Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-08-03
New York Correspondence
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vrnor OF the State, has committed the
sentence Of Death, lately passed upon
Henrietta Robinson, into Imprisonment
Cor hfe. This has been expected by the
public. for some time SO the announce.
ment creates no surprise, albeit sensa.
ton of relief was felt the momen, i, was
known. as If some incubus had been re-
moved. And so there has the horrd
idea. so repugnant to humanity, OF hang.
ing woman tridentiy insane, has been
dlspeled by the exercise OF the Gnberna.
toria authority and the wreiched woman
who could Amos, feel the rope around
her neck, is permitted 10 live. The
mind would have recoiled from reading
the record that IN the Nineteenth Cent?.
ry, woman was hung whose madness
was so paipable as to induce the Judges
who uied her, the Jury that convicted
her asd the Lawyers who sought that
conviction, TO petition with thousands OF
upright, sensible Citizens OF the Empire
State, Tor Pardon The enforcement Of
the Blue Laws of Connecticut, would
have been trivial TO such an act. Witch.
craft would have uttered an 10 Triumph,
aud helpIes, humanity stood aghas, a, the
spectacle We notice in the Tribune oil
to-day, letter from E. Oakes Smith
author OF the Newsboy, and Beelha and
Lily, detailing recent conversation had
with Mrs Robinson. !, IS exceedingly
interesting and did space permit we
would make extracts.
BAsswoop We send you, enclosed
in this letter. slip Of Basaro0d paper
made fIom a tree OF that name. GU
will remember tina, an Edition OF the AL
bany Evening Journal was struck eff or
such paper some time ago. |, IS due 10
the inventor to state tina, The Sellowish
,inse noticeable on the specimen | sen!
you, has been entirely removed, by later
experiments.
| AMERICAN INSTITUTE The annual
Far OF the American Institute will be
held IN our CITY during the later part q
September. |, promise. to be grand
affair, PoMox, has been profase in her
gifts this season and our farmer trend.
wear lo.ial faces, N view Of sl,>. ptoml,-
ing Harvest. which has, indeed. already
dawned upon them. Il wiz be recolle ci.
ed tina, the Fair was net held last year,
in consequence % the Crystal PLACE at.
I traction. A. Castle Garden, the place
where !, has been held for years back
is occupied b, the Commissioners of Etn-
! lgra,ion, the Fa,r viii be held IN the
building used By the great Exposition 81
l>Ji There Is one advantage IN this
and one disadvantage. Larger space
is the FIRST Distance from the tratre Of
the cifg the last. But the last sinks INTO
ms gniticence when we remember that Of
late years the instAuiu,e has been cramp,
ed Tor room IN is displays. The Asfi
cultural, Mechanical and Mineral depati.
ments have been huddlcj together. IN
defiance OF rule and order. Now that
ample room has been secured, we may
reasonably expect that tins Far Will come
III IN manner crediiable 10 all cnncern.
ed, and worthy oil the Empire Guy II
ao,hing prevents we shall devote one
letter to disenpson OF 1t, when the time
comes
B.ESCM. Have you heard Of the last
new-iang!ed-tnoney- making notion oil
Phimeas T. Ii !, unique and novel, yet
natural consequence TO the nominal
success Of the Baby show. A NATIONAL
GALLEY OF Beauty. with prizes in mon
ey and the twelve successful competitors
TO have their portraits engraven in the
French Book Of Beauty. VIVA, an in.
ducement' We presume there are hun.
dreds of handsome land silIy) women in
the United States. who will second the
projec, by despatching their likenesses
(Daguerreo,yped or Pho'osraphed) to
the American Museum. We half fancy
that The building will BE too small to hold
visitors; will Barnum engage the Crystal
Pal ace9 Ali is to be arrayed and COZ.
Quoted according to the demands Of pro.
priety. or this. more anon
WHICH, the Right or the Left, Jus:
published by Garret. and Co., New York
City, is mos, remarkable book. II
places the church of Society and the
Church of Chris, fairly in jux,aposi,ion;
the characters are well drawn one of
them, the hero. Charles Leland, perhaps
a little orer.drawn. Instances Of such
snA and Sar