Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-10-29
WEEKLY SUMMARY.

Wc. number Of vessels and MANY lives
nave oeon lost. "A letter from CInyendo.
Jamaica, says, can tho high oanea u
m nme Ia!'sh have been levelled to the ground !,
n"e total damage in the harbour of KINGSTON
- estimated at 20, 900 pounds. The brio
Seorge the 9TH, which sailed on the dav b..
,o,e inc gale, was capsized off the Eas, End
p uu went down, carrying with her Cant
Rodgers, tho master, } and seventeen Other
Persons' The pilot boat Mary Eiizabe,h
was lost OFT East End, and ten persons
Inc following advertisement 10 c,r;.a
,..n - ch naysnaper "a ter a short IN.
ness, died yesterday mv.n;.,1 ,,,. g NE
ing behind her three infant ci.;, Mno, loay'
the hope that her pure soul il viii" IN
oeg TO inform my customers thai my stope,
wen DC as Wen furnished as formerly, having
oonnuea thein 70 Tho direction of my princi
pa' o'1Fk' man extremely intelligent. and
herself" '"' ''ceased
Isrrible.-The British Brig NATL.
da, lying at Bonhy, on the Coast Of
Africa, exploded on the 18th Nav
How the accident happened never can
be known, for every one of the ship's
comnany, with upwards of one hun.
dred blacks who were on board. los,
their lives, the Matilda beingriven into
atoms.-Sai. Gaz.
Staces IN NcD Orieuns-h r.,u,,u
has passed the New Olleans City Coun.
Gil, the object of which is to "arrest
the evil of slaves riding out in carria-
ses, gigs, Sc" A penalty of from five
TO one hundred dollars, is to be inflicl.
ed on any owner Of carriages or cap-
tam OF steamboat, who shall admit into
his carriage or boat any slave, without
apermit from his master; and the slave
is to receive from fire to toeuiy-fve
tashes.
FIRE Places,-A new mode of pre-
pairing kitchen fire places has been
introduced in Boston. It consists
OF CRATE for coal; and a space a.
Dove, like square oven, with iron
shelves for baking. Roasting, boiling
and baking, can go on at The same
time. The aperture to the huc is a.
bove the space.
The Missouri papers still TEEN with
maniestos issued by the friends of Bar.
ton and Benton.-Alnong the curious
publications is one from Spencer Pet.
It's, the representative i'm Congress, who
discharges his bile at Mr.. Barton with.
out mercy.
We understand that Mr.. Vaughan
the British Ambassador at Washington
has despatched Circulars to the Govern.
ors or Collectors of the British Colo.
MES, announcing the arrangement
which has been made respecting the
West India Trade, &c.
Great Gro,otk Of Corn. the
farm OF Fart Si;mson Esq. in Galway,
Saratoga co. N. Y. there were on the
Both ult. within the space of one square
rod, A9 hills, bearing ZIG ears oil
corn; which, on being shelIed, yielded
one bushel and one quart.
By the latest accounts from Pennsyl.
vania, the Anti Masons claim to have
elected III members of Congress, Z
State Senators and Al members Of the
Assembly.
The ship Georgia, Captain Land,
from Calcutta, arrived at Philadelphia,
has on board living Elephant liy.
ing Rhinoceros, and living Leopard.
Nathaniel Mclean has been nomi-
mated Tor Congressrn Ohio. An OHIO
Jackson paper mentions, as one of his
qualifications for the Office, that lie has
been SIX years keeper of the Penltenti.
airy!
New B,wnsmitk.-A new election
Tor the Legislature is going on in the
British Province ofN. Brunswick. In
st. Andrews District four Representa-.
ives are to be chosen, and there are
ten candidates.
At an exhibition Of wax figures at
Sandy Hill, N. Y. nearly 100 persons
among whom were the magistrates, as
sembled in chamber, when the floor
gave way and the whole concern tum.
bied into the room beneath no bones
broken.
The re vival of business in Boston
is universal every trade, every branch
of business feels it. The city wears a
cheerful aspect, the stores are let at adj.
Vahced rents, aud every thing shows
life and activity.
The Hillsborough N. II. Agricultu-
raj Society has granted premiums to 10
individuals for abstaining from ardent
spirits, during labor, the past season.
Ten divorces were granted at the
late session of the Supreme Court at
Darbury, Connecticut-This is bad
symptom.
The papers in all our great CONNER
sciai and manufacturing cities and
towns, gives us the cheering inteli,
:gence of a revival of business. Ii is
like an electric shock, it reaches the
whole body polite.
The Spiders Web is highly recon-
menfed from many respectable sources,