The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-04 00:00:00, page 1

AUGUST 4,- 1775. -_ NUMBER 27.'1
siVIRGINIA GAssYETTE
AsiLWAYS Pox siLIBERTY ss fsi (man; PpBLLCK GOOD.
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-ALEXANPER PURDIE, ram-rup
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SALTPE'I'RE.
ALTPETRE is to be found in tobacco
houses, lhblcs. cow house.—,- llcsssin :md
pigcon house.—:. and in any covered pl-ctcc
where the influence of the sun scluum
. renches." A 60 sun: tobacco-house will
' yield upwarus us 16 vst. a year, and so in
proportion for larger or smaller houses.
— In order to prepare the Hours sor attract
' ing. nllnz, all ;lun'g-ssmlogher truth musthc
removw; and ]] loc'uuors me not lcvcl,
"they must be made so by laying on marle,
' or any soil not too ctshlf, which must be
lightly trod down with their see-t. 'l'he
floor being thus prepared, sprinkle strong
amheer over it, made from tohacco trash,
and coVer it with wet ground leaves, or
other tohaceo tra-Lh, fora sortnight ; then
'clean out the tralh, and in any cool dry
.mdrning that succeeda you will find on the
floor the nitrc attracted and condensed
like hoar-l'r'ost. Sweep this off lightly,
and put it by in some hoglltcads, or safe
place in )onr house, 'nutil vou have leisure
to go through the sollowing process. 'l'hil
- work you must carefully repent, as often
as you ohscrve the above-mentioned ap
pearance of nitre on your floors ; by which
means, yqu'will soon be furnished with a
competentquantity to employ at leisure day .
The P [to CssE. 5 5.
- Milce :t lye From this earth in the same
"manner as is usually done scr soctp, nating
that the earth is not to be hard pztcked on
the straw in the bottom of your lye vesibl,
which would retain the water to be oured
upon it too long, and overcharge it with
ctssiiline particles, to the great interruption
, of the process—; place the earth hollow in
the vessel, for the reception osthe water;
the first put to it must he war-ner than new
-. milk from the cow, afterwards add cold
' water; fix & vessel to receive the lye as soon
as you begin to put the W'du r in, as it will
not remain long; upon the earth, but in a
xew minute-s liegtn to drop into the receives;
' ifit runs soul, it must be returned upon
the earth; as soon as it ]ux dropped a gal
lun, you mav lie;-in to boil it in a cast-iron
pot; every hulnel of earth will require
nearly 8 gallons of water; continue to
boil it gently until you have fully charged
your pot with the lye. and you will find
.the watery psstrtsilz'lcs evapomte, until it is
\ reduced to a thick oily consillzcnce, shoot
ictng into smdl ic-y cryllnle, which vou will
- calily perceive by expoling the shdsjn &
fizocin to a cold pl.tce; then put the liquor
out of the pot into wetted woosilcn tt'zus,
and set it by in a cool plss'tcsi. For the lirst
growth; if you accidentally boil it too
thick, add a little coltl wzttetss'; \\'l)Cl1 vour
travs have stood with the finds a few hours,.
ymt m tlt nisi: u'tc en-l to lrt the lyc dt'.-in
off from the pt-trc salt, which is the first
gmwth, ZIHLl wnich, hv boiling :]. second
time, will yiell you ssn fresh qvi mtity.
After it is thus drsitincd, anzl her ).nc drt ,
you mzv put it into mile—i or tulw, until
you have leisure, with.;at prejudice to
Your crop, to t'eliut: it.
To rsijme He. l'i'xc', LJALT.
Put into your pot about a third of the
quantity your pot will hold of this iirit
growth, and set it over the fire; )ou are
to be provided with an iron rod, or poker,
to stir it; as soon as it begins to mciz,
)ou will "see it begin to boil suriouily;
LCLP it Well stirred down, as at this time
it is very apt to take fire, which will de
stroy the whoir; when you obsene it in
the boiling to look of a dirty white, flaken
your fire, and stir it briikiy for if quarter;
ot'un hour; then increase, your hrect, and
Continue the [lit-ring, though the danger"
of burning it is now mer; the pot,
before it is susiiciently melted, will be at
the bottom of a flaming red, and the
matter will appear like boiled cream;
and when it becomes whitilll and liquid,
pour it upon a stone, or some earthen
vessel, or a hard well rammed ent-then
floor, clean swept. As soon as it is cold,
it will become hard ; and, if you throw it
upon a stone, will ring like broken china.
lf you have not leisure immediately to
clari )* it ,' put it into :: tub in a dry place
Until some ctmvenient opportunity.
To clarifj/ coagulated CREAM of NI T RE.
Tctevery ,)-).1'ld or'this matter pn' 6 l'os.
of water; after you l.;tve broke it into
small pit-ces, put )our pot upon the fire,
and 'ltir it until it is well dissolved; then
make the fire all round the pot, which
will cause it to boil in the mii'ule, and
prevent any waste'by its drying and stick
ing on the sides of the pot; and as soon
as the eartlly matter btsiL-ins to settlc in
the pot, pour the liquid into a tray, or
(ther open vesiel, thsitt its setlisinent may
scttle; pour off the clear liquor, and
evaporate it with a gentle fire, until in a
spomt it will lhoot into cryltals; then
pour it into your tray, wi l] tlry (iicks
fixed across, so as to be a little below
the iurisitec of tl"e liquid-; st ( this by in a
cool place, where it may stand until it
shoots into clear transparent cr) llals ; then
gently pour oflss the liquor, and let the
truy so as to lr.tin it off perfectly dry.
Thus your saltpetreiscompletely made,:tnd
in a few days will be dry enough to remove
out of" your trays into calku or vessels pro
portion d to the quantities. The liquor
you last poured. ofisi must be again evaporat
ed over the fire, for it will yield saltpetrc
equtlly good as the former; and thus
continue the operation , until all the watery
particles are totally evnporatcd. '
N. 8. The ezu'th from which you
have extracted the shltpctre, and all the
wusliingsi of your vell'els, il'you lsity it by,
thinlv spread, in your house, will turn to
profit, as it continues to be l)('Cull8.l'ly
proper to attract and absorb the nnre
floating in the uir; adcl ullo the curthv
muttcr which scttles in the l'esining; and
should you be in want Ulsihous'C-TOU'H, _\"UU
m w lisreud it upon the earth, covered in
thessmmm-r that locltler-stuckd are; silt Will
pro-luce lsiilsprtrc full as well as a tobucco—
house, taking care th tt the north end he
ulwctvs open, and th it it may bcdcscndctl
ad, much us polli'ole from ruin.
L 0 N- & G'N, kiss;-sh- _ct
IF the flying be true, " that those whom
in avc n intends to destroy it first depfives
01 rous-11, we may c-Hclule that our
,)
minish ) are sailed to desh'ucticm. Nothing
but a tom] deprivation ot i'easim cuulcl h-lve '
teinpfcd government to have umurnished,
this kingdom and lrelund ol'xroops at a.
time w hen France and Spainare augmersstilg
their force both b) land and sea. Could
_ the sirmelt fisiiends of the house of Bour
bon huve wished &! fine: ujvp'orcuuitctv [or
any attempts on theie domimons, either
at home or abroad , then when a great p .rt
osthe arm) ,' and a lsitrge squndron ot'ships,
are emplo) ed asiuinlt the Amesiricans? ,Or
what time can be more proper For those
powerz to attempt distreshng us than When
we are irresolute in our Counc'ils, divick-d
among ourselves, and on the eve osa civil
war; with a ministry disposed to ruin us,
and a parliament in whom we can have ,
no contidence ?
Near a century since a new ssdiscovery
was made in physick by some nsinntomills,
who azssc rted they could cure sundry dis
csid'es b taking certain quantitiesi otctblond
from l e "afflicted person. and in its room
transsusin an equalq'uantity of the warm
blood of some vt nulelome animal. so that
by degrees the whole mass might be reno
yatcd. This method, which has been
dormant sitor many yesitrs, is. we sihear,
newly revived by an eminent-Scotch phy
sicz'an, who has prudtised it iiissih great luc—
ctsisss on many persons, so 3— to quitealter
not only their blood but their dilpolitions.
By trzm—luling the blood ofa male into 3
gentleman who once laried in being born
aBrit'm, and was, wfien young, remark
ubly clear-sightcd, he is now become so
blind that he can scaree behold a glim
mering osthe light of reason, Cunnot this
cqsin llisisi friends from his son, nor in: &
step but as he is led. _ -_.
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ssic A M B R 11) 6 E, 7uly6,
HEFullouing nddresses have been pru
sented to his cxccllency general w ash
ington and the hun. major-geneul Lee.
To hirexcellenqv Gloth-I WASPIN crow,
est),- general and commander in chctj'uf
the continental army, -
May it please your excellency,
T HE congress of the Massuchusettl
colony,— impresctlZ-d with every ['a-mi
ment of gratltude and rcspect, beg leas
to congratulate you on your safe arrival,
and to wish you all immaginable happim-lict
and success in the exeeution of thcssimpor
tantdutiesosyourelevated (tation. \\ hilc
we applaud than attention to the public]:
good munisested in your appoimmcizt, \\ e
equally admire that dismterellcd virtue
and dilli guishecl patriotisin which alone
could cull \Uu srom'those enjoyments of
domellick ]ilc, vx hich :: sublime and man
ly talle, joined with a most ufflilent sur
tunc, ('zm :iffcml, to hazard yourliseg and
to endure the filtiguts of \\ r, in the t'e
sence us the right.—i us msimmml, and the
good ol'yuur country . '