Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-31

o"e"" ""e"s " NUUcfp. IA ietteI
published in the New York Gazette.
dated Antwerp, Oct, %, states that the
losses occasioned by the bombar d ment
there are immense, aud that a great
proportion will fail on American mer-
chan,s The Kings Warehouse or
Entrepot was the only one iu which a
conliagration took place.
n Royal Traceiier New Orleans
papers to the LIST inst. are received by
the De Wit Clinton at New York
The Prince Of Wurtemburg arrived in
that city on the 29th ult. after an ab.
.ence Of a year, during which time he
has explored vast regions in the West
etn World, even beyond the Rocky
Mountains. His labours, it is SAID
have resulted in the production of n
chart embracing the " hole of Lpu,si.
ana, as 1t was formerly known, whic. i,
is said in correcting the maps now IN
use. Tie Prince will make a jnuruey
to Mexico and back, before his return
to Europe.
Dyspepsia.--In answer to question
put TO MIR. 0. Hais,eai, through the
columns of the N. Y. American, W beth
er the publication of his work on Dys-
pepsia has or has not annullcd the
promise oil secrecy, required from his
patients; MIR. Haistead, through the
same paper has answered unequlvocal-
ly, that it does. All Mr.. Hals,ead's
patients are therefore, now dissolved
from the pledge OF secrecy
An argument from Erpe,iencz.
Governor Cass, OF Michigan, in an adj.
dIess delivered before the Detroit
Temperance Society on Thanksgiving
evening, remarked as follows :-"If |
may be allowed to speak .f myself,
standing in this sacred place, | wonld
say, that stand here a living monu-
ment OF the utter uSeiessness of ardent
spirits, having never taste them; aud
yet l have endured my iuIl proportion
of 'augue and exposure, in peace aud
In war"
.Slare Irale-This traffic is stated
by MIR. Fisher, Surgeon of the British
ship Athol, on the African station, to
be Carried on more briskly than usual.
Not one OF the ships in ten concerned,
are taken. The writer states that
5000 slaves are liberated annually by
the British vessels. The whole num-
Der taken and carried off annually is
estimated by him at 30, 900. The AZ
rican chiefs and the priests cause all
persons among the common people,
who tsnrn to read and ,orite to be put
to death.
Female Ag,icul.uralsts are quite
common IN many parts of Europe; but
IN our own country they are somewhat
novel. There is, however. some ex-
cept'ons, even among our own bellies
In proof of this | would mention the
fact, that we have among us a young
lady who has in her possession a bed
quilt o! her own manufacture, the cot
ton nf which she planted. hoed, reap
ed and ginned with her own hands.
while residing in the Territory OF Ar.
kansas few years since. This fact
MAY surprise some Of our fair readers,
but confirmation Is at hand. If any of
them are incredulous. Can any white
female Sopth of the Potomac. boast
as much ?. Mar6ieieud Rey;Ster
Than Burns perhaps no man eve.
more severely inflicted the cas,gation
Of reproof The following anecdo,a
will illustrate the fact. The CONVERSE.
ton one night al the Kings Arms,
Dumfries, turning on the death of a
townsman, whose funeral was to take
place nn the following day. "By the
bye" SAID one of the company. address
sing himself to Burns. 81 wish Won
would lend he your black coat for the
occasion, my own being rather on, #
repair" "Havlug mystic attend the
same funeral" answered Bufrs,"i am
sorry that | cannot lend y.u u,y s;.,ies.
but can recommend IA most excellent
substitute; throw your character over
your shouiders-thai will he the black
est coat you ever wore in your life
time"
Appointments by the President. by
aud with the advice and Consent Of me
Senate.
James w. Ripley, to be Collector of
the ustoms for the district of Passu,n-
aquoddy, IN the State of Maine, vice
Leonard Jarvis, resigned.