The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-09-11

heart with their loneliness. The
sound of the church-going bells" is un-
heard from Trinity, st. Paul's, ana the
other churches in the district; and the
voice of pleasure, as well as the din of
business, is mute.
II there be any thing really alarming
about the progress of the fever, it is the
| circumstance of its having found vic
Tins upon the most elevated ridge of
land between the two rivers, in the Vi
cinity of Trinity Church, where the
streets are spacious, dry, and clean, and
the houses and shops kept neat and airy.
There is apparently nothing in that
/ quarter to produce pestilence, and in
an atmosphere so open and free, one
would suppose it difficult 20 imbite dis
ease from sources of infection. The
confidence, therefore, which many per-
sons felt of escaping the fever in such
a situation, and the reluctance they man
ifested at leaving their houses, cannot
| be denominated rashness, but rational,
though in several cases, an unfortunate
calculation on ordinary data. We are
told taat Mr.. Bakers family at No. A,
| Wall-street, who have suffered so Sc
| verely the present seg,on, have never
found it necessary 10 remove at the
most alarming periods Of The fever in
former years.
| Butto proceed with our skeIch.-T The
city above Fulton.street, on each side of
Broadway, appears much as usual, ex-
cept that the population is very much
thinned in the lower streets, and the
quantity of business diminished. The
city Hall, and the publick places in the
vicinity, including Tammany and Me-
chanick Halls, are open as usual
Washington Hall is crowded with board
ers, who have retreated from the low
er parts of the city. From this point up
Broadway 10 the junction Of the Bow
| cry, person would hardly know the
street. Instead of gilded carriages,
filled with ladies and gentlemen, riding
out for pleasure, you see the street full
of carts, loaded with articles of mer-
chandize, and the sidewalks crowded
with men of business. Many Temporal
ry buildings have been erected, and al
most every vacant spot has been occu-
pied by shop OF shanty of some kind.
These temporary buildings are Of rough
boards, which rising by the side Of mar
BILE walls, and houses finished in the first
style of elegance, present groesque
appearance. The front rooms of near
ly all the dwelling houses, are occupied
as Stores, Banks, Insurance Offices, and
shops of every description; and the
fronts are literally covered with signs.
Several curious mistakes have hap
| penet to persons who have come 10 the
city since these changes have taken
| place. 1t is said Corinthian, with a
lady under his arm, wishing TO take an
evening lounge in Vauxhall, ard choos-
ag The Mests 6g eRaFnG0Gaa Dieen suddenly
found himself in dry-good store. A.
mother gentleman of the same descrip-
ton, in entering the Columbian garden,
by the usual route, soon discovered that
he was al the counter Of brokers'
office, bat having no bills TO exchange,
except ragged note, which he intend
ed to barter for an ice-cream, glass of
punch, and cigar, he twirled his stick
In most exquisite manner, and made
his grand entire by another avenue
| We have already mentioned the com
! plete metamorphosis of Greenwich
| If citizen who has been absent for the
last fortnight were led blind-fod into
some Of the streets, and the bandage re-
moved, he would not recognize the VII
lage. He would see ladies doing their
shopping in what were lately barns or
| stables, and parties Of gentlemen dining
in new Hotels, which have been reared
and finished, as it we're, g.y enchant-
ment. G'he new Cofee-Houses of
Messrs. Sykes and Niblo are now COM
pleted, and furnish the best accommo-
dations for company. We must not for.
get TO mention among the other conve-
niences of the village, that gentlemen
may be shaved in the best style by Mr..
Frumento, who occupies very neat
shop, and scatters his perfumes where
lately the daify-maid MIXED her COW.
Such are some of the revolutions which
| Newly DIRK has undergone in the course
OF lew weeks. God grant that any
further change may be found necessary.
| BOSTON, SEPT. o..
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