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Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-21
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H.3NYED
Jefferson Land for Sale

~ So,rr ses Acres IN The county OF
Isrssrsau and State q Virginia on
T. rsd Ieaauls from Winchester to
hIt;nore. II niles from the former Il
fmn Harper's Ferry and S from Charles Charles
,,wn--Som,es from Alexsndria, George-
Nun and the City Of Washington. The
movements arc a nsw brick horse, =
, s hiah. { barn 20 feet square, STA
Tie soil IS Of the vefy first quality,
ssR adapted to the growth Of tl'ne.hy'
dover and every species Of srIul. mn,
nam 6alf Of the Land is covered with tim
Seref the best quality.
u.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
TYPES.

From the COlumbiqn.
A short time since, a writer in the Phi
ladelphia Daily Advertiser, subscribing
himself A PRINTER, addressed the Edi.
tors of Newspapers and Book Printers of
the United States, on the .Nelo Tariff pro-
posed by the Secretary of the Treasury to
Congress, increasing the duty on Printing
fYpestO SIS per cent. This writer. who
mIghteasily have obtained bette. informa.
tion than ~he,appears to possess. ende,yors
TO excite an alarm on the idea that the i'm
portatiGn of foreign types will he discour-
aged by the duty, and that the American
founders will be thereby enabled to extort
from the printers a higher price than they
now obtain for letter. A simple recur-
renee 10 fact in the case, puts the subject
IN its proper light. The truth is, tiatt
prices at the f%ounderies in the United
States are go per cent. lower than the
foundry prices in London and it would
require a bounty on English types of 90
per cent. imported also free Of duty, to
bring themto this country at the prices for
which they can be made here.
put the following statement to the
profession
English prices, Tin 1900 .qn,ericcn prices, (now)
Plea, per Id. IS. sterling, SIS cents.
II Primer, So. sd. 66
BREWER, Is. Cd. rs
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
A COLLEGIATE EXAMINATION.

IL
The following 50 specimen Of a Collegiate
Examination" is from the pen of FRAN
eIs HoPKINsoN, Esq. To those who
have never seen it, the perusal will af-
ford much amusement ; while in the stu
dent it may, p%erhaps,<' renew the sad
remembrance" Of metaphysical perplexi-
ties.-The examination IS made by the
Professor, in the presence ofthe Cover
nOrs OF the College.
Professor.-What is a SALT-BoxP
Student.-It is a box made to contain
Salt.
p. How is it divided ?
S. Into a salt-b0x and a box Of salt.
p. Very well-shew the distinction.
S. A salt-box may be where there is no
salt. but salt is absolutely necessary to the
existence of a box of salt.
p. Are not salt-bOxes otherwise divid-
ed
S. Yes by a partition.
P. What is the use Of this partition ?
s. To separa4e the coarse salttfresn the
fine. assF
p. How ?-Think a little. %
S. So separate the fine salt from the
coarse.
p. To be sure ;-iti is to separate the
fine from the coarse (: but are not all salt
boxes yet otherwise distinguished /?
s. Yes ; into possible, probable, and po-
sitiue.
p. Define the several kinds Of salt-box-
es.
S. A possible salt-box, is salt-box yet
unsoldin the hand of the joiner.
j. Why so ?
5. Because il has never yet become a
salt-box ia fact, having never had any salt
IN it and it may possibly. be applied to
some other use.
p. Very true for a salt-box which me-
yer had, hath not now, and perhaps never
may have any salt in it, can only be term
ed a possible salt-box. What is a probable
salt-box ?
S. II lisa saIt-box in the hands Of one
going to a shop to buy salt, and who hath
six pence in his pocket TO pay the grocer ;
and a positive salt-box is one which hath
actually aud bona fde got salt in it.
p. Very good butts there no instance
ofa positive salt-box which hath no salt in
fl
S. / know Of none.
p. Yes: there is one mentioned by
some authors : il is where a box hath, by
long use, been so im%nregnated with salt,
that although all the salt hath been long
since emptied out, it may yet be called a
salt-bOx, with the same prOpriety that we
say a salt herring, salt beef, &c.-And in
this sense, any box that may have, acct
dentally or otherwise, been long stepped
in brine, may be termed positively a salt
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
lis 3D..
90
60 so

Add to the English foundery price of
81 80 Tor freight, commission and insur-
snce % per cent. So cents, and YOU have
IS 5cts. Independent of duty, for what
costs here 81 Sc.
The old duty Of IL ID per cent. would
increase 1t to IS &c, and the new dutv of
IS, TO 80 90 10 cts.
have before me a bill O. types imported
into this city six years ago, from CasIon
and Catherwood', foundery, in London,
the amount of which, with duties lat 70 ID
per cent.) and charges. is SI,997 10 cts.
The same types, at Bruce's foundry in N.
Yorh, woal4 cost 1,19O 9f-a difference
ot about 20 per cent. in fav6f of The Anne.
rlcan manufacture. Any superiority of
English metal would be counter-balanced
by the facility Of supplying deficiencies
and accommodating particular uses, at the
American fuunderies.
Thus the printers will see that there IS
little danger Ofthe type-founders impos-
ing on the public by unreasonable charges.
so long as they can afford their articles at
the PRESENT prices, and there are so MANY
respectable founderies in the country as
IRE now carried on, land one or two D.
hers are to be established this spring.)-
There will be no want Of types, and none
II English fabric can be imported without
a bounty. The duty of S5 will iDiure
them no more than 950per cent. The Sc.
eretary and printer were both incorrect in
their views.
QoofBo. n.soto.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
ONE THO UsAN d DOLLaRs

a NESt, CLEAR INCOME, WILL BE EN-.
SURED FOR $500 DOLLARS.
TsNHE Editor Of the Republican Constellation.
\ being anxious to get out of debt, and to en-.
large his business by commencing Book PR1Sr-
ING extensively, for which a favorable opportuni.
ty NOW offers, wishes tosengage q partner. to whom
he Will dispose. of half his Office and establish.
ment. The office, he believes, is as complete.
Tor a country office, as any IN the state of Virgin.
ia, having; two presses in operation and one not
up, which with a small expense can be made an
elegant press. His price is $500 dollars cash
-tor which sum he Will ensure his partner one
Thousand dollars a year clear OF all expense arts.
ing from the bushes, from the commencement Of
the partnership.
To a temperate man, who is n decided Re-
publican, and of an accommodating disposition.
mo other viii be receiYed) and who has about
5000 dollars. whichlie may design to
business with-that is, $500 dollars as purchase
money, and 500 to put in trade, with the Ike sum
rom the editor, an opportunity is now offered to
do q good and much more certain business than
merchant zing. Book Printing being added to
the present business of the office viii afford q
handsome additional income.
A mechanical knowledge of printing is not
required, by the Editor, as q necessary oualifca.
ton in a partner.
Any information respecting the healthincss. &
fertility o this part of the country, the expense
OF maintaining a family, &c. &c. can be obtained
by a line directed to the Editor, post paid,w which
shall be promptly attended to. 4t
Winchester, Va Nov. II,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23

box, although never designed for the pur-
pose OF keeping salt. But tell me what
other divisions Of salt boxes do you recol-
lect /? T
s. They are further divided into sub
%stantire and pendant /: a substantive salt
box is that which stands by itself on the
table or dresser /; and a pendant is that
which hangs upon a nail against the wall.
r. What is the idea of a salt-box i?
>. 1t is that image which the mind con.
ceives of a salt-bOx, when no salt box is
present.
P. What is the abstract idea Of a salt
box
): 1t is the idea ola salt-box distracted
from the idea of a box, or of salt, or of a
salt-box, or of a box of salt.
+. Very right land by these means
you acquire a most perfect knowledge of
a sait-box but tell me, is the idea of a salt
box a salt idea ?
S. Not unless the ideal box hath salt in
it.
2. True land therefore an abstract
idea cannot be either salt OF fresh, round
or square, long or short /; for a true alb
stract idea must be entirely free of all ad.
Juncts. And this shews the difference be-
tween a salt idea and an idea of salt. Is
an aptitude to hold salt an essential or an
accidental property of a salt-boxe
5. 1t is essential ; but ifthere should be
a crack in the bottom of the box, the anti
tude TO spill salt would be termed an acct
dental property of that salt-box.
z. Very well very well indeed -
What is the salt called with respect to
the box?
S. Its called its contents.
p. And why so?
S. Because the cook is content qaoad
hoe to find plenty of salt in the box.
Z. You are very right see you have
not mis-spent your time.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING, IN LrScaBuHe,
A sEMI-wEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TO BE ENTITLED
TIL ECHO.
Prospectus.
TO BE ENTITLED

4TUSpSCtUS.
FROM the advantages Of its physical situation
from the native fertility, improved condition,
and increasing wealth of the circumiacent coun.
try and particularly, from the industry, enterprise
and libera,ity of the people of the Town. and ito
e%nvirons, Lynchburg derives advantages more
than adequate to the patronage and support of a
semi-weekly paper.
This consideration impels us to undertake such
a paper.
This paper is intended to be chiefly a PROMPT
and convenient vehicle of domestic and foreirn
News. At the same time, it will be open to sci.
e%ntiHc, moral, agricultural and political ESSAYS.
we are Repubiicans-but on questions ofgeneral
Importance, we will cheerfully admit the ESSAYS
OF those who may differ from us in opinion, pro-
yided those essays lie marked with liberalitv
OF ideas, and moderation of temper. Our main
object will uniformly be, TO collect to a focus.
those rays ofpolitcal light whicltmay be ~scatter-
ed in the intellectual atmosphere around us-and.
by that means, to shed the efTulgence of truth
on every face, side and aspect OF such topics of
discussionas may excite a deep and lively interest.
We are youns-bent on enterprise-possessed
OF industry-capable of perseverance. We have
both been broughtu up to the printing business
and we are not utter strangers to the due manage
ment, and proper conduct Of a newspaper. Our
efforts will be unremitted-and, we trust, sue.
cessful. They will be constantly and earnestlv
directed to the collection of the most recent in
teuigence of every sort-toa iudicious selection
of borrowed materials-in short, to the reeulari.
ty, symmetry, and elegance ola whole, combin.
ing, at the same time, variety ofsubjects and uni.
ty ofplan.
In promising thus much, we do not overstep;
we hope. tho modesty of a Prospectus. We ara
confident that disappointment will not tread up
on the heels of promise. We have well consider
ed what we are able TO perforIu--and we feel the
ardor and energies of individuals ambitious of
success-and whose success chiefly depends on
The extent of their exertions.
Our hopes become the more saguine, when we
reflect on the characteristic liberality of those per
sons whose patronage we solicit. They are, we
well know, disposed TO encourage commendabl-
ettorts-to aid modest industry-and to rernune.
rate useful labors.
With these motiyes-tbese means--tnese homer
and this prospect, we will the publ.
cation OF the ECHO about the 18th of March
next
WIZ w. GRAY,
Russell DAWSON.
Lynchburg, Jan. 1916.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
5O0DOllars Reward
Cfr7 of RrcawoSp. March , iat6

CRY of RrcHNoSD, March 2, 1916.
WHEREAS there is reason to believe, that
w the FIRE which originated in the work
shop OF Mr.. Robert NJ Kim, on the evening oftbe
NTH instant, wasthe work of an incendiaryi j do
hereby, IN behalto of the Corporation OF this CITY,
offer a reward ofFIvE HUSnaEp DotLAns. for tbe.
discovery Of the perpetrator of said offence. ia
DC paid, 70 the informer, upon the conviction of
the offender.
JOHN G, GAMBLE, Mayor.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
ALBANY.

a distinguished testimony o prospect to dis
tingaished merit.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons
in the city of New-York recommended
THOMAS CoopER, esq. lae Professor of
Chemistry in Dickinson College, to the
Regents of our University, far the degree
of Doctor of Medicine.-Andthe Regents.
ever willing to patronise eminent talents
and learning unanimously conferred the
degree on DR.. CoopER, in consequence of
his profound knowledge of Chemistry. and
other physical sciences, as well as his va
luable writings on scientific subjects.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
ExrEMPonE OK THE LATE war.
ODE ON THE DEATH OF PoRLIER.

To quell the mighty of the earth, the oppres.
sor,
The brute and boist'rous force of violent men,
Hardy and industrious to support
I.yrannic power, but raging TO pursue
HE righteous, and all such as honor TRUTH
Sampson .9goni,tss.
amidst an age of war,-of blood and tears,
When too secure from secret guilty fears,
a host OF purple tyrants sat enthron'd.
And Liberty expiring groan'd,
II patriot immortal on the earth appears
Alone IN all his PROSTATE bleeding land,
ne greatly dared to lift the avenging brand
10 blast q d~espot-and it's glory save
lie fell but found an envied grave
For acts amazing-wortby of agod he plsnn'd.
10 raise his country's glory to the skies,
Inc lntriptd hereb Oddly strives-and dies
Cursd be the hands that laid the warrior low,
VIE superstition struck the blow,
AND shed the noblest blood that now for ven-
Seance cries.
monsters, IN darkest c~loister'd caverns bred,
May now hit high the foul envenom'd head
For he who soon their crests had trod upon,
He who in all his land alone,
Struck for fair Liberty, is Numbered with the
dead.
Oh! guard the sacred ashes of thy son,
Dear Freedom If thou art not left alone,
f0rsaken by the race of men alive,
WHO view thee still, with tyrants strive,
Nor prop thy falling arm, nor heed thy fsinting
groan.
Proud, growing Spain, dishonor not his name,
Who bled for what thou burst not guar5-thy
fame
Let none but FREEMEs's tears his grave bedew,
And be they silent, sad, and few,
For shed by thee they'd flush a hero's cheek with
shame.
Base Ferdinand, thou vilest of the things,
That histry enrols with scepter'd kings,
OF Vampires black that suck the blood Of men,
And nightly Turk % loa,hsome den,
The echo of thy name through earth detested
rings.
CHGPham, Srryy, December, 1915.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
STRAY NAMES.
August 30.

during the Summer. two small MARES got
out OF my pasture and were often seen in The
neighborhood during that period from whence
tbs probable they have strayed.
ANY person whoInay know where they are. is
requested TO inform meby post, or otherwise sad
l WIN make reasonable Compensation for any tro,,.
PIE. one OF them black with a star and some
waT.s on her' q years old the other a light sorrel
- W. NEWBURN.
Genito Bridge, Powhatan Co
Dec. 10 1915. om
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
NAVY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
INTERSECTION. .Jauuoy, a Iatr

W~AsarNsToN, Jauuory, A, 1916.
EVE Commissioners ofthe Navy are willing to
- contract tor, and will pay the current mar.
ket price tor sail-cloth manufactured in the Uni
ted states, Of a quality equal TO the best Russian
or English canvas The cloth must be fabrica.
ted OF hemp grown in the United States, and
must @-
l. BE twenty inches wide.
2. Must contain the same number of ,bre,ds
that Russian or English canvas, ofthe same
number and width, contains.
80 Must weigh as much per square ward az a
square yard of Russian or English canvas
weighs
o. A strip Of ga inch wide and six feet long
must be OF sufficient strength to bear a
weight equal TO three hundred pounds.
Dc Zach bolt must contain fortv Yards &. have
the name Of the manufacturer or manu-
factory stamped on it, with the weight &
number Of yards and
D.. A blue thread must run through the whole
length OF the chain, one inch and a quarter
from the selvidee.
Persons willing to contract for a suppIv If can.
vas OF the above description, are desired to send
their proposals, scaled, 10 this office on or before
the 4th day OF March next, and they will be care.
fol to mark on the envelope the words "Pronoe,I
for a supply Of canvas "-such as are disnoeed
10 enter largely into the business, NAV calculate
on the encouragement Of the Commissioners. for.
acting on behalfof the United States, they feel a
strong desire to promote the manufacture of A.
nerican canvas, and win use il for All the pur.
poses OF the Navy. They do not wish. however.
70 contract With one concern or COMPANY for =
larger supply of canvas, annually, than t6e fol.
lowing number Of bolts Of the diTerentkinds
md qualities. to wit $50 bolts of No. 1. los
No. 2, 100 No. 8, 100 No. 4, rs No. S, rs No.
9, IS No Z, 81 No, 8.
Nor fora smaller supply, annually, in The like
case, than to the following number ofboIts Of the
l~Ifferent kinds and qualities, to wit +: rs bolts
No. 1,62 No. 9, so No. 3, so No. 81 No. 5sSz
No. 6, 81 No. 7,33 No 8.
II the terms Of any of the proposers are accent
ed, the Comm %ssioners will forward a contract. to
be duly signed by the party; who must also be
obligated with two competent securities, in dou.
Torrance of each and every part Of il.
JNO. RODGERS,
President efbe Board.
4P The several printers employed to publish
the Laws OF the United States will give the above
an insertion once every week for a month, and
send then accounts TO the Commissioners Office.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
NAVAL COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.

18th January, 1916.
IVNHE Board Of Naval Commissioners viii re.
u cerve, until the LIST day of April next, pro.
posals for furnishing the following description of
articles required for navy use, viz.
Cannon, carronades and cannon locks
Ball, round, grape, canister and lead,
Saltpetre, sulphur
Cannon and printing powder
Mnskets, pistols, swords, boarding pixies and
battle axes y
Copper-sheathing assorted, say 1-9 of p ozs.
18th OF "a ozs. 18th of26 ozs. 18th of28
oZs. 18th OF 80 ozs. and 18th of 81 ozs.
Copper bolts. spikes sheathing -nails-assort.
ed.
Lead in pigs and sheets
Anchors from 500 to 1000 lbs,
Ion Kentledge
Hemp, American
iwlne-whipping, sewing and seine
Iror for shipping
Staves-ieger-PiPe, hogshead and gang-caak
seamen's e~lothing-hats, shoes, t~roxsers, shirts
Flannel and @ild-bore for CARTRIDGES
Lignum vita and paints
or New-Yurk. "O''""
PERSONS rendering q supplyo of any of these ar
ucies' whi be pleased 70 state particularly the
kind-the greatest and the least quantity of eact,
aECcie uney may be disposed to furnish-and ON
P~ VI wa tenuefk lDey Will endorse fine
substance of their proposals in The G,I,oTy;ne
form. N"hb
Proposals to furnish
forthe use OF the Navy, made by --
-. - IN consequence Of the Navy
Commissioners advertisement Of 18tb JsrrarSy
1916" A0ui JahuaFy1
WIN those whose proposals may be accepted.
- Commissioner will enter into contract ; ard
IN case, where the articles are not IN he ;r,T,sa;
ateiy delivered and paid for, the contractors viii
oe requFed to give satisfactory security for the
performance OF their contracts, and Il will be
y LOT mem to accompany their tenders with
the names of the persons diqposad A. hs.om
uie,r s~llretes, and evidence Of their Competency.
oh me hrst day of April next, and not before.
ali the tenders viii be opened and acted mon
JOHN RODGERS, President
ofthe Board Of Navy Comm 's~sioners.
~ me Printers Of the laws of the United
) atss viii insert the above, once every v0set an
Isl April, and send their accounts to the comma.
Jan. 20-wtA
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
BURR MILL ST0NE .M8NUF3cTURF

THE subscribers respectfully inform the public,
that they have just received. direct, from France, a
large quantity OF prime BURR BLOCKS ola SUI
peror quality 10 any hitherto imported to this place,
and h wing been engaged in the business up wards
OF fifteen years. they fatter themselves from their
long knowledge OF the trade, and the appreciation
which their work has hitherto met with, that thew
Willie able to manufacture Mill Stones, on us rea
sonable terms as those imported from the North,
warrant them ond TO perform well.
They have opened shop on 10Th Street, nearly op-
posite to the Old City Tavern, where gentlemen are
invited to call.
- NATHANIEL WHITE & Co.
February taft
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23

THE ECHO win be printed with a new and
elegant type, on a demi sheet, (twice a week) at
S3 SO per annum; payable in advance.
or those who do not pay in advance, nor in the
course OF twelve months, four dollars will be re.
CURED.
Any person procuring ten subscribers. and be-.
coming responsible for the payment, shall be en-
tiled TO one paper gratis.
subscriptions for the above paper received at
this office. Z"
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
Grand National Lottery.
Goth Days Drawing.
M oG ooa

eoth Days Drawing.
No. S6,284
Came out of the wheel a capital prize of
10000 Dollars.
This ticket was divided and sold in a half a omar
ter and two eighth parts by
q. " II. WAITE,
And extraordinary to relate, on the following dav
IN the same lottery,
NO. 1881
Came out also another capital prize of
10000 Dollars,
Which ticket was also divided and sold in a half.
and two quarter parts BY
e. & r. WAITE.
1t is worthy of remark, that four of the c.n;tol
prizes of 10000 dollars in the same lottery was
obtained at their Offices. Three of which are
lodged by G Il. WAITE, in the Manhattan
Bank tor safe keeping, till they become payable
and the other one (which they have already pa,dI
IS in the Bank OF Baltimore.
In a Southern lottery, last season, they sold in
quarters OF tickets, a capital prize of
$4,000 Dollars,
And ina lottery antecedent, they sold thu h;pb.
est prize ever drawn by one number in the United
States, viz.
10000 Dollars.
And IN the New-York Lottery all three of the ca
Pltai prizes, viz.
O,ouo D0HS. 10000 Dolls. 10000 Dolls.
Ihis rs a full confirmation of the superior good
fortune attending tickets purchased Of q & n
Wall =, as IN nearly all lotteries in which they
nave taken an active interest, they have disnosed
of most of the capital prizes {; and trust. that in an
ensuing lottery, when they viii the
saleo tickets, the r shares, as well as whole ones.
wih be attended with the same good fortune.
January 81, 1916.
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COMMISSION
laVID s. EDJrUND .9NDERSON.
So fdmohs for getting .tne ISrj
ooJ .Nr ollie Uor.e,

L4VID s. EDMUND ANDERSON,
HAVE commenced the COMMISSION BU-
S!NtSS, in the City of Richmond and having
taken a house near the Basin, on the Cross Street
leading from thence to Z or Main Street, they are
now ready to receive Consignments, and pledge
themselves to give strict attention to all business
conhded to them. They hope, from assiduity
and attention, to merit the patronage of their
friends and the public.
january 6. 1Xl2
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-03-23
MISCELLANY.
From the London Morning Chronicle.
THE BABEL BONNET.


THE BABEL BONNET.
Abroad had lovely MrRA been,
And all the continent had seen,
With what's most strange upon it
And when return'd to England's shore,
Upon her head far MIRA bore
A Iorver, and not a bonnet.
Her language was n modish speech
OF many tongues, beyond the reach
OF SIMPLE natives power:
And since her tongue, confus'd and mixed,
Resembled Babers tongues, she fixed
Above it Ba6ePs Io1ver. NOHI.
OK THE LATE WAR.
Whene'er contending princes fight,
For private Pique, or public right
Armies are rais'd, the fleets are mann'd,
They combat both by sea and land.
When after many battles past,
Both tir'd with blows, make peace at last
What is it, after all, the people geti
Why Widows, Taxes, Wooden Legs and
Debtf w II. X.