Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-12-24
WEEKLY SUMMARY.

:
York Mercantile Advertiser saws. we
have seen private letter received yes-
terday from the eastward, which states
that Knapp, ut present under sentence
oil death, has made some disclosures
which have appalled, the inhabitants of
Salem. and put the whole town in COM
motion again. Knapp's statement i'm
Plicates lady, (whose name we for
bear to mention) who, though not ar
res'ei, yet suspicious of her guilt are
thickcning in the community amongst
which she resides. The letter refer, ed
10 adds that Knapp has a terrible fear
OIL death, and it may be that he coniu-
req up the present dark report. in the
VAN hope Of having his sentence com
muted.
The 3ist inst. is the day appointed
for knapp's execution.
The manufacture of Navarin, Hats. or mn.
por Leghorns. has become a considerable
business in Boston. One uanufactu rer
made oo'ooO the past year. The imp.e ssons
a,e .naae on tue paper by copperplates, and
P"'seu through the presses, without ink.
Inc Harper's Ferry Press, Va. says some
trudg'ng knee.deep in mud, and drenched
win ram, after their outrageously noisy
glunters, at the rate of mile in | g hour
~h,stiing away care, and happy rs any
body All this, too, for the pittance of five
or six dollars a month
The county of Sangamon, Illinois.
iHstatcd IN the Political Clarion. To-
have had a population in 1925 of
only 500 souls and now possesses
10000!
The Presidents Message was pm, i'm
type, in some of the Offices OF the New
York papers, by "a men aud boys
IN the short of space .! ai,'ety five min.
utes.
On Sunday last, spirited horse on
trial for sale, price $275, was put irt,
gig nearly. new, valuel at $500, in
Fourth 81. Philadelphia While per-
son was holding the horse and patiing
hin on the neck and head, hoy light.
ed cracker al a segar behind his back,
and threw II under the horse. The
moment the explosion book place, the
horse jumped fnrward and ran. He ran
about SIX squares when he fell, the
shalt OF the gig having run iuto his
side. and the gig hsSing been dashed
tn pieces.
On Friday evening last, lat 10 O'Clock
the bell OF a genllemasfs house in this
city was rang, andron the servants ope.
'nlng the door, he found basket on the
steps, containing fine healthy male
infant, dressed in the neate>t manner.
the basket was new, aud contained
three hne worked caps. several towels.
blankets, &c. The little stranger was
comfortably wrapped up, and appeared
smiling and lively. The person on
leaving the basket and ringing the bell,
He'd, aud no traces OF I'm have vet
been discovered The parents, whoever
they may be, appear to have clicked II
ina costly manner. The gentleman
witt, whom it is left, has placed it i'm
the Aims House, where it is doing well.
". Y. ID. Adc.
Stale Bank Paper Knoxville
Register says, the Directors of The old
Bank OF the State of Tennessee com
united TO the flames upwards OF mil
INN OF Dollars, OF the notes 81 that res
pectable institution, preparatory to "a
final elise of the concern.
RcWard of $1,000 by an advertise
ment IN the New York papers ii will
he observed that Ocean aud A merican
Insurance. Companies, have offered
reward of 1910 dollars for the recovery
OF the specie. supposed $5000) Landed
from a boat. belonging to late brig
Vineyard, buried inthe sand, on The
beach of Barren Island. This large
reward will, doubtless, add great in
dncemwnts for the people in that quar-
+ ter to make eager search for the lost mo-
ney
iSoath CdroLina.-We learn from Co.
lumbla, that Col. James S. Hamilton.
Jrswas elected Governor of the State of
Soutb Carolina, Ivy the Legislature now
IN session. The vote was, for Mr.
Hamilton, 03, for Mr.. Manning, 81
On the second trial for the choice oi
a member OF Congress in the third Bis
-trict in Vermont, on Monday week
Mr.. Horace Everett was reelected
We heard, last week, Of a very noble
instance Of mercantile honor; one of
those evidences Of right intentions
which. 60 far to establish national
character Tor mercantile uplightness.
The House of Waldo &I,ipley. Of New
York, who failed few years since.
owed large sums to several individuals
in this city, most Of which debt were
compromised and released OH payment
OF so per cent. On Wednesday the Gre
ditors of that house, in this place recei-