The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-11 00:00:00, page 1

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To plr. ALEsiA-NDER PUKDIE.
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OME time ago, my having made pow
der was mentioned in your paper;
but, as] niih for no more merit (should
there be any in this) than ] deserve, lin
l'siorm the publick, that Mr. Bcnjumin
Clementsi is a partncr with me in making
theffiowcssler, and that he was the first in the
colouy, ] luve heard of, who attempted
to make it, although he did not bring it
- to perfection. Since our partnership, we
have brought it to such persection, with
sultpetre or our own 'making, that the
besh-ifle-men approve ot'it; and, with the
"little will we now have, we can make 50 lb.
weight in aday. Saltpetrc only is want
ing, which may very easily be made, by
ohsiirfing the following dircctions; and
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whei'ltitctu considered how much we want
owder. and that saltpetrc is its principal
mgredient, it is hoped those who have
the good of their country .tt heart will
exert thimsclves in msiiking it. Without
it. we can have no pctowder, consequently
no means-of defence; but with it,- we
ffltll soon -h.we' both. ] am, sir, your
very humble servantg
CHARLES LYNCH.
MANCnt-zs'rm, August 5, 1775.
Dig up the floors of old houses, about
six.iuches deep; break the clods Very
small; have hopper-5. like mill-hoppers,
made for the purpose; put some straw in
their bottom, and fill them up with the
(lust; six. them as you do 'a lye-gunn;
pour Water' into them, and let it drop
through (lowly into :: tub, as you do in
kain'r lye for soap; boil the liquor
thussir'di'opped in .1 pot or Leltlc, tilla
drop of'-it will cmgu'ue on any cold sub
stance,.nnd look like Wct snow; then put
it awa in a cool place, in truys or tuhz,
till it I out-s; it will lhoot in about 24
houre; when shot, some liquor will re
main in the vessels; this must be boiled
again, tillit comes to the same consis—
tence as before. and set away to shoot,
:ss_which it will do, and still leave some
hqttflnl; am 15 called the mother lyc, and
is taken cure of, till more shltpctrc is
making, and mixed with the liquor when
set 1partto shoot, will forward its shout
ing.- 'Sultpctrc. thus made, will be of a
brownish colunr; to purisy it, put it in as
much hot water as will (liliblxc it, and
let it evztporute over the fire, or in the
sun, and ngnin set it away to shuot -, and
should any hmwnncss still renum , the same
process must' be reputed, again and
again, till it is put-c.
K ! A! /l R [( S.
Thceztrthcnflnurs of nhnust dl nld houses
that are exposed to the air. :md ch: dry,
are more or ]: s:— hnprchzzztul with ninsiuus
pn'ticlcs. They are often sound deeper
than she inches, sumclizncx ns (le-c.) ;13
12 inches; but what tsinmzity of them
urth vnsily contnin. how then it is in—
]wcgnnttd. or whether it umtuinss an) at
;dl, C.!" mal-. he known by experimcnh'.
'lhcsc csisiasirinlcntsi are to.— be nudc by
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taking a smallquuntity ot'esiirth ;uxl hlt .
lng water through it, as directed above,
and tasting the water;ssbusi if the psirson
making the experiment cannot tell by the
taste whether or not it cout..im. any [Alt
petre, he must boil the liquor till it eva
porates entirely, and a ssidt will be left in
the bottom of the Vesscl, which, if salt
Eetre, will take fire on a red coal, and
laze osi' (lowly .
The nitrous particles always remain
fluid in boiling water; is, therefore, ycu
see any salt in your liquor while hot, the
liquor malt be ltrsstined through a cloth
before you set it away to cool and shoot,
as you may be well assured what salt you
see in it when but is not saltpetre. "
'l'he liquor cannot be boiled too sast at
first, but towardsi the last it must boil [low
ly. Care must be taken that-the liquor is
not at away to shoot till it boils to the
conhltence directed, but more can-e must
be taken that it boils no longer. If it is
put away too soon, it may be made to
shoot, by letting- it evaporate in the sun-,
is too late, it will not lhoot at all, until
more water is ut to it, and it is boiled
over again, till, it eomes_to the proper
conlistence .
Shooting is the formation of the salt
petrc from the sides and bottom os.he
vessels, in long pointed figures, nith six
smooth side-V.
LEUHORN, qu :.
LL account: from Spnin are filled with
the enormous warlike preparations
which are carried on, with the greatest
rapidity', in that country. They write
from Mudrid, that orders were given to
press 14 ooo men, and that half of the
king's household troops had reccit ed
orders to be in rcudiness to march. 'A let
ter from MurlL-illed, in cnnlirm'siuion of the
above, adds, that 12,ooo of the French
subsidy troops hsitd received orders to em
bark there [or Spain, for t-hieh purpose
14 tartans Were red-ly in their pot'td ; and
from Barcclonn we learn, that tnuguzines
are filling up there for thsic use of a very
numerous army.
AMSTEKDAM, May 18. lsy advice:
from Barcelonct, of the [Sth ol' l.:ll:
month, we learn that all the ships that
cntcr that port are taken up on the king's
Account-, by his order, and are to be em
plossycd to carry troops, provilions, and
mllltar) llores: and that upu urds of [50
vessel: have already taken in their cnrgocsis.
They add, that. an cmhargn is laid on
all the lhipplng at Alimnt, Mulaga, Car
thugc'nn, Ferrol, and Cudiz.
(Icrtctin addccs from 'l'oulon say, that
sourlhlps of the line, complct'cl'j munncd,
have. jull sailed from thence: (or the \'\"cst
lndics. __
l. () .\ l) () .N, But!) 27.
Pl-AN of' conclllcttlon lz lnld to be laid,
in such a msinn-cr as to be: not only
honour.:hlc to the morhsssirsiountry, but ac
crptublc to thr colonlcs. 'l'hLv'ctv arc, on
tlu-ir lust, to m xlssc some cnncclnons ; and
the new acts, ol'cuursc, ctursi to be dormant.
si * J ! sssi siss
A riot lus happened at Rouen, in Nor-. -
mantly, which was quickly quelled by the
gnrrilon liking on the rioters, whereb) 20
w ere killed, and the rest instantly (tispcrsc d..
The following advice was yesterday re—
ceived from Cattiz, by a'merchant in the
citssy .- - " We have now here a fleet ofat
leult tȝo Fsitil. lssisrge and small, Within
funtt'y and horse on buam, rpadctv -. sail
\\lth the first wind; Thev are int ' tied,
it is said, to joinasqus'drou at Carthage-i;
but, to this moment, the desiinath}hc
armument is a secret-'t? ' rsifflffifiiiz
Extract of a letter _ from Pzt ptsiMdy . _ ,_
-' ** Letterssrom Bourdeauxffb ' 'ffd ctcesisiff' ' .
-,that the Spanish fleet, constllil ctofi'JsiGo_si
ssihil, having un board 18'400} notified
hsi.
tooolwrse, had putte sailed-Alle W' _ --
Just menth, uzulerithe escort ol'ei if!" :, si"
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6? the line, tln'ee li'irates, shrZ-W so?
ketches, and twofire- tips. These leYlers
add, .that they llillscontinue m-kinz-in- -
the ports ofd'pain on the unainemsis snl-ct—
pan-ing there." -- sio _. .ss'
Since monday last 24 lieutenanWm . .
half-pay list. have been ediiei'ssupon {MJP '
duty'onboard the (him waruowsifi ' 'ss'
out at Ch-tham and—Po" much si' _
'l here is at this time said to be sisi _
:: million otsssilver coin in (he bank, teach;?
.to be issued when the bad money in circu—
lation shall be called in. . si
Extract as a letter/57)": Genoa, Aprllsi 29.
" The day before y'esterday a French _
vessel brought an order for lhesiconfu] of lsi
that nation here to (top all French sail-m};
and send them to Toulon, to maw-dip
fleet there. The same vessel is charged
with the same commisiion to all the French
consuls, at every port, in the Mediterra- ,
neau." \ si , si . 5
By all accounu, the merchants are'vc-ry ' )
full of orJers sor goods for America, but . —
all of them on condition of the-late act! "
being repealcd Man) osthehnterl which A
accompany those orderctare in!)! of com. '
plaints against the rcstnc'cwns ]uld on corn
lllCFCC.
Dr. Plcnius, ot Wenns, nntn (lucloled
to the ministers from England and Hollnnd,
with the consent oftheemprcss queen, a
secret oshis im ention, for the'preservntion
oswood from being destroyed by the wmn ,
both on l.md and at si-a. A lr'ul h'xo be
made of it in both countries.
There is living at the workhouse at
Cumberwcll, in Snrry, ;: woman named
jones, aged [25 years, Who remember:
her being at service when king Charles ".
was crowned in 1660, and at this time en
joys her pel'scdsst sense-si; and, what is full.
as observublc, the nurse who attend: her
is 101 .
Latelv some workmen (ligging in a
garden ctat Alverdeen, in Scotland, sound,
about three sect below the surface, a lea
ths-rn bugsi containing some hundred silver
coins. mullly of" Edward I. of" England,
mllsi-d Lonsilhnnks.
7mu- ! . Yellrrdny morning-flocks sell on.
and .: halspescem . nn nccnnntosfhe Ame—
ricm nen 5. [The battle at Lexingtousi]