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HUNT'S
MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
C 3C O N D U C T E D BY F R E E M A N HUNT,
E D IT O R OF T H E L IB R A R Y OF C O M M E R C E , E T C .; C O R R E S P O N D IN G M E M B E R OF T H E A M E R IC A N AND LONDON
S T A T IS T IC A L S O C I E T I E S ; M E M B E R O F T H E N E W Y O R K H IS T O R IC A L S O C IE T Y ; H O N O RA RY
M E M B E R OF T H E M E R C A N T IL E L IB R A R Y A S S O C IA T IO N S O F N E W Y O R K , P H IL A
D E L P H IA , B O S T O N , B A L T IM O R E , L O U IS V IL L E , C H A R L E S T O N , AND
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VOLUME T W E F mT Y ” SIX.
FROM JA N U A R Y TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1852.
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P U B L I S H E D A T 142 F U L T O N - S T R E E T .
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CONTRIBUTORS
TO THE TW ENTY-SIXTH VOLUME OF THE
MERCHANTS’ MAGAZINE AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW,
J acob A bbott, A. M., Author of various works, of New York.
D avid M. B alfour, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts.
W illiam C. B artlett, E s
J ohn P. B rown , Esq., of tin
^Constantinople, Turkey.
M. Louis C hitti, late Professor of Political Economy in Brussels.
J oseph B. C ollins, Esq., President of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company.
S tephen C olwell , Esq., of Pennsylvania.
C. F. McCay, Professor in the Universityof Georgia.
H enry G assett, Esq., Merchant, of Massachusetts.
E noch H ale, Jr., of New York.
R obert H are , M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania, and
Associate of the Smithsonian Institute.
E. A. H opkins, Esq., of New York.
D avid R. J aquf.s, Esq., of New Y ork..
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H enry D. A. W ard, Esq., of Michigan, and
F reeman H unt, Editor and Proprietor of the Merchants' Magazine.
F3T- To find imports and exports of different places, see name of country, State,
port, or city, in index.
OCT 31 1941
I N D E X TO V O L . X X V I . ,
FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, INCLUSIVE, 1852.
A.
Action on a promissory note.......................... 592
Accommodation note—usury.......................... 720
Administration of property in Brazil............ 627
Advertising, the philosophy of....................... 264
114
Africa, railroad in.......................
Agencies, London Times on.......................... 650
Agreement, breach of written....................... 720
Agricultural productions of U. S. in 1850---- 366
Albany, Commerce of.................................... 365
Anthracite Coal trade.................................... 245
Aqueduct Croton, finances of......................... 478
Artificial leather....... ...................................... 393
Astronomy, notices o f .....................................532
Austria and Sardinia, treaty between............ 492
44 passport regulations of....................... 930
Austrian tariff, the new.................................. 493
B.
Banking law of Illinois, free.......................... 479
44
of Vermont............................... 95
Banking, Journal of.... 88,217, 346, 465, 600, 727
Bankrupts, the explanations o f ..................... 91
Bankruptcy, decision in case of.....................456
Barbadoes, population of..................................516
Barcelona, Commerce of............................... 75
Bargain and sale, law case............................. 588
Barnard Sand, coast of Norfolk..................... 496
Beatty, Jas., sketch of..................................... 133
Belfast, Ireland, Commerce of........................ 369
Belgium, progress of Commerce in................ 488
Bill of exchange, action on............................ 64
44 of lading, action on a ............................. 339
Bills of exchange, legal distinction of...........199
Birmingham, pen making at........................... 643
Boston, condition of banks o f ....................... 349
44
banks, capital and dividends of....... 613
44 Stock Exchange, prices a t................ 610
44
receipts of Coffee a t.......................... 176
44 insurance companies, statistics of____227
44 fluctuations of stock in market......... 727
Book trade of United States.......................... 84
.............. 139, 267, 394,522, 651, 779
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Brazilian consular regulations........................ 627
Bread baked by steam in England................ 124
Breadstuff's, exports from U. S. of, 1821 to ’51 248
44
imported into Zoll Verein.........630
Bremen merchant, passages in life of............ 132
Brewers, statistics of English......................... 84
Brick making in the South............................ 514
British corn trade for 154 years..................... 246
44 commercial statistics........................... 488
44 custom duties..................................... 138
44 trade and shipping............................. 88
44 law regulating carriage ofpassengers 373
44 exports to all parts ofthe world....... 77
14 post-office service................................ 351
44 trade with tho East............................ 487
Buenos Ayres, postage t o .......................
630
Business, sectarianism in............................... 131
44
hours in Boston................................522
Baltimore, tobacco trade of............................ 358
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vessels arrived at, in 1851 ............ 248
44
merchant, sketch of a ................... 133
44
Board of Trade, report of.............. 103
44
condition of banks of..................... 220
44
Commerce of, in 1850-51........ ... 172
44
prices of stock in, in 1851
.. . 229
44
receipts of coffee at....................... 76
44
prices of whisky in........................ 248
Bangor, (Me.,) lumber trade of....................... 246
Bank-checks, decision relating t o .................. 64
Bank-notes, disease propagated by................ 471
44
redemption of............................ 95
Bank law of Illinois, catechism of................. 96
“ condition of State, of Indiana............ 347
Banks, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. 474
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of South Carolina, condition of.........475
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of Pennsylvania................................. 603
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and borrowers, law c a s e ..................... 590
w of Detroit, condition of....................... 608
of Boston, condition of....................... 349
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in Massachusetts, statistics of__ 220, 729
M of New Hampshire, condition of........609
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“ of New York State, condition............. 467
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of New Orleans, condition of 223,474, 735 Calico, machine for printing.......................... 645
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of Baltimore, condition..............* ... 220 California, working gold in........................... 513
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taxation and property of................ 611
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do they increase loanable capital?. . . . 702
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CONTENTS OF VOL. XXVI.
California gold, production of..........................513
44
enterprising woman in .................777
Candles, manufacture of................................. 773
Canada, trade between United States and... . 494
Canal business at Toledo............................... 113
Canal Statistics
108, 249, 379, 497, 636, 751
Canals of Ohio, statistics of..............................249
44 and other public works of.....................502
44 of New York, rates of toll on............. 500
44 and railroads of Pensylvania............. 636
Capital and labor, law of progress in rela’n to 31
448, 578
Capital? do banks increase loanable...... 702
Carysfort Reef Light-House.................... 371,496
Census, statistics of United States................ 124
Charleston, receipts of coffee a t..................... 76
Charts, Maury’s sailing, & c..............................239
Chicago, mortality o f ............................... 515
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its trade and growth in 1851..... 424
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progress of population in........... 516
44
manufactures of.........................509
44
taxes and property o f............... 736
Cincinnati, prices of pork at, in 1851-52....... 486
Cities and towns of U. S., population of.. . . . 633
Circle, quadrature of the................................. 706
Cliff Copper Mine of Lake Superior............ 643
Cloth measuring machine............................... 118
Coal trade of United S tates.......................... 245
44
of Philadelphia............................... 244
44
Pennsylvania, in 1852................... 770
Coal, Cannel, of Kenawlia Valley................. 512
44 mines in South America.........................255
44 productions of Ohio............................. 511
t{ anthracite, its consumption, &c............ 394
Coasting trade, American............................. 84
Coffee, exports of, from Rio de Janeiro......... 76
Coins in the U. S, Mint, ancient..................... 94
44 price of silver, in N. York & London. 603
Coinage of New Orleans Mint.......................... 353
44
of mint at Dahlonega....................... 352
Copper mines, Lake Superior...................... 645
Commerce vs. national defense..................... 519
44
in the north-west........................... 266
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of St. Thomas.............................. 563
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of Albany..................................... 365
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of France in 1850......................... 276
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of Tampico.........................
487
44
effects of war o n ......................... 134
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of St. Louis, review of, in 1851.. 306
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of Belfast, Ireland....................... 369
44
and navigation of U. S. in ’51 619-626
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of New South Wales.................... 81
44
of western towns compared........485
44
of Baltimore in 1851, review o f.. 172
Commercial Cities and Towns of the U. S .... 52
172, 306, 572
44
Regulations 99,237,373,489,627, 762
44
enterprise, successful.................. 393
44
progress of Americans................ 136
44
Chronicle and Review................ 69
209, 340, 459, 592, 721
agencies, London Times on....... 1550 ,
Commercial cen'ers,interiqr.......................... 506
44
treaty between Austria & Sardi’a 492
44
Statistics.. 75, 242, 357, 479, 619, 742
Common carriers, law case..................... 454, 714
44
liabilities of....................... 592
Consignee of goods, decision relating to....... 337
Consumption of cotton in all countries......... 642
Conflagrations, of arresting in cities.............. 709
Corporations, lia’ty of rail’d, for per’l injuries 68
Corn trade of England for 154 years.............. 247
Cotton, false-packed....................................... 647
44 facts in its history and manufacture.. 386
44 Dean, of Texas................................... 644
44 in manufac’g countries, consump’n of 642
44 culture of, in Turkey........................... 156
44 prices in Liverpool of......................... 361
44 from straw, production of.................. 646
44 growing in Natal................
266
44 goods, statistics of manufac’e in U. S. 120
“ flax ..................................................... n o
44 and American trades........................... 83
Cuban products, exports of............................ 242
Cuba, Commerce of....................................... 79
Curacoa, light-house on island of..............
496
Curious commercial custom.......................... 649
Currency, national......................................... 616
44
Journal of 88, 217, 346, 465, 600, 727
44
a national, real estate its basis___ 279
44
gold and silver................................ 326
44
proposed alteration in.................... 600
44
in Maine, early ...................
355
44
English and American...................... 681
Custom regulations of Shanghai................... 237
44Credit is money” ........................................ 348
Creditors, assignments & assets for benefit of. 591
Creditors—mortgage...................................... 719
Croton Aqueduct, finances of...........................478
Dahlonega, coinage of mint at....................... 352
Dayton, Ohio, commercial sketch o f ............ 572
Deaths in U. 3., statistics o f .......................... 391
Debt, public of Ohio...................................... 465
44 &c., of St. Louis.................................... 612
44 of Maryland, funded............................. 354
44 and finances of Michigan........................ 353
44 of Georgia, S tate.................................. 89
44 of United States..................................... 233
44 of Kentucky.......................................... 88
44 of city of New York............................. 477
Debtor and creditor, laws of Wisconsin......... 328
Delving, diving, digging, &c........................... 392
Detroit, banks of.............................................. 608
Diseases propagated by bank notes................ 471
Dividends of Boston banks................... ... 613
Dolphin Rock in Java S e a ............................ 496
Dovor Harbor, tidal signals a t ....................... 471
Dragonera, light-house on Island o f ................ 631
Drugs, dyes, &c., used in manufactures....... 507
Dutch Commerce in 1850................................. 87
Duties, action to recover excess of................ 60
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CONTENTS OF VOL. XXVI.
E.
Economy of tobacco smoking...................... 118
Egypt, emerald mine in ................................. 94
Elsineur, vessels touching a t............................495
Emigration of United Kingdom................... 517
England, bfewers and viciualers of............... 84
English and American currency................... 681
Enterprise, successful commercial................ 393
Erie Canal, time of openiug o f .....................640
Excise revenue of United Kingdom.............. 608
Exports, (see names of places, ports, <$-c.)
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Homestead exemption law of S. Carolina.... 338
Honesty, commercial, at a discount................ 134
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in mercantile life ..............................776
44
in buying and selling........................ 777
Horsburg Light-House.................................... 241
Hudson River tunnel, proposed.....................500
44
time of openiqg of.................. 640
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Railroad, tunnel o n ................ I l l
Hudson’s Bay Company, fur trade of............ 78
Hungary, manufacture of wines in................ 258
I.
Illinois, free banking law of.......................... 479
44
catechism of bank law o f ................ 96
Imports, (see different countries, ports, <$-c.)
India rubber, uses of...................................... 118
Indiana, condition of State bank ol.............. 347
Industry, sounds of......................................... 137
Indorser, against maker of note.................... 592
Influence of railroads...................................... 506
Insurance, life................................................ 196
44
fire, in Germ any.......................... 347
44
dividends, &c., of Boston............ 227
44
actions on policies o f................... 712
44
anecdote of................................... 778
Inventions, advantages of modern................. 645
Ireland, manufacture of sugar in................... 116
44
cultivation of flax in........................ 117
Iron, statistics of manufacture of, in U. S __ 122
44 Mountain of Lake Superior................... 387
44 English and American.......................... 108
44 import, production, &c., of................... 245
44 song of.................................................... 260
G.
44 wrought, manufacture in U. S. of......... 385
Gas, method of manufacturing........................ 769
44 trade, increase of British....................... 778
Gayler’s salamander safe................................. 256
Ginger of Commerce........................................ 778
Gold, the prospective of................................. 90
J.
44 hoarding of............................................ 92 James River Canal, tolls on............................. 503
44 coins, ingenious fraud in........................ 476
K.
44 import and export of............................. 479
44 dust shipped from San Francisco.......... 472
Kenawha Valley Coal...................................... 212
44 production of Califo:nia........................ 513 Kentucky, debt and finances of..................... 88
44 new process of washing....................... 513 Key West, vessels wrecked a t......................... 495
44 mines in Virginia.................................. 512
44
commercial account of.................. 52
44 coinage of U. S., Director on.............. . 617
44 value of, in London.............................. 732
E.
Georgia, State debt of.................................... 89 Law, Decisions in Mercantile........................ 60
44
manufactures of................................. 257
199, 337, 554, 588, 712
Germany, fire insurance i n .............................. 347 Leather, artificial............................................ 393
Great Britain, revenue of............................... 728 Leghorn, regulation at port o f.........................496
Guiana, British, population........................... 516 Life Insurance, Collins on.............................. 196
Light-houses..................... 241,371,496, 631,761
H.
44
improvements i n ..................... 372
Hamburg, curious custom of.......................... 649 Liquors produced in United States in 1850... 434
Hare, Dr., on law of storms............................ 190 Liverpool, population and Commerce of.... . 635
44
prices in 1851, of cotton a t .........361
High tide, new mode of determining............ 372
History and statistics of fisheries of U. S ... 20 Llobregat, light-house at................................. 632
459, 287, 416 Loans, public, of Pennsylvania...................... 351
Hoarding Gold............................................... 92 Locomotive establishment in Virginia......... 117
44
light, engines on railroads......... 383
Hogs packed in the Western States................ 483
Hoi)'head new harbor works.......................... 497 London and Westminster B ank.................... 349
F.
Factories, wages of labor in ............................ 384
Fearless feat of an American whaleman....... 334
Finance, Journal o f.. . . 88, 217, 346, 465, 600, 727
Finances of United States.............
355
44 of Massachusetts.............................. 222
44 of Kentucky..................................... 88
44 of United Kingdom........................ 638
Financial statistics of Louisiana................... 614
Fisheries of the United States.. 20, 159, 287, 416
Florida reef, light-house a t............................ 371
Flax, culture of............................................... 115
Flax cotton..................................................... 116
France, imports of, in 1851.............................. 485
44
Commerce of, in 1850 ....................... 276
Fraud of druggists............................................522
Freedom of trade and union of interests . . . . 659
French manufactures and artisans....................772
Fur trade of Hudson Bay Co.......................... 78
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CONTENTS OF YOL. XXVI.
Louisiana, commercial cases in S. Court of.. 66
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financial statistics o f ...................... 614
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act of, relating to notes.................. 458
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debt of State of . . . .......................618
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exemption law of............................718
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Machine for weaving bags................................773
Mackerel fishery of Massachusetts..................370
Magnetic needle, variation of........................ 104
Mahon, &c., light house at port.....................631
Mail transportation, receipts and expenses of 232
Maine, early currency of................................. 355
Malt trade of United Kingdom....................... 775
Manchester, industrial statistics o f ................ 117
Manufacture of potash, improvement in....... 514
Manufacturing establishments in U. States .. 386
Manufactures, progress of British.................. 319
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in Georgia................. *........... 257
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of U. S., statistics of................ 119
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Jour, of 114, 255, 384, 507,642, 769
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drugs and dyes used in........... 507
Maryland, property and taxes of................... 350
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funded debts of............................ 354
Massachusetts, oil consumed on railroads o f . 641
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loss of life on railroads of-----505
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operations of railroads of... . 497
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mackerel fishery.................... 370
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statistics of occupations in .. 388
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savings banks of.................... 233
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finances of................................. 222
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statistics of banks of.. . . . 220,720
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progress of population in ... . 516
Maury’s sailing directions and charts.............. 239
Merchant vessels, British law o f ................... 373
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sketch of a Bremen........................ 132
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service, discipline o f ...................... 517
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peddler, or buying cheap................. 649
Merchants’ Magazine, those whowrite fo r... 266
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maxims for............................ 135
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clerk and plowboy................. 648
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right of, to have invoice prices .. 60
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energetic.................................. 522
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proverbs for........................... 650
Merchandise, transportation of.........................490
Mercantile beneficial society.......................... 521
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Library Association of St. Louis . 261
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of Cincinnati. 521
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of New York 774
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Library Company of Philadelphia 261
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Law, Journal of............................. 60
199, 337, 454, 588, 712
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Miscellanies. 131,261,392,517,646, 774
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life, success i n ............................... 137
Michigan, debt and finances of.........................353
Mine, a valuable plumbago..............................259
Mining, Journal of . . . . 114, 255, 384, 507, 642, 769
Mint, United States.......................................... 234
Mints, business at the United States............ 465
Mobile, receipts of coffee a t .......................... 76
Money of account: its nature & functions 404, 550
u of paper, or iuconv’rtible pa’r m’ey 44, 217
Mortality of Chicago....................................... 515
N. ,
Natal, cotton growing i n ............................... 266
National currency—confidence its basis.......616
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real estate its basis.........299
Nautical Intelligence •. 104, 239, 371, 495, 631, 760
Navigation, free, of River Parana----'........... 147
New York tobacco statement.......................... 244
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stock market, prices in .................... 228
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imports a t.......... 73, 212, 344, 357, 370
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incorporated banks of................... 469
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bank notes, redemption of............. 95
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city, debt of.................................... 477
statistics of banking in....................466
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canals, tolls on the........................... 500
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southern, &c., routes for prod uce to 80
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receipts of coffee a t....................... 76
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Mercantile Library Association of.. 774
w condition of banks in city o f .......... 736
“ condition of banks o f...................... 736
New Orleans, condition of banks of 223,474, 735
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coinage of mint a t ................... 353
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receipts of coffee a t.................. 76
New Hampshire, banks of............................. 609
New Jersey banks, stdck securities of............ 618
Newspapers, importation of free................... 494
Nicaragua, population of...............
634
O.
Observatories, astronomical, of U. S............ 532
Ocean steamship lines, increase of................ 112
u steamers, postage b y .......................... 501
w steamships, passages of....................... 379
Occupations of population of Massachusetts 388
Ohio, coal productions of............................... 511
“ public debt o f...................................... 465
<c canals and other work s of.................... 502
“ and Pennsylvania railroad tolls.......... 503
iC condition of banks of............ ............. 224
u statistics of canals of............................ 249
“ River, first steamboat on the................ 250
“ production of wines in........................ 778
“ constitutionality of subscriptions to rail
roads i n ............................................ 719
Onondaga and Turk’s Island salt.. *.............. 514
Opdyke’s political economy.......................... 184
Opium, consumption of in England.............. 777
Oxalate of potash, manufacture of................ 514
P.
Pacific, rocks and shoals in t h e ..................... 106
Paper money, inconvertable................... 44, 217
Parana, free navigation of river..................... 147
Partnership, decisions in law of.................... 456
Partnership—promissory n o te .........................713
Passenger law, vessels libelled for violation of 394
Passengers, British law regulating carriage of 373
Pearls, manufacture of glass.......................... 118
Penmanship taught by example..................... 522
Pennsylvania, half pilotage law of................ 99
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public works of....................... 503
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taxation, prop’ty, &c., of in ’51 346
CONTENTS OF VOL. XXVI.
Pennsylvania, canals and railroads of............
44
condition of banks of............
44
public loans o f ........................
44
public debt of.........................
44
population of..........................
44
bonds issued by.....................
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coal trade in 1852............ .
Penny postage system in England ... .........
Phenix Cumberland Coal Company..............
Philadelphia Beneficial Society......................
44
and Reading Railroad...............
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Wilmington, & Baltim’e Rail’d.
coal trade o f .............................
44
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Mercantile Library Co. o f .......
44
receipts of coffee at.................
Philosophy of advertising..............................
Phillips’ patent annihilator............................
Plumbago mine, valuable...............................
Point Pinos, magnetic variations a t ..............
Political economy, Opdyke’s ..........................
Population, progress of United States i n ---Population, statistics of . . . 124,388, 515, 633,
44
of each State & Territory of U. S.
44
of cities and towns in U. States..
Pork trade of the west...................................
Rort dues of Spain..........................................
Ports of England, leading commercial.........
Postage to Buenos Ayres reduced.................
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cheap ocean......................................
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by ocean steamers............................
44 rates of, in United States...................
Price of whisky in Baltimore in 1851 ...........
44 of wheat, effect on crime of.................
Profits of mining in England .......................
Productions of Cuba......................................
Promissory note, informality in a ...................
44
note, action on a ...........................
44
notes, concerning pledges of.........
Protection on paper in Spain....... ........ ..........
44
vs. free trade.................................
Proverbs for merchants.................................
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Quadrature of the circle.................................
Quartz mining in California...........................
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Railroad progress in Virginia........................
44
speed forty miles an h o u r..............
44
in Africa.......... ..............................
44
Philadelphia and Reading..............
44
cars without dust............................
44
traffic in United Kingdom ............
44
Statistics. . . . 108, 249, 379, 497, 636,
44 Philadel’a, Wilmington & Balti’ore.
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traveling in Russia..........................
Railroads of Mass., oil consumed on..............
44 influence of....................................
44
loss of life on Massachusetts.........
44
liability of as common earners___
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of United States, statistics of.........
44
progress in United States o f .........
44 American and English....................
44
of Mass., operations of the.............
63C
603
351
352
346
477
770
138
774
521
251
252
244
261
76
269
135
259
495
184
443
766
129
633
486
630
394
630
648
501
100
248
83
646
242
458
716
458
521
31
650
706
771
505
641
114
251
109
255
751
252
255
641
506
505
592
250
638
110
497
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Railroads, what they accomplish................... 110
Railway car, a poem...................................... 497
Rhode Island, imprisonment for debt in....... 94
44
banks and savings banks of... . 733
Rio de Janeiro, exports of coffee from......... 76
44
Commerce & navigation of. 481
Rocks in the Pacific........................................ 106
Rothschild in trouble...................................... 92
Russia, railway traveling i n .......................... 255
44 statistics of trade of............................ 85
S.
Sable Island, concerning..................................632
Salt trade of England.................................... 520
Salt, Onondaga and Turk’s Island................. 514
San Francisco, population o f ........................ 635
44
gold dust shipped from.........472
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rates of commission at........... 489
Sandwich Islands, treaty with........................ 238
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taxes in.............................. 231
Sardinia and Austria, treaty between............ 492
Savannah, receipts of coffee at..................... 76
Savings banks of Rhode Island..................... 733
44
of Massachusetts..................... 731
Schuylkill Navigation Company..................... 254
Scotland, manufacture of spirits in................ 711
Securities of New Jersey ban k s................... 618
Shanghai, port regulations of....................... . 631
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customs regulations of..... .............. 237
Ship-master, a lady........................................ 659
Ships, patent ventilator for............................ 259
Shipping merchants, decision relating t o __ 60
Shoe manufacture, depression of..................... 773
Silk, cultivation of.......................................... 507
44 manufacture.......................................... 769
Silver coins, price of.........................................603
44 import and export o f .......................... 479
44 mine, discovery in Mexico................... 513
South Carolina, exemption law of....................338
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condition of banks of...........475
South America, coal mines i n ....................... 255
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steamers from Liverpool to. 113
South Wales, Commerce of........................... 81
Sock seller of New Orleans........................... 776
Spain, reduction of tonnage dues o f ............ 493
44 navigation and port dues of................ 630
44 effect of protection in.......................... 521
Spanish duty on foreign vessels..................... 630
Specie, import and ex port of.......... ............... 82
Spirits, manufacture of in Scotland.............. 771
St. Louis, debt and finances of....................... 612
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Mercantile Association o f ............ 261
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trade and Commerce of in 1851... 306
St. Thomas, Commerce of.............................. 563
Steam marine of United States....................... 382
Statistics of the Great Exhibition............ . 513
Steamboat Statistics.. 108,249, 379, 497, 636, 751
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first, on the Ohio River................ 250
Steamboats, British regulations for.................. 641
Steamships, passages of British & American 379
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increase of lines of ocean......... 112
Steel pen making at Birmingham................... 643
44 heat for tempering................................. 772
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CONTENTS OF VOL. XXVI.
Stock market of Baltimore in 1851................229 United States, cultivation of willow i n ....... 114
“ Exchange, prices at Boston................610
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import, &c. of merchandise Pm
Stocks, prices in N. York of leading, in 1851. 228
1821 to 1851 ........................ 369
44 fluctuations o f................................... 727
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coinage of mint o f ................... 465
Storms, Dr. Hare on law of............................ 190
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steam marine of........................ 392
Success in life.................................................. 265
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statistics of sugar trade o f__ 360
44 in mercantile life.............................. 137
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trade between Canada and___ 494
Sugar from cane............................................. 138
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treasury notes outstanding___ 475
u manufacture of beet-root ................... 116
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in 1790..................................... 443.
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Treasury circular....................... 490
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astronomical observatories of. 532
Tampico, Commerce o f ................................. 487
Mint,letter of Director o f .... 617
Tare on sugar hogsheads.....................
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three-cent coins o f ....................603
Tariff, the new Austrian................................. 493
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progress of railroads in........... 638
Taxes and property of Maryland................. 350
44 in the Sandwich Islands....................... 231
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manufacturing establisbm’ts of 386
tt of each county of California................612
com’rcial cities of. 52, 172,306, 572
Tea trade, British, from 1833.......................... 308
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fisheries of the. . . . 20, 159,287, 416
Tennessee, debt and tinances of..................... 89
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Com. & Nav. of, in 1851.. 619-625
Texas, the Dean cotton of............................. 644
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imp’ts & ex’ts of, f’m ’20 to *51. 81
Tidal signals at Dovor Harbor...................... 371
population of cities, &.c., of... 633
statistics of press o f................ 87
Tiger Island, rocks near................................. 495
Timber trade of Bangor................................. 246
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imports of coffee in to ............ 76
Trade of the American lakes.......................... 78
import and export of specie.. 82
44 of England from 1816 to 1850 .............. 88
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and states of British N. A....... 659
44 &c., of Dayton, O hio.......................... 572 United Kingdom, emigration o f ................... 517
44 of Chicago in 1851............................... 424
foreign & coasting trade of. 480
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trade with foreign countries 481
w of the United Kingdom..................... 688
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railway traffic in ................ 255
Treasurer’s statement, U. S ....... 93,356, 476 615
finances and trade of.......... 688
Treaty, commercial, betw’n Austria & Sard’a. 492 Usury law decision.................................. 599, 590
Tricks of trad e............................................. 136
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Tobacco Baltimore, inspections of, in......... 183
Variation of the magnetic needle................. 104
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trade of Baltimore, statistics of... 358
Ventilation for ships, patent.......................... 259
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statistics of New York, trade....... 244
Vermont, banking law o f .............................. 95
Toledo, canal business at............................. 113
Tonnage of U. S. from 1821 to 1851.............. 247 Vessels arrived at Baltimore in 1851.............. 248
“ wrecked at Key West............................ 495
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dues reduction of Spanish............ 493
14 bored by w orm s................................... 394
Tunnel on the Hudson River Railroad......... 111
touching at Elsineur............................. 495
Turkey, culture of cotton in........................ 156
Victualed, statistics of, in England................ 84
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United States mails, statistics o f ................... 232 Virginia, locomotive establishment in .......... 117
“ gold mines i n .................................. 512
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debt o f.................................... 233
“ railroad progress of.......................... 505
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wages in factories of............... 384
“ debt and finances of......................... 219
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manufacture of iron in th e.... 385
“ State debt.................... ................... 734
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coal trade of........................... 245
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statistics of railroads of.......... 250 Wages of labor in factories............................ 384
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Treasurers’ stat'ts. 93, 356, 476, 615 Warehousing of goods in United S tates....... 491
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exports of, from 1821 to 1851.. 247 Wealth of America, future............................ 262
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ex ports of breadstuff's from__ 248 Western routes of New York...................... . 642
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M int....................................... 234 Whale fishery of United Slates.....................363
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Mint, coins in .......................... 94 Whaleman, fearless feat of an American.. . . 334
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statistics of cotton goods in .... 120 Wheat, effect of price of, on c rim e .............. 83
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statistics of manufactures in ... 119 Wil'ow, cultivation of basket ....................... 114
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population of States of.. . . . . . 127 Wines, production of, in Hungary................258
“ m Ohio, production o f ...................... 778
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finances of............................... 355
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liquors manufactured in......... 484 Wisconsin, laws relative te debt’r & cred’rin 328
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rates of postage in................... 100 Woolen goods manufactured in U. S............ 121
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deaths in 1851 i n ..................... 391
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statistics of manufactures of .. 120 Youghal Light-IIouse, S. C. of Ireland.......... 371
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mail transportations i n ......... 231
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agricultural productions of ... 366 Zinc a substitute for lead............................... 773
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