The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-30
ONE HUNDRED D0IIARs RFVARu

ID ANYWAY, the second time, from the subscrl
IL on the 29th August, between two O'Clock and
sunrise, mulatto man named PETER MATTHEWS
aged about u years, about five feet ten inches hg
of good form and looks good house servant a.i
carriage driver, in which latter capacity he ha, bee,
employed for the last five years
Peter Is very civil in his department with mild
voice. His teeth are quite defective, and he chew
tobacco. His hair black, and bushy on the side, Of
his head.
He took with hun ght-colored summer clotlr,
green cloth irock coat with yellow buttons, a DIX
coored fur cap and black hat.
will give $50 if said Peter is taken in the Slrea
Mary land, and secured so that get him agan ii
If taken and thus secured in any other State and 81
if secured in the District of Columbia
JAMES HARMED
aug 30-3t (Balt Sun
PAGES PORTABLE SAW MILL
1NHlS MACHINE has been in operation 10 TN
city for several days, and has been witnesse
with curiosity and satisfaction by a great numberd
persons, including many members of Congress l,s
considered very important invention particularly for
sections OF our country in which water power canni
be readily obtained. This machine can be moved o.
miles per day, and be ready for working he next eth
or by steam, horse, OF other power. Four horse, wi
cut 1000 feet of boards, scanting, timber oi a0r
dimension per day. Eight horses 1000 feet. Shn-is
~ per minute clear also TO cut without any alteration
wood at common length can be cut at tie rate ora
cord IN five minutes, and crosscut block Tor shn.e
at any length desired. A mill of this consirucuH
propelled by 10 horse-steam power now IN ouerauu
SIX miles from this city on the Washington and Bi.
umore Railroad, farm owned by Mr. Chafe, E
Calvert, which is cutting, while in operation 290t
feet Ter day, and it fair to estimate that it viii eat
at least $1,000 per day, making proper allowance r
all necessary delays Numbers of respectable a0
competent persons, who have witnessed The operation
OF this mill, will cheerfully bear testimony to tucte
here stated. Attached to this machine Is a post Iot-
sing and railsharpening machine
The price, we understand, of the horse-power ar
saw-mi sufficiently long to saw II feet is $500 a.
two dollars and fifty cents will be charged for GA
additional foot The expenses Of attending morris,
ing machine to the horsepower is from twcnt-Wc
fifty dollars the addition of head blocks for the pt,.
pose of cutting shingles will cost twenty dollar, p
pair and the additional saw for wood or shlD-.-
block twenty-three dollars the price of the saw -m
including feet saw, without the horse. power
three hundred dollars the price ofthe steam mil
exclusive OF engine, extra saw, head block, Is tt
hundred dollars for each additional foot in length Of
mill three dollars, including engine, boiler with port
ables, and all other fixtures, such as sings cart
chains, bars, cart-hooks, &c. three thousand dollar,
stationary, five hundred less the machine for motifs
ing and sharpening rail to be propelled by steam
costs two hundred dollars the machine now m
city will, at the particular request of some OF VI
Pages friends remain here until TUESDAY uc,,
Many persons who DESTROYS of witnessing the o.I
ration Of the mill on the Washington and BaIimo.
railroad, will go out, for that purpose, this
in the
aug. 27-3t GEO. PAGE
M ONUMENTS OF WASHINGTON : PAId
WI OTlSM-Contaning a collection of yaluat
documents relating to his military and civil admins
traon, with the fac-simile of his account of ENpe
dltures during the Revolutionary War, the Origins
of which may be the Registers office ~ r
own handwrting-and his Address to the Citizen,
the Union-a valuable legacy of the Father Of ir
Country. 1t contains also a variety of plates.
of Mount Vernon, sc with fac
SMILES of recommendation.
IL The profits to be applied to the establish
an Institute 10 be called Washington'- Manu-
Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum for dc,utua
Bovs.n