Litchfield enquirer., 1830-05-20

? Ito the Catholics for the increase If slseil } Converts,M M that Nuns should IF mutt ! Ipiied, to supply their COnvenfs. Tlere : are now about 500, ,OOO Catholics in tho U. { States. Two ofthe scholars have already < been !" conycfted'' to the Roman faifh. The scholars are instfUcted iii nearly an } the studies pursued in our private schools. Fhe tuition and board is about @4O per quarter. The French language, the fine
 arts, painting, embroidery, music on the , fpiano forte and harp, &c. are taught in this I Convent. An Italian dancing master yis< ! it's them occasionally, and instructs thenl N In the polite accomplishment of dams
 cing.' The scholars are amused once a
 month with feast given by the Bishop,
 who comes with his cake and sweetmeats and q cluster of smiles, to welcome its a,. ' parently happy inmates. The Bisksob. I we are informed, visits the Nunnery about
 three times week, and the priests every
 day. When remarkably meritorious. fhe 1 Lzdy Superior presents them with croson, composed of wreath of flowers. Hitd
 Nuns also ingratiate themselves into the af3
 fections of the children by many acts Of
 kindness and teach them in a familiar. Wak.
 the most graceful manners. Tho Nuns
 visit thesScholars' room every morning a-
 bout o'clock. before they awake, and slf< ter their prayers over their pupils, 1roha- ply for their conversion to the ss 1rsie Catholic faith !'' After the scholars have retired to rest, they are forbidden to CO.'S verse with each other.
 Religious ceremonies are performed iri thes Chapel of the Convent twice a day. where IS the harp. the altar, and the taber-
 na"ie, all glittering behind the robes and surpllces of bishops and priests. How
 much does this fesemble the form of reli-
 gion without the sGbstdncc !! These sclok
 ars are not permitted to worship withotrf
 the precincts ofthe Chapel ofthe Cohvsnt.
 excepting with the appreciation of their
 parents, and even then they np,sst lave fha Convent on Saturday. and are moi al- lowed to return again till the Monday fol- lowing. All letters 0s eorlGnsnhicsf;ons that are sent 10 these young ladiea fron, parents or friends must De inspected by the Lady Superior. and whatever Information they may wish to forward to their friends mnst also pass under the inquisition of this a Lady How cautious are she managers Nunhnesryyn Nhas ynfsiftt migtt Ts sxpossd to the 5sisds of fiose who are capable leofsundersfanding the philosophy of it's machinery by the letters of the scholars. May the time soon arrive when Protestant parents will open their eyes, and examine well tho moral and religious tendency ofevery Academy to which they send their children, and then there may be some good reason for saying that New England has the credit of send- ing to the Valley of the Mississippi, or some darker region, .fescsr Nuns than that of any other section of our country Chris- tians! be not discouraged; take bold stand against in6deiity in all it's forms, and you will shortly see Babylon and its dagons lie prostrate at yours feet, wailing in bitter strains the sad story of it's destrlc-
 tione!-- Chr;ssiaa Watchnsan. ssHAs | Hail .Ssorms.-Profsssof sOimsted, of Yale College, in. the last number of Siliman's Jonrnal. has attempted to account for haig
 storms this is considered one of the most difficult problems in meteorOlOgys He states
 the following facts :V Violent bail storms are
 attended by black clouds. high winds. and
 chiefly to the temperate zones they occur
 most freqnentIy in the hottest months; hall I stones are much smaller on the topsof noun- tains than in the neighboring plains they l are often folIewed by cooler Weather. The
 immediate cause of hail storms is sudden
 and extraordinary cold 10 the region of the
 clouds where the hail stones begin to form.
 but the great question is, what is the origin Of this coldf Professor Q. does not believe that the cold is generated by the agency uf
 electricity, as some have supposed, but as.
 signs as the cause, an exceeding cold wind | from the north, or from the high and cold I regions of inc atmosphere; this meets with ] moist. warm carrent of air. and a hail storm
 follows. In descriptions of hail storms 1t is
 commonly mentioned. that opposite and viG- lent winds met. When cold current from
 the regions of perpetual frost meets with 1 warm current, the watery yapOF Ag the latter is frozen, and hail stones are formed. Il the lfOrrid zone there are no hail storms except near lofty mountains, because thera are 10
 freezing currents of air; and in the ltigid zons
 there are no violent bail storms because there fare no heated currents to usix with the cold lcurrepts. The south of France is mora re-
 markable for frequsnt hall storms than sDy
 other country in the world. This is owing N fO it's situation between tho Alps and Pyre-. l nees the cold blasts from these regigns efs
 snow and ice minglipg with the hok damp { ali. over the intervening couptry, produce M. {, 0ient hail storms the opposite esirrepts QE < lhOt and cold air are set ip motion when the hat m lt,a a,in Id great. It is ourDFisf1g khae