Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-06-29

-. arc Surg Ihat'thr magnitude of the
evil coaipeIs ils, even 81 ,rely. tornlrr
into such de,ails Of IL, ,.nr musI wc snpprs'
that the w0nlen merely discard NIL rndesiy
on entering, the mouth Of The pit. Thnush
the wdrds we have quoted would seem L"
refer 10. their conduct under ground. Ehun'
dance oEevidepce is >calIcrrd 'litough ih'
report that they have no. much more dcli
cacy ia their recrea,i"ns aud occupations
above ground than in their iabors brIow.-
The men meet To fight and wres,Ie III COM
plete nudity, except their clogs; aud though
the women aflec, Gnery when they are
.hoIidaying," they are not at all shy ci
such exhibitions, nor at any time sensitive
about appearing half naked themselves.
"All glasses of witnesses" says the re-
port, shear the strongest testimony to the
immoral effects of the practice of females
working in mines" 81 wish The govern,
ment,n says one witness, "a coll;er,) "wnuld
expel all girls and females trosn mines. -
[ can give proof.lhat they are immoral;
aud ! an, certain that the girls are wor-e.
in point Of morals, than The men, AMI use
more indecent, language" alt is inipos.
sible," says another, .ior girls 10 remain
modest who are in pits. regularly mixing
with sucl, company. aud hearing such Ian
pua-e as they do. have worked myself
in pI,s !ar above ten years. where girls were
constantly employed, and can safely say
that il is an abomiuable system" "Nhere
Girls are employed" is the testimony of
MIR. Ellison, OF Beikinshaw, "the immor
aIi,ies prnclised are most scandalons," and
MIR. Sadier, surgeon, of Barnsley. whose
pr,(es,inn enables him 10 know infinitely
the habits of The miners around him, con.
firms II in these striking words-"l sinng-
10 d;sapprove of females being in pits; The
fenale character is totally destroyed by IT.;
their habits aud feelings are Altogether dii-
feren,; they can neither discharge the du-
ties of wives or mothers. II is a brulali
xing praciice. .,,
Thomas Wilson esq ofthe Banks Silk
s,one. and owner Of three colliers. though
satisfied lha, .the employment, Of females
of any age, in mines is most objccliona-
bIe" Is nevertheless OF opinion thar it
would be beimpossible for any individual to
mn, an end TO il. al should rejoice to sec
|, M, anend 10, butiu the present feeling
of,he Golfers, no individual would succeed
in stopping il in o neisbborhood whero it
nreyails, because the men would immadi-
ately 90 TO those pits where their daughters
are empioyed." or the correctness of
this opiaion. however, thesc may be some
Iouht. The mischief seems TO have arisen
from tho practice ofthe maslers (for some
reason or other1 allowing the men to find
their own drawers ard hurriors. "Alr.
Hilton, of Wigan," snys sir. sub-cnmmis.
sloner Kennedy, .told me Thar he should
be clad ,odiscon,inuc The employment OF
females in his mines; but ,hat it was a Gus
tom for The men to find their own drawers,
and thai The masters did no, interfere. -
why thcy do no, interfere is not shown
Tbey have inieriercd in other districts, and
with iiia mos, happy results; for we find
rha, from all the mines in The vast coal
fields of C Cumberland, Durham and North
sunderland. ,hercis now an "absolute cx-