Butte record., 1854-08-26
STATE PRIsoN HISTORY.


doug, and sentenced to be hung L
my memory he correct, the gahaws Was
erected IA the I'afk, where now stands
the Sarrogate's oflce. There re
present On that occasion some ten thou
slnd persons. We stood for tso lona
hour, watching tie vibrations OF tie
rope as it iron hook swung round with
the bFe Z, When last the sh-rilf noun
I'd The sc4fTo'd aud announced 4e
p.isEe | must confess [ was 5 rely
lis ppointea, having never 5 en- Al exc
cution. aud I d com to c how mat.
te IS were ar anEed. | mad .ost quar-
ter Of q d US time | want b me vexed
with the Governor for int rfeling with
the Sheriff. he haogman for not carry
ing oat the sent nee, aud with myself
ior being So fopi-h and wicked a. you
viii 10 the guel.
At th.i time The first State Prison
vas being b1i at whal is now the foot
OF Canal street. The Society IF Friends
wre lie first promoters o. this humane
system, and il sas through their indu-
ence wiih the Governor that Noah was
rescued from the gallows, and his sen
tenee altered 10 The State Pri.on for
ifs. hus Noah prob bly, he first
:. te prisoner IN the world Having
aInep the art IF sheemaking, lhey
gave In stool, lasts ana avis the
next sentence day an acquisition was
"a de t. his I've stock, and to them he
taught the same trade Thus comnea-
cd tie mamaoih Manufacture Of Loots
and shoes in the Sat Prison.
"Ab)ut thr Z yeais 5 after, | was per-
mllte1 to view the int Tor. There
stood Npah, cane in hand. proving
50 ue. in-tru ting others. aud iaSing the
trod % the shoulders Of the sluggard.-
After having faithfully served ssv n
4 years In the prison, the Friends finally
obtaiaed frnm the Governor an uncon-
dtiiena parton and he discharged,
ms tr' nas saia, reforaisd alan.-
{ 'der that impression the men who
had s.y d bis life advanced him money,
and he opened q shoe store in Pearl
fstreet fhey end ,rsed his notes and
tsc0res Of ihem bees ne his cash custom
:. He was soon In thriving eondi-
tioa--e0laing money, as the saving Is
and joined The Society of Friends, from
gratitude | suppose. He donned the
drab-eolorea caat and said thee and thou
Oh all proper occasions.
Most O. his work was done by men
q ho worked in heir own dwellings -
One day h gave journeyman a pair Of
hnots. all cut out 0 make Now, friend. ,
said Noah,s thee vii fiaisn tbese boots,
ard turn them - me on fourth DAY
e7ening I have promised them to d
customer at tat time The boats
were not brought to hin until fifth
d y evening Noah was very angry,
and commenced 4 long exordium on the
high csiue and IN sdemeanar of disap-
poinment Noah at last, drew Up TO
recover his breath, when The w,rkm n
replied, Sir, asa poor man, with a
wife and three children, one OF th N
bai two day. old | had to act tn part
of nurse TO M wifi, and colk for the
children therefore $ you wi percsiye,
it was imp sslple for me- TO flish them
% ansrh No4h reius d 10 acc pit an5
excuse, and continued to point out tbs
evil consequence o. dlsape oiEtm Mt
The man bee n very angry, III Scotch
blood boiled IN ais veins, ard fogo ar
ance ceased to b a virtu-. The ur-
neyman refli d. 1 know. sir. it is
sore feeling to be disappointed; | re.
IA NIB r, about tn yesrs ago, going up
to the Park to you hang, ard l new
er WAS more disappointed in all my IF
than when the Sheriff announced re-
priave'
Noah WIS dumb,-he opened not
his N ulh b pals the man Tor making
the bo'ts, an ve him anot ier pair tp
max bat from Ii t day forward the
wod dis7PPosatalsnt vas never heard !,
preee d from his lips
Moan went on prospering and to
prosper he was lei up as a gazing stock
to Fence, England and spain, as a I'm
sp eimrn OF R form Que lay he OBJ
tain d a lew xr. endorsements, and
his mates we're shaved in Wall street !;
borrow d some ii u>and more. which h.
pack d with tn 9th mosablss III his
trunk, and suddenly ! # for parts un-
kn wn, in impanv with 'ne the dear