The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-04-28
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! Democratic ct Dark Lanter"
.Secrot Society.
There exists a secret Democratic AS
ISOLATION in New York, under the name
of " the Foresters," who meet in masks,
and who take an oath of secrecy aud ODE
dienco to the will of majorities. None
but members of the Tammany Society are
eligible to become members, so that there
is a wheel within a wheel " in this po-
litical machine.
The candidate for admission is received
at the outer door by one of the Foresters
(Witters) and is then informed that he
has been brought there to join q Society
Of Democrats. which has for it's object
the regeneration of the Democratic party.
Are you willing to join, and to unite in
an obligation which we have all taken 7"
If he answers yea" the reply is paes
him. He is then taken to an inner door,
where the same form is gone through, only
a little stronger. After walking round
the room, he is conducted to the chair Of
the TtSible Vice, who addresses him as
follows:
Son of Tammany! You are presen.
ted here for obligation as a Democrat and
as a member of the Tammany society.
The secrets and workings about to be
made known to you are not to DO revealed
under the penalty of everlasting disgrace
and eternal damnation! Are you will
ling to take the obligation on the Holy
E%vangelists?
"'lf it be answered in the affirmative.
the scales fall from his eyes, and be ind.
himself surrounded by Masks. The Vis.
a6Ie grand Fernando Woody then ORC.
cecds to administer the following obliga.
ton
al do hereby sdemnly promise to
keep secret the workings of this ~associa.
ton in relation to all matters appertainins
to the Tammany Society, and to support
the ticket nominated by a majority Of this
association at the ensuing election Of
Sachens and officers So help me God
"He then signs the pledge, and is in.
formed that Mr.. Wood is the Visible
Grand, but that Augustus Schell is tue
Invisible Grand"
The existence of this " Dark Lantern"
Society was announced by the New York
Sun some weeks ago, and no one questions
the fact; the correspondent of the Ma.
tional Intelligencer speaks thus =
The new organization Of the Democ.
racy, called 1.-The Foresters" are quite
active. They met last night to appoint
their Regular General Committee, con.
sisting OF five members from each ward
association"
But though the fact of its existence IL
notorious and undenied, we have seen no
anathemas poured out upon it by those
papers which were so horri6ed at the ex.
istence of Know-Nothing Councils. What
is the reason? Have they exhausted all
their indignation and expended all their
ammunition in curses upon the latter, or
do they look upon Democratic secret 60.
cieties and "horrid oaths" as quite
blameless?
Well, circumstances alter cases very
much, tcith some people, WASHINGTON
american.
MoNsrRosrr1Es.-Two pairs Of twins
have lately been born by a negro woman
at Henderson, Ky, belonging to Samuel
Stiles. Two boys, one white and one
black, are connected at the shoulder, and
from the hip to the knee joint, leaving the
lower joint Of the legs and the feet of each
perfectly tree. The girls are Joined at the
shoulder, with this difference from tn,
boys, that they have but one arm issuina
from the junction of their shoulders. They
are Joined from the hip down to the foo,
the legs ending in one foot. The girls
like the boys, are one white and one Slack
They are all healthy and doing well, and
will soon be large enough for Barnum.-
Bee.
SINGULAR PHENoMENoS.-At Millvau
kie, last Thursday, a tidal wave rushed
into the river, upsetting a steam ferry
bca', and doing other damage. An equal
ly rapid fall of water succeeded the sud
den rise. The phenomenon was NOR,
8 marked on the beach of the lake. At on,
pier the water before the fall was within
! three feet of the floor of the warehouse
when it retired rapidly, leaving dry grouut
under the building. In about twenty min
, utcs the water rushed back in two prea
. tidal waves, rising so high as to force ~
the flooring of the warehouse, and to flow
, into cellars in the lower part of the town
The difference between highest and loves
points, within three quarters Of an hour
was fully six feet. The concurrence ore
ates great wonderment at Milwaukee.
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