Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-02-02 00:00:00, page 4

* - «■ Virginia Legislature,
^ lljh^sc nf Delegates.
XiOXDAX, JANUART 29th, MW.
& »«port from the armory committee w n\he Following words :
committee appointed on the part of the House of Delegates, jointly with the committee appointed oh the part
f.l the Senate, to enquire into the manner in which the operations at the manufactory of arms have been conducted
for the preceding year; investigate the conduct of the officers ; ascertain the quality of the arms made ; examine into
the^cpcnditure ol the mohev appropriated and drawn from the treasury ; the number of arms made, mid the different
deArtotioi!^ tliercor; the number and quantity of component parts, and materials on hand and their value; and the
co» q|^tlm|ttrin3; have, according to order, performed the several duties to them assigned, and submit the following
Your committee have not deemed it essential to adhere to the order in which the several subjects ol enquiry follow i
one another, in the law of ihe-17th ol February, «frA)9, in as much as some of those first named seemed naturally to !
grow Out of others which succeed them. TliMwrtich relates to the expenditure of the money appropriated aivl drawn i
from the treasury wiU first he noticed. 'Und^ThisUiead your committee report, That by the act ot the 18th of Feb
ruary, 1809, appropriating the public revenue, the following sums were directed to be applied to the following objects: i
To the manufacturing of arins ^.. £ 40000
To the foundery and boring mill.. 10000
liuilding for the manufactory of arms ." * . . . . . . . . 1000
Officers’salaries ....... . . 4500
* - Farther back than the 20th day of February, 1809, when the new regulations of the armory commenced, your
*717 committee have not thought proper to carry their enquiries. The confusion known to have existed in every part
~ °f ,‘thjcain»iih^.n prior to that time, would tujMe' rendered it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to arrive at any ,
eertaia .and the subject was moreover taiply investigated by the last legislature; nor could they carry their
enquitieakloy^r down than the 30th of Novemk:r because the accounts directed to be kept by the auditor with
the supenjreudant, were then closed for the odwpiarter.—Between those two days, a period of nine months and a.
third of a month, the following sums seem to have been expended in the following manner:
For the manufactory of arms .......... $> 25,060 40
For the foundery and boring mill 4,623 47
For building for manufactory of armsV^ A . 670 77
Fur officers’ salaries • . • \ ' a a • . * 3,500 OO
% ' --
- 4 S 33,854 64
IP tr> this sum be added the rent of the water from the canal, which will be 8 995 55, the aggregate S 34,850 19,
fe the actual a-nount of money, drawn and expended, between the 20th of February and the 30th of November, 1809.
—This statement however, does not shew with certainty, the actual expense* of the institution, inasmuch as on the
mentioned there was money due to artificers at the armor)', for work performed prior to that time, and whose
\vvere pot then settled and paid. Sene T0mey Avas also then due for materials, the amount of which could
rrmined. In the calculations hereiqa^erVfetted, for ascertaining the costs of the r.rms, your committee have
fd to come, as nearly as possible, to the real expenses of the establishment. Within'the period abovemem
icfe' have been finished at the armory—
Muskets, Aviih bayonets . * . . . . • 3177
Cavalry SAvords, without scabbards • ... . . 540
Artillery sivords without scabbarb* 533
■Pistols ....... : . . 260
#>i the 30th day of Koumber there were on hand.
Unwrought materials of the value of ■» l ...... . S 6,614 8
Of component.parts of arms, to wit; Of muskets of the value of . . .* . 9,529 29
Of pistols . . • . . . . ; 3,053 7
Oflfifles . . i . . . • 3,-156 81
Of carbines . . . . . ... 697
. Ol cavalry sword* ...... 5,419 46
*Of Artillery do. . . * . . 242 23
Making the total value of the materials and component parts of arms then on hand 8 29,011 94
In performing that part of their duty, Avhich requires them t6 ascertain the costs ol the arms made at the armory, your
committee h ive resorted to the following calculations : By the report of Messrs. Douglass, Humes and Todd it appears,
th/^u total value of the mat: rials and'CGmD&ntftt parts of arms on hand on the 20th of February last, was 8 42,771 83;
ItfrJA ilisjbe deducted the value of the ma&rtejrb and component parts of arms on hand on the 30th of November, the
rf%*<\fill tfce value of the old mateMi!s\nd component parrs, Avhich have entered iuto the composition of the
arais1ftbrMited since the 20th of February, that is to say ;
Amount of materials, See. on *and on the 20th of February . \ * 8 42,771 83
From this deduct the amount on hand on the SOth of Novembet * . 29,011 94
—r_
The value of the old materials, &c. used between those days . • * 13 759 89
To which add amount expcndrd for* Hew materials . • « . * 7,04*5 88
In keeping buildings and machinery in repair . * ; 587 2
For workmanship performed * • % • 22,138 50
{■or officers’ salaries . .*..»..••• 3,500
For rent of water i 995 55
r For contingent expenses • • « i . * ¥ • • » 331*96
$48,35S 80
f S 4*8.358 80, seems to include all the expenses of the armory during the above period, and r# to be
in eitlmati! ' the costs of the hrms. It is to have credit by the arms manufactured, to wit:
})y 340 cavalry swords without scabbards, estimated at g7, . . . 3780
By 333 artillery swords without scabbards, at S6 50, . * » 1 * 3460 50
By 200 pistolscat S 8, « - ' v • • « t • * \ 2,080
• S5 9320 50
*Vlfch sum deducted from 48,358 dollars 80 cent*, will give 30,0.18 dollars 30 cents, the costs ot 3177 mtisket's
u ii'^Ak*nt ts ; from which it follows that each musket with a bayonet, made at the armory since the new regulations
to< costs the public 12 dollars 28 3>4<4e£t£
Yol^fcfcmmiitee are aware that this caltWit^k may not hr entirely accurate, inasmuch as it must depend very
much upR tire correctness of the valuation wh^fi ™s made of the materials and component parts of arma ; neverthe*
less, it was the only one to which they could resort, and they'believe the result to he, not far variant in eithe# way from
the nyk.
.^regard to the quality of the public arms, your committee beg leave to state, that in their opinion the invests
f.-'t «* cti ig the armory, prosecuted bv the last legislature, and the changes in its regulations which were then
i<«trodHfc. have been p odurtive of < (Teds during the past y< ar, highly beneficial to the public. The operations of
t o mstWitioii have not nriy beencoiul icted with more ot\ler and economy, the appropriations of money more correctly
applied, and a tore regular end systematic account tbrreof kept, hut the arms made, appear to be of a quality much
superif r to t' .otr: furnis ed in former year*. Ah a proof of this Inst, they submit the following results :
On! hundred **od six tmfiritetoy made under the direction of the present superintendant, of mnterials purchased
by h; . self, were Ahsrg-d with the lath part of a pound of powder, distinguished as Ilr«ulywinc FF, and a ball adapted
to the calibre of tiie gun, !>eing the 1 i*h pa^t of a pound of lead, of this number two burstsdnn the tTial.
'Pwenty-dx barrels, madr ui’dcr the lorn er ard stocked ard finished under the present superintendant, and which
haft cen subjected to two other proofs befo.n^%v%rc changed in a similar manner; ol this number 4bursted.
jTwenty pistol barrels, made under the forqkr led stocked and finished under the present superintendant, were sub
jcAe^ to asimilar pr- ot, in whirh 3 burster!: \hi however, was pri haps too severe a trial, as pistols are aever intend
ed to be fired with musk.'t cartridges, and are necessar ly ground thinner in the barrel than muskets.
’He swords lately made are, in the opinion of yot r committee, ot good temper and shape ; they are not so much
curved as those formerly made ..t the armory.
'I he Foundery and Moving-nr.ill went into partial operation during the last year. On the flOth or November thirty
’non sis pounders had Keen cast rrvd bored ; two of these weri: tried by the committee with four pounds of powder and
two iron hall* adapted to rt.fe calibre of the guns wadded in the usual way. And all the rest, os the superintendant
reports, have been put to the «sm>e proof w’thont any one having yet bureted. Your committee consider them to he
excellent guns, as well in the temper of the metal as in the truth ar.d force with which they send their shot. Agreeably
• to a calculation of the superintendant, whi.-h is probably a correct one, each si?c pounder will, wh-n the works shall be
■Tffrried i^o full operation, rost the stats 4? dollars, a sum it is believed much under the usual price.
I hat part of the Governor's communication which relates to the erection of a forgat ad jacent to the armory, having
♦v.cu-referred to your committee, thev deem it nec«*»nrv to make some report thereof possessing however no know*
ledge thi msclves of such subjects, and biv>r.g access to no means of obtaining corvg^^Biformatton, it has been found
impossible to report with certainty, eith^^a id the irilitv or practicability of such s^KtAhlishinent. A letter upon the
subject, addressed to tiie Cover, or by WP ’b AStrrde, ima been laid before the c^fmittee—the doubts he seems tc
entert>;r. rejecting the ftuffideoey of tle^utA work the forge, arc veiy serious ones, nor can it be supposed that
his e* it mate W*tbc expense of etec-ing it |S r accurate.
l’he man factory of arms, vour committee [li^|# «ed to believe, is already upon too large a scale for the resource'
ofth** r tato; a measure therefore which wotild increase the expenses of the establishment to an extent which cannot lit
calculated with ceminty, aud tiie benefits and practical*!'. i of width too, are doubtful, ought not be adopted with^M
-Vktlcr i.iT^rrr.ution tliar* -it has liCcrn pos
sible to obtain.
llefuie they close their report, your
committee think { accessary to suite,
that some embarrassment appears to
have.arisen from that part or the law of
the last session, which requires 44 that
every voucher admitted in discount,
shall be certified by tiie clerk of the
manufactory of arms, and one roaster
armorer, stating, that the work therein
stated was done, or that the material or
other article furnished, was received
•fordhe manufactory of arms.
"U h'eihcrany particular piece of work
has, or lias not been performed, it
would’seem impossible for the clerk to
know, if he attend to his own particular
cluiv ; it he certify at all, he must rely
upou the information of others, which
in discharging a public deity, it is to lie
presumed he would feel a reluctance
to do. Your committee cannot pe -
ceive any injury chat could result from
amending that section of the law. All
which is respectfully submitted.
Halifax C uniy, November Court, 1309.
Rtchurd Wain, Phf. \
agaikst / In
William Bayes and Thomas Da- vCban.
vrnport, jr. administrator of f eery.
Hrnry King, deceased, Deft*. \
HE defendant William Bayes not hav.
— ing entered his appearance and.xiver.
security agreeably to the act oJrj^Jmsly
ami tbe mles of tli s court, nndfiAilr
ing to the satisfaction ot ;he cnlryMtt lie
'S not an inhabitant of this jfth,
on motion of the plaintiff l,y it
is ordered, that tbe said William Buyes, do
appear here on the loanh Monday in
March next, and answer the plaintiff’s
bill ; and that • copy ot this order be forth
T¥i*” an ouuit uiic me ik. vvhjjiipcrb j
publ shed in the city q{ Richmonu, ior two •
months successively, k posted at the front
door of the court noose ot this county.
Copy—Teste,
SAMUL WILLIAMS d. c h. c.
Halifax County, November Court, 1809
Richard Wain, 1’itfT^
AGAINST In
John King and 1 n mas Davenport, >chan
admipistruior ot Henry K:hg, eery,
deceased, dcits. J
T HE delendnnt John King^ uothaving*
* entered his appearance and *
curity agn eablyio ,he act ot a:
the rules oi tli'.s court, And it n
the satisfaction ot the Ciurt tli
on inhhUi-aiit ot this ccnimoi,
rnnticn ot the plaintiffi>y h»s c<_
I ordereiV* t*,ai l*,e *nid John King do appear
here on the fc*»nh Monday ir. March next,
and answer the bill of ,*»*. plaintiff—>nnu
that a copy of this order l>e torthwtta in.
errted in *on,e or,e of the newspapers pub
lished in lhe city o: Richmond, for two
months suCkeiSveiy, and pos.ed at the front
door of the courthouse of the said, county.
A Copy—Teste,
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, d. c. u. c.
V illUlNi V : "
In Hmif-x County Court, In Chancery, 2ith
,Dec. 1809.
Between
Alexander Cunningham^ PitlF,
a*, d
Jesse Carter, Matthew Cabnner*. EvO
fCutor of Theodo: ic'a C*‘‘er_ dec and ju^C ^ff.
dy Carer, rsiict of said decedent.
The defendant, Jes-*- Carer,
tered his appear? iice and given *>u'nBt^F
ding to the act of Assembly and t|A
Court, and it appearing to the of
the Court, that he i. not an inhabitant"of his
Commonwealths* On motinn cf the plaintiff by
his Counsel, it iaotdered, t'nst the said Lti men
tioned defendant, do appear he-e on the-fourth
MCmday in March next and answer the bill cf
the plaintiff—-And that a co;>y of this order lie
rbtttt’jvi'h inserted in one of the News ptpers
published in-the city of Richmond for eight week*
sttccessvely Mid posted at the front door ot the
Courthouse of the*said County.
A CopysseTeste,
Samuel Williams, n. c. 11. c.
Virginia : j
In Halifax County Court, In Chancer
25ih Dec. 1809,
Between
1 E.lward Terrell;, Pift:
and
1 Nathan Henderson, William Moore, ^
Charles Ifarrit, William Henderson, £■
Jacob Fnrjfdsonv John Henry, Rd-Jdefts.
ward H-nderson. James Henderson, 7
! Phoebe Combs k FrederickFerreil,j[
The “defendant, Nothin ILmlej
having entered his appearance^
security according to the act
and th« Rules of this Court,at
irg to the satifcfactir n cf tlv
he is not an Inhabitant of thi
weslth ; On motion of the Plaintiff by his
cr.un«ti, it is ordered, that the said last
mentioned defeudant, do appear here on
the fourth Monday in March next, and
answer the bill of the Plaintiff’; and that a
copy of this order he forthwith inserted
in one of the news papers published in the
city of Richmond for eight weeks succes
sively, and posted at the front door ot the
Courthouse ef the said County.
A copy—Test,
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, o.c. h. c.
WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder,
on ihu first Saturday in February next,
i the
TRACT OF /.AND,
I Whereon Frnnc^LTho^nion, d» cewsqjL Kv..
ed, in CharlotteaC'WTity, on
creek, i.. qunntityw«4 acres, 1|\ r.
! v» y. Terms, OfieJ^Mf cash, vd~9P w*r r
half in iwvlve intptl^L The w.if
! be seld subject J(0 the ifcdow’s^WPer, the
pnreharer giv^* bond wrWr approved seen
f rity. A further description is deemed uo.
j necessary, as it is presumed that no person
wilt purchase without first viewing the pre.
’ • mises.
VVm. L. THO?.NTON, and
J. W.-THORN IVN,
j Execmms.
11 January 9 1310. * *$ip
J
P L A N T A T J O
Whereon hr lived, containing ny crtimntl..
on, one hundved *cr<.s, more or At„
so, the following
NEGROES, to wi»
Frank, Aaron, Pat, and her t-.vo
lii/.ii.h a .d BGz.i, and Judy, unil
property was conveved tu the -si^ *
by said h'dinund M*’untcas’.1e and £'„iiz\
beth, his wife, to secure the payment i?F
two thousand dollars due to John H. Cans*
tiao, and is of record in New Kent county
court. si.
JONES R. CHRISTIAN, Trustee.
New Kent, January 8th, 1810. tlj?
Samuel McCraw and Sarah n»» wife, winrkk
said Sarah is executrix oi the tcsmmr.^P^ '
and last will of James Gunn, her son, tie.
ceased, and sole devisee under the last
will and testament of the said James
Gnnn dec John Turpm and Harriet his
wife, late Harriet Gnnn, daughter of
said Sarah Alciy-aw, Ime Saiau Guft!-,
and John S. Gut^^ rnyy F. Gunn, James
William Fredei ic^yfunn, intai
dren of the said St^Ei ftlcCrai . *
said Sarouel McCj^^ to be,
thatr guardian, tqJKefSd this Mt
“TAKE NOTK/7 tl% we IPdf dporr •
A the third day of the Rxt term of the * ,
honorable supenor court of chancery for
the dichtnoml district, move the said court
for commissions to tnke ihe depositions of
sundry witnesses in the state of Georgia,
to be read in evidence in the Suit depend
in th#» rmiri n n.,i__
plaintiffs, and yourselves, defendants.
This notice is given that you may attend
In the said court at the torn ab >ve ment«fc •
rrned, to name commissioners if you think
proper,
EDVVn. CUNNINGHAM,
ARIA: a CUNNINGHAM;
December 22d 1805. t3Fp,
Bit virtue of a deed of trust bearing bate the
2Jih of December, 1806, and duly record*
cd in he county ctun of Chesterfield, execure I
by \V it.iam Hi own fur the purpose of srtrting
ihepu'Clua! payment ofthe sum of^92 13 3 1 3
wi-.h interest thereon f'vcm the date of li e said
deid and the expenses necessarily ineuT.-rd by
ca*»ying he said mm deed into execution,
iug the first ins-alment of a debt due to'rfcn ■
under the piovisions cf ihe act cr assembly con*
ceming executions, Ac. Ac. by die
I KUSTEES.
CHeite’field enunty, Jan. 13;h, 18U). 4ip *
At the rorju'-st of Wil iam IJro.rn snl by ihtr
consent of benjamin Hatcher, the ssie of me a.
b*»vn Land is porponed iiik£v.arrlay the 3d Feb*
1810 T HE TRU.V. i.fcS.
NEGROES FOR SALE.
AT Cnmocrlanrl Courthouse, on the 4th
Monday in Mat.m next, being court
d«ty> will he sold^ seven or erght likwl^yrd
valuable NEGRO MLNj for tue
the rwlierwise unsecured ci editors <yfc*nics,
Thomas and Francis Deane, who siu Ai.-xve
ertitieo themselves to such uenefiAy sub.
scribing a compromise which o suen cre
ditors hath been proposeu—and according
to a deed ot trust made to the suoscribtrs.
William Daniel,Jr.
Edward Hoover.
January lilhj 1810. s tda
C !intiKp riarwt ia:: .c.-n-—
A!e*oi;s Davenport, •tirvjflr.g partner A In
of W >t u A eaoiu Davenport, pltf. > Qn*n •
iOAiKjT W ry.
jothoa Glover U Walter Joner, drfl^^■'^>
qPHE defendant Jj$hiw, not having entered hi*
■ appearance art* given security acuidhig to
the tciof assembly and the 'Ules of tjA Court,
and it appearing to the sa iifac'ion MhnCourt
ihat he. is not an inhabitin' rtf thi^p^^ i on
the motion of the plaintiff by his cmHP, it is
ordered, ihat nn'eas the said defendant Joshua
do appear hereon or before the dih Monday m
August next, and answer the plaintiff's btll^ihe
matter thereof will bu deefeed against him; and
that a copy cf this order he forthwith inserted
in some one of the news papers printed in the
city of Richmond for three weeks successive y
and pitted at the front door of the Caart Horn *
of thia county.
(A Gof-y)— Attest
mIUeEA~WUOD8UN/jr. o. c. *
ffw,
IN CocrwcrL, September 19tbf 1809.
ON coniiritruuon ol toe report of the; e»»m.
mince who examined toe Audi or's office,
j It ii advised, that from and after the l*r day of
| January next, ihe auditor be in-trotted in eve y
case where any claim by virsue of an order <r
certifies- of Court it preaenied to him by a per.
son who.e name is not men tened therein, to re
quire »tich person to ptoduec also an order op
power of Attor^ry from the individiul in iv'.ntse
favor inch order or certificate of court was
made, together wi h n e.Sidavit of cne witness
j a? least. cofitfied hy a magistrate op notary Mib*
i lie, that such mi individual actually signed anti
acknowledged the -.me, •*
Extract from thc.Jiurnal, *'
DAN1KI, f„ IIYI.TON,
Clerk of the Conncil.
In Cr.Wfft, J.tnyn'v ♦h, I8T0
It is a«'v. «ed, 'I I nt she Of-"a’icn ■»! tb^ i all
! j r®scrib'd fcp |br*jM rj.mr bt the mlsitc of CV'ii*
i cil of th- IBrb JSf.p’tmher Alt r“''.t:s* to toe
' au*h«ntbhf.H!»ti c.f c'altA 'iyv‘» <*** *w
j rcrnflcmrs of c.-urt slrdl b; ended tmdl
| lit day of .VV»H'h n'*t.
'• JVxiTv.Ct If.rm tbt
DAN'l i-1- TIYiTCt ^f
* C4t ik d the Coctxf.