The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-07

OIL Such terms ana conditions rs u them shall
seem eNpedicnt." At this time was engage d
in the bushes. of mill. wright, in which. / lad
been brought up, with which alone professcd
to be acquainted, and by which, was making
from Sl200 TO & 1900 Per aSntD,. / had :, nun.
Der q hands employed at different places and
among others, was then engaged in building
several mills in or near Richmond In the next
mont! after the passage 81 the above mentioned
act OF Assembly, received from General lanes
Wood, then the governor OF Virginia letter,
winch as it relates to tins subject, trans
cri5c
RIcHMosD, Feb. Is, f79S
SIR,
The anxiety of the executive to answer
the expectations ofthe public, in the erection Of
complete mandatory OF arms in the vicinity of
Richmond, has induced the board, from tlci. o.
Pinion OF your judgement, as we'll as their conf
dchce IN your integrity, to request that you win
furnish them with plan Of the works requisite
for the annual manufacture Of ioiir thousand
stands OF arms; and to enable you to form an ac-
curate judgement, haze to request that you will
set out soon as convenient, in order to your
taking view of the different works established
an the states OF Pennsylvania and New-yersey.
and IT you should deem it necessary. to Spring
held IN the state OF Massachusetts. Wishing
you Sill agreeable journey,
am with real esteem,
Sir,
AOur lLOSt % I Sery1.
JAMES WOOD.
felt pleasure at being thus honorably dis
t'nnguished which will not disguise, and enter.
ed upon the duty with alacirity and zeal
1t was during this excursion to the North.
that, Henry Banks, then confined in Jail in the CT
" OF FhI'adelphia, dispatched messenger to the
tavern at which put up in that city, and beg
geo that would do him the favor To call and soc
INN. Had been in prosperity, his well known
character would have Kept me at distance
But he was in prson--and visitsd him. Hay.
ing enquired ard learned the business which car
RED me to the north (if he did not know 1t, be-
fore be sent for mc) he stated that it was in nv
power 10 render him very essential piece of
service. / asked him what? and b, answered
IN recommending him to the executive ofVirgi-
ma rs lit person to supcrintend the contempla.
'eo mandatory farms adding that he was,
perhaps, the only Firginian who vas qualified ,by
ms experience, Tor the duties of that station I
pun aside his proposition with as much deIcacy
as could; and stated to him that it had teen in
timated as probable that the superintendent
would be o.cTed to me, in the event of my giving
satisfaction in the various subjects then commit
.ed 10 ME by the executive. His reply was, that
tie business in which l was already engseed
thst oil mil wright, must certainly be much
more profitable than the supcrintendencv
would be and notwithstanding the frank
disclosure which had mace of my own expec
10 press upon me the
MISSION OF recommending him. with a gross and
sordid devotion to self and rigid and tou,yh
ness ot tbre and of 'front.' which confirmed every
thing had heard Of his character / passed or,
20 Springfield and on my return TO philadeI
phla lagain met Mr.. Banks's messenger will an
lntIeaty that L would sup with him that evening"
IN prison. Notwithstanding the disgusting spe
cimeh winch he had given me Of his manners, 4
''!n again yield to the motives which had carr.
ed me first to sec him. and again tile same stb.
lect was renewed with increased importantly
lie urged upon me his peculiar pretensons to
the office, until apathy Itself would have bushed
and crlnged for lin and seemed To expect the
Office as sanguineiy if he did not know that lis
character was perfectly understood at the exec
utive board. He did NOT receive the appcin.
ment. did Such is the key to Mr.. BanksSs
Pa'rousm. The anecdote requires no farther
Comment: connected with his recent ccnduc, a.,
ms, H VIII force ITS own comments OH the INNS,
needless reader rs 20 his peculiar oiaJ;Gc,t;.
ons Tor the Office, they may perhaps he gathered
IRON that part ofhis friend Strodc's letter tn him
~ "h'ci! he states that although Banks's situa
Won Fl.ilHlteFs works DID not give him, Banks,
an opportunity OF attending particularly TO the o.
eraIlo's' yethe had perhaps acquired suflci
eht khowiedSe OF the technical phrases to under
stand Mr. Strode's learned disqu;sit;oa.
on my return from the excursion thus d;-
rected ny tue executive, l laid before them. the
e'ui' " my ooservatiOns, ash the Springfield
,"t''u'sct"ry, belonging to The UN;tcd States
oclng then .nquesttohably the most foirighine
III tne continent was adopted asAhe model to
winch the Virginia manufactort shonld conforn
drew pan Of the buildings and of the mo-.
cnirery adapsedto the scite and calculator IN
maze maze every advantage oftie fall of water from
Tue cansito the river. 1t was received md =.
d,optTd by ting executive ard approved bv the
legislature on w!icse table it laid during two
slons. The sequel of the measures, which stem
~, ~ sep, detached me, With a. my hands, from,
voI,;'J employment Of n'iIl-wright, & in
factory OF arms. viii be more 6,lv nsrrs.oJ
hereafter Suffice it here to say, that strained