Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-03

hfCH c'e.-Nc nave Deen INFORM
| ed from an undoubted authority, that
at Mrs III. Harris mine in Cabarrus
county, there was found by Mr.. Isaac
M'Clellen, a few DAYS ago, two thous.
sand five hundred aud forty penny
weights Of Gold in 10 bushels of ore
one half OF which was obtained from
SIX bushels Of one The whole was
found ina vein about fifteen feet below
the surface. This is the most extra.
ordinary product from the ore that we
have ever heard Of yet, and from the
manner in which 1t was communicated
to us, we have no doubt as to the cor
rectness otthc statement.
The whole amount of 254O dwts
was sold in this place last ek.-4M-
ners (N) CJommoL
A large vein OF gold (says the Sails
bury Journal,has recently been dIscov-
cred IN the mine belonging to Messrs.
Hen dersou s. Wilson, near King
Mountain, III Lincoln county the ore
of which we are informed, is worth
SD 20 per bushel.-Idid.
A Large PmiicGe" We have
Just received letter from II. l.. Powell
Esq. an owner OF one O. the principal
mines in Habcrsham county Ga. date /
the 4th inst, from which we make the
following extract: = Rutherford Spec
tuiOr.
"I will give you some little idea of
the production o! the mines in this
country. secured, "a few days since
out of the creek, a piece OF Cold which
weighed two hundred aud twenty sew
EN- pennywcights and twenty sew
en- grains.
Pennsylvania Continues to prosecute
her works oilntcrnal mprovementwith
vigor a new canal was opened on
Ihursday-or a section Of one called
the West Branch Division, of upwards
al thirty miles in extent On Saturday
the water reached the STAG water ter
mination. A break occurred near
BerwIc; " troh thirty to sixty feet wide,
carving out timber and ALL" The arch
ing OF Loopsill Tunnel, : miles below
BlAirsvilI, has been let at Sp5 % per
perch The work has beef success
fully commenced, aud is to be compile
ted by April next.
A public meeting of citizens of Phil
adelphia, opposed 10 imprisonment for
debt, was held at the National Hotel,
ON Monday evening. Matthew Carey
Esq. otliciated As Chairman, and Rob-
err Morris acted as Secretary. Many
interesting facts were stated to- the
meeting, showing the lnutility and cru
city OF the law, and a Committee was
appointed to draft such petition to the
Legislature to he reported AT an adjuur-
ned meeting, as would set forth TO that
body III the most conclusive manner
the oppression, poverty, and crime
which the operation o! the law authori-
zing Imprisonment for debt induced.
a, j mcUting of the citizens of
Wheeling, held on the Goth instant, a
committee was appointed to prepare d
men orial to Congress, requesting an
appropriation of money for improving
the navigation of the Ohio River above
Louisville. The cooperation of the
other towns on the river, interested in
the subject, was also invited.
AT the same meeting committee
was appointed to collect testimony to
show that the erection of bridge
across the Ohio river at Wheeling
would not inlure the navigation.
At Salem last week, TWO females,
Louisa Matilda Male olm Swan and
Mary Holden, each aged about % years.
were sentenced to one days solitary
confinement and ID months hard la
bour in common Jail, for the crime OF
stealing parcel of tortoise she'll
A correspondent of the Nashville
Republican states, that i'll Franklin co.
Ten. there are nine Revolutionary SOL
diers, with all of whom he is acuuaint-
ed, and Of whom the youngest is sixty
nine years old. Ihe ages,of the three
eldest are, one hundred and four, one
hundred and three, and ninety five. All
are extremely poor.
OhiO.-Sixteen years ago, three miu-
listers met at Euclid, and ia, med the
first Presbytery on the Reserve Now
there is synod, embracingsix Presby-
teries, (includIng one in Michigan, }
and about seventy Ministers.
1t is suggested that the President, fol-
lowing up the precedent established i,
the case OF G.. q. Hunter, will strike
Sands and other officers engaged il the
fatal duel at Rio Janeiro, from The Ma
Wy roll. Public sentiment has sustain