The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-01
drew a couple of long breaths and died.


The Commissioners appointed under
a resolve of the last Massachusetts Leg
to consider the expectancy Oh
legislation upon the subject of the hours
of labor, held meeting recently in Bos-
ton. Mr.. Robert Bowers, dress tendef
in one of the Lawrence factories, stated
that the regular hours of work at Law
renee are eleven per day, with three
quarters of an hour at noon for dinner.
The rate paid per hour for over work Is
about ten cents. in addition to the regu-
lar pay, which is about seven dollars q
week. Where q great many children
are employed, about three months out
of the year are devoted to their school,
ing. The average proportion of the
wages of children to that of the adults Is
one-third. In respect to the injurious
effect of the long confinement upon the
children, he said that any one who
would go to the gates OF the mills ard
look into the faces of those children
could see it plainly. A great portion of
the children employed are as young ~
ten years. Many of these are works
nights, The proportion of wages OF the
men to that ofthe women is aboutthree-
fourths. and tile price of board the same.
Tt would seem from the statement or
Mr.. Bowers, that legislation was necess-
sary unless, indeed, we can admit thau
it is essential to work children and men
night and day at half pay, in order that
such persons as Gardner Brewer ana
other mill owners may live In Newport
in summer, cOquetupo the continent
of Europe in the fall, pass the winter In
Cuba, and the spring In some attractive
American town.
5rhe State constable of Massachusetts,
has issiled an order directing all secular
business to be stopped in that State OH
Sunday. This is done in compliance
with State law, and reaches classes that
have hitherto been considered exempt
| from the statute provisions-such as
| barbers. arothecaries, stable-keepers ana
eating houses. Constable King remarks
i'm his order: "The Legislature is re-
1 sponsible for. the laws; this department
| is responsible for their enforcement
The fifteenth of November-first ami
yersary Of the day OH which Sherman
( began his march to the sea--will be
(eelebrated in Chicago by a Union Con-
!, yention of officers from the army which
accompanied him. General John a.
Logan is to pronounce an grafton on the
, OCCASION.
: Some specimens of the new ten cent
"A CURRENCY notes have been received, and
n they are nearly ready for general dis
tribution. They are half an inch
longer and a quarter of an inch wider
than the old iiotes, and their engraving
is more elaborate. s7thslt saai
/ A Georgia journal says that many. o.
the leading Methodist clergymen OF thai
!. State, IN consequence of their hostility
to their Northern brethren, have made
overtures. to the Episcopalians for
union with them. = ~ - IS
Il A dispatch from Morehead City, N
c., says that the purser of the steamship
Eagle, from Havana, states that the ne
: gro insurrection in Jamaica, heretofor
8 reported, had assumed serious proper
+ tions, and that at the solicitation Of tn.
d had been dispatched to assist in sup
!, pressing it. 4lis sse1 Y5.sfssfs ssIi ts8
The store of Darby 4 Co.,, Baltimore
!, wholesale contractors, was entered o
! Friday night and the safe blown oper
u Twenty-one hundred dollars in note
were stolen. ~ 4
3 Chief JUSTICE Chase will soon MARI
!, Miss Virgins, of Cincinnati.
Z The Irish Republic loan will not
g "bulledp much in the market, as it
: not likely. to be fayorite with the Blu
It family.
II There are people wicked enough
D. say that the High Constable stops a
n secular operations whenthe clock strike
rs ten, because ten strike is something l
IS always had a special respect for.
7 The Savannah Herald announces tn
x death, in that city on the 10th instan
u Of Judge VIM. "A. Forward, of Florid'
Fifteen thousand dollars were sui
l. scribed to- the Mexican (Republical
y, loan in New York on Friday.
= Connecticut papers tell of an epidem
u of divorces in that State.