Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-04-13
Neg York Correspondence,
New York CRY,
April 10, 1876


startled TO find that as many as fourteen
are arraigned for murder Verify the
Fiend with the Bloody Hand s'alketh
like gaunt spectre with her skirts dyed
in blood, about the streets of the city
MinelIng with the gay, the proud, the
idle the dissoute and the deslItute- smlI.
ing with those who set in high places
grasplng the hand of those who grovel
in low places-she periormeth her feat
full mission. stirring up the hearts Of men
to do evil, digging down to the lowest
deeps oil depravi,y in the seethng cauI-
dron OF vice, seeking those who will do
her will Truly we are fallen upon evil
tunes aud Human Nature presents sor-
rowful phases, looking up, as from some
deep darkness. for llcht-light
Well may we pause a moment, III
view of the prevalence OF crime. Be-
meath the ligb, of MONDAY, or under the
thick pamply OF night-itis all the same.
The sudden stab-the fatal bule,-lhe
poisoned draught stay not for either
The volcano Of Human Passion contin.
ually sends out its lava upon community,
continually belches forth the smoke Of lis
desolation and there are rene TO stay the
IN often tide, or upliit the thick darkness.
Tie Lac, say you' 1t Furnishes we ad-
init, but does it PREVENT viii the
blood Of the murderer atone for the
blood Of his victim. Will it still The
widows sob-lhe orphans cry, VIII II
bring back the guardian care that was
won, to protect the wife OF his bosom
the babes OF his love! Such queries as
these start up like BANQUo's ghost
where bideth the Egis of protec,on!-
Where shall the end be, JusrIcE-are
the scales evenly balanced IN all cases?
DO no innocent ones suffer and the gull
~ ones escape the clutches OF the civil
avenger' Let slip the dogs OF the Law,
held III the leash by the hand Of Justice,
but pit them Oil the rlgh, scent.
But We are wandering. Merely wish.
ing TO notice the number Of commtiai-
for the ofiense that hath
The primal eldest curse upon t."
we have been led INTO a VEIN Of moraliZ.
ing. Will the Editor as did the King oil
old, hold out the golden sep,re of Mercy
TO his correspondent Remember dear
Ms CHAaEY
ut becomes
The throned Monarch better than his crown =
PROHIBITION. An incident occurred
one day last week, trlfing in itself, yet,
viewed in connection with the advance d
age IN which we live, commends Itself
to the attention of all who have the well
fare OF their fellow creatures at heart
Two dusky children Of the forest, crazed
by Fire Waite, were reellng through our
streets, followed by hooling rabble-
HE floating scum OF our city. The girls
Uor they were Of the gentler sex) seem.
ed conscious OF their degradation and
ende Favored to shun the reyling mul,l.
lude that glorled over what was their
misfortune not their laul..
Observation-Disclosures cry and
rH cry it until il is obtained and the
evil put away from those who have not
moral courage enous n to shun it, LIE,
us Danish the serpent, lest 1t coil in our
own bosoms or in the h,soms OF those we
love.
PETER FUNK. The tribe of reter
Funks who were wont to flourish like a
green bay tree, OIL the susceptibility of
snsophls,ieated youths from 1.-The inter-.
Or find their trade almost ruined BY the
energetic measures taken by our worth,
Mayor. However, semi-occasionalI y
they light on some rustic and relieve
him Of his surplus change; if the sic.
tim complains a, "head quarters" an Of
6cer is dispatched TO make the sharks
disgorge and very generally succeeds in
compelling the reiunding of the money
paid for some worthless article. On
Tuesday las, rerdant FROM the Pine
Tree State" was introduced to one of
these Peters, who succeeded in defraud
ing him on, Of $40. for worthless time.
piece. A officer succeeded IN recover
ing the money. The "full-grown sam.
pie of verdancy" no doubt, will return to
your State wiser than when he left it,
May he profit by his experience.
BABIES. Next June, Barnum is 10
hold his grea. Baby Show. The news.
papers we perceive, are agi,atlng the pro.
priety Of the affair. Some think the
idea was run into the ground, last wear