The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-14
aIRt9reuaneous.
IN Account Of a rare compliment from q Crosvn-
ed Sovereign 10 sreae General.
TO TIE


cd SoOeretgn 10 greae General.
TO THE
HON. SAMUEL L. MITCHELL.
DEAR SIR. -.
1t is stated in history that the ps,ri
OTIS OF Poland were defeated on the 10th of Oct
17g4, and their leader Thaddeus Koscuiszk o
made prisoner. He recovered slowly of his
severe wounds, e was at length set at liberty by
Che Russians After which he came &c Ne W.
xork by the way of England, and was received
IN t'e most friendly manner by Horatio Gates
and many more Of the Officers and other gen.
t!emen with whom he had been acquainted du-
ring ehe revolutionary war While he was i'm A.
merca, there came from the Russian Minister
IN London, consignment of several boxes, ad .
uressed to the care of Messrs George & Will.
am Ludlow, merchants, for Gen. T. Koscuis zko
not being there, they were sent after him to
N. r. and arrived in good order. At the time
of their arrival, the general was absent. on
tour to the southern states. On being informed
OF the politeness fthe Czarina, he directed the
parcels to be stored until further order, but re-
turned to Europe without giving any other in
structlon concerning them. The things arrived
sometime IN lT96-They remained in store q.
bout eight years-The proprietor having aban.
Sloned them, and left the country, they were at
length sold tor the payment of expences
On examining the contents, the boxes were
hound to inciose lathe for turning. 1t was of
ted one OF the completest sets of Turner's Machi-
merry that ever was seen. This apparatus is of
the KIND that gentleman may employ Cor his
own private exercise and Amusement Every
part Is executed in an uncommon style of neat.
ness and elegance and any person of mechan-
ics' taste and ingenuity, who possesses, Car
Penter's chest and TOOLS may truly regret that
heis not master of Koscuisko's lathe and i'm.
PIGMENTS. 1t consists ofthree principal parts
4 The Lathe and Work Table These are COM
posed chiefly OF tine mahogany, the tlatter is five
1eet long, two feet wide, and s feet high
the Columns and pilasters are of the yew-tFee,
above twenty in number, and the dentals are of
s7ory, above the lathe, surmounted by cupola
WIN columns and pilasters of the yew-tree, sup
porting dome Into the top of the column is
introduced an exquisite piece of clock work for
raising and lowering the two wheels. The STAN
yard ofthe former is of stately yew, elevated
Jour feet. The cap, neck mculdings and base
mouidiHgs, are of ivory, aud sub-plinths of ebo.
ny. The feiloes of the wheel are Of mahogany
tee sPokes OF Turkish box curiously carved
ana the naves of ebony. They are Of the kind
'eenomlnated fvsSheeL. There are closets and
sTaoInets IN which the tools and Implements NAV
pe disposed and kept-s. The seat or bench on
which the operator sits while he works. This
made OF mohogany, yew & ivory like the ia
nie The cushion is stuffed and covered with
Maroqun Leather It is capable of being rails.
Cd or lowered, and beneath it is cabinet for the
sScePlion OF raw materials and conveniences Of
9li sorts-S. fools OF every kind that Turner
requires, such as an entire set of cabinets, Chis-
sells, Chills of every variety, Bits of all shapes
ana sizes, Screws each desirable magnitude
and common and spring Chucks to suit any sort
OF business +; all capable of being disposed for
use, on superb rack of black ebony adorned
Win worry here IS an entire apparatus for
making screws OF the utmost fineness and even
ness OF spire with Pedals, Bands and Reeula-
sors complete, as well as Brass Urns for contai-
ning the Old. The makers name is Voye, by an
INSCRIPTION upon the Column or Standard. il an.
pears to have been made at ST. Petersburgh in
1foo.-@>"ltis represented to have cost 5Ool
e.erIng' OF about Zoo dollars. And although
az present. from neglect. it is some what tarnish-
ca with dust, 1t is nevertheless beautiful piece
Oh furniture, and worthy of place in the Maya.
zlne OF the hrst rate connoseur or mecbanist.-
1here nave been various coniectures concerning
shis singular present. And none of then is hi.
tnerto wholly satisfactory The most probable
storyis thus told-The Poles had been defeated
1T Warsaw, and their country divided among
she strongest powers. Russia had acquired s
large share OF the spoil and territory Koscuisz
20 was wounded and disabled, and no longer an
OBJECT OF dread. He had even been released &
nsd quilted the region of his misfortunes.
TO America. r~3'-1
The Sovereign who had wrought all this
woe TO him and to Poland, appears to have been
eatlshed with her acquisitions and exploits
She certainly had no reason to hate Koscusz,
10. His resistance to her arms was an act of
patriotism, and had no tincture of insurrection or
treason She must have admired the man
"bom she Frustrated. She seems to have ex.
Tended toward him when ruined, and ex;led,
portion OF RENE mbrnnce and symBathy.---And
the donation of this magnificent Lathe g. Tools. /
IS considered as proof CT her recollection and |
Blindness. ~ |
Whether her intention was respectful or GAR |
castle, is subject OF some doubt |
turning, 1t is well known, is one of the most |
ingenious and neat of the mechanical employ.
ments'----And men of fortune and leisure are
Known occasionally to occupy themselves in it's
VARIOUS and diversified arts !; vet the comnl;.
mem is rather ofan ambiguct US nature The trans
h'on nom military to mechanic life, CONVEYS
nothing that hatters very highly the pride of
man. The Chissel is considered far less homo.
raoie to Linn who uses it, than the sword. IF
the Empress intended 10 tell him by the present.
tlat she thought q trade would better become
Dam than profession, there might be sona-
thing insulting in the communication. To man.
who valued himself upon his knowledge of war,
ana the employment Of ALL his powers 10 enanci.
pale bis country, 1t must be mortifyinR in the
hours OF misfortune, TO be informed that the Car
penters Chest was more fl for him than the Ar
horers' 1be mere suggestion, TO porson of ele-
vsted ana heroic spirit, that 40 he had been un.
,ucKy 10 arms be might be innocentIy and Sc
cureIy employed 10 the Arts, would be unwel.
come, u not painful. Reflections like these IN.