New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-10-23

Ground. and he was urgei in turn by promises. o.
blows. ov offer. OF reward and threats Of instant
death. 70 do the --ice Tor which they had brought
MN, there. No" cried the locksnith. e viii
not"
He had never loved his life so well as then. but
nothing could move him. The savage faces that
dared upon him. LOOK where ne would the cfeS
Of those who thrsted. ike Wild animals. Tor NJ,
blood the sight OF mcn pressing forward ana
tranpins down their fellows, as they ';roy- t.
reach him. and struck al him above the beads OF
other men. with axes and with iron bars; ali tailed
10 daunt him. He looked from man TO man. and
face TO face, and still. with qaieAe breath nTa
lessening coier. cried firmly, 3" | VII not
Dennis dealt him blow upon me face which
felled him TO the ground He sPrang up again
Ike nan in the PRIME Of life, and win the cIlul-
J son pouring from his forehead, caught him b. the
throat.
You cowardIy dog = he said: i Give me NY
daughter Give me my daughter.
They struggled together. Some cried q hi'l
him. and some (but they were not near enough
s,rove to trauplc hin, u death. Tug a. he would
at the old mans wrists, the hansmen could ROT
force him TO unclench his hands.
=. Il this all the return Won make ne, you IN
grateful monster he articulated with great s,i-
hculty, aud with many oaths.
Give me my daughter cried the oclsmjth.
who was now fierce those who gathered round
him. Give my daughter
/ He was dovn again, and up, ard down once
/ more. and buiieting with score OF them. who
banded him from hand u hand, when one tail tel
low. .rc.h from a slaushier-hou,c. whose dress and
Great thigh-boots smoked no, with grease nHd
blood raised pole-axc, and. swearing horrible
oath. aimed it at the old mans uncovered head
Al that instant, and in the very act. he ie.l HIM
elf. as It struck BY lightning and over MS body
one-arrnsd man came dartins to the lockSfniths
side. Another mau was with hin. and both caugh
the ocksnlith roughly in their grasp
= Leave him to US " they cried to Hugh. strus-
cling, a they spoke to force passage backward
through the crowd Leave him to W.. Why do
YOU waste your wh.c strength on such as he, when
a couple of men ca n finish him in many minutes
/ You lose time Remember the prisoners r.
member Barnaby."
The CIV ran through the mob. Hammers began
to rattl. on the walls. and every man ,troye To
reach the prison. and be among the foremost rank
Fighting their way through the press and struggle,
as desperately As if they in the midst OF enc
mics rather than their own friends the two
retreated with the locksmth between them, and
dragged him through the very heart OF the con-
course.
And now tho strokes began to fall ike hallupon
the gate and on The strong building for those who
could not reach the door spent their fierce rage on
any ihing-eyen onthc great blocks OF stone, which
,hivcrcd their weapons into fragments. and made
hsir hands and arms TO tinsle il the walls wer"
active in their stout resistance. and dealt them
/ back their blows The clash of iron ringing upon
iron. mingled with the deafening tumult and
sounded high above it, a, the great sledge-ham-
mers ratified on the nned and plated door: the
sparks flew of in showers worked In gangs.
and at short intervals relieved each other, that all
their strength might be devoted to the work; but
there stood the portal still, grim and dark and
strong as ever and, saving for the dints upon lis
battered surface, quite unchanged.
While some brought all their energies to bear
upon this ;osome task, and some, rearing ladder,
against the prison, tried to Chamber to the summit
of the walls they short TO scale, and some
again engaged body OF police hundred strong.
and beat them back and trod them under foot by
force of numbers; others bcsiegcd the house on
which the Tailor had appeared, and, driving in the
door, brought out his furniture, and piled II up
against tho prison gate, to make IA bonfire which
should burn it down. As soon as this device
understood, all those who had labored hitherto
cast down their tools and helped to swell the heap,
which reached halfway across the street, and wa
81 high that those who threw more fuel on the top
rot UP by ladders. When all the keepers good.
we're Aung uro, thi. costly pile, to the last ttag
ment, they smcarcd it with the pitch, and tar,
and rosn they had brought, and sprinklcd it
with turpentne. Is all the woodwork round the
prison doors they di the like, leaving not jost
or beam untouched. This Internal christening
performed. they fired the pile with lighted matches
and with blazing tow, and then stood by, awaiting
the result.
The furniture being very dry, and rendered more
combustible by wax and oil, besides the arts they
/ had used took fire at once. he flame. roared
high and fcrccly blaGkenins the prison wall, and
;winins up its lofty front like burning scrpentS-
\, first thcy crowded round the blaze, and vented
their cxul.ation enly in their looks but when 1t
grew hotter and hcrcer-when it cracked. eaped
and roarcd, like n great iurnace-wnen it ehone
upon the opposite houses, and lighted up not only
the pale and wondering faces the wndews, but
the inrnost corners OF each habitation-when,
through the deep red heat and glow, the FIRE was
seen sporting and toying with the door, cling
ng to it. obdurate surface, gliding oil wiki
fierce INCONSISTENCY and soaring high into the ky,
anon returning to fold it in its burning grasp and
lure it to lis ruin-when it shone and cleaned 50
brightly that the church clock of 81. oepuchr-'s
so otter pointing t. the hour OF dea.h, wa, legiblc
u. in broad day and the vane upon its .ieepe-top
slit,ered in the unwontea light like something rich
IL jewelled-whcn blackencd stone and so i5rc
brick grew ruddy in the deep reflection, and WIN
dows hone like FURNISHED gold, dotting the long
est distance in the fiery vi.,a with their .pecks Of
sriehrness-when wall and tower, and roof ard
chimnay-stack. seemed drunk and in the flicker
ing glare appeared to reel and .tagger-when
scores Of objects. seen before burst upon
the view, and things the nostfamar pur on some
new ss7ect-,hen the mob began TO join the whirI,
and with loud wells, and shouts, and clanor, such
as happily is seldom heard, bestirred themselves
to feed the ar and keep it at its hight.