Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-24

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inhabitants. Al length. however. his realty.
becoming certain, they were re assured. and
TIE supposed ghost communicated all that ha
could remember of the stats be had been IN.
"hlch was that bis senses bad not l,it him.
notwithstanding he had felt 80 cold and torn.
III as to he incapable Of speech or motion. IN.
tli ne blows had restored him This led to-
the detection Of the diabolical plan against
hrs masters life and character The servants
oil the monster confessed their participation
- the act, aud he was consequently arraign.
ed before the senate.
Heirs IF Cclsn.bus.---Mr Ir,ings abridga-r
ment of his Life of Columbns, contains a note
IN which we fiad the following interesting
statements relative to the descendants OF tLia
ilustrious man.
"Whiie TINS abridgoment was going tn
press, the author received letter froln Mad.
rid, mentioning recent circumstances. which,
may be OF some interest to the reader OF lbix
work. The emancipation of tho Spanisk
Colonies in Amstiea had stripped the heirs or
Columbus OF all their properly. insomuch ,hae
his last direct descendant and Representative.
the Duke OF israguas, young nobleman Of
worth and talent, was reduced TO extrem9
poverty. Tie instituted claim upon lie
government for indemnifjeation. which haa
just been allowed. pension Of tweoty four
thousand dollars has bssn assigned him on
the revenues Of Cuba and Porto Rico. II II
q circumstance highly TO his credit. TINT, in
the time OF his greatest distress, he refused
sums that were offered him for various doeu-
ments IN the archives of bis family, and par
iinlary for autographs OF his iliustrisss an.
cestorn
Emigration On the subject of em;gr alton
from England TO this country, the Manehes-
ter Times Of the AID OF April says: "a friend
~ Liverpool tells US, that few weeks ago
ono house which contracts with shin owners
for forwarding emigrants, had ne fawcr than
nine hundred Ia the deck nj one time. ready
to sail for different ports; aud these wora
not mere labofers, fleeing from i'll rsouited.
endless and hopeless toll, but the better el,ss
of mechanics. shop -kespess. and farmers.
many OF them carrying several hundred soyss
rcigns with them. Such men are the very
slaews of the State, and their expatriatio..
however beneficial it may prove to them.-
selves, is heavy national loss The desire
to emigratc Is not confined to such classes.--s
II the poor weayers could command the
means of removal. we have no doubt thah
fifty thousand from this neighborhood would
enigrate. not only without hesitation, buA
with the utmost alaer.ty and joy A shop
keeper who is correspondent here for ossss a.
tho Liverpool Emigration Agents. saygtkat i.
In the course OF few weeks, he has, on such
meagre notice of his agency as 10 Afforded b.
bills stuck ia his windows, had several tliois-
and applications from individuals who eager~
~ oiferod to bind themselves 10 sny one in
America, till their labor had repaid the sx.
pense OF their conveyance there. and that ON
his informing them that he had no power tD
J make aueh contract, not mora than half q
dozen individuals out Of those thousaedA
could muster but the few pounds requisite
to pay their passagel 1t may be supposed
that the inlax OF country people into Liver
pool, has gathered together there shoal or
sharks to prey on them, for in tho artificial
state OF this couatry, kDayefy finds its profit
in the very prevalence Of distress. Az socn
as poor man arrives IN Liverpool, one or
these sharks ascosts him, uufisr preteace Of
hndins him cheaplodgings. cheap provisions,
and low rate Of passage. contrises to obtain
by way Of commission, from proyisios deal
ers aad captains, in naost cases, q TENTH IL
all be spends, il he do not sob him outright.
p1gnie Gold A letter from Frsder;cka.-'
burg Of the cad ult. TO the editor of the Kich-
mond Enquirer, contains the following al.
most incredible information respecting thas
richness Of certain gold mines ia that vicinity:
Having occasionally seen, in some Of t!ss
Virginia newspapers, nara graphs giving an |,
account of ths Spoitsylya Gold Mines. 4
was induced to give item cell, on my re-.
turn from the North Carolina Mines, a few
days since; and ana free to admit, they are
much more valuable than had anticipated.
And, from the unparalleled success was an
eye witness 10 at tho Nessrs. Whites Mine.
am induced to write To you. l Iikcsyise vi
slted Johnson's Mine, in the same aeighboy~
hood, and was informed by the superntenl.
snt, that he averages about thirty dollars pev
diem; add their daily expenses do not exceed
four dollars, which shews the profits are con-
siderable al that establishment weuid b
unwilling to state the collections while al
Whites Mines. If many respectable gentle.
men bad not been present, and could beav
testimony 10 the fact, that their collections n.
veraged i've dollars per minute. lqu. man?l
and that Dr. White, ono OF the pgoprietors-
washed out iiom quart of branch clay. 20
dwt Of pure gold The annals OF mining, ~
am informed furnish not similar example,
and, irom the situation Of tho ground surface
indications there, should BIS ioducsd to he.
heye immense sums viii be shortly realized~
at thai establishment, at but little expense.
Many Of the Russian females, even of n
| good class, are more fond of ornament than
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