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The Wilmingtonian., 1823-10-16
BUENOS AYRES.

JULY ZUlf1.
The preliminary convention held between
Government Of Buenos Ayres and the Comm
sioners of his Catholic Majesty, has been dls;l1
led in the Hall of Representatives during tl'1
successive sessions. On the first day there WI
about 40 members, including Senor RivadavlA
the second 35, and the last 80, when it was
ltermined by 25 votes against S, that the goSeI
ment should be authorised to ratify it, and lO1
Igotiate the accession to the same convention
the governments of the provinces OF Rio as
Plata, and the republics Of Chill and Peru
! Extract from the Report of the Special vi
mttee on the preliminary convention.]
The committee have attended partcuiarl
the terms on which the 9th article is express
1t is eminently concilatory; for the governOs|
| of the State of Buenos Ayres. promises TO ne|
tiate for means uf plenpotentiary Of the uO'l
Provinces of Rio de Ia Plata, and in confofpl
with the law of the 18th Of June, the dehni]
treaty of peace between his Catholic Ma0
and the states of the American continent tow
the said law refers. Thus the recognition O1
dependence becomes previous condition, "
out which the performance of the thing pror'p
would be impossible. But the good intention
the present government of his Catholic hale
! leave the committee no room to doubt tha'
, negotiation will be successful; for there iO'
nately exists great sympathy and similarly
principles between America and Spain, redou. !,
in the present juncture by the war in which
: unfortunate and illustrious nation has been y
lged.
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FROM DEMERARA.

The schr. Two Brothers, arrived at New'i~
lin 40 days from Demerara, brings furtnes.
counts of the late insurrection of the blac1
that place. The executions of the convicteos v" v,
|gong on rapidly, and it appears they were sea-, s,
Ily allowed sufficient time to offer up s1i
PRAYER between the sentence and the e1ecaTr
Captain Delano states, that when he saiieu
|September) $50 negroes we're in prison, ano e'
were to be executed on that day.
The following is extracted from q Den'''
paper Of the 2B,h OF August. "a
DEMERARA, Aug 20
Five O'Clock, P. M.-The Court Msrtiai !,
sembled this morning at an early hour: slu y
military procession is now passing with four ''
prisoners for execution.
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The ladies. dear creatures. rustic their silks
and flirt their fans; the Deputies shou'
Yire lie hoi, and none of them so warml,
as the late Minister to the United States,
NJ. de Neuville. | did not observe that
our old friend the General or his son
George Washington La Fayette, either
made a wave or an articulation. The ce-
remony of swearing the Deputies then
takes place; the name of the individual Is
called over, he rises from his seat, and
elevating his right arm, calculates je Jure.
A general shout Of Vive lie Roi, vivent les
Bourbons follows. The chair is turned
round, the King disappears, and the cur
tain is dropped. During the whole OF the
ceremony Talleyrand remained immove'
able beknd the chair of the King, and per-
|fectly realized the forcible description
given Of him by Lady Morgan, which is
drawn to the life. With all this immoya-
Iblity of countenance, he is very ready
and to his deep policy the Bourbon owes
more than he will allow. The King loves
Ito Joke him. Louis is now in his 67tf
year, and bears his age kindly, although
he suffers much from the gout. Monsieur
the Kings brother. is man of highly po
lished manners. and imposing appearance
and is king de facto. The Pavilion Mar
san beiay the governing point, and th,
King wishing to see how his successor vii
act, leaves all to him and his advisers.
MOEILLO.-Morillo and Morales
though able generals, are two of the mos
ferocious savases in all that relates to the
nnictirg Of misery upon their opposers
The following anecdo'e is characteristic
and notunlikely to be literally true.
/ During the campaigns in Caracas,
boy appeared in the tent of Morillo, drown
led in tears. The Chief desired to be in
formed Cor what purpose he was there
The child said he came to beg the life hi
father, then a prisoner in Morillo's camp
|" What can you do to save your father =
asked the General. I" l can do but little,
said the boy "but what | can shall b'
done" Moriilo seized the little fellow
ear -" Would you suffer your ear to b.
cut off to obtain YOUR fathers liberty F"-
demanded he. 81 certainly would" wa
the answer. A soldier was accordingl,
ordered u cut off the ear by pieces. Th'
boy weptbut resisted not. "Would yo'
,Iloose your other ear for the accomplish
ment Of ybur purpose !" was the next ques
ton. 81 have suffered much, but cal
still sufif," replied the boy. The othe
..ear was taken off by one stroke of th'
knife. And now," said Morillo, "dc
part thl father of such son is DANCE
rous to spain; he must pay the forfeit o
his life.'1 The MANNED child passed from
the quarters of the General, but to witness
the execution of his father.
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CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

The opening OF the Chambers in Paris,
by the King in person, is pageant got up
with great splendonr and magniiccnce ;
it is extremely difficult to procure tick
ct, for foreign ministers are only indulged
with billets for their ladies and secretaries,
and few tickets are given away. The &C.
remony is held in the palace of the Louvre,
in the hall Of Henry 4th, room of small
dimensions. The throne is erected with
all regal decoration; in front of it is the
box for the corps diplomatique; on line
with it, box for Madame, ,Dutchess OF
Berri, and ladies of the court; on the right
the seats for the peers, and on the left for
the deputies. The peers, dressed in their
rich habits of state, first make their ap-
Ipearapce then follow the deputies, not
SO gorgeously dressed, but wearing leg
slative livery, for in France, from the altar
to the kitchen, all is theatrical. The la
dies fill all the rest of the room, and from
the splendour and taste Of their dress, and
their different variety Of beauty. being ol
so many nations, constitute the pleasant
est part of the spectacle, for there is ne
iSdLlnS ilhc tudt Uu llc oHoW vi ptCttJ Wv
men. A salvo of 100 guns announces thal
his Most Christian Majesty has left NJ
| apartments in the Thuileries. His ~
proach is, however, in most unkingl,
IIsiye, being placed in an arm chair ON cas-
eltors, wheeled in by the great officers OF hi
',Ihousehold the grand chamberlain, Tai
sIleyrand, limping behind, through the grea
c clsa!lery of the Louvre. Meantime, tn
= marshals of France the ministers of wal
;Iiu,'ice, interior and foreign relations, tn
/, ,chancellor, and officers Of the crown tax
IS their places on the platform in front of tn
J. throne, over which is suspended a sill
5, curtain. Another salute, the curtain
,fdrawn up, and the play begins. Kin
is Louis, dressed in a plain blue uniform
s. with the simple decoration of a ribbon an
,e star, is pushed upon the stage. monster
n takes his place on his right, the Duke d
i, lAngouleme on his left the Duke of q
n cans and Monsieur lie Prince Talleyran
n "a little in the rear.
a The King commences reading h
s. speech with an audible voice, good en-
$, phasis, and sound discretion: on firishin
,e the house resounds with acclamation
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GREAT CHINESE FESTIVAL.

The public, or national festivals of Chi
ma are various, and regularly observed
throughout the empire; particularly the
two first days of the year, which are cele-
brated with feasting, music, dancing, play
ing, comedies, and other diversions, and
with sending Of presents to their friends
and patrons. This solemn time, which,
among the great ones, lasts from the end
Of the twelfth moon Uf the last, to about
the twentieth of the first moon of the new
year, is properly their vacation; during
which all busines ceases, all the tribunal.
are shut up, the posts suspended through
out the empire, and the generality of ths
people spend their time in rejoicing, an.
all sorts of diversions.
The most solemn and pompous part o
this festivlty begins on the l 5th DAY of tn
same first moon, and is, by the Chinese
styled the feast of the lanthorns.-It i
commonly ushered in at court, and tn
capital of Picking pretty late on the pre-
ceding night, by the ringing Of large bell
the first sound which is no sooner hear'
than it is accompanied by whole vellie
If cannon, from the palace and city ran
parts, tine beating Of large kettle-drum
The sound of tsumpets, and variety {
other instruments. The same notice
given in all other parts of the empire, e.
peciaIly the great cities, about the sam
time, and much in the same way, the Cal
non excepted. Immediately upon whicl
they every where kindle such vast nun
bers of fires, hang up such infinite nur
brrs of lanthorns, and play off such v
riety of fireworks, some representing ca
tles, towers. ships, dragons, elephant
.,arses. fishes, aud other creatures, that Il
The Wilmingtonian., 1823-10-16
FROM CALCUTTA.

BOSTON, Oct 3,
BY the ship Acasta, from Calcutta, VIC have re
ceived papers to the 9th OF May.
New regulations have been established for re-
straining the Press in India.
One hundred houses have been destroyed by
fire at the Bazar, Bhaugulpora. Three females
were burnt to death, and men were ..ilssing
Many Cloth merchants were ruined. Tie ba'ivei
stood weeping and looking on the fire, Niliou
doing any thing to stopit.
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MONTEVIDEO.

Montevideo was surrounded on the ID Of A
gust by $4,000 Brazilian troops, commanded
Gen. Lacore. Lord Cochran was daily expectt
and it was believed that on his arrival the q
would surrender. At present it was enabled
hold out as provisions could be introduced
sea, which would be prevented by his LorssH
squadron. A letter in the London papers, dal
Pernambuco, July 26th, states that Lord CC'
rsne had captured twcnty-one ships out oil
feet which sailed on the ID July with the Poi
CUES army from Bahia 10 Lisbon.
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whole atmosphere seems to be in flame.
They have likewise very dexterous way
Of intermixipg their lanthorns with those|
fire works, so as to represent horses anu
other animals, in full career, birds flying
ships sailing, armies fighting, princes
marching with their whole retinue, and q
great variety Of other surprising scenes J
whilst the ears of the spectators are en-
tertained with the best music their couh-
try affords, and with the joyful acclama'
|tions of the people all which are answer
ed by the trumpets, bells, and other IN
struments, of every temple and monastery
Mr. Isbrandz, who was present at one
of these feasts, says that the noise at re-
king, which continued the same till the
next day at noon, was as great as II an
army of 100000 men had been all that
time in a close and fierce engagement
And Father LIE Comte, who was likewise
AN eve witness to this grand solemnity, al
the time he was there says that the num-
|ber of lanthorns, commonly lighted at these
through the whole empire
was computed to be about 200,0o0,0oO
During the festival the shops are closely
shut up, and all business is suspended
the streets crowded with professions OF
Inumberess idols carried about in great
pomp, the monks and priests attending
them, with their censers, songs, and mu,
sical instruments; the very women, OF al
ranks, who at other times are not suffered
to appear in public, are then permitted to
ride through the streets of Picking; those
of common rank upon asses, adorned with
1ribands and other trinkets; and those OF
quality in their two-wheeled chaises. co
vered on every side but the front, and eli
| lther singing or gently touching some mu
sical instrument, or even smoking a pipe
and attended with maid servant, riding
behind them, and playing also on som'
musical instrument.
Some of those lanthorns are so vastly
rich and beautiful, that the price of then
amounts 10 IS or 10000 crowns, and ever
beyond and not house but hath some
sort of them, the best they can afford, burn
ing, both before and within it. In a word
the Chinese are SO ambitious of making
the most magnificent figure on this testi
val, that they will retrench from thei'
common expenses the year round, tha
they may do something extraordinary a
this time, and abating the masqueradn.
will allow themselves in all the extrava
gancies of Venitian carnival. But wha
the cause of all this joy or the origin o
this grand festival, is, they neither do no
can tell US, or probably know nothing o
:. it themselves.
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NOVEL AND INTERESTING EXPERIMENT

Capt John Gardner, jr. having recently brought
from England the model OF an ingenious invention
for hauling up vessels on an inclined plan, seve.
raj merchants of this town have had the machl-
merry according to this plan constructed in South
Salem, and the first experiment was tried upon
the brig Washington on Saturday afternoon. Inc
vessel was placed ina cradle admirably copstruct.
ed for her security during the operation, and she
WAS moved upon the iron railways by the means
of machinery worked by few men with cap.
stain at the head of the ways, which are 8 or 4o(
feet in length-The vessel was drawn with grea
ease and facility the distance of about 200 feet
1 and taken entirely from the water; but in conse
quencc OF the breaking of some defective worl
in one Of the iron wheels, the operation was no
entirely completed. The gentlemen interested
and the spectators generally, we learn, were iul
~ convn ed of the utility Of the plan, and that
Twill prove advantageous to our merchants in ia
Icili;ating the repairs of their vessels. hume
Irous sssemblage Of spectators were highly graft
fled in witnessing this singular experiment.
II (Salem Gazette
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vENTRILooUIsM.

Mr.. Nichols, q successful prelormcr
in this mysterious art, proposes to give an
an exhibition of his astonishing poyers,a "a,
Carusi's Assembly room on Monday
evening next: he is native OF Nantucket
and, It Is said, the FIRST American who
has been able to crafty an audience with
this peculiar power bfspeech Mr.. Mat
uews and MIR. Charles have both been
before a Washington audience with this
faculty and commanded applause bat
those Who have heard MIR. N. (aDd we
have heard several gentlemen corobora,e
The TACT that he is thcir superior, IN
maintaining the illusion more distinctly
and powerfully in the ears of his auditors.
THE foregoing article, from the
Washington Gazette, Of last week, is only
one of many which have appeafes in
other papcrs at the nDrthward, speaking
IN the hia hest terms of the ventriloquial
powers oi Mr.. Nichols and as he gives
an exhibition in Alexandria, this evening
dt the town hail, any other remarks here
would oDi, be superfluous
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FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

Caracas papers have been received
10 the 23d of January. Some further
particulars Of the operation of Morales,
are given, bu, nothing of moment. A,
Lama, San Martin, as we have before
been iniormed, had again assumed the
Esopreme goverpmcnts AID il IS said that
NJ Chill convention is 10 be asse mbled to
termine on form OF government. -
ne trouble was feared in Porto Rico
~ Creoles have declared for reeub.
ne and threatened civil vas. Com
ic, - Is has larger squadron than the
Dau'c bisns have before been able to
equip. atrIot brig Eagle had arrived at
The " nth the Spanish prize brig Con.
h l. a;inl, \ m HAVANA, Tor Barcelona.
cep.lo', '' the coast of Africa, WITH
c els COO ~ Secie, ana valuable cargo,
o4',ooo u, ~" OF 100000. The same
10 ' .as TOOL aco,vette on The LIST Nov.
P 4slaed :, q, 1000 and one Other prize.
s e.SS saI H. ;, SIs 5000. Com. Adv
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MR.. MATHEWS.


This gentleman made ms hrst appear
ance last evening before rowued AUDI
.-Notwnbstaudin the ihc,enenc'
OF the weather add The many 'ash'onabie
engagements Of the evening, &c o' ~ =,
vas apparently as full as it has gen THIS
season 4,
The songs introduced by him embed
him TO display comic aents OF the hfn
est order, and the house was conVuls'
with laughter at his presentations OF q.
different characters brought forward "a
them.
I,ut his representation Of Mons. ir-
bleu. was beyond any thing ever exh'i-
ted OF our stage--It was ?erlect nc
exact performance ofthe characteriten-
I'd, and in their opinion the apdnce
sAe unanimous.
PAiiadelthia GRz. s4fh st,
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VisTIMENTAL SOAP
find ImperiaL Renoretor.

TINE above composition, so eminently ceIe
y DRAFTED in Europe, the former for ITS supe
rior qualities in extracting all kinds Of grease,
occasioDed by hair, or any other matter, paint
tar, &c from gentlemen's clothing; and woollen
cloths of every description, in few minutes,
restoring the same TO its former condition and
colour, unnjpred and the latter for its very
superior qualities in extracting all manner of
spots or stains from ladies' dresses, caused by
grease, oib or bad handling and from all kinds
o: silks, satins, veIvets, Canton grapes, bonn
bazines, nc. restoring the same to its former
condition, let the quality or color be what il
may, dniajured, has been, within the two last
years, introduced and fully established in the
cities of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York,
Charleston, S C. Norfolk, Richmond, and Ere
dericksburg, and is most re- pectiuliy Of
fered 10 the citizens of the District of Columbia,
as the most useful material ever discovered,
for the aforementioned purpose. Manufactsr
ed and sold by JOSEPH TRENCH, for a few
DAYS, at Mr. joins THoMPsos's, on Royal street.
IP Every description Of damaged br mil
dewed merchandise restored 10 their former
condition. ln Oh
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MARSHAL' SALE.

81 Will be sold on tho premises, for
tF5EfHH cash, on SATURDAY., the TWELFTH
lssash5 day of APRIL next, at ii O'Clock, all
As1-s the right, title, and interest Of Jas.
Lawrasou, IN and t" ode lot of ground, with a
two story brick house thereon. situate on the
west side OF St. Asaph street, between Duke and
Wo'fstreca. and now occupied b, tn, said Jas.
LawisSOn--supposed to be &c feet front, and
running back 100 feet. Sold to satisfy an exc
cution in favor of the bank OF Alexaudria, a
gainsr the said James Lawra6on and James II.
Earle. D. MINOR, ID. VI
feb % Is for Tench Ringgold, marshal.
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and acts Of congress for the government /

% the Territory OF Michigan 'Tia bill
further To extend he provisions oi the act
ep'ineo an aci supplementary TO an act, en-
titled IAN &C, Tor rbc relief of pu, chasers
OF public lands prior To the ist July,
1890 )" the bil: a,o provide tor Carrying
into effect the cons en,ion IF navigation
anu commerCe, between the u. S, and
France, concluded at Washington, June,
"a, 1922 !" - bill making gold coins Of
u ca. Britain, Frances Portugal and
Span, ,eceivsble In payments ON accoun,
OF pubic lands !" ",he bill TO continue IN
fe'.. AID ac', entitled Gan act reguIsting
the curreny, within the u. y. OF the yoit
CONS OF Grvsi Britain, France, Portugal
and spain, ai,u the crowns oi France and
FIVE franc pieces, passed the 29lh oay of
April. 1916 So lar as The same re a,es To
the crowns ut Frsnce and FIVE franc pie.
ces ga bii further 10 prolong The con.
hnuance ol the mint al Phhadelphls :"
ga biii making further appropriations fu
the miiiInry service Of the u. 81 Tor the
year 1923 ia bill for tue put,ishmeu.
oil piracy ia Joint resolution conc erniDp
fiorios Indians - were severally read
thru time, passed and sen, to the sen
att lOi consequences
The bill lroln the senates entitled ,.sr
act 10 repeal SO much OF the act, passc,
the 9th day oil April, 1906. as limits the
price oi lands in the state of Tennessee :"
WAS read third lime and passed.
Mr.. Newton moved that the commute
take up the bill Tor the relief of sick am
disabled sesmen.
The b,lt was ordered to be engrosse d
for third reading.
Mr.. Taylor renewed the motion Ii
made Yesterday, tor the house 10 have 2
hours recess.
The question on a recess was then ID
Ken anG agreed to; and the house adjourn.
&c accordingly.
EDening Session
HE house resumed lis sitting at o..
clock
he speaker laid before the house a
message, received from the president of
the u ) transmitting the information
called Tor 10y the resolution of the S4th
Mt. OF the number of persons. anG the
amount due from each, whose compensa.
uons have been withheld, in pursuance
OF the law prohibiting payment to per.
sons In arrear to he government , which
!, was ordered 10 lie on the table
The bill iroo, the senate ssto regulate
the commercial in,ercoul Sc between the
U. ;. and certain BRUSH colonial ports"
was read a third time and passed.
The engrossed bill Ito amend the act
for organizing the government Of the ter.
sitory OF Florida" was read third time,
passed and sent to the senate for cons
currence.
The house next resolved itself into a
committee of the whole, MIR. Ross in the
chair. OH the bill 10 alter and establish
certain post routes.
On this bill, as usual, great deal of
debate took place I: various amendments
were proposed it, whish generally pie.
vailed.
The house was not fully attended and
there vas some difficulty IN keeping a
quorum in the house. Al last, the com.
mittec rose and reported the bill to the
house, with sundry amendments and
then the house adjourned.
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SUPREME COURT.

February a6.-rhe argument of Daly's
lessee VS.. James, (the case of the bleakly
willy was concluded by Mr.. Sergeant for
the defendant. and 10y Mr.. Ogden fer the
plaintiff
The argument of the case Of the sloop
Pitt and cargo was commenced By Mr..
Jones, for the United States.
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IN TUESDAY, Al TEN O'CLOCK.

IN TUESDAY,, Al Ten O'CLOCK.
MILL be sold at the auction store q vari-
w ETY. OF goods, among which are Sugar,
apple brandy, vinegar, rum, fig blue, mustard,
soap, mould and dipped candles, Day 4.Nlartn's
blacking, rice and hops, hale OF moss, window
glass b, 10, half pint tumbiers, corn breaking
machines, furniture aad crockcry ware. Also,
German linens, cassnetts. rose blankets, Knapp.
ed cotton, red flannel, cloths, cassimeres, dia-
per aud nlaid, mems stockings and gloves, shoe
thread, shoes and hats.
ADsoj box Umbrellas (assorted),,I carpet,
ALSO, without reserve. tierces rice, bls
palm nuts,s do sugar, 4 boxes teal barrel rum,
corn breaker, lot of furniture.
p. 8. The articles will not be exposed in
the Weather Sal, in the house
Dry goods, groceries, hardware, furniture sc.
at reduced prices always on limitation
Also without reserve, uniform caps, cap piats,
cockades, and eagles, pompons, band and tas~
sells, woollen epauiettes, &c.
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.5erdio iharin. a4i.
PoRT OF .sLEx.1WDRLA.
ARRIVED. FkB &c.

Schr Union, X dgers, Boston salt to
]. ii. LaGd x Co. hides To VI. Miller &
son; nalls TO VIM, Eowlc & Co!
ochr New Polly, Mayo, Boston, plais
CT, oranges anu ie.nons. to J. FL. Laid
* Go. teas TO ) Messersmith.
Sioop Comet, Reed, Smith6eId cider
appie brandy, and tar To NJ Miller e Son.
FEB 27.
Schr Tennessee, w. Dean, Richmond;
pals to r.. l.. Whites nails to John Rob,
rts, tobacco to j, ID. Brown, cases to
nc ptesiden, of the u. 5.
Sch' rresldent Tyler. Norfolk sal,
md English pc a,nes 10 Phineas Janney.
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Craven P. Thompson
Samuel Lindsay
VIM A. Williams
Silas Reed
VIM, Bartlsfhan
Nehemiah Carson
y. Dainget6eId
Joseph Smith
Anth'y T.. Cszenove
John Roberts
George $. Hougn,
Richard Veitch
Extrac. Up. T
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TOMORROW,
70 -Mottow Eyening.

AT half past six o'clock will he sold at the
auction, store, variety Of articles, such as
Knives aud forks, Pen and pocket knives
Snuff and tobacco boxes
Watches and time pieces
Needles and scissors
Low priced ready made clothes
Remnants cloth, cassimeres vestines, &c
~. b. Always on hand, at private sale, dry
goods, groceries, hardware, crockery, furni-
lure, SIC. feb % S. A. MARSTELLf,R auc.