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30, .xn PPon1,cE ~ ASrTGUA.-We believe
i, may be asserted with truth, that not more thah
oDe.third of those who, durlu5 slavery, were ell
nIoyed IN the field labor OF estates, are nov con-
tinuousIy occuoled in that work or II may be
more correct TO say, that not more than ore-thlEd
of the amount of the manual labor which was
formerly dedicated TO the growth and manufacture
of our staples is 50 engaged now. We have been
told go by persons competent 10 Judge, and from
our own observations we are convinced OF ii. A
great many have withdrawn tron sugar cultivation
altogether; the boys and girls who used TO form
the wedding and grass gangs of an estate are no
longer there many work only occasionally as
iobbers, when their own independent settlements
do not require their presence others contne their
labors three or four days in the week, and very
few give SIX days. Notwithstanding, however,
this enormous Limitation IN III. amount OF labor
actually applied, Notwithstanding the idleness and
thieyng propenslues charged against the peasanIry,
the hrst ten years OF freedom, with oIe-thlrd the
number OF laooIers, have given al least as large,
and believe larger average crops than the last ten
years OF slavery, with three times the hands. How
is this fact explained, and how does II comport
with the heavy and aboundins complaints which
we constantly hear? And how does II affect or
bear upon the future prospects OF the Island We
should like TO the subject handled by some In
tellgent practical man, for really it suggests matter
for consideration OF great Importance, and well
deserving of mature and dispassionate consdera-
ton Ii would also be satisfactory, and probably
useful, to correct and comparative statements
of the expenses of an estate during slavery and
freedom for instance. what were the expenses Of
an estate that made 10G hogsheads during slavery,
and what are the expenses OF the same now ;
making the same quantity Of sugar? Such and
similar inquiries would enlighten, and lead 10 far
different results than the mischief and ill-feeng
which are created by the doematism and gratul-
tous railing which We so frequently hear in conver-
sations and discussions relating 10 the state OF the
Island It is certainly consolatory TO reflect, that
whatever may have been the fate Of come other
islands, the average crop Of Antigua has not dimin-
lshed since emancipation, although she has had 10
strive against the disastrous effects of an unprece-
dented physical evil which the others in a great
measure escaped The prospect at present for next
year is exceedingly favorable, and with continu-
ancs of seasonabe weather, and the blessing of
God upon our agricultural exertions, the ensuing
crop is likely 10 &c as large as the present,


[Antigua Observer.