Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-27
WEEKLY SUMMARY.
EXrEN FIRE.


about ten O'Clock tire broke out i'm the ex
tenSive C'ttm ware hpuse of Frebet, sen
and scarcely had thu fire boil sounded the a.
iar'n, before the WIN was discovered To b.
envelppel IN fumes, Ir,n ono corn,r Of thu
street I, other, sinultln ,"usly. II was the
evil dmnss of spne m,lici,u, incenliarv.
Inc de struction oil pr 'pettv may DO estim1-
ted at $l3),0)0--20"0 bales cotton at $50,
OOJ, and tho premises Mt $4,000. We did
not learn whether the whole was insured or
not Ado.
.Anoiher report ofthe capture Of A'girrs.--
Capt Boeram, of the Schooner Knox. u DAYS
from st. Thomas. reported. thIt official ac.
counts ofthe capture of Algiers by the French
had bsen received there. previous tn his de-
parture, aud that the report was generally be-
heved In be true
InfiaR Hostahies.-The Green County
lAia) Gazette uftie l4;h ult SAYS that at the
Factory IN the Choct,w Matt IN, about Is
miles trbn Eris, a serious disturbance took
place winch threatened much blond she'd, ne.
Tween Two parties ot lndilus under the iuflu
ence ut Mushulutnbba aud Lati ire.
Llh Te warriurs ,50J, wore III painted.
and expressed much anxiety to fight. This
may be Considered as an outrage, us Lai ,rn
must have come ut lea st two hundred miles
i"r the purpose nf chlstising Mushulatubba
The Oh ,ctaws are divided int, two dis.
tricts, tho upper district rs under the control
OF Ian 'ra and the lower district is under
that oi MushLIatnbba. The Cl,nctaw nation
Is supposed - am ,unt at this time to $4,000
souls The territory claimed by them, is full
ly one third OF the limits of the State of Mis-.
sissippi; and they have in this State a tract
oil iahd, which Is about seventy miles lunr
and twenty miles wide.
THE GOLD REGION.
We understand. that the search for gold
still continues III Virginia. Some gentle men
who have consulted the mineraloyy of the
S;aIe, have arranged it int, various strata
the region Ut lime nearer t. the niountainS-
then "A much narrower region of gold and
bel this, Is tho coal district.
We understand, that u very rich vein
of G I'D has been discovered in the lower
end OF F.,uluer county.--it is said that IN
that portion ut the country, the metal Is
found Undecided IN ii snrt of purpus quartz
rnck--auL lower ,wn, as in the Sp ,ttsylva-
mia mines, II is liked with the slaI as it
the rocks above had been worn and washed
away. 50 rs 10 throw the sands aud PARTICLES
of gold To Il lower space. II Is supposed that
the belt u: gold is iron five I, Twelve miles
wide, and extending, as Tar as we have ascer.
tainsd, fran the county ut Fauquier 10 the
county al Fluvanna We understand. that
indications nfii have been traced ON IA tract
OF lana helnn IinI To worthy citizen uf nnr
town, IN whose gord f,rtu.e, it it could be
c'nhrined Ov actual experience we are sure
mat ms NUMEROUS acqnaintances would M. ,sL
cordially rel ice. These signs have been We
ry recently traced. aud the tract of land is IN
the very neighb puihood ,fthe james River.
The lid found in this State is represented
to US I" be among the purest that has ever
been discovered Rich. f0m
Governor Gal uer has received infnrmatipn
OF .nn II .ll Ill, hn,u IL
from the Cherokee coun,ry by the United
State $ troOps. IL is said that ,i''. $500 intru-
ders, only 800 wanderers continued IN the
territory
We are fading G Id plenty from 30 tn 81
miles abnve this, Greenville in Carroll aud
COweta counties.
SIR % ST. Crispin. in Halifax, who WAS
jealous nj his wife, Thought to try The strength
OF her affections by HIN tng hi.nspit.'-at
the same time taking care tn fix the appara-
tuS 80 that he could put a stop t. the cho-
king operation whenever he though proper
All things being arranged, and hearing his
iooing RIB approaching, he gailantly swung
himself off, expecting that his better. half
would Immediately cut hun down aud repent
OF her cruel Treatment. But, alas! how was
he mistaken She approached him, but with
tar different purpose irom one he conte.n
plated; thinking u put hin out of pain, she
pulled him Justify by the legs fortunately,
however, for the poor cobber, the rope gave
way, and instead OF being launched into an ;,
Their world, he was once mnie landed on ter
IA hrma. Being now satisfied where his
witcs affections lay, he Immediately gave
heI sound druhbing, for whlc, he was
brought before the magistrates aud bound
over To keep the peace
Revolutionary Misunderstanding the en-
<rlps,uput fer nil INT h..r at rp ~
Fort vi ntsonery by the British the captain
of gun IN ono OF the red rhbIs a tall. strap
ping. riw-bpned cnunirymlti, was noticed to
display, during the affiir, unusual zeal and
activity. anniJinI the enemy much with his
rapid and destructive fire. He had finished
loading his piece for the last time Just at the
moment when the reioubt was on the point
OF yielding. but unwilling to lose the oppnr-
tunlty of another shot, he hastily sliced the
linStnck To discharge the cannon. AS he was
in the act ofappying the match To- the touch
hole, a ball whizzed through the port and
severed his from his brds, cnusing The
llnstock In fly from him IT, the ground with
force That almost extinguished it, Without
needing the mHiilaton, he sprang towards
IT. took il up with his left hand, and dciber-
ately fired off the gun, IN the very moment
that the rcdoubt surrendered
.raoai-The IT, 5. ship Concord. CAPT
Derrv, from Norfnlk. tor St. Petersburg, with
Mr.. Randolph, Minister to Russia, was spn.
ken july 1i'h, in lat. IS long. 4O--all well!
WoodcOck Shooting gentlemen Of
New York killed and bagged few DAYS since
in New Jersey, in eight hours and half
.eighty.fUe woodcock.
picture Of Girndet, thirty inches by
twentysix, has been Autographed in Paris
This is said to be the largest work on stone
vet executed in that capital
new and most extensive Scientific and
Military History of the French expedition 10
Egypt, has been undertaken in Paris. by
several eminent military and literary mon
There is at present living at Dairy, near
Edinburgh, an aged lady, who was born in
the year I72D, who is still able TO 90 about
her ordinary concerns, and who ca1 both
read and write without the aid of speclacles
a good toast, given at Troy, N. y
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