Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-09
The Beginning or the End.

nave been foistng their filthy trash in the shape of shin
upCn 'he people OF this country, has been
rested Dy the police officers, and to prison to an
swer Tor his misdecds and tremendous excitement
has been created among the balance Of the currency
tnkers and shin-plaster associations in this civ par
tcualarly those in the neghborhood of Wall streef
1t IS but too notorious that trash of the vest des
crphon IN the shape of paper money has been palm
ed upon the public since the suspension Of specie
payments by the banks. Bills of nsoyent banks.
hho-capltal banks hambug,g glory banks, and broken
Danks OF all descriptions, have been freely circulated
ana but too freely received. Every fellow that
couid read and write his own name, and many that
coulu 90 neither the one nor the other, considered he
had right TO try his hand at tnkerng the bottom OF
inc currency kettle, in which very large hole had
Deen burnt by the cooks OF the Kitchen Cabinet
Fanny Wright intends issuing $l00 shin plas,ers,
based upon rail road, intended TO run from this to
the moon, with a capital of as MANY millions as there
are stars in heaven; Wolf the missionary, intends
we are told 10 issue scriptura shin plasiers "good
Tor place IN paradise" payable on the resurrection
morning; l.. seddy BuIchard it is said, contemplates
issuing shln pasters drawn on and accepted by Sa-
tan, to entlle theholder to hot berth in the bottom
lesspit.
A broken down pseudo Texas patriot whose sword
Is IN pawn, AID whose honor is amongst the miss
ing'-who has been fighting flriously in half the c
ties OF the Unon but who never snuff; saltpere south
of the Sabine, has established a great shinpastsr
Texas Bubble Bank-capi,al, more millions of acres
than are to be met with in all Mexico, whose notes
are redeemablc TO any amount in fever and acme the
instant person sets loot in the country. broken
down boot black and celebrated barber have set I'D
Joint Stock Sharing Shop, called the Universal
Consolidated Magnetic, Earth, Air, Fire and Water,
Exchange Association capital countless, Chat is.
it has yet been csunted credit indescrbIe and
notes are only "gosd for shave''-the morning after
a mans DEATH
Another Of these blacksmi,hs or currency thinkers,
who have followed so closely i'm the wake of jackson
and Van Buren, blacksmith or tinker or crate setter
by the name of Tower or Tozsr living at the corner
of Wall and William streets who, besides beng the
keeper of bar room and restaurant is a legitimate
tinker by trade and therefore fully entitled to take
turn at the Currency Kettle, as any of his illegi,i-
mate and unearned predecessors.
Mr.. Towzer,it seems, however, has fallen upon evil
times and into heavy hands, for he has been arrested
by police officers and put into prison. He, it is
ing TO belong to the Jefferson Banking Company'
of Vermont and had several 81 and So bills strnck
OH. signed by his clerk and asecond person. which
muitudinous mess of shnpasers that poster The pee
pie Of this city generally. We are told, however that
these notes OF his were promptly redeemed by him. al
his own BAR at discount of per cent
" So far, so good," said Tower; 81 am a regular
born, bred and brought up tinker, blacksmith &c,
and have legal license to have hand in fixing the
fire CRATE that is 10 prepare for the peoples palate the
great shnpaster pie" He issued his notes and already
in imagination had erected SKINNER seat at New
Brighton purchased farm on Long Island, built
banking house in Wall street, speculated largely in
salipetre, laid out land in town lots at Harlem con-
structed rail road over the Rocky Mountains 10
Kamschatka, and tunnel under the Atlantic to Ii
veipool and procured patent for magnificent self
acting man trap, that would catch an Indian in no
time, and put end TO the Seminole war in Elk
days.
Our police, however, having had little or nothing
to do for length OF time, and being in consequence
considerably sharp set set upon Tew2er and shut
him up in prison. This is good beginning and we
congratulate our repentant police upen their having
seen the error OF their ways in so long encouraging
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on the back track to proprety and specie payments
for II may be used seto to their sins before the
bar of justice hereafter.
If "coming events cast their shadows before then
will be absolutely necessary for the superintendent
Sing Sing TO their house in order for the re-
cepton of the forging shnplasier party that are pluH
derng the people all the country Many or most
of these gentlemen have been decately brought M.
and though they havevery hardened hearts and souls
they have very tender bodies ESQ tender that they al
tumble pieces) have never been guilty of doing
any hard work. and have " Jared ssmptuously every
day." 1t will therefore be necessary TO set apart
separate apartments IN the very respectable seminary
of Sing Sing for those Of letters and llustrious
literary characters the same TO be styled the Sing
Sing Shnplaster Saloon" where they caa be indule-
ed with sight of the New York papers which they
freely furnished with pen, ink aad paper to write the
rise, progress and improvement oforging shinplaster
scoundrels TO be seen in the several State Pr.
sons of the Union.
Al any uuH was WdnuHg 10 prove the WortnltsS-
ness Of this class Of characters and the estimation IN
which they are held by their fellow citizens gene
rally, it would be found in the fact, that the per-
son who engraves most of the plates for them,
refuses TO trust them, and will not dc the work
unless paid IN advance IN specie although they have
had the mpudence 10 offer their own shin plasters in
payment at liberal discount. Thus calling to our
recollection the circumstance Of the craftsman IN
Cornth who made silver god for tho Greeks and on
taking IT home and asking for his pay WINS told thar
his employers would get this silver god TO bless him
abundanty. "Oh, no." said the ssersmith 81 cam,
stand that; made him and know his whole history,
and that all his blessings put together are not worth
d-n 50 must be paid in different coin from thal.'
To the schening scoundrcs who are still laying
thor heads together 10 defraud The industrious man.
this of Tozer at the Of his career may
be regarded rs matter OF no moment but 10 us
who saw him in confnement--who saw hrs innocent
and happy wife visit him there and shed bitter
bitter tears him, 10 whom she had looked no az
stay, support and comforter through the trials and
troubles Of life-the husband upon whose bosom she
had so often lain her aching head, and found there
refuge from the afliIciens incident TO fra humanity
to see the being whom at the altar OF the almighty
she had sworn to love, honor and obey through evil
report and good report, stand charged with crime,
and incarccraed in dunreon-we who saw this sor-
rowful scene cannot do other than vent curse upon
oil dishonest and fraudulent SPECTATORS and bank d.
rectors, who by the suspension Of specie payment,
first pavedth the way and opened the door to whole
sale system OF shameful fraud, by which the ndustr
GUS portion of the people of this country will
or later be led into illegal courses, and plundered