Every Commercial town in the u
nited States presents a most gloomy
picture, which is the more frghtful, be-
cause it is known 10 be but the com
meneement Of more miserable scenes,
rapidly observation-disclosures, Of
the first responsibility, having their re-
sources unexpectedly snatched away
on which they relied for the fulfilment
of their engagements, their warehous-
es full of property suddenly become al
most worthless, while their contracts,
Pressing upon them, are every day


sinking into bankruptcy * ruin, tumb-


ing down hundreds in their fall---thou-