Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-03-28

tons ye, that l.t,sy this party had become % cor
rupt that even they the prisoners in the Psntenary
@ ass s., HALL Il f' - &C. s.a s
the audacity set up Fsnny Wright a. the Venus Of
Democracy, whereas she would be found - be moth
ing but man in petticoats If properly examined. He
had seen many venuses, to say nothing OF the venus
Of Canova, the Venus of Apsllss, the Venus of Sir
Joshua, the venuses of Guido, Raphael Ruhens, II
tian and other great locofocos he could assure the
meeting that there were many Venuses at ths
moment on the island, engaged IN picking oakum,
and picking their teeth and toe nails, ana they
were las unlike Fanny Wright as he Hewlett was un-
like Edmund Forrest. He dsdained comparisons,
hswever; comparisons were edoross his time was
short the keeper of the penentsry, with magma
nimlty worthy of Dionyslus, (whe lei Damon Out OF
jail that he might sleep night with his wife before
he died. had allowed him, Hewlett, TO attend this
meeting to state the intentions of prisoners at the
pcnltenhary but he must be back before dark, or ike
sented in England) il would be " all day. with him.
He would therefore conclude by stating, that the prl-
soners meant to poll strong vote for the Recorder
the week after next; he believed there was an under
standing as to how they should get out pro tenn |;
such things had been done at previous elections and
they could not get to the polls by fair means, they
would by foul-there was no doubt of ultimate
cess-the Recorder had had him promoted to the Of
nee OF cook at the pententiary-and the Recorders
name was "a tower of strength, which those upon
the adverse faction want'-and he hoped all whe
supported the Recorder would be promoted and pro-
mo,ee-and -unt-their legs cant touch
the ground !!
Tremendous cheering-in the midst Of which the
black uagedan disappeared. There were some his
ses and some hints about double sntendrc, but as no
interpreter was present. the dsapprobaton died away
The chairman then introduced to the meeting Mr..
Mat Merit, who has been in confnment at Sing Sing
for bigamy. He had been sent to this meeting as
deputaton to that the interests of the state pr-
son and its inmates were properly portrayed TO the
people OF this city and properly represented at the
coming election.
Mr. Merit was singulor looking genus-a dumpy
dingy looking kind of mortal-stood about feet
in his shoes-was nearly as thick through as he was
high-as saucy as Satan, and as ragged as Russian
bear Hebegan:
Gentlemen, IL haven't the insupsrlicitiess felicity
Of being bred and born Matte of the queen city Of
the Empire State, the fast anchored isle of Manhat
light, but whsle souled doubled dyed bright blue
came to New York on Shank's mare, the locomotive
machinery that my mother gave Inc. l wanted
wife, and came here to look for one; for though Jer
nothing like variety, and New York women real
tearers when they do set out to show off, came 10
this city-looked about me like other loafers-waked
twice the whole length Of Broadway, as Webb walked
Pennsylvania avenue. walked, talked sweat swore,
ate, slept dreamt and thought through the "a hours
pretty much in the manner other little great
people. couldn't find out any new mode Of mastca-
ting without making use OF my mouthor ilshoud have
IL
for great man-look at my legs-but my mother
| took fright at flash oflghtning six weeks before
was born, and that dwRdled nae down TO dwarf. l
born with tive teeth and three tees, two thumbs
four fingers, and fine locking face.
l grew up crooked and contrary -mastered my
mother-fought with my father-attalned the as
founding height of four feet four at fourteen years of
age and there have stood stationary ever since.
courted female society-the ladies looked at me and
laughed lone said looked like dollars worth Of
cents knocked into a heap another that thrived
amazingly IN Longitude, but net IN latitude. men,
Der of the temperance society asked me TO join them,
and assured me II would materially add TO my stand
ing in society. i consented, and complied with their
code until it nearly killed me; and 50 far from water
drinking adding to my standing, it made me shorter,
and gave me the dropsy. AT last lady fell in love
with me-asked me home to her house-sat with me
some time on the sofa-nade me muxly-picked my
pocket and pitched me int thestre then became
eeRng Sad Tsns aooq eI
~, thy name is woman " made war upon the whole
sex-married enc woman-shc didn't suit me-had
no children-cast her oH-married another-she was
too much for me-she had a great many too
many children-ran away from her-narrisd
thrd-ahd then they took me up and tried me for
bigamy! called it trig-amy! lSheuts of laugh
ter No go joke wsaldnt 60 down-the Recorder
TOOK lt-but twelve obstinate men couldn't swallow
IT. One fellow who had been hen-pecked all his life,
said that one wife was enough for any man. cited
the case OF Solomon and his one hundred wives
proved that polly lgamy practsed when the PEN
was not sufficient to smother the statements OF nv
three wives pleaded that l had only been study
ing trgonometry! Ne 60. Sent me to Sing Sing
for three years. And here am prosecuted pa.
tnot for fulfilling the first command of the Creator,
Increase and multiplyw
Loud cheers, mingled with murmurs and Kisses;
and cries OF question, question:
lie continued. He formerly hailed from Tamma-
ny, he now hailed from the State Prison II was a
much more moral place than the former, and it's oc
cupans were mach more serviceabe to the city, Look
at Lafayette Place, with its csrieusly and chasey CO.
vered coumns look at that depository for scientific
specimens the American Museum look n the Hall
OF Records! the marble in all these was wrought BY
gentlemen IN Sing Sing; they were public benefac-
tors-they enriched and bcautfed the cty-they
built deposones TO preservets valuable records wor
thy OF the best days of Grease and Rooml
Hero there was great row in the crowd, mingled
with CRIES oil mo Room! down with Rosmp
When order was restored, the chairman explained
that the speaker alluded TO the city Of the Caesars
the gentlemen IN the crowd mstook bis meaning
and thought he spoke OF Mr. Room, the deputy who
escorted the prisoners to Sing Sing and who was not
very popslar
He concluded Nor were the getters out of stone
on blackwelPs Island an Insignificant set Of seamps
they had built most picturesque pententisry-a
most elegant Innate asylum-the world was getting
maddcr and masder every day-the number OF luna
tics, particularly in Wall street. was rapidly on the
increase so important asylum for the in
sane cizcns-who useful those who, like Paul |
~ II.