Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-04
From the EmaaeiPatsr.
West India Items.

lNeE1Ss
From our West India papers laiely re
celved, we end room for only seleci. iss
oil the many important items Of inf5rns
lion, illustrative Of the true pTogre., &
me magnificent moral and political ye.,
luton now going forward
ST. LUCIA.
PLANTERS TRIcEs.-A few d,r,
ago. one OF the old time planlers-B
AuxlIen Augier-adlressed a letter 70 Il.
SuPendiary Magistrate Of his disiiici. "A.
nouncing the distressing fact, that The !.
borers located on his properly were d.
playing The most Outrageous and cul7s
Die conduct: that his stores had ben
broken open and robbed-tha, we lasOs-
ers refused to do any work, and hal Tires,
ened the lives of The constables on he r,
tate
The Siipendiary Magistrate, jealous 1
the pertor nance of his duty. and pr55,
ply alarmed at such state of things i
Istlng In his district, when all the res
The colony WAS 10 The most perfect trss
guilty, forthwith proceeded 10 the s.a
when, 10 10 his no small aSlonishma.
he found Mr.. Auxlien Augirr was ca.
10 visit some neighbors; be found 90 n.
ror or dismay amongst the cons,aba
whose lives, 1t was reported, had bsa
threatened; aud as 10 The laborrrs. l.
found them all quietly at their work, 81.
the consiables experimenting as usaair
81 Lucia Iadepcsdent.
The Palladium planters paperl sag-
Still, the same indolrn, disposition co..
tInues TO be shown by The recently if.rl
population; and the only alternative ii
TO employers, Is that Of giving svcb Bisa
wages rs must. in our opinion, leai 10 lie
abandonment Of many valuable progr
lies before another crop can be taken a.
As Tor houses and garisns, no rent is cg.
er demanded for them, though Re c5z.
mon rate Of wages j. from two 10 ,a,se
shllllngs sterling her diem, and 10 nsar
instances much more. For all this e.
oul utter The truth when we saw lhal'
reasonable quantity OF work is o5.aisrI
any price. Such. estates as formerly co.
ploycd one hundred and more hbo-sa
now seldom have twelve in the field"
The Independent states. on Lis oTa
observation, that the laborers are gas
disposed 10 enter into arrangements M
The proprietors, for the cultivation Of IL
estates; and although they will not ea.i
again into yearly contracts, a, the rate c
two or three dollars wages per mort
they are willing to pay rent for lhs1
houses and gardens, and TO perform cgs'
Fact work uPOa terms 1Chici ire c0af. e
htShty advantageous 10 The prOyriei65
Il, then, they are not emp!oyed-if de
estates still remain uncullivateJ, The ila-
1n this showing, is certainly not lheilS-
They would BE- acting very foolisbyF
1u themselves again into the power "
ne PlanIer-to submit 10 his slavish ierH'
4 he will not employ them on eqliiats
ernrs, interfering with none OF ibeE
lghts as free men, they are perfecllyJs;,'
HE'D IN refusing 10 work for him; an
happily for them, they can find the meaH'
4 subsistence elsewhere. What CARS
iumanlly-what care Justice. Reas9a
not an ounce of sugar be made in '~
oIony-if every plantation be aband5a-
d to ruln2 Is sugar God2"-Li5sTa1'
DOMINICA.
The ColOnist of Sept 9Th congraia'
ties It's readers on the late favorable sac
the weather, 'the effect of which, on
lie growing crops. must be evident 20 iI'
lost common observer The same Pa'
er says:
We have learnt with much sstisi3i'
On that the system or JOB, or task wolk'
becoming gene raj throughout The Is'
I'd, and the advantage has been SO cle5f'
manifested, both to employers and en-
Dyed, that we think il requires little per-
aston, and less argument. from u.s. y
duce all parties engaged in agriculture
follow up with spirit system WhIsl
s been commenced with such adTan~
s TO the general interests az those WEOSS