The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-10-27 00:00:00, page 1

OCTOBER _27, 1775.
NUMBER 39:
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HE COMMITTEE OfSAFETY having
-' ; WintedfinuuNDPENDm-ZTQN and
CAnTl-zx BRAXTON, e/quires, to let the
buildmg of :: PUBLICK MAGAZlNE at
Hanover town, which is to be of brick,
and in the form and iizc of that in Willi
_ amshurg, with such a wall around it,
they hereby give notice they will attend at
the above place. on tuesday the 24t/1,of this
,instant, to let the said building agreeable to
' there/"olzl'tion, and expect/in}: undertaken to
weet a: are willing to undertake the stone.
By order of the committee.
,ZOHN PENDLETON jun. clerk.
-' , S : A LT ? E'l' !. !; is an article much wanted
inAmclss'ica, the Commitfee of SafZ-ty ear
nestly red,-eminent! it to the planter: of tobacca
in ths: colony to cut down and prefirve all
their tobacco suchen, and also to preserve
the trafb, stalk: , and sweeping: of their
tobaceo-hou/Zes, which are found to be ex
ceedingly u/Zj/Zd in the Production of that
necessary article.
_ 'ct By order of the eommittee.
YOHN PENDLETON, jun. clerk,
As. the circung/tanee: ofthe prefi'nt time!
make it prudent to guard against the
conveyanceos inte'IILgem-e to the enemie: of
America, by mean: of certain evil-di/posed
sow, who may travel through the country
jbr that purpose: T he Cornnn'ttee of Sajety
do therefore earnestly recommend it to all
magistrate: and other o ear:, eivil and mi
litary, the member: of the several commit
see:, and all other: within this colony, to
be vigilant in examining all strangers, and
ficspected [on:-, whom they may find ]:affing,
and to [? fiwh as do not give a proper ac
count of t 'r journey and employment.
By order of the committee.
YOH'N PENDLETON, jun. clerk.
From the PENNBYLVANKA Joumal.
du account of the MAnvrAcrou of
COMMON SALT..
IT will be unnecessary to introduce this
subject by saying any thing of the
sonrces of this salt. The methods ospre
paring it for economical uses are the
same, whether we obtain it in :: solid
form, from the bowcls of the earth, or
from salt springs, or the ocean. It is
always necessary to dissolve rock salt in
'water, before we attempt to urisy it.
si There are four methods oil) separating
salt from water. The first is by means of
,\ what is called congelation. The salt
water is exposed to an intense cold, by
which means the water is sr02en, and
the salt is precipitated in a solid form.
This method of obtaining common shlt
is practised in the northern parts of Ger
many.
A second method of obtaining common
salt is by means of an artificial draught
of air. The salt water is mmped up to
: considerable height, and ui'r'cred to sail]
upon six or seven rows of small twigs,
which break and divide it in such a man
ner as to expose innumerable surshces to
the action oiss'thc air ; by which merms the
water is evaporated, and the salt fails in
a solid form to the 'arth. _si'_I'his method
is likewise practi-sd mi'pmwa
man .
Aythird method of obtaining common
salt is by means of evaporation, by the
ordinary heat of the sun. Large quantitics
of salt are obtained in this manner on
the sea coast of the Cape de Verd island;
and of Sooth America. ln order to faci
litate the preparation of eosimmon salt, by
this process, the inhabitqntadig large
shallow ponds, into which ,the sea water
flows; and as soon as all thesswateriact eva-ct
porated. the dry salt is taken out. A
quantity sufficient to supply the kingdom
of France, sor' one ear, is made in two
weeks, by this simp e procesg. The high
price of salt in that country is owin to
the dut that is laid "upon it, for, r'om
this art e alone tbe'treasiiry of France
receives near one millon sterling a ydar.
Salt, prepared in this manner, is called
Bay Salt.
A fourth method of preparing common
salt is by ev rating the siwater, !: means
of fire. Thi: is practised only in those
countries where there is Plenty of sue].
'All the common salt used in England and
Scotland is made in this manner. The
salt houses are built near the lien shore,
and are provided with a large pond, into
which the salt water flows, where it stands
long- enough to deposit some of its imct
rurities; after this it is pumped into :
arge pan, under which there is asicavit
for the sue], and around this pansi there ]!
a walk. While the salt water is boiling,
the whites of e gs (or, what is- there
common, oxen's lood) is thrown into it,
to claril'y it. These substanees first mit.
intimately with the salt; but as soon as
the water boils, they coagulate and float
upon the surface, first sicntangling all the
impure matters which the salt water con
tained. After the water has been suffi
cient] evaporated, the salt cryllalises,
and alls to the bottom of the pan. It is
now put into balkets of a conical figure,
through which the water which adheres to
the crystuls of the salt gradually drains
away. This process is called clarisication,
and the salt obtained in this manner is
called Boiled Salt. The same process may
be used when we want Bay, Rode, or
Spring Salt, of an extraordinary degree Of
purity.
I bag leave to recommend the two.]:tst
methods of obtaining common salt chiefly
to my eountrymcn, as being most prafil
cahle on the sea coast, an in those m
tcriour parts of the colonies whichabound
with salt springs. The success Which hath
attended several manusuctorics of this salt,
which have already been csiabllshcd m tlils
country, give us reason to believe that in
a year or two the colonies might supply
themselves wholly with that article.
A MaxurAcrUM-zn.
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\V \ L L I A 51 S ?: U K (}, October 27.
N the xbth, 17fh,aud 18th in/z'ants, the
]bllowing criminals were brought to the
bar oj'thc gem-ral court, to tale: their tri
ass, ssviz- Henry dead- fro'rh Pitt'sde-Tsi-s
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.sonsiM .eshssfflwxsizzctrzm M
Fredgric , 'fbr grand [an—cry;, an
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Yolmson, flom Hasslzfax, for murder: Ac
qm'tted lzy the grand jury. Charles Mqs
and William Horfl , fi'om ctflbemarle. Je e
Bolling, fi'om Cum erland, William Thoma:
. ( alia: Marri: Moratt)fi'am SuffZ-x, and Wil
liam Gripping (alia: Charles Gay-land) fiom .
Augusta,f0r horse-]!qdling ,- Richatdctlshop,
from Prince George, and one: Kelbsifrom .
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Dunmorc, fbr burglavy; (),/4? ]: Bayssfgm
Pittsylvania; for nqgro- : ,;, Edward _
Brown, fi'om Chatlu City} oxzzsactshfi
Benjamin Light, and flesh .Bxidgectmatet; '
ram Che erfield, for counte'fiitiug' fill!!! _si
{'urrengvfct Acquitted. Light-and Mo
water ordered to give lie-wily for theirpood _
behaviour far/1} months,-, thpsiMctfflssassvc
bond, and wax dg'schavged; the otMN-f
manded to jail. Robert Cloddsi ' msi
William, and Fame: Bowels, on:-Naugh
mond, for murder: Fouulgw'lty ofm- '
flunghter, and burnt in the hand . 13ij
Hzlggin, fi-om Dunmore, jorsiel M; lad
over to next court. . ,
Beat/n.] joyn Bowoorgss, esquire,ssof
Northam' ton, after a {F.-veflflnd— "
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illnesisof : weeks. The coin sup-gaf.
resignacion wherewiih he do ed " the m ,
scene were truly remarkable and instruc
tive, Not a groan, not a sigh, _marked
his departur'e'si. He he": left his family, and
acquaintance inton'solablc for their loiss'pntsi'
the tender-est husband, the kind-all parent;
thectssmost ind ent,-si,wastcr, and the bo
. "—
cerest friend.ss wane and generous, as
he lived in the exercise of a social and Vit
tuous intercourse with his neighbours and
acquaintance, so he died much esteemed,
without stooping to any servile mode; of
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acquiring popularity or favour- . ,
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Mr.Pv1mz, " ct
T a time whensithc sitnation of our"
A country calls for ,the minutestct anew;
tion to ever thin that has the least 'ap-ss
pearance o public utility, ] hope [shall '
.
be the mare readily excused, both by
you And your readers, for-the trouble
I now give you, through thefcha'rmel of
your paper, to inform the puhl'rssckpf the _
discovery of a SULPHUR MlNEjn am- .
[atte county, where, to all apsiearance,"
\ large," quantiries might (with proper mass-"
nag ment) be collected. The anthectnt'umy'
ty , t' the relatiosin can be well attested;
_'\-\.u_ miss," _._ __
and is any person is desirous of farther in.
sormation concerning the same, they may si
he satisfied of the-particulars by inquiring ",.
of your constant reader,
HENRY ROBERTSON,
AMr-erA, Octulzer ), 1775.
L si ; lo ?p si*'- " *
HA' I' is xhc reason, mr. Pvnon,
that many shgenclemen who w e _';
candidates to be (: sheen-s, and did not. sun.-".
ceed to their wishes (is only the love of I:
berty and their country msplrcd them shdsisspl ld
now refuse to enlilt as common ct
'l l1iq being a fact may it be fai
cludcd that, ambition, tlnrstf