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tftilght tr, depreciate the worth of the
work which he is himself preparing for
the press.”
Now an illiterate man, unacquainted
with “ scientific research,” who never
dissected a horned frog,or a prairie dog;
who is ignorant of the u origin of prai
f or the cause of the muddiness of the
Missouri, ’ Ik unacquainted with utxvcn
ty-three vocabularies of distinct Indian
languages.*” such an illiterate clodhop
per, i say, never would have discovered
that the genuine journal of Patrick Gass,
noxv preparing for the press, was a “spu
uous publication.” He would have ar
gued, that “ spurious” signified countcr
Jcit, and that u publication ' meant actu
ally to publish; front which he would
have inferred that a spurious journal
noxv preparing- for the pressy and a spu
rious publication of the same journal,
vtie very different things. He would
Also have conceived, that the genuine
journal of Patrick Gass, kept by him
sel!, could not be considered spuriou-,
umil it was proven to be a counterfi it,
either of the journal of his Kxc« llencv,
on some other person. Hut tliese paltry
(■ ifliculties about the exact meaning of
words, vanish before a man acquainted
with the “ vocabularies ni twenty-three
distinct Indian laiupuacres"
IIis Excellency is also apprehe nsive,
tl *est Jrom the practice of such imposi
'.ons, the public may be taught to depre
ciate’ the value ol his own work. I pre
sume that it his Excellency had been si
lent, the public would never have sus
pected that a villainous, systematic
scheme had been laid, “from[x\z. In ]
the practice of impositionsto drill them,
ttacit them, <>r drive them, to depreciate
the worth of his Excellency’s work_
What l a systematic plan to teach the
public to depreciate the work oi *,o great
a man as Governor hewis ! ! To teach
this “ from the practice of imposition "
tc>o !. It would have been in mstrous! *
Hew greatly are we indebted to his E\
<< lii ncy lor putting us on our guard, and
'•nal ling us to escape, and “ poss- ss tin
genuine work,” by *' promulgating" his
11 LI& T.$ [roils or catalogues] for svb
:a i iption. ’ Let us de monstrate our gra
t: .u le by hastening to enter our name:
?/ * „ e l' ' » ' ' Kal >gu< , so that his
Excellency “may be enabled to form
some estimate of the number of < onh s
to be Htm. k off.”_Huidnukc.
LOKENZO DOW'S CHAIN,
FOR hALh. at ims PrmUng-Olhce.
A Bye-Law, I
To prevent Accidents lit/ Ft re.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Mayor
and C ommonalty of the town of Wheel
ing, in Common Council assembled,
That tor the purpose of preventing acci
dents hv fire, the stun of twenty-five dol
lars shall be and the same is hereby ap
propriated, out of the first moneys which
shall be collected by any tax to be impo
sed by the Mayor and Commonalty ;
which sum, or so much thereof as shall
in the judgment of the Mayor he deem
ed necessary, shall be expended in the
purchase ol hooks anel ladders for the
use of said town.
S, c. 2. And be it further enacted,
That every owner of freehold estate si
tuate within the said town, ol the value
ol one thousand dollars or upwards, as
estimated by the persons heretofore ap
pointed to value property in said town,
shall u ithin six months after the passing
of this law, provide and thereafter con
stantly keep in repair, one good fire
bucket, to he made ol good leather
jacked so as to be water proof, of such
size as to contain two galh ns, and in
other respects corresponding \v ith a mo
11 1*1 • i i . i t« «
w i wmcu wiiiiiii •_ i mil wicks snail m
deposited by the Mayor at the house oi
h rede rick Beymer, in the said town.
And that the owners of such freehold
estate as aforesaid, shall within nine
months after the passing of this law,
provide and there tit r constantly keep
m repair, one otic 1 firc-bucket of th
description af ores ii cl.
Sec. 3. And !»e it further enacted,
l hat everv owner of freehold estate, o‘
not less in value then three hundred
dollars, and not more than on; thousand
d dlars, situate within th • said town, up
on which buildings of any kind : r
reeled, shall within eight months after
the passing of this law, provide and
diei'ealter constantly keep in repair, one
bucket ol the description aforesaid, i ive- |
ry otv ner of such frcelu -hi estate .ts her. in
be lore in unioned, lading topiovide tin
bucket or huckets at the time and <»1 tin
description requited (-1 him or tlu tn In
this law, shall lor ev< ry such failure pav
die sum ol lour dollars, to he recovered
and applied a'- the act of incorporation
diiecls ; ate! I r i.tiling i < keep such
bucket or hitch . in repair, the sum ol
one do! «r a month, during the time the
same shall not be ki.pt in repair, to b •
recovered and applied as a fores i ! —
and when two or more p rsons sli ill be
owners of such freehold eitate, th y
shall be jointly and severally liable to
the penalties of this law for failing to
provide, or keep in repair, such bucket
or buckets as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That if any owner or owners of such
freehold estate as aforesaid, not being an
inhabitant or inhabitants of said town,
shall fail to provide such bucket or
buckets as required by this law, for the
space of one year from this time, the
person or persons occupying or using
such estate shall be bound to furnishk
within four months after the expiration
of one year as aforesaid, such bucket or
buckets as aforesaid, and in case of K.d
nre to furnish such bucket or buckets,
shall be liable to the penalties inflicted
by this law upon the owners of such free
hold estate as aforesaid for similar fail
ures ; and when more than one person
shall occupy or use such freehold estate
as aforesaid, they shall be jointly and se
verally lin le lor the penalties to be incur
red lor failing to procure such bucket or
buckets as aforesaid ; provided that not
more than one penalty shall be inflicted
for any one failure.
[ To be continued. 1
To the Public.
ALL Persons who are indebted to
Joskpii Caldweu., are requested trt
till and pay th. ir respective balances
to the Subscribei, who is fully empow
ered to collect the same during his ab
sence ; and likewise those who are in
dehted to me, are requested to pay the
same without farther notice.
M. YAH NALL.
Wheeling, April 28th, 1807.
~N KW S TOR E.
PATRICK 1'OHD
Respectfully informs the public, that
he has received from Philadelphia and
Baltimore, and opened in the house
lately occupied by Mr. Quinn as a Ta
vi rn, (sign of the Cross Keys,) a large
and expensive assortment oi Merchan
dize, consisting of
Dry C joods, § China,
Groc« rics, § Quecnsware,
Hardware, Tin-ware,
Cnderv, i BOLTING-1
Saldb'ry, $ CLOTHS, f
1 'amilv-Biitles & other Book1 Jkc.
which li ve been laid in low lor Cash,
and will he so!d on the most reasonable
term, lor Cash or approved Country
Produce.
Wheeling, April 2(Jth, 1807