New-York tribune., 1841-08-11

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Se could ut stretch my right arm half It's
length 10 make my first gesture rather oramPed
close place, after all
ant coffin, unable suppress his feelings any longer
Cranped and close is it 1t .a paradise compared with
the dark damp dungeons tie earth where the living body
pent up dreay walls and the cheerful light OF day comes
in stealth through grim bars Whes the world moves past
the poor prisoners window without look OF recognition
when mans hand takes his in congenlal sasp-is mat
life We say? He dead tell you, dead! cried the
Poor Figure voice OF piercing agony as Ii the marble
slab was laid upon his breast and the graved'gseFs Ped
mountains upon his corse
Many the olv time resumed the portly gentleman
without much heed Of the Poor Figure defamation We Ye
had city suppers. How ;eniery the turkeys breast
bought by he commonaty purchased by the sweat OF the
hari-workcd milen--velded the shining knife. How
weev the popular port wine and the public porter gded
down the ttroa: Choice times th4sc my good >r
when the city paid the hackman fare for dainty rides TO the
burb- and when made the poor devil pauper' stand
about us licking their thin chops while rolled the rich
morsels under tongues. But he added in rather
melancholy tone -. am little better than OF the hea
then smell nothing but the musty EARTH my gay apparel
Is falling piecemeal into docultaers and can sct nothing
10 chcw upon but occasional mouthu! OF black mould
sadly ipcdes digestion if one had aay digestion in
such place this worth speaking o.
Think but OF one thing. SIT. SAID the clown, with an
uneasy his coffin, and cannot tail 10 be
cor.tent. Where the duns in This empire OF ours
We arc as Inaccessible the vile the crown Of
an iceberg. Wiy sir there poor wretch OF q col
sc,or who haunted fo vile debt OF twenty-five and six
Pence until sercly tempted take his very he AID
put myself upon how could take with most
pain and torture - body aad soul thought of al! sorts
of nan-aps and pitfalls in blind alleys and cadenheaded
bludgeons and length-Heaycn save the mark II
pitched upon the scheme of carrying him on IN balloon
AID about miles up letting him slip with cord about
his neck and hang dangling by the neck until dead ten
thousand feet high He got safely into the baioonby deX
rous accomplicc; carried upand, that my mind
the result, went hemc to take quiet cup
and settle up my books. meaning to run my pen
through the twenty-five and SIX as settled account wien
The Lord swho should knock gently door, and
march with his old impudcni smile but my Old enemy the
collector with his customary prases-hoping he did Mt IN
udc-and If it n much trouble. he would like To
nave the small OF his bill which. knew, had
been standing The rope had broken Just
they passed house. the vile little rascal had pitched
upon the roof and making the best OF circumstances had
walked down my scuttc and avang himself Of the oppor-
iunty had looked in with his cursed little bill. We re free
from the scamp now IN ,ure-s Mt that he in the pine
cotfu?'
Sure enough there stood the Poor Figure leaning toward
them and listening attitude Of intense regard every
thing that had fallen from the lips of the clown.
the man nc cried with great emphasis, when the
clown had ended None other but l. On the little pal,ry
debt twenty-five and sixPcncc. hurg my old fathers life
who av rong in the cold ail waiting for deivcrance
winch had proinise, him many times-with false
toague as man could. | said | would come tomorrow at
such houI-naming, in my desire 10 bring him definite
hope the very minute and second; and did not come
Was that lie And did you stand behind me,
other arl How many lying false tongues wagged with
yours and NINE that little business OF the twenty-five hil
lngs and sxpcnce God only knows forgive you the debt
the old mans Lones the bottom of the prison we'll
where he perished They should plead for truth from its
gloomy womb and have shake prison walls and
letters from many limbs. God grant they may.
The Poor Figure had scarcely ended when the door
slowly opened and disclosed meek little clad in
sui: of plain black with nowwtc bands falling under his
chin His gait and aspect denoted many olern thoughts,
IL. thc
gloomy realm which he treadns he advanced 10
obscure Of the place, and folding hs calmly upon
his breast stood silently his coinis head only incning
little side, he expected momcny catc! the
sound of the last great trump and welcome the
Sam heard noise in the hall, if persons shuiied
about heavy boots search OF the door and after the lapse
of few minutes large man in white with dirty
cape ponderous leather hat and club in his hand swag
gercd boldly and after looking about him for while
the watch for ghost appariton walking quietly off
and taking his station comfortable cedar coffin the
middle of the npartmen-obviouSly mistaking FOR watch
box-fcll gently asleep. From all that he Sam ina
gned that this city wachman-and the presun ptien
is, that he not far wrong.
After salubrious slumbcr of some minutes more
this gentleman walked up, and ,hrtng his head of his
coffin stretched his neck and gazed up and down the apart
mcnt, and then toward the ceiling
How the devil 5 this he length exclaimed The
lamps early tonight and the Alderman must have
put the in his pocket guess. That the way they
serve us poor Charcvs We would nj catch rogue
than once in nm age did MT them portchoses
and get em drunk and study their phyogAomcs and
them stealing half tudded
What : that YOU say my man " cried the voice of the
portv gentleman What fault have find with the
Corporation, a like TO know Do you intend impeach
their astronomy sir and say sir that the does nj
whcn she is down for in the almanac d have you
know the bespoke three months ahead and that
the oideae know when they put short allowance in
the lamps II have YOU broke if YOU have nj how
you speak of Alderman Aword the wise your ear,
sir
The wa,chman making up his mouth for reply. and
it is impossible say what choice specimens of rhetoric
might have been furnished between them, but this
the >hoPbcll with great fury Sam started
up with wonderful Observation-Disclosures the ring
from all other possible rings and receiving he advanced
the front Of the Warehouse humping blow the side
Of the head asked what he By leaving the shop
open TIA, time of night and cons the door be
rotted by the ngdew and chaked upon by young vaga
bonds in the street.
This of Sans Sans visiters mistook
it, however for of very different kind the