Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-19


allowing valuable inventions. viz /:
For a mpveable pulpit, horse-hair s,uiis,
anew s"ttoi bread, metallic almanacks,
metallic staircase. a bakers kneadiny
IT ugh, and liquid soap
| The Salisbury, ". G. Journal states
that gold vein was recently opened
on The land of Mr.. Patterson, in Cabar-
rus county, and from eight to ten BUSH
els OF the ore were ATTAINED about $50
penny weights of fiuxed gold. 344 of
winch were the product of the first
washing. The ore was not ground,
aud was washed in the old mode. in
rockers.
Pey"ry. Judge Bay, Of South Car
ol'na, has decided at Chambers, on an
application for the discharge of nne
Nicholas. accused ofperJu,y, that the
stautes ofthat state do not declare false
swearing at elections II be perjury, aud
that such false swearing IL not at com.
mon law an indictable offence, it is not
falling within any definitions of the
crime OF perjury. He tlIeref1re dis
chlrged the accused, who was brought,
before him By habeus corpus.
| In P"tiersville, Pa. upon a wager. a
man packed up 100 stones, placed 3
'eet apart, and deposited them, one at a
time, III a TN baske, at the place of
starting, making a separate trip from
The basket to each stone aud back a.
gam, IN 4S Minutes: he had wagered
to do 1t IN one hour: distince about 6
miles
| On Tuesday nigh, upwards of seven
ty Migrants, of all ages sizes aud CON.
/ plexlons, were taken up in the neigh
/ boufhnod al the FIVE Points New Yark,
! by the vigilant aldermanStroug, of tina,
city. Among the number were several
gamblers.
A Chillicothe paper acknowledges
the present of Pear from a garden
, near To the town, which weighs 81 lbs.
and measures2l inches IongiludualIy,
aud IL in circumference.
/ The Harrsburgh Chronicle saws
there Is now a thorough navigation
between Philadelphia and Northum.
berland, at the iunc,ion Of the north
and west branches ofthe Susquehanna,
ard also To Lewistown on The Junia,a.
Business on the canal is very brisk.
Our town experiences the advantages
/ OF TINS commerce to very consid-
cradle extent"
hail Rotm 10 the Roanoke
pr'p'irtors OF laud through which the
RAD Road may probably pass, have,
with a lew exceptions, gratuitously
released their right To the land neces-
sary tor the track of the Road. all the
way from Petersburg to the Ro mike.
The Engineers are now enpl wed in
locating the Road from the Rowanty
tpthe Noi'oway River. We are graft.
he'd t9le"rII that the subscription list is
advancing; aud that our counlry fie Ids
are beginning TO take a warm interest
Ia the undertaking. imcs.
A vehicle. SO feet in length, lbaded
with l00S painted chairs. from Bolton
Tor Newhurypnt lately passed through
Concord.
One of the most influential popular
S"cieie> ~ Paris is called, Help
yourself, and Heaven will helD you.p
in alusu on To the old fable OH .rcules
and the WAGNER.
! Juba, tie servant Of Mr.. Randolph,
Ambassador 10 Russia, arrived from st.
Petersburg, IN the ship Fama, having
III charge thirteen packages containing
the etie IS of Ills master
! The New York Courier scolds the
people of Boston fer not celebrating the
French revolution: 1t says they ale "as
cold as their own Goldfish.
The Wheeling Compiler, Oh the
authority Of recen, experience by some
OF the she pkeepers OF thar place, recon,-
rnends the use of hogs lard, in lamps,
as substitutes for sperm oil. The
light afforded is SAID TO lie equal, aud.
is much cheaper. than that OF the oil.
The discovery is not a new one.
appointments By the President.
Freier'ck List, of Pennsy lydna, to
be Consul OF the United States. for the
P"F' oi ilaihOufgb, III place OF JOHN
tuthheri, removed.
Nathaniel Niles, Of Vermont, (now
in Paris tn be Secretary OF Legation
to France, vice Charles Carol Harper,
resigned,
Sea Dog The schooner Sancho,
Chase, OF Yarmonth, returning fiom
tlshing voyage az Cape Sable, on the
25th July last, hove too for soundings
near Georges Bank about dusk, aud
. discovered a.large Dog swimming to-
wards them; the bite Of rope was
thrown over 10 winch be swan and
was taken on board nearly exhausted.
The vessel at the time was about 60
miles from the land two other vessels
were ~ sight, the nearest abnut D miles
and the OTHER ten or twelve Distant
lie has the appearance OF being OF the
bull breei, and proves to be good at:
hunting or for guard.
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