The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-06-08


deierves the name of induRry. In the mean
tine,the public revenue has oftenbcen RATED in
the mott opprefivc and iquandercs in the uon
ihameful manner According to the univer.
ial report and belief of Rchn "a, The cap;.
to- colt at leaf twice and probab. three times
as much as it is worth. Becaufe rhc fate
could not pay her own debts, hecaufs il is
proper 70 give your eftate to any body rather
than your creditors, the wife aile,nbly, with
MAal'on al their head, made congrefs a dona-
t'on OF the north weiiern territory Such
mock legislators were much fi,ter for the cells
OF Wiambursh than the benches Of an az.
fernbiy rooms
nc armory is another pitEall Of Vircinian,
hnance' Ii the houie and machinery had
been the work of an individual, and if he had
made preient of them 70 the public, they
wouid not have been wort, acceotance.
oecauie fire arms can be hlad-, in private A,ne-
rican nnanaeactories, &C cheaper rate than in
this armory.}
The Peniteniary prcients another brilliant
Ifisance OK the wifdom and frugality If our
government Iris expected chat rcf;1ence
n this maniion, will improve the morals offs
inhabitants. Three of the feIoas broke out
1 me time ago. Two OF Them 6cd 70 North
Carolina, where they Immediately hole fome
hories, and brought them back TO Virginia
he gentlemen have iince been reco1du6fed
to their former Lodgings This is the pro-
greis ct reformation l9 the peniten,iary. In
itlao OF eighteen pence piece for halter,
theie or, 1nnas have already colt the fate abup
eance both OF expence and troute anu az
ihey are TO have fecond trial, they will cofi
US 4 great deal more. AS for the reformation
OF horieitealer, You may as wei fpeak a5o,r
. iSITU Ss- h... ,&l~l
lieutenant Of Bri,iih prefs-gane. The Win.
ping PQtt and the gallows are quite {uFcianr.
fors the iubitantial purpoics at ui}ice.vitbc,,r
the enormous appa atus of buildinp. thar has
soft an hundred thoufand dollars, or pcrhans
much more.
GAS tor the arTory, it is pretended that 60
| many thoufands mufkets are 10 be MANI
| iactursd per annRm. This requires ready
| money, and the treafury is often ernptv for
| nVe months IN the year. Hence in t;1ch
| a deartn or money, the ifatc cannon pur-
ehaie me materials rcquiite fog the manufac-
! 'u}e OF arms. he wo!knen, or fome of
tiien' are atPreient paid with drafts on the
tf@aiury. bete drafts they are ,ohliped to
! ieil at a dltcouht fer ready caf,.# Ore ~
! them, as we are informed, came farrell, ;,ta
the fore OF Mr. Jofcph, lew, who rt{ises
| l!tsle above the bridge. He hrod,,ced 80
| OF thofe receipts. He wanscd goods for ons
part OF ii, and money in advance for the ,en
! | MS would very likely occafoa d;ico,ot'~e
sch' or hfseen per cent, Il. i ne New Engtard
wofkmen will not fay upon fIch treatment. ~
! at ieait, Il theyI3o, the:r wages muA be rs,t.d
| IN proportion, The iituation f.Iceted for ~.
| armory is remarkably ,,injudicious. In rh~
| war OF 1873, the Britifl, under Arnold. car,~
/ up 20 Richmond, ana dcitroyka. the csnno1
| ioundcTy at Wefthan, fix miles farther nm tbs
| rlVef' Bot II This toundcry had been placed
aeotaunton, 1t would have been fafe. W.
c&nhot De lure but what iecond army thar -
ave nHes itroEger fsan the former, mas
come up the river, and their frA objea viii
De 10 Semoilih the armory. But if this build.
ing n9a been erected at Staunton, or even
Ky miles ABOVE Richmond, there would
.@,o oeeT' ample time Tor collecting body Of
t3oPS'0 rsPei them. AtStaunt@n, THE New En-
| glSHdefS would have found cooler and me-,
healthy climate, onemore f,,ited 70 tbn;r DD'l I"
iFitutions than this. Many Of them
very nush of bad health pl'''''
NOTE.
y Some months ago, .here snne,r.d -
thlS paper ftatement of the prefenf o~,,Ia,,A -
! o. the tTeaiufy Of Conneaicut. We lono
hnce' and more than once, adgerted 70 d dc
hat.on' or fomething very like il, which con
| gIs!s' lew years ago, made to that nsJe,
| ms coniiftsd OF about twelve hundred tbou
land acres OF lard. he raa Rretcbe, aIorr
the iSuthern bank of lake Erie, and * N G,iiss
as large as Connecticut itrslf After this NJ
a3nation, by Virginia, can any BODY wo ,,''Ir
mat our treafuryis often empty for tx r,on1Es
N s6s year. although the people, and eioeCisIe
the tore-keePefs,are harraaed with or1,oG-
taxes When this glorious al Of gs6sr a,i;ts
WAS explained P, 'athe Prglpea befays Ui il an