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The following interesting article from
the North American Review for October,
gives agIowiDg description Of the condl.
ton OF The laboring classes Of Europe in
regard "to the rate OF wages, the burden
OF taxation, the means OF subsistence, the
facilities Of acquiring education, and the
share, II any, which these classes have IN
the Government" 1t ought 10 inspire
every citizen Of this free and happy re.
public TO guard with constant vigilance,
against any e1croachmenls Dt the lnstitu
tions which guarantee to US the blessings
our brethren beyond the seas are destI.
tute Of.
10 Norway, "the ordinary food of the
pessantrl, is bread and Cruel, both Prepa.
red of oat meal, with an occasional mix.
ture Of dried fish. Meat is luxury which
they rarely enjoy.
10 Sweden, the dress oftbe peasantfy
is prescribed by law. "fhelr food con.
sists ofhard bread dried fish & Cruel with
out meat"
10 Denmark, "the peasdntry are still
held 10 bondage, and are bought and 20 d,
together with the land on which they la.
bof."
In Rnssia, "the bondage ofthe peasan.
Try IS eren more complete than it is in
Denmark." The mobiles own all lhe land,
IN The empire, and The peasantry who re.
side upon it are transferred with the es-
tate.
"a great majority have only cottages,
one portion Of which is occupied by the
family, while the ether is appropriated tp
domestic ANNALS. Few, If any, nave
bels-but sleep upon bare boards, orup,n
parts Of the immsnse stoves by wnicn
their houses are warmed. Their food
consists Of black bread, cabbage, g. olk
er vegetables, without the addition Of any
butter"
10 Poland, ''!he mobiles are the proprie
tors of The land, the peasants are slaves"
A recent traveller says, 81 travelled ia
every direction, and never oawa wheat
en- loaf 10 The eastward Of the Rhae, in
a8y part Of North Ge many, Poland or
Denmark. The Cannon foot oGthe peas.
aniry Of Poland, Sho working men, is
cabbage, potatoes somelIrass, bat not g8n
orally, peas, black Tread ana soup, or
rather gruel, without the addition OF but.
ter or meat"
IN Austria, "he nohles are the pro2rle.
tors Of the land, and The peasants are com
PEELED TO work Tor their masters during
every day excepting Sunday. The eel.
tiva;1rs Of the soil are IN state of bond.
age"
IA Hungary, their state is, Il possible,
still worse, TIE mobiles own the land. do
not work, aad pay no taxes. The labor.
ing classes are obliged to repair all the
highways snd bridges, are liable at any
time 10 have soldiers gaa,iered upon them
and are compelled to pay oDe tenth of
ihe produce o their labor 10 the church,
aud one ninth o the lord whose land they
occupy"
OF he people of France "scven and a
half millions do not eat wheat or wheaten
bread. They i've upon barley, ,ye, buck
wheat. chesuuts, and few polaloes.n
The common wages OF hired laborer
in France. is S37 80 for man, and
Sl9 10 for woman, annually. "The
taxes upon lie Iard are equal 10 one fifth
of lis next pTodacls."
Ia 1891, there were 100000 houses in
Ireland. OF these ll3,000 we're occupi-
ed by paupers-and more than 100000
had only one hearth. The average wa.
ges Of a laborsr is rom nine and half
10 eleven ceuts day.
Among the laboring classes Of tho ia.
dustrious Scotch, "meat exception Sun-
days, is rarely used"
Ia England, the price of labor VARIES
"the Nottingham stocking weavers, as sta
ted by them in public address, after
working from fourteen 10 sixteen hours a
day, only earn from four 10 FIVE shiIIings
a week, and were obliged 10 subsist on
bread and water, or potatoes and SALT"
The Charleston, SoHth Carolina,
Courier, 9fthe 22d instant, ssys-"Ma
ny Of our peach trees are again in
blOon, ard will probably continue, to
bloom on Until the commencement of
the new year--a welcome with which
Pomona has been quite unused, we sp
prehend, to greet Janusrius. A few
days since, two good Siz dapples were
handed Us. plucked from a tree on
Charleston Neck, which had previous
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