Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-18

With regular teatuCS out they are too lazy 10
have much strength, they are copper colored,
but have no resemblance to the African. They
have wholesome dread Of the whites, and Il
special respect for the Americans. These peo-
pie have been pictured as brave, savage, yiudiC-
tive aud tutoUleut. IN measure, this is true.
Z They nave family quarrelS, which are settled
/ with CLUBS, Different tribes have pitched bat
ties, and the prisoners taken-t moderately
lulcN-0re served mp IN the shape of pot pies
and lpaSts. but canulpailSW IS ON the decline,
. the KING himself, COEoodu H. who partook OF
I human uesh uutil aus tortleh year, having re-
/ t0rmed, W hie many OF the nallVeS are partial
20 hGm4n ucSh, lt Is not tudt ~ the MuueS that
theY desire, IN tact, they prefer 20 let deceased
I white Wau aloue as moSt oi those OF whom they
nave fastest nave btch very saitF, ana strongly
/ appropriated VIVA 'on3cEu, bWllhS tht past
I thirteen wears, only one white man mas been
{ kut0 on native on tue tQl ISLANDS proper, aua
this Was ia Ihe ease OF q dispute ahont land.
\ The procuring OF laQotefS affords employment
70 large G0m2er OF Waite meu, ana calls INTO
. reQ0SlilQo a aeSl Of Snal. vessels, ranging trom
{ tQrty 20 btty tons me owners get from sou
TO SOC passage mouey TOR each laooror they
Z 4tlgg trCED the New heOride group, with
I toe understandings that the imported party
( VIII remain taree years with the planter and be
. satisfied with SO per year and tounG. round
/ signifies httle meaning that the lahoror eau
haye the use OF land from when 10 raise ms own
I food, Vegetables grow with marvellous rapldl-
I ". IurulpS, radlShe> aud mustard, AFTER Oeln2
sown Is hours, are above the surface, ana IN TOUR
weeks are ht for use: Ihree crops OF Indian
corn, nom % TO 90 bushels TO Inc acre per crop
I are raised per anuum. IToplcal fruits, such as
1 bananas, oranges, eocoanuts, etc are abundant
/ tuI has room for l2,OOO emgrdnls OF me nght
/ class; industrious men, Win from olUoV 10
5000 capital. limited NUMBER OF carpenters
can also nnd employment az SOU per Gay.
| CnsAllled Wnlte laoot Is nor III Geuahu' ING
hall line OF Australian steamers naNh$ placed
] fil III direct COMMUNICATION Win cdu IlItltiS-
81 SeeH ar la nV have g bsen comnsSJ w.
shin cotton via sydney. and complaints have
been made of the great length OF time before
they eoulu ree5Ee uCcours o I he S9'e3 + N
months from the date Of sbipmeut. They now
propose to ship cotton via San Francisco The
planters Wan5 AieIcan aSilCul 5 uLal l'npg
snici oil ~ he fnnnd in The San Frsn.
| cisco ,narlCet There are tyyo ne,ysp9Ders Dnb-
| lisbed nj TevnLa island of Ovalou. both repra-
| santinr Engiish interests 4 few American
! schooners can do a rood business, in importing
| lahorerS as tbe English have placed restrictions
| IN their vessels enoaped in the business Ii may
| he well 10 remark that these imported labOrers
| are NOT in bondare The constitution prohibits
| involuntary seryitude. except for crime, and
| whenever slave enters the Fijian islands he is
| free Some historians have slandered the island
| by stating that earthquakes are frequent. AZ
in h VI b taS reyiad a fhe Island for a Years
has vet to experience his first earthquake. There
is school at Levuka for white ana nahYe chll-
aren ana QLers WI. W. esoa,;Ie tts 'if SiC,9
peGollle sgitleu, s @ ~ W it -
anu Weighing lhe iaNtSS W "a" 81 W a. "''' va
eoI.JluSlou, tnaL - Is 80 60 ~ ]
nutAeu PIoSleas uuiin7 ny I - IN IN I'i
trace VIII create uuoe, anu te jesui1 "''I NC
oenenclal 10 an parties lIIelee'eu, W. Gun,
| graduate FIJI upon her nIllllaut PiosPec's' anu
|
| On the other hand, a "Sydney man, who has
| srept ripe months in Fiji and other islands in
| ,..,
letter 10 Tue oyuhcS HlnP''c ueso lpoS 'he ~ >
tenn of labor in such terms as to compel the be-
| lief that If not 'Cbondaue" il is Sometbiu r
| -. ,,-4,,;,i,,i1, c.a,, = IN ,,,,o,+ioo M
| q"i'o in"i''''T "''''''''o i''''' - IA P'Ne''N0
| says:
81 carried away with me this idea that though
| material prosperity NAV be the immediate re-
| sult of exacting to the utmost from the powers
or energies of slaves, for they are slaves what
ever may be said TO the contrary, vet such men
as the oyerseers are certain, sooner or later, to
bring about the bitterest enmity between the
two races. and that such treatment is and will
| he the most effectual means of preventing yolun.
| tarv engagements by the islanders for the pur
| nose of working the plantations"
1,,.oih;,,, +,o ,l.,,,to,;ors which bo visited
i'i"7 wy ~
he speaks Of the planters as most agreeable, Jol'
| Nv tellOWS. with plenty u GOulIOTIS, extremely
bosn,table liberal 10 cxtrayapance. and "always
~, -
ready ior ldtN' out auus
off the inner life was peace and quictness, il
was not altogether so outside. MIR. y. happened
to purchase lot Of Tanna labor and tas h(
contded to mel found out, subsequently to THEN
passing and landing on his plantation, tina
; nearly every one of them had been detained on
board by force, although they only came OF
board the labor vessel as traders in yams an'
other produce lie had paid large sum o
money Tor them, ana was uhder oOllEauon tC
return them at the expiration OF the three years
he could by no means OBTAIN any redresS IRON
the evll-doeS, and had therefore nothing else 4
90 than TO make them WORK the pest he could;
, This making, man work against hi
will or inclination, is really Il very serious
affair, especially among untutored sayages, WIZ
have not sufficient reasoning power to see wher
the blame lies. The victims have no help for it
but to grumbe. Now grum5ling is not allowed
IN the flllS among the Iaoof; that IS, II thu
oYerseer knows 1t; ana l was surprised to see
the second morning after my arrival, mar
tied up to the whipping-pOSt, there to receive q
dozen lasheS.
Wv hat has that man done? | asked Of the
overseer who counted the strokes, not very Seri-
ously administered.
sob, be has been over in the village during
the night and, being found out, stands his pun
ishment. This, you know, is not our sentence
but that of the chief. He is, however, the lazi
est ScouuuTtl On llle pduldtlOui ana III glau M
has got a dozen. If he does not work to-day
and work well, too, I'll have another dozen laid
on the top of the one he has just been favored
with, and that before the sun goes down, as SURF
as guns are guns"
"But you would not wish the man to work TO-
day, after the chastsement he has had p said
quite amazed.
''Wouldn't L, thought Good morning, sir
you clearly don't understand how to treat these
nggers," and away he went
At Bachelors hall" which the traveller de
clares was the moStcomfortable house he visited
in the Fits, two young gentlemen, the owners
of fine large plantation, lived life of luxury
and idleness, while their ''labor," under the
charge of an overseer, cultivated tbe cotton
fields.
Being an early riser, took a stroll at five in
the morning. while my friends were vet fast
asleep. Already some sixty OF seventy laborers
of several shades of color were engaged in nip-
ping cotton, and observed, with regret, an uniy
looking customer in a tall, dirty. broad-rimr7ed
Yankee hat, administering blows here and there
every half minute without any apparent provo
cation, with a sort of flexible baton about two
feet long and (as | afterwards discovered made
of thongs of animals intestines plaired together.
Accusing me, this individual, whose very coun.