The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-08-04

ne was paid four times more than the
Wor& was worth. I alio underRand
that Thomas Nicolfon declared chat he
would have done the pamphlet for rhree
hundred dollars; but he had not an op-
portunlty Of making a formal offer.
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He Examiner of Saturday laf, contains
Two columns upon the Recorder. The Elk
@ininer OF the preceding "Wednesday had but
one column, and this was little more gen.
5eel than ufual; for in the whole of it, the
word MILAN occurred only once.
he reader VIII oblerve that, at prefent,
al the active editors on the continent are unon
our back. The Ggis, a Ieferion flor we
aimoit icorn 70 call it by the proAituted
hHne OF a republican newspaper,l a papcr
winch We had never before ieen. fcat ne
lew DAYS ago, . whole column of in
yettive Both parties are upon us at once.
but we are willing to try them, We ONLY
advert 70 thefe cirCunRanes, in this place, N
oFder TO thew the impolibility Of anfwerInp
one3sent5 part of Jones'S fluff. But we nall
2fb.ySr -. that detcrvcs an aufUer. We
ihouid be very glad that all the world could
read his paper, which, both in REFLECT 70
printing, and its intellectual contents, is IN
queitionably the meanef at this day in VIZ
ginl4. You fee what kind of newspaper
Jones makes, when he is left II limit. En-
We are extremely glad that, in the preicnt
number, we have got the Examiner fairly
dlienbarked upon Tey5a Fi,ma He has,
at iait, begun to (peak upon his Office as pub
l!c printer. Merry had often been cantinp
ABOUT his 99Oerty. We fated that, beiides
the common rate Of printing, he received at
leatt three thouiand dollars per annum, undcr
the covert Of this fnecure. Thoie who .bint
as Samuel Coleman thinks, that it is crirni-
nal 10 export the purfe fuckers Of the corn
monwcarh. win blame US fox TOUCHING on 20
tender point. Tholc who think that if i
quite as criminal 70 waite public money, as
thar Of private perlon, will attend to wbaf
follows:
In Iaf weeks paper, fnall miaake wss
committed III ipeaking about the price Of
printing pamphlet for the a{Icmbly. TIL.
account came from good authority A cor
rection oft came from better; and we hated
to nave the amendment printed by Mfr. Davis
IN latt Saturdays Virginia Gazette. The
reader will Zee the article rcpubHfhed in this
days Recorder. Jones, in his laf paper
calls this miitake, which arofe from no fsnit
or ours, {" paIpable and intentional talsbg0d,,,
"ith many other compliments of equal DO
litenelS.
This pamphlets containce IoA PAGES, in
imaIl o1S1Vo, that IS to fay, tx A2eets and an
halt he imprefion was FIVE thoufsnd CO.
PIES | hey required Of courfc, thirtv-two
thouiand FIVE hundred fleets Of DaDcr. or
ieVenty-tbree reams. The price Of The paper
was about three dollars FER scam. The feyen-
1y-three rean5 of paper above mentioned, a.
three dollars per reauu, come to two hundred
and nineteen dollars. tones himfclf lavs. i,
MS explanation Of laf Saturday, ,hat the 5aner
colt upwards Of two hundred dollars. W.
mall rate 1t at two hundred and twenty.
Mr. John DIXON printed this pamphlet, He
printed ALTO the greater part Of the frq 70
Tune OF the ProiPe6t. He charged ciahfeen
dollars per jhcet, including both cafe ,yo~L
and Preis work, for that BOOK The n7eef
Contained much greater quantity Of word
than a theet Of the pamphlet. But TO CON-
teroaiance thar, the pamphlet required e<aalI,
tour times the brEiS work Of the volume. Offbc
latter only twelve hundred were frycL a.
and o. the former FIVE thou,and. We win,
TO DC a c%pI:cit and diltin6t as pofibIc, IN or
der TO Teycnt all cavilling prcr vol
IS but lm2'i item in ,ac preicnt carc. Tvo
Prcismfn car DO, regularly. IS much WORK N