New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-25
Of The public debt Of Illinois is >ns,OOO, which is
about slco 900 larger than .no payment ls.t year.

The dividend will probab !, be 25 or 80 y cent
Mr. Earl 2. Mason Las been made PRECEDENT Of the
Areaee BANK, u Providence, rice Mr. Hal, resigned
An snan2. enert has been made by wbich the Banks
Of Providence have taken the Bus Receivable 81 uie
Wes,mIrs ter Bank and are redeemng in circulation.
When the notes are all in it viii be then dociae1
whether the Bank goes on or not Under The denef"i
Law Of Rhode IslaI every stockhoider 10 nahA Il
liable for its entire Indebtedness, whicn gives 'he
public great col fdence in these instrusonS'
We hfsr to-day. and an officer Of one OF the SHIPS
ia the sutbority that Mr. Collins has sold the three
re,osro ,hps Of his line and that they are to pass
into R,t,h bands. Our Information from Wishing
., If The unfavorabe prospect for the continuance
~ ,le extra ao ance this line gives some proba-
b;Iity 10 the story II is understood that The SHIPS
ill continue TO run bet seen New-York and Liver
pool.
The Cotton market, in consequence OF the small
.tock. IA strong. There s not probably 1000 baes
10 the market for sae, and in consequence Of the di-
6cuty OF negotiating on NeS YORK at Charleston,
Savannah, &c, the supplies coming forward
are light. Flour has again advanced l2l o
Csc. Corn il very high - 81 p bush, ADD
the qusnti,y taken for shipment is consequently lin
tied The foreign demand for PfoSisions for the ar.
mies in the East large, and the English and French
Governments making large contracts for Beef and
Pork. vessel is loading at this port with Pfovs-
ions for the Crimea direct. We shall have good
market this winter for all the Provisions we can
spare. Pork and Lard pay large profit, and on
hogs bought at the West at present prces Ine
wants Of France have induced the Government 10
give almost free trade in Provisions.
The decree Of Oct. 5, 1854. is as follows: From
this dale. anti it is other sise ordered the duy on
salt provisioDs is fixed at so confines Y 100 XII
logranes a reduction from 80 francs 22O ID to %
cepimss, that Is fro Sc 80 22O u to cents-'O
ceptmes equal TO cents; 100 kliogrames equal to
900 h. The duty on Lard has been reduced from 80
francs TO 10 frsncs Y 100 killogramsI, or 22o ID.
The further advices from Cnarlesion do not set
bring the tremendous developments predicted in the
dispatches all aded to yesterday, but there IS CYL
IDENTITY good deal Of apprehension feit thare mara
cyi,is is at hand. One cotton failure, not Of giea'
importance, had taken place, and leading house
Is talked Of but the report not generally believed.
The Banks Of Augusta were discreiting nearly All
the Charleston Banks, and one of the Columbia Backs
had suspended in conseque of its connection VITO
Mr.. Dulin, who failed in Charleston some days ago.
Another arrival from California ia due. 1t lie the
Aspinwail boat, end will probably increase our stock
ofgold nearly million and half.
Tie euspenCed JONI StOck DbhK AT DuHdio has
been sued as foreign corporation, and injunctions
Issued, holding all the debts cue the Bank for the
benefit of the b-boders. This attaches the assets Of
Hiram Johnson's banking house.
We present this week of the most nexphcabe
Bank Statements which has been published since the
weekly statements were made and one which will
dsappoint every one. The specie reserve, it will be
seen Notwithstanding the large disbursements from
the Sub Treasury and Assay Office, some 81, 600
since Saturday morning Last, than has been paid
iDl and notwithstanding The cessation of specie ship
nents, shows an increase OF only $4,000. The va
rious estimates had been from balf-a million to a mil
ion-aDd s-hslf. A portion Of the missing god-that
belonging TO the Savings Banks-instead Of being de-
posted in some Bank, has we ascertain, been locked
up in the Savings vaults, where it does not count
In tho Reinstatement but this accounts for but
a moderate amount The amount sen, to Boston,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, must have been much
larger than estimated, and boarding of gold by
hepublic must be going on to considerable extent.
With all these suppotons, however, the result still
seems credible that the Absorption ospeciehas been
such that The amount in Bank should show only an n-
crease Of ais 200. The comparative statement is
follows:
Leans, &c. Specie. Ciscaasion Deposits
Dec. 49,. 9i6 ss4 sli al gn s72Iii s6i SCI o9s
Dec 49,. soS6Ol'sl iiAsesso 6'sA6s7 59s5so7
Decrease. si5tss Dec 1856 ii4D,c42Es Oh
The circulation, il will be seen continues be
forced in The Dc since Let Sept Lass has been
$40 ooo and about 900 900 siuce tbs time last