The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-02

have It corrected; although deGfeJ 60
DO lo, BY iome ofthe committee. The
houie. as above remarked, would nor
hear an explanation. Thc bln9aSr
pa!j muter. II the conmiste had
known any ding about vhe RACES OF
printing, 5hey could nos have 3rcamet
of any primers aihing 60 wild q price
The deception pat for ihort time,
bur was almoit immediately detected.
The qpeition has been par, WY vat
Mr.. Nicoton charge nine pounds 70
Mr.. ones for the laws, and then offer
40 the committee TO print them for
eight pounds Ten billings? The hort
anfwer is enis. Nicolfon charged Mr.
Jones Ave pounds fog the bare p,iafing
To this the latter added four pounds
per fleet for rbe paper. When Mr.. Nj
s:olion cave in his Ultimate to ti}c COM
mitCee, he raced the papera Il only three
pounds ten lhilhccg, This made up
his GIn total oftight pounds ten hil
lings, Thus lis character and con
liltency come out Of rilis tranfsllioa as
pure as gol rom the furnace The
price It paper tlattuattS. 10 blame
can attach TO Mr., .Iones for chargla4
four pounds per lhctr; and jnlt as little
20 Mr.. Nlcol(on for charging only
tatee pounds ten Fittings. lae latter
IS pcrfonai!y independent, He had
no particular reaion for wi!aing to Il
val Mr., Jones. He has been citaplilh-
ed in bulineis for twenty three years.
The lenate OF the a(enahly, TO whom
he has long been PRIMER, could have in,
formed the committee Fhat dizzy are
entirely fagisicd with the propgiccy
and pyobity Of his cohduti. He has
abundance Of employment. All tIleic
Tlaste;'s are known 10 every one ca4t
knows bin. and why Glould a pcg.ion
in ealy circumstances wili9 TO u7IcrlcD,
BY a loEag bargain!
] lie circumitancc5 as 70 L2rk.iD
Smith were 1alsendoWn uadcr The in
estate INFECTION OF member OF
aii5n5bly, wh2le. character IS quite as
uaexce prioaable as rl3ac Of any. other is
the houie. Smith declared III the houla
gisaI he would rather give Mr. Jcnes
tWenly {e2en hundred dollars Tor doug
th2 Pabl.c buGneis than lel Pace have i
Tor Ave hundred. To defend lis de-
ctaraliors and his conduit would re-
quirc 'front.' moro impenteTabt shan
1hs TulcanisR arnaar Of Achilles, or
nc tesGudo or : Roman cohou.
The conm;Csc proceeded par5ly
upon the aufhon,y Of MIR Davis. The
former pubic primer. This genrle,
sq&p ettswages r.lc ncr outlaid eXpcncc
at tgo sl.ouiaod aud ferry fix dollars.
In ybss ne Includes nine hundred dol
lars as the wages Of awe competitors,
fnf z .ysar. The common price IS eighr
dollars 4 week., which comes only, for The
two, 20 eight huodred and rhirrv-,wo
dollars. 8lE farther, ghc journals beGin
70 DC Priated at che fitting down Of the 4
ieHion- The laws mutt 6- printed of
10 shout month after Che .cdion *
plses. In !ate. the work both caa bz
daae. and is conttanciy done in thr4e
moths, o. ei.eseby. This makes de-
'iultio9 Of three fourths OF the iuin,
ehse is TO fay, Of Tx hundred and
c~sntY four dollars. MIR. Davis charges
tor two preGInen two hundred and Gx-y
dollars per annum. They have, bcdeics
tie iawss add journals, TO work of
lone blanks. Ii haE therefore BE
allowed thar The PRIMER, may find en-
Plo{neal for them during tx a,onchs
q .he year. his allowance Is liberal.
] rs makes J&tmd deduction Of an
hundred and thi;ty dollars rom the e.
rltnsrc IF Mr. Davis. lior paper, for
blanks 70 the audi1or, 20 the ezccptjve,
ard tie treaiJry, Mr.. Davis charges
an hundred md twenty doRafa Bur