The approach of summer brought on them the diseases of the climate, which proved peculiarly afflicting to the raw constitutions of the people, of whom not less than 200 died. These people were collected from the great cities of the Atlantic States, and, such as they are, could only be procured by extraordinary wages. Unapt, under the most favorable circumstances, to be con trolled or managed in a body, their discontents, complaints, and insubordination knew no bounds. Disheartened by sickness, and tormented by the insects that infested their habitations, they were continually deserting, and were altogether indisposed to work. After experience of the complicated evils and inconvenience attending the employment of persons procured from the northern and eastern States, the contractors were advised to recruit a fresh supply from New Orleans, as more likely to furnish persons seasoned to the climate, and accustomed to that mode of life. In following this ad vice they sunk a very considerable sum, as the people they procured from New Orleans were so lazy and worthless that little or no work could be got out of them, to compensate the expense of their transportation and maintenance and the advance of wages." The contractors say they " again had recourse to the laboring classes of the northern and eastern States, but with no better success than before. That during this period of the work, (that is, from the latter part of the winter of 1819, to the 1st of April, 1820,) in the short space of about thirteen months, no less than 800 persons, to fill the various departments of artisans, laborers, and overseers, had been transported That during this period of the work, (that is, from the latter part of the winter of 1819, to the 1st of April, 1820,) in the short space of about thirteen months, no less than 800 persons from the principal cities of the United States to Dauphin island, accompanied and followed by numerous and expensive shipments of provisions and necessaries of all kinds for their accommodation."