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(EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.)
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.

By the arrival of the Roscius, Captain Col-
lins, at this port to-day, after a quick passage of
less then eighteen days, from New York, we
have received papers from that city to the even-
ing of the 27th ult. inclusive. The Roscius has
27 passengers, and has besides brought home the
crew and passengers of the Erin go Bragh, from
Liverpool to Quebec, which vessel she fell in
with lat. 47, lon. 40, when she was in a sinking
state. The vessel was laden with grain and flour.

Business at New York was dull. Stocks con-
tinued to decline in price, particularly Illinois
and Indiana. The rate of exchange 1091 to 110,
but not much business doing.
The political news by this arrival is not im-
portant. The Prince de Joinville and suite had
been entertained at a ball in Boston, one of
the most sumptuous affairs ever known in that
city. He was also entertained by the French
residents of New York at the Astor House, and
on the 27th by the Corporation of that city at
the City Hotel.

Lord Morpeth was at New York, and was at-
tended by the Mayor and civic authorities in an
inspection of the public institutions of the city
on the 26th, and dined at Bellevue. He was to
dine with the British residents on the 29th, and
the Prince de Joinville had also accepted an
invitation to be present.

There is news from Texas to the 13th Novem-
ber. The President of the new Republic had
communicated an address to Congress on the
3d ; it is a well written and interesting document,
and gives an encouraging view of the prospects
of the country.

We have further accounts of the great fire at
St. John's. There appears to have been thirty-
nine buildings of various descriptions destroyed;
but the fire happening at nearly tide time, the
shipping was for the most part hauled away in
safety.
There is no news of moment from Canada.
It was reported at New York that Mr. M'Leod
had been arrested at Niagara, on a capeas for
defalcations in Canada.

The Roscoe was seen off New York, by the
Roscius, on the 27th.
(From the New York Herald.)
IMPORTANT FROM MISSISSIPPI.—REPUDIA-
TION OF THE STATE BONDS.
We have received intelligence from Mississippi, by the
way of New Orleans, which rendered it almost certain
that the anti-bond ticket had succeeded by a large ma-
jority. Our correspondent states that returns have been
received from about one-third of Mississippi, and that the
anti-bond ticket was upwards of 6,000 votes ahead. He
adds that the majority was estimated at 15,000, and that
in several counties the vote was unanimously against pay-
ing the State bonds. There may be some exaggeration
in this, but we presume there can be no doubt of the
complete success of the Radical party.
This is the first election that has ever been decided
exclusively on this ground. In Michigan it was made
a question to some extent, and the large democratic
majority was swelled immensely by the determi-
nation of the people to get rid of their burdens in
this most summary manner ; but it was not made the
paramount consideration, as in Mississippi. Looking
at the result, as an example for the imitation of other
States that are ground down by debts which they cannot
pay, we regard this election as the most important one
that has ever taken place since the foundation of the
Government. Hereafter we may expect that Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, and others of the most deeply in-
debted States, will pursue the course adopted by Mis-
sissippi, and refuse by a formal vote of the people, to '
pay their liabilities.
What is to be the consequence ? It will bring up a
remarkable state of things, and overthrow at once the
entire system of State credit. The whole difficulty has
grown out of the various abuses of the credit system by
banks and other corporations, by States, and by indivi-
duals. The sufferers by the excesses and mismanage-
ment, and frauds of the banks are individuals. This
evil is sufficiently wide-spread and deplorable, but the
bankruptcy of the States involves more serious conse-
quences still.
The aggregate debts of the States is two hundred
millions of dollars. The money was borrowed prin-
cipally in Europe, on the faith of the several States.
If the example of Mississippi is followed to the extent
which now seems probable, the loss to the creditors can-
not be less than one hundred millions, and may reach
one hundred and fifty. Will the British Government
permit the citizens to be swindled out of the immense
sums loaned to the States without remonstrance, and
perhaps interference ? If the States refuse, or are un-
able to pay, there is no way for John Bull to get his
money, but it will bring great reproach upon this country
on the other side of the Atlantic.

It is probable that an effort will be made at the en-
suing session of Congress to get the general Govern-
ment to assume these debts, or at least, to adopt
some measure that shall have the appearance of giving
them its sanction, but there is no prospect of its
being successful. Much was anticipated from the distri-
bution bill, but it has failed entirely. No effect what-
ever has been produced by the prospect of its operation,
and the sentiment was becoming general, even before
the Mississippi election, that a large number of the
States were inextricably involved. The general Govern-
ment cannot relieve them without injustice to those States
which have managed their affairs with prudence, and
such of the States as follow the example of Mississippi,
and determine to refuse payment, would even scruple to
contribute their quota, in the event of the assumption.
It is idle to close our eyes to the true state of the case.
Many of the States will not and cannot pay their liabili-
ties, and we must make our mind up to bear the odium
as a nation. It is not to be avoided.

RECEPTION OF THE FRENCH PRINCE AT
BOSTON.

His Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, was re-
ceived by the citizens of Boston in a style never before
equalled by them. The Mayor of the city on being in-
troduced to his Highness, addressed him as follows:
" I have the honour to present myself to you, in the
name of the city of Boston, and in its behalf, to welcome
you here. We welcome you, Sir, as the representative
of your country. America delights, in the strength of
her manhood, to remember and acknowledge her deep
obligation to France, in the days of her infancy and
weakness. And with the events which made the aid of
our country so opportune, this city, as you know, had
no mean connection; and nowhere will you find the
feeling of gratitude stronger than here. We welcome
you also, Sir, as the son of that great and good man, the
present King of France. We recognize in him the
blended virtues of the sovereign and the republican—
the distinguished ruler of his own kingdom, and the
friend always of America and Americans. And we are
most happy, through you, to pay a tribute of respect to
him. And we welcome you personally, Sir, and tender
to you the freest and heartiest hospitalities of the city.
And permit me to express my hope that your visit may
be one of present enjoyment and pleasant recollection ;
and that it may tend to cement, in even greater amity,
our two nations."

The Prince made the following neat and brief reply:—
" I am highly gratified by the attention which has
been paid to me by the city of Boston, and for the senti-
ments which have been expressed toward my country,
my father and myself ; and shall take great pleasure in
communicating to my father the kind feelings which
have been evinced towards me in this country, and shall
ever recollect my visit with high satisfaction."
The ball which was given to him, was attended by fif-
teen hundred of the beauty and fashion of the city.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
THE FIRE AT ST. JOIIIq.—The Observer of Tuesday
last gives the details of the great fire at St. John, from
which it appears, that in addition to the new market-
house, lately erected at an expense to the city of 40,000
dollars, the following buildings were destroyed, viz.—
Seventeen in South Market-street, eight in Ward- street,
eight in 'Water-street, three in Market-square, and three
in Prince William-street—making a total of thirty-nine
buildings, nearly all of which were large, and of three
or four stories each. Many bonded warehouses were also
much injured. No mention is made of vessels burnt ;it
was high water at the time, and they may have hauled off
into the stream. The aggregate loss is estimated at not
less than 400,000 dolls. The Observer says that a large poi,.
don of those persons now deprived of their places of busi-
ness were burnt out in former fires—Messrs. M'Avity, D.
M`Millan, and C. M`Lauchlan, have been three times
subjected to this trial. The whole of the present district
was within the district laid waste in January, 1837. ,
Many of the sufferers lost their entire stock of goods.
Several of them have been but a few months in business.
'The Insurance Companies have of late decidedly refused
taking risks on wooden buildings in the district now de-
stroyed, except at very high premiums ; consequently
nearly all the parties were without insurance. The
offices of the New Brunswicher and British American,
Mr. Shives, and the proposed new paper (the Mirror),
were destroyed ; though they all saved the chief part'of
their materials, except the British American, whichwhichwere
wholly consumed.
FIRE AT PROVIDENCE.—SVe have rarely recorded in
one edition a greater number of fires than come upon us
from all quarters this morning. On Sunday
Hotel in Providence was nearly destro ed. Th the City
e Journal
says :—" The fire was discovered in the room of one of
the boarders, and in a few
.minutes the flames burst out
with violence in several Too
south part of the building barely esceapebodardwerthintheier
clothes, &c. Amongst those who saved scarcely AU'

PRICE 5d

thing were several ladies. The furniture was mostly
saved, but injured by removal. The south part of the
building, which was of wood, was entirely destroyed ;
the centre of brick, was badly injured, particularly at
the south end ; the north part of the building on Broad-
street, received no injury. The fire is supposed to have
originated from a defect of the chimney. The firemen
were promptly on the spot, but there was at first a diffi-
culty in procuring water ; a supply was obtained from
the steam factory. The fire was got under in about an
hour, but was not extinguished until after 11 o'clock. It
is difficult to estimate the loss, but it will not probably
come up to the insurance, which was /10,000 on the
building at the Mutual office—s3,ooo on the furniture
at the American, and $2OO on the furniture at the
lEtna."
On the day before (Saturday) the four storey brick
building, owned by Joseph R. Angell, and occupied by
B. Almy and G. W. Tyler, in Canal-street, Providence,
took fire, and was much injured before the flames were got
under. Mr. Almy's loss is four or five thousand dollars,
and he was not insured. Tyler's loss was not more than
$5OO, fully covered by insurance.
The wool-carding and cloth-dressing establishment of
Mr. Beech, near Clymer village, in Chautacqe county,
was consumed on the night of the sth instant, with about
4,000 yards of cloth, and a considerable quantity of wool,
belonging principally to the neighbouring inhabitants.
Total about s4,ooo.—Albany Argus.
FIRE IN CHARLESTOWN —A destructive fire broke
out in Charlestown, about half-past three o'clock on Sa-
turday morning, in a large building situated in Franklin-
place, near the Methodist meeting-house, owned by Mr.
George Emerson, of Malden, of the firm of Loyd,
Packer and Co., of this city, by whom it was partially
occupied as a morocco manufactory. The building was
insured at Concord by the Middlesex Mutual Insurance
Co., to the amount of 1,500 dols., but upon the stock,
&c., owned by Messrs. Packer and Co., there was no in-
surance--loss probably not exceeding 1,000 dols. A
portion of the building was occupied by Mr. Moses B.
Sewall, in the manufacture of morocco, whose tools,
stock, machinery, &c., were almost entirely destroyed—
insured, 1,000 dols.
The building arid contents were of a highly combus-
tible character, and the flames soon communicated to a
black of four dwelling houses adjoining, fronting on
Bartlett-street, owned by Phineas J. Stone, of Charles-
town, and occupied by a number of Irish families. Three
of these tenements were entirely destroyed, and the oc-
cupants have lost their all, and were turned out of their
houses in the night, to encounter the pitiless storm. Mr.
Stone was insured 1,500 dol.

A block of two tenements, nearly adjoining the factory,
owned by Mr. Emerson, were on fire several times, and
were only saved from total destruction by the great exer-
tions of the firemen. The loss on these, it is supposed,
will not exceed 200 or 300 dol., and is insured.
Several of the Fire Companies of this city promptly
repaired to the scene of destruction, and rendered very
valuable assistance.—llierc. Journal.
Some advices mention seventy-five buildings were de-
stroyed.--Boston Merc. Journal.

ARREST OF MURDERERS.—The Charleston papers
received here yesterday, mention that a man named
Jones, a hand on board the ship Troy, had been found
dead in the street near the Exchange, his death having
been caused by a stab from a knife, and that a man
named Barnett had been arrested on suspicion of being
concerned in the murder. Finding the evidence before
the Coroner's jury bearing very hard against him, he
confessed his participation in the crime, and implicated
three other men, named James Eldridge, Eugene Agar,
and Thomas Richardson, but his information came too
late to be used there, as it was ascertained that these men
had left the city. On Sunday the Mayorof this city received
a letter from the Coroner of Charleston, stating that he
had reason to believe that Eldridge was on board the
brig Ashley, then on her way to New York, and that the
others, Agar and Richardson, were on board the ship
H. Allen, also bound hither. This letter the Mayor sent
to Justice Matsell, and that gentleman immediately set
officers Sweet, Tappan, Lownsbury, Stokely, and others,
on the look-out for the arrival of those vessels. On
Monday evening the Ashley came up, when she was
boarded, and Eldridge, who had shipped as one of the
crew, was arrested and conveyed to the tombs. Yester-
day morning the H. Allen came up, and on boarding her,
Agar and Richardson were found and also secured. The
whole three are now in prison, awaiting the requisition
of the Governor of South Carolina.

PRICE OF PORK IN CHILLICOTHE.—The Chillicothe
Advertiser of the 12th says, " A few engagements have
been made by the packers of this place for heavy pork,
at $2 per 100Ibs. net, and we understand they are un-
willing to make any large contracts at present, even at
that price. It is most probable that the farmers will put
up their own pork to a considerable extent during the
present season."

The greatest curiosity in the world is now exhibiting
in this town, in the person of James Washburn, the
wonderful Dwarf, decidedly the smallest man in creation!
He is in his 17th year, weighs but 231bs. and is only 36
inches in height. He is in good health, has fine spark-
ling eyes, is active, intelligent, in short a perfect man in
miniature. He is said to have been born in Vermont,
and ceased growing at an early period without any assign-
able cause.—Mass. Spy.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.-An awful accident happened
at Munroe on the 11th instant. Our very worthy fellow
citizen Mr. Cady, came to his death in the most shocking
and sudden manner. After the cars had arrived at
Adrian, in running the engine back over the west switch,
she ran off; in consequence of a defect in the switch, made
worse by the heavy rains.

In getting the engine back on the track, Mr. Cady
placed himself with a lever under the driving wheels, so
as to force them on the track, when she started. Stand-
ing himself between the lever and the engine, so that
the first motion of the engine brought the lever round
with such force as to knock him directly under the
driving wheels, one of which ran over his body, one
leg and arm, crushing and mutilating him in the most
shocking manner. Ile survived about two hours, with
a full consciousness of his situation.—Detroit Advertiser.

IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA.—We learn from a pas-
senger in the Stephen and Francis, from St. Augustine,
that information had been received at that place of a
skirmish having taken place between a portion of the
United States troops, under command of Captain Wade,
and a party of Indians, during which 8 of the Indians
were killed, and 55 captured, a portion of which were
women and children.—Charleston Patriot, Nov. 20.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—Orders have been received
at the Navy-yard, Brooklyn, to prepare the sloop of war
Falmouth for sea. She is to be one of the home squadron,
and will be commanded by Captain M`lntosh. Nearly
all her officers, we understand, have been ordered to her.
The frigate United States, bearing the broad pennant of
Commodore T. A. C. Jones, dropped down from Nor-
folk on the 19th, preparatory for sea. The frigate Po-
tomac, Captain Storer, sloop of war Marion, Captain
Belt, and schooner Enterprise, Lieut.-Com. G oldburgh,
were at Rio on the Bth ult.

SMALL Pox AT THE SANDWICH IsLANDs.—Captain
Brown, of the whaling ship Charles Frederick, arrived
at this port yesterday, reports that the small-pox was
raging violently at Otaheite on the last July, so much so
that he could not obtain a reinforcement to the number
of his crew. _

THE FIRE AT ST. JOHN'S, N.B.—The report that
forty vessels, including five square rigged ones, had
been burnt in the recent conflagration at St. John's,
was incorrect. A few wood boats and other small craft
were somewhat injured, but the tide being up, they were
hauled out.

IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
We have letters from Houston and Galveston up to the
13th inst. Congress commenced its Session on the Ist, and
the Message of President Lamar was communicated on
the 3d. It is written with much force and elegance and
contains a greal deal of importont matter for the Texans.
He commences by congratulating the country upon its
prosperity—the great influx of immigrants—the rapid
spread of the settlements—the abundance which crowned
the labours of agriculture, and the repose and peace en-
joyed from the apprehended molestations of enemies,
whether Indians or Mexicans. The wisdom, modera
tion, and sagacity evinced by the Texans in exercising
the all-important and difficult functions of self-govern-
ment, entrusted to them by the interposition of a be-
nignant Providence, is also a subject not unworthy of
special comment in a Presidential Message. The citizens
of the Republic have certainly proved themselves to b
jsrecommended.
language of the
lineal and genuine descendants of the Anglo-Saxon
e
systemuch of
ofthe finance non-committal
Upon the question of finance, the lan race.
No
Executive
particular
plan
ormorder.
The remarks on the negotiation now pending
Hamilton for a loan throw r upon o light u under Gen.
The public are left in entire ignorance
the matter.
ee
grass of the negotiation, or the
(3, probabilities of suc-
cess. The foreign relations of the
with the exception of Mexico, in a peaceable
bleean
remain,
con-
dition. The commercial convention treaty with is not completed, because of some difficulty about a
clause in the instrument respecting the suppression of
the slave-trade with the United States. No definite
treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation has yet been
concluded ; for what cause it is difficult to conjecture,
unless it be the idea that an early annexation would dis-
pense with all such diplomatic arrangements. A large
space in the Message is occupied by suggestions and remarks
relative to the expedition to Santa Fe, and the naval ar-
rangements with the republic of Yucatan. There are
L
various other topics touched upon in the documente 'm, but
.
-
at3th
are chiefly of a local interest. But it seems h
S drawn by the 1 resident
ture of prosperity and happines
is not without its dark shades. An alarm which pre-
vailed at Austin is thus described by the correspondent
of a Galveston paper:—
t i ated that the Congress
" It was confidently
an
ic
p
would commence its session tender the most favourable
b • • b t l I
d immediately to usiness , u o .
auspices, and proceed
become
quietly immersed in sleep,
hardly had the city
rrived from the Brushy, bearing the
when a messenfiere
1 g ance that a large army of Caman-
alarming
ii)rteso4s strong, had been discovered near that
cbees,
400
and "as moving directly upon Austin. All was
s 'ream, an
Immediately senators and repre-
' and confusion.
upro-ar ,s, heads of departments and clerks—in short,
sentativ, ~ classes and grades, and women and chil-
men of alt ,n running in all directions—some to
dren, were se, -
, foe, and some to find a place of re-
meet the expected . •
,nth formed into something like
fuge. The citizens at I._ :, ; and, under the direction
an organized body of milk., ,ved to defend the main
0 the Seoretary of War, pfok.

MORNING SUN.

street of the city, where most of the women and chil-
i dren had collected, in the strong houses lining that
street. The artillery was placed under Colonel Ward,
so as to sweep the streets completely. Things being
thus arranged, a spy company, under the command of
Colonel Jones, were despatched to Brushy, and in the
meantime all waited in anxious suspense for the foe.
Morning came, however, and found the citizens shiver-
ing in the cold air, and weary with fatigue, but no
traces of an enemy. About eight o'clock, A.M., Colonel
Jones and his party returned with the intelligence that
he could find no trail of Indians ; the alarm was at
once quieted, and the citizens returned to their homes
again, contented and cheerful. In the afternoon, how-
ever, another messenger arrived with intelligence that
the Indians were assembled on Little River, but it was
not known whether they came with hostile intentions, or
merely in pursuit of the buffalo. The alarm was renewed
again, but to a less extent. The Members of Congress
from the eastern sections were not a little annoyed by
this event, and their dissatisfaction with the present loca-
tion of the seat of Government is expressed in no mea-
sured terms."

Added to this is the fact of the official avowal of Santa
Anna of his hostility to the young republic. In a mani-
festo addressed to the Mexicans, after speaking of the
internal dissentions of Mexico, and commenting upon
the authority to enforce the loans, he inquires, " what is
to become of a country that cannot maintain a small squa-
dron to prevent the pitiful Texans from coming to hoist
their banners in front of those of the republic—that can-
not render that succour which she ought to other de-
partments threatened by a few detestable adventurers,
who, not content with the possession of the whote de-
partment of Texas, are now trying to extend their in-
famous conquest even to Mexico, Chihuahua, and Cali-
fornia—that has no revenue—that depends upon borrow-
ing, without credit at home or abroad ?"
The inference to be drawn from this is, that Santa
Anna will not regard his personal engagements with
Houston, and that nothing but the want of power will
prevent him from commencing hostilities against Texas.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Nov 26.
. _

The sales at the Stock Board to-day were to a fair
extent, and prices generally gave way. Stonington
per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson ; Harlem rose ;
Long Island Sales of the Bank of America 86, and more
offered at 80, a fall of 12 per cent. This institution is
feeling the effects of its former connection with the
general government. The heavy amount of deposites
made with it after the removal of the deposites, forced it
in a measure to expand extravagantly, and when the
deposites were withdrawn, it took the active means,
lending vast loans, mostly to dry goods houses whose
business was " extra hazardous." The progress of
events is now eating out its vitals. The Bank of
Commerce is also heavy at a discount of 10 per cent.
The connection of this institution with the Federal
and State Governments, foreign stock and cotton
houses, and such bubbles as the Erie Railroad, are
fully sufficient to swamp a capital of far- greater amount
than has ever been possessed by this concern. It is lite-
rally stuffed with stocks, which description of property
will be rudely handled by the tornado now passing over
the financial world. The Erie Railroad, it is well known,
was entitled to receive frem the State its credit to the
extent of $2 for one expended by the Company, up to
3,000,000, providing that the stock so received from the
'tate should be sold at public auction at not under par.
This amount has been nearly all procured, although the
Company have not actually expended any money. A
contract for it will be entered into, and when complete
the contractors receive from the State orders on the
office in New York, payable in 60 or 90 days. They
then represent these orders to the State authorities as
money paid out, and in consequence receive double the
amount in State stock, which is then offered at auc-
tion, bought in by the parties, and hypothecated with
the Bank of Commerce at 80 cents. on the dollar. The
proceeds are then applied to the payment of the orders,
which are sold in the market by the original holders at
3 to 4 per cent. per month discount ; and who of course
charge a sufficiently high price for the work to cover
the loss. In this expensive way is the State building the
road for the benefit of private individuals, through the
instrumentality of the Bank of Commerce.

Sales of Illinois Stocks were made at a fall of ith per
cent.; Indiana # per cent. The fall of these stocks has
been hastened by the fact that over $250,000 were re-
ceived by the last packet from London, by-a certain
well known house, with peremptory orders to sell them
for what they will bring, and remit the amount in specie
to London, which has been done. The late Mississippi
news will no doubt produce disastrous results in Eng-
land, particularly among the large stockjobbing and
cotton houses that have heretofore imagined that the
well-being of the universe depended upon them alone.
All the commercial letters received by the last packet
alluded to the current rumours in London respecting the
tottering condition of " Merchant Princes" connected
with America. The three W.'s sank under a similar
crisis, and their explosion was echoed from the vaults of
the late National Bank, when 135,000,000 were blown
to the winds. Already from London are heard the pre-
monitory rumblings that indicate an approaching ex-
plosion that will shake the paper system of Great Bri-
tain to its centre. The instinctive fore-knowledge of
dealers is already seen in the fact that the bills of cer-
tain London agents here, drawn on their principals, are
selling at per cent. less than other private bills, when
one year since they commanded per cent. higher rates.
The fact is, that the baseless fabric of paper property is
about to " vanish into thin air," and yet the struggling
houses have the absurdity to say that telling the truth
is the cause of the disasters. All the representations
that can ever be made, would never annihilate 100 acres
of land, or take from a bushel of wheat its intrinsic
value. At the same time, it will be very difficult to make
the public believe that the United States Bank is worth
par, although it may have cost that. The large London
houses hold American stocks to the amount, at least, of
$150,000,000: of this an average of 50 per cent will be
lust. They have also bought $40,000,000 of cotton, on
which they will sustain a loss of 25 per cent. One house
is said to hold 130,000 bales, on which a loss of $l5 has
been sustained, making near $2,000,000. These may be
summed up as follows :
Loss on $150,000,000 of stock 575,000,000
„ „ 40,000,000 in cotton 10,000,000

$85,000,000
This is an immense sum to be swept from the pockets
of a few houses, and may well make even " Merchant
Princes" stagger under the blow, and prompt their
friends to refuse the endorsements applied for.
The bills of the Bank of Buffalo, and the Commercial
Bank of Buffalo, that have been selling at 5 per cent.
discount, are to-day offered freely at 12 per cent. dis-
count, in consequence of the probability of their not
being paid. The notice of the Comptroller on this sub-
ject will be found annexed to this article. The bills of
the Commercial Bank of Oswego, and the Clinton County
Bank, are not bought by the brokers to-day.
The following extract of a letter notices a decision of
a most favourable character for the Trustees under tho
assignment for amounts due by the United States' Bank
to the city Banks. The property held by these Trustees
in Ohio is estimated at $1,000,000.
Extract of a letter, dated Cincinnati, Nov. 19 :
" Judge Este, of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, has
decided in the case of the Bank of the United States, for
the use of J. Dundas et al vs. Bowler and Shoenberger,
that the tender of the United States Bank Notes was not
a legal payment of the debt under
question is fully decided in favour of the title of the
the law of Ohio. The
Trustees under the assignment. The case was on hand
some time, and was fully and carefully examined by
Counsel and by the Court."
In domestic bills there has been but little change
during the week.
Although the Stock and Paper Money world presents
such a disastrous state of affairs, yet the commerce and
real trade of the country was never in a more prosperous
condition than at this moment. The increased trade is
thep e rse
canalde the necessity
revenues
filling the coffers of the State and Federal Governments
with legitimate means ; if they are judiciously applied
theit will
o
seen in ffusrttahteervvlohaich loans.
thTishyiseairs
reach the enormous sum of ,U,000,000, giving indica-
tions of those vast quantities ofthat find their
produce
way to the Atlantic ports, and thence to foreign markets.
The returns of those goods, in the shape of imported
goods, are this year much greater than in 1840, and as
the amount of indebtedness paid has greatly decreased,
the imports show an excess over the exports.

. .... _.....__ _. _
RATE OF SALES AT.. THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
8 136:000000 Illinoislndi
Indiana
Bsotni
gd s ...............................
......... ......
32911
321
7,000 Indiana D Bonds ....... , ...... ...
201
50 Ditto Stonington R..
50 Ditto Patterson IL ...... •• ..........
.s. 30 5533 i
200 Ditto L Island R ..• ........... s 3 1011
25 Ditto Del and Hudson
... 221
75 Ditto Canton Co .....••
59
10 Ditto Mohawk, Loan...
c 3l
75 Ditto Farmers' Loan..
it. 30 63
25 DD
57
50
90
10 Ditto Commerce
161
100 Ditto Harlem R
58
45 Ditto Ohio Trust .....
SECOND BOARD.
Ditto
A Mm. ech Eanzri. cese l3B(kskc•r•i p )
$B5 Slits. Delaware and Hudson
50 Ditto Long Island nw. 521
50 Ditto Harlem R. • .• s. 30 17
d 250 Pearls
bas r sincer6es 232
r
1,000 Illinois B
3,000 Indiana
Pots and
• at the former rate. The transactions in Pearls
Ashes have been taken for export, at 6 dol. a 6 dol.:l:felt,.
closing
lastA stilts. —l3 e'ernhev very and
limited. for
,with
a few small parcels, at 5 do).. 7,
..)c.,
Newcastle
.....na
at
confinedFtohrise
price.ign
There
tcoontinues in good demand.
hahnalvree°dAbbueeeLlel'n sales of 600 tons coarse Newcastle, received
0 tTonhsecosaursppelies
of
6 naos,
fain. odm3 Boston,.o e h aid raonnds 500 Sydney, t ons
cart
tatrorivare,rilaet, 9,401(1.2
continue nscuaetrogo large, ar°rkiv4aaoin.d all retailers are doing
as wanted
afloat,
iroaadetoi
tl
e.
s,
ocl
doma
lop sr .
ce
ov
greatly
very good business.
COFFEE.--The market continues very dull
depressed prices. Purchases are only made
for immediate use, and holders generally are disposed to
1 ; 750
realise. The sales of the week are about 1,10500 bags
Brazil, at 9f'a 10/c.; 550 do. Laguayre, 91 a
do. St. Domingo, sa aB4 ; 530 do. Java, 11 a llt ; 75
do. Sumatra, 94.
COTTON.—Since our last report the state of this mar-
ket has been very inactive, which has been caused not
only by the unfavourable accounts received per the Cale-
donia, but in a great degree by the prevalence of wet and
disagreeable weather. On Saturday last the sales were
400 square bales good Georgetown for export at 9ie. ;
the other sales of the week, of all descriptions, have not
been upwards of 1,000 bales. Upland and Florida have
ranged at 8/ a 94e.; and Mobile and New Orleans at 8/
a 11c. . _ _ _

FlSH.—About 700 barrels Mackerel afloat are held
at 12 dol. 50c., 10 dol. 50c., and 6 dol. for Noi. 1,2, and
; 5,000 quintals Dry Cod hold at 13 dol. 7c. The de-