The Wilmingtonian. (Wilmington, Del.) 1823-1824, 1824-03-11

unimportaut retrenchments, the commit.
tee recommended the publication OF ,he|
work.
The Caledonian Mercury states, that
within the last ten years, hes.progress Of
the cotton manufacture in that country has
been so rapid, that the annual consumption
of cotton has increased, from 100000, to|
/ 100000 ofbags!
man in Exeter, lately soll his wife for 10I
and paid the one penny duty on the
sale of live stock
In the New York state prison. on the Isl
of January, there were COS convcts-44O|
white men and 10 women--l2O black men
and 26 black women; LOG OF them were
n for life.
A Cstriosity cast steel slip, hirfy-three feet
long, and weighing only half an ounce, was late
|ly n.ale in the machine shop OF the Cotton Fac.
tory at Meriaith, n II.
The U. S. Ship Cyane, Captain Creigh-
ton, sailed from NewYork on Tuesday last.
for Havre, having on. board the ship, Mr.
Brown, Minister to Franch, and his family
The nett receipts at the Charleston Theatre,
when company Of Amateurs performed tor The
benefit Of the Greeks, amounted to $3.50 SO.
Very Cheap.-The proprietors Of the
Charleston and Augusta Stages, politely
Invite passengers to take seats at either OF
the above places gratis, for which favour
they pledge themselves to run the distance
of 90 hours and SO minutes.
Within the last year 728 poor persons have
lbeen successfully treated tor various diseases i
1.-The eye at the New York Eye In6rmary, and
since its foundation 2494 patients have been re.
'IIieved.
An officer in Canada, being sent with a
Iprisoner who was ordered to goal for an
lssult and battery. on arriving at Montreal
Thought it sufficient to present the mltti.
mus at the police office, without present
ling bis prisoner. While therefore, thu
faithful officer was walking to the police
,fIice, his prisoner walked from it so fas
that he has not been oyertaken.
Burning In EEgy.-The Chi!licoth
:. taaper of the 18th ult. informs US that Of
I'll the preceding evening the people OF tina
d|tuwn assembled and burnt all the member
h of the Legislature from that county in eft
eeIgy, excepting one, together with the cler
). Of the Senate. What produced the fel
!. ment was the non-election of Judges, Coo
hand Armstrong, in particular; and it
understood, also, that nearly all the Legi'
= lature have done this season, had prepal
y ed the public mind for this burst Of indis
{, nation. The Editor says-We hope tina
'e no more such proceedings will be had, e
ETHER hsre or elseUhere, on the return {
''ssthe members to their several home
E, throughout the State.
d RoME, Dec. 16.
: Don Emanuel Perez de la Vega, tn
selearned and intrepid Spanish, travelle
1r has Just arrived here. He has traverse
Asia, America and Africa. and made man
copious observations. He has been te
g. years absent from his country, 3nd onl
sshlknows from report the recent evils OF TIN
ne kingdom, which he is about to enrich viii
aaha the tribute of his talents, and the fruit
nj his tolls.
10 The Savannah Republican states th
-rpthe Spanish prisoners who were conccr'
aed in the late robbery Of the Colombis
d. armed schr. La Centella, in Mobile ba
,ir have been arrested, and committed f
70 trial. on the charge of robbery-some go
o. q and jewels found on them were recognize
:. by the officers of the schooner. The nj
of tineers landed the prisoners on Dog Riv
AT point, and then pulled directly for Sc
0;esCaptain Hopper has offered $500 for the
y. arrest.