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| THE ExPHEss.-The transactions of Saturday

 in relation to the late foreign news, require from us

 brief statement of the facts that occurred in o,d.r to set ourselves right before this community, and to give proper direction ihr just indignation arous ed by the reprehensible conduct of some perspn or persons east of this pace connected with Ike expres, enterprise.

 IL wall be recolectcd that engagement with he line Is of recen, date. On the - oi January we en- tered into contract with the propretors lhe Crrs cent City newspaper through their accredited agcn,

 in this city, by which they bound themselves to dev- CT 10 Us exclusively, at 5so'clonk every day, the New-York Herald and certain other newspapers, in advance oi the daily mail least twenty four hours and as an equivalent for this exclusive information To be furnished, we entered into bonl lo pay the n one hundred do a"s month, with the un,ie, standing that on the arrival fone the principals of ihe Cres- Cent Guy. who expected 10 be here in about len dos, the arrangement might be changed, aud that

 for larger the papers would be delivered to us at earlier hour.

 Understanding the nature of our undertaking and relying on our integrity, large number of our CT. cane friends with characteristic lberali,y, yoiun- ieered a sum sufficient ,o the expense we had incurred, in monihy sul scrpions of five dollars each, we agreeing To place on our Bulletin daily abstract of lhe commercial and shipping inc as soon us we might receive II, for lhe inspection From the date of up to Saturday, with one exception there failure of the Express s It was received daily through the Postofice from Montgomery The arrangement seemed to work well, and every thing conducted in apparent good | faith.

 | On Saturday after the eastern mail arrived, a movement in the cotton market was observed, indi- eating he possession of news affecting the value Of the staple. The Cambrla's accounts were expected, aud we waited the arrival of the hour at which we had contracted 10 receive the express with consilera ble anxiety On calling at the office of the Agent at 5 o'clock, we surprised to learn that inc cx- press had failed entirely. No package had been re- ceved through the usual, any other chanuel. We posted the fact Bulletin, and supposed there had been failure of the mail at Charleston l lit;le after o'clock however we were aston,sh. ed with visit of the Agent at our office, with the express package in his hands. It had been diverted from its usual channel at Montgomery, and special Agent dispatched to this city having il in charge, and instructed to withhold it until 6 o'clock On opening the package found mutilated copy of the New York Herald of the 25h. announcing the arrival of the Cambria at Boston. with ihe January accounts. All the Liverpool Ieters quotations sales, etc, had been carefully of the paper, render-

 ing il of little comparative value, and dis, losing the

 niquitous liberty that had been taken with the ady ces we had taken every precau'ion to secure. | These the facts, and all the facts that have come 10 OUT knowledge connected with the transac- ton. The public will have difficulty in divining 'he motive that prompted gross violation of good faith to us. We abstain from comment however for the present. We have laid the whole circums tances before the proprieors of the Crescent City and ask | ed an explanation. We cannot for n moment sup- pose that the respectable gentleman connected with that establishment, willcountenance the outrage that has been perpetuatsd, fan find out the deln. quent and expose him to the pubic reprehension as well oa their account One of the gentlemen | is expected here tomorrow.

 l Under the circumstances we feel hound 10 state that consider the subscrplo referred to as Gan celled. fnru