Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-01-03

been stated, BY de.achneDs from ti1c Han ooos VI "e
eompany's hands and the result OF these conbln-
.. operstions II wa, ON the sIh day OF December. that
the WAFER beg TO be let upon the lower level,
and will continue be augmented as lar as the sale
IL of the embank will permit, until the nasga-
ton il resiorcd--the execution OF the work having
beep in p,ogress about months, aud occupied n
bout double the time contemplated Ut the period ol
rs CONNIE In the Spring.
The causes Of the extraordinary prorraciion OF the
work on the lower level may now be bilchy stated;
and in making the statement, will be expedent TO
divide the term OF its duration into three equal PERI
ods of three months, and 10 exhibit the mpcd,menis
peculiar 10 each.
In the FIRST quarter, extending rom the middle OF
the month Of March to the middle OF June, the work
was kept back by the limited amount and inc ffiol:ni
character OF the force employed. The period oil
year and the Of the line OF operation IN the be-
ginning were propitious TO vigorous and eihcienf
movement. and a thousand men might have been ad-
vaniageousy employed. But the average number
for the first month was less than three hsndred,
and for the whole quarter only about 500 hands
The force was Kept down by tho liberal prices paid
by the contractors upon the upper parts Of the line
by the objection OF the proptietors OF slavesto the
positions and circumstances OF the work and by the
great demand for labor 10 other quarters but e'pe-
cialy in the States Of afyland Indiana, Illinois,
South Carolina and Georgia. With tile exception
OF few black laboreIs, no accession Of force vas
ever procured from The few contractors on the up
P'' u"'s'ob W 'bo io"tt 'an' tue sum- h"h'''' -
white men IN their service making known their de-
termination 10 quit the line altogether. should they
be called upon TO remove 10 the lower level and with
TIE exception oil about 10 men, none were ever oo'an
ed from the contractors above Maiden's Adventure
DAM although they were offered at the rate OF u
per day for their men, they and their aboiers prefer
ring to prosecute the Jobs in which they were en-
gagged, rather than to remove to climate aud work
both OF which they apprchended would be attended
with danger.
But the general character Of The force tmployed
during tn, per,od constituted mn obiection no less
considet able than lis numerical amonnt OF the
whole number engaged about Two thirls were white
men, consisting for the far greater part oCioielcners
recently arrived from the various work shops OF Eu
ropc and m prncip,l degree ofthat description Of
Irlsh em,prants thai roam, among The various pnb.
lac works IN proe,ess. and are constantly arriving
aud departing upon the different lines AZ interest or
caprice dictates a change. The instability OF the
force may be udr,d oiby the fact that o each of tho
three months III the quarter, the maximum amount
exceeded the monthly average by upwards of 90
hands-(See Amp. II ! But on several occasions il
disclosed itself IN a sun mole imposing form-In
the month of May ihi. inconpruous mass struck for
higher wages, accompanying The demand with de-
m6psraions of intended urea I'm, oroper py,c,u.
hons being taken 10 preserve The public peace
the object was abandoned for the time, and
the laboTers returned upon the workout, in the
eaty part OF June, they again threw down their i'm
pcments, avowing their fixed purpose. in the event
OF refusal, 10 quil tho line but again returned, IN
consequence OF the pledge then gwen by The Board
OF Directors Of a continuance OF the then existing
prices and monthly payments, and oil an allowance
OF 20 per cent. N favor Of such industrious and or
derry men rs might remain Til The completion Ct
The work.
In the second quarter, commencing the middle OF
June and ending the middle Of September the work
was greatly retarded by the extraordinary character
OF The season, aud by the inaputude OF the still
prcponderang mass OF foreign aborcrs to Withstand
us debiha'iog effects.
In the commencement OF this quarter great efforts
were made to an augment the proportions OF black
labor on the work, by piacarding the additional in
ducements then held out along the line Of canal up
as Tar as Lynchbufg, and by special agents sent TO
various towns and counties To the South East and
North Of the city OF Richmond. But these induce
ments, although very efficient Tor the object at a
more advanced pant of the year, were imperative at
this period for whilst little or nothing was added by
these efforts TO the nu,nLer Of laborers aicady en-.
gagged yet upon the approach OF harvest neally 100
OF the black force ,hon on the work went Off aud in
consequence OF the panic which soon after occurred
did not come back, they ever returned at ALL until
after The season of danger aud difficulty had passed
away.
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