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From the St. Louis Times ef Cce. !S. , 4 NeW Route.-About week s'nce' tne goods of one of our merchants. MT. A. C. Marsh.) which had been purchased 'n New York, arrived in this city by the way ot Ch'- cagO. The goods were sent np the New York Canal. thence by. scho oner to Chica' I,: go. thence in wagons to the rapids or the i'i'- nois river, where they were aga'" sn'Ppeo on board steamboat for this place.

 The goods thus shipped from New ork by way of the Lakes, even in the present state of the improvement of the ro"te' arriv. ed here in twenty-five days, or less tnan nai! the time in which they are usually oOia'oeo ny way of New Orleans.

 The cost of transportation wil! be from one third to one half less than by the old route In the present case, the freight paid on the goods was only two thirds of the sum cnaFs ed on the New Orleans routes. and the soods were insured from New-York to Chicago TOT half per cent: whereas the insurance oy the way of the sea is two and a,half per cent.

 When goods are shipped by way or tne Lakes, the merchant can calculate almost 10 a certainty. within two or thyec days' upon the time of their arrival.