Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-02-11
Later from Buenos Ayres.

New York: Feb. 6.-The ship B. Aymar arrived
this morning from Buenos Ayres, with dates to the
18th of December. The country was still in state
of revolution. and some severe fighting had taken
place. the particulars of which cannot be ascertain
I'd. No business had been done subsequent to the
5th of December, account of the unsettled state
of the weather.
ENGLAND AMI THE HAVANA AUTHoRITIEs.-Letters
from Havana state that the British consul and the
authorities are at logger heads, not only on account
OF the expulsion of Mr.. 5oylen, but from the fact
that British officers and sailors have been arrested
and imprisoned without cause, while in the discharge
of their duties in attention 10 the shore CdnS of
British man of war. For this il is SAID redress has
been demanded and it is rumored that the con-
sui has demanded his passports.
Scarcity OF VESSELS AND SAILORS AT NEW YORK.
The New York Erpress of Wednesday says: New
York harbor since It's great emnence as commercial
port has been so bare of vessels as present -
Between and two hundred are now due at this
port Several of them have been ten, twenty, Thirty,
and forty days due, and their long absence has COM
petey stripped the port of its usual amount OF ship
ping. The consequence is not only extraordinary
demand for vessels, but the little shipping in harbor
has TO submit unusual delays in getting away, and
10 pay very high prices for seamen's wages There
is not London packet in port, we are told and only
very few of the liners for Liverpool and other Eu
ropean ports Several vessels also, we are told have
recently had to lay in the stream several days Tor
seamen, and there have commanded their over wages
especially for short voyages, sailors usually preterng
voyage round the Horn 10 one across the Atlantic
All this is owing to the very inclement winter weather
the most ncement we have had for some years upon
the coast. All who have arrived here have had sad
accounts to impar of the unsual severity on the coast
IMPORTS INTO NEW YoRK.-The imports of foreign
merchandise into New York in the last month a
mounted to S13, 440,970, which are an increase OF
! So 400, 900 over the corresponding month OF last
wear but are less by S2:000O00 than the total for
January 1851.
The exports for last month were 81, OH, COZ. of
which S744679 was in specie--the exports in Janu-
arv 1852 were IS ,673.l9l. of which S286S,95o, was
! in specie, and in January. 1851, exports were 81
S93OO4, of which 81 266, 28l. in specie. This
shows large increase exclusive of spece) over
January of last year but less than that of 1851 -
The increase for last month has been entirely IN do
nestle produce the t tai of which is nearly $780,
900 greater than in January of last year. The eX
ports of specie show a very material decline.
SINGULAR EscApE-A Spaniard named Carmelich
sentenced at the last of the Circuit Court OF Jack
son county, Miss 10 be hung for murder escaped from
the custody of the sheriff. few moments before the
hour appointed for the execution He had for some
time pretended to be sick and very lame, and was be-
leyed to be unable to without assistance. The
sheriff left the prisoner the gallery of house for
few minutes while the former and his deputies were
making the final arrangements for the hanging These
accomplished, they returned but found that the pr
soner had concluded to decline their polite invitation
| TO be hung, and had gone out an airing. OF course
as he was an important parsonage in the expecte
ceremonies the hanging had 10 be dispensed With
Carmeich had not been recaptured al the last account
Four hundred and twelve students were entered a
the University Of Virginia the present sessiontwelv
more than ever before, of whom nearly one hundre
are professors of religion.