Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-08-06

AoteN rOTesSH necessity the arr
val of the packet ship Dover, at Boston
London news are brought to The 2ls
and Liverpool to the 22d June.
The King Of England was still alive
but every hour was expected to Close
his reign.
Expedition against Aigicrs.-Cap-
tain Silliman, at New York ia I3 day,
from Guadalupe, informs that ship
had Just arrived there which left Hayre
on the 18th June. The master stated
that Geographic communication wa,
received the day he sailed, that the
F.ench expedition had succeeded il
landing $4,000 men little to the north
ward of Algiers. This is later from
iavre than the advices from England
TELEGRPHIc DESPATCH.
Bay of Iasetta, Chica, June IA.
The fleet yesterday anchored in the
bay of Sid Fer.ch.
The whole Of the army landed to
day, and now occupy the heights in from,
ofthe peninsula. We have taken pos
session of the enemy's batteries. The
head quarters are at Tusetta Chica.
The French election for Deputies
was to take place the gid.
It is greatly to be desired that the French
may be able to destroy the government and
State of Algers, and found colony of their
own IN its stead. Ifthe whole Barbary coast
were reduced and retained under their domin-
ion, the advantages would be great for the
cause of civilization and commerce. The
French, i: they had been suffered to remain
in Egypt, would have rcgenerated that coun.
try. DIR. Madden states that they were much
regretted by the Egyptians, and extolled as
beneiac tors; that g for the short period they
remained, they left manifold traces of ame.
lioratlon,' and that if they could have estab
lished their power, Egypt would now BIZ com.
paratively civilized All the Barbary States
are nuisances within and without
MORE COMFORT FOR SMuGeLERs- Extract
OF a letter from Philadelphia, July 10, 1880
write you to say the work ofreform goes
on WELL Two seizures have been made
here one OF cloths imported by Mr.,
forkshiieman, amounting to about $1,000,
and one of goods imported by a French
house, amounting to about $4,000. The lat
ter made out an voice, s11Orn tOapparently
IN France, on fresh american letter paper.
which led to the discovery. AS TO the
amount oftrauds am inclined to think they
have beon even greater than we supposed.
Certain 1t is they have been enormous But
am thankful we have good grounds to be-
licve they will now be suppressed" -COurier.
DIR. Madden, in his Travels i'm Egypt,
| says" The Bedcuin Arabs gave me u
counsel, which found wise one the more
traveller drinks during the day, when ex-
posed to the scorching rays of the sun the more
thirsty he gets and, finally, these copous
draughts have prejudicial effect on health
at nigit, Il is no matter how much one
drlnks;- indeed, the more he takes, the less
thirsty he is likely to be the next day for
this reason, the Bedouins, following the ex-
ample of their camels, lay in a stock of water
| for the next day
The engineers ofthe Delaware and Rari-
tan Canal have been engaged, TO, two or
three weeks, in iunning the level of the fee.
der, which they have compile ted, and are
| about to proceed on TO the Raf itan River, as
| last practicable.
AT the commencement of 1901. Fulton pre-
sented To Bonaparte his memorial on steam
| boats. urged Il serious examination on the
subject. " Bah !" said he, " these projectors
are all either intrigucrs or Missionaries. Don't
trouble me about the business
/
British Parliament that SO venty eight mem
bers OF the House of Commons, indie pendent
OF their pay as members receive an aggre-
gate of ElS0 .G0O nearly million of dollars
IN salaries for officers held ~ them, at The
pleasure Of the crown.
Cure FOR THE CRoUp-The Group, one
of the most dangerous and rapid of diseases
may be eifcctuaiiy checked by the external
| application TO the throat of equal parts OF
cainphor, spirits of wine and hartshorn, well
mixed together.
a Good Shaoe Whilst the proprietor OF
one OF the Habersham gold mines was one
day overseeing his negroes, he thought they
lost too much time in scratching their heads
and the weather being warm, and their hair
long, humaDely had them close shaved On
shaking out the wool, after this operation was
performed, he was no less surprised than dc.
lighted atfnding several ounces of pure gold
amongst it, which they had secreted there
while ut work.
The burning at Cedar Springs .4bbepWe
! s. G. The last number Of the Charleston
Observer contains a statement made by one
of the Court engaged IN the trial of negro
man, for a most atrocious attempt at murder
and rape. We have observed many notices
of the transaction referred to, in northern
and eastern papers, under the appropriate
heads of " Roasting negrocs-C Cruel punish
ment, &c. IL appears that the negro was
burnt alive, under the express provision of a
law of the State, for such crimes as that of
| which he was convicted and whatever may
be thought of the punishment, it will be al
| lowed that his crime was one of tho most
| aggravated in the annals of guilt II was
| perpetrated upon the person of his own mis-
tresS.
A writer in tho New York Gaze tie says,
that some ingenious men are busy on plan
| for preserving some of the excessive heat for
| winter use; and that simple mode has been
perfected to concentrate the rays Of the sun
| upon the boilers of the North River steamers,
saving fuel. The passage is mode between
80 sun and sun"
If there was any flesh that did not melt
| last week, it must have been more solid than
Hamlet complained he was. An iceberg as
high as the Peaks Of Otter, would have eva
porated in an hour, under the noon sun.
Mr. Martin and Mr.. Baruwell, Members
of ConUrps from South C,,olina chi,ued