Lwo days aga—the 15th—we hal a day and s night of very heavy wind which did a considerable amount of damage in one way and another. Some walls were blown down or seriously injured; at one place, nal portion ofthe battlements of the city wail twas blown down and " several "vue report says 11—persons were killed.—Business appears to have opened this spring about a4 usual, but in one respect it labours under Agreat hindrance to successful prosecution, in the miserable quality of the cash now in circulation here. The number of poor or worthless cash in a stting has become so large as t0 require some official restraint, but it is doubtful if this will wholly remedy the difficulty. It reduces the value of silver in cash, and there does not seem to be enough good cash to be bad to meet the quirements of trade, which of course increases their value in the murker.
17th March,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.