Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-10-08
WEEKAY SUMMARY.

Fire-Between 10 and IL o'clock last
night, HaSalls Mills, on the margin of the
James River, wero observed to be on fire.
The engines repaired to the spot with their
usual prcmptitu1e, but from the inaccessible
position of the buildings, and the head the
fire had got, it was soon found impossible to
subdue il. There being considerable guam.
tity of wheat and -four in the mills, they burnt
with extraordinary fury and splendor for an
hour. A dwelling and some small houses on
the premises, were likewise consumed
1t was reported on the ground, that the pro-
perty was insured for something like $40 900
and that there were 500 barrels -four and
some 6 or 1000 bushels wheat on hand. The
fire commenced in one of the upper stories
from which, and from the circumstance that
the mills were not grinding yesterday, it is
surn,ised to have been the work of an incen-
diary.-WMg.
The Treasures at .4igierS. eye
witness, who entered the Treasury of
the Dey OF Alsiers soon after the capt.
'ulation. gives the following account of
the immense treasures found there.
One apartment only had no reposi-
tories round it. The floor was covered
10 the depth Of three feet with Spanish
dollars. There, were also diamond
necklaces, silver vases, SC. When /
entered, several men were employed IN
taking up the silver and gold with
shovel, and putting it into scale, which
WAS emptied int, chests containing IA
bout sixty kilogianmes OF gold, valu-
ed at 5000 francs the kilpgramme.-
Some was also put into barrels to be
sent to France The coined silver
which has been found is supposed to "a
mount to 1900 cubic feet, besides
chests filled with gold bars and doub-
looms.
Prophecyof Napolcon--Dr. o. Me-
ara in his "Voice from St. Helena"
says page 100" He (Napoleon) con-
versed upon the probability Of a revolu
ton i'm France. Ere twenty years
have elapsed when am dead and buri-
ed" said ne, you will witness another
reuoiution ia France. 1t is impossible
that twenty-nine millions ofFreuch,nen
can live con,ented under the yoke Of
Sovereigns imposed upon them by To-
reigners aud against whom hey have
fought and bled for nearly thirty years.
Can yousbIame the French for not be-
ing willing to- submit TO the yoke Of
such animals as DoDchenu ?"
Precocity- HdtrimoniaL-In a num-
Der of the Bombay Gazette, lately re-
ceived, it is mentioned that great prep
arations were making at Clutch, to cele-
brate the marriage of =" the Young
Rao," who is now upwards Of thirteen
years old; and who 10 marry his four
wives at once! The preparations were
to be in style Of splendor and magni-
ficence beftting the occasion.
The emphatic declaration Of Louis
Philippe in his Proclamation to the
French, calling upon the People. to o.
hey the Ia,os, and making known his
determination mot to permit others to
reject an authority to which he must
submit himSeG'-acknowledging the
important truth that he IS but the crea.
ture of the laws, is certainly new lam
guage from the lips ola King, and must
win the confidence Of the Nation
Nicholas Biddle, President Bank U.
S., in letter to Hugh Mercer, Esq. Of
Fredericksburg, acknowledges the re-
ceipt OF S22 So, collected for Fulton's
heirs, from the cent contributors in
the RaPpahanock Steamboats,. Mr..
Biddle says this sum is the first receiv-
ed.
Old TonsideS. Orders have been
received at CharIestown Navy Yard TO
repair, with the least possible delay, the
frigate Constitution
A machine has been invented in
Worcester England, to be worked by
steam, particularly adapted for cutting
canals, dwelling hills for railways, &c.
The engine cuts at single movement,
q feet deep, delivering into cart up
wards Ola Ion per minute
A foreign lark. w. Parkins,
late High Sheriff of London has been
convicted, in Bucks county, Tor an as
sault and battery upon constable, and
sentenced to 20 days imprisonment in
the jail ofthe county, and to pay fine
of $50.
Petersburg Road.-Moncure Robin
son, Esq. has been appointed Engineer
OF the Petersburg Rail Road, and, that
the location of the Rail Road to the
Roanoke will be commenced during
the present month
British Minister.--Ths Right Hon.
Charles X Vaughan, accompanied and
presented by Mr.. Van Buren,, Secretary
Of State, had an audience OIL Tuesday
last of the President, at which he deli
vered to the President new credentials,
as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the present King of
Great Britain and Ireland, and letter
from his Sovereign announcing the
death Of the late King, George !Vth
The Philadelphia Inquirer alledges
that Joseph Bonaparte does not intend
to return to France, as reported