Mobile register and journal., 1841-12-06

THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Us JOHN DELAFIELD. This important is on trial before the Court of Errors, sitting al Albany. Samuel Stevens, Esq
 is counsel for the appellant; and for the respondent Judge W lain Kent and Willis Hall, Attorney Ge- neral. About S360 900 is the amount at issue in this appeal. IL is understood that the main point tp- on which the appellants counsel will insist is that the Courts of this State have jurisdiction over the case, it being cognzae on by the Courts of the General Government.-[N. Y. Express.
 SEGAR MONOPOLY IN FRANoE.-Thc Aneri- can contains letter from Paris, which states that the Reggie had recently imported six millions of seears from Manila, but which appears likely to prove bad speculation. The writer says ' Our tobacco growers have nought to fear from such competition The Re- gie have got stuck with their importation, and the segars must remain in their warehouses for years u- sold. l send you half dozen as a sample to prove what trash they are in comparison with Havana or even hest Yankee made. They are retaed at To centimes each"
 It is stated in the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette that Thomas A. Cooper, we'll known as veteran tragedan in the best days of the drama in this coun try has been appointed to the office of Military Store Keeper, at the U. s. Arsenal, Frankford, (Pa) which is short distance from Philadelphia.
 The New York and Erie Rail road is under ener get; prosecution. Contracts have been made for the delivery of 1500 tons of iron at Dunkirk, on Lake Erie, the terminus of the road, and wharf
 
 IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-Duriag the late term of the Supreme Court at Norfolk county, Virginia George Cunningham was brought up, on n writ of ha- beas corpus directed to Col. Tanning the comlnap dant of Fortress Monroe. By the return to the writ it appeared that Cottingham soldier under Go lonel Earnings command and has been regularly en- listed in the army of the United States. He was born in Dublin, at the time of his enlistment a subject of Great Britain, having been naura- lized. Judge Baker, after mature consideration de- cded, that the enlistment of an alien was illegal and that therefore the petitioner entitled to his dis charge. The case will probably be carried to the court of appeals, on d writ of error.
 LITERARY YINrELLIGENcE.-Mr. Cooper's new novel. s.The Two Admirals,' will be published bv Lea & Blanchard about the irstof March. The same publishers will issue in few days Lord Brougan's Critical and Miscellaneous Writings in two volumes
 Mir. John B. Dillon, of Logansport Ia. is engaged in writing the early history of that State. Mir Dillon has devoted much of his time, for several years, to collecting materials for the work and expects to be able to issue it during the of the coming year. The history of Indiana has never before been attempted. f...
 ..sketches of the political lives of the Presden, ant, hs Cabinet" is the title of book which has just been issued from the Washington press
 Boston house announces work entitled ssFor- eign Travel and Life at Sea-" including incidents of cruise on board Man of War, and sketches of the natural scenery, society and manners, objects of c-
 osty and taste, institutions of education and benev oience and the moral, political, and religious cond- ton, and prospects, and recent history of Spain, Portugal, the South of France, Italy, Sicily, Malta, the Ionian Islands, Continental Greece, Liberia, and Brizil, in which peculiar prominence is given to the present state of Cathocllc Eurore of Modern Greece .and Colonization in Africa. Also, a supplementary chapter on the Navy of the United States by the Rev. Charles Rockwell, late of he Un ted States Nasy. Philadelphia Gazette. f,
 FIRE IN THE DISMAL SwAMP.--The Norfolk Beacon says :---An uncommouly long season of dry weather has left the Great Dismal Swamp, and all the smaller tributary to it, in copbustble state that fires raging in all their borders a i- rious extent. There has been great destruction of lumber aad of many valuable trees in the vicinity of the Northwest Canal, and in the opposite direction the fire has approached to the line of the rail road few miles from Suffolk. Upthe road, we understand the woods the low ground all on fire, and much vigilance and exerton have been found necessary to preserve the property in its vicinity from destruction. To day are fattered with the signs of a coming rain. We hope it may not prove illusory. It will require heavy rain extnguish the fire and arrest the destruction which accompanies its progress.