Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-07-25

should serve rs warning to those who
have not yet turned their feet from the path
Of rcctitude to the road that leads to
wretchedness and death. 1t is another sad
commentary on the result of sin which
| should be productive of good results, but
which will fall, undoubtedly, like all the
rest, without effect. Its application is
equally suitable TO both sexes, for while
the ono forsakes her virtue for a life ofease
and style and the other becomes villain to
crafty his beastly appctites, the result OF
crime wretchcdness and death - falls
equally upon both, This woman states in
her confession that she was cntrappcd, as
thousands have been, through the oily
tongue of her 5etraycr, who held out the
usual Inducements. She is the daughter of
respectable parents, residing in the State of
Massachusetts, and left home, perhaps,
on some trivial preteXt Of offence, with the
expectation Of some day returning the pos
SCISSOR Of fortune, TO meet with disapont-
mcnt as is the case in nine cases out Of ten,
when the young and unwary exchange
good homes in the country, for chance
at success in our large towns and cities.
Her parents have no doubt been solicitous
for her welfare while She was hiding her
sins from them, and courting the tlattery
of the vicious instead of taking their ad-
vice. This woman went to New York
where she met Goodrich, n man Of bad
character, evidently, who induced her to
live with him, aid after living with her for
Il time he deliberately informed her of his
purpose to cast her of. according to her
story she begged him not to do so, but as
certaning that he was fixed in his purpose,
she shot him under the circumstances she
relates.
There is no doubt that she committed the
act in n frenzy in consequence of her aban-
donment by Goodrich, who tits stated was a
heartlcss bctrayer, and had probably more
victims than one, and but little sympathy
will be expended on him.
That girls are cften wayward and un-
comfortable is truc-but it is equally true
that parents are to blame, in many instan-
ces, in allowing their daughters to 80 un-
attended, and uncared for, into large cities
for employment. Many girls leave home
for the cities to find better treatment, and
hundreds are allowed to go there to crafty
their desire 70: tic surpcrior polish Of city
life. We daily see poor girls leaving a
country home Of comparative plenty, who
so to the cities expecting to mingle with
the fashionable, but who return much wi
ser than they were, or remain is moral
wrecks, generally the result Of disappoint-
ment and want
Another class are those who wander the
streets Of cties--girls who have been cast
away by parents, because they have erred,
probably for the first time, and not know
ing what else to do for q livelihood, sink
deeper in vice to obtain means to live. The
majority of these are girls of good qualities
of heart, and constantly feel the pangs OF
rcmorse which their moral situation in
life must produce, but they are outcasts,
and there is no other road left for them
than the path of sin. \ large number OF
this class might be redeemed if the proper
course were pursued by parents. We have
seen cases where girls have returned to re-
spectability and usefulness through the en-
couragemcnt Of f1onds and parents; and
doubtless many Of that character who eX-
ist upon our streets, might, through the
same Influences. be brought back to bet,
ter life but where no encouragement is
given, like this woman who now occupies q
muriercr's cell, they sinI; deeper and deeper
in degradation and crime.