The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-10-20

/ D"you want, men OF Virginia ! 70 have
your pockets picked before your faces I?
ir Is not long, is VIZ are informed, lince
! BILLS Oh the treafJry were telling in
G!oceiter county for twelve ihillino,
IN the pound. The rreaiiiry was empty.
il did no1 contain even Jingle lour
pence half penny. And why was l.
empty? Such beings as John Clark AMI
Mcrlwtther Jones nal been rolling in
rae mdLI of your pretty charming and
n,.F eqaitadle nerchanr tax. Look ac
the iait number OF the Recorder
There's notable detail for you! John
Clark celtities that John Clark lhou;t
get Ia and iuch iums from the trestury {
II we ihail 60 on at ihi> rate, il will nor
be iurpriiing if his black wcnch w,er.
| iigning certificates We have more than
| ewo hundred and Fifty fubfcrhers difpericd
from New or,, To Georgia, executive o
thote in this ttarc. All thofe other pcopI,.
ace laughing at your cxpence, in fi,ffering
yourfelves to be 70 cgrcgiduily dubbed The
Fery fsnSic journeynen that arc catiar youy
bread IN the precious armory, come here 10
buy newspapers, which shey tcnd hotne. As
they fay, in order TO make their New Eng-
land comrades laugh At your weakneis, extra
vagance anu implicitly.
Lait !pring> jones' received ftgo fbo, IND
ifVea bnna,'cd dollars, for his lalrk, AS able
rrintcr. What did ne do for iris money ,
We ihali tell you. He printed the journals
OF The aouic cf Delegates They conGaed
OF eighty folio pages. He worked off two
hundred and htsY copies. He printed tvs,
thouiand eight hundred copies of the lans ,,,-
the iait iciton Of the AGcmbIy. Thew filed
h!sy-iix folio PAGES. This came al 20 ether, e,
80 pages. He alto p,'atcd great number Of
blanks for public oaices. For tbeie tie had
the types ready ttandng. They colt hi,u.
therefore, nothing bug payer and preis-work.
We Cannot tell rhe quantity, but we feel a
periuaion that fifty tea,ns OF paper, and two
hundred dollars of totaj cxpencc,. nut hav.
covered the buf.neiS. 1t is pofible that ,h;s
article may extend 10 three hundred dollats
and let II ttand thefe. As fdf the I 20 foho
pages, which formed the weight Of thc buff
neis, we can ipeaG with more preciiion. MIR.
John Dixon printed the fra (ixteen fleets OF
the hrtt volume of TIE Pr5ltca. This iq
the fame gentleman who prints for Tones.
he printed az eighteen dollars per f;xt.en
pages. his was one dollar and one eighth
per page. The page held at Ieait one half
OF Jones,s folio page, for it was very cloieIy
printed. But, to cut of. all grumbling, we.
ihail fay that one page OF Jones contained
three of The Prsifsa. This is not the caf.;
but even after this concciIon, the matter is,
quite bad enough in all confidence. Az this
rate each OF eheie one hundred and thirty fix
pages ought TO have colt three dollars
and three Fights for printing and preis
work. We ihail make it three dollars
and an half The printing and prels
work, would ceme, az this rate, to
{ doAdri
40.
After making a liberal allow
ance for waite, the paper could NOT
come 10 more than thirty reatns.
his includes two lpoled fleets in
every quire. At three dellars and
an half per ream, the price of the
paper, on which rhe Recorder is
now printed, the paper comes to. Ios
The fsitehing of rhofe copies OF
the laws, and OF thefe 15o CO.
pies Of the Journals could be
done, and very thankfully done, for
two cents per copy. But we hail
cal! It three, which is an over
charge his produces 9tsocSnts or Q1T
Add the former three hundred dol
lars for blanks This makes all TO-
gether 800
Total or
Sometimes the journals and tie laws are