New-York tribune., 1867-07-31

drugged and robbed you see him totter reeng from the
nigh stocp fan upon his head and lie silent =. tGaHa
come to his death frcm fan while intoxfcatod IpoIi
dark edge Of the river The 5 ssra1ge Se s0e Of hi,
ship The advance Of tne ,i, t1aSS1iPS 20 ~
stick or stne the push into the water ana te noatlg
body of the 'trange, supposed to be sealaring man an
you catch broa view Of the sweeping stream viii
se dim silhouette o lone frendless woman Han'c1ly
rushing along the s,I Pier sr Ss SistoTy story. p'"
Gsd.o desss. mystery
Swi TO be iaa ed
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And with tbe rspid evSpesas,>'e Of the fancy, the
shadOwY outlines form and refors ~ me epnIy
the cold nud bodies before .he eyes we eyaehees
Of the wickedness done, until the sunshine sN
over the blank walls, and the tel[tae shadow IN tS
before the fresh bcalthfu breeze that blows tn On" Wy
casemate and seesns to know naush of anything lha' "
1t is hardly worth while giving any statistics S the
Morge Our daily police reports supply infosmati3S o.
differ from day to day and from year TO year Bue the
sights to be there manifold and aerestlng The
victims of every crime from assassination to selfmcder,
people the dead house On one day tie body OF some
stranger found dead in the streets number Of people
are looking through the glass panes SEQ tbe corpse II
lies white and Tranquil; the face, perc1n-e, Is hney
been the motive OF the deed As you gaze IL the
pressure of the crowd Of azers around you becomes
mysterously and horribly oppressive You from it
with shrinking dread; for perhaps the peefing stranger
at side Is the murderer Ills lace whlte a0a shee
the dead body. But he moves away takes chew OF
tobacco aud speaks with friend You have unwittinsy
injured gultess Then there IL the eatter OF
carnage at the door A woman young ana oesuSIu, d @
door. glance through the glass ana ti
fanng despairing shrek procams her the wlie OF nun
whose warm pulses thrilled the thing OF Gay upon
the marble slab. Everything Is uttered III that
frendlessness despair horror and Yengeance-a proke
heart and home desOlated f0reVemore ON eartn Dut
the utterer is carried away and perhaps the atehion
attracted by another corpse. . ,
Here, another table. Is the body OF suicide: III is
that of She must have boen beautifnl az one
tmevery probably beloved and honOred and bright win
the truth beauty OF womanhOOd But upon the poor
worn countenance TO be the deep lines OF
Vicious and unhappy life. Sin alone could have made
those ominous crOwseet around the eyes ana cheeA-
bones, Those mean more than they seen The history
OF a fetbe fall from purity TO deprayity; the impulse
OF the step which hurried her to sefdestrucOn and
untold horrors beyond the tomb. written III that
wan cOuntenance In unnistakable characters. The
water from above falls with steady drip drip upon the
death marble forehead, and streams over tho eacated
shoulders and breast u to keep the body fresh
and recognizable for time but there IL no kind eye TO
identify now The friends and lovers which the Dfl
ancy closed eyes and the pulsaton OF that silent
heart once made dead absent now, and all Is over
of the madness which TO her an apology for existence
general mOurnf and respectful silence is observed
by all who visit the Morgue when dead bodies are upon
exhibition aud the MOrgue itself Is one OF the most
me OF MotrOpOitan necessities.