lin let none say they
dent understand IL. Obey and trembe
OLp UAcks.-Look out Tippecanoes. A great
MANY Of the old hacks Of the two old parties try
ing 60 get into these clubs. We observe Peter
Townsend a secretary, and Noah Cook a member.
WHY. instead of taking such old hacks. don't Won