Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-19
WEEKLY SUMMARY.

Of the town of Ovid, Seneca CO. N. Y. died
on the 3lst ult. Of this awful disorder. Tho
particulars are as follow -" Nine or ten
weeks previous TO his death, he was bitten
on the hand by a maddog. Medical aid was
immediately procured, and all known speci-
6cs put in requis,tion.
Eight ar nine weeks after he found that
the mysterious and inaddcning agent was at
work. within him-aud asce riained that he
must die mad man His eyes protruded
out OF the head, were very CLASSY in their
appearance, and their pupils very much en-.
larged
The patient remained iu this way till tho
morning. Of his death, when he suddenlv
sprang from his bed ADD exclaimed to Is or
~ by standers--"Clear the room Clio IT
the room J" They immediately with drew
and ne was confined in the room alone. He
rsyed and struggled, grated his teeth. froth-
ed at the mouth, and yelled most dist ressiuy.
ly. His distorted visage, staring 4 YES, aud
furious gestures, presented q spe, Lacle that
those VINO witnessed il, 'an never forget -
Inc ilrst attack ceasing, he nsked his friends
10 o'nd hun, and keep away from him -
ihe wietched man was bound hand aud foot
TO the bed where with aronies and groaus
and shouts, he met the most terrible of all
deaths. =. =
The following note was lately found at the
door of one of the superintendenls of the
Aims house in New York, accompanied by
an infant child in basket!
Tho unfortunate mother of This mar IN.
FAINT is foreigner. Having arrived i'm this
conntry with large family, and since then
been lett widow, without nancy or friends.
she Is hriven to the necessity of abandon,ney
TINS little sufferer tn public CHARITY mn, il sbr
can reclaim and support it, If the reader of
.n's VIII have 1t conveyed TO the public aims
house. with as much secrecy as possible the
prayers OF her that is ready to perisb. sholl
rest upon him"
Wonderful. Among the big stories Of the
day Is one of skeleton recently discoversd
at The kentucky Big Lick Its said 0there
are ten or twelve set of tusks, ffom d TO 10
feet long the claws are four feet LONG and
th,ee nrnnd T; the tusks were arranged in cir
GUAR order as 1t by the hant. of man. with.
IN the circle the bones were deposited which.
when placed together showed the animal to
have been at least 25 fest high. and 80 feet
long! The skull bone weighed 400 mounds
They were found by Mr. Fiuney. about IA
teet below the surface Of the earth. who has
refused 5000 for them
Brasu-Some uneasiness exists in this
empire. The cortes are said TO have refused
to make appropriations for the Princess
Donna Maria's expenses in Europe. There
rs aiao the Regency, &c. at Terceira e, be
provided for, or that establishment, and rally
ing point, must be given up
Heapy Dress The dress snbre which .,rd
Londonderry wore at the Review in Hyde
Park is so heavy with gold and Jewels which
are attached to it, that his Lordship was obi
ged to take it off and give it TO an orderly who
carried II great part Of the dav.
Sugar Meetings Of sugar planters have
been held in various parts of Louisiana. to
take into consideration the "CircnIar Of the
SECRETARY ofthe Treasury Of The United States
requesting information on the subject of the
culture OF the sugar cane and tho manutac
turing ofsugar in the States
A letter fromBuenos Ayres. received in
Philadelphia, dated Sept. 2. states that ga
conspiracy against the existing Government
was discovered, and above sixty of the insti.
gators were arrested"
New Orleans paper of2Gth Oct saws
'the Yellow Fever still RACES to an ALARMING
DECREE, and the number of indi viduals in the
different hospitals, is too hundred and taoen.
ty.tUo
Two sisters, daughters ola respectable me-
chanic, one OF whom was married, have given
eonds IN Sl01 each, TO take their trial a, the
Municipal Court for differing some ribbons
from milllner's shop, Boston,
The census of Charleston is 30. $50. show
ing an increase in the last ten years of 5. 500.
This is exclusive of the suburcs, where the
population is supposed to have diminished
SUM ship letters were received at the New
York P'st Office, LIST inst. a greater number
Than ever was konwn in one dav
The Brighton, (Eng) Gazette mentions a
new and intense light lately invented for
lighthouses. The effect is produced by
dropping small Bit of chalk lime al the con.
Junction OF two flames obtained from differ.
ent gases, and impelled towards each other.
Inc briiiiancy is so prodigious that il casts
shadows at the distance of ten miles and
more,
Calvin b. Johnson has been sentenced at
bangor, Mo TO 2ye1fs in the State Prison.
Tor naliciously stabblng and killing valua.
BILE horse.
Pennsylvania Canal The Union and
Pennsylvania Canals, it is stated in the
PhiIadelphia Inquirer, are now in fine navioa.
Bile order from Clark's Ferry to The CITY. a
distance we believe, of about lis miles. aud
The trade for the last fifteen days has been
very brisk
MIR. Hart the fire eater, is in Charleston.
S.C: Ills suppers are RECOMMENDED for dys
peptics.
Great Excitement--One ofthe letter wri-
tiers from New York, informs his southern
correspondent, that among other alarming
symptoms of a rise in manufactured goods.
there is considerable excitement in hard.
ware" Spirits Of the rocky heart here is
"excltement" worth talking about The sen.
sibi!ity of gridirqns and potash kettles an
excitement that ere long will melt frvinp
pans, and touch the iron nerve of a Dutch
Oven itself
tits calculated that the Clay party of the
North American Hotel, ~ York, spent about
$io,o00 on tho recent election in that city.
Poor fellows, they stand like so many Jeremy
bidders, with pockets to let
Mr.. Shiel, The irish dramatist and orator.
lately married lady of fortune in Dublin
The mode in which this circumstance was
announced 10 The Dublin papers is curious.
!" The friends of Mr.. Shiei, and they are to
be found in almost every part of the globe.
VIII be reJoiced TO hear that he has lately re-
ceIve4 an accession 10 his fortune of 1000
pounds per anDum :"
Geog raphieaI.-A school boy in North Ad
ans, MS. who was studying geography, was
asked by his teacher yh.ther in yn;oo f,o,,