Southern telegraph., 1837-12-12
HARD MONEY GOVERNMENTS.


Norway. The pcasantrv live on bread
and Cruel, both prepared of oatmeal, with
an occasional istormixture of dried fish.
Meat is a luynrv they rarely enjoy.
SwEDEN.-Thc dress nf the pcasantrv is
prescribed by law. Their fool consists of
hard bread, dried fish, AMI cruel without
meat
ENMi%K.-Thc peasan!ry are still held
in bondagc, anil are ho.,yh and sold torcti,-
err with The land on which they labor.
RrssT,--rhe mobiles own all the land in
the empire. anil the peasan'rv who reside
upon it arc transferred with the estate. a
great m1i'ritv have only sncrgcs, one por-
tinn (which is occupied by The f,m'y, while
the other is appropriated to domestic ami
mails. Few, if any, have beds, but sleep
upon bare boar's, or upon parts of the i'm
mcnSc stoves by which their houses are
warmed. Their food con sists of black
bread, cabbage and other vegetables, with
ont the addition Of any butter. a
PoLiND.-in Pol md the n.,l,ses IRE nranrin-
tors OF the land, and the peasants are slaves
a recent traveller says, 81 have travelled
in every direction, and never saw a wheat
en- loaf the eastward Of the Rhine, in any
part Of N"r'h Germany, Poland, or Den
! mark" The common food Of The peasantry
of 2 ,and, 'sihe working man. is cabbage
and potatoes; sometimes, but not generally
weak black bread and sonp, or rather cruel
without the addition Of butter or meat
| AusrvIA--T'he nnblcs are the proprie
tors of tho anl, and the peasants arc com
pelied to work Tor their masters during day
exccp' Snn1ay. The cul,ivators of the sol
are in state Of bondage.
TIUSGAay Tho noh!cs own the land
d no. work pav no taxes. The iabprine
classes are obliged 10 repair all highway
AMI bridges, are liable at all times to have
soldiers qlartercd upon them, and are com
pellcd to pay one-ten'h of the produce o
their labor to the church, and one-ninth t.
the lord whose land they occupy.
| FRANcE--IIcre the credit system is jus
making lis appearance. 1t has been, ant
perhaps now may be called, a hard none.
Government. or the people of France Sc
ven and half millions do not eat wheat o
wheaton bread: they live upon barley, rye
buckwheat, chesnuts, and a few potatoes
The common wages of the hired laborer i,
:, France is S37 50 for a man, $fS rs Cor
woman, annually. The taxes upon then
are equal to one-filih of its net product.
Rcr.orse at neglected duties.-ssIf
should ever fall TO the LOT of youth to perus
these pages" says Sir Walter Scott, in hi
: autobiography, "lct such reader rcmen
) Der that it is with the deepest regret that
recoiect in my manhood the opportunitie
of learning which neglected in my y0itl,
that thr, u III every part of my literary ca
recr, have felt pinchcd aud hampcrcd b
!: nv own ignorance; and that wn,id at thi
moment give half the reputation have la
{. the good fortune to acquire, If by doln
q 50, could rest the remaining part upon
. sound Foundation Of learning and science.
Whit world Of thought in those fe'
lines! AMI how important do fhcv sees
IS when we learn that he who occupies tt
s nobIcst niche in the temple Of Famcs COT
isccrated by the achievements OF an in'e
lcct uncalalled in splenior, has placed ;
Acknowledgements f'regret on recnrd, tn
he was hampcred by Ignorance. Who
tho student tires of his task, let him remet
her whit Tie great Author reSrcitcd-a'
:. while he feels that although he my new
) match the eapl6 flight Of the great Viva
: Of the sNorth,. he can learn lcss'n Of ,
s manisy as to the extent of his knowlcde
= aud receive an impulse % persevcre."
tel
Drl From MASSACHUSETTS we have rctur
10 from $50 towns, which increases Gov. Ev'
i, els majority to more than NTNHTEEN THs
s. xAND. Il wiIl probably exceedtwcnty thu
sand. and tho Wing gain promises to be 3
- teen ar seventeen thousand.
j = Ma. Infeni gtn6er.
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