Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-04-11

to his peculiar qualifications for the oiiices
'hey may perhaps be gathered from 1t
part OF his friend rode's letter to h,oS
which he states that although Pa kiss
situation at Hun 'er's works did not give
MN, Banks, a'' opportunity of attending
partIcuisrlyto the operations, yet he had
perhaps acquired sufficient knowIedge
OF the technical phrases to understand
Mr S,rode's learned disquisitim.
Tn nv return from the excursion thus
directed by The executive, laid b=fore
them, he result OF my observations and
the SPringhe d mandatory, baioog,nS
to the United States being then u qurs.
tonably The most hJurlshing on he CON-.
| nent,was adop ed as he m d-i 10 WHICH
he Virginia mandatory should CONFIRM.
| drew plan OF the buildings and o.
the machinery a5a1ted u the sciIe and
calculated 10 make every advan age OF the
tall of wafer fron the canal to the river.
1t was received and ad 1ted by h. exc
cut've and approved by The legislature
on whose table il Ia d during two ssiods.
| he seqsc OF The measures, whieh sep
IeY step, detatched me- Wi n al m hands.
from he lucra i've employment OF a mill.
| wr'9h x invoked me, exclusively N the
| affairs oil the mandatory OF arms, = III
| be mo C Fl " narra.od hereaf CT ouffice
't here say, that strained every faCui-
| y, which the God of na,ure mad given
me, To surPass AID eclipse every slaliiar
| InSutu' o. on the con iAeHt, aud 10 found
| nanutactGry wach should % s0!id md
las ing honor to the stale. L snail o. ex-
cuse Tor inserting here the extract oil q
| letter from Col James Monroe, 10 COM
| ni.tee OF the executive oy winch II VIII
ppear that our institution suffers no dis.
grace by comparison with the Best on
| he continent of Europe. The original
letter was before the armDury committee
% whom 1t was treated with very little
espect) and is cow among the papers in
n Office OF The keeper OF The Rolls. he
1 extract Is IN tnes- words -
| l add -ylsh pleasure, that having a.
| ken much IN crest in the success Of The in.
'iltuIon, obtained of MAJOR Cha. Ike an
outline OF ITS parts" (tne manufAeIoiy of
| aims) when l senI last 20 Europe, w.ih
| view 20 consult able artis,s & sIn- mil
| tary taen IN them, for his nforma .on, s.
| hat did Consult characters of tha de-
| scFiPtion AID among Others Geu. K SIX us"
ko and M. tul,on, who assured me har
The nst,tu on had been Constructed in ne
most pc fest m nner accos dog 20 ,ne isa
provements OF h pre,en- day"
\ When L was appointed uporn,end4nt
OF the ma lufactory, It was Wei kaosato
| M executive who made auu th the sue
cessive leg latuse4 waJ sanctioned he ap-
pontmeat, that my t,ads was taa, If a
mill fright and mat 10 Inc ous,nes. OF
mak'nS arm | d d not process % have
any ex 'erim. NAL knowledge. Nor Was At
ecess W 20 the aPpotn meaS that
should.
! - La every institution OF the kind there
are maste. arno eis, who's peculiar pro-
VI ce u IS To attend 10 the fab. lLauon Of
The rms. They are Chosen Tor ,heIr
Kill IN thal business; ard from its beng
| heir Pecua' AM snSe provInc &, they
ave II III theIr powel 10 deyo c an tueir
me m 1t. Whereas the Supe in cndsGtk,s
I ONE duues which call ,nm aw from
n, arm y, aud frequeatly loece MIN TO
az - tor days and weeks together:
sdcn have been he du les when haye
carried me to New-E, gland IN quss, of
Aruhcefs TO w ashington too OBJ Serva,ions
on the touadery OF cannon near tha, place
and such the duties OF making Contracts
IN various quar,ers of The county Tor ma.
teTials for the manufacture OF arms-and
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personal mterc Jurse with the Executive,
At IS from 'his vide range of duties that
the superintendent is never IN any lnstnu.
|uon required to be an armourer, nor of
course responsible for the c5rGeel fabfica-
tion Of the aims.
( II was in proof before the ammo. ~
committee that the present sup=ripten-
dan' OF the mandatory al Springfield was
ooi an armoa &c. In that e,tabi ishaleot,
ster The neit of long experience, II
was though unnecessary that he should
DE So A, Harper's terry the supef.n.ep.
dant was so iar from being acq AIMED e.
ven VITA the general OUT tue OF the basic
cess, (Mr. rod Is eulog,ums on h,m no.
"'thstand'ng) thai he VISITED our Insutua-
on, and was wflh the Tor several DAYS for
the purpose Of acquiring the necessary
knowledge oft. 1 am nov possessed Of
an orr ;Inai Ieter from that gentleman
addressed 10 myself, IN which he very Do.