True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-02-18

CRIME IN NEW ONLEaNs-iu the sections Of
country further north, New Orleans is ooIed with
piona dead the very sink OF inInity; the cuuldron'
in which Bealzehub miyrs his Ingredients of dinjlerf
So far the freedom Of opinion, & enlargement from
the blue laws of fanatic: exercised here. the can't
ing enthusiasts who daily enrcch against tho tone nj
moral feeling here, have some grounds for keeping III II
eyes in fine lhreuzy rnlling' 1t blessed Thing
for ,s t We IRE not hide bound by that narrow spiri'
with which pref uiice would et!er Man can be
here in his maesy-tnc laws only l.prving him
OF thu, portion Of his maural lib rly, which renders
rational, and curbs the disposition to Righteousness.
And yet, because he is mt nude to move here, as ut
pastchoart figure wir'worseh he is called lcentious
and New Orleans vIied Of rotenness
ard corruption.
Tha, crime il c'mittrd here, is not III MED, but ii is
rare, considering the incentives to lis conmiss which
he onnd here in snpcrahnndant quantities. In
the first place, the population is mixed-drnwn hitler
from every cms, md from every station in life. Tho
inmene shipping in this port, rnders it resort for
vast number Of <eaftrins men. Wien vessels are
lying up these discharged and feqncnls resi- on
their oars til, there's no, another shot left IN tie iucke.
They are frequently dssout and months of ilcness
soon besc, vice and lead the incipicnt stages of
crime. Wi.hou, money nobody live honestly in
| New Orleans. # i. here ESSENTIAL requisite. and
ca-not be dispensed with. Out Of money aud OF
em,ov,nc.. ard to Obtain silnai4,n- being next to
nppssibiy III the ~, blrst spheres of labor it
is not strange that weak n'' or those ntnn,;'re$srd
" i,h moral principle sho'1" bend to crime, in
lnnmcnt n:uhjcct despair ort to self dctrut ton for
relief.
That fortunes have been realized in New O Leans.
very Suddenly is hue, The fac, has produced the
! IL, ni u,
abroad thai i, is but to como aud cnuqner |, is
fatal mistake; anl how many have proved it G.. Indus
try anil capital and close attention daily transactions
an eve single to business operations aud always the
alert frusaity and enterprise all necessary in
sure any thing like rcaizHon the hopes en;crainei
,f acquiring wealth. is for young coming to tho
city, without having scrurd situluYs and depending
| solely upon chance their interchangeable exe,tons O.
their supposed qualifications, il is altogether prepo
ons New Or enns presents field for such Enterprise
Clerks NAV g. a-hrCging here, hu: cc,kships do not
Men If high qualifications. from cdncf ton, oXper,
attention and other cleIk'y by attributes have been here
for months living in anxous expectation till cnurv
Of the bittec kind stared them i'll tho face and
hope denar;ed. The Holy Book says that man is
pro,r, to evil as the sparks fly UPWARD, and IT is no,
exraorlinar7 that under the circumstances have set
forth tia, men should fall Rather th"n yield to the
nos shi!iiy of mourning disgrace a diagginz this
miserable existence, of exposing their pride 10 TIT:
ride tsunrs If those whom they left, to seek The
iuacined Fl DornGo, they become sefimmolnted VIC
tins to false hopes.
These arc some Of The causes Of crimc in New Or.
raus Ii is in iased however by the same KIM of
nriuciple.l wretrhrs who hang about all large cities
and ,!.prcdare and prey upon the community. 1t is
connlon ceu,rc tn wirh the wandering Of all nations
CONVERGE and to which much of the ating population
Of our northern con.derates, Cock. during the winter
seasou when is tho gavcs, and most lcd with
rars, VIII, come to he amused AM scutier their