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The business of the Clearing house was $17,897,000. The demand for currency which existed in the early part of the season, at the West, for the purpose of moving the crops, induced some of the Eastern banks to extend themselves largely, and the currency having returned more rapid'y than was convenient, the comeoquence has been difficulty in redemptions and discredit at the Suffotk Bank. The continued decrease is the specie line of the Boston banks had prepared us for some trouble in that quarter, but we did not look for so large is brood of bank discredits at one time. Aa Extra from Thompson's Reporter says: THOMPSON'S BANK NOTE REPORTER OFFICE, Friday Evening, Nov 23, 18% Telegraphs from Boston inform us that the Suffolk Bank has discredited or thrown out the notes of the following New-England Banks, viz: Orono Bank, Maine; Searsport Bank, Maine; Ellsworth Bank, Maine; Barl of Royalton, Vermont; People's Bank, Vermont; Monson Bank, Mass.; Rhode Island Cen tral Back. The Rank of Royalton" above is & chartered bank, and should not be confounded with the South Royalton Bank," which is a free and wed secured bank. The Monson Bank" above should not be confounded with the Mousam River Bank," of Maine. Itroes not follows that these banks fail; indeed we shall be disappointed if the Suffolk Bank does not, in & very few days, again take a large proportion of them. The holders of notes of the above backs will be wise not to sacrifice by & precipitate sale, for we cannot conceive that any bank which was sound a year ago can be insolvent now. At the Metropolitan Bank the Rhode Island Central. Searsport, Ellsworth and Royalton Banks are thrown ont. The brokers were buying the notes only at a large discount, but holders did not appear disposed to sacrifice them. There was a good deal of excitement to day in Beeton, which, if it degenerates into a panio, will doubtless increase the above list. The Orono, Searsport and Ellsworth Banks were correspondents of the Grocers' Bank of Boston, the embarrassment of which caused its refusal to receive the notes of those banks from the Suffolk, as It has heretofore done. In the case of the Grocers' its circulation is being rapidly redeemed and its deposits have frun down to $100,000. It pays promptly, If wound up it is believed there will be Fitt e or no loss to the stockbo ders. Judging from the last report of the Boston banks $2,100,000 only of coin with a line of loans of over $51,000,000, the specie too being almost the entire basis of the operations of all the New. England banks it is very evident there must be considerable contraction before a safe position can be attained. The aid rendered by the Suffolk Bank to its country correspondent bar be is shown by the fact that the discount line has run down to $1,185,000 only 181 . cent more than its capital, while the deb's due to it from other banks have increased to $1,985,000 or 981 P cent more than its capital and the amount due by the Suffolk to other banks is reduced to 6 fraction loss tban half & million of dollars. The earnings of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad for Oe ober were: $29,895.79 Mail end Express $1,202,08 Passengers 16 753 33 331 Freight $47,851.20 Total $33,944.78 For October, 1854 $13,906 47 Increase The price of Panama Railroad stock has risen cent within a short time, in consequence of the improved prospecte for a large dividend in January. The receip's in October were $120,000, and the November business, it is supposed, will be about the same The earnings for July, August, September and October were $382,057-leaving about $225,000 to be earned in November and December to meet the estimate of Col. Toten. The freight business, especially in express freight, is continually increasing, and the coal transportation has largely exceeded the estimates of the company. The Pacific Steamship Company will dispated, on the 12th January next, & freight steams from San Francisco, teuching of be ports all along the coast to Pasama,
