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Is nol stated whether the convention has or has mol received an answer from Gen Taylor. II old Rough and Ready ia. yors ihe objects oi the Chicago conven- ion, he vii say so, without circumiocu ion. If moi, he vii. be equally plain and explicit.

 A leiei 10 the Journal of Commerce. makes mention of . report presented 10 the convention on the Commerce and Navigation of the Valley of the Missis- s'ppi, drawn mp by Thomao Allen, Of St Louis. and from which the following summary is m ale: h l946 the receipfs at New Orleans from ihe upper country amounted to v millions of dollars; ihe steambeals engaged in the iade of St. Louis were 22l and the whole number on he Western Rivers nearly l,200, valued at l6 millions of dollars. to which are 10 be added 1000 keel and flat boats. The annual cost of pottalion is Al millions The total value of the comes tic products put anoat upon the waters of the valley is 360 millions. and the value of the Wh ie commerce anoai is 430 millions, being double the amount at the whole foreign commerce. of the Unned s es. The number oi steam- boats losl in ls42 was 6S; in l846 the number WIS 56 The annual loss ol lives is l50 The snags, il is well known, have caused many Of these dis asiefs. But 10 this commerce of 400 millions the government does not give q snag boat nora farlhing light 10 des- ignate tho place of danger.' Nothing is gwen for this commerce. while the for eign commerce IS nfolected al an ex- pense of 9 or 10 millions annually.