New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-23

gustons differ upon the various mines according 70 me
vsrying msgne .miiy Of employers. Time, however VIII
n ueiy this evil and introduce one general rule Of labor
But Notwithstanding the urgent Of reform the rels
tens subsistrg between the employers and the en-
poyes Is Of the most friendly and harmonious kind Many
Of the propreio manifest deep interest in the individual
prosperity and general good Of the miners whom they
poy and large proportion OF the aboers appear DESTROYS
Of adrg in advancing the pecuniay prosperity Of sheir
employers,
The average daily labor performed hero about eleven
Leur. in summer end rine in winter time is allowed dur
ing working hour 10 obtain the necessary meals In the
opersors connected with mining marble the Irish sup
posed 10 be SUPERIOR aborr to the natives Of other
county, as they able 10 endure moro severe and con-
start labor than any other class that can be obtained
When well fed and oversocked with rum they are IN
dusious and thriving and many of them are rapidly RS
inc in condition The laborng Irish upon these mines.
taken as class are truly improvident and with ewex-
eepors exercise very little care for the morrow Mayor
them viii spend good share Of tho night AFTER day Of
labor in hisriy and dancing AT such times other rsS
Of character sre allowed free play usually closing those
scores of merrent by the introduction Of friendly bat
tie in which all may work OFF the supersbundant stmaant
which hes been imbibed durngthc carly hours ofhe even
ing and at length retire with bruised heads and aching
bones received in the friendly encounter as trbase OF
good viii from the most athletic OF the party There are
some exceptions this rule in favor Of those who were OF
consequence in the old country and have brought WITH
them Mind Of native caution and responsibility, which
leads them TO shUn the compeny OF the more noisy aud
rotous and who succeed in ACCOMPLISHING competency in
few years through industrious habits coupled with rigid
economy For the encouragement of this class many "a
elites are enoyed at Rutland The schools ere open 70
the admission the children and youth Of all classes whore
they nay acquire good education, at se same time that
they learn the customs and habits Of American youth
There is aso Catholic School in operation there con
Inenced some time since, under the oontro of Roman
Catholic Priest now attended by about hundred pipl
which bids fair to become important clement In In,
q, nmunity.
The predominant evil operating spou the Irish Ia
borers upon these mines il the hlbiual of large
quantities OF alcoholic stmuant to the traffic in which
they are the principal support Tic hopes Of the tempe
rance men of Vermont not yet fully realized The ex
pectatons which were founded upon the passage of pro
hibtory law similar 10 the MaiRe-Law, have been
doomed to partial disappointment although the trade IS
generally stopped among the native population is stn
eOed on to considerable extent among the IRISH many
Of whom still deal in the poison, selling in secret msnner
and almost with mpuny the secrets Of the trade arc
in the keeping Of their countrymen- Some few have
been punished under the law by the seizure OF their stock
in trade by fines or Imprisonment many escape the pen
atty of the law and the traffic still goes on receiving its
supplies from neighborng States.