New-York tribune., 1841-12-06

and affecting ie listen with indifference 10 the
proprietor's eulogy Of ise commanding view his
house afforded, ans The surpassng chespness ofIts
terms.
i fairer morning never shone. From the roofs
and upper stories OF these buildings, the spires OF
CIV churches and the great cathedral dome were
visible, rising up beyond the prison. into the blue
,hy: clad in the color OF light summer-clouds,
and showing IN the clear atmosphere their every
scraD OF ,recery and fr-t.work, and every niche
and looohole. All was brightness and promise,
excepting in the street below, into which Gor II
vel !sy IN shadow The eye looked down Is into
dark trench. wnere, N the midst OF 90 much HE,
.sd hope. and renewal OF existence, stood the ter
rlble instrumen; OF death. L seemed ss II the
ysrv sun iorboTe 10 look upon II
BUTT was better, grim and sombre n the shade,
than when, the day being more advanced, II stood
confessed in The full glare and glory Of the sun,
with its black paint olistering, and lis nooses
dangling in the light Ike loaihsome garlands. Il
was better in the solitude and gloom OF midnight
with fee forms clustering about II, than IN the
freshness and the STIR OF morning the centre OF
an escercrowd Il was better haunting the street
[ Ike a spectre when men were IN their beds: and
influencing. perchance the city's dreams: than
braving Inc broad day, and ihrustlng lts obscene
presence upon their waking senses.
n
Ao7r ,he two main streets al either end of The
cross-way. living stream had now setlD rolling
toward the merts OF gein and business Carts,
coaches. wagons. trucks, and barrows, forced
massage through the outskirts OF the throng, and
clettrred onward in the SANE direction. Some
Of these which were public conyeydnces and mad
come from a short distance IN the country, stop
ned: and the driver pointed 10 the gibbe; with
his whip, though he might have spared himself
the mains for the heacs OF all the passengers were
turned that way without his help, and the coach
windows were stuck full Of garing eyes In
some OF the carts and wagons, women might be
seen glancing fearfuly al the same unsightly thing;
and even little children were held up above the
peoples heads TO what kind OF TOY sallows
was. and learn how men were hanged.
Two rioters were 10 die before the prison, who
had been concerned in The attack upon II; and
one directly aiterward in Bloomsbnry Square Al
nine o'clock. a strong body OF military marched
in,o the street, and formed and IIned narrow
oassaoe into Holborn which had been indltier-
rnrlv kept al! night by consiables. Through this,
snoiher car, was brought (the one already men
TONED had been employed IN the construction OF
the scaffold.) } and wheeled up to the prison gate
These preparations made, the soldiers stood al
ease the officers ounged to and fro, IN The alley
hey had made or talked together at the scaiiolds
foot and the concourse, which had been rapidly
3uomenting for some hours, and sull received
additions every minute, waited with mpatence
which increased with every chime OF 81 >epul-
chre's clock. Tor twelve at noon.
J-o to this TIM they had been very quiet, COM
oaraiivey silent, save when the arrival OF some
new nariy at window, hitherto unoccupied,
ave Them something new TO look al or 10 talk OF
But az the hour approached, buzz and hum
arose. which. deepening every moment. soon
| syell.d into a roar and seemed 10 I'LL the ar
No words or even voices could be distinguished
n rbis cl.mor. nor did they speak much to each
other; though such as were better informed upon
IN. tonic than the rest, would tell their lghbors
,erbans thatthey might know the hangman when
Ne came out. by MS being the shorter one and
hat the man who was 10 suffer with him was
named Hugh and that II was Barnaby ltudge
who would be hanged In Bloomsbury Sqaare
As it is the nature OF men IN great heat 10 per
.oire ousy, so this wild murmur, floating
40 and down, seemed born OF their Intense lmpa
tlence and quite beyond their restraint or control
/, grew. as the time drew near, so loud, that
hose who were at the windows could not hear
he cburch-clock strike, though II was close al
1and Nor had they any need 10 hear II, either,
| Tor thew could see IL IN the peoples faces. SO
surely as another quarter chimed, there was
movement in the crowd-as if something had
passed over it-asif the light upon them had been
| changed-in which the fact was readable as on
brazen dial, figured by giants hand.
Three quarters past eleven The murmur now
was deafening. yet every man seemed mute.
Lock where you would among the crowd, you
saw strained eyes and bps compre>sed 1t would
have been difficult for the Rosl vlgilant observer
10 5nt this way or that, and say that yonder man
| had cried out it were easy 10 detect the mo-
non OF lips in Sea-shell.
Three-quarters past eeven Many spectators
who had retired from the windows, came back
refreshed, as though their watch had Just begun.
Those who had fallen asleep reused themselves ;
and every person in the crowd made one last
rtfort 10 better his posltlon-whch caused = press
,uainst the sturdy barriers that made them bend
and weld like twigs The officers, who until now
had kept together, fell into their several positions,
and gave the words OF command SWORDS were
drawn, mu-kets shouidered, and the bright steet
winding lis way among the crowd, gleamed and
glittered IN the sun like 4 river Along this shin
inp path TWO men came hnrying on, leading a
horse. which was speedily harnessed 10 the cart
At the prison door Thea profound silence re-
placed the tumult thai had long been gathering,
and brsalhess pause ensued Every window
vas now choked up with heads; the house-tops
cemed with people-cllhSing 10 chimneys, peer
ing over gable-ends and holding on where The
sudden loosenlng OF any brick or stone would dash
them down into the street. The church-tower,
the church roof, the churchyard, the prlson-leads,
the very water-spouls and amp-pos;s-every inch
of room-swarmed with human HE
At the first stroke Of twelve the prison bell br-
gan to toll Then the roar-minsled now with
cries OF Hats off, and = Poor fellows" and.
from soms specks In the gres, concourse. with q
>hnek or sroan-bursi forth again 1t was terri
ble 10 see-lt any onc in thai distraction OF ex-
c.tement could have seen-,he world of cage!
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