Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-11


PIE. The printers of newspapers would
be obliged to pubiith thcfe documents BY.
piecen.eals: The public could not have
them foon enough nor he f. wcil able to
judge Of them, publiihed in this disjointed
manner. He hoped 500 would be print
ed. :,
Mr.. Bayard treated the uncsndid ard
gsjutt fuggefion of MIR. Giles relative to
pretended former wsnt-ot economy, with
dignised iIencc. MIR. 3. oiferved, that
I5o copies wtfe lualcient tortae members:
that theie documents mutt be commune
Gated to the public in general, thro' the
channel Of newlpapers. iscw, MIL.
sfked, are the gentleHi~a's condiments TO
obtain a knowledge of thcG documents,
by being in pcdelicn Of two or three CO.
pies, rather than one ! For his part he was
iure that bis conitituents, $50 thou1and)
would lack much information, if two or
three copies were to fuPply the whole Of
them: it information at large was the OBJ
jet 100, 900 copies would be Inefficient;
if attention were paid to economy, and
the aufwcring Of every r!sful purpofe, $50
would be printed.
Thepotion for 500 was carried.
We@. Fed.
Extraa ga letter from a gentleman ct
CMeixnatus to q gentleman III Neqv- 1er-
fey, dated Cinemuatus, September 7t5,
1901.
" One Object great Importance befose
me is nine lin ali appearance !nexhauli-
ble) of the co!ncous, or horn ilver ore.
Five others and myfeif are now in poE, Eion
of the fee, and immediate means will re~
afforded to carry ell the neceaary works
into complete effect. From various eAays
l have made of this ore, have reafon to
believe it is the richeit mine ever d;!co-
vered. / have aGayed fpecimens of this
ore taken up at fifteen miles apart, ard
know it to be one and the fame vein, and
the re(ult of each was equally rich. I
think we may calculate upon aSout lco
ounces of fine iilver to every hundred
weight Of ore. The mine lies about l4o
miles up the Ohio from this place, bnt
ne>in the weffern territory, by which po-
ftion we fhall fave the sth part reierved by
the federal government of mines of the
precious metals worked in its dependencies
II fhall embrace the 6rR opportunity to
iend ipecimens of the ore TO the mint,
the Philosophical fociety and Peale's Mu.
leum." -
Coty efa letter from Dr.. Samuel L. Mn-
ebeM Of Ne4v-York, to Mr.. Richard
Robotham, Of Hud6n, mventor gftke
Patent dir pxmp Vevhlafer.
:" NEw-Yokk, Nov. IL, 1901.
"DEAR SIR,
1t becomes me to acknowledge the
receipt Of your letter of the 10th inAan,,
incloing the plan and dsfcription of your
Henfilatug Machine. an much plealsd
with the implicitly and obvious Utility of
the means you have deviisd, and hope that
owners aud matters Of veaels will adopt
ii, as it is capable of conducting in IT,
perlative degree toward the prelervation
of the lives OF the crew, and oftentimes,
the good condition of the cargo and vef-
fel. fhall omit no opportunity that oc-
ours to me Of making known my opinion
Of its value. Idelight in exertions to ad-
vance american genius, and to bring for
ward the ufsful inventions of my GENTRY
men,"
Mrs. cb,rrc..- saith is engaged upon
cns,l l.sofy of England, tor the purpofe
Education, and expressly adapted to the
ufe Of you1g ladies. lnaesd Of being con.
fcsdiolcly to the horid details Of basel,
nurde,s and crimes, this hiaory will treat
rather Of the progreis Of focie;y, manners
and civilization, illuarated by faitable
anecdotes, connecting the political events,
chiefly with a view TO illaaratc the Bri-
tiih contribution. Le2. bap.