Litchfield enquirer., 1833-06-20

are ever closed. There is one more cor-9 ruption of which | cannot venture to speak and yet it exerts most debasing and dead- ly influence. But probably it does not ex- ist to greater degree than it does in the city of N. York, and certainly it does not produce worse effects, either moral or phy- Sical. I have mentioned these things to show what is the influence cxerted by this city upon the valley ,and that from this foun- tain issue streams of death and woe. One remark however, I feel bound to make, and that is, N. Orleans exerts less unfavora- ply influence upon the temperance cause, than any other city which have visited. mean in proportion to the number of inhabitants. The inquiry now naturally arises, why is not reformation attempted and what are the difficulties? To the first, | answer it has been attempted. To the last say-l. This has been, is now, and for years to come, must be literally s the region and the shadow of death" It is a sickly and dying cline. The very air is charged with death. Sometimes the yell low fever comes with death following after -and now the cholera, that plague of l plaques, has taken possession of the land. And fearful and awful were its ravages a few months since. FOrty-ta0o Hundred I am told went to the narrow house in the short space of IA days. And the cholera is yet here. Every day persons are dying with 1t, and as summer comes on there IS reason to fear the scenes of last fall will be repeated. These circumstances seem to forbid a summer residence in the place :; and this one fact imposes formidable bar rier to every effort for tho moral improve- ment of the city,. 2. Dependent upon the preceding, is another circumstance--the ineessant press of business upon the time and the mind of every man. Merchants from the country are in haste to be away. Merchants in the city have much to do be- fore they leave for more healthy regions. The same may be said of professional men. Inever was in place where every man ap- peared to have so much to do, or where there were fewer real idlers. Now these circumstances are unfavorable to objects o benevolent effort, as well as to the execu- ton of plans of moral alimprovement There is no difficulty in forming benevolent insti- tutions in New Orleans, any more than there is in Albany but they do not live to any great age. A Colonization society, a Missionary society, Tract society, hard ly ever lives to be more than month ol six weeks old and when Temperance society shall be formed (which l trust will
 be in few days) l have no hopes it will sur' vive tue warm season.-Albany Ieleg. Our Ladye Poets.-Mrs. Hemans i. still residing in Dublin, occupied in the ed ucation of her sons she will shortly pub- fish volume of sacred poetry. Hannah Moore is still alive, but in a state that would render death blessing; Memoir by '' constant friend," is already prepar- ed. Miss Landon has been staying at Ox- ford on visit to her uncle, the head of Worcester college: new novel from her pen is nearly finished. Miss Milford so- journs at Three ile- Cross: her tragedies laid by till more fitting season.. Mrs Hewitt, member ofthe Society of Friends, who resides at Noting has prepared a series of tragic dramas, with the highest
 moral tone. Of Mrs. Joanna Baillie, the
 world hears nothing she resides at High gate, in comparative solitude; but enjoying daily intercourse with few chosen friends. Miss Bowles is unhappiIy not in good health; she lives at bennington, in Hamp- shire. Miss Jewsbury (Mrs. Fletcher) i: on the wide sea, with her husband. voya' ging to India. Mrs. Norton is deserting the Muses for the Court Magazine, and a novel which we believe will shortly appear Mrs. Opie lately disposed of her house al Norwich, and is now residing in Cornwall. 
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